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This programme was broadcast first on the BBC but soon became a worldwide smash with many countries developing their own editions. The main woman Anne Robinson went to the United States for a while to front the American show and the famous catchphrase which I don't need to write here has entered in to our popular language and culture even turning up in an episode of Family Guy. There have been celebrity specials where famous people have played with the intention of winning money for charity; I particularly remember the show featuring those who had appeared in Doctor Who to be fairly enjoyable.
The quiz itself is quite simple and straight forward and it is currently shown in the early evening on BBC 1 from quarter past five until six. There are nine contestants at the start who stand behind their podiums in the studio and introduce themselves and state what they do for a living. Then they have three minutes as a group taking it in turns to answer general knowledge questions. The total they can earn in each round is £1000 in 9 stages which are £20, £50, £100, £200, £300, £450, £600, £800 and finally £1000. Each time a question is answered correctly the group progress in the amount they earn and if they answer nine in a row without error they reach the £1000 target. Obviously if they get one wrong they have to start again even if they are only one stage away from the maximum. To reduce the risk of losing everything a contestant can shout "bank" after answering correctly and whatever has been earned up to that point is then safe so they can try and reach the maximum in this way also.
At the end of the round Anne will tell them how much they have accumulated. Then all nine players have to decide who amongst them did not contribute well enough, whether that is because they passed or got questions wrong or they dithered. Who ever gets the most nominations leaves the studio after hearing the famous words. If two people receive the same amount of votes to leave then the player who was the strongest in that round makes the ultimate decision. This carries on for seven rounds until there are two remaining contestants.
These two survivors then answer two minutes of questions and try to earn as much money as they can which at the end of the round will be trebled and added to the fund from the previous seven rounds. The two finalists then go head to head in a similar style to the opening rounds of Eggheads but instead of three questions they must answer five and it is not multiple choices. If they are equal after five they play sudden death until there is a winner. The victor takes home all of the money accumulated in the eight rounds before this final and Anne rubs salt in the wound of the loser a little by reminding them they are leaving with nothing.
If you enjoy quizzes then you really appreciate this programme and it is great to play along and improve your general knowledge. When it was first on television I really loved it in a similar way to Who wants to be a Millionaire? Over time though the novelty value of both of these shows has worn off for me to some extent and I only really watch them on the odd occasion. Some of the best parts of each programme are when Anne has conversations with the contestants and as she plays the role of a very forthright offensive character this can be rather amusing but I am sure it is all in good fun. Players every now and again give answers that make you wonder how on earth they didn't know the correct one but I suppose once you get on television under the lights and face to face with Mrs Robinson it's a different question altogether.
Whilst wondering what to write my next review on to take me nearer to my second Amazon voucher I sat down to watch The Weakest Link, the first of two daily BBC weekday quiz shows that I like watch if I'm back from work early enough (the second is Eggheads for those wondering).
This show was first broadcast on BBC2 on 14th August 2000 and has been running ever since. It now airs every weekday on BBC1 usually at 5:15PM and the programme usually lasts for 45 minutes. Since its creation it has been hosted by the "Queen of Mean" Anne Robinson and she is a massive contributory factor to the success the show has had resulting in it still running strong.
In each episode there are nine contestants playing against each other with the aim of not being voted off after each round as the weakest link. In each round the contestants take it in turn to answer questions with the aim of trying to get as much money banked as possible before the time runs out. When it is a person's turn to field a question, they can either bank what has been accumulated by the players immediately before them having answered their questions correctly or they can risk losing the lot by taking their question - if they get it right the chain continues, if they get it wrong the money accumulated is lost. To explain, the money chain goes in the order £20, £50, £100, £200, £300, £450, £600, £800, £1000. If the round has just begun and you are the fourth person to answer a question and the proceeding players have all answered correctly, with nobody having banked, you would have the option to either a) bank, with £100 being added to the rounds pot and the chain then beginning over with the next person answering a question for £20 or b) answer your question without banking with a correct answer being worth £200 and an incorrect answer seeing the chain be reset with no money banked.
The maximum that can be won in the first seven rounds is £1000, most simply achieved my a chain of nine correct answers. The first round is three minutes long with each subsequent round having ten seconds taken off the clock. At the end of each round the players, independently and without consulting, write down who they want to vote off and then reveal their choice one by one. Whoever gets the most votes will have the immortal words "You are the weakest link, goodbye!" barked at them before they have to take "the walk of shame" before giving a quick twenty second interview about their experience. Should there be a tie in the votes, the person deemed to be the strongest link, based on the most correct answers and money banked, is able to make the final decision on who leaves.
The questions will get progressively harder as the rounds progress. In my opinion the first round is particularly easy and I think the aim is to possibly to settle the contestants into the game and allow them to build up some prize money. A good proportion of the time the contestants will manage to accrue the £1000 maximum in the first round.
The contestants themselves are usually a good variety of characters from various walks of life. They are not all quiz geniuses and it is clear many of them are chosen to appear on the show based on their personalities. Whilst this programme is a quiz show it is also as much about Anne Robinson and her interaction with the contestants. At the start of the programme the contestants give a brief introduction of themselves but we usually learn a lot more about them once Anne gets going! After each round has finished and the players have revealed their votes Anne will usually talk to a few of them about their vote but then about themselves personally. This aspect of the show is usually as long if not longer than the actual question rounds themselves and shows the show is as much about Anne and the contestants as it is about the quiz itself.
These parts of the show I often find either quite funny or quite cringe worthy depending on whether what Anne says manages to stay the right side of banter or whether it crosses into the realms of a personal attack! Sometimes I think Anne does clearly cross the line in attempting to be funny. In the episode I watched today she delivered such put downs as describing a female prison officer contestant as being "big and beefy" and she also asked if you had to be gay to be a female prison officer. Anne also referred to one contestant as "fat Andy" and then hit the nail on the head when she told one contestant that it was her job to make the players feel as bad as possible! Harsh!
I think as the programme has gone on over the years Anne has started to struggle for banter that is actually funny so just resorts to the rude and potentially hurtful as though she is seeking to do nothing more than embarrass them.
Another aspect of the presenting that has got weaker over the years are Anne's quips at the end of each round before the players vote. Today we were treated to such genius as, "Who thinks a cross dresser is someone who can't find their socks?" and "Who is thicker than a deep fried Mars bar?" and my favourite, "Who thinks chicken kiev is a place in Russia?" (I think Ukraine would have worked slightly better here!). However, whilst I find these putdowns and quips sometimes poor and in bad taste, I know this is very popular with many viewers and is the reason many people tune in to watch. It's also clear it doesn't put me off!
One part of the show that always makes me chuckle is when there is clearly tactical voting taking place. Every now and then , when you are down to the last three of four contestants, you will see someone voted off who usually doesn't deserve it and who has usually been a strong player throughout the game. What is usually funny here is the way the contestants try to justify their decision with claims they genuinely thought the person they've voted for was the weakest link when really you can't help but think they just didn't fancy playing that person in the head to head final.
After the first seven rounds, round eight sees the last two contestants play in the same format with the exception that whatever amount of money they manage to bank being trebled before being added to the final prize pot. These two contestants will then go head to head answering five questions each with the person answering the most correctly winning. If it's a tie the game moves into "sudden death" with them each continuing to answer a question until one of them answers incorrectly with their opponent getting theirs right. The winner then takes the total amount of money banked. I think, on average, this amount is usually between £1500 and £2500. In the show today the victor took slightly more with £2710.
As a result of the popularity of the show, there have been numerous celebrity specials over the years which usually get an airing during evening prime time hours.
I do like The Weakest Link and watch it as regularly as possible. Unlike many quiz shows, the programme spends a lot of time interacting with the contestants and this gives a different entertaining dimension. As already stated, I do find Anne's behaviour to be a little harsh at times but she definitely adds to the appeal of the programme.
The Weakest Link must be one of the longest running game shows currently on television. I believe the programme originally aired on BBC 2, but made the switch to BBC 1 and has had it's prime time slot of 5.15 - 6.00pm every weekday ever since.
The show is hosted by fiery redhead Anne Robinson. Each episode starts by the contestants introducing themselves, they state who they are, where they come from and their occupation or special talent. After this Anne will pick somebody who has caught her eye and generally probe them with sarcastic questions and take the mickey! This is good viewing, if a little cruel and uncalled for.
