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Positive Thinking
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is possibly the most capable factory-ready off-roader ever sold in the UK. But you can only get it with a petrol engine. Martin Shaw-Frost decided to change all that…
When Jeep launched the JK Wrangler in 2007, the new version of the company's purest off-roader was eagerly anticipated by thousands of fans of the American marque. It's probably fair to say, however, that none of them were quite as excited by its arrival as Martin Shaw-Frost.
That's because he'd had his name down for it for three years. Having owned two modified XJ Cherokees and a couple of road-going Grand Cherokees, he wanted to build 'a full blown off-roader.' And he knew exactly how he wanted it to be.
The short-wheelbase Wrangler comes in three forms in the UK. Sport and Sahara models are powered by a 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine, while the Rubicon has a 3.8-litre V6. This last machine is heavily evolved for off-road use, with rock sliders, heavy-duty suspension, front and rear diff locks and ultra-deep low-range transfer gears. As a result, its abilities are enormous, putting it on a whole different chapter to the rest of the market – both present and past.
This makes the Rubicon perfect as an off-road toy. But what if your off-road toy also needs to do the odd 20,000 miles a year on the road, and that petrol engine is sounding like a recipe for bankruptcy? You can choose to buy another toy… or you can bite the bullet and embark on a project to turn a diesel JK into a Rubicon of your own.
That's what Martin had in mind – and it explains why he was so eager for the new Wrangler to arrive in the UK. Having sold his second XJ to pay for the parts, he was ready and waiting when his vehicle finally arrived. And when it did, it wasn't a moment too soon – even though he succeeded in being the first customer in the UK to buy a JK.
'I bought it specifically for this project,' he says. 'I did a great deal of research, and that's why I went for the model I did. It had to be economical, because I do a lot of miles every year between the UK and France, where I work, so it had to be a diesel. In France, diesel is still 20p a litre cheaper than it is in the UK – and besides, the 2.8 CRD has virtually 30% more torque than the V6, and with much less throttle. I wanted an auto box, too, which meant my only option was to start with a Sahara and modify it myself.'
As well as the availability of an auto option, there's another reason why the Sahara was a better base vehicle than the cheaper Sport model. 'With the previous Jeeps I've had,' says Martin, 'they came with much smaller diameter tyres. So without expensive regearing, you couldn't go anything much above a 31" size. But here, I've been able to go up to 35 with only a small sacrifice in my gearing.'
Why is this? Well, the Sahara comes with 32" diameter tyres – larger than the Sport, and close in size to those of the Rubicon. As a result, it shares the latter vehicle's 4.1:1 diff ratios, and these work as well with the 35-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claws you see here as they do with Jeep's original rubber and the 31.5-inch General Grabber AT2s Martin also has. Yes, that's three sets of tyres, and each is mounted on its own rims, meaning he can lob them on whenever the need arises. The wheels in the pictures, by the way, are made by American Expedition Vehicles alloys, and they're designed specifically for off-roading with a strong bead protector and recessed valves to avoid damage.
The Sahara might have the right diff ratios, however, but the axles themselves still weren't what Martin wanted. There's nothing wrong with the Dana 30 front and 35 rear units, but the Rubicon's Dana 44s are that much stronger – and when Jeep's official aftermarket parts outfit Mopar started offering them as a swap-in kit, complete with those locking diffs, he didn't have to think twice.
Nonetheless, Martin describes the axle transplant as 'probably the biggest modification I've done on the vehicle.' They didn't cause any problems – but as he imported them himself from America, they were of course set up for left-hand drive.
Bear in mind that we're talking about a fully apprenticed motor mechanic with eight years' experience prior to a career change that's led to him now being a sheet metal worker in the aerospace industry, who also happens to have a fully equipped home workshop to go with his extensive vehicle-building skills, and you'll appreciate that when Martin says converting the axles to RHD caused 'quite a bit of work,' it's a job the average DIYer definitely doesn't want to underestimate. Pay attention here, too: 'I bought a particularly good welder for doing the axles. I knew I would have to replace the brackets, so I bought a good MIG set.'
The work did involve making up a couple of brackets from scratch, but in the main swapping the axles involved cutting off the hardware used for mounting them and remounting it for fitting on a RHD vehicle. The front knuckle uprights needed changing, however – but by a stroke of good fortune, the units from the Sahara's original front axle went on perfectly. 'It was a bit of a gamble,' he admits. 'I didn't know if they were going to fit or not until I actually went and fitted them, so it could have cost me. I priced them up, and it would have been about £500.'
'It was the same with the propshafts. I had a good idea they were going to fit, but nobody had done it before, so it was suck it and see. That could have cost me another £600, but fortunately they fitted straight on, no problem at all.'
Buying a brand new vehicle as the base for a project is a luxury not many people can afford, but you'll have ascertained by now that this is by no means a loadsamoney off-road build. Rather, it's a classic case of 'spend it once, spend it right' – Martin isn't scared of putting his hand in his pocket when that's the best solution, but no way has he just opened his chequebook for a load of accessories and bunged them on without thinking it through.
Take the wiring for the electrically operated diff locks, for example. Pricing up the options, he found that to buy a Rubicon loom in the UK would cost £400, whereas in the US it was around an eighth of that price. But then, of course, not only was it for a V6 petrol, it was left-hand drive.
Not a problem. 'I had to modify the loom quite extensively,' says Martin. 'But by doing it that way, it meant all the actual plugs for the axles are genuine, so they're fully waterproof. They're all O-ring plugs, which lock and seal, and they're all in good positions on the axles, above and behind, so it works really well.
'Plus it meant I had all the right colour-coded cables. Basically, I stripped the whole loom down for the cables and plugs I wanted then built them in to the vehicle.
Best of all, possibly, doing it this way meant he was able to bypass one of the Rubicon's big flaws. The front and rear lockers are operated by a single switch which is fiddly and badly located on the dash, and the way they're wired prevents you from operating them in certain sequences.
'I had the option of using the manufacturer's switch block,' says Martin. 'But I don't like the way they switch – you don't have total control of the axles. For example, the vehicle won't let you use the diff locks in high range, it won't let you have them in above a certain speed, it won't let you lock the front unless you've already locked the back… it restricts you to when it thinks it's a good idea, whereas I want to be in control.
'So I wired it so that if I want, I can have just the front locker in, or I can have just the back locker in. They're on totally separate circuits, because they're the thing that gets you out of trouble and you don't want the vehicle deciding when you can and can't use them. I want to flick that switch and know they're going to come in.' A good technique for safety is that the lockers are wired direct, with their fuses located as close to the battery as possible. This means the non-fused section is only a couple of inches long, minimising the danger of shorting out should the cable be broken.
You'll have worked out by now that importing equipment from the US holds no fear for this particular Jeep owner, so no surprises that this is the route he took with the suspension, too. His choice, from the wide range of options on the American aftermarket, was a 3.5-inch lift from Skyjacker comprising springs, shocks and relocation brackets for the panhard rods. Once again, it needed modifying to suit his particular needs; once again, this was largely due to the kit being designed for a left-hooker.
Talking to Martin, it quickly becomes clear that he's not slow to criticise products with which he's been disappointed. But he has nothing but praise for the Skyjacker kit. 'It fits well – very well. You have to modify the rear tie bar (panhard rod) slightly, where it mounts to an extension block on the axle which prevents it from dragging the axle to one side when you put on the longer springs, but there's no problem there. On the front, you just have a relocation bracket to put on. To be honest, I made one myself.'
That was with the original Sahara axle, which in some ways acted as a prototype for the Dana 44 when it went on. 'I modified the bracket slightly when I put the other axles on. I had to weld it back on anyway, so I just moved it over by a corresponding amount for a 3.5-inch lift.'
Easy. Except that what he ended up with was only a 3.5-inch lift at one end of the vehicle. Not that this came as a surprise, obviously, given the amount of research he'd done before starting the project, but it still needed remedying.
The problem was that the Skyjacker kit is made for American vehicles, which are of course petrol powered. The diesel engine is heavier, to the tune of about 75kg, and on top of this the Wrangler was going to have a winch hung on its front bumper. So Martin knew it was going to settle at least a bit. The only question was, how much?
As it turns out, the answer was one inch. A manufacturer would combat this by using heavier-duty springs, but in this case a set of spacers was pressed into action. 'I don't normally like using spring spacers,' Martin says. 'But it was the easiest option instead of trying to match up a longer spring – I put them on and it sits at the correct angle now.'
Given that this vehicle is meant to be a diesel-engined Rubicon equivalent, rather than an ultimate no-compromise extreme machine, Martin decided that a 3.5-inch lift would be enough. In fact, that might have been his view anyway. 'I'm not after going for a long arm kit or anything like that,' he says. 'I've found that vehicles with a very tall suspension lift become too top-heavy, too unstable on very steep hills. So I think that a 3.5-inch lift with a 35-inch tyre, which in effect is giving you probably another couple of inches, is a good combination. It's a general purpose vehicle; I want it to have good road manners, and it's perfect on the road, it's not skittish or anything like that.' You don't need to look far to find 4x4 owners who've gone as far as possible with their suspension and created vehicles that are virtually unusable on the road, so amen to that.
