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1. AnTuTu posted on 6
So nothing is going right for Fruit hahaha
9. CX3NT3_713 posted on 2
Cheap fones and aftermarket charging cables, just dont mix, lol
23. james004 posted on 0
alot of these injuries are happening in china, either it can be blamed on aftermarket cheap chargers or competitor bribing people to injure themselves for headline stories.
nothing personal china but there has been long history of people doing stupid things there for money, selling kidney and kids.
27. WHoyton1 posted on 0
How can someone bribe you to blow up your iPhone.....besides let's not go into what countries did what, that's dangerous ground!
16. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 0
"this message will self destruct in 40 minutes"
2. sarb009 posted on 13
Apple: "She was holding it wrong ! "
7. dangchitrung posted on 0
And : "We will investigate to find out more WTF is wrong with you guys to use the phones non-Apple way. You customers are so pathetic."
8. CaoCiBai posted on 0
Nope. She dropped it wrong.
3. Shatter posted on 1
Maybe the iphone 5 has a defect that can cause it to explode?
11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 0
More like the earlier drop stressed the screen. Add in the extended use and resulting temperature increase caused the screen to burst.
One more reason to provide a case for the iPhone. For that matter, for any smartphone.
4. pwnarena posted on 0
The next day it will be about Samsung. I think they're just trying to dig dirt about each other while the Chinese cannibalize their market share in China.
So when will we hear news about a Chinese phone exploding or leaking? I thought these Chinese phones are supposed to be the more unreliable ones.
5. Whateverman posted on 1
Okay, I think common sense should dictate that if a customer calls or comes into a store and says their just exploded in my eye (mind out of the gutter fellas), the response should something a little more empathetic than, "explosion would not normally be covered under the phone's warranty". I'm sure that was just a bad choice of words, but that was a REALLY bad choice of words.
6. xperiaDROID posted on 6
Another day, another fruity explosion...
10. PapaSmurf posted on 2
From this day forward, you can not say S-Plode, S-Bomb or anything related to Samsung phones exploding. If you do, well, I don't even have to finish the sentence because it's pretty obvious.
13. xperiaDROID posted on 3
I can say whatever I want, this is called freedom of speech. If you're butthurt, ignore my comment. As simple as that.
12. Damitel posted on 1
Getting tired of all this. Why always China? Not an Apple fan in anyway, my brand is always Samsung or htc.
14. Danishs posted on 2
Notice they're all in china. Stop using fake chargers kids.
15. Arman posted on 0
I think that lethal shock was an iphone 4 or 4S (stainless steel frame) with an inappropriate unofficial charger.. please fix the article. :)
its really sad to hear these accidents . specially the one I mentioned above(with those romantic photos of the couple :( ). .. the other iphone galaxy incidents was all from unofficial chargers or batteries.. but I think this one is a little strange
26. Alan01 posted on 0
No, it was an Apple iPhone 5...the Apple iPhone 4 was responsible for another incident that left a Chinese man in a coma.
Alan F.
17. johnbftl posted on 0
?I'm sorry you're phone exploded in your face, but that's not covered under warranty." That is the most heartless stance I've ever heard any company take. I get it, it's a freak occurrence that no manufacturer foresees when they write the verbiage for the warranty, but come on. Most warranties state damage caused under normal usage. Due to the exploding screen, I'm pretty sure if that woman wasn't honest about dropping it, she could have kept her mouth shut and no one would have ever known a dent was there. If that had happened in the U.S. or EU there'd be such a huge lawsuit. Lucky for them it's China. You can't execute a corporation and charge the family for the cost of the bullet.
18. amiaq posted on 0
KARMA, Apple you deserve it!!
20. jacko1977 posted on 0
Mxyzptlk where r u HHHhhheeellllllooo when something goes wrong with c/apple hes nowhere to be seen
22. harigrg33 posted on 0
Now i am afraid my s4 9500 will also get explode someday as its get so hot while I play games like asphalt 3 for 15mins...
25. iushnt posted on 0
its not due to being hot. It must be related to defective battery.