The premise of the game show is basically ten rounds of general knowledge questions. At the end of each round the contestants have to vote for the player they believe to be the weakest link. The person with the most votes is eliminated and we then move onto the next round where ten seconds are docked off of the time for the round and the questions increase in difficulty.
The overall idea of the show is to go home with as much money as possible at the end of the show. This happens by building a chain of correct answers. The first question of the round is worth £20.00 and this increases with every correct answer up to a maximum of £1000.00. Contestants can earn a maximum of £1000.00 per round, but can choose to bank the money in a chain at any stage, thus securing. Players generally tend to seal their fate as the weakest link but getting an easy question wrong when there is a lot of money in a chain, thus losing all of the money built up in that chain.
This process of rounds and elimination continues until there are only two contestants left. They then go head to head in the final round over five questions to determine who goes home with the money they have earned.
Overall, it's a good show and you do get some quite unique characters entering it. It does frustrate me though when some of the contestants are irritatingly thick and lose the team lots of money! Normally, teams go away with around £3000.00, which is nice, but this is a miniscule amount in comparison to other game shows like Deal or No Deal or Golden Balls. These shows often give away in excess of £50,000.
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The weakest link is a bbc quiz show. This show allows nine contestants to answer general knowledge questions in order to accumalate a prize fund which can only be won by the winning contestant.
The show is hosted by the brilliant Anne Robinson, I do believe that without her, this show would not have taken off and become the global phenomenon it is today. Anne takes on the persona of harsh domineering woman. Her very presence on the centre podium, reduces the most hardest, butchest male into a quivering wreck.
Round by round the general knowledge questions get more difficult. There is a grid in the corner of the screen and for every question right the money grid increases. Throughout the round the contestants have the right to shout 'bank' which will save the amount that is already on the money grid. However if a question is answered incorrectly, without a pre shout of 'bank' then the prize fund goes back to zero. The main aim of the game though is to try and get a succesion of answers correct in order to climb the prize fund and reach the target cash prize.
At the end of each round each contestant has the opportunity to vote off another player. The player who gets the most votes, is deemed the weakest link and is sent off stage via the walk of shame.
The last two contestants remaining. Then battle it out, via a series of general knowledge questions. Whoever gets the most questions correct wins the total in the prize fund. Whoever looses goes home with nothing.
I truly love this show. I can not physically watch this programme without screaming at the television. It never fails to amaze me how many players forget to shout 'bank'!
The programme is on for an hour which does tend to get a little tedious after a while. However this is where the fabulous Anne Robinson steps up to the mark. Her constant put downs to the players are just cringeworthy but make for deliciously addictive tv. She is not afraid to speak her mind, which has led to some pretty harsh words from the host over the years. She is quick to critique the clothing and general appearnce of the players. Asking such questions such as ' So did you get dressed in the dark this morning?'
My nan always says that she finds it annoying that she is so rude to the contestants. But this is surely what makes the show so entertaining. I have no doubt that all this is an act and Anne Robinson is not a dragon in real life. She is just donning a pantomime villian persona for the sake of the show.
The popularity of this show, which was first aired in August 2000, has rocketed. Anne Robinson has become a global superstar. Here in the UK, the weakest link brand has sold millions of merchandise. From board games to t shirts. The shows popularity has also led to numerous celebrity editions of the game. Where celebrity players battle it out in order to find the strongest link. I tend to prefer the celebrity editions, as the celebs are not afraid to engage in some cheeky banter with Anne which leads to some laugh out loud moments.
The weakest link is certainly an excellent game show. It deserves all the credit it has gained over the years. The show has a very basic, uncomplicated format which I think adds to its appeal. Its easy to get to grips with the rules and viewers find themselves becoming engaged in answering along to the questions.
If you have never seen the weakest link, then I strongly suggest you give it a try. It becomes compulssive viewing. I love it simply because Anne has the most fantastic put down lines in the history of game show hosts.
The Weakest Link has been going for years now and normally shown on BBC2 with Anne Robinson as the strict presenter of the show. She is by now famous for not giving the contestants an easy time of it and the phrase 'You are the Weakest Link - Goodbye' has become a popular saying up and down the land.
The game itself is very simple as quiz shows go. Anne Robinson stands in the middle inside a ring of contestants who form a semi circle around her. They have to all work together as a team to build up a big cash of money each round that eventually the winner of the show will win. They have a time a time limit each round and each get asked a question in turn. If they get a string of questions right in a row then the money grows from £20 and keeps increasing. However, the catch is that should they get 4 right and build up to say £100 and then the next person gets it wrong they don't get that money in the bank and it gets reset. In order to bank the money someone has to say bank before their question so save the money earnt.
At the end of each round the players vote on who they believe is the weakest link and the person with the most votes gets kicked off in that round and the others continue. So the contestants are whittled down one by one until there is one left to win the money.
I used to watch this programme when it was first aired but haven't watched it regularly for a while. I remember watching Anne Robinson on Points of View a number of years back now and always thought she was quite a good presenter. I think her strict demeanour on this show was a novelty at first and very funny but perhaps has lost it's appeal somewhat. Still, I think some contestants go on now so they get a grilling from her when they don't perform.
The other thing that perhaps isn't that fair on the show is that after each round it is not necesssarily the weakest link that gets voted off statistically but in the end comes down to popularity and also voting off someone you think is too strong and will beat you. So it could be better if it was fair.
However, having said that I guess it is original in that everyone works together to win a prize for the eventual winner so you have to be a real team member but maybe not too good as then you will be seen as a threat to the top money.
It's worth watching as it is a novel idea and simple and easy to watch but like everything if you've watched it for a number of years it perhaps needs freshening up somewhat.
The weakest link is another quiz show which is hosted by Anne Robinson and is aired on BBC1 but was first shown on BBC2. This seems to be the case with BBC shows, they normally start on BBC3 and if any good progress to BBC1. As this show started in 2000 I don't think BBC3 was launched then.
The show
The show features nine contestants in the beginning and the object of the game is to bank as much money as possible by answering questions in a row. These questions have to be answered consecutively by the contestants and any money won needs to be banked before they answer their question unless they get to £1000.
For example:
Player 1 answers correctly and gains £20, player 2 answers correctly the pot goes up to £50 and so on, if all 9 players answer correctly in a row without banking they can gain £1000 for that round and the round ends. If a player gets it wrong without banking then the pot earned goes back to £0 and they lose what they have earned already, if they get it wrong but have banked what the pot was up to then the money has gone to the bank and is safe and the pot starts at £0 once more. If a player shouts bank then the chain has to start again. Say they bank £400 and then they bank another £600 then the round will stop there as they have reached the £1000 limit for the round, they can carry on until the time runs out to aim to get as many right as possible.
Are you with me so far?
The first round starts at 3 minutes and then 10 seconds are knocked off each subsequent round.
After each round we then come to the why the show is called the Weakest Link. Each contestant has to judge who they think is the weakest at answering the questions correctly and then vote them off. The narrator tells us who the strongest and weakest player is statistically. In the first few rounds they probably do vote off the weakest but I have found in some cases that the strongest player has been voted off in order to give the other players a chance at the winnings. The player voted off has to do the 'walk of shame' as Anne Robinson says her catchphrase - you are the weakest link, Goodbye!
After seven rounds we are down to two players and they play the game as before but this time the money earned is tripled. Usually they try and answer a couple of questions and then bank it to be safe. As the rounds go on the questions get a bit harder. We are then into the final round. Each player is asked 5 questions in turn, the strongest player has the choice to go first or second. The one that answers the most questions wins all the money banked. If there is a tie then they are asked more questions until one gets one wrong and the other right.
My Opinion
Well the premise of the show is that there is a possibility of winning £10,000, £1000 each round and tripled on the last one but the reality of getting anywhere near that is near impossible. If they had a proper strategy and say banked every four or five questions they might actually get somewhere but without having hindsight of what the next question will be and the fact they want to keep the chain going it normally goes wrong and they end up back at nothing. Getting the question wrong without banking is the quickest way of getting booted off. I don't think I have seen anything over £4k being won so it's not the biggest winning pot around since Millionaire and Deal or no deal are on our screens, it doesn't have the greatest appeal that it used to. I think shows like this that have been on our screens for over 9 years become repetitive. I see shows like DOND where they add little changes here and there, and maybe that might revamp it a bit but I don't really sit and watch this daily as I used to a few years ago. Anne Robinson and her silly questions to try and embarrass the contestants are not as funny as it used to be and her stone-faced ways are getting quite boring. How many times can you listen to her telling someone they are useless! Telling them how pathetic they are at only banking £20 instead of getting £1000 that round.
