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" Loose weight, win a prize. "
'm not usually one to watch these types of programmes. I love my reality shows, but I tend to watch the ones that feature America beautiful rich people, where the scenes are quite clearly re-enacted for dramatic affect. However I ended up watching the first episode of The Biggest Loser UK out of boredom and I was hooked from that moment on. It doesn't take much to get me hooked for the record!
The Biggest Loser follows pairs of overweight unhappy and unhealthy people, whether they are mother and daughter, cousins, sisters-in-law etc, who have all made the decision they want to change their lives and ultimately win a prize fund at the end of the series.
The show starts by introducing us to each of the contestants and showing us a bit of a back story, so we can learn about how they got to the weight they are currently at. Watching the show is an emotional rollercoaster at times, with the joys when weight is lost and changes are being made, to the rocky moments when they have to confront their pasts, feelings and fears to be able to overcome them and make significant changes.
There are two trainers Rob and Angie, who shout like drill sergeants at the contestants and certainly put them through their paces in workouts, whether they are in the gym or in the great outdoors. Not content until their team are breaking a sweat in every orifice of their bodies possible!
Davina McCall presents the show. Every week Davina summons the contestants up on to what I can only describe as the Worlds Biggest Scales. For the weekly weigh in, contestants are in competition with each other as to who can lose the most weight. Their weight loss gets put down as a percentage on their whole body weight. Whoever has the lowest percentage at the end of the weigh in, risks being voted off by their fellow competitors.
Every week the competition gets shaken up in some way, whether it is changing the teams around, mixing the original couples up and given them various temptations for the chance to win advantages at weigh in.
The contestants live together in a house and have to learn how to cook filling and nutrious meals for themselves, so they can continue to diet and exercise in the event of them being sent home. Even if the contestants get sent home, they still stand a chance to win the other prize of who loses the most weight out of everyone who left the competition early.
What I find nice about this programme, is it actually does help and change the lifestyle of these people and quite honestly the prize fund is literally just icing on the cake. The real prize is having a new skinny lease of life that they have never experienced before.
My favourite part of the programme has to be the moment that everybody waits for, which is the finale, when we see all the contestants in their final weight and find out the winner after weeks of rooting for various different people.
Some people are seriously unrecognisable from when we first met them. Although the competition is tough between them, it really does seem as though everyone is happy for each other when all is said and done.
I'd recommend watching The Biggest Loser to anyone, because it motivates you in ways you wouldn't even think of. Not all of it is about weight either and it really gets you thinking.
This television show airs on ITV on a Monday night at 9pm for one hour.
***What is the show about? ***
The show is about extremely over weight people who want to lose weight. They are in pairs, so there may be a married couple, sisters, best friends etc and they go to stay in the fitness camp with the hope that they will lose as much weight as possible and become The Biggest Loser.
Now this show isn't just about watching people change their eating habits and do a bit of exercise, it's actually extremely intense and can be quite painful to watch at time. There is no caring, best friend like you may expect to find on shows like How To Look Good Naked and 10 Years Younger where the presenters/experts are very hands on and emotionally supportive, instead the experts in this show are strong and hard and try a more brutal approach with the contestants.
Every week the couples are put through vigorous exercise routines which would make even the fittest of people cringe. These over weight characters are expected to carry heavy tyres above their heads, cycle a marathon, hang from a rope and then be taken off to the gym for an intense work out where if they are not sweating enough for the instructor's liking they are singled out and shouted at. Each week there is an activity which is created to test their inner strength as well as physical strength and whichever team is the winner achieved immunity. The task this week was hanging from a rope for as long as possible before falling into water, last week's test was who could cycle the marathon the longest. The tests are all designed to try to get the contestents to realise that they are strong people mentally which should help them physically.
At the end of the week contestants are weighed and the teams' overall percentage weightloss in calculated. The two teams that fall in the bottom of the rankings are then up for elimination. Elimation is where the other teams each vote for who they would like to send home. They have to reveal their answers and give their explanation whilst sitting in front of all the other teams.
Each week this becomes more intense as the couples are getting less and less until eventually there is a final in which one person is announced The Biggest Loser.
***My opinion ***
I didn't want to explain more about the show as I think that the above paragraphs cover it well, I think a lot of this show is very controversial and therefore I wanted to write more about my opinion on it.
The reason why this show is controversial is that it is extremely harsh. The contestants have all been told by specialists that they are seriously overweight and unfit, many of them have been told they're going to die early, they can't have children, they are putting their families at risk and so you can imagine how emotionally challenged these people are. Throughout the show they face certain emotions they didn't realise they had and there are plenty of tears. The instructors ask them whilst they are training questions like "Why did you let yourself get this fat?" and the contestants give blubbering replies about how they are unhappy, how they are comfort eating for various reasons and video clips taken before they entered the show dramatise this even more by showing just how much they want to lose weight, how they see this show as the only way of achieving this.
For the reasons above this television series really is a lifeline to some of these people who have tried all sorts and have concluded that being locked away in a hotel where all they do is concentrate on fitness and diet is the only thing left to help them in their quest to lose weight and remain alive for their families. This show is obviously a huge motivator for these people who pin their hopes on achieving their dreams by being on it so why then are the producers so brutal that they make it so that couples are voted off each week? Some couples only manage to be on the show one week, two weeks, three weeks... when they have had their heart set on being on the show for much longer.
A little bit of healthy competition is good don't get me wrong, I think it really helps to spur some people on and get them to work harder, I just wonder why we the public seem to enjoy watching these shows which are created purely for entertainment value. If this show really was about weightloss then all of the couples would remain in the show for much longer so that they can be helped but it's made into a dramatic sensational show so as to pull in the viewers.
It is very cleverly done too, you can't help but watch even if you do think it's unfair how couples are not able to try and carry on fullfilling their dreams. I don't agree with the fact that couples are voted off so early in the regime but I do really enjoy this show.
The reasons why I enjoy it is because it's like nothing else out there. It's not like the shows which try to focus on diet and clothes to try and get people to look and feel better, instead it's all about getting fit and healthy and it isn't all about food, in fact it's very sensible in terms of the diet part of these peoples' lives. These over weight pepole have gone from eating over 5,000 calories a day and on other shows they would just be put on a strict low calorie diet, however, on this show the experts explain to them that they still need to eat 1,800 calories per day so that their bodies don't shut down and begin eating themselves which then leaves them with body fat as the body tries to preserve it's stock as this is what starvation mode does. Never in any other diet-related television show have I heard this important piece of information mentioned. Yes you may lose weight if you half your calorie intake but it's fat you want to be losing and this show explains that.
The work outs which the contestants are put through are extremely hard. On their first week they had to cycle a marathon and I began questioning whether I could actually do it and I'm reasonably fit and the right weight. When I watch the work outs I often wonder if I could do it, how I would feel afterwards and I'm not at all suprised by how much they shake, be sick or pass out. It does make compelling viewing, as you're sure one of them is going to get carted off in an ambulance.
What is great about this show is that you see v ery good weightloss and great outcomes. It's amazing to see what the contestants look like at the end of the show and how much it's changed them emotionally too. I really like to see the support and encouragement that the contestants give each other as they are able to relate to their desire to do so well in this. Throughout the weeks you see home truths coming out, relationship issues being aired but the main focus is all about getting fit.
I enjoy this show, I like how it is different from other weight loss programmes which are more about the experts being friends with the contestants and taking a gentle approach. This show takes a much harder one, telling the contestants the hard facts exactly as it is but without being cruel. It's nice to see how they change over time and really throw themselves into this experience knowing that it may be the last chance they get at achieving weightloss.
'The Biggest Loser', as with many reality TV shows is a concept which started off in one country (I imagine it was probably the US), and has since spread to others - over the past year or so, it has been possible to watch both UK and Australian versions. It generally airs on the Sky Real Lives channel.
The idea is simple - lock some very overweight contestants away in a house for a while, make them do lots of exercise and see how much weight they can lose. Every week someone gets voted off, usually based on being 'below the yellow line' (ie one of the two contestants to have lost the least weight), although this is not always the case - when competing in teams for instance, it can be any member from the team who loses the least weight who can be up for eviction.
Of course there are some good things to come out of this show - it does educate people regarding healthy eating (although we very rarely actually see what they are having!), and there is a human aspect to many of the individual's stories which can at times be quite touching. However there is also the pre requisite amount of bitching, infighting, factions etc which are part and parcel of all reality shows.