28. ammarnadim93 posted on 0
I dont get it..
why always china ? and why always apple and samsung ?
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Chinese-woman-injures-eye-as-Apple-iPhone-5-explodes_id46292
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By Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Warplanes bombed a village in Syria's north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect.
Assad's forces are on the defensive in his family's home province of Latakia and recent rebel gains across northern Syria, including a military air base captured last week in Aleppo province, have further loosened his grip on the country.
Assad controls much of southern and central Syria, while insurgents hold northern areas near the Turkish border and along the Euphrates valley towards Iraq. The northeast corner of the pivotal Arab state is now an increasingly autonomous Kurdish region. (http://link.reuters.com/puw22v)
The mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents are battling to overthrow Assad, whose minority Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, in a civil war which erupted two years ago when mainly peaceful protests against his rule were put down with force.
As many as 20 people were killed in the air strikes on the village of Salma, including 10 civilians, six Syrian fighters and four foreign fighters, the anti-Assad Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said on Saturday.
Salma is a Sunni village in the Jabal Akrad mountain range which overlooks the Mediterranean. Rebel forces comprised of mainly Islamist brigades, including two al Qaeda-linked groups and based in Salma, have killed hundreds in offensives this month and have seized several Alawite settlements.
Amateur video footage posted on the Internet showed a large apartment block with all its outside walls blown out. Men, some in military fatigues, were seen loading bodies onto a pickup truck.
ALAWITE REGIONAL STRONGHOLD AT STAKE
Assad has deployed extra forces in the region and the air raids reflected an urgent priority to protect the main region of his Alawite sect - 12 percent of Syria's 21 million people.
The president's forces have also been pushing to retake lost ground in neighboring Aleppo province, where insurgents have made significant headway over the past few weeks.
After the rebel capture last month of Khan al-Assal, a town southwest of Aleppo city, activists said on Saturday soldiers killed 12 civilians, including a woman, in a nearby town.
The government accuses rebels of executing 123 people in Khan al-Assal and activists say the killing in Tabara al-Sakhani, 12 miles to the south, could have been retaliatory.
Rebel-controlled districts of Aleppo city, once Syria's commercial hub but now partly reduced to rubble by the conflict, were also bombarded by army artillery, the Observatory said.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in the 28-month conflict and 1.7 million Syrians have been forced to flee to neighboring countries, the United Nations says.
Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for more than four decades, has relied on Alawite-led army units and security forces from the start, but has turned increasingly to loyalist militia armed and funded by Damascus to fight the rebels.
He has also enjoyed staunch support from Middle East Shi'ite powerhouse Iran, neighboring Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah movement and the Assads' longtime arms supplier Russia.
His fragmented foes have received little military aid from Western powers that want Assad removed but are wary of the growing presence of radical Islamists in the rebel ranks.
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's leading telecoms operator said on Friday it would start channeling e-mail traffic exclusively through its domestic servers in response to public outrage over revelations of U.S. spy programs accessing citizens' private messages.
Deutsche Telekom launched the "E-mail made in Germany" initiative after a month of public indignation over reports on intrusive U.S. snooping based on documents leaked by fugitive former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
The spying scandal, which has filled German newspapers for weeks, has become a major headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of a September 22 election. Government snooping is a sensitive subject in Germany due to the heavy surveillance of citizens in the former communist East and under Hitler's Nazis.
"The spying campaign has deeply rattled Germans," Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Rene Obermann said at a news conference in Berlin on Friday to launch the initiative aiming to make e-mail communication in Germany "more secure".
Deutsche Telekom and its partner United Internet, which account for about two-thirds of all e-mail users in Germany, said they would ensure the encryption of all their clients' e-mails.
The former telecommunications monopoly, in which the German state remains the biggest investor with a 32 percent stake, said all data processing and storage would take place in Germany.
German news magazine Der Spiegel reported in June, citing an NSA document, that the United States taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Germany in a typical month.