OK so it's good for someone to have their 15 minutes of fame as only one person is going to win the measly pot and you know that most of them that go on there know full well that they will not get anywhere near the last rounds but on the other hand you see the egotistical ones that think they know it all and are completely shocked and upset that they have been voted off before the dumbo. This is what you call tactical voting matey!
The highest prize ever won was £5420 and the lowest has been just £750.
As with most shows they have their celebrity specials which are ok I suppose and they are for charity and Anne Robinson does her usual quick witted remarks about them so they are passable but for the rest of the shows I just find the same daft sayings and remarks boring now and it just needs revamping and livening up!
This show has done so well it is shown all over the world and like many quiz shows has many versions of video games and board games etc. But they can never match the real thing can they?
"The Weakest Link" is a team based game show. Native to the United Kingdom, it is produced by the BBC and is hosted by Anne Robinson. It can be seen on BBC1's early evening lineup between 5:15-6 PM each weekday.
The Weakest Link is a game which rewards the sole survivor; or "Strongest Link". Nine contestants fill the studio and answer rapid-fire general knowledge questions. Each correct answer will add a sequential amount of cash winnings to a "chain" of correct answers with the objective being £1,000 per game round. Each incorrect answer or pass, however, breaks all available cash in the chain and resets the value back to zero. Players may opt to say "bank" before a question is asked which secures the available cash prize but resets the chain value back to zero, and thus requires players to create a new chain in aims of accumulating £1,000. Each game round is based on a preset time limit and features a brief intermission wherein players vote off who they feel was the weakest player. This process continues until there are two remaining players. The two finalists at the end of the game compete each other in a head-to-head competition with the player answering the most questions correctly being declared the victor and winning the accumulated prize purse.
What draws me to the programme is its charismatic and often brash host, Anne Robinson. Her flair for presenting is matched only by her usually sarcastic wit. Players are often the subject of her mockery and ridicule which generally makes for humorous watching. Sometimes of her jokes can escalate into personal boundaries, such as mocking weight or other personal issues, but players notably take her remarks in good stride and don't dwell on them. I can't say I would be so sportsmanlike if confronted by the mockery of Anne Robinson!
While it can be said for most game shows, each broadcast does seem to lull into a distinct boredom throughout its transmission. Due to the repetitive and sequential events of the game, the programme often becomes predictable and only relies on a differing pool of questions which increase in difficulty as the game progresses. I have yet to come across any recycled questions during my viewership but often begin channel surfing towards the middle of the broadcast only to return before the ending to watch the two finalists.
Despite this, I do nonetheless enjoy watching The Weakest Link. It is something which has become a staple in the BBC's broadcast schedule and I am able to set my watch by the time it begins its transmission. Anne Robinson brings a wealth of expertise to the field and her maturity for the position continues to improve with time. I would happily recommend the programme to prospective viewers.
The Weakest link is a Tv programme where you are pitted against other contestants to answer general knowledge questions it is hosted by Anne Robinson, Some of the questions are easy whilst others can be hard.
About the Game
The game is played by answering the questions correctly and in turn they will earn money the longer they can answer questions correctly the more they can earn or they can "Bank" If and when they bank they will automatically gain what they have banked , if however you get to say £500 and the next person fails to bank and get their question wrong they lose what is in the pot!
The questions are asked against the clock and once this time has run out the contestants are asked to eliminate the one they think are "The Weakest Link" they do this by writing the name of who they think let the team down and are then asked in turn by Anne whom they have selected.
This continues till they are down to just two contestants,
These two contestants go head to head to battle it out for the money they have banked but in this round there is no need to bank as they are playing for all monies banked in the previous rounds.
During the questions or general chat of the show Anne Robinson will no doubt pick on you with some kind of insult, be it about what you do for a living or they way you look , or just getting a question wrong Anne Robinson will insult you to the point where i have been shocked that nobody as actually slapped her,
Her insults are cut throat, and not for the faint hearted, I personally do not see the need for the insults on the contestants, and in my opinion it is not entertainment, It is harrowing enough for the contestants to answer questions in front of a audience and a studio full of cameras without the added pressure of someone actually insulting you and belittling you on TV
Over all i consider this to be pathetic, i like the concept of the programme and the way it is played but Anne Robinson needs to either stop with insulting people or hand it over to someone else, or maybe the show could be screened later at night as i find the time around tea time a bit too early especially with the insults, I try to ensure my children do not bully anyone or say things that are nasty, but when you see a grown woman on TV at tea time insulting people it does stem to cause lot of questions,
For this reason alone i try to avoid the show now as much as possible but have found whilst I'm in the kitchen the children will turn it on, which i then turn off only to be told I'm the weakest link and to go make tea!! kids huh !!!
All in all i do hate the programme mainly because of the hurtful things Anne Robinson will say and one day someone will actually either hit her or come back with something equally as insulting to her.
So for me ... Anne Robinson ... You are the Weakest Link .... Good-Bye.
The weakest link is a quiz programme that's now on bbc1 at around 5 'o' clock....EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! It's presented by Anne Robinson. The premise is that ten contestants must answer as many questions correctly in a chain upto 15, with each correct answer adding increasing amounts of money into the bank, the idea is to get upto £1000 each round either by answering an unbroken chain of 15 answers or banking as much money as possible (the contestant must say bank before their question is asked to keep from losing the amount on the next uncorrect answer).
After each timed round the contestants all vote for a player they want to leave the show, whoever receives the most votes goes home with nothing. After all but two contestants have been voted off there is a face off where the contestants must answer 5 questions each (like the quiz version of a penalty shootout).
When it first came out for a short while I liked the weakest link, but it quickly lost it's flavour on the bedpost overnight.
The quiz is more about scaring the contestants into giving stupid answers to even more braindead questions. Anne bullies the contestants and tries to create an air of tension, instead what you end up with is people giving ridiculous answers to stupid questions.
In my eyes a quiz should at least have interesting questions and contestants who don't make you want to hurl yourself out the window as you struggle to comprehend their stupidity.
A good quiz that lost it's novelty incredibly quickly and soon became dull and annoying.
The idea of "the weakest link" is for nine contestants to work as a team and answer nine correct questions in a row to win £5000 in each round. However if a contestant gets a question wrong the money pot falls down to 0 and the chain has to start again. If a contestant loses their nerve and panics then they can decide to "bank" the money which has accumulated. This means the money they have banked is safe and belongs to the team, but that the chain of questions again falls to 0.
At the end of each round the contestants are asked to vote off who they think is the weakest link or they person they want booted off the show. The viewers at home are told who was the strongest link ( the person who answered the most questions correctly ). They are also told who was the weakest link. This makes it more interesting because sometimes the contestants vote for the people who actually answered all the qustions right but because they don't like them.
The show is hosted by Anne Robinson, who also hosted an american version of the show. Her straight faced delivery of snide comments can be humerous and definately makes the contestants feel uncomfortable at times. However I can't imagine another host making such an impact.
The show seems to go from strength to strength doing celebrity specials like Doctor Who and Musicals. It has even replaced soap favourite Neightbours in the BBC's early evening schedules.
The Weakest Link has been going on for a while now, and while it has gotten quite stale, it once upon a time drew huge figures that managed to near enough compete with the monstrous Who Wants to be a Millionaire because of one person: Anne Robinson.
While it was a game show, the main attraction was host Robinson, whose scathing put-downs caused quite a stir and was unlike the vast majority hosts who are generally very jovial and almost scarily nice. Robinson would mock the poorly performing contestants and not really be much nicer to those who were doing well. This earned her the nickname "The Queen of Mean", an image which she has styled herself on and which has made her and the show a bigger success than either has a right to be.
The show is quite simple: there are 9 contestants who stand in a circle, with Robinson in the middle. Going around in a circle, each contestant must answer a question about various aspects of general knowledge, and if they want to, they can say "Bank" before answering in order to preserve any money the previous contestants have amassed by answering correctly. A wrong answer results in the kitty being reset, so it is vital to bank at strategic times.
After each round, we are told who the "weakest link" (the person who answered the least correct answers) and the "strongest link" (the opposite) are. The contestants then write down who they think the weakest link is, and whoever gets the majority of votes is booted off. This continues until we have the final two, where they are fed alternating questions until one cannot keep up with the other.