And it's very, very apparent that even though this is towards the top end when it comes to off-road projects, in terms of budget if nothing else, Martin has never been one for going wild in the 4x4 toybox. That's why he's satisfied himself with manual disconnects on the axles. 'Electric disconnects are the only thing a Rubicon has that I could have bought and didn't,' he says. 'The kit is £1500, and I can't warrant that when I can buy manual disconnects for $100 and it takes 10 minutes to take them off. I'll forego pressing a button on the dash for that!'
Many 4x4 owners, particularly those who like making their own stuff, adorn their vehicles with heavy-duty bumpers of varying degrees of subtlety. Here, however, Martin decided that importing a set of off-the-shelf units from America was more cost-effective. He does intend to lower the front winch mount by four inches, however, as his Warn XP9000 blocks airflow to the radiator pre-cooler.
This whole area of the vehicle is something of a work in progress, in fact, because removing the factory-standard front bumper meant losing the attached under-grille which keeps mud away from the radiator. The radiator, the pre-cooler, the gearbox oil cooler and the heat exchanger for the air con, in fact, and all were starting to suffer. 'About a month ago, I realised that the engine was starting to run warm. The bottom half of the radiators were that badly clogged, and that whole area is inaccessible. It's a huge job to clean them out – you've got to take the entire front panel out of the vehicle.'
Martin had already been planning to build a steering guard, but now it became apparent that the construction was going to have to do more besides. In fact, he goes as far as to say that keeping the radiators mud-free is now its primary task.
The guard you see in our pictures is actually only a template, made from thin steel. It's destined to be replaced by a stouter unit in folded aluminium, which will be heat-treated to T6 hardness and mounted directly to the chassis. 'It appears to be quite low,' says Martin, 'but it doesn't get in the way. It's still higher than the axle, so it's not going to ground out.'
The aluminium guard will be built by a specialist, which goes to show that while Martin can make pretty much anything he wants, he's not scared to employ the right man for the job when that means getting it done better. Witness his views on powering that XP9000: 'The standard battery on the JK is a large Optima Yellow-Top. But I'm looking at putting a second one on there, with a dedicated winch battery and a twin-charging system, and that job's going to go to Mark Gasser at MDG. I don't mind doing the low-tension electrics like the diff locks and the winch itself, but starting to put in a dual-charging system, there's the potential there to do serious damage to your vehicle, and I don't know enough about it – I'd rather give it to somebody who knows what they're doing.'
The vehicle's limb risers, on the other hand, were fashioned in Martin's own workshop. 'The places where I go off-roading in France are very overgrown,' he says, 'and the bodywork's already quite severely scratched. So to try and minimise it, I've put them on to try and protect it. I didn't buy them anywhere – they're purely my own design, and they work well.' Run back from a pair of sturdy arms on the front bumper, they might raise an eyebrow or two, but he positioned these to stay within the vehicle's body line so as not to create an additional risk for pedestrians.
Further protection comes from a set of Mopar rock rails, as fitted on the Rubicon, though Mark doesn't enthuse about these. 'It'll slide over obstacles with them, but I wouldn't be confident about it if the tyres dropped off a rock and they landed on another rock. I wouldn't want to jack the vehicle up on them, either; in the long term, I might change them for something better, or modify them myself.'
The snorkel from American Expedition Vehicles, on the other hand, gets nothing but praise. Fitted just before we photographed the JK, it was 'nothing of a job. It fits straight into the air box – at the point where it goes through the bonnet, that's where the air box is. It took me about three hours.' He also reckons that having compared this unit with the opposition, it gives air a smoother route to the engine. It's a much simpler design – I've looked at them in great detail, and I'm happier with this one.'
As the snorkel's recent arrival shows, like every other project under the sun this one is never really finished. Aside from the dual-charging system and under-guard, however, it's all possibilities for the future: he's thought about fitting a Rubicon transfer case, as this keeps the same gearing in high range but takes it deeper in low, but wouldn't pay the retail price. 'I'm always watching the Auto Trader to see if someone's breaking a Rubicon!'
He's also thought about a rear winch, but given that he never goes off-roading on his own and doesn't intend to use the JK for challenge events, it's not a priority. It would also mean cutting the vehicle up, which he baulks at.
'You don't want to make the vehicle unsaleable,' he says. 'It's something you've got to think about. If you try and sell something that's prepared for off-roading, you get nothing for it – it's too much of a niche market. So I've kept everything I took off the Jeep, and in the space of about a week I could turn it back into a standard vehicle. That's why I've not made big changes inside – I've bought new dash panels and switch panels, so I can remove them and put the new ones in, and you wouldn't be able to tell it's ever been modified. It's all reversible, apart from the hole in the bonnet – and if I ever sell this one, I'd put all the stuff on another JK, so I'd swap the bonnets over.'
No, don't worry – he wouldn't try and sell the vehicle as 'never off-roaded.' Though there would be bits of it that could indeed make that claim. 'If anyone came to buy it,' he says, 'I'd show them a picture of how it was. But the JK is a purpose built off-road vehicle, after all – if you don't want to buy something that's possibly been off-roaded, you're buying the wrong vehicle.'
Not that you need fear that fact. At least, not if the owner of the Jeep you're after has been as conscientious as this one. He might push the boundaries, but he knows where those boundaries are. 'I don't do anything to damage the vehicle,' he says. 'I do use it to its full potential, but I don't abuse it. There is a big difference.'
The difference between right and wrong, perhaps. Or between one off-roader who starts knocking a project together for a bit of fun, and another who waits three years for the right vehicle to be launched then starts turning the first one in Britain into the definitive example of what it can do. This might be a big-budget off-roader: but it's a thinking man's off-roader, too.


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The Kingmakers
As V-Day nears, HT profiles 10 politicians who will rework the political math and decide who takes the Delhi throne.india Updated: May 15, 2009 01:24 IST
Maya quiet, keeps guessing game alive
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati spent a quiet day in Lucknow on Thursday, giving no hint of her intentions once poll results are declared.
She may still be part of the Third Front, but her enthusiasm for it has waned ever since it refused to project her as its prime ministerial candidate during the campaign. No matter how many seats she wins they will all be up for grabs for whichever front — the UPA, NDA or Third Front — offers her the best deal.
Though her Bahujan Samaj Party is contesting more than 400 seats across the country, her relevance lies in the fact that her core area Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats, all of which she is contesting. Exit polls claim Mayawati, 53, stands to win between 25-35 seats, which will substantially boost the tally of whichever front she chooses to back.
She has contested polls in UP in alliance with the Congress in the past, as well as formed governments in alliance with the BJP. Which way she will turn remains a completely open question.
The last Lok Sabha was a rare one in which UP played no role at all in determining who would rule India. The UPA with Left support managed a majority without the help of either of UP's main players — Mayawati's BSP or Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP. But this aberration is unlikely to be repeated.
HTC, Lucknow
Karat may not practise what he preached
The Prakash Karat-led CPM on Thursday said categorically that the Communist parties would not let the BJP form the government at the Centre. The CPM was joined by the CPI in making this statement to the media, 48 hours before the elections results are out on Saturday.
In addition to this, the Left parties also said that sitting in the Opposition benches would be their last resort, indicating that the parties would rally the Third Front to play a more proactive role in government formation this time around.
The statements would have boosted the Congress's hopes of forming the government once again though the Left insists that it will try to form the next government.
The shift in the CPM's strong anti-Congress stand before the elections seem to have been tempered by the possibility of a fractured mandate emerging on Saturday.
As West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said recently, Karat's statements about not supporting a Congress-led government were a "pre-poll" position, which the party would take a call once the numbers are out. HTC, New Delhi ***
Hands tied, Mulayam prays for numbers
Mulayam Singh Yadav, 69, was already in Delhi on Thursday, holding prolonged consultations with key aides, as exit polls showed both his Bihar partners in the Fourth Front — Lalu Prasad's RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP — performing poorly.
But the same exit polls showed that Mulayam's SP was unlikely to face any similar collapse. It may not repeat 2004, when it bagged 35 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, but it will win enough to remain a key player.
Its options, however, are limited by three factors: first, given its vote base, it cannot back the NDA; second, given the antagonisms of state politics, it cannot back any coalition that includes Mayawati; third, with Mayawati in power, it needs to back the winning side at the Centre, to get reciprocal patronage and thereby stand up to her.
The Fourth Front has committed its half-hearted support to the UPA, but the SP's relevance will depend directly upon the number of seats it captures. Given Mulayam's stormy relations with the Congress, only a good chunk of seats can restrain the UPA from succumbing to the temptation of dumping him and turning to Mayawati.
HTC, Lucknow
Naveen fate in Orissa to decide Central role
Orissa chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 62, first needs to re-anoint himself king in Bhubaneswar, before he can step out to play kingmaker at the Centre.
Following the break with the BJP in March, Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is contesting elections on its own for the first time. With assembly polls also being held in Orissa, Patnaik has first to win a majority in the 147-member House, to have options at the Centre. If the BJD falls short, and either the BJP or the Congress steps in with support, Patnaik will have no choice but to reciprocate at the Centre. All Patnaik's pre-poll rhetoric as a leader of the Third Front that the BJD will support neither a Congress-led government nor a BJP-led one, will be rendered meaningless. His options and relevance will be severely curtailed.
But if he gets a majority in the state polls, the 10-12 Lok Sabha seats — out of 21 — that the exit polls predict he will win, can take him far. Both Congress and BJP will woo him, while the Third Front will struggle to keep him in its fold.