The thing which I find hardest to cope with, living in a house with three avid fans, is that it seems to be neverending! The UK only started showing it about a year ago, and they started off with old series. Needless to say that as it has been quite popular, they have ensured that it is always on our screens - so as soon as the US series from a few years ago had been aired in its entirety, they showed the Australian one from the same year, then back to the slightly more recent US one, and so on and so on. And boy do they drag it out! At the moment they are showing the second (or is it third?) Aussie series, and after 38 episodes, there are still eleven people left in the house!!
Of course there have been slight changes to the format, new challenges, new temptations for the contestants to withstand, but the bottom line is always the same - week of exercise, weigh in, elimination of one contestant. And that's four nights a week, with up to 90 minutes of episodes on some nights! Just imagine how much weight all those ardent overweight viewers could lose if they did not watch a single episode and dedicated the equivalent amount of time to exercise!!
So overall my advice would be, watch it periodically (especially the Australian one, where typically they tend to tell it how it is - as opposed to the UK one which is so budget it's untrue, and the US one which has a huge amount of weeping etc), but don't become addicted to it, there are so many better ways to spend your evenings!
The Biggest loser is a game show which runs across numerous countries, including USA, England, Australia and India. The point of the game is that a group of competitors exercise and diet in order to lose the most weight each week. Whoever loses the least amount (based on a percentage of their weight) are up for elimination with another contestant. The rest of the competitors then each have one vote to vote out the contestant they want out of the competition.
However, the game show is not just about the weigh in, they competitors also compete in weekly challenges, the winner normally receiving either immunity, an advantage at the weigh in or a cash prize. Each week the competitors also have to take part in a temptation. The temptation is normally food based, and this helps the contestants to put their previous bad food habits behind them by teaching them that they do not always have to reach for food.
The contestants primary aim is to lose weight, but a lot of the contestants also find themselves going through an emotional journey. It is compelling to watch, as the competitors transform themselves physically and emotionally. The amount of weight that the contestants lose is amazing and is a real inspiration to viewers.
A recommended watch!
Can I say straight away that I love The Biggest Loser - no matter which country the programme comes from. Yes, the english version appeared more down market than the american and australian version but the stories are inspirational no matter which country it is set in.
The basic premise is that people who need to lose weight are holed up on a ranch and are undertaking a range of intense exercises and strict diets. Along the way they are pushed, urged and supported by their two trainers - Bob and Jillian - who deal with the mental anguish of weight loss as well as the physical aspects.
The constestants compete in teams and meet weight loss / exercise challenges along the way - each week monitoring their weight loss to see who is up for elimination. After each weigh in the two pairs / individuals who have lost the lowest percentage of weight are up for elimantion and the rest of the constestants have to vote to see which pair / individual are to be saved.
THis is a weight loss competiton / popularity competition. Huge amounts of weight are lost - even by the emliminated contestants at home - and a large amount of money is up for the person who loses the most amount of weight.
Best of all is the change in the individuals as they grow mentally and change their physical shape.
The formula works because the candudates have such different eprsonalities and the trainers REALLy crae about them - this does not coem over as one of those "I want to be famous for 15 minutes" reality TV programmes. The candidates really know that they have the chance to change their lives - at one recent challenge they were offerred $25000 to go home now - and they all refused. A real testament to their mental strength.
I really enjoy this programme, and have now (religiously) watched two o the USA series and two of the Australian series of the show. There has been a UK version, of which I watched a few episodes, but it was very disappointing compared to the other versions, so I'm hoping for an improved UK version!
The trainers Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper, Michelle Bridges and Shannan Ponton are all brilliant and very likable people who seem to genuinely care about the health of the contestants, even though they don't always seem to agree with the twists and turns of the game, they persevere as helpng the contestants to lose weight is their main concern.
The show has been slated for its 'quick results' methods, however I do not believe that the regime is that extreme, but more of a 'kick start' for the contestants. I agree that working out for 4 hours a day is not really realistic here in the real world, but the workouts the contestants do can be used and adapted to suit a more normal workout regime. Also the trainers promote healthy eating, and do not promote 'starvation' to lose weight, and are often stressing how important it is that the contestants eat the right amount of calories in order to fuel them through their workouts.
The show is entertaining and almost addictive, it has all the drama of a reality TV show, plus the remarkable transformations (both physical and emotional) of the contestants is very heartwarming and inspiring.
Although it would be hard to do the same things the contestants do in everyday life, there are many health and fitness lessons to be learned from watching the show, and if nothing else, the journey of the contestants is so motivating that anyone watching can't fail to start making changes to their own life to make themselves healthier and fitter!
There are both an American and Australian version of this disturbing but funny programme.
I recently watched both but found the American one more compelling to watch due to the vast sizes of the contestants.
The show is shown on Sky and each show lasts around 60 minutes.
The show has been around since 2004 aparantly and is now in its eighth series, however this is the first time I have watched it.
The show is made by NBC and the show I watched was a family edition that had 2 family members competing on the show as a team there were 8 teams of 2 people.
The couple sometimes husband and wife or father and son ect were extremly obese and the object of the game show was to lose the biggest portion of body fat to avoid elimination.
The teams are split into 2 teams with one team being beasted by Jillian Michaels and one by Bob Harper trained coaches.
While staying at The Ranch they are put through their paces while trying to win tasks that reward them with prizes but the ultimate goal is to lose the most weight by the shows finale and thus win the prize money which was around $150,000.
The contestants are tempted throughout the series with yummy Homer Simpson donuts and roast dinners and are also shown how to cook in a healthy way.
They are weighed at the end of every week and the person who has lost the least percentage of weight goes home to lose weight alone but is still a contender to win the big money as long as they keep the fitness regime up.
My opinion of the show is one of horror at the size these people have allowed themselves to get to, they must really eat junk constantly.
Saying that it is a good show with you quickly latching on to your favourite person and willing them on win the show.
What surpried me was the lengths these tubby people would go to to win the competition (and I thought all tubbys were nice happy smily human beings)
I have checked out the NBC website and they are in series 8 which means we will have at least 2 more series to watch.
Yes it is pretty sick but I found it quite funny to watch and cannot wait for the next series.
They are showing re runs of this now so get watching if you have missed previous showings
Anyway must go just in the middle of a cream bun (he he)
I first got into this show whilst in New Zealand a couple of years ago where they were showing the US version of the show. I don't really watch a lot of TV but I must say that I am completely hooked on this show.
It is a reality TV show which started in the US (unsurprisingly given that there is such a high rate of obesity there I guess). Basically a group of hugely obese people are brought together, put in a house and made to eat healthily and excersize in an extreme way.
The aim is to lose as much weight as possible - the highest percentage of body weight lost winning the prize - in the US version this is $250,000, in the Aussie version $200,000, in the UK version £10,000 (oops spot the difference).
Which channels
If you want to watch Biggest loser Australia or US you will need Sky - currently they are showing the second series of the Australian series and US series 5.
What happens?
Well as noted above clinically obese people are put into a house and have to lose as much weight as possible - they are trained by top fitness trainers, Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper in the US version, Shannon and Michelle in the Aussie version and given expert advice about what to eat.
There are weekly challenges - which include such tasks as having to run up the stairs in a tower block, running up hills, pulling an aeroplane - basically all very physical!
Each week there is a weigh in and someone is eliminiated from the competition. There are various twists to each series - such as returning contestants, sudden evictions and changing from teams to individuals against each other.
Why should you watch this?
In some ways this is a really cruel show - people work out until they throw up, pass out and in some cases need oxygen and then have to work out some more.
There is a weekly "temptation" - when the contestants have the chance to win prizes such as immunity from elimination, or money by eating the most chocolate / icecream / takeaway which just seems to be bad taste TV at its worst. But there is something inspiring in seeing a contestant go " I am not going to eat that because that is what got me here and I don't want my kids to see me eating chocolates to stay in the game!"
That having been said the results are stunning - the winners of the series lose up to 50% of their body weight, and although apparently some put the weight on again - lots of them do manage to make a permenant change to their lives.
At the beginning of each series they take the contestants to the hospital and do full body tests on them. It is terrifying to see what damage, being obese can do - my personal favourite is when they tell the contestants their biological age. The 24 year old who is biologically 55 for example -by the end of the series they are back down to a 25 - 30 year old so you really see the improvements!
The challenges are amazing too - in the Austalian version on SKy at the moment there is a guy who weighed in at 217kg (over 34 stone). He has managed to lose 35kg and took part in a team challenge where the three team members had to run up and down a hill 100 times - even when his team lost (they were slowest) and he wanted to give up, he didnt and when you think of the effort that carrying a 200kg body up and down a hill must have taken you couldnt help but be amazed at the strength of the guy!