The show is quite addictive and a lot easier to play than most other shows, so it is often embarassing to see the contestants fail. Also there is an interesting strategic element as sometimes friendly players may gang up or manipulate other players. Robinson's schtick has grown a bit tired now but she's still fine as the presenter.
The weakest link is one of those programs that I do like to put on from time to time however rarely tune in every day to watch it, I probably watch this about once every couple of weeks when I turn on my TV and stumble across it.
The show is a quiz show and its is hosted by Anne Robinson who is a perfect host for the program, she gives the contestants some lip and its always funny as they try to give her some back but do usually fail, her jokes aren't always funny though and they can seem a bit scripted sometimes however I think the show wouldn't work without her.
The show is made up of 9 contestants and several rounds, each round the contestants are asked a question each until the time runs out and the questions go round in a circle of the group. For every right answer the money goes up however to get the money its essential someone banks before a wrong answer is given and its all lost again. Its can be a bit annoying when no body is banking and you can see the money getting really high though.
At the end of each round, the weakest link is kicked off, this is chosen by the contestants votes and does usually reflect the person who got the most questions wrong however sometimes contestants just gang up on the cleverest to get them out as well.
This is usually a fun program to watch and its good to play along with at home too, I especially like the celebrity versions of this and I think the most memorable one have the be the boxers celebrity special which was just hilarious.
The weakest link is yet another quiz show on television these days, but with a more unique layout. The show has been on air since 14th August 2000 and seems to still be going as well as it started. In fact there are now dozens of shows in countries all over the world.
The quiz show starts off with nine contestants who are position at their own desk in a semi-circle area with Ann Robinson, the quiz host, in the centre with the questions at the ready. The clock starts ticking and each contestant has a question one at a time going across the semi-circle then back to the start again. Along the side of the screen is a tower of multiples of money. Each correct answers raises the tower up a level, however a single incorrect answer puts it back to the very beginning again. In order to get money at the end, during each round a play can say 'bank' which means any money accumulated from correct answers goes to the bank so they cannot lose this. The more answers accumulated in a row the bigger the reward however a much bigger risk if someone gets a question wrong.
At the end of each round a player is to be evicted off. This is chosen by everyone picking a nomination. Whoever gets the most votes is eliminated off the show and the rounds start again but with less time on the clock. Whilst the beginning rounds start by people eliminating the people getting mainly incorrect answers, towards the end it is more of a strategy game to eliminate the smarter contestants making it an easy final. Once it gets down to two people it reaches the final where it is simply head to head. This is best out of 5 questions and then depending on the outcome, sudden death. Whoever wins this wins all money accumulated throughout the show.
It started off as a show which was fun to watch and join in with when watching it with the family. Everyone would be shouting out the answers throughout the rounds in the living room whilst the questions are easy in the first few rounds. As the round progress fewer questions would be answered due to the difficulty. However after 9 years it has just seemed to repeat on itself and seem to get rather boring. Now it seems to just be a program on the television rather than a program to actually watch. If i ever see it on now I just tend to turn over again. It's got to the point where I've just seen it way too much! Ann Robinson plays the same old 'be mean with a bad attitude' host every show and the contestants try to make a joke in every show making it just a repeat with new people.
The only times I will usually watch this program is when it is a celebrity edition. These can range from pantomime to Big Brother contestants to even general TV stars. There has been a huge variety of celebrity shows which do make it more fun but yet it feels rather set up.
All I can recommend is give it a go and see what you think. Maybe I'm just all burnt out from watching this.
The Weakest Link has been going for almost a decade now, and the show has been hugely successful, with the BBC broadcasting local versions of the show in well over 2 dozen other countries worldwide.
The show is a simple mix of general knowledge questions and tactical voting, in which all the contestants answer general knowledge questions in sequence and must try and bank their score (in pounds) before someone gets a question wrong and the score is reset to zero. At the end of each round the 'Weakest Link' is sent off by majority vote until only two characters remain at which point they compete head-to-head at answering 5 questions each, with the show resorting to sudden death mode in the event of a draw.
The Weakest Link employs dramatic lighting and music in an attempt to create an atmosphere of tension, whilst Anne Robinson acts out the persona of a strich authoritarian schoolteacher, talking to the contestants in a rude, patronising and obnoxious manner that is endlessly irritating and completely unneccessary.
The show is boring, repetitive and, after almost ten years, incredibly tired-feeling, with the banter between Anne and the contestants and the voice-over commentary on contestant's voting tactics adding nothing of any worth to the show. The whole "host being rude to the contestants" angle is a gimmick that wore thin after the first couple of episodes, and whilst the questions themselves are mildly diverting, (although some of them are patronisingly easy), overall the show's irritatingly repetitive nature and vulgar and unimaginative presentation make for some uncomfortable viewing.
The Weakest Link
Basically, the Weakest Link is a BBC gameshow where contestants work together to build up as big a cash prize fund as possible in the time available, by answering a series of questions correctly - the longer they continue to get correct answers, the more money is built up, but only if they remember to bank the money. If someone gets a question wrong, the cash prize fund goes back to £0 and they have to start again.
At the end of every round, contestants are asked who they believe was the "weakest link" in the last round, whoever wins tho most votes is booted off, accompanied by sarcastic comments from host (Anne Robinson). As less people remain, tactical voting is often used to get rid of the strongest competition, thus allowing the voter the best chance to get to the final and win the money.
Anne Robinson has become renowned for her pithy comments, instead of smiling and welcoming guests, she smirks and offers witty put downs, attempting to add to their nerves. This is all very tongue in cheek and contestants are reported to look forward to meeting Anne as much as entering the show.
The show is usually on at around the 5pm mark so chances are that you have seen it. It is easy to watch and to join in with, whether you mean to or not, you find yourself answering questions and berating guests who get them wrong! Well worth a watch if you are in at the time, it's a simple concept that still works.


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The sixth annual Tour de Farms that offers a peek at agriculture as its done large scale or in the backyard is set for Aug. 18. Thats just two days before some of the worlds top cyclists ride many of the same roads albeit at a much faster pace.
Tour de Farms offers two choices:
An outing for recreational bicyclists covers five miles beginning in historic downtown Durango and cruising around the city.
A 35-mile ride, described as leisurely, will take riders up to Hesperus to see four farm operations.
Whichever the tour, riders will see homegrown produce that the tour organizers, Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado and the Colorado State University Extension, say is homegrown, unique and healthy.
Growers will be at each stop to talk about their work.
The Tour de Farms is a natural for La Plata County, said Darrin Parmenter, a Colorado State University Extension agent in Durango.
We live in an area where people are incredibly active, like bikes and like food, he said. We pride ourselves on an active, healthy lifestyle.
Scheduling Tour de Farms on the weekend of the USA Pro Challenge bicycle race, a seven-day competition that will begin Aug. 20 in Durango, could seem misguided, Parmenter said. But the sponsors want to connect visitors to the La Plata County lifestyle.
Registration is limited to 40 riders for each event. The cost is $20 a person (children in bike seats are exempt) or $50 for a family two adults and up to two children.
The registration fee includes the post-tour lunch at Ska Brewing and a commemorative glass.
All riders must wear helmets. Riders in the long tour must be at least 12 years old and proficient bicyclists.
Food samples will be given at farm stops, but personal snacks may be carried.
The downtown tour will start at 8 a.m. at the transit center, 250 W. Eighth St. The Hesperus ride will start at 7:30 a.m. at Ska Brewery, 225 Girard, in Bodo Industrial Park.
In addition to the tour organizers, sponsors are the Ayurveda Center of Durango, Healthy Lifestyles La Plata, Zia Taqueria, Ska Brewing, Mercy Regional Medical Center, Hassle Free Sports, Natures Oasis, Twin Buttes, Namaste Health Center, Cooking Matters and the city of Durangos multi-modal transportation program.

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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury boutique hotel near Louvre, Tuileries Garden
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Stroll to the Louvre
This central Paris hotel offers an ideal location 1 block from the beautiful Tuileries Garden and a 10-minute walk through the garden to the Louvre. Avenue des Champs-Élysées is also a 10-minute walk.
Indoor pool, day spa
Recreational amenities at this Paris hotel include an indoor pool, sauna, day spa, and 24-hour fitness center. Bar Chinois serves craft cocktails and French cuisine for lunch and dinner.