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Posted on: 6:16 pm, August 7, 2013, by Aubry Killion, updated on: 10:49pm, August 7, 2013
A Sebastian County house is now unlivable after it caught fire Wednesday afternoon, although the family made it out safely.
Firefighters were called to a home on Howard Hill Road in the Jenny Lind community in southern Sebastian County after the house caught fire.
The call came in around 4:15 p.m., according to firefighters on the scene. White Bluff, Jenny Lind and EMP Volunteer Fire Departments responded. The fire was put out within a couple of hours.
Thurmissa Flores lived in the home. She called 911 once the home?s electrical fire sparked.
One of the firefighters on the scene had to be called off due to the extreme heat.
?Probably anywhere from 110 to 120 (degrees) with the fire burning as hot as it was,? said Chief Jim Almond with the White Bluff-Rye Hill Fire Department.
Flores has five children who are home schooled, and with no home to teach her kids in, she said she?s unsure of where to go from here.
?All we heard was the smoke alarm and I opened the door and it was black. And then the windows busted,? said Flores.
Flores said she was able to salvage a Bible and a picture out of her daughter?s bedroom. She said she?s upset but thankful her family made it out alive.
Flores was renting the home. She said the home did not have insurance.
The electrical fire appeared to have started in the back of the home, according to a firefighter on scene. The house sustained severe damage.
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Seth Gordon has stepped away from directing ?Horrible Bosses 2,? which is still set to star Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day.
New Line is seeking a new director and still planning on a fall start.
Gordon has indicated to the studio that the press of other projects precluded returning to the ?Bosses? sequel. He?s been working on ABC?s comedy ?The Goldbergs? and has been attached to MGM?s remake of ?Wargames.?
Gordon directed 2011?s ?Horrible Bosses,? which also starred Jennifer Aniston and Jamie Foxx. The original grossed $209 million worldwide.
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India has partly revoked patents granted to Roche Holding AG for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, a spokesman for the drugmaker confirmed on Sunday.
Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported that the Kolkata Patent Office had lifted divisional patents for Herceptin on 17 July on the grounds they had not been properly submitted.
?I can confirm that the Assistant Controller of Patents at the Kolkata Patent Office has revoked divisional patents of Herceptin and that we are now considering the further course of action,? a spokesman for Roche said.
The decision is the latest in a series of rulings on intellectual property and pricing in India that have frustrated attempts by Western drugmakers to sell their medicines in India?s fast-growing drugs market.
On Friday, India revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline?s for breast cancer drug Tykerb, following on from a landmark court ruling in April disallowing patents for incremental innovations.
Roche has already adapted its business model in India to increase affordable access to drugs and try to stave off trouble from India?s patent authorities.
In August 2012, it introduced cut-price versions of Herceptin and another cancer drug MabThera, under an alliance with Indian generics firm Emcure Pharmaceutics.
Last year, India revoked patents granted to Roche?s hepatitis C drug Pegasys, Pfizer Inc?s cancer drug Sutent, and Merck & Co?s asthma treatment aerosol suspension formulation. All were revoked on grounds that included lack of innovation.
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Step 1 led to the development of p-FFIT, comprising 12, weekly, 90-minute, gender-sensitised, group-based classroom and physical activity sessions. The programme was designed to be delivered by SPL community coaches in club stadia at no cost to participantsa. The delivery protocol was closely based on the ?Camelon? men?s weight management model, which was developed for delivery to men in a National Health Service (NHS) setting [17], but was extended to include greater emphasis on physical activity by drawing on evidence for increasing physical activity in inactive people [38]. This included provision of a pedometer to enable self-monitoring of walking (as incremental, pedometer-based daily step count targets have been shown to increase step counts for adults in community-based interventions [39]), setting achievable goals to build confidence and motivation, and exploring ways of finding social support.