The show is full of useful tips from the trainers for the audience on everything from how to work out at home, to what to eat so is great,
PLUS - being a game show with money at stake there is a healthy dose of game playing, bitching, fighting and personal competition! I have to say that the Australian version is my favourite for this - hate to stereotype but imagine really competitive Aussies going for each other!
Overall I adore this show - it is my guilty pleasure and I like to think that it is not just trash TV there is a great deal that can be learnt from it!
It would be an amazing show to make school kids watch so that they could see the choices they are making with their lifestyles today will impact on their lives and I think provides good life lessons for anyone!
Biggest Loser USA - Currently on Sky one - 12.00 weekdays
Biggest Loser Australia - currently on Sky Real Lives 9.00 Monday - Thursday
The Biggest Loser is a tv show developed in the USA but which now has versions running in many countries globally. The Biggest Loser takes a group of extremely obese people, and the competition is to loose the most weight.
I have mainly seen the American version, where there is $250,000 for the winner, and $100,000 for the person who was sent home who lost the most. Not a tiny sum of money, and you get to help your health as well.
Each series there is a different slant. People are chosen for the show, and are often known to one another beforehand ie colleagues, father-daughter, husband-wife and so on. These pairs are little teams, and each week the teams are weighed in, and there is a vote to send home one of the two teams with the lowest weight loss in any given week.
After about half the series, the pairs are broken up and just two teams remain made up of all the remaining people to battle it out.
Each week throughout the series the contestants face a series of challenges to test their mental and physical strength, and encourage resiliance and of course weight loss.
The weight loss shown in the show is dramatic. Results of more than half a stone per week are the norm. The contestants are encouraged to eat healthily, and exercise frequently. Whether this weight loss is sustainable after the end of the show is open for debate. The press has lept on the fact that over half of the contestants in the final show are the same weight or worse than when they started within two years.
The characters on The Biggest Loser are similar to those on Big Brother or similar. There are the game players, the back stabbers, the nice but nieve one, the slow one, the loving one everyone likes and so on. This variation is what makes the show for me.
I love nothing more than to curl up and watch a good episode of The Biggest Loser late on a night. even better if I have a nice pot of ice-cream to enjoy it with!
This programme follows a group of very large people who want to loose weight. They go to a big manor house to be trained and set challenges by 2 very fit coaches.
There are 2 teams, and there are various ways to get people to leave either by nomination or sometimes people just leave.
The fact is that exercise and good diet makes you thinner, chocolate, crisps and fast food dont. These people have reached the stage where their fitness levels are very low. By introducing a lot of exercise and good diet they loose a lot of weight quite quickly. They then get depressed when the weight loss slows down and this is where the coaches have to come in and motivate them.
A lot of them are very insecure and therefore theres a lot of bitching between the groups and who they think is less deserving of the opportunity. The more weight they loose the longer they get to stay at the mansion. They also get to win personal training sessions for after the series ends if they win a personal challenge against others in their group.
I think its a good idea, the title is just awful! It does work, because we all know that exercise is good for you. Whether they can keep it up after the programme ends is another thing but at least for now they can be happy in their own skin again.
The Biggest Loser is one of the best programmes on TV at the moment, in my honest opinion. The whole concept is not alien to us TV viewers, but the methods they use are.
The basic premise is that a group of very overweight people join a show in which the whole aim is to lose weight, hence the title. And boy, do they! The difference between most of them when they start and when they show up at the finale is astounding!
Having watched a few episodes of the UK version, I stopped recording it as it differs so much from the US and Australian versions and it's not half as compelling to watch.
In the US and Australian series that I've watched, the trainers are Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper. Bob is one of the sweetest guys you've ever seen on the TV, but Jillian is practically the devil in gym clothes! She's fantastic and one of the main reasons I watch the show. She barks at the contestants and makes them do more than they ever thought possible. Great!
Various series are on Sky 1 and Sky Real Lives at any one time and it's not just a show for overweight people to watch, although I do sometimes feel guilty about sitting there watching it whilst eating pizza...
Well it's that time again 4:00, its the biggest loser on our TV, hence I have come in here to go on the dooyoo site. I am definitely not a fan at all. . Sorry for my strong views and I apologise to anyone who actually likes this programme (my family mostly who watch it on a regular basis, hence why I have had to watch it also)
The whole idea of people losing weight is not what I am against, as I think this is a good idea. Unfortunately this doesn't work as a programme. They spend more time whining and moaning instead of exercising. I feel this programme is only there to increase conflict between the contestants.
* about the show *
The Main ideas behing the show is that the contestants started off in pairs. They have a number of challenges, daily exercise routines with their personal trainer, don't know their names as I tend to disappear into the computer room when it is on. I know that once a week they have a particular challenge they have to complete for a certain reward. Not sure of most of the rewards, I think sometimes its for immunity from the weighing and they get to stay one more week guanteed. There is aslo a day where they have temptation, variuos amounts of high calorie food is placed infront of them and they need to decide if they want the chance to eat it for a prize. My views on this challenge are below. At the end of the week the contestants are to be weighed and the person with the lowest amount of percentage weight lost must go home. This can take a long time and full of tension music in the background, but it seems to me that there is alot of unnesessary messing about. Now that they are coming to the last week the contastants have been split into two team, the black and the blue team.
* My very strong views, I just hope I don't upset anyone *
The only part I find it bearable to watch is the trainers challenge. There has been some interesting challenges. Pulling the truck, building a tower using crates, climbing a wall, and obstacle course. I remember doing obstacle course at school and I hated it, especially the climbing frame and rope. There was no way I was going to climb the rope, no matter how hard I tried.
I find temptation round extremely insulting and tormenting. The contestants are actually rewarded for pigging out. How is that helping them to lose weight? This just gets right under me skin and i usually start shouting at the TV. I find this programme brings out the worst in me. I feel angry, frustrated and actually started to call the contestant for being so soft.
When they start moaning about the exercise routine, I find myself thinking, "just get on with it and stop your crying". Like the saying goes "there's is no gain with out pain". I sympathise with the trainer as they are trying to help people who just don't seem to want to help themselves.
The idea that they voted the only person who was willing to give it his all defies belief, just because they found him a threat. Yes, I know its a competition, but surely the idea behind a competition is the best person should win.
sorry everyone for the rant, but I just needed to release my frustration.
I apologise in advance if this is not the epic review you normally expect of me, but there is only so much of dullness you can watch and there is only so much you can say about something so dull as The Biggest Loser.
This review is based on the one and only epsode of this programme I have seen, aired on ITV on the 1st of June 2009.
I didn't set out to watch this programme - I had the telly on in the background, and the begining of it coincided with a coffee break, so I decided to see it through so to speak.
So I waited for something to happen!
Now I will be honest, I have never seen the programme, or any trailers before, and I have done no research, but what I gather from the epsiode I saw, there are two teams who each have to eliminate one of their own members each week?
Obviously this is a narrowing down process to an eventual individual/team winner.
The programme is an hour long. What I was expecting was to see the teams do fitness test against each other, perhaps also have some sort of meal challenge. What I got for the first 45 minutes or so was a load of bitching and sniping and a slow, slow, slow process of the individuals talking about themselves and their team mates, in the context of elimimation.
Then we get to meet the trainers Angie for the black team and Rich for the blue - they don't know who has been elimiated, so they only find out by each contestant introducing himself back into the trainers room individually to announce their weekly weight loss.
This is a tense time for the trainers, as they eventually find out if one of their team has gone. This is a long slow process.
Angie must be one of the most insincere people I have seen on telly, she is also scary, then again that might be an act.
At last, for the last fifteen minutes or so, we get to see the contestants actually have a bit of fun and do something. This portion of the programme actually had the trainers doing something useful.
I will stick my neck out here and say that I feel regular viewers might watch this programme in the hope that they can learn something about weight loss, keep fit and diet. If that is your aim for watching this, I would say spend the hour between doing some gentle exercise and/or reading up on healthy eating.
What a waste of time!
The biggest loser is a very popular show in America and Australia which are on Sky which I do not have so I have never being able to see. The Biggest Loser started in the UK in 2005 on Living which again I could not watch however when it started in 2009 on ITV I was quite looking forward to watching it. The show is on Monday - Friday at 4pm and is presented by Kate Garraway. The trainers are Angie Dowds who is a tough trainer on the contestants and Richard Callendar who is a much more relaxed trainer.