Signature bedding
Guestrooms include elegant sycamore furniture, signature bedding, LCD TVs, and iPod docks. In-room internet access is at surcharge, but free in lobby. Marble bathrooms with plush bathrobes and Bulgari amenities
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Louvre, Tuileries Garden, and Champs-Élysées are all within easy walking distance of this 5-star hotel on the city's Right Bank. The Tuileries Métro station is less than a 2-minute walk away. The hotel's heated indoor pool is surrounded by walls made out of exotic wood and illuminated in part by a skylight. Renaissance Paris Vendome Hotel provides a 24-hour fitness facility and WiFi (surcharge). A slate-tiled steam room has a starry ceiling, and the sauna is made from aspen wood.
The day spa features Asian-inspired treatments and a boutique. An adult must accompany children under 18 in the spa or children using the fitness center. The Bar Chinois, furnished with Chinese antiques, serves drinks, lunch, and dinner. To help guests make the most of their stay, the hotel offers a host of conveniences, including a concierge desk, multilingual staff, currency exchange, a business center and services, a computer station, and valet parking (surcharge). Guests can also find metered street parking near the hotel. All public areas are non-smoking.
- Tours/ticket assistance
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 97
- Number of floors - 6
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Full-service spa
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- WiFi (surcharge)
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- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 15
- Year Built 1830
- Conference space size (feet) - 161
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( EUR 10 per day )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( EUR 10 per night )
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Phone
- Iron/ironing board
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Desk
- iPod docking station
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Bar Chinois - Intimate, casual Chinese-inspired bar serving craft cocktails, wine, tea, and French cuisine for lunch and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
The heated indoor pool is surrounded by a deck of exotic ipe wood. A slate-tiled steam room has a starry ceiling. Open 24 hours a day, the fitness center offers cardio machines, free weights, a TV, and a water dispenser.The Tuileries Garden, one block from the hotel, is ideal for jogging.
- Free bicycles nearby
Spa Services
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 4 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.3 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 30 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 10 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 10 per night (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 39 per day
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
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- Hotel Paris Vendome
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- Hotel Renaissance Paris Vendome
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 4 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
Awards & Affiliations
- Renaissance Paris Vendome Hotel is listed in the 2012 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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Men who have spent years disappearing to their garden sheds will soon have somewhere else to escape to, with the launch of Wiltshire's first Shed Club in Melksham.
The Men's Shed movement began in Australia, but is now sweeping the UK, aiming to bring together men of all ages to share practical skills and combat social isolation.
The Melksham Shed is being organised by Brian Warwick, of the Melk- sham and District Senior Forum, and has already attracted a lot of attention.
He said: "There has been a considerable interest already, from people who want to learn carpentry, joinery and a wide range of activities, like painting or even cake decorating.
"It's not just a men's group, we have two interested females and we are really hoping to widen the opport- unities for people to use their hobbies and teach younger people the skills they have."
The club was launched with a public meeting at the Forrester's Arms last night, with securing a permanent venue high on the agenda.
Mr Warwick said: "We need to be looking for different venues, particularly for the engineering side. We need facilities where we might be able to use a redundant building with a workbench and somewhere to store tools.
"As well as older people teaching skills, we want to have some short courses on things like digital photography and how to use a smartphone, to pass on this skills base from the younger to the older generation.
"Teaching some of the older people to use tablets and iPads and how to link into social media gives them that little bit of knowledge so they can communicate with their younger family."
The club will be in Melksham, but is open to anyone. For details, call Mr Warwick on 01225 792959.


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Let's say you're the proprietor of a popular LoDo brewpub, or a onetime Cherry Creek gallery owner, or the former chief of police.
You decide the time has come to do something really big and really different with your life.
You dream of making the city you live in a better place. Of course, it would also be fun to be on TV every other night and garner invitations to White House dinners. Not to mention the free rent in a posh Hilltop mansion and your own box at Invesco Field (though you vowed only to call it Mile High Stadium -- but that's another story).
Imagine being mayor of Denver.
You think it over for a few months, pondering the advantages and drawbacks.
On the plus side:
1. Power
The mayor of Denver has more real power than even the governor of Colorado, thanks to a "strong mayor" form of government that gives hizzoner wide authority over city government and everything from hiring to budgets. While the governor is reduced to begging the state legislature for enough money to have the drapes cleaned at his mansion, the mayor can decide to do something really over the top.
Like build a new airport.
2. Prestige
In a celebrity-starved community like Denver, the mayor is a superstar. Everything from where you dined last night to the amusing story of how you almost short-circuited the City and County Building's holiday lights will be fodder for Denver's desperate gossip columnists.
3. Policy
Even in a time of cynicism about government, the mayor can craft policies that improve the lives of thousands of people.
On the minus side:
1. Power
Since you're the mayor, everything that goes wrong in Denver is your fault.
2. Prestige
You will have no privacy and won't see much of family or friends unless they go to work for you, which causes a whole new set of problems.
3. Policy
As noted above, everything that goes wrong in Denver is your fault.
In spite of the misgivings of many of your friends, you just can't give up the idea of being mayor. But since there are several others who also want the job, you must raise a lot of money and spend a lot of time convincing the people of Denver that you deserve to be their leader.
Luckily for you, there are people who make it their business to help you figure out what to do next. They have spent years poring over census reports, noting the demographic and ethnic makeup of every neighborhood in the city. They know how a retired cop who lives south of West Quincy Avenue (an area a true Denverite would assume is in Jefferson County) votes. They know who among the northeast Denver ministers can goad 500 of their flock to the polls. They know which neighborhood activist can introduce you to a dozen potential precinct workers on Capitol Hill, as well as the 17th Street lawyers who can help you tap into money on Park Avenue (the one in New York).
These political insiders -- usually dubbed "campaign consultants" -- will reveal that the harmless-looking suburban-style tract homes in southwest Denver are actually part of the city's redneck belt, where country music drifts out of pickup trucks and an occasional Confederate flag adorns a basement. You learn that whole sections of Five Points -- the historic heart of Denver's African-American community -- now speak Spanish, and that the once almost entirely white neighborhoods of southeast Denver are being changed by an influx of blacks and Asians.
Your handlers drive you to Green Valley Ranch, and you're astonished to see that thousands of homes have been built on the windy prairie south of the airport. It is one of Denver's fastest-growing neighborhoods, but you may have a hard time getting votes here, since many of the newest residents haven't registered and think they live in Aurora.
Your next surprise is finding out that some of the most savvy political people in the country take a keen interest in who is mayor of Denver. Meetings are scheduled with powerhouse political consulting firms on Washington's K Street, and the people who did television for Bill Clinton want to talk to you.
It's enough to make you want to grab a stool at your bar and order a pint of amber ale. But there's no time: You have to fly to California for a fundraiser.
Denverites like to picture their city as a friendly, outdoorsy place where residents enjoy year-round sunshine and periodic hits of purple mountains majesty in the vast playground to the west.
Denver's political insiders know better. The city is a hothouse of jostling interest groups where nothing happens unless liaisons -- temporary and long-term -- are arranged between potential rivals. There are really more than a dozen different Denvers, and a successful contender must stitch together a broad coalition to win.
Consider the geographic dissonance facing a candidate for citywide office.
In 1991, Wellington Webb was determined to carry southwest Denver, the most conservative area of the city and a place some politicos refer to as "Sweet Home Alabama."
"Webb was hell-bent he would win there," recalls one City Hall veteran who campaigned with him. "We went door-to-door and knocked. This guy answers the door and says, 'Hey Judith, that big colored guy you're supporting for mayor is here.'"
Just fifteen minutes away, a candidate might want to stop at the busy intersection of Ninth and Corona, in the heart of Capitol Hill. With an eclectic mix of gays, twenty-something concert-hoppers and graying hippies, one local political wag refers to the area as "the pierced precincts." But don't let the counterculture ambience fool you: Capitol Hill has one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the city and is essential to a winning campaign.
Next, our would-be mayor might visit one of the large African-American churches in northeast Denver, finding a well-organized and politically savvy group of parishioners led by a dynamic minister. While blacks make up just 11 percent of Denver's population, they've managed to create one of the most powerful voting blocs in the city, helping to propel Webb into office for three terms.
It might seem impossible for you to carry these three politically divergent areas, but Webb did it in 1991. He won support from many conservative voters by touting his experience as auditor and vowing to keep a close eye on the city's enormous financial commitment to the construction of Denver International Airport, while liberals liked the idea of electing Denver's first black mayor.
That rainbow alliance is exactly what a Denver politician needs to win.
"I think to win citywide, you need a coalition of white liberals and blacks or Hispanics," says Denver City Councilwoman Susan Barnes-Gelt, who has twice won a citywide election as an at-large candidate.
