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Qdoba Mexican Eats Assistant General Manager job in Oconomowoc, WI
- Company
- Qdoba Mexican Eats
- Job Title
- Assistant General Manager
- Job Type
- Full-time
- Pay Type
- Hourly
- Wages
- Dependent on experience
- Location
- 1680 Old School House Rd
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Assistant General Manager
Assistant General Managers
Qdoba Mexican Eats is a fast-casual restaurant chain providing our guest with quality products and fast service in an upscale, enjoyable environment. Qdoba Restaurant Corporation began in 1995 and has quickly grown to over 650 restaurants from coast to coast with plenty more on the way. Several markets are corporate based, while other markets are heavily franchised. As the largest franchisee of Qdoba Mexican Eats, with over 50 restaurants in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, Roaring Fork Restaurant Group continues to experience tremendous growth. In our restaurants, we're passionate about innovative flavors and fresh, handcrafted food. We are always looking for dedicated, hard-working professionals who exemplifies our workplace philosophy, embraces our core values, and want to join our growing team.
Qdoba Mexican Grill is how hiring reliable, charismatic, and friendly General Managers to serve guests and lead our team for our fast-paced and growing fast, casual restaurant group.
Key Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will be extremely customer-focused, outgoing, and friendly with experience in the customer service industry. You will be responsible for all aspects of service, quality, cleanliness, labor, costs, production, and maintenance of the restaurant during your shift. You must be able to perform all duties and responsibilities of a cook and line server.
- Previous supervisory experience is preferred
- Responsible for managing administrative procedures of the restaurant during a given shift
- Must be able to act appropriately during crisis and work well in stressful situations
- Must be willing to work a variety of shifts, sometimes extending beyond eight-hours, based upon local operating hours
- Must have access to adequate transportation and complete the administrative driving requirement
- Proficient in taking and setting up a catering order
- Will be required to know the Aloha system & Menulink with proper training
- Will be required to analyze VOG data and pass QFC evaluation test with proper training
- Will be required to complete in-house shift supervisor training and pass a hot/cold shelf life test
- Responsible for placing & receiving Reinhardt orders as well as inputting the invoice
- Responsibly for inventory
- Perform payroll, accounts payable, and transfer functions
- Proficient in interviewing, on-boarding, and corrective action process
- Ability to communicate in English is required. Spanish comprehension is helpful. Fundamental reading, writing, math and computer and/POS skills are required.
- Minimum Age: 18+ years old
- Minimum of 1-3 years of experience
- Computer proficiency and profit/loss exposure and/or responsibility
- Strong communication skills
- Commitment to quality
- Growth-driven & career-oriented outlook
- Hands-on management style
- Ability to take initiative, run strong shifts, and train teammates to do the same!
- Proven job longevity
- Integrity
- Salary: Dependent on experience
What we offer:
- 14 vacation days per year
- 6 paid holidays per year
- Competitive salaries
- Aggressive, yet realistic bonus plans
- Thorough 8 week training program
- Health, Dental, and Prescription Insurance
- Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability
- FSA Account
Please keep in mind, we may not be hiring at this location, however we are always accepting application for future openings and surrounding locations.
Not just big burritos and big flavors – BIG CAREERS!
Additional Info
- Minimum Age
- 18+ years old


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If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
Varejao won't be there for sure now (2 months, surgery) so that leaves a little crack open for David.
To be honest, time off might be better for David though.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
It's gotta be PG24
I was wrong, I think. Paul is gonna make the ASG. I was probably wrong that no one would make it.
Let Paul go. Let West rest all weekend.
Paul George will go. He has been getting a lot of cover this past week. Nothing but good i hear from all the analysts.
I wouldn't say you were wrong. Just answering a question before it should have been asked. He wasn't worthy of a spot at the point this thread was created. That's changed recently.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Paul's ASG is his to lose at this point. He doesn't even have to rip off a bunch of 25-5-5 games now, just maintain a solid level where he's scoring 18-25 and then some nights getting 2-3 steals or 3-4 assists or 10 rebounds, but not all of those factors at once. And every time he does all of it, that just makes even more of a lock.