As I have only ever seen the ITV series that is the one I will be reviewing. For the 2009 series it was changed to how it had been on living to how it was in America and Australia with each individual in a team of two who are competing together as a team. Each verweight contestants are competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of their starting body weight. Mondays episode shows the results from the previous Fridays weigh in except on the first episode which introduced the contestants. Tuesdays episodes sees the contestants training with their trainers. Wednesdays episode sees the weekly challenge were each team competes to win a prize, usually immunity from the weekly weigh in but sometimes something differently like one week were it was the choice between £1000 and immunity and another week were 3lbs could be taken away from the teams weight at the weekly weight in. Thursdays episode is temptation which is were the contestants are faced with different luxuries ranging from food and drink with the chance of winning a prize if they eat or drink it. However this could add lbs to their weight as the weigh in is the next day. Fridays episode sees each contestant being weighed and the teams combined percentage weight loss is recorded. This is one advantage to the show as it means the bigger people won't be favoured at the weigh in. After everybody has been weighed the two teams with the lowest percetage weight loss go below the yollow line and face elimination.
The contestants feed themselves which again I think is an advantage to the show as when they leave there is nobody their to cook for them and to tell them what to each. One disadvatage to the show is that sometimes when the small contestants only lose 4lbs were as the heavier contestants lose 11lbs the smaller contestants are sometimes frowned upon by the trainers. The show helps to motivate bigger people to lose weight as you can see how the contestants have developed mentally and physically by losing weight. It encourages people who want to lose weight to eat more and excersice so they do not gain more weight and either get to or stay at their ideal weight.
The show has a club which you can join through the ITV website which I think is an excellent idea however you have to pay and I would think the whole point of the show is to help people to lose weight and not to make lots of money. Standard monthly membership is £9.50. Quarterly Membership is charged at £25.50 each quarter and Half Yearly Membership charged at £45 each half-year. However the club is helpful as it includes a food and exercise diary which calculates how many calories you have eaten and how much excercise you have done. The website includes recipies and your goals and results. The website also includes a community were you can discuss with other members your progress and experiences.
Overall this show is a great way of motivating people to lose weight and keep healthy in their lives.
I have been addicted to The Biggest Loser since they started showing it on Sky Real Lives. I was really excited when I heard that ITV would be showing the UK version , especially as Sky were going to screen the Australian version at the same time!!! Biggest Loser overload!!
The format is very simple, a group of very overweight men and women move into a house for a set amount of weeks. They are split into two teams, put through their paces by two personal trainers and take part in gruelling challenges as they strive to become the biggest loser. Each week they are weighed and someone (or two people if they are playing as couples) are sent home. The person who is still there at the end and have lost the largest percentage of their starting weight is crowned the biggest loser and gets a large cash prize. There is normally a competition between the eliminated contestants to wind a secondary cash prize.
In the US (and first Australian) versions of the show, the trainers are Bob Harper (Blue Team) and Jillian Michaels (Red Team). Bob is seen as the cute soft one, while Jillian is a gruelling loud one. The contestants seem to all want to be on Bob's team but it is Jillian's team that has had the most success. The first prize is $250000, with an eliminated winners prize of $1000000. The challenges are always very gruelling and have included climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and hill walking on treadmills suspended high above a swimming pool. There is often a twist halfway through the series where an eliminated contestant gets the chance to return to the house, giving them an extra incentive to keep up their new healthy regimes.
The UK version of the Biggest Loser kicked off just over a week ago on ITV1. It is actually the third season of the biggest loser , with the other two series being shown on Living TV. The second series was won by Jodie Prenger, who was the first female biggest loser anywhere in the world. She went on to win BBC1's I'd do Anything to play the role of Nancy in the West End musical Oliver.
The new series is made up of 10 couples, including Father and Son, Mother and Daughter, Friends, Sisters and Strangers. The two trainers are Angie Dowds, who has been a trainer in all 3 series, and Richard Callender, who is new this year. In parallel to the US series, Richard is seen as the soft one while Angie appears to be more of a tyrant. So far two couples have been eliminated, and one contestant has left due to poor health. A lot of the contestants have been suffering with injuries with poor health, the worst affected being Jamie - the youngest and largest contestant - who has dislocated his shoulder and bruised his lungs. So far the most successful team are the brown team - Kevin and Mark - who are actually the couple made up of strangers.
The only thing that really annoys me about The Biggest Loser is that it doesn't focus enough on what diets they are following, preferring to show the many gruelling workouts they are forced to endure. Ok, I could lose a whacking amount of weight if I was taken away to a big posh house, with no distractions from everyday life, and force to workout 4 times a day!! But we all know that weight loss is made up of diet and exercise, and although it has been touched upon briefly I would like them to give more emphasis to this side. I did see if there was any more information on the website, but you have to pay to join the club to find this out, which is a bit of a disappointment!
However I still love The Biggest Loser, and can't wait for the finales' when you get to see the fantastic transformations since the contestants left the house!! The Biggest Loser UK is currently being shown on ITV1 at 4pm Weekdays, and The Biggest Loser Australia can be found on Sky Real Lives at 8.30pm weekdays.


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After the San Francisco 49ers made a huge effort to upgrade their receiving unit this offseason by signing Randy Moss and Mario Manningham and drafting wide receiver A.J. Jenkins in the first round, perhaps Jim Harbaugh felt the need to show some love to starter Michael Crabtree.
But Harbaugh seemed to lose perspective for a minute when he unleashed this eyebrow-raising observation on KNBR-680 (via CSNBayArea.com): "Crab's got the best hands I've ever seen on a wide receiver."
Crabtree has good hands and led the team with 72 receptions last season, but nobody has compared him with the all-time greats before.
And as Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com pointed out, Harbaugh has been around a few of the all-time greats. He played with a young Marvin Harrison in Indianapolis and was on the Oakland Raiders' coaching staff for two years while Jerry Rice and Tim Brown played there.
But Harbaugh has proved to be a master motivator, and it can be assumed he is doing a little motivating/boosting of Crabtree after the 49ers' receiving corps came under fire in the playoffs and the team pointed blame that direction by making its big upgrade effort.

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Cast Your Vote for the Weirdest Debris Photo
Last month, we kicked off the Debris Month of Action with a marine debris photo contest. We asked scuba divers and Dive Against Debris volunteers to photograph the weirdest and wildest trash they found underwater.
Check out the eight contest finalists and cast your vote! Ask your friends and dive buddies to do the same.
You be the judge! Will you choose the porta potty shot? The motorcycle under the sea? The handbag among the nudibranchs? There's also an underwater piano, steering wheel, stair stepper, recycling station and printer to choose from. You can't get much weirder than that.
Voting closes on October 15. The grand prize winner will receive an IntovaC9 camera, gear from SCUBAPRO and a PADI eLearning pass for the EANx specialty course. And runners-up will receive a PADI eLearning pass for a Digital Underwater Photography course.
Thank you to each diver who entered the photo contest and shared photos of underwater debris. You're part of a global movement that's addressing marine debris problems at their source.
Submit your weird underwater trash photos year-round! Your debris photos help present a compelling 360-degree view of litter in the ocean. They help inform communities and decision makers about the challenges of marine debris. Submit your photos along with your Dive Against Debris data from every dive. Or add them to our Facebook album.


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UVM Marks National Library Week by Opening Center for Digital Initiatives
Published: April 16, 2007 by Jeff Wakefield
BURLINGTON, APRIL 16 – The University of Vermont Libraries launched the Center for Digital Initiatives (CDI) today, the first day of National Libraries Week, a new online resource that allows any user with Internet access to view and search documents and photographs from the university's Special Collections. The CDI Web site is located at http://cdi.uvm.edu.
Previously, library patrons had to visit Bailey/Howe Library and wear white gloves to view these often fragile materials. The CDI allows them to access UVM's signature collections in digital form from a remote location.
CDI's initial collection – more will follow – is a rich, searchable archive of more than 1,000 pages of materials generated by eight Vermont Congressmen, including such well know figures as George Aiken and Robert Stafford, documenting topics ranging from the abolition of slavery to social life in Washington, D.C. The first document dates from 1818, the last from 2004. The collection also includes photographs.
The collection is organized in categories that grew out of recurrent themes in the materials: Dairy and the U.S. Congress, Letters Home from Congress and Speeches.
Leahy, Jeffords secured funding
An initial grant of $250,000 to develop the CDI was secured in 2005 through the joint efforts of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and former U.S. Senator James Jeffords, which enabled UVM Libraries to purchase hardware and software, hire a digital librarian and build the center's first digital collections.
"I'm so pleased I was able to work with Senator Jeffords on this project that brackets Vermont's past and present," Senator Leahy said. "CDI creatively harnesses modern technology to open windows to earlier periods of Vermont's history. By making these archives more accessible, it will also make them more useful."