HTC, Bhubaneswar
The man everyone wants to tango with
It was a routine Thursday for CM Nitish Kumar, 58, but he is expected to leave for Delhi soon after results are announced.
Despite efforts by both UPA alliance and Third Front to wean him away, and his own somewhat ambiguous statements to the media, it became abundantly clear after his attendance at the NDA's Ludhiana rally Sunday last, that Nitish remained committed to the NDA for the time being.
With his JD(U) and the BJP running a coalition government in the state, Nitish stands to lose his chief ministership if he parts company with the latter. Exit polls have confirmed what campaign trends in the state had earlier suggested — the NDA combine stood to win most of the 40 Lok Sabha seats. If it happens, Nitish is bound to play a key role in the post-poll politics of Delhi.
If the NDA comes within striking distance of forming the government, the JD(U) will not only have contributed substantially to its tally, Nitish himself, with his secular image, will play a key role in wooing likely allies. Nitish has claimed he is in touch with some regional party leaders. "Nitish's image of being secular and development oriented, despite being in the NDA, is bound to benefit the alliance as it searches for allies," said Shivanand Tiwari, JD(U) spokesman.
HTC, Patna
Everyone's choice, but who will he choose
If the alliances are here to stay, the national parties cannot ignore Sharad Pawar, the man who became chief minister way back in 1978 by cobbling together a coalition in Maharashtra.
Pawar, 68, a four-time chief minister, is known for bringing together strange bedfellows.
And this is the reason why Pawar will throw in his hat if it comes to choosing a candidate who would be acceptable to both the Congress-led UPA and the Left-led Third Front.
Two strong partners in the Third Front, the BJD and the AIADMK, have indicated that they could accept Pawar as the prime ministerial candidate. Significantly for the Left, Pawar has been a "friend'' right from his days in the Progressive Democratic Front experiment in Maharashtra in 1978.
For the SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav too Pawar could be the best bet. His party is already in alliance with the NCP in Maharashtra. And above all, corporates would prefer someone like Pawar rather than a Left-nominated PM. Under Pawar, Maharashtra was seen as an industry-friendly state with the Tatas and Bajajs setting up several factories. HTC, Mumbai
All roads open for Jaya, the fence-sitter
AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa, 61, spent Thursday inside her Poes Garden residence, refusing to meet any visitors.
Though nominally a part of the Third Front, she has no 'secular' baggage that could restrain her from joining the NDA coalition after the polls, if it suited her interests.
She could well support the UPA too — provided it dumps its existing ally and her primary antagonist M. Karunanidhi's DMK, which is presently its coalition partner.
Indeed, if the UPA does forms the next government, joining it would be doubly advantageous: her party would be part of the ruling coalition at the Centre, while the DMK government in Tamil Nadu too would no longer survive. If the Congress withdraws its support to the DMK in Tamil Nadu, the government will fall.
Her relevance will depend critically upon the number of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu she manages to win. Her campaign saw huge, supportive crowds at her meetings. But exit polls have differed on how well her alliance — which includes the PMK and MDMK — has performed.
HTC, Chennai
Telangana route to Rao's destination
K Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) spent the day networking with major political players in New Delhi on Thursday.
Several surveys said he is expected to get five Lok Sabha seats. That will mean repeating the 2004 results when the Telengana sentiment was very high. If that happens he will have proved that he is not a flash in the pan but a leader to reckon with. It will massively improve his bargaining power and he could side with the highest bidder. He could use the numbers to get some berths in the Central cabinet besides getting statehood for Telangana, which now has 17 of the state's 42 seats.
But can he be relied upon? Probably not, as the Congress and now TDP have realised. But it does not matter to him. " I will do anything for Telangana," he said.
Though he had pitched in with the Third Front earlier, Rao was seen in the company of BJP leaders at an NDA rally before the last phase of the elections on Wednesday. Yet, there's no saying what Rao will finally do. HTC, Hyderabad
Naidu crucial to Third Front plans
A lot of attention will be paid to how the N. Chandrababu Naidu's party, Telegu Desam, fares in Andhra Pradesh.
The state with a total of 42 Lok Sabha seats has played a crucial role in installing successive governments at the Centre for nearly two decades.
In 1991, after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the Congress won 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state and got back to power with PV Narasimha Rao as prime minister.
After the 1996 elections, in which the TDP did well, Naidu helped instal the United Front government under H.D. Deve Gowda — with Congress support from the outside.
The TDP went to the polls with the Left parties in the 1998 Lok Sabha elections but Naidu dumped the United Front and joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
Naidu is believed to be keeping his non-Congress options open and will be in the picture if either the Third Front or the NDA are in a position to form the government.
HTC, Hyderabad
Pre-poll alliance limits Mamata's options
Mamata Banerjee, 54, spent most of Thursday at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata, holding one meeting after another with close associates.
Having entered into a pre-poll tie up with the Congress, her options, while the new government is formed, may be limited. She has to support the Congress-led front.
But her relevance lies not just in the number of seats she adds to the UPA tally or the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance in this election. (Exit polls put Trinamool's tally alone at 10-15 of West Bengal's 42.)
If the UPA does fall short of numbers — as it is expected to — Mamata can become a major hurdle in forming yet another alliance with the Left. She has said so — and she means it — that she will break her alliance with the Congress if it makes any such move.
If that happens, the UPA loses not only the seats Trinamool will contribute, but also any fighting chance it had of dislodging the Left Front from Writers Building in Kolkata, from where it has been ruling the state for the past 32 years, when Assembly polls are held in 2011.
HTC, Kolkata
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A Seoul court has fined newly-signed St. Louis Cardinals reliever Seung Hwan Oh 10 million won ($8,300) for breaking South Korean gambling laws by betting heavily at a Macau casino.
A spokesman from the Seoul Central District Court said Tuesday that former Chicago Cubs pitcher Lim Chang-yong, Oh's ex-teammate with South Korean club Samsung Lions, was also fined the same amount.
The Korean Baseball Organization have already hit both players with half-season bans after prosecutors charged them for betting around 40 million won ($33,000) each at a casino in Macau in 2014.
South Korea has strict gambling laws, which has only one domestic casino for locals while 16 others only admit foreigners. South Koreans are banned from betting large sums of money at venues other than the designated local casino.


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The Punisher Teaser Trailer
Netflix's The Punisher: Season 1: Teaser TV Show Trailer stars Jon Bernthal. The teaser promises a grittier, more violent show than the Marvel Cinematic Universe's previous offerings.
The Punisher's plot synopsis from Youtube:
Marvel's The Punisher is a American web television series created for Netflix by Steve Lightfoot, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise, and is a spin-off of Marvel's Daredevil.
The series revolves around Frank Castle, who uses lethal methods to fight crime as the vigilante "the Punisher", with Jon Bernthal reprising the role from Daredevil.
The series will feature, via IMDB, Jon Bernthal, Jason R. Moore, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael Nathanson, Jaime Ray Newman, Amber Rose Revah, Paul Schulze, Daniel Webber, Deborah Ann Will, Kobi Frumer, Ripley Sobo, and Kelli Barrett.
Our first look at the upcoming Marvel series from Netflix, the teaser for The Punisher is probably the darkest comic-based property we've seen the streaming service offer so far. Framed around Bernthal's Frank Castle hammering the ground, the trailer cuts between this and scenes of graphic violence that differentiate it from the relatively clean action of the MCU's big screen features. Bernthal's menacing voice-over helps to solidify the tense tone of the trailer, with his final warning that "he's coming to collect" leaving us feeling sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to incur his wrath.
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|Faux Carico Lake Turquoise Arrowhead Earrings
I have been trying to determine what my next tutorial will be about, and so I have been experimenting a lot. First up: Faux turquoise. I LOVE turquoise, and wanted to try and come up with polymer versions of some of my favorite types of genuine turquoise, like Carico Lake and Blue Gem, neither of which I will ever be able to afford.
Creating faux turquoise also satisfies my need for big, bold pendants and earrings. I can create as big a focal as I want in polymer, whereas a piece as large in the genuine turquoise stone would be way out of my price range, and probably almost everyone else's price range, too.
I made more than 120 pieces in the last 10 days, and sanded so much, I'm out of commission because my fingers are a cracked and bloody mess.
I am also out of clay, and it is torture! I am very impatient to get back in the studio and do some Spring creating.
|Faux Blue Gem Turquoise Pendant
I am seeing such beautiful new work from all my favorite polymer artists and I am jealous I can't get in there and create some new things, too.
Until my fingers heal, I'm spending the time sorting finished pieces into three batches: List, Trash and Butt Uglies. If a piece passes the Diva Perfection Test, it goes in the List pile. Pieces with imperfections go in the Butt Uglies Jar for my Momma. Things I don't like or are too ugly for the Butt Uglies Jar get tossed.
|Faux Carico Lake Turquoise Earrings
Of the 120+ pieces I created, I ended up with about 45 List pieces and 40 or so Butt Uglies. The rest got tossed... a lot of wasted clay, unfortunately.
The next step is photographing and deciding which pieces to list first. This is the hardest part for me. There are only so many items you can fit on the first page of your Etsy shop, so I have to decide which are my favorites.
|Diva Fantasy Turquoise Earrings
These are some of the pieces that made the cut and will be listed. Seeing the final result is so worth the wrecked digits; and several of the pieces have already been reserved or sold.
|Faux Blue Gem Turquoise Earrings
Which brings me to something I wanted to say. If you see something in my Flickr photo stream that is not listed in my shop, ask me about it. I only have the energy to post a few pieces at a time, so it may be that I just haven't gotten to the one you want yet. I am always happy to reserve pieces for my loyal customers. Email me and we'll discuss it, okay?