I agree on West too. People forget the 30 point games earlier in the season where he faced doubles and had no other offensive help. After the GSW game all of Pacers Nation would have sent West over Paul. West has a chance to still EARN his way in, but he'll have to knock out several 20+ nights on better than 50% shooting and keep the rebounds in the 8-9 range over the next few weeks. If he hadn't slumped then I think his numbers plus the Pacers winning would make it easy to put 2 Pacers on the team.
Now the Pacers making a run at the #1 seed to get Vogel in the coaching seat...seems premature but on the other hand its a very realistic goal. And let's be fair, if the Pacers have the #1 East record then Vogel is going to be getting as much national love as local love.
You know people see the Pacers in the standings and want to know how they got there, so they look into the numbers. And the more they see the Pacers as not having "stars" the more it raises their view of Vogel. I mean does anyone not think Mark Jackson looks pretty vindicated in GSW right now?
If G. Hill bumps his stats back up and the Pacers keep winning at this pace, he has an outside shot too we are firmly the 1 or 2 seed and he is averaging 15, 5, and 5, we know coaches love the guy. Granted that's a little bit ahead of where we are, but no one would have guessed Paul was going to explode like this either.
How many players make the team? Is the selection still based on positions?
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
There are too many good point guards in the East. No way does he get consideration over any of Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday, or Deron Williams. And obviously Rajon Rondo has a spot locked up.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Probably right, but still I'd like to see him get back to those numbers
Twelve. They have the starters lumped in as backcourt or frontcourt but for the coach's selections position doesn't matter but they aren't taking 7 bench guards or bigs. You can count on at least 3 guards and 3 bigs with one of that group getting a 4th.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
He basically is. Even after his last two statistic stinkers he's at 14.5, 5, and 4.4. The problem is his competition all has considerably better numbers than 15, 5, and 5.
Hill is having a great year. Far better than I expected. But the East is full of good lead guards. And unfortunately for his All-Star chances, none of them are going to be getting old anytime soon.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I voted for West in this thread, but at this point it would be very disappointing if Paul doesn't make the All Star team. The 3rd best record in the East (and we are better than the Knicks). Paul is our best player, how does he not make it?
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
Josh Smith
Joe Johnson
Paul isn't at their level yet
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
lol Joe Johnson. Good one.
Paul George is every bit as good as Josh Smith
When is the all star team revealed?
Paul and Joe Johnson have very similar scoring numbers right now, but Paul blows him away in every other category.
On NBA's official site PG is still listed as a shooting guard so his chances get a lot better just from that. And give me PG over Johnson any day of the week. Offensively he may outshine Paul, atleast when it comes to straight up Iso, but PG passes, rebounds and defends. If people can't take their star shaded lenses off long enough to see that then I'll have to give up on my fellow basketball fans.
"There is a time to play and a time to win. It is what you do during winning time that differentiates the average players from stars."
~Ahmad Rashad~
??? Obviously Lebron... but he's no question better than Pierce, J Smith, and Joe Johnson. No one would take any of them over PG at this point.
I honestly think the PG of the past X weeks since his bad West Coast trip is an OVERALL better player than Melo and Wade... but that's obviously pretty subjective.
And he has the better team.
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
Of all the perimeter players in the East, I think Paul George is the biggest lock to be selected as an All-Star reserve (knowing that Rondo, LeBron, Wade, and Melo will be voted in). I'd be shocked if he didn't make it, especially with how he's turning it up these past few weeks.
West's problem is a numbers issue. If Garnett gets voted in over Bosh (and KG's taking someone's spot), then it's really going to be tough for West. Bosh, Chandler, Noah, and Smith/Horford are probably all going to be voted in ahead of West. You could make an argument for Brook Lopez ahead of West as well. You have those 4, plus 3 perimeter players (probably Paul Pierce and either one of Holiday, Deron Williams, or Jennings, along with George), and West may be caught in a numbers game.
So Pacer fans should be stuffing the ballot box for Chris Bosh if you want a better chance at 2 all stars.
I don't want West to be an All-Star. He really needs the rest that comes from the ASB.

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Is Raw food better?
Is raw food nutrition better than cooked food, if so what percent of our diet should be raw and what percent should be cooked?