But the multiracial goodwill that made Webb mayor fell apart during his first term, and his political career nearly ended in a re-election contest that exposed the fault lines of race and class underlying Denver's easygoing facade.
In 1995, Denverites were frustrated and angry over DIA's repeated opening delays, which had added hundreds of millions of dollars to the project's cost. After taking office, Webb had steered several airport contracts to longtime political supporters in the black community. Charges of cronyism filled the newspapers, putting the mayor on the defensive. Since many of the contracts were tied to the city's affirmative action program, the controversy soon had a racial edge. Although Webb killed several of the most controversial contracts in early 1993, the allegations emboldened his opponents.
Then-city councilwoman Mary DeGroot mounted an angry campaign against Webb, accusing him of bringing a touch of "old Chicago" to city government. Her political base was in Washington Park and the largely white neighborhoods south of Colfax, and she bested the mayor by 61 votes in the May election, forcing a June runoff. (A candidate has to win at least 50 percent of the vote to be elected mayor without a runoff.)
Race suddenly became an issue for a city that prides itself on racial tolerance.
"People were really divided," Barnes-Gelt says. "It wasn't about Mary and Wellington; it was about good and evil, black and white, right and wrong. It was very polarized."
To win the runoff, Webb needed a big turnout in minority-dominated neighborhoods north of Colfax. To galvanize this base, he began to imply that DeGroot was a racist.
"Webb played the race card hard to save his skin," says Eric Sondermann, a Denver political consultant who ran the DeGroot campaign. "Webb did overwhelming numbers in the black community, and he got comparable numbers in the Latino community."
DeGroot's and Webb's tactics exemplify how Denver politicians have been plotting strategy for years, viewing the city as a collection of ethnic and economic enclaves with Colfax Avenue as a rough dividing line. Neighborhoods south of Colfax were overwhelmingly white and middle-class, while the black population was in the northeast quadrant of the city, and Hispanics lived on the north and west sides.
Politicos knew that Jews tended to live on the east side near Temple Emanuel and that northwest Denver was anchored by Italian and Hispanic families who had lived there for generations. Park Hill was seen as one of Denver's core progressive neighborhoods, a place where liberal white lawyers and professionals had banded together to maintain racial harmony with black neighbors, helping launch the careers of such politicians as former U.S. representative Pat Schroeder.
Country Club was Denver's silk-stocking district, where politicians went not necessarily for votes, but for money. Washington Park and the neighborhoods around the University of Denver tended to be young, white and liberal. The neighborhoods west of DU were blue-collar and had a high concentration of union members. The west side was heavily Hispanic, with an emerging Asian population clustered around the intersection of Federal and Alameda.
Most neighborhoods still maintain their defining characteristics, but dramatic shifts during the past decade have started to affect city politics. Denver's population grew by 87,026 during the '90s, reversing a three-decade trend of people migrating to the suburbs, and the huge infill projects at Lowry, Stapleton and in the Central Platte Valley are expected to draw tens of thousands of new residents. Montbello and Green Valley Ranch are also attracting thousands of newcomers by touting their room to grow.
Older neighborhoods near downtown have also been transformed. Northwest Denver has seen an influx of young, first-time homebuyers who have renovated houses and driven up prices, and as a result of new Hispanic and white residents moving into Five Points, that area is now only about one-third black.
The African-American population is also moving out of northeast Denver, attracted to southeast Denver and to suburbs such as Aurora that offer larger homes at lower prices. At the same time, Hispanics have poured into Montbello and north Park Hill, bringing a new cultural influence.
"The neighborhoods are much more diverse and much less monolithic," says Dick Bjurstrom, a longtime neighborhood activist. "The blacks don't all live in northeast Denver anymore, just like the Vietnamese don't all live off Federal. In northwest Denver, people are moving in who don't know about the old guard. There's a cultural clash taking place."
The biggest question mark in Denver politics is the role Hispanic voters will play in future elections. The Latino community now makes up almost one-third of Denver's 554,636 residents.
Indeed, the city is on the verge of becoming a "majority minority" city. The white population makes up just 51 percent, and the Latino community's rapid growth -- fueled by an influx of Latin American immigrants -- shows no signs of slowing. The Asian and Native American populations have also increased. In the face of these changing demographics, Denver is seeing a political transformation similar to that of California.
The experience in that state is illuminating. For years, California's Latinos had far less political influence than their numbers warranted. Many white politicians felt they could ignore Hispanics, who had a low rate of voter registration and little political organization. California Republicans even indulged in a vicious round of immigrant-bashing in 1994, when they helped put Proposition 187 on the ballot. That measure, which passed by a large majority, banned the use of public funds to serve illegal immigrants. Republican Pete Wilson, the state's governor at the time, endorsed the measure, confident it would help bring conservatives to the polls.
Hispanics were outraged, wondering if friends and relatives would be denied emergency medical care or if their children would be turned away from public schools. The courts eventually declared the measure unconstitutional, but it had the unintended effect of unifying Latinos.
California hasn't been the same since. Latinos have gone from making up 9 percent of the California electorate in 1992 to 17 percent in the last election. Los Angeles suburbs that once propelled Ronald Reagan into the White House are now solidly Democratic, as are the legislature and statewide offices. Antonio Villaraigosa, a popular and controversial Latino politician, even came close to being elected mayor of the City of Angels in 2001.
In Denver, politicians thought the Hispanic community had finally come of age in 1983 when Federico Peña was elected mayor in what was the most electrifying political event of the last twenty years. But it didn't quite work out that way.
Peña was a little-known state representative who decided to mount an insurgent campaign against fifteen-year incumbent mayor Bill McNichols. With his fondness for leisure suits and cigars, McNichols was largely out of touch with the thousands of young people moving to Denver in the 1970s and early 1980s. He ran a good-old-boy administration closely tied to the Denver Chamber of Commerce, but the city's new residents supported the environmental and civil rights movements. Peña sensed there was an opening for a maverick.
A Christmas Eve snowstorm in 1982 helped ease his way. Denver was smothered in more than two feet of snow, and city crews were unable to dig out many neighborhoods. Residents who couldn't get to work for days fumed at the city's incompetence, fueling the feeling that "Mayor Bill" had been in office too long.
In an already crowded campaign field, which included popular district attorney Dale Tooley (who had run before), Wellington Webb (then a state bureaucrat) and Monte Pascoe (who was on the Denver Board of Water Commissioners), Peña was able to put together a remarkable coalition of Hispanics, young people, veteran liberal activists and residents who simply thought it was time for a change.
"The 1983 election was about something big," Sondermann says. "It was a generational election, a coming-of-age election. There was a whole generation of people coming into power."
It thrilled Denver's Latino community, and thousands of new voters signed up in heavily Hispanic precincts on the city's west side. They flocked to the polls, resulting in a phenomenal 71.7 percent of registered voters turning out for the runoff -- 21,700 more than had voted in the first round.
"Peña's election was about inclusiveness," Barnes-Gelt says. "What Peña figured out was that the population of Denver had changed. His campaign also had a field operation that knew how to get their voters registered and to the polls."
But the excitement waned during his first term, as he struggled with several controversies and an economy that went sour after the mid-'80s oil bust.
In 1987, Republican attorney Don Bain challenged Peña, who was shocked when Bain beat him by 4,000 votes in May. Bain was an improbable mayoral candidate for Denver, a conservative blueblood and 17th Street lawyer from an old Denver family. But he positioned himself as an outsider and tapped into voters' frustration with the implosion of the local economy.
"Here comes this lawyer Don Bain, a well-known figure in the Country Club community but not anywhere else, with a personality as bland as Melba toast," says one Denver campaign veteran. "With a humorous tongue-in-cheek campaign, he delivers a message that the mayor is out of touch. It damn near took Peña out of office."
Peña was saved in the June runoff by a huge turnout among Hispanic voters. Many of them hadn't voted in the first election, but the campaign went into high gear to get them to the polling booths, and Peña eked out a 3,000-vote margin to win re-election. Turnout for the runoff jumped by 16,500 over the first round.
"Four hundred people left Peña's headquarters at four o'clock with voter lists in their hands and fanned out all over the west side," recalls Barnes-Gelt, who worked for the campaign. "Over the next few hours, we turned out thousands of voters."