Thank you!


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5 Key Takeaways on the Road to Dominating Businesses
The Advantages of Frequent Air Duct Cleaning There are several disadvantages that one may experience if they don't resort to frequent air duct cleaning, this includes frequent swelling of nasal passages and other illness and it even makes the environment dirty. Nowadays, people are more cognizant on the effects of air pollution. This could probably be the reason why they are investing on ways to keep the indoor environment of their place clean with the help of frequent air duct cleaning. If you want to take away those air pollutants in the ventilation system of you home or business establishments then it is at your best interest to have the air ducts clean on a regular basis. Vent cleaning is also an essential part in your daily cleaning routine that you must not overlook. Also, different studies shows that frequent air duct maintenance lessen the health problems that people might encounter due to dirty environments. In other words, having this kind of cleaning routine boosts the health status of people living in a particular house and even those who are prone to allergies. People involve in medical field confirmed its effectiveness in improving the health status of those people who have lung problems. If you want to augment or improve your health status then it is a good thing for you to have the air ducts clean more often to ensure the surroundings is clean and safe for you and your family.
Getting Down To Basics with Businesses
Air ducts are just some kind of tube that has different shapes, it could square like or circular and oftentimes it is made of ordinary sheet of metals. The most common function of air ducts is it allows the passage of air in the whole area of a particular building or home. They are also an essential part of the Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of any structure.
Figuring Out Businesses
More often homeowners include air duct cleaning as part of their cleaning maintenance of their homes. If there is a constant check-up of these ducts then you can be assured that it will properly function. Frequent cleaning also assures that particles and substances stuck in the heating and cooling system are remove. If you have dirty air ducts then surely you can expect more expenses. As a matter of fact, the frequent cleaning help conserve 20-21% in energy utilized by people at home. If you are very much concern to your health and other illness brought by dirty environment then you wouldn't mind spending your money in the cleaning of air ducts. Some particles are caught within those tubes, for instance mold, dust, pollen and other particles that can cause allergies. As time passes by they start to hoard and more likely it will be released in the atmosphere wherein people can breath it in. Some people might not be affected by polluted air but over exposure to it can also lead to lung related diseases or breathing problems.


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Last weekend was our long awaited annual Oktoberfest Party. This years theme was TexMex (every year we choose a new theme so that the food, the drinks and the fancy dresses can be matched to that).
I showed you a little tutorial about how to make nice invitations back in August {here}.
Well, what can I say…I love the preparation: making decorations, cooking and baking, planning everything…it is just loads of fun for me.
For the decorations I this time made buntings with a mexican-touch and today I want to show you how you can make them. They don't have to be used for a TexMex-Party: they would make a lovely bunting for a birthday party and can also be made in many different ways (bigger, smaller, less colours…etc.)
To make the buntings you will need:
– tissue paper
– a pair of scissors
– glue
– a string
Yep…nothing more – basically the majority of the things most people have at home anyway.
1) Depending on how big you want your bunting to be cut each tissue paper into the right size. (My sizes were A5 and A4)
2) Now use your scissors to trim the sharp edges of your sheets so that the edges get a rounder form (have a look at the pictures for a better explanation :)). You can use more than one … in one go if your scissors are fairly sharp as the paper is so thin.
3) Fold each paper in the middle and cut different patterns into it. I went for a square option with the paper on the left but you can cut in round, patterns hearts. When you open the paper again you will see the patterns. It is the same principal as if you were cutting out paper snowflakes for winter.
4) Repeat the third step over the whole paper until you have a nice pattern. If the patterns are not cut perfectly that is no problem at all as you won't be able to see that once the bunting decorates a room.
5) Once you have the amount of papers that you want to use for your bunting you fold a tiny bit at the top of each paper and glue it around the string. And now you can attach your bunting inside or outside in your garden 🙂
As I said already, I think you can do so many things with this bunting as it is very versatile.
The light was not perfect when I took the pictures but I think you get an idea.
I really hope you enjoyed this little tutorial. Should you make some buntings I would be very happy if you sent me some pictures…I would love to see that! You can tweet me or contact me via instagram under @madebygreta – or you can just leave a comment here on the blog :).


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Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and as always....it's ANYTHING GOES!! What will YOU create??!!
I've used the stunning Rayne on my card today….I just love how her hair turns into water!! Nice tushie, huh!?! hehe….I kept it simple and used some silver CS, teal netted ribbon and SU crystal adhesive dots.
Here's a closeup:
Your submission must use at least one Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp but can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until Tuesday, April 22nd!! What do you think.....wanna WIN??
**Please note that you are more than welcome to combine this Wonderful Wednesday Share to Win challenge with other challenges, BUT not our regular weekly challenges. This must be a new and different creation than anything you create for our Saturday challenges.
P.S. Did you know that the Krafty Previews for the NEW April stamps begins tomorrow???? YUP! With all the new stamp sets releasing at our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday!!! Can't wait to share them all with you!! AND look out for ways to WIN some new rub bah!
Happy kraftin'!


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An Upsetting Post, With Pun-ful Results
This blog's got a lot to cover tonight, so let's start slowly.
First off, just after this blog reported Bowling Green's upset over Virginia Tech on Saturday, a much bigger upset happened last night. Sam Houston State, picked to finish 4th in the Southland Conference, went into Missouri and beat the Big 12 school on their home court, 80-77. Missouri was picked to finish 8th in the Big 12, however last season the Big 12 was 3rd in the nation in Conference RPI. The Southland Conference finished 26th (out of 31 conferences) in the same measure.
For some additional perspective, last year in the Southland Conference, the biggest non-conference victory was Texas-Arlington's win over San Diego, who finished 120th in team RPI. Missouri will most likely end up finishing around 75th in team RPI this year, the average Big 12 school finished 82nd last season, an average that would have been significantly higher were it not for abyssmal Baylor (282nd). For the record, Missouri finished 84th last year.
Also of note Monday night was Air Force's victory over the ACC's Miami Hurricanes. The combination of this loss and Virginia Tech's shows that the ACC may not be as deep as expected this season.
This blog should live up to its name at least a little today, so here's some stale puns to end this post with a whimper:
After getting stuck at a railroad crossing, Crystal was late for work. She found that she had to train herself to leave earlier.
Or perhaps to make tracks earlier. This blog is always the conductor in a symphony of puns. Puns by the shovelful, that's the stone-coal reality. A "L" of a way to end the string, and this blog was just gaining steam.


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John Robinson, Chairman of the Board & Fundraising Committee
John has been involved with Mountain T.O.P. since his time participating in YSM as a youth with City Road UMC in Madison, TN. He was on the YSM summer staff for two summers as a Ministry Coordinator and Field Manager. He also spent a summer and spring/summer as a Ministry Intern with the Support Staff and has been an AIM Fall Weekend participant for the past several years.
John has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Religious Studies with minors in Interactive Media and Computer Science, and a Masters of Science degree in Appropriate Technology and Environmental Design. John is currently the Operations Manager for LightWave Solar Electric in Nashville, TN where he leads Tennessee's most experienced solar electric (PV) design and installation team. When not at work or at a MTOP event, John enjoys relaxing with a good cup of coffee, reading, seeing live music, and exploring the natural beauty to be found around middle TN with his wife Liz.
Rev. Ed Simmons, Executive Director
The Rev. Edward B. Simmons was named Executive Director of Mountain T.O.P. in January 2006 after the retirement of founder and past Executive Director, George Bass. Simmons holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida, an MBA from the University of Houston, and received his pastoral training from Chandler School of Theology and Perkins School of Theology. He spent 15 years at Enron Corp. before entering the ministry in 1993. He is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church. He previously served several churches in the Texas Annual Conference as the Minister Administration. Simmons had an 18-year affiliation with Mountain T.O.P as a camper prior to being appointed Executive Director. His call to full-time ministry in the United Methodist Church came while participating in a Mountain T.O.P. camp week. He has been married to his wife Glynn for over 37 years.
Julie Keel, Associate Executive Director
Julie came to Mountain T.O.P. in 2007 after serving in the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts in Mississippi. At Mountain T.O.P, Julie is responsible for facilitating all programs within our various camps and ministries. She will also be the person primarily responsible for coordinating the ministry's growing community development activities and in forming the new South Cumberland Community Development Partnership. Julie started out as a mechanical engineer but migrated back over to the world of missions, a passion that began for her at Mountain T.O.P. as a youth.
Stephanie Clemson, Past Chair & Resource Development and Personnel
Stephanie Clemson is originally from Valparaiso, IN and currently lives in Nashville, TN. She is a teacher for Metro Nashville Public Schools where she teaches 8th-grade Literacy. She got her undergrad from Ohio Northern University and her masters from Vanderbilt University.
Stephanie was a Mountain T.O.P. camper from 1997-2000 and was on staff in 2001, 2004, and 2006. Things that make her happy are good books, driving stick shift, good kids, being outside, good coffee, McDonald's coke, speaking German, Batman, her family, and two miniature dachshunds.