"We're very grateful to both Senator Leahy and former Senator Jeffords for their insight into the importance of this innovative project and their support of it," said Daniel Mark Fogel, UVM president. "CDI represents the library of the future. It allows UVM to make its library holdings available to the entire world, significantly facilitating access, collaboration and the creation of new knowledge."
"We chose to begin our digitization efforts with some of our most interesting Congressional papers, so we could highlight both Vermont's unique contributions to public policy and one of the university's major collection strengths," said Mara Saule, dean of libraries and learning resources.
Significant growth in future
In addition to those of Aiken (1892-1984) and Stafford (1913-2006), the CDI collection contains documents authored by Samuel Crafts (1768-1853), Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Justin Morrill (1810-1898) and Warren Austin (1877-1962).
Also available are photographs of North Danville, Vt. from around 1900, which depict agricultural landscapes, logging, mills, barn raisings and railroad bridges, providing a visual legacy of Vermont's agricultural, industrial and community history.
The digital collection unveiled today will grow significantly in future years. Archivists hope to digitize selections from the papers of the other Vermont House and Senate members held by Special Collections, which date from 1791. Special Collections holds significant collections of 22 Vermont House and Senate members, and those of 52 members in total.
In addition to CDI's emphasis on public policy papers, plans call for the digitization of resources such as maps, photographs, artists books, newspapers, and the literature of agriculture in Vermont.
New material will be added on a daily basis.
This project is funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services by an Act of Congress, in accordance with the FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Bill. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the Institute for Museum and Library Service.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
Fostering structural change: an industrial policy for an enlarged Europe
Industry plays a central role in the European Union's efforts to increase competitiveness and meet the Lisbon objectives. This communication provides an analysis of the competitiveness of European industry and the threat posed by deindustrialisation in this new global environment. The Commission aims to establish an industrial policy tailored to the demands of competitiveness, so as to foster the structural changes required by industry in a knowledge-based Europe.
Communication from the Commission of 20 April 2004 "Fostering structural change: an industrial policy for an enlarged Europe" [COM(2004) 274 final - not published in the Official Journal].
The Commission intends to set out an industrial policy for the European Union (EU) that matches up to the issues facing Europe, particularly the effects of enlargement and international competition. This policy aims to promote competitiveness and encourage more appropriate regulation, so that European industry remains innovative and continues to create jobs and growth.
The Member States and the European institutions must organise the structural changes in European industry around the factors of production of an enlarged Europe and the innovative capacity of a knowledge-based Europe.
No deindustrialisation but necessary structural change
Although the Commission does not see a general process of deindustrialisation at EU level, structural changes are profoundly affecting the industrial landscape. Jobs and resources in labour-intensive sectors or those facing intense competition are being shifted towards sectors where there are comparative advantages. The impact of these structural changes is positive for the EU as a whole, but may be damaging at local level for certain sectors or regions.
However, these shifts in jobs and resources must be backed by measures to promote research and innovation in order to maintain the EU's comparative advantage in sectors with high added value. The pressure of international competition has intensified in recent years, and is affecting more and more industrial sectors. The relocation of jobs to emerging economies no longer affects only traditional labour-intensive sectors; increasingly, its effects are being felt in hi-tech industries and the services sector. The only way Europe will be able to take full advantage of industrial globalisation is by adopting an industrial policy that focuses on competitiveness.
Opportunities afforded by enlargement
The enlargement of 2004 offers European industry significant opportunities, provided that the restructuring of the relevant sectors is not hampered by national protection measures. On the demand side, the internal market has been extended to include booming national consumer markets. On the supply side, companies can reorganise production to benefit from the competitive advantages of the new Member States.
The new Member States have an important role to play in the transition to a knowledge-based economy. Their inclusion can boost the EU's industrial performance and stimulate the internal market in the face of competition from non-member countries. The competitive advantages of the new Member States should make it possible for jobs that would otherwise have been transferred to Asia to be relocated within the EU. The sectors most affected by the arrival of new companies are food and beverages, transport equipment, base metals and metal products.
Tools to foster structural change
The Commission's objective, in line with the priorities set out in the 2002 communication on industrial policy in an enlarged Europe, is to rally public stakeholders around three areas of action for fostering change in European industry.
The first area of action concerns regulation and all the laws governing industrial activity in the EU. The aim is to bring legislation into line with the needs of businesses, both at national and European levels. Particular attention should be paid to competitiveness and to analysing the combined effects of different regulations on each sector of activity.
The second goal is to ensure that EU measures in different areas that have an impact on industry, particularly research, competition, employment and regional development, are better coordinated. The Commission intends to use these different policies to improve productivity gains and promote the use of knowledge. In more general terms, greater synergy between the EU's different policy areas will boost the competitiveness of European businesses.
The third target concerns the sectoral dimension of EU industrial policy. The Commission aims to make EU industrial activity more visible in key sectors by involving interested parties, thus highlighting the added value of industrial policy at European level.
This Communication forms part of the debate on how industrial policy can contribute to improving industrial competitiveness, launched by the Commission's communication of 11 December 2002. It should help European industry meet the objective the EU set itself at the 2000 European Council in Lisbon.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 21 November 2003, "Some Key Issues in Europe's Competitiveness" [COM(2003) 704 final - not published in the Official Journal].
Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2002 on industrial policy in an enlarged Europe [COM(2002) 714 final - not published in the Official Journal].
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- Named after the house code for our signature honey-coloured gabardine, The DK88 is a tribute to the fabric at the heart of Burberry's history and is crafted in our exclusive new Trench Leather. Designed in England, a timeless barrel bag with a distinctive oversize lock, dainty in size yet perfectly proportioned to fit the essentials. Carry it in the hand or over the shoulder using the crossbody strap.
- 19.5 x 9.5 x 10cm/7.7 x 3.7 x 3.9in
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- Outer: 100% leather
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BHP to offload its smaller assets
The world's largest mining company BHP Billiton is offloading some smaller assets into a new company that will join the local share market in 2015.
BHP is demerging the majority of its aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets into the new entity, dubbed NewCo, but left the door open for the sale of its West Australian nickel and US coal assets.
The announcement came as BHP lifted its full year profit 23 per cent to $US13.8 billion ($A14.93 billion), broadly in line with market expectations.
"The demerger is unquestionably the best option," chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said.
"We've been wanting to concentrate BHP Billiton on our four pillars of iron ore, coal, copper and petroleum, and that effectively meant that long-term the other businesses we would seek to exit."
"In some cases, like Nickel West and also some of the recent transactions we've been doing with the US coal business, we favour trade sales."
He also confirmed BHP is considering selling its New Mexico coal business in the US and some smaller petroleum assets.
With a simpler portfolio, BHP is targeting additional savings of at least US$3.5 billion per annum by the end of the 2016/17 financial year.
Assets selected for the new company include Illawarra Coal in NSW, Queensland's Cannington silver mine, a manganese mine in the Northern Territory, an alumina refinery in Western Australia, plus other operations in South Africa, Mozambique and Colombia.
Analysts said the assets being demerged contributed a very small portion of BHP's earnings in 2013/14, but were likely to improve in line with improving market conditions.
The new company's headquarters will be in Perth, while a regional office will be located in Johannesburg.
It is expected to be listed on the Australian share market by mid-2015, and have a secondary listing in South Africa, due to its coal assets there, and BHP's desire to be "a champion for Africa", Mr Mackenzie said.
The demerger would not alter the company's dividend payout policy, or its commitment to adding potash as a potential fifth pillar of the company, he said.
Fat Prophets analyst David Lennox said BHP had chosen to demerge assets because cash was no longer critical.
"They don't need to generate cash from the sales but they do need to get a slightly lazy balance sheet into better shape," he said.
BHP's profit growth was driven by higher production and lower costs.
Mr Lennox said the company had done well in reducing costs, and had been assisted by currency movements and better than expected commodity pricing.
* Full year net profit of $US13.8b, up 23 pct from $US11.2b in 2012/13
* Earnings of $US23.4b, up 11.5 pct from $US21b
* Final dividend of 62 US cents per share, up from 59 US cents
* Iron ore earnings of $US12.1b, up from $US10.3b in 2012/13
* Copper earnings of $US5.6b, down from $US5.99b
* Petroleum and potash earnings of $US5.3b, down from $6.9b
* Coal earnings of $US386m, down from $US516m
* Aluminium, manganese and nickel earnings of $US307m, up from $US3.77b loss
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CATCH Healthy Habits pairs adults 50-plus with children to encourage healthier eating and physical activity.
OASIS collaborates with Community Renewal Team, Inc. to offer the CATCH Healthy Habits Program in the Hartford area.
