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The ‘Biggest Loser’ weighs in at Quantico

...The team with the most Along with what Baker said will be new-found self-esteem, the winners will be announced in the Quantico Sentry.

An orientation was held Wednesday.

It was a time for participants to ask questions about the challenge and for the instructors to pass on knowledge of ways to help them get into shape and shed unwanted weight.

The instructors explained how to use the gym facilities and to take advantage of the programs offered.

The dietician also incorporated facts about nutrition and stressed its importance.

“Everyone talks about losing weight,” Baker said.

“They just have to get out from behind their desk.” The challenge is meant to encourage people to become more active during their lunch, after work and before work, Baker said.

Having their families become involved is a way to incorporate the knowledge learned from the competition to not only better their lives but their families’ lives.

“The people we wanted to target were the stationary, unconditioned people who don’t know about nutrition and exercise,” Baker said.

Each week’s weigh-in will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

at the Barber Physical Activity Center.

Every weigh-in will be completely private.

At the end of each weigh-in the total

Stocks rebound sharply on economic optimism

...The expansion, which started in October 2004, will increase the size of the building by 30,000 square feet.

It should be finished by 2007 at a cost of $60 million.

The plant currently employees more than 250 people.

The company hopes to get permission from the Food and Drug Administration to convert the prescription drug, Xenical, to a product called Alli.

Report says Halliburton overcharged by millions WASHINGTON - Government auditors pleaded, cajoled and finally threatened Halliburton executives who repeatedly failed to comply with government reporting requirements under a key Iraq contract with a $1.2 billion potential price tag, documents show.

The documents and a report were issued Tuesday by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Government Reform.

Rep.

Henry A.

Waxman, D-Calif., requested the report on the contract, considered critical to the restoration of oil production capacity in southern Iraq.

The report cites findings by auditors that Halliburton's Kellog Brown & Root subsidiary overcharged, "apparently intentionally," by using hidden calculations and attempted to bill the government for $26 million in costs it did not incur.

Auditors also challenged $45 million they called "unreasonable or unsupported," the report said.

The report blamed the Department of Defense for award-ing the pact despite warnings from auditors that Halliburton's cost estimating system had "significant deficiencies.

Melissa Norcross, ...

Undersize me

..."I won't truly notice until next year."Third, he started cycling, which helped him gain stamina and get stronger."He's disciplined," says La Vergne senior Brandon Bather, a teammate who competes in the high jump, triple jump and sprint relays.

"Somebody who can lose 20 pounds is disciplined.

Some people says they're going to do it but don't.

Some people give up, but he sticks to it.

That says something."He still sticks to a strict regimen, although he doesn't run 45 miles a week.

He now runs three to four miles during practice after school and still avoids fried foods and carbonated drinks.Capistran and La Vergne have been happy with the results.

He's still a newcomer to track, but he's improving rapidly and has the potential to do some damage as the season progresses."This year he's improved dramatically," Evans says.

"He ran (junior varsity) in cross country and has gotten better.

If he can get (his time) down to 10:35, 10:40, that might get him in the finals of region."His Originally published March 30, 2006 Print this article Email this to a friend Subscribe Now DNJ photo by Rachelle Morvant Martin Capistran started running to improve his health and wound up shedding 20 pounds.

Now the La Vergne junior competes in the 3,200-meter run for the Wolverine track team.

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