The programme development working group ensured that p-FFIT adhered to current national guidance for weight management programmes [40,41]. Links were made to current websites [42,43] to provide additional dietary and physical activity advice and support. A participant information booklet (including tables to record self-monitored weight loss and daily step counts) and detailed delivery notes for coaches were developed. Coaches? notes were supplemented by one and a half days of group-based training from members of the programme development working group in nutrition, physical activity and behaviour change techniques. All men enrolling in p-FFIT completed a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) [44] to identify any contraindications to exercise. Those answering ?Yes? to any question were required to produce a letter of support from their GP before being accepted onto the programme.
Step 2 identified the target group most likely to benefit, as men aged 35-65 years with a body mass index (BMI)???27 kg/m2. The lower age limit reflects evidence that overweight and obese men in their 30s may experience an attitudinal shift in relation to their health and physical limitations as they approach middle age [45]. This attitudinal shift means that men in this age group are likely to be more receptive to advice on changing health behaviours than younger men, thus increasing the potential effectiveness of lifestyle interventions [3]. The upper age limit reflects differences in physical activity guidelines for over-65 s [46], and the fact that the complexity of associated health problems in older age groups reduces the potential for public health gain. The BMI cut off reflects findings that men who are obese, or at high risk of becoming obese, are more likely to want to lose weight than those who just exceed the normal weight range [17,47]. Clubs were given the target of recruiting 30 men to each delivery. However, as evidence from the ?Camelon? model [17] suggested that the maximum group size should be 15 men, coaches were asked to split each delivery cohort into two smaller groups.
Of the 303 men who took part in Delivery 1 across 11 SPL clubs, 155 (51.2%) returned anonymous post-programme feedback forms. At the two clubs involved in the feasibility trial, 26 men who completed p-FFIT joined focus group discussions (two conducted in December 2010 with participants from Delivery 1 and two conducted in April 2011 with Delivery 2 participants); and a further 13 men who did not complete the programme underwent ?exit? interviews in December 2010 and April 2011. Coaches delivering p-FFIT at these two clubs took part in a focus group discussion (n?=?4) or face-to-face interview (n?=?2) following Delivery 1. Coaches from all 11 clubs attended the FFIT workshop in October 2010.
Seven programme sessions were observed across p-FFIT Deliveries 1 and 2 at each of the two clubs involved in the feasibility trial; one session was observed at all other clubs during Delivery 2. The observation schedule ensured that all 12 programme sessions were observed across the clubs.
The participants and coaches were extremely positive about p-FFIT. Men responding to the open-ended questions on the feedback forms (see Table 2) highlighted the camaraderie and the friendly, relaxed, non-directive manner in which the programme was delivered. Men taking part in the focus group discussions described how the group setting and the fact that they perceived other members to be similar to themselves had helped foster peer support:
"PFG1 125: I think it was the banter and the shared experience and folk coming back and saying, ?I couldnae do as many steps this week?, but somebody saying, ?Oh, I took the dog out and??, you know, it was just all shared ideas and experiences that really worked."
"PFG1 244: It?s not just the guys with the same type of interest, but the age grouping was a good idea as well; and the fact that there wasn?t going to be any Greek gods in there, it was all going to be human beings, cherubs perhaps, so you?re not going to feel out of place."
Table 2. Participant feedback (percentages of men spontaneously mentioning each factor in response to open-ended questions)
Practical constraints meant that some clubs were unable to restrict their group size to 15 men. Session observations suggested that the larger group sizes worked well on the whole, particularly during the physical activity sessions, where there was a spirit of teamwork and co-operation. However, some participants and coaches highlighted difficulties in raising sensitive issues in the group setting:
"PExit 151: I was sorry I couldn?t participate in the physical exercises they did, but I didn?t want to get embarrassed and be out of puff and look like an idiot, grunting away there. (Interviewer: Do you think they [coaches] could have done more to accommodate you?) I didn?t really, no. I mean, I don?t blame them for that at all. No, no, no, I just didn?t want to bring it up."
"CFG 22: If we were walking over to the gym, it would be kind of get feedback that way? because rather than standing up, I think sometimes as a group, some people might no? speak up but they?re wanting to tell you stuff, so [?] I walked at the back and [if] one of them seen me he would maybe come and just have a wee blether [chat]. So it was good that way because I was able to speak to them more one-to-one just to see how they were feeling, get a wee bit of feedback to them."