That may have been the last time the Latino community really flexed its muscles in Denver. Despite huge population gains, the predominantly Hispanic council districts, 3 and 9, have the lowest voter turnout in general elections. While an estimated 52,352 Hispanics are registered to vote in Denver, only 35 percent of them participated in the November election.
"If the Hispanics in Denver and statewide ever got organized and registered, they'd be a huge power," says Greg Kolomitz, president of CRL Associates Inc., a Denver political consulting firm.
It might be expected that another Latino running for mayor would rally the Hispanic community, but so far, City Auditor Don Mares hasn't made it happen. Instead, former Department of Safety manager Ari Zavaras -- widely assumed to be the front-runner in the election -- has won the support of several Hispanic activists, including former state representative Frana Mace and former fire chief Rich Gonzales. Wynkoop Brewing Company owner John Hickenlooper has also picked up some Latino endorsements.
"I know Hispanics who are supporting almost all of the candidates," says Angela Padilla, director of the Latina Initiative, which registers Hispanic women to vote. "I think people are looking at candidates' records and comparing them. It's not about race."
Former mayor Peña also believes the Hispanic community has become more politically sophisticated and won't vote for just a surname. They are looking at the same issues as other groups: good schools, economic security and safe neighborhoods. "Candidates have to be very targeted and focused in appealing to Hispanics," says Peña, who now works for a Denver investment firm.
But he also understands that many Hispanics still have concerns about discrimination and look for leaders sensitive to that. "I do think that Hispanics have an emotional connection to certain candidates," he says. "You must give people a reason to vote. If a candidate excites the Hispanic community, that can make a difference in a close election. I think there's an opportunity for Hispanics to elect the next mayor."
Denver political consultant Steve Welchert, who was Peña's issues director for his re-election bid, says it will take time for Latinos to win political power commensurate with their numbers. "It's a maturation process; it won't happen overnight," he says. "The Hispanic community has had a number of different waves of immigration. That assimilation in a new culture is difficult."
That the Hispanic community is not monolithic isn't surprising, what with a mix of immigrants from Mexico and a dozen other countries, divisions between recent arrivals and families that have been here for generations, language barriers and class differences.
What is surprising is the comparative power of the much smaller black community. With just about a third of the population numbers of Hispanics, Denver's African-Americans wield a remarkable degree of influence.
"The African-American community is small and stable, but it has deep roots," says C.L. Harmer, a veteran of several Denver political campaigns who is now public-affairs director for the safety department. "It's more homogenous than the Latino community."
The level of political organizing in the black community, specifically in northeast Denver, inspires awe in many Denver politicos. The churches are vital community centers, so candidates must reach out to the congregations and their influential ministers if they hope to win a voting bloc. If the churches unite behind one candidate -- as they did with Webb -- it can help to swing an election.
"Politics in northeast Denver is an art," Kolomitz says. "They've been doing it for years and know how to do it. Wellington Webb understood the power of black churches and knew how to work them."
But this isn't unique to Denver; it's a fact of political organizing in any black community from New York City to Jackson, Mississippi. The church's community significance stems from the South, where it was often a safe haven from terrorism by the Ku Klux Klan. Much of the civil rights movement began in the churches, and that activism still exists four decades later.
"The church has been where you go to find out what's important in the community," says Landri Taylor, a longtime African-American political activist who is now running for city auditor.
Padilla sometimes wishes the Catholic Church were more political. "The Catholic Church doesn't have forums and invite candidates," she says. "In black churches, I've seen candidates on the pulpit. That's a real plus for the community."
At key moments, both black and Latino voters have rallied behind minority candidates in Denver. Together they've been influential enough to keep either a black or Hispanic in the mayor's office for the past twenty years, despite Denver's still mostly white electorate.
"It was black voters that got Peña across the finish line," Sondermann says. "The margins in northeast Denver were the critical piece of that runoff. It was ditto in 1995. Webb did overwhelming numbers in the black community, and he got comparable numbers in the Latino community.
"It's now been two decades since Denver had a non-minority mayor. Even though Denver is not a majority-minority city, when minorities vote for their candidate in the 80- or 90-percent range, it makes it tough for a non-minority to win. That's a subtext to this election."
Denver has another active minority: Republicans. While they don't exactly have a history of oppression, sometimes it can feel that way in the Mile High City, where only 23 percent of the city's voters are counted among their ranks (versus 46 percent Democratic and 32 percent unaffiliated).
Don Bain was the last Republican to come close to being elected -- sixteen years ago. "The only Republican mayors of large Democratic cities were elected because the voters were so angry with the Democrats and blew up," Bain says. "That's how I almost got elected."
Despite their minority status, if Republicans vote as a bloc, they play a crucial role in propelling a candidate into the runoff. But since mayoral elections are non-partisan, there is no party-line vote, and the Republican vote often ends up split. Both Peña and Webb were able to win at least some Republican support, and Bain says most of the candidates will aim some of their messages at conservative voters.
That's part of the Zavaras campaign's strategy. Like the other leading candidates, Zavaras is a Democrat, but he is using his tacit endorsement by Governor Bill Owens to appeal to Republicans, since several of the Greek-American businessmen bankrolling his campaign also contributed to Owens. Letters and e-mails to Republicans highlight Zavaras's service in Owens's cabinet, where he managed the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
But it's a risky strategy, and Bain warns that it's probably not in Zavaras's interest to highlight the Republican support, as doing so could turn off a lot of voters.
"The one most likely to appeal to Republicans might be Hickenlooper, because he has a business background," Bain says.
A lot of money flows from this community, and wealthy Republicans who donate to statewide candidates might contribute to a mayoral candidate if they think it would be to their advantage. "They'd be people whose businesses have a relationship with the city. They'd have more access, and their proposals for contracts would receive the benefit of the doubt," Bain says.
In a field with as many as fourteen candidates -- about six of them serious -- there's a scramble to raise money and make it into the runoff. The current prediction is that it will take more than $1 million to win, and there's a $3,000 limit on contributions in Denver campaigns.
"The question is, how much money is out there to be raised, and how much can they raise?" Kolomitz asks. "If you have two or three candidates who raise $1.5 million, that's precedent-setting."
To do that, candidates need to seek money outside of Denver, which Zavaras has; he now leads the fundraising pack with nearly $800,000. Several others also have connections to national fundraising sources: Former city councilwoman Sue Casey is tied to Emily's List, which funds female candidates; Penfield Tate has many links to Washington law firms; and Hickenlooper has friends around the country.
"When you're raising serious money, you go to California, Chicago or New York," Kolomitz says. "You go to other cities you have experience with."
Locally, candidates go to the Country Club area, which was once the most dependable source of cash. But LoDo, with just a couple thousand residents, recently has become a superstar in the world of political fundraising. The zip code that includes LoDo is near the top of the Colorado list for political donations to national campaigns (along with Greenwood Village, Aspen and Vail). And most of that money is going to Democrats, since the area is emerging as a kind of upscale, liberal neighborhood more typically found in cities such as San Francisco or Boston.
That may help Hickenlooper, who is one of LoDo's best-known figures. "I think a neighborhood's reputation can be made by an election," Sondermann says. "If the mayor of LoDo becomes the mayor of Denver, there's a story in terms of the influence and clout of a neighborhood."
With big money being pulled in, several of the candidates have hired ad firms with national reputations. Hickenlooper signed on with Minneapolis-based North Woods Advertising, which developed the humorous ad campaign that helped make Jesse Ventura governor of Minnesota. Mares hired Strother Duffy & Strother, which worked for Bill Clinton and most recently helped Shirley Franklin become mayor of Atlanta.
These and other large firms' interest in who becomes mayor of Denver -- other than the billable hours -- is often attributed to the national profiles of the city's past two mayors. Peña went on to serve in Clinton's cabinet, while Webb has headed up the U.S. Conference of Mayors and is well known around the country. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a city with two mayors in a row that have had a national profile," says Kolomitz.
Unlike in other large Democratic towns, the role of labor unions is a wild card in Denver elections. Labor has never been as powerful here as in Detroit or New York, but the unions can be influential. "Candidates never have enough time, money or people power," Kolomitz points out. "The unions contribute money and people. Groups that can supply that go a long way to advancing their candidates and causes."
Mares, a former labor lawyer, has rounded up solid backing from an alphabet soup of local unions, including the Denver Area Labor Federation, in return for a promise to support collective bargaining for city employees. But so far, the police and firefighters' unions -- which traditionally play a big role in city politics -- have not unified behind one candidate. (Unions do not represent most city employees, but law enforcement is an exception.)