Consuming raw foods has its pluses and minuses. Depending upon the type of food you are talking about, you may be getting the maximum nutritional benefits, but also risking your food safety. To preserve as many of the vitamins and minerals as we can, the following tips were recommended in the book `The Essential Guide to Vitamins & Minerals` by E. Somer, M.A., R.D.:
* Purchase only the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables that will be eaten within a few days.
* Store refrigerated foods at less than 40ø F, frozen foods below 0ø F and canned and dry goods in a cool, dry place. Even small fluctuations in temperature can result in considerable loss of vitamin C in frozen foods.
* Store canned or frozen foods for no more than 3 to 5 months as the vitamin content can decline as much as 75% or more with longer storage times.
* Store bulk dried beans and peas, noodles, rice, and flour in dark containers or in the refrigerator to reduce their exposure to ultraviolet light, which destroys vitamin B2.
ALL raw foods have microorganisms that may cause disease (such as salmonella), given the right conditions. If handled properly, the foods are safe (and nutritious) to eat. Here are some suggestions for proper food handling that are detailed in `The Nutrition Bible` by Anderson and Deskins:
* Eggs - store in their original cartons. Cook them thoroughly (until yolks are set) before eating (and this includes whole eggs, yolks or whites used for frostings, puddings, mousses, ice creams, sauces and salad dressings). Use within a month.
* Fish & Shellfish - illnesses from eating raw fishes range from viral intestinal infections to hepatitis to worms and parasites. 85% of these illnesses can be traced to eating raw shellfish (clams, mussels, oysters and scallops). Eat no seafood that hasn`t been thoroughly cooked. All seafood should be gotten home quickly, unwrapped, placed on a clean plate and rewrapped - loosely- with plastic wrap. Cook or freeze fish and shellfish within 24 to 36 hours.
* Meats & Poultry - As with seafood, rush home from the store, unwrap at once, place on a clean plate, cover loosely with plastic food wrap and store in the coldest part of the refrigerator. Cook or freeze within 2 days. Ground meats are the most perishable of all and have the most potentially harmful bugs. Before freezing, shape into patties, wrap snugly, and date. Before cooking, rinse poultry well under cool water (inside and out). Blot red meats dry with paper toweling, then discard the toweling. Cook all meat and poultry thoroughly before eating [a meat thermometer is a good tool to use to make sure internal temperatures are at the recommended levels].
* Raw milk - is not nutritionally superior to pasteurized milk, and from a bacterial standpoint it is definitely inferior. In fact, it is so risky some areas ban its sale.
* Fruits & Vegetables - unbundle any bundled or banded vegetables, discard any soft or decaying pieces, then pop the rest into fresh plastic storage bags. Berries will also last longer if removed from their cartons and placed in a bowl. All vegetables should be unwrapped, then transferred to pristine storage bags. Before serving or cooking, wash all fruits and vegetables carefully in several rinses of tepid water, then peel, if necessary.
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) adds these suggestions for raw fruit and vegetable safety:
1. Wash produce in water. Use a scrub brush. Rinse thoroughly.
2. Discard the outer leaves of leafy vegetables (i.e. lettuce).
3. Cut rinds off of melons or scrub the outside of your melon. Melon skins can be washed with a diluted chlorine bleach solution. According to the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service, mix one teaspoon of bleach (regular bleach with no scent) in a gallon of water. Rinse thoroughly. The quantity of bleach used should not exceed one Tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water. For more detailed information, try their website (listed below).
4. Peel waxed fruit and vegetables (waxes can seal in pesticide residues).
5. Peel vegetables such as carrots (this will remove pesticides that remain in or on the peel).
6. Do not cut vegetables on a cutting board or surface that was just used for raw meat (that includes the knife used too). This will cross-contaminate.
7. Do not store vegetables below meat in the refrigerator. The raw meat drippings may fall on them and cause contamination.