Community Renewal Team, Inc. is the designated Community Action Agency for Middlesex and Hartford Counties and is the largest non-profit provider of human services in Connecticut. The agency's mission is to change lives and create opportunity for individuals and families in our communities. The mission is achieved each day by helping people and families become self-sufficient while making sure basic needs are met. CRT's programs include Head Start, Meals on Wheels, energy assistance, supportive housing and shelters, and many others, serving people in more than 60 cities and towns in both our core catchment area and throughout Connecticut. Visit us at www.crtct.org
The CATCH program combats the serious public health problem of obesity by engaging mature adults as mentors to teach healthy lifelong habits to kids in grades K - 5.
Community Renewal Team partners with OASIS, and are supported by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation in delivering the CATCH Healthy Habits program in Hartford.
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Research shows that adults over 50 who volunteer have lower rates of depression and mortality and greater functional ability than those who do not volunteer. And as a CATCH volunteer, you are not only helping promote healthy habits for kids but also gaining that experience for yourself! Being involved in the CATCH program also provides the opportunity to experience the rewards of meaningful community service.
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Same old Amar'e eh?
Same old Amar'e eh?
Not to sound negative after a Knick win but the way Rondo has these games against the Knicks reminds of how D'antoni didn't have an answer for Tony Parker whenever the Suns played the Spurs.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
I was at the game and in the middle of the maddness... What happen at the end with KG? I looked one second and the game was over then I looked again and KG is being moved away from the Knick bench...
Toney Douglas provided a huge spark late in the game, thats where he thrives, I swear if Fields had a quicker release on his shot he'd be fine I mean I keep saying it and will until it changes
He needs to become a better defender and be able to knock down the open three.
I'm not knocking the boy, he's a great guy and I think in private life I would really like him, but as a basketball player he pretty much sucks on a team that's looking to win it's division....whether it's the system or the personell.. I dunno, but he was great for the first 40 games last season.....he looks thoroughly out of depth since the Melo trade and system change.
I like KG but he can be such a punk sometimes. Next time we beat em by 15.
Today I saw the greatness of Carmelo in the 4th quarter. Just a great pure shooter. I guess I left LeBron out because he never wanted the ball at crunch time and if he took it he forced it..UNSUCCESSFULLY.
I saw Amare forcing stuff out of the flow in the third quarter and it pisses me off...in the flow in the first half he was just fine.
If Chandler would have gotten some of the sky high alley-oops to fall he would have brought down the house. If TONEY hit 4 wide open shots from the paint in the 3rd quarter the Knicks never would have given up the lead ****HOWEVER, IT WAS A COME FROM BEHIND WIN.****It was Toney Douglas third quarter plus Shumpert injury that has me praying to a quicker return of BARON DAVIS.
I thought the 3rd quarter was a video replay of last years team. It seems Allen, Garnett, Bass, Jerome kinda woke up from a haze. It was like deja vu ALL OVER AGAIN. This win will be a huge confidence builder.


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The anticipated discussion of City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney's travel expenses is generating plenty of discussion, but some other business at Thursday's meeting is pretty significant, too.
Council in morning workshop is set to discuss proposed changes to the animal control/vicious dog ordinance. This comes on the heels of the June 2011 attack of then-7-year-old Javon Roberson, who was brutally attacked by pit bull dogs at Treat Park.
The city for months has been poised to approve the next phase of a study for a cruise terminal. That has now popped up on an updated agenda for tomorrow's meeting. The $200,000-plus contract will require BEA Architects to study three sites and get the necessary testing done to secure U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permits. Alderman Tony Thomas revived the city's efforts to get a cruise line in Savannah and has been pushing the city to move forward.
Council also is set to approve a $1.4 million contract wtih Pioneer Construction to renovate the Waters Avenue shopping center.
Council's workshop starts at 10 a.m.; regular meeting is at 2 p.m.
We'll stream the main meeting live on our website, and I also will plan to post Tweets as often as I can.


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"Given recent evidence and the moral, legal, and public health arguments, refugees and internally displaced persons situated in stable settings should have equitable access to HIV treatment and supportive services", argue experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, writing in this week's PLOS Medicine.
Joshua Mendelsohn and colleagues argue that available evidence suggests that refugees and internally displaced persons in stable settings can sustain high levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression and should have the same level of access to HIV treatment and support as host nationals.
The authors make 17 recommendations, including that HIV treatment should be offered to all refugees and internally displaced persons who meet national guidelines, routine adherence monitoring systems should be set up, and point-of-care laboratory monitoring should be implemented wherever feasible.
Joshua Mendelsohn from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said: Few would rationally argue that challenges to provision of life-saving treatment should be addressed by denying access."
They continue: "Since antiretroviral therapy can help prevent transmission of HIV to sexual partners, it is in the enlightened self-interest of governments that host refugees and internally displaced persons to support programs that serve all populations within their borders to the highest possible standard."
Explore further: HIV/STI prevention program in Haiti is changing and saving lives
More information:
Mendelsohn JB, Spiegel P, Schilperoord M, Cornier N, Ross DA (2014) Antiretroviral Therapy for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Call for Equity. PLoS Med 11(5): e1001643.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001643


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I know exactly what you're thinking right now. The Reason Rally is less than a month away, and you have nothing to wear. You want to be fashionable, and you also want to declare your allegiance, affiliations, and your weird obsessions publicly. Whatever can you do?
Go to the Pharyngula store. We have new stuff! It will be ready in time for the rally (although you might have to pick them up at the event).
First, look at this t-shirt. You must have it.
It's like the emblem Batman should have chosen. It will inspire fear and curiosity and weird monkey-like happy thoughts in all who behold you wearing it.
And then, you know, you're going to be hanging out on the Mall, listening to raucous music and ferocious firebrands, and you're going to get thirsty. Do you have your travel mug with you? You need it! It will be awesome and thirst-quenching!
There are other options. If you favor a more subtle, muted look, you can still purchase the lovely octopus t-shirt, and if you're on a budget and can't afford the full glorious PZ regalia, you can always get the button.
There. Your apparel needs are all taken care of. Buy now. Even if you can't attend the Reason Rally, you can wear these and hold the mug as you watch us vilified on Fox News from the boring safety of your home.
Hmmm. I think I need to buy one of those shirts for my mom.


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Tuck Everlasting (2002 film)
Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film about a young woman who meets and falls in love with young man who is part of a family of immortals.
- Directed by Jay Russell. Screenplay by Jeffrey Lieber and James V. Hart. Based on the novel by Natalie Babbitt.
- Winnie Foster was to be sent 500 miles away to be educated, but what her parents didn't understand was that she only wanted to step outside her fence... so she did. What in these quiet woods should be so forbidden? Winnie had always sensed a mystery waiting for her there.
- For some time passes slowly; an hour can seem an eternity. For others, there's never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist.
- Tuck said it to Winnie the summer she turned 15: Do not fear death, but rather the unlived life. You don't have to live forever. You just have to live. And she did.
Jesse Tuck[edit]
- How am I supposed to take you home when I can't make my feet move from this spot? If I could die tomorrow I would, just so I could spend one more night with you.
Angus Tuck[edit]
- If there's one thing I've learned about people, many will do anything — anything — not to die. And they'll do anything to keep them living their life.
- Immortality isn't everything the preachers crack it up to be.
Mae Tuck[edit]
- [to Miles] You're as cozy as barbed wire.
- Young Pastor: You speak blasphemy, sir.
- Man in Yellow Suit: Fluently.
- A secret is about to be discovered. An adventure is about to begin.
- If you could choose to live forever, would you?
- Tuck's family drinks water from a magical spring, which allows them to live for eternity.
- The spring holds the secret, the secret of life and death
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Geneva, Switzerland-based The Forest Trust, a non-profit organization that helps businesses bring responsible products to market, has announced the appointment of Stephen Conwell as North America director of operations. He will be based in Atlanta.
Previously, Conwell spent 12 years with Home Depot where he served as divisional merchandising manager and global merchandising manager. In that role Conwell was responsible for leading the development and execution of Home Depot's environmental/sustainability wood purchasing policy. Prior to that, Conwell was with Weyerhaeuser, where he managed customer service distribution for the Northeast U.S. market and was eventually named general manager for wood products distribution in the Northeast.
"We're fortunate to have as our new North America director someone with extensive leadership expertise in merchandising/manufacturing best practices and global supply chain management," said Scott Poynton, executive director of TFT. "Stephen's ability to balance both social and economic standards and to work with stakeholders on different sides of an issue will prove crucial to TFT's mission to help companies transform their timber supply chains and stop forest destruction."