One man felt more could have been done to foster a sense of belonging:
"PFG1 131: I was kind of struggling every week to remember folks? names and it would have been good to have embedded that a little bit more at the beginning of the programme so the guys could have gotten to know each other."
Men completing the post-programme feedback forms also highlighted the in-stadia physical activity sessions. Broad guidance was given in the programme notes as to what each activity session should aim to deliver (i.e., 20-30 minutes of incremental cardiovascular, strength and flexibility exercises designed to accommodate different levels of fitness and ability), but the coaches were encouraged to adapt this guidance to suit group preferences and available facilities. A number (but not all) of the clubs had incorporated small-sided football games, and these were appreciated. Participants were also positive about the pedometer-based walking programme (for more detailed discussion of men?s experiences of the pedometer programme, see reference [48]) and the SPL club setting.
In the classroom, participants liked the fact that p-FFIT provided an overall lifestyle education rather than taking a diet-focussed approach to weight loss. Focus group participants highlighted the information about portion sizes (delivered in week 2, see Table 3) and food labelling (week 9) as being particularly useful:
"PExit 243: It was when they showed us the portion sizes that you should be eating, that was the real shocker for me because, you know, even if you?re eating fairly healthily, the amount that I was eating wasn?t doing me any favours."
"PFG2 128: I just couldn?t believe? some of the stuff I thought I was taking [eating] was okay, and when we did the bit on labels and stuff, I was checking some of the things that I used to have and thinking, ?My God, that?s got about three days worth of sugar in it, and I?ve had it in one meal!?"
The coaches felt a major strength of p-FFIT was that the key messages were easy to understand:
"CInt 12: I?m quite a big fan of the Eatwell Plate and just how it works; it simplifies it for a lot of people. And that, and I think the portions, together I think is really, really good [?]. The alcohol element as well is also one that folk don?t really realise what a measure is or how many calories are in certain things. So I think they were certainly very important parts."
The physical representation of midpoint weight loss (in week 7 coaches are asked to use sandbags to illustrate group and individual weight loss) proved to be a powerful motivator, even for men who were less successful at losing weight at this stage:
"PFG2 205: I thought that was thoroughly good because there was one person in the group, we?ll no name anybody, had a bag full, and I thought, ?Look at that bag?, and then I looked at mine, and I went, ?Hey, wait a minute here!? And that guy actually pushed me to say ?Right, I?m going to go even harder now? [?] and the last five weeks, bang, as if everything just dropped off."
In contrast, observation of the eating plan session (week 3) in two clubs indicated that both participants and coaches experienced some difficulties in calculating the daily calorie intake for weight loss. Focus group participants confirmed they had found this component less useful:
"PFG2 126: I don?t know what it was about that session, my eyes glazed over when that was going on and I thought, ?Bugger this, I?m not going to do that? [?] I?m sitting there thinking, ?This is too much like hard work for me?."
Observation of the classroom sessions demonstrated that fidelity to the p-FFIT delivery protocol was, on the whole, good. However, some coaches admitted it had been difficult to find sufficient time to read through and assimilate the detailed delivery notes in preparation for each session:
"CWorkshop 31: The first two weeks, no excuses, I was up to here with everything else work-wise, and didn?t really read it thoroughly enough. So I was at the start and just looked at the content [pages] instead of looking further in? so we made up our own."
There was a tendency for some coaches to read directly from the notes, and delivery of key points was sometimes rushed. The ?classroom? part of the sessions (particularly the more information-rich early sessions) often over-ran and encroached on the time available for group physical activity:
"CFG 24: I had to wait until [Coach 23] was finished [the classroom delivery]? I was only going to get 25 to 30 minutes of activity, and for once a week that's not enough. So I needed more time, I was needing more time, but I couldn?t get it because of the timescale we had, because you had to do the education stuff."