Kavin Stackhouse, Facilities Committee
Kevin brings over 40 years of experience in custom home building business with the past 28 of those years as the owner of the company. Kevin and his wife Barb grew up in rural Indiana on neighboring farms. They have two sons both married with growing families and they all reside in Nashville.
Being an active part of the community in which they live has always been a priority for the Stackhouse family. Giving back is something that comes naturally. We believe by volunteering and helping those less fortunate, we make our community stronger and more vibrant.
Kevin has been active with Habitat for Humanity for more than 200 years, beginning back in his days living in Indiana. He and his wife Barb are members of The Village UMC in Nolensville, TN where they are active in mission work for the church. Kevin has served both locally and internationally on mission teams providing skilled contractor services.
Steve Koelbl, Trustee & Secretary
Steve Koelbl (nickname Daddy Koelbl) was born in 1960 at Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. He currently lives in McMinnville, Tennessee with wife Mary Dillon Stubblefield Koelbl. They have two children – Jay Koelbl and Jennifer Koelbl. Steve is a Senior Quality Engineer for the Nissan Decherd, Tennessee powertrain facility. He has also previously worked as Senior Quality Engineer at Carrier Air Conditioning in Morrison, TN for 10 years. Steve has a BS Mechanical Engineering degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Hobbies when not enjoying a Mountain TOP function include: Habitat for Humanity of Warren County Home Builder (help build 24 homes since 2000), Beekeeping (1998- present) – lifetime member of Tennessee Beekeeping, member of Winchester Beekeeper Association and McMinnville Beekeeper Association, Tennessee certified beekeeping apiary inspector and a beekeeping mentor. Steve also is a Military collector and a lifetime member of both Alabama and Tennessee Military Collector Associations Antique Car Collector and restorer. Other interests include motorcycle riding (1998 Harley Davidson Road King), Master Gardener and Photography.
Community activities include Warren County Chamber of Commerce (2011 Volunteer of the Year), member of the First United Methodist Church and an assistant with the Methodist Youth Fellowship. An officer (President 2002-present), Building Co-Chair (2002-present) and Board of Directors member (2000-present) of Habitat for Humanity of Warren Co helping build 24 homes in Warren Co (2000-present).
I enjoy working with Mountain TOP because I can work outside with the Mountain Top family members, community youth and also learn from and provide assistance to Grundy, Van Buren and Warren County families.
Bob Willems, Trustees Chair & Facilities Committee
One thing I have learned over the years that I have been affiliated with Mountain T.O.P. is that the tasks of ministry, whatever they may be, are always so much more than what I am capable of dealing with. That being said, I came to the realization early on that it is not the task itself but that I accept the responsibility for it and trust God to equip me for what He wants to accomplish through me. What I must do is give Him all I have and it always is enough. This is my attitude in the way I approach my responsibilities on the Board.
Reed Bradford, Trustee & Facilities Committee
There are three important things in my life; Family, Church and Mountain TOP. I went to High School in Manhasset, Long Island graduating in 1954 and to college at West Virginia Wesleyan graduating in 1958. I went into the Army in late1958 and served 18 months in Germany. While in Germany I married Deeda on June 11, 1960, and we now have 3 sons; Jay in Birmingham, AL, Mike in Long Beach, CA, and Tom in Murfreesboro, TN. I/we have 4 grandchildren.
I retired in 1991 from State Farm Life Insurance after 28 years of work. I started coming to Mountain TOP in 1980 driving youth from our church in Winter Haven, FL. In 1990 I started doing AIM and after retirement, the trips became more frequent. I was project manager along with Deeda to get Baker Mountain built, to get the Friends cabin built and to do the renovation of Peabody. We purchased property here in Coalmont, TN in 2006 and officially moved in March 2008.
Steven Solomon is from Germantown, TN and is a lifelong member of Germantown United Methodist Church. He has devoted his entire professional career to fundraising for ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Business Administration and received his Master of Business Administration degree from Union University. Steven is married to Susan and they have two daughters, Emily and Kate.
Steven started his Mountain T.O.P. journey at age 14 and has been an active participant as a youth, summer staff member, adult volunteer and Board member for over 20 years. In 2014 he was inducted into the Mountain T.O.P. "Fisher of People" Hall of Fame.
Phil Swords, Finance Committee Chair
Phil Swords was born and raised in Northeast Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi. Phil has been married to Deborah Montgomery Swords for 32 years. They both have worked for BancorpSouth Bank in Tupelo, MS for over 35 years from where he recently retired. Phil is honored to serve as a deacon at Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo. He loves HBC's "72 Hours Of Service" which takes us outside of our church campus to serve others in our city and county. HBC introduced us to Mountain Top in 2005 while serving in the Singles Department. Debbie was hooked immediately, but it took Phil a couple years to warm up to the hard work and long hours. After one hard, tough day, while in the sharing session that evening with his brain in neutral and his mouth in overdrive he commented: "I won't work this hard for money"! The singles group suggested this statement may be fitting to put on a tee shirt. He hopes someday to attend all five AIM Fall Weekends. Phil is also a member of the Tupelo Luncheon Civitan Club where he serves on the board of directors and helps with various community service projects.
Mitch Lister, Finance Committee
Mitch Lister was born and raised in the Smokey Mountains of East Tennessee. He attended Tennessee Tech University out of High School to play Varsity Soccer. He transferred and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Marketing. While attended UT, he went to work for the Knoxville Utilities Board and began a career in the Utility Industry that began in 1985.
He married his wife in 1986, Carrie, soon after graduation from UT. He started working with youth and beginning one of his passions of Youth Ministry in 1987 with Trinity United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was at Trinity, that he was introduced to Mountain TOP. He moved with his wife from Trinity to Fountain City United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee and continued his service with Youth Ministry. He and his wife welcomed their son, Alex, in 1994 while members of Fountain City. Alex works on Mountain TOP's full-time staff now.
In 1999, he received a job offer and moved his family to Atlanta, Georgia. He accepted a position and still is employed today with AGL Resources Inc., the parent Company for several Gas Distribution Companies across the United States. His family joined Cannon United Methodist Church in 1999 and he continued his work in Youth Ministry. He rekindled his relationship with Mountain TOP upon moving to Cannon UMC. He has participated in several events through the years and now continues his work with Mountain TOP as a Board Member.
Besides his family, his love for Youth Ministry and his love for Mountain TOP, he officiates football at several different levels. He has been officiating since 1988.
Bill Joy , Trustee & Finance Committee
I first participated as an AIM camper in 1998. I sold my electric business in 2000 and retired. During the summers of 2001 and 2002 my wife, Bobbie, and I was on the AIM staff. We moved from Ohio to Tennessee in 2003 and shortly after that I was elected to the Mountain T. O. P. board of directors. During that time on the board, I was involved in selecting Ed as the executive director. Was also board chairman from 2007 – 2009.
Barb Stackhouse, Resource Development Committee
Barb grew up on a farm in Northern Indiana in a small agricultural community. Her elementary school had about 80 students from K through 6th grade and everyone knew everyone. She attributes this to her love and care for others as this home community always took care of each other.
Barb is married to her high school sweetheart. They raised 2 sons who are both now married with growing families. Barb and her family all live in Nashville, TN.
Barb has always been passionate about teaching, coaching, and education. She holds an associate degree in dental hygiene, a bachelor's degree in dental health education and masters in educational leadership. She has completed her CNHP (Certified Natural Health Professional) and a Traditional Naturopathic Doctor program of study. Barb graduated from Academy Epic and Board Certified as a Complimentary & Alternative Healthcare Practitioner (CAHP-BC) in August 2017. Her work experience includes private practice dental hygienist full time for 10 years, teaching at the University in the Dental Hygiene program, running a Dental Assisting program, being the book-keeper for her husband's construction company for years, and finally teaching and coaching dentists in business and practice management.
Barb has a life and business coaching company called "More to Life Coaching," a place where dentists can find More to Life. She is focused on helping dentists manage their time and money, get organized, and learn how to connect with their patients and increase cash flow. She has coached dentists and dental teams since 2004. Her proven methods and business principles have helped many get control of their life and business.
Barb also has a wellness practice in Nashville, TN called "More to Life Wellness" where she meets people where they are and helps them to go where they want to go with regards to life and health. She utilizes bioenergetic healing practices along with other natural modalities she has learned.
Barb and her husband have a garden and enjoy growing their own food. Barb preserves this home-grown food for their winter pantry. They both spend many hours volunteering in their community and doing mission work in the States and abroad. She loves her two rescue dogs, loves spending time with her children and grandchildren, loves to travel, and enjoys hiking or reading a good book.
Barb makes joy wherever she goes with a smile on her face and a bounce in her step!
Rev. Shannon Dill, Program Committee
Shannon Dill is originally from Dallas, TX and now a 25-year resident of Atlanta, GA. She serves as Associate Pastor of Saint Luke's Presbyterian Church with responsibilities that span the entire ministry of the congregation, but her passion is engaging members of all ages in mission and outreach. She is a graduate of Austin College with a degree in psychology and received her Master of Divinity from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Shannon served on the Board of Directors of HOI, an international NGO focused in Honduras and Nicaragua, for 18 years before recently "retiring" from service, as well as serving on other non-profit/NGO advisory boards over the years. Shannon is married to Don and they have two daughters, Maddie (20) and Callie (17).