In his new role, Conwell will be responsible for all North American operations. He will lead their delivery activities, working with existing members to help them meet their legality and sustainability goals. He'll also lead TFT's business development activities to extend their services to more companies seeking support to deliver responsible products to their customers.
One of Conwell's most important roles will be to show U.S. firms how to adhere to the Lacey Act, a century-old piece of federal legislation that was amended recently in order to stop the importation and sale of illegal wood in the United States.


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PITTSBURGH - Save the skepticism on Peyton Manning's health for somebody else. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't want to hear it.
"He needs no endorsement from me," Tomlin said. "His résumé is his résumé."
And that résumé includes four MVPs, a Super Bowl ring and a series of neck operations that robbed Manning of the 2011 season. The injury also led to his stunning departure from Indianapolis and more than a hint of curiosity on how he's going to look when the Denver Broncos host the Steelers in the season opener Sunday night.
Heck, even the Steelers understand why the NFL scheduling folks wanted to give Denver such a high-profile slot during the league's opening weekend.
"It was a no-brainer that they were going to put Peyton's first game back on a Sunday night or a Monday night, one of the two, and let him play at home," quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "And they'll let us come back to (Denver), I guess."
It's only been nine months since the Broncos and Tim Tebow stunned the Steelers in overtime in the wild-card round of the playoffs, but this is a rematch in name only. It's more like a coming-out party for Manning, who will wear something other than Colts' speed blue and white for the first time in the regular season.
The sight of Manning's No. 18 in orange and blue certainly will be strange. Once he takes a snap, however, the Steelers expect to see the same old Peyton.
"Guys like him make their reputations in rising up in moments like this," Tomlin said. "He has battled some adversity with injury and being in a new city. We should anticipate his very best. That's what guys like Manning do."
Even if Manning hasn't always done it against the Steelers. He's just 2-2 facing Pittsburgh in his career, the most famous meeting an upset loss to the Steelers in the 2005 playoffs that ended with Mike Vanderjagt shanking a game-tying field goal attempt in the final moments.
Manning's numbers against Pittsburgh are as solid as you'd expect – 90 of 151 for 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns against four interceptions – and so is his 85.9 rating. Except, of course, when compared to his career rating of 94.9.
The Steelers insist there is no secret formula, and their goal merely is to make the normally unflappable Manning as uncomfortable as possible. They may have gotten some good news Tuesday, when Tomlin didn't rule out linebacker James Harrison (knee) or Jason Worilds (wrist) from playing. Safety Ryan Clark is out because of a sickle cell trait that affects him at higher elevations, though nose tackle Casey Hampton should be ready to play.
Tomlin knows a veteran presence will be needed to slow Manning down even if he's making his first start in 20 months.
"He has a ridiculous football character; he's smart," Tomlin said. "He works at it. He is a ridiculous competitor."
And Pittsburgh understands that doesn't change regardless of the color of jersey on Manning's back. Though it took Manning a couple of games to get going in the preseason, he looked very much like the player who made Indianapolis a Super Bowl contender for more than a decade during a victory over San Francisco two weeks ago.
Standing in the shotgun, barking orders in the shorthand that's become one of his trademarks, Manning put together three tidy scoring drives against San Francisco's first string. He completed 10 of 12 passes for 122 yards and a score, a statistical line that looks awfully familiar to Tomlin.
"Anything he's involved in resembles other things he's involved in because they're usually successful," Tomlin said. "He's very efficient; he reads pass patterns and route distribution combinations very quickly; he challenges the defense with some of the things he does presnap. It looks very familiar, but I expected it to be because Peyton is Peyton."
While most of the hype will surround Manning's return, Tomlin points out the Broncos hardly were pushovers the last time the Steelers saw them. Denver brought Pittsburgh's season to an abrupt halt on the first play of overtime when Tebow hit Demaryius Thomas for an 80-yard touchdown on the first play of overtime.
It's a loss that's stuck with some of the Steelers for months, particularly cornerback Ike Taylor and safety Ryan Mundy, who fruitlessly chased Thomas to the end zone.
Mundy likely will get the start again with Clark being held out as a precaution. The longtime centerfielder in Pittsburgh's 3-4 defense will take on a psedo coaching role during the game and even is using his absence to raise awareness for his condition. Clark launched "The Cure League" on Tuesday, a joint effort with a Pittsburgh hospital to help raise awareness, donations and support for the inherited blood disorder that cost Clark his spleen when it flared up while playing in Denver's high elevation five years ago.
Tomlin praised Clark for turning his unique circumstances into a positive. They'll welcome him back on the field against the Jets in Week 2, but they're not lamenting his absence in the opener.
"Like anyone else that misses time, we don't cry a whole lot about people that are out," Tomlin said. "We expect those expected to play to play in an above-the-line manner."
The Steelers believe Manning certainly will.


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England call for Sharples
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March 10, 2012
Gloucester's Charlie Sharples will start for England in Paris © Getty Images
Charlie Sharples will start on the wing for England against France in the Six Nations on Sunday after David Strettle was ruled out with a sternum injury.
England's interim coach Stuart Lancaster was forced into making the late change after Strettle failed a fitness test on a sternum injury. Sharples' only previous Test appearance came as a second-half replacement in England's World Cup warm-up win against Wales last August.
Lancaster said: "Charlie has trained with us throughout the tournament so he has spent a lot of time with the other guys. He almost made the World Cup squad and this is a great opportunity for him.
"It's unfortunate for David but he has been fitness-tested by the medics this morning and is not 100 per cent so it is a straight swap and Charlie is ready to go."
Strettle first suffered the injury to his sternum in England's win against Italy in Rome. he Saracens wing was fit to play against Wales two weekends ago, when he was controversially denied a late try, but the problem flared up in training this week.
Sharples was not initially included in England's 24-man travelling squad but he comes straight into the team as a like-for-like replacement for Strettle. The 22-year-old is the quickest player in the England squad and he is on form for Gloucester, scoring four tries in his last six games for the Cherry and Whites.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville city budget mess has some talking about a tax increase to clean it up.
Sheriff John Rutherford says the City Council needs to pass pension reform or face massive layoffs in public safety. He says more money is needed, and without reform, raising taxes may be the only solution.
The last time Jacksonville raised taxes was a small increase in 2010 under Mayor John Peyton.
Mayor Alvin Brown is adamant about not raising taxes, even to get out of the current budget mess.
DOCUMENTS: Fire proposed cuts | Sheriff's Office proposed budget
"I am very supportive of the sheriff and I am very happy he supports the retirement plan," Brown said. "It's fair to hard-working taxpayers and city employees. He knows it's a fair plan. He knows it's a plan where we don't have to do those kind of reductions."
Rutherford said the mayor not being willing to raise taxes is what's getting him in trouble now and why the sheriff is being forced to cut $29 million from his office's budget, which could lead to hundreds of layoffs.
"That is the risk you run when you make promises like that," Rutherford said. "'I am not going to raise taxes.' When he made that promise, he did not see this coming down the road. Who did?"
But this situation has some unlikely people thinking maybe a tax increase isn't so bad. John Winkler, the head of Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County, suggests a bond or new funding source that would only go to pay for pension reform.
"My personal view -- not speaking on behalf of the concerned taxpayers -- my personal view is I might be in favor of such a referendum," Winkler said. "We need to take dramatic action in order to prevent the city from possibly facing bankruptcy. In order to do that, we have to come up with additional revenue."
Councilman Warren Jones won't rule out a property tax increase.
"We have to accept the pension reform the mayor has placed before us or we have to look at possibly increasing taxes," Jones said in a phone interview.
Council President Bill Gulliford said he would not rule out talking taxes, but he said council is being pulled at from both ends.
"Pressure from the sheriff's comments, constant pressure from the mayor's office; pass this thing, pass this thing," Gulliford said. "The difficulties I see with that is we have difficulties from other pressure situations where council knee-jerked and didn't look at longterm consequences. And now we are paying the price for it."
The mayor is still working on his budget plan and will present his budget address at 9 a.m. Monday. It will be carried live on News4Jax.com.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 9, 2012, 9:48 AM
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Feature story: Palo Alto WWII veterans look back
Original post made on Nov 9, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 9, 2012, 9:48 AM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 9, 2012 at 11:04 am
Enough can not be said to honor this generation. We will likely never see another one like it.
> "In those days all we wanted to do was to get home. We fought
> a war where we knew if we didn't win, we'd be dead or slaves,"
> he said
This is so very true. What is so difficult to understand is how people seem to think that the Japanese citizens, as well as those Americans of Japanese descent) who were interred were mistreated by the American government. If the US and the Allies had lost the war, the Japanese and Germans would not have treated the defeated US the way we treated them. The US did what it had to do--from the Interment camps to the Atomic Bomb. We did not want that war to happen, but were powerless to do anything about it until finally drawn into the fray.