The in-stadia physical activity sessions did not always adhere strictly to the guidance provided: in some clubs the same activities were offered each week. Nevertheless, most coaches appeared skilled at encouraging participants to work at a level of intensity that was appropriate for their individual fitness and ability. The main exception was during small-sided football games, where some men appeared to push themselves too far. Participant feedback (shown in Table 2) confirmed that many of the men wanted more time and more variety during the physical activity sessions, as well as more emphasis on football-related activities.
Although participants appeared to embrace goal-setting, the session observations showed that coaches did not always ensure that goals were SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Recorded, Time-limited): some lacked specificity, were over-ambitious or were not time-limited. There was also some confusion over the pedometer-based walking programme, with uncertainty about whether activities other than walking could count towards daily step targets, and whether the baseline step count should remain the same throughout the programme or increase each week. This led to some participants setting inflated step count targets, which they found demotivating:
"PExit 102: I felt guilty because I didn?t want to? hold anybody else back, and the other guys that were in the course were really motivated and, you know, basically from what I could see, they had the time to do the necessary stuff. I just didn?t and I just felt like I was letting people down because I hadn?t done my step count that week."
Whilst participants felt that being shown a physical representation of weight loss in week 7 was highly motivational, some coaches found it difficult to supply sandbags as recommended. This session was observed in two clubs, and neither succeeded in accurately representing both whole group and individual weight loss. Coaches in one club used gym weights to demonstrate whole group weight loss only; the other club used sand-filled padded envelopes to illustrate individual weight loss, but did not provide enough envelopes to represent whole group weight loss.
Other issues included men who had answered ?Yes? to questions on the PAR-Q being unable to take up their place on p-FFIT because their GP had been reluctant to support their involvement:
"CWorkshop, 41: It wasn?t that people didn?t want to go on the programme. I think a few [clubs] have probably experienced it. I know I spoke to [the SPL Trust] about it, and the GP had not signed the letter for a couple of the boys, so they?re still hanging in there just now [waiting to get on the programme]."
The lack of provision of post-programme follow-up was also raised by both participants and coaches:
"CWorkshop 51: We even talked about charging them [for additional sessions after the end of p-FFIT] so they could come along and do it, because I think that whole thing of being clubs, individual clubs doing it, brings that unitedness in doing something together."
The exit interviews showed that most men who did not complete p-FFIT left because of reasons that were unrelated to the programme. Work commitments (n?=?3) and health issues (n?=?3) were the most common reasons for non-completion. Others included: moving away from the area (n?=?2), family commitments (n?=?2) and bereavement (n?=?1). However, one man cited lack of variety in the physical activity sessions as one of the reasons he stopped attending.
The process evaluation confirmed that p-FFIT was highly acceptable to both participants and coaches. However, a number of potential areas for improvement were identified. Where possible, these were incorporated into the optimized FFIT intervention.
The maximum group size guidance has been replaced by a recommended coach:participant ratio of at least 1:15. This reflects operational constraints at some clubs whilst ensuring sufficient staff capacity to deliver one-to-one support.
Guidance to coaches is modified to encourage them to take a formal register at the start of each weekly session to promote familiarity among group members.
The BMI inclusion criterion has been raised to???28 kg/m2 to further foster camaraderie and a sense of belonging. This reflects the finding that participants feel most comfortable with others they perceive to be similar to themselves, in terms of goals as well as appearance (some men with lower BMIs seemed more interested in achieving ?fitness? than increasing their daily activity, and were also less focused on losing weight).
The delivery notes have been simplified, and a bullet-point list added to emphasise the key components of each session and to encourage coaches not to read directly from the booklet during programme delivery. Components that could be omitted if time runs short have been identified to give coaches strategies to alleviate time pressure if discussion of the key content runs on.
A list of essential preparation is provided for each session to encourage coaches to be organised.
An online toolb has been developed to assist coaches and participants in calculating daily calorie intake for weight loss (week 3).
Advice is given that gym weights or other equipment can be used to represent weight loss instead of sandbags (week 7), but the importance of representing both group and individual weight loss is stressed.