Shannon has participated in AIM weekends, Family Weekends, and is a strong advocate for the work and ministry of Mountain T.O.P. Over the past 20-plus years, Saint Luke's Presbyterian Church has developed a significant partnership with Mountain T.O.P., to include every generation of the Saint Luke's family under Shannon's leadership and guidance
Emily Chadwick, Facilities Committee
Emily Chadwick is from Hutchinson, Kansas, and currently lives in Nashville, TN, where she is the Director of the Family Resource Center at Fall-Hamilton Elementary School. She graduated from Truman State University and received a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Kansas.
She enjoys backpacking, swimming, and running, as well as volunteering at her church (Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, TN) and serving as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters. One of her proudest accomplishments is thru-hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in 2012.
Emily has had a passion for the mission of Mountain T.O.P. since her first summer as a camper in 2000 and was on summer staff in 2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008. She is looking forward to serving the ministry in a new way as a board member.
Tony Brawner, Program Committee
Tony Brawner is from Summertown Tennessee. He served in the National Guard for 6 years. He retired from Southern Office Products in Lawrenceburg Tn. in 2009 where he was service manager. He has been on several mission trips including 5 times in GUATEMALA and Sager Brown in Louisiana three times. He has been to Mt Top YSM 7 times. Tony said "Mt Top is very special to me. My Father in Law, Harry De Dad Williams started coming to Mt Top around 40 years ago. He attended approximately 18 years before he passed in 1996. My son Ray has been 17 years and my wife of 33 years Janie (who passed in 2008 from a traffic accident) had been 7 times." Tony enjoys "picking" (Like American Pickers) but mostly enjoys spending time with his three grandchildren. He has one son, Ray and his wife Tiffany and their children Amy Carson, Jancin and Issac. He also had a daughter, Amy who passed in 1997 at the age of 14 with cancer.
John Tiffany, Program Committee
John has been a member of St Thomas Episcopal Church Terrace Park Ohio-25+ years. He currently serves as an usher and team teach the 3-6-year-old Sunday School class. St Thomas celebrated its 35th anniversary of involvement with Mt TOP in 2015. John has been involved with Mt TOP through St Thomas for the last 10 years and has been the church contact for our Youth Summer Ministry(YSM) program for the last 5 years. The church typically participates in two weeks of YSM each summer and has been involved in both the Day Camp and Service Project ministries each summer for the last three years. They have had 6 college age youth on summer staff since 2009. John has been blessed by the other adult participants and young people in this ministry.
He has also been involved with Fall AIM and Friends Weekend for the last four years and is a member of the Builders Club.
John has been married for 29 years to Pamela Sisney. They have two sons Travis Tiffany and Wyatt Tiffany who are in their mid-twenties and who participated in the YSM program for several years.
John is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, with degrees in Chemical Engineering. He has worked for Chevron for 26 years in a variety of technical, operational, and management roles in California and Ohio. He has been with AECOM for the last ten years as an environmental consultant and is a Certified Professional in Ohio EPA's Voluntary Action Program.
John currently serves on the Board, the Relocation Task Force, and the Development Committee for Inter Parish Ministry(IPM), a choice food and clothing pantry in Newtown Ohio that was started by St Thomas and three other local churches 50 years ago to serve people in several counties in Southwest Ohio.
John McCarty, Facilities Committee
Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2004. Professional Engineer, Registered Land Surveyor. Currently, I am a co-owner of McCarty Granberry Engineering. We specialize in development and municipal engineering. We also provide construction management services on specialized projects. Previously, I served as a project manager at Fisher & Arnold in Memphis. I worked on an array of projects that mainly consisted of large-scale utility design and construction, highway construction and grant administration projects. I also have a decent background in commercial building construction.
I am a lifelong member of Collierville United Methodist Church. Currently, I serve as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Vice Chair of the current Facilities Planning Committee. I am also very active in the Sr. High youth bible study and trips.
I have been active in the Collierville community my entire life. Currently, I am the Vice Chair of the Design Review Commission. I have also served on the Downtown Small Area Plan Steering Committee and the Main Street Board of Directors
I have participated in Mountain T.O.P. since 1996. I was a camper in 1996, 1997 and 1998. I served on staff in 1999 as a field coordinator and as a field manager in 2000 and 2002. I have returned as an adult YSM camper every summer since 2005. I have helped with the construction portions of staff training the past 10 years. I have also participated in Friend's Weekend and helped assist with some of the camp project designs.


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Siemens – A Global Power House
In fiscal 2018, which ended on September 30, 2018, Siemens UK generated revenue of £5 billion. At the end of September 2018, the company had 15,000 employees in the UK.
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Siemens is a global powerhouse positioned along the electrification value chain – from power generation, transmission and distribution to smart grid solutions and the efficient application of electrical energy – as well as in the areas of medical imaging and laboratory diagnostics. As of September 30, 2017, Siemens had around 372,000 employees in more than 200 countries/regions. We operate in production and manufacturing plants worldwide. In addition, we have office buildings, warehouses, research and development facilities or sales offices in almost every country/region in the world.
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- 1843
Shortly before his twentieth birthday, Wilhelm Siemens arrived in the UK. He soon struck his first business deal by selling a patent for a unique electroplating process.
- 1847
Werner Siemens improved the Pointer Telegraph invented by the Englishman Charles Wheatstone by electrically synchronising the transmitter and the receiver.
- 1847
The Siemens & Halske Company was founded in Berlin by Johann Georg Halske. Wilhelm acted as the company's agent in the UK.
- 1850
Wilhelm Siemens took over Siemens & Halske's agency in London.
- 1851
The water meter was presented to the public at the Great Exhibition of 1851, to enable more efficient and less wasteful water distribution to the UK's ever-growing towns.
- 1853
Wilhelm took over the running of the UK business, which primarily involved the selling of water meters.
- 1858
Siemens' UK subsidiary was set up under the leadership of Wilhelm Siemens. The Londoner agency was converted into an independent company known as Siemens, Halske & Co. with its own workshops.
- 1859
Wilhelm married a Scot, Anne Gordon and on the day of his engagement he took British citizenship and changed his name from Carl Wilhelm to Charles William Siemens.
- 1863
Siemens opened its first UK factory in Woolwich, south London, to produce submarine cables.
- 1865
The company was renamed Siemens Brothers.
- 1866
Werner von Siemens discovered the dynamo-electric principle and thus enabled electricity to be put to practical use. Its invention laid the foundation for today's world of electrical engineering.
- 1869
An early player in telecommunications, Siemens laid the Indo-European telegraph link. Running for nearly 7,000 miles, the London to Calcutta line cut the time required for a message to travel between the two cities from many days to just 28 minutes.
- 1875
Using 'Faraday', the ship specially designed by William Siemens, the company laid the first telegraph cable from Ireland to the USA, enabling transatlantic telecommunications.
- 1877
William Siemens addressed, as president, the Iron and Steel Institute and urged better use of natural resources describing the waste of material as 'perhaps the greatest source of waste among us.'
- 1880
Siemens Brothers was converted into a stock company.
- 1881
Siemens provided the first electric lighting in a British theatre - London's Savoy Theatre. Siemens dynamo machines powered the internal lights.
- 1882
William Siemens, one of the first environmentalists, was greatly concerned about waste and pollution. In this year he gave a lecture in which he declared: "The point at which science and arts should be directed chiefly is the prevention of waste. In doing so we should vastly increase not only our national resources but our individual well-being."
- 1883
To help local businesses transport heavy machinery, Siemens completed a six-and-a-half mile single-track line from Portrush to Bush Mills in Ireland. Probably the first electric train contract in the world, its power originated from a waterfall that drove a Siemens dynamo.
- 1883
William Siemens was knighted by Queen Victoria for services to science. He died Sir William Siemens, a few months later and is buried in Kensal Green cemetery in London.
- 1901
The building of a new factory began in Stafford. The new site, which started operating two years later, produced dynamos.
- 1906
Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works Ltd., London and Stafford, was founded.
- 1908
After the successful introduction of the tantalum lamp in Germany, a factory opened in Dalston, London, to produce and market the bulb in UK.
- 1926
Siemens built the world's first set of traffic lights at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz. Today, Siemens manufactures and maintains more of the UK's traffic infrastructure than any other company from a factory in Poole.
- 1952
The Siemens Electronic Switching Laboratory began, in co-operation with, amongst others, the Post Office, to design and build a model electronic telephone exchange.
- 1964
A Siemens sales company was founded under the name Siemens Ltd.
- 1973
Having been involved in medical engineering since before World War II, Siemens consolidated its position in the UK with the acquisition of its agent, Sierex Ltd.
- 1988
Siemens was behind the first 1MB memory chip to go into production. All major UK computer manufacturers quickly adopted the new chip.
- 1989
The Plessey Company was taken over jointly by Siemens and GEC; Siemens took over the research centre Roke Manor Research; a controlling stake in Oxford Magnet Technology was acquired.
- 1997
Siemens was behind the first GSM mobile phone with colour display.
- 1999
Siemens and Fujitsu joined forces with a goal to establish Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a joint venture company that has since become one of the world's leading computer suppliers.
- 2000
Siemens developed Hawk-Eye, innovative image-processing technology, bringing major benefits to sports such as Cricket and Tennis.
- 2001
Siemens won its biggest ever contract in the UK - a £1 billion order to provide its new Desiro electric trains to Stagecoach Group and Angel Trains for the South West Trains network.
- 2005
In the biggest modernisation program in the UK, Siemens won an order for the periodic delivery of medical systems for both the Barts and Royal London hospitals.
