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This article deals with weight loss camps in general. For the South Park episode, see Fat Camp (South Park).

A fat camp is a slang term for a type of program where overweight and obese children and teenagers are sent during the summer to lose weight. They are more gently referred to as a fitness and weight-loss camp. What sets apart a fat camp from any other ordinary camp is that it typically provides nutrition classes, weekly weigh-ins, and many more aerobic-based classes.

These camps provide weight-loss results of two to six pounds per week on average. The effectiveness of these summer camps varies widely and usually depends on the quality of the individual program and biochemistry of the attending campers.

Recent history

More recent programs are scientifically-based and clinical. They help participants change in their behavior so weight loss will continue at home. Behavioral change is accomplished through training and cognitive-behavioral therapy, for which insurance reimbursement is possible.

More camps continue to open, however few have been around for more than a decade.

In pop culture

There have been a number of recent mainstream media pieces regarding fat camp.

Television

• Several fictional television shows, such as The Simpsons and South Park, have an episode relating to fat camp.
• Several fat camps have been featured on reality television, including New Image Camp, Camp Shane, and Camp La Jolla.
• MTV has a documentary titled Fat Camp which follows five teens at an eight week summer weight loss camp.

Other

• In 1995, a film called Heavyweights was released, starring Ben Stiller, about a summer adventure at fat camp.
• There are several books that deal with fat camp as a theme.
• There are a handful of music groups called Fat Camp.

See also

• Weight loss resort

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Henry Albert Howard “Harry” Boot (29 July, 1917 – 8 February, 1983) was a physicist who with Sir John Randall and James Sayers developed the cavity magnetron, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War.

Biography

He was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom and attended King Edward’s School, Birmingham and the University of Birmingham.

While working on his Ph.D. the war broke out. His professor Mark Oliphant had seen the klystron at Stanford University but it produced insufficient power to be useful as a radar transmitter. He assigned John Randall and Boot to the problem. By late February 1940, they had invented the much more powerful cavity magnetron which was fitted in an experimental radar by May 1940. Since this is the critical component which to this day is used in all forms of microwave generation, from cookers to high-powered radios, it is no exaggeration to claim that Randall and Boot invented the single most influential component of modern day technology, surpassing even the transistor in its impact on everyday living.

James Sayers (physicist) later refined the magnetron still further. As with many British inventions of this period, it was provided to the US for free when they entered World War II. American firms grew rich on the unpatented use of the invention. Initially Boot and Randall were awarded £50 each for the magnetron for “improving the safety of life at sea” but later Boot, Randall and Sayers received a £36,000 prize in 1949 for their work.

After some work on nuclear physics, Boot returned to magnetrons and after the war built a cyclotron at Birmingham. In 1948 he joined the Scientific Civil Service in the Royal Naval Scientific Service, where he worked until his retirement. He enjoyed sailing, owning two boats at Salcombe in Devon. He died in 1983.

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San Pablo was the location of a leper colony in Peru, located near Iquitos. It was visited by Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and his friend Alberto Granado, in 1952. Refer to the movie, Diarios de motocicleta, for information on their visit to the leprosia. Information can also be found in Guevara’s account of his travels, Diarios de motocicleta, on which the film is based.

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Sir Gordon Ivan Hobday (born 1916) is a distinguished scientist, who worked on penicillin with Alexander Fleming, and is noted especially for his role as director of the Boots research team that developed ibuprofen. He later went on to become Chairman of Boots.

He was the 4th Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, of which university he was a graduate. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1983–1991.

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The Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak, or START was a nuclear fusion experiment that used magnetic confinement to hold plasma. The experiment began at the Culham Science Centre in the United Kingdom in 1991 and was retired in 1998. It was built as a low cost design, largely using parts already available to the START team. The START experiment developed the tokamak by changing the previous toroidal shape into a tighter, almost spherical, doughnut shape. The new shape increased efficiency by reducing the cost over the conventional design, whilst the field required to maintain a stable plasma was a factor of 10 less.

The START team holds the current highest record plasma pressure, which they achieved by using a neutral beam injector to heat the plasma. In March 1998, the START experiment finished and has since been disassembled and transferred to the ENEA research laboratory at Frascati, Italy. The START team began the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak Experiment or MAST in 1999 which still operates in the Culham Science Centre, UK.

External links

• START Main Page
• MAST Main Page

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Kiss chase is a simple tag variant, in which tagging is performed by kissing the taggee.

This has a radical effect on the game dynamic, as any issues of who can run faster or slower are usually immediately replaced by a desire to kiss the girl or boy that the player likes.

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Eugene Lee may refer to:

• Eugene “Porky” Lee (1933–2005), a U.S. child actor
• Eugene Lee (actor), a U.S. radio deejay, actor, and cable television host
• Eugene Lee (designer), Tony-Award winning designer

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Rock Harbor is the main access point for visitors landing on Isle Royale in northern Lake Superior. It sits at the northeastern end of the forty-five mile long island, the whole of which is protected as Isle Royale National Park.

The name is properly applied to the long (eleven mile) stretch of coastline along the southeastern shore, from Moskey Basin to Scoville Point, that is screened by offshore islands such as Mott Island (site of the Park headquarters) from the open waters of Lake Superior. The site of the actual harborage and park service facilities is actually a small bay known as Snug Harbor; however, the name Rock Harbor is universally recognized to apply to the harbor itself.

Rock Harbor is reached by the Ranger III park service ferry, operating from Houghton, Michigan, the Isle Royale Queen IV out of Copper Harbor, as well as seaplane service. Private berths are also available. A lodge (that predates the national park) is available, as well as camping facilities.

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“Lever in a Million Years” is the 18th episode of Cro as part of its second season.

Synopsis

Phil is stuck in the shower. Dr. C and Mike attempt to get him out using levers, such as crowbars, and finally, the toilet flusher. Cro meets Pakka for the first time and gets out of the Neandies thanks to his “pet log”. But he uses it to save everyone from Selene.

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Excelsior is the name of several historical makes of motorcycle:

• Excelsior (Bourgoin)
• Excelsior (Brandenburg)
• Excelsior (Chicago)
• Excelsior (Coventry)
• Excelsior (München)
• Excelsior-Henderson
• Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine)

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