The food labels session has been moved forward from week 9 to week 8, as many men appear to find this information useful and may benefit from receiving it earlier.
Information about how activities other than walking (e.g., swimming) can contribute to the daily step count target has been provided.
A more detailed protocol for the physical activity sessions encourages more variety and football-based activities (e.g., football training drills).
Post-programme support: In response to concerns from both participants and coaches about lack of follow-up, two weight maintenance components have been added following the initial 12, weekly ?weight loss? sessions:
1. Six standardised email prompts reinforcing key messages have been developed to be sent out by the coaches at specific time points in the 9 months following the end of the 12-week ?weight loss? phase. Their content emphasises self-monitoring, goal setting and relapse prevention.
2. A reunion session at the club 6 months after the end of the 12-week ?weight loss? phase encourages men to discuss their experiences of maintenance of weight loss, and of physical activity and dietary change.
Training: Two days of coach training have been developed to include more emphasis on SMART goal setting and the pedometer-based walking programme. The training is highly interactive and designed to promote the principles of adult learning [acting as a facilitator, encouraging mutual respect, and building on life experiences and existing knowledge [49]] and the use of banter in the group sessions. Coaches are also encouraged to share ideas about how to develop a varied and individualised in-stadia physical activity programme.
Enrolment: The requirement for men answering ?Yes? to questions on the PAR-Q to provide a GP letter endorsing their participation has been dropped. Instead, the coaches simply advise these men to speak to their GP before commencing the physical activity components of the programme. In addition, to ensure participant safety, the coaches now measure blood pressure at enrolment. Any man who exceeds 159 mmHg systolic or 99 mmHg diastolic is encouraged to take part in the classroom sessions and pedometer-based walking programme, but is excluded from more vigorous in-stadia training until he provides evidence that his blood pressure has reduced.
FFIT is a group-based, weight management, physical activity and healthy eating programme consisting of an initial intensive ?weight loss? phase (12, weekly, 90-minute sessions delivered free of charge to participants at football stadia by club community coaches) and ongoing ?light touch? weight maintenance support to 12 months. The dietary component of FFIT is designed to deliver a 600 kcal daily deficit (from estimated daily energy requirements) [40,41] through: the gradual adoption of nutrient-dense foods and reduction of the portion size of energy-dense foods; and the reduction of sugary and alcoholic drinks. Classroom activities are aimed at encouraging participants to make dietary changes that suit their individual eating preferences, to weigh themselves each week and to keep a personal record of their weekly weight loss.
FFIT has two physical activity components: First, the incremental pedometer-based walking programme [39,50] encourages men to set individual daily brisk walking goals to include more walking in their daily routine and to report their progress to the group each week. Men able to do more vigorous physical activity are encouraged to supplement their walking with additional exercise (e.g., gym sessions), and to count this toward their daily steps target.
Second, in-stadia physical activity sessions teach participants how to build fitness through structured activities that are tailor-able to individual fitness levels and ability, and include aerobic, muscle strengthening and flexibility exercises [38]. Men are also encouraged to avoid compensatory behaviours (e.g., increased snacking or television viewing) which can undermine weight loss following exercise [51,52], and to meet in between programme sessions to exercise together (e.g., walking, cycling or using local sports facilities). The key components of the classroom and in-stadia physical activity sessions are summarised in Table 3.
A number of components are specifically designed to appeal to male football fans. These include: club-based incentives (e.g., club T-shirts, visits from club celebrities); elements of competition (e.g., through quizzes); an entire classroom session (week 5) devoted to discussion of the role of alcohol in weight gain and strategies for reducing alcohol consumption; and the use of ?banter? to facilitate men?s discussions of sensitive issues, such as weight gain [53,54].
Ongoing support is provided after the end of the 12-week ?weight-loss? phase through six email prompts, which are sent out by club coaches at 6-weekly intervals, and one reunion session at the club. Men are also encouraged to continue to meet regularly to exercise together and to provide mutual support. These meetings can either be run by the club (some offer weekly physical activity sessions for a small cost) or organised independently using local sports facilities.