8. Keep your refrigerator produce drawer clean and sanitized.
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TPW Commission Awards $2.74 Million in Recreation Grants
AUSTIN, Texas — Seven Texas communities will receive $2.74 million in outdoor and indoor recreation grants to help acquire parkland and develop recreational facilities as a result of Thursday's action by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
The only indoor grant approved for funding was $417,563 in matching funds to expand the Bridgeport Indoor Recreation Center in Wise County. The city plans to renovate the center and expand it from 7,011 square feet to 22,841 square feet at a total cost of $1.54 million. Proposed development includes a gym with basketball court and two volleyball courts, walking track, boxing ring, weight room, children's activity room, dance/aerobics room, climbing wall, senior activity center, arts and crafts room, offices and storage.
The Bridgeport project was one of five considered for funding by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. TPWD retained another $417,563 in appropriated funds to award during the 2006-2007 biennium.
At its Thursday meeting, the commission also approved $2,032,323 in matching funds for six communities to acquire and develop outdoor recreation sites. The funding pool included FY2006 Texas Recreation and Parks Account revenues and previous Land and Water Conservation Fund (National Park Service) monies received by Texas to help provide basic outdoor public recreation facilities.
The priority projects selected from 22 sponsors by TPW staff were based on a competitive scoring system taking into account site visits and project analyses. For more information on local park grants, contact TPWD's Recreation Grants Program at (512) 912-7124.
The Commission awarded outdoor recreation grants for projects in the following amounts:
- $500,000 in matching funds to the City of Harlingen in Cameron County for Pendleton Park
- $500,000 in matching funds to the City of Odessa in Ector County for expansion and further development of facilities at McKinney Park.
- $500,000 in matching funds to the City of Taylor in Williamson County to develop East Williamson County Park.
- $269,579 in matching funds to the City of Belton in Bell County for the acquisition of land and development of Harris Park.
- $245,895 in matching funds to the City of El Cenizo in Webb County to expand Municipal Park and develop various recreational facilities.
- $180,988 in matching funds to the City of Hondo to develop 20 acres on city-owned non-parkland as a Nature Trail and Park.
The TRPA program was authorized in 1993 to assist local political subdivisions in Texas in providing basic public recreation facilities. TRPA revenue is derived from a portion of the state sales tax on sporting goods, is dedicated solely for park funding and does not come from funds earmarked for hunting and fishing purposes.
In other business, the commission was briefed by Recreation Grants Branch staff on proposed changes to the various recreational grants programs administered by TPWD necessitated by significant reductions in state and federal funds appropriated for the TRPA program.
The staff's recommendations in administrative changes and funding reductions were based upon feedback from 30 constituents, which included political subdivisions of Texas, regional councils of government and others.
The commission accepted the following recommendations:
- To reduce the Outdoor Recreation Grants Program reviews from two to one per year, to review the next round of applications review on July 31, 2006 and to award funds at the January 2007 commission hearing.
- To reduce the maximum amount in the outdoor program from $500,000 to $400,000 per application, beginning with the July 31, 2006 review.
- Postpone the regional grant reviews until adequate funding is available.
- Reduce the Community Outdoor Outreach Program reviews to one per year, with the next review of applications to be in February 2006.
Grants staff also recommended that if additional LWCF monies are apportioned by the National Park Service, those additional funds shall first be used to restore the maximum allowable request per outdoor program application to $500,000; secondly, be used to fund additional outdoor projects, and then if adequate funding still remains, that an annual regional grant program review be reinstated.
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developing fetus from dangerous substances during your pregnancy:
Nail polish, artificial nails, hair dyes, and hair
permanents all contain strong chemicals. There is not very much research about
the use of these products during pregnancy. It is always a good idea to reduce
your exposure to these chemicals and be sure the room is well-ventilated. For
more information about the effects that chemicals can have on a fetus, see the
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A single diagnostic X-ray , such as a dental X-ray,
does not harm your fetus.footnote 3 But it's still a good idea
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technician that you are pregnant. Many X-rays can be delayed until after
pregnancy. If X-rays are needed, they can be done with a lead apron
that shields your belly.
If you travel by plane frequently on
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is possible for you to exceed the cosmic radiation limit considered safe during
pregnancy (1 millisievert, or mSv). Although the occasional flight doesn't pose
a risk, frequent low-altitude domestic flights or several high-altitude
international flights may increase your radiation exposure.footnote 4
radiation from electrical