- 2007
Siemens relocated its UK headquarters from Bracknell to Sir William Siemens Square in Frimley, Surrey. Drax signed a contract with Siemens for £100 Million Turbine upgrade.
- 2008
In London, Siemens and McKinsey published an influential study on sustainable urban infrastructure.
- 2008
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics invested in Wales, creating 250 new skilled manufacturing jobs in Llanberis.
- 2009
Siemens announced that as well as the turbines, it would also provide grid access for the world's largest offshore wind farm - London Array.
- 2009
Siemens opened its UK Wind Power Research Centre at the University of Sheffield.
- 2010
Siemens received the go ahead for £30m landmark London sustainability centre. Siemens won double honours at 2010 Best Factory Awards.
- 2011
Siemens was selected as preferred bidder for Thameslink Rolling Stock.
- 2012
Siemens opened the Crystal in London, a global centre of competence in city technologies and a visitor attraction, open to the public.
- 2012
HRH Princess Royal opened a new Engineering school in Lincoln, developed by Siemens and the University of Lincoln.
- 2012
Siemens acquired Marine Current Turbines Ltd. and the Connectors and Measurement Division of Expro Holdings UK, manufacturers of subsea components.
- 2013
Siemens sponsors Poster Art 150 to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground, as well as marking Siemens' own 170 years in the UK.Siemens Poster Vote
- 2013
Today, Siemens employs more than 13,500 people across all regions of the country, 8,000 of them are in engineering and manufacturing roles.Siemens UK Today


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Charlotte Symphony Strike resolution pending, Christof Perick and the CSO will present Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. Oct. 3-4, 8 p.m. $14-$64. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-972-2000.
Choral Concert The Chamber Singers and Davidson College Concert Choir will present works by Dawson, Dello Joio, Ferko, Kirbye, and others. Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Wed., Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Free. 704-894-2357.
Dylan Savage Pianist will present an "Un-Recital," including "Partita #1" by Bach, "Carnival" by R. Schumann and Savage's own "Two Wicked Piano Etudes." Tue., Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Free. Rowe Recital Hall, UNCC. 704-687-2472.
Evelyn Glennie on Percussion Percussionist Evelyn Glennie brings to life Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percussion. Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, guest conducts. Oct. 10-11, 8 p.m. $15-$70. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-972-2000.
An Evening Of International Song Kathleen Colwell, soprano, and others; Music of Schumann and Schubert. Karen Hite Jacob, piano. www.belmontabbey college.edu. Tue., Oct. 14, 8 p.m. Donations suggested. Belmont Abbey Basilica, 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Rd., Belmont. 704-334-3468.
Fall Choral Concert Wed., Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Free. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Corner of Main St. & Concord Rd., Davidson. 704-894-2357.
First Tuesday Concerts Music of Peter Schickele, Dream Dances. For flute, violin, and cello. Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. Presented by Chamber Music at St. Peter's. Oct 7, Noon Concert at 12:10pm, After Work Concert & Reception (Hodges Taylor Gallery) at 5:30pm. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 115 W. 7th St. 704-335-0009.
Kadri Gopalnath Saxophone recital in classical Indian music style. Performed in the Tyler-Tallman Hall. Sun., Oct. 5, 2 p.m. $15 adults, $12 seniors. Free for students under 21. Sloan Music Center, Davidson College, Davidson. 704-894-2353.
Queen City Brass Band Featuring performances of Brahms, Dvorak, Chopin, Strauss and more utilizing mostly-conical brass instruments and percussion. Mon., Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. Free. Rowe Recital Hall, UNCC. 704-687-4469.
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra David Baker, Musical Director. Presented by Carolinas Concert Association. www.carolinasconcert.com. Tue., Oct. 7, 8 p.m. $25-$65. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-527-6680.
Bayou Kitchen Extreme Improv. Live improvised comedy created from your suggestions. Visit www.extremeimprov.com for more information. Call for reservations. Fridays: Long Form Fridays, scenes and monologues from a single audience suggestion, $5; Saturdays: improv comedy with audience suggestions, Rated R, $10. 8pm both nights. 1958 E 7th St. 1-866-467-7681.
Central Ave Playhouse Psychotic Pooch. Live Sketch Comedy and improv. Material is NC-17, seating is limited. Call for reservations. Fri., Sat., 11 p.m. $10. 1118 Clement Ave. 704-502-8423.
The Comedy Zone Mathis Madness. With Mark Mathis, from TV's Fox Edge. Sundays. Oct 3-5: Tim Wilson. Fri., 8pm & 10:15pm; Sat., 9pm & 11pm; Sun., 8pm. 516 N. College St., Visit www.thecomedyzone.net. 704-348-4242.
Blackberry Mountain CPCC'S Dance Central presents a work based on the Appalachian legend of the Brown Mountain lights. Oct 10-11 at 8pm & Oct 12 at 2:30pm. $12.00. Pease Auditorium, CPCC, 1200 Elizabeth Ave. 704-330-6534.
A Celebration of Dance The program takes the audience into the wide world of dance - from classical ballet and modern dance to tap dancing. Oct 3-4 at 8pm, Oct 5 at 2:30pm. $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $4 kids 4 & under. Gaston Dance Theatre, 201 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia. 704-865-5943.
Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia Russian folk art is brought to life through a symphony of dances. Sun., Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. $18-$50. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-348-5800.
Charlotte Museum of History The Faces of Our State. Through June 2004. Soaring Symbols. Exhibit Opening for Soaring Symbols: Eagles in World Culture Exhibit, created in collaboration with the Carolina Raptor Center. Sat., Oct. 4, 2-4 p.m. Soldier's Stories: War in the First Person. Continues through Sept. 30, 2004. Where Eagles Soar. This collaborative exhibit with the Carolina Raptor Center compares and contrasts eagles in their natural habitats with their symbolic and historical importance. Exhibit runs Oct 4 through Apr 4. 3500 Shamrock Dr. 704-568-1774.
Discovery Place Omnimax. Now showing: Top Speed, Journey Into Amazing Caves and Coral Reef Adventure. Call or visit website for times, www.discoveryplace.org. Speed. Opening of new exhibit on Oct 1, with special events slated for Oct 4, 11am-2pm. Speed is a 6,000 sq. ft. experience delivering a high-speed plunge into the world of high-performance, limit-stretching and barrier-smashing motion. Through Feb 2004. 301 N. Tryon St. 704-372-6261.
Levine Museum of the New South Cotton Fields to Sky Scrapers. Tue.-Sun. A Novello Evening with Stuart Woods. Suspense novelist Woods is promoting his newest book, Capital Crimes. Tue., Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. $15. A Portion of the People: 300 Years of Southern Jewish Life. Exhibit runs Sept. 14 through Nov. 30. 200 E. 7th St. 704-333-1887.


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The Bucknell University Jazz Band offers students of all majors and academic interests the opportunity to experience modern and historically important literature in a traditional big band environment. Under the direction of Barry Long, performances both on and off campus throughout the year build upon focused ensemble rehearsal and concepts of improvisation. Members frequently have the opportunity to work with Bucknelll's Jazz Artist-in-Residence, drummer Phil Haynes, as well as guest clinicians. Recent visitors to campus include Dave Douglas, Robin Eubanks, Bill Carrothers, Jane Ira Bloom, Billy Childs, and Don Byron.
Cultural studies in jazz as well as coursework in history, theory, and arranging are regularly offered. Students are also encouraged to participate in chamber ensembles exploring improvisation in further depth.
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Ryan MacIver, alto
Garrett Powell, alto
Zach Berliner, tenor
Nicole Bakeman, tenor
Claire Rapp, baritone
Christian Humcke
Josh Berliner
Will Munro
Kevin Houska
Jonathan Hancock
Alex Searer
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Prescott Bliss, piano
David Levengood, piano
Louis Land, guitar
Alex Horowitz, bass
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Showering in the AM
I was chatting to a colleague the other day and he told me he was so late for work one morning he didn't have a shower before work. Just lobbed some clothes on and left. Turns out he hadn't even done his teeth!
What the hell, man?
Unless you work on a building site or are a mechanic, there is no excuse for not showering/bathing before work.
I would feel quite disgusting.
Other than going to the local shop, I would never go out without having a good wash.
Let me know.
It's been done many times on here before
but I'm an advocate of the evening shower rather than the morning shower (on weekdays)cat_race, unfamiliar, jopzorz, Vian, rich-t, Ymmit, and blonderedhead this'd this
- ChintzyLacroix this'd this
I'm an evening washer as well.
It gives me an extra ten minutes in bed in the morning, plus the girlfriend is more likely to have sexy time if I'm clean and not waving my work-sweat-drenched scrotum at her.unfamiliar this'd this
- unfamiliar and monoshono this'd this
"work-sweat-drenched scrotum"
What the hell is your job?!
Hang on,
I'll find one of those crappy 'This is what my friends think I do' things on Facebook and show you.
On the rare occasions I don't have a chance to have a shower in the morning I feel well grubby.
The Italian shower..
can we have one of those threads
where we all divide in to two opinions on something trivial and go on about how awful people of the other opinion are? those are goodsadballadman, forzaborza, umlaut_ampersand, berksy, poptimusgrime, xheathenx, and joeymahone this'd this
Just get to work late ffs
We're adults, noone has a go if youre 15 minutes late. I havent gone in without a shower for years, its wrong. So so wrong.