Mapping the content of FFIT onto Michie and colleagues? BCT Taxonomy v1 [37] demonstrated that 37 specific behaviour change techniques are used throughout the programme. As shown in Table 4, FFIT draws heavily on self-monitoring, implementation intentions, goal setting and review, and feedback on behaviour, all of which are associated with control theory [55] and have been shown to be effective in physical activity and healthy eating interventions [56,57]. The programme also encourages social support, which has been shown to be effective in weight loss interventions [57]. Further key techniques used in FFIT draw from other theoretical accounts of behaviour change [e.g., social cognitive theory [58]] and include: information on consequences; identification of barriers to change; verbal persuasion about capability; instruction in performing new behaviours; graded tasks; and social comparison.
Table 4. Mapping between behaviour change techniques and FFIT programme sessions
Source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/232
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ? Worn out from her gold medal performance the night before, Yuliya Efimova slept late, missed her warm-up ? and still swam a world record.
In morning prelims.
"I still don't understand it," the Russian said after breaking the mark in the 50-meter breaststroke Saturday at the world championships. "Yesterday I was ready for a world record. But today, I didn't sleep half the night and I am so tired. I didn't do the warm-up and I am so sleepy ? and I just swam a record. It's crazy."
Crazy, indeed.
Efimova clocked 29.78 seconds in the one-lap race, shaving 0.02 off the previous record set by American Jessica Hardy in 2009 at the height of the rubberized suit era.
Efimova could hardly believe it when she saw her time, dropping her mouth wide open in amazement as she broke into a wide smile.
Hardy qualified second in 29.99, and 100 breaststroke world record holder Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania advanced third in 30.07.
Efimova won gold in the 200 breaststroke Friday after taking silver in the 100. She treated the 50 lightly, as it's not an Olympic event.
"I always like to swim the 200 but actually I am a short sprinter, and for me it's like my birthday," she said. "It's like my holidays ... It's always fun."
There could be more fun in the semifinals later, with Efimova, Hardy and Meilutyte each capable of swimming another record.
The 21-year-old Efimova trains in Los Angeles under U.S. coach and breaststroke guru Dave Salo.
"She's really maturing as an athlete," Salo said. "Years ago, I think she just did it because she was good at it. Now I think she's taken a bit more control over it. She understands now how she good she is. Breaking the world record doesn't happen very often."
Training under Salo means Efimova can practice with Hardy and three-time Olympic champion Rebecca Soni, who is taking the year off.
"I'm not going to learn her language. She's learning my language," Salo said. "And so the more and more she's learned my style of coaching, my language, I think that relationship has gotten better and better. ... She's got some great speed as well as endurance."
Also on the penultimate day of competition, Cate Campbell put herself in position to pull off a sprint double.
A day after taking gold in the 100 freestyle, the Australian led the 50 free prelims with a quick 24.27 seconds.
"It's great standing up on the blocks and looking down the pool and be like, 'I can see where I finish,'" Campbell said. "I'm really thrilled it's the 100 and then the 50 and not the other way around ? 50s are fun. They don't hurt. It's splash and dash, essentially."
Francesca Halsall of Britain qualified second in 24.60. Campbell's younger sister, Bronte, advanced third in 24.65.
Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands was fourth in 24.68, and American veteran Natalie Coughlin got through to the semifinals in ninth place in 25.00
In other prelims, Chinese standout Sun Yang led the marathon-like 1,500 free in a relaxed 14:54.65, more than 20 seconds off the world record he set at last year's London Olympics.
And Daniel Orzechowski of Brazil led the non-Olympic 50 backstroke in 24.67.
Meet standout Missy Franklin had the morning off.
Franklin will later aim for her fifth gold of the competition, in the 200 backstroke final, and fellow American teenager Katie Ledecky will bid for a world record in the 800 free.
Finals are also scheduled in the men's 50 free and 100 butterfly and the women's 50 fly.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sleepy-efimova-swims-world-record-morning-heats-095541450.html
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