Sadly, most people have never met a WWII veteran, and soon--there won't be any of them left to tell their stories. It's a shame that all of these men/women who lived through this era are not interviewed and their stories archived for the future.
a resident of another community
on Nov 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Thank you both for your service to your Country and the World. Can't even imagine where we might be today without WWII veterans.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 9, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Sad that President Obama is destroying all that our veterans fought for.
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Nov 9, 2012 at 6:43 pm
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a resident of Stanford
on Nov 9, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Very, very moving. Great job, Sue Dremann. Thank you to veterans of all America's wars, and especially my dad, a WWII vet. They WERE the greatest generation.
a resident of another community
on Nov 9, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Thanks for a great article. Makes me nostalgic for my late dad, a WWII vet. He was drafted when he was 18 & spent four years in the thick of it in Europe. Many of his friends were killed, and he wouldn't marry my mother before he left because he didn't think he'd make it back. I honestly think his experience made him the optimistic, trouble roll-off-your back kind of person he was. He didn't talk about the war at all until almost the end of his life, at the time of the 50th anniversary. He had a similar story about going AWOL w/the ladies when they liberated Paris that he only told my brother. Oooo la la!
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Nov 10, 2012 at 8:19 am
The US Library of Congress started the Veterans History Project about ten years ago:
Web Link
Veterans History Project:
Web Link
Veterans can submit their stories so that what they say, and learned, will not be forgotten.
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Asian Americans Celebrate Jeremy Lin's Trade to the L.A. Lakers
I'm writing this from Los Angeles, in the midst of a swirling Twitterstorm. It's official: Jeremy Lin is now a Laker.
As an Asian American fan, there's a lot to love about this move.
First, it gets Jeremy Lin out of Houston. Things started off great for Lin in H-town, which welcomed him with open arms as they had previously for Lin's hero, Chinese superstar Yao Ming. But after Rockets GM Daryl Morey traded for bearded ballhog James Harden, and then opened up his pockets to sign tower of power Dwight Howard, it was clear there wasn't enough space in Space City for Lin to launch. Remanded to the bench, he alternated between flashes of nostalgic brilliance and stretches of flat or erratic play.
To Lin's credit, many aspects of his game improved over his years in Houston — his shooting, especially from beyond the three-point arc, and his defense.
But with an expensive, backloaded year left on his three-year deal and big-name free agents poised to come onto the market, it soon became obvious that the Rockets were aiming to unload him, no more so than when, in a misguided attempt to recruit Carmelo Anthony, the team plastered their arena with murals showing the Knicks superstar wearing Lin's #7 uniform. (Lin tweeted that he understandably felt "disrespected" by the gesture, which the Rockets did without informing him in advance; Morey responded by saying that it wasn't personal. "It's just math," he said. "My job is every day figure out how to win. Sometimes it creates challenging situations.")


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Sox-wise and Otherwise…Happy New Year!
My weekly offseason musings about the White Sox and more…
Good Vibes for 2010
I'm ending my year of blogging the same way I started in July–in glass half-full mode. The way I look at it, it doesn't do any good to be cynical when you put so much of yourself in rooting for YOUR team. Do I get cranky? Sure. Do I agree with all the moves? No. But, all in all, the glass half-full approach has worked for me for nearly 60 years as a Sox fan and I'm not going to stop now.
Whether you're upbeat, cynical or cautious, the reality is that we have a lot to look forward to in 2010. It's the best starting staff in the division and one of the best in baseball, a revamped lineup with more speed, depth and versatility and an improved bullpen. And I'm sure there is a surprising tweak or two up Kenny Williams' sleeve.
Loyal Following
I'm so appreciative of those who have taken time to follow Art of the Pale Hose and hope you'll continue to do so. I'm not aware of everyone, but here's to a few great old friends and a few new blogging buddies who have weighed in: Jeff Weiss, Stu Wade, Paul Jensen, Tim Clodjeaux, Tom Merritt, Rick Bozich, Todd Weiss, Gary Marks, Aimee Crawford, Kevin Sullivan, Tim Gardner, Tom Meehan, Mike Griffin, Sid Skolnik, Lee Weiss, myturntoblog, bklyntrolleyblogger, angels012, rays renegade and e-zmac71. I'm especially indebted to Sox communications chief Scott Reifert–a blogging pioneer and author of Inside the White Sox on whitesox.com–for his friendship, kindnesses over the years and for his support of my blog.
On the Mend
Another Sox fan who certainly would be a frequent reader is my dad, Seymour Berke. Unfortunately his sight isn't what it used to be so I relay the Sox news of the day to him over the phone. He still has to endure dialysis three times a week, but is now out of rehab and back in his familiar recliner waiting for pitchers and catchers.


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When Rays outfielder Matt Joyce asked his dad to come to Tuesday's game against the Yankees, his dad said OK -- on one condition.
"He told me to hit a bomb for him," said Joyce. "I said, 'Yeah, right. We'll see how it goes."
Sure enough, Joyce sent a three-run shot into the seats (MLB.com) and waved to his dad in the stands.
"He always finds me and points. Kind of like, 'That's for you, Dad,'" said Joyce's proud father. "He knows I love it." (St. Petersburg Times)
Celebrate the final day of the regular season and the start of October baseball with the division champion Yankees (MLB.com), Phillies (MLB.com) and Tigers (MLB.com).
Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips stopped the MLB FanCave to plank, talk baseball and, of course, spread some @DatDudeBP love and #GQSwag to his fans on Twitter (Twitter).
"It changed [my season] a lot," said Phillips of his famous tweeting. "Honestly, I really think the year I had was because of Twitter, because it kept me focused and kept me motivated to go out there and play well for the fans. I got to meet a lot of new friends, and a lot of Twitter winners coming to support me. The best thing that happened to me this year was going to a Little League kid's game (Twitter). Just making his life, and he made my life also, because when I went out there it really showed me why I play this game."
Move over, Steven Spielberg! Carlos Pena already has an All-Star appearance, a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger Award on his resume. Now he's working on "Best Director" (MLB.com)
Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts has had a tough season, plagued by concussion symptoms, but innovations in the treatment of concussions and his hard work in rehab have made him optimistic about returning to the diamond in 2012.
"You don't know what's up and what's down and what's ever going to be normal again and what's not," said Roberts, describing what it's like to have a concussion. "I would go out to the dugout for a few innings, and I couldn't even sit on the bench and follow the ball and watch the game without getting a headache and feeling tired, and all those symptoms coming back. If anything when you're hurt, you at least want to be with your team and support them. So for me, I just wanted to be there. I wanted to be in the dugout. I wanted to be supporting them. Finally Dr. Collins said, 'You can't go in the dugout anymore.'"
Roberts gave ESPN an inside look at his treatment to show what it's really like for Major Leaguers who are battling back from injury.
"It didn't go from not doing anything to getting on a field and taking 100 swings. It went from not doing anything to following a pen ten times back and forth [with my eyes]. I mean, that's how slow the progression was. The hardest part was not playing the game of baseball. The game to me is so special. No matter what level you get to, it's still fun. It's the greatest game there is. I love playing it, and I can't wait to play it again soon." (ESPN.com)
The Reds were the road team in Pittsburgh on Saturday, but it was a home game for Reds rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco. Hundreds of fans from his nearby hometown came out to the park to cheer him on in matching red "MEZ" T-shirts, courtesy of a special order placed by Mesoraco's mom, Laura. (Yahoo! Sports)
Congratulations to new dad Jake Arrieta and his wife, Brittany, on the birth of their son, Cooper Austin! (Twitter)
Tweet of the Day: "Pumped I got to the 100k mark so I can donate $10000 to #Highsocksforhope!" -- Yankees reliever David Robertson (@DRob30), who pledged to donate $100 to his foundation's tornado relief efforts for every strikeout he recorded this season.
Quote of the Day: "The thing I'll remember is having my kids with me at the All-Star Game. That was special. It was awesome. I might not ever get to do that again, just them being with me. Whenever I have my kids around, that's the best part." -- Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder on his most memorable moment from the 2011 season. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Matthew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) follows up his excellent tribute album to Willie Nelson with his 5th full-length. As with To Willie, he's joined in the studio by his touring band, and they help provide a fuller and richer sound with acoustic and electric guitars, horns and pedal steel on a variety of stellar Houck originals steeped in the '70s country-rock of Neil Young and Gram Parsons, along with Nelson's classic early '70s outlaw records. 4/23/2010 - Don Yates
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