Oh god that is just terrible. Truly awful.
I'd rather kill myself than go to work without having had a shower. In fact, if you told me you hadn't had a shower I'd probably kill you where you stood.deadonthestairs this'd this
noone has a go if youre 15 minutes late
Does not apply to all of the people who have jobs who post on DIS from remembering previous people posting about their cunty bosses giving them grief for turning up 5 mins late.TheWza this'd this
Heh, good point
I think Eltham is being sarcastic aswell. The scamp
Filing you under: aseptic DiS users.
I bet you're afraid of body hair, too.
With regards to the body hair thing
Are you trying to bring back the carnage that this subject causes?! Gives me nightmares just thinking about it
Gives me nightmares thinking about
how foetid your bed must be if you can't understand the concept of not needing a shower in the morning, you filthy urchin.
and washing your bedsheets regularly enough
means that the issue of evening/morning showers is moot.
What can I say?
Your mum makes me work HARD for my breakfast
2 hours gardening
getting all the housework done
I do have to till her back garden soil and also hoover her downstairs carpet
You know her aswell, eh?
also....let's say your going out after work
and you go home first. you shower, no?
you wouldn't put clean clothes onto a dirty body, would you?
on the above (then I'll go away) - after shower in the evening, you CLEARLY wouldn't put the pants and socks back on that you've been sporting all day, would you? FRESH
i'm imagining...
-not necessarily (probably unlikely if i've already showered in the morning)
-yes, i would (and the question is ott in using the word dirty)
-correctIcarus-Smicarus this'd this
i will be late for work before i go there without brushing my teeth
but evening showers all the way
Oh hell yeah
I wouldn't leave the house without brushing my teeth. In fact, I always brush my teeth as soon as I get out of bed. I refuse to converse with people when I have morning breath.
As stated in other threads on this,
I'd rather not go all day getting grubby and then climb into bed without showering. Do people who do this have rank smelling sheets? Probably. Like when you walk into someone's bedroom and it smells really fusty and rank.
I've started to get really indulgent and have a shower before AND after work
Just incase, ya know, a girl somehow bypasses both security doors, finds there way to my flat in the building then falls for my charms without previously knowing me. Cant take chances where pussies concernedxheathenx this'd this
This was banned in work!
I was expecting tits!
I can barely function in the mornings as it is
Rather than cleanliness, I simply wouldn't get anything done till about 2pm if I didn't have a morning showerOceanStorm this'd this
^ this is fair enough.
When I have less of a commute to work I may have morning showers for this reason.
I fucking love showering.
can you pass me that soap i just dropped.
the real question for all you afternoon showerers is
do you blot?
i'd rather have one but i'm not going to be late for the sake of one.
in any event, no one notices or cares.
shower in the am is a priority
then another in the evening after working out
Ideally, I would like to shower in the morning and evening.
But it's just not economical.
I feel gross in the morning (my skin feels strange and my hair looks like shit and the spaces between toes feel weird), all recitfied by showers), don't feel gross in the evening (I don't piss with sweat every five minutes), therefore I shower in the morning.eltham this'd this
Unless you work on a building site etc
there's really no excuse for being so filthy after a single day that you can't do without a shower.eltham, Icarus-Smicarus, and TheWza this'd this
i shower in the morning
mainly cause my hair gets rank and I'd look a greaseball without one
I've recently swapped from PM showers to AM showers.
I emailed everyone in the office telling them to let me know (anonymously if necessary) if I started to smell any worse than normal.
It's pretty exciting.
I rarel;y go to work without showering
but I did it today because I was running very late for a meeting. I'm going for a shower at my gym this afternoon though because I smell a bit fruity.
Keep your bedsheets clean
Then showering in the evening is fine as you will always have clean sheets and a clean body going in them. The main reason I don't shower in the morning is because I really can't be arsed.
if you change your clothes every day and always wear deodorant
how long does it take till you're one of the smelly people ?
it's just that you very rarely come across someone who properly stinks but i always feel that they must've gone at least a week without a shower. which is a horrifying thought.
as others say, the mental effects of having a shower (always AM) are the best bit about it.
A shower in the AM wakes me up
I think that's my main reasoning for showering in the morning. Otherwise I feel dead groggy. It's like if I missed breakfast too.PickledOeuf this'd this
i haven't had a shower since about this time yesterday
and i've been at work for 10 hours today
not planning on showering until tomorrow morning
am i grossing you out yet? bwahahahahahahahahaha


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out of 5 stars
Director: Chad Freidrichs (appears in person at weekend shows)
Not rated
Theater: Ragtag
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the Pruitt-Igoe housing development in north St. Louis, which was built under the federal Housing Act of 1949, opened in 1954 and was demolished only two decades later. Designed as a high-rise answer to a perceived inner-city housing crunch, it was like a dream come true to early inhabitants.
Unfortunately, it didn�t take long for that dream to dwindle, turning Pruitt-Igoe into a model of neglect and decay, a scenario repeated in projects such as Chicago�s Cabrini�Green or New York�s Park West Village. While the middle class moved to the all-white suburbs, areas such as Pruitt-Igoe were reduced to minority slums and, later, to rubble under the guise of urban renewal. To the more socially aware, it was more like �Negro removal.�
The documentary was co-written and directed by Chad Freidrichs (�Jandek on Corwood�), an instructor at Stephens College, and it appeared at this year�s True/False Film Fest. The structure, pacing and production values are outstanding. I loved the abundant use of archival footage and wonderful use of music. It�s a quality piece of work, from start to finish.
The film features excellent narration by Jason Henry, highlighted by interviews with former residents Ruby Russell, Sylvester Brown, Jacquelyn Williams, Valerie Sills and Brian King. Their memories are perceptive and bittersweet � joyful in its inception and remorseful in its decline. Academic authorities also lend their voices to the commentary, including Robert Fishman, architectural historian and author of �Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia,� retired sociologist Joyce Ladner and Joseph Heathcott, associate professor of urban studies at New York�s Lang College.
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I had been making excuses for ages. I'm only a few kilos overweight and besides – I'm sixty years of age. I can't expect to look like I did in my forties and still pencil thin. And, at my age life is already jam-packed with restrictions. You can't wear that – you'll look like mutton dressed up as lamb, or that, because you have to hide the upper arms and disguise the no-longer-flat tummy. You can't sing along and shake-your-booty to the music, because the young people will make gagging noises. You have to dress and walk and talk in a dignified manner which is appropriate to your age so that you don't embarrass anyone. So, considering all of that, the last thing I wanted was to have to apply restrictions to my eating as well. Surely I am entitled to some little luxuries in life?
But then I had a check-up before a minor surgical procedure and the specialist pointed out, in the nicest way possible, that I might want to address the issue of the steadily creeping kilos before it became a real issue.
So, after much grizzling and griping, I finally decided to start on a sensible eating plan with moderate exercise. I fired up the Treadmill and got myself some Protein Powder to snack on – after all I know from experience that the High Protein, low carbs approach works. I lost twelve kilos back in early 2009.
Well what's this then? I was doing everything right and to my horror, I found I was gaining weight instead of losing it. How can that be? What hope is there for me then?
But, if there is one thing I am it's determined. First thing I had to look at was my medication. I've mentioned previously that I have been diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder and I was currently on two different types of tablets. However my life has undergone some pretty big changes lately and most of the real anxiety triggers are no longer on the scene (like my husband's brush with bowel cancer and having to get up at 3.30 am each week day to drive into the city to work) I figured I could at least give it a try – to stop taking my medications and see if that made a difference. If I found I was unable to cope without the tablets – well I could cross that bridge when I came to it.
To my great delight, it did work. I stopped the tablets and I was noticing a reversal of the weight gain within a day's time.
Now a very close friend of mine had mentioned something called The Paleo Diet – eating the way our ancestors would have eaten way back in the caveman days. I decided to do some research and as is always the case when you start delving into Health and Nutrition issues, there is a dearth of conflicting information. But I gleaned the basic principles and they made an amazing amount of sense to me. And not only does it make sense, but the food allowed in the Paleo diet is mostly all stuff that I love.
Don't worry – I'm not about to start preaching at you or trying to convert you. The way I see it, this is something that appeals to me and, even if no one else in the world agrees with me, this is something I am going to put into practise and see what happens. I've actually lost nearly three kilograms in two-and-a-half-days. The best part is that this is a lifestyle change and not just a diet. I'm not relying on meal replacement shakes and I'm not restricting myself to eating lettuce leaves or rice crackers.
This style of eating may even address my long-time problems with hypoglycaemia, or perhaps it might be best termed exaggerated insulin response. I suddenly get very hungry – weak and shaking; breaking out in a cold sweat and having great trouble concentrating. I've been tested and they tell me 'Good news. You're not diabetic.' And yes, it is good news, but it doesn't help to fix the problem.
Oh – I am going to be following what they call the Cheaters Diet, which means I have one free day per week during which I can eat whatever I please.
This is for three reasons –
1. To spike my metabolism and to encourage my body to burn fat more efficiently.
2. To avoid the woe-is-me syndrome (the thought of never being able to indulge in all those yummy, no-no treats again) and
3. To keep my husband happy. What fun would it be for him to have to eat his pancakes-for-breakfast and home-made-pizza-for-dinner all alone on a Saturday?(Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. LOL)
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