Another peculiarity of Denver politics is the relative weakness of the business community compared to many other interest groups. While the chambers of commerce in cities such as Atlanta or Chicago play a huge role in local politics, the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce wields little real clout at City Hall and doesn't endorse candidates. It played a vital role in helping Peña win approval to build DIA, but since then has stayed on the sidelines.
"What I perceive businesses doing is betting on a presumptive favorite, but they'll change horses in a New York second," Sondermann says. "A lot of them are still sitting on their hands to see which way the wind blows."
The business community, many of whose members belong to the chamber, rallied behind former district attorney Norm Early in 1991 and then found itself frozen out of City Hall by Webb. The two eventually made peace, but Denver's business elite don't want to make the same mistake again. "The first couple of years, most of 17th Street was in the doghouse," says one source. "Because of that, they've been cautious in moving to support somebody. Most of them are comfortable with Zavaras, and a lot of them like Tate."
One of the reasons business may hesitate to get heavily involved in the mayor's race is that much of the local electorate is automatically suspicious of the front-runner; Denver voters tend to distrust the establishment candidate while showing a preference for mayoral underdogs. It was probably to the advantage of both Peña and Webb that they trailed behind their opponents in fundraising when running for mayor.
"There's an innate distrust of who the establishment is behind," says one City Hall campaign veteran. "When you get that front-runner label, the connotation is, 'This is the guy being served up on a platter for us, and we'd better take a good, hard look.'"
The city also has a lively mix of affinity groups that can play important roles in the elections. The gay and lesbian community, for example, is well organized and known for its high rate of voter turnout; all of the major candidates are courting gay support.
"In past elections, there's been a lot of time and energy spent mobilizing the gay population," Kolomitz notes. "They vote." Indeed, at a recent fundraiser at a Capitol Hill gay bar, the straitlaced Zavaras was seen with a drag queen in his lap.
Environmentalists also have influence. The Sierra Club has several thousand members in Denver and often endorses candidates. And advocates for the arts have recently stepped up their involvement, sponsoring a forum for the mayoral candidates that drew several hundred people to the Denver Performing Arts Complex in January.
Even restaurant and bar owners pick favorites. The Colorado Restaurant Association has contributed to the campaigns of both brewer Hickenlooper and Zavaras, whose brother-in-law, Pete Contos, owns a number of restaurants, including Pete's Kitchen. "They could be from the Communist Party, and if they owned a restaurant, we'd support them," says association president Pete Meersman.
Kolomitz predicts that about 175,000 Denverites will vote in the May 6 election, meaning a candidate would need at least 87,501 votes to win outright. Since that's unlikely, each of the mayoral hopefuls is trying to piece together a coalition broad enough to propel them into the runoff.
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Denver's previous two mayors changed the face of the city, building a new airport, transforming LoDo, opening up Lowry and Stapleton to development, and erecting a slew of new public buildings including a baseball stadium, a library and a city office building.
The construction cranes looming over the Colorado Convention Center and the Denver Art Museum verify that this metamorphosis is still under way, but what comes next is still unclear, since Denver will have both a new mayor and a largely new city council as a result of term limits.
"There's a potential for this election to be about something, but none of the candidates has stepped forward to put their stamp on it," Sondermann says. "All of the candidates are pitching to narrow constituencies. If one candidate broke out of the pack and tried to define what the race is about, it would serve them well. Is it a discussion of haves and have-nots? The economy? Congestion issues and mobility? Clearing out the rotted City Hall and starting anew? Voters are asking what's new, what's the next big thing for Denver? That's what's missing from this race."


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Apink's fans must have been very excited to see their biases comeback with a new release. Recently, the members of veteran girl group surprise fans with an adorable teaser image for their upcoming comeback.
Apink announced on its official Twitter account that it will be releasing a special single titled "Always". They also posted a teaser image featuring all six Apink members wearing cute bunny hats that highlight their incredibly cute faces. Soompi reported, Apink also wrote a sweet message to fans with special hashtags. "Always" is scheduled to release on April 19 at 12 p.m. KST.


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An accountant at the Shaw Trust who pocketed more than £34,000 from the charity's coffers has walked free from court.
Geoffrey Davis, 49 was working as a credit controller at the Trowbridge head office when he siphoned the cash into his own accounts from the charity which helps disabled and disadvantaged people find employment.
But, after hearing that the father-of-two had written a cheque to pay back what he took, a judge imposed a suspended sentence.
Colin Meeke, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court Davis was employed on an hourly basis on a wage that would be the equivalent to £27,000 a year.
He said colleagues at the trust, which finds employment for disabled people, became suspicious about his activities.
Rather than recovering debt, as he was supposed to, Mr Meeke said he was writing off large amounts his figures 'looked too good to be true'.
After being called in for an interview he was dismissed and experts found he had been on the take.
Davis had told customer Newcastle City College and Hampshire County Council there was a new account to make payments into.
As result they paid £34,175.51 into his account, and Mr Meeke said it could have been more had Hampshire County Council not used the old details after he told them not to.
Davis was arrested and made a statement to police which, though accepting what he had done, sought to minimise his dishonesty saying he 'borrowed money'.
Davis, now of Highbridge, Somerset, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud between February and November 2012.
Alex Daymond, defending, said his client was going through financial problems following the collapse of his marriage. However he had written a cheque to repay what he took after receiving a large compensation payout in January for pension mis-selling.
Passing sentence Recorder Nicholas Atkinson QC said: "You now have two teenage daughters.
"You are a disgrace to them. You have not only let yourself down but think of the effect it has on them. You are in the crown court and very close to prison."
He imposed a 12 month jail term suspended for two years and ordered payment of £34.175.51p compensation and £500 costs.


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A FORMER East Lancashire nurse has been accused by his professional watchdog of searching for indecent images of children online while he worked for a learning disability unit — despite being cleared by a crown court jury.
Peter Dennis Davies, 56, is set to appear before the Nursing and Midwifery Council later this month to answer three main charges while employed at the Maplewood Unit at Whalley-based Calderstones Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust.
But Lancashire Police have confirmed that Davies, then of Tavistock Street, Nelson, was cleared of four offences of making indecent images by a Preston Crown Court jury in May 2011.
Davies, then a learning disabilities nurse, is accused by the NMC of downloading one or more moving images onto the hard drive of his personal laptop.
File names are alleged to include 'Paedophilia 9/10/11-year-old', 'PTHC web cam blond and BF, 14-year-old', 'Two 13-year-old little girls' and 'Duped college girl'.
He is said to have known that the files listed contained indecent images of children when they were either being downloaded or stored.
The third charge relates to his use of the actual search terms listed.
Davies' hearing will take place for the NMC's fitness to practice panel, sitting at the Old Bailey in London from April 23.
A Calderstones spokesman said: "This relates to circumstances outside of work which gave us cause for concern about his suitability to be employed by us. This individual no longer works for us."


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Especially funny is the clip he's provided of a segment (an amazingly long one, considering the ridiculous subject matter) that some Entertainment Tonight clone did on his $50,000,000 suit against David Copperfield for "using his Godly powers" without his permission. You can tell they were skirting along the edge of blatantly making fun of him.
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Garland struggles for first time this spring
PEORIA, Ariz. - A relatively smooth spring for Mariners right-hander Jon Garland hit its first rough patch on Friday when the veteran gave up six hits and five runs in three innings in an 8-1 loss to The Netherlands' World Baseball Classic squad in an exhibition at Peoria Stadium.
Garland is trying to come back from shoulder surgery that has sidelined him since 2011, and he has been impressive early in camp, but the Dutch squad jumped on him quickly as former Mariners outfielder Wladimir Balentien led the charge with five RBIs in the first two frames.
Garland, 33, said he wasn't overly concerned about trying to balance the need to work on things with trying to prove himself in order to make the club as a non-roster invitee.
"I think it's a lot easier for me in the position I'm in compared to a younger guy trying to make the team," he said. "It's not going to be the end of the world for me if they tell me I'm out of here. There's 29 other teams and if somebody wants to give me a chance, they will. If not, they won't. But yeah, it's trying to do the best you can, really."
Garland said he felt fine, but was rushing his delivery and never could make the proper adjustment.
"He wasn't quite as sharp," said manager Eric Wedge. "He was up a little bit and having some problems getting his secondary stuff over. So that's a tough combination there. He just wasn't able to find it. He was trying to make some adjustments, but just wasn't able to get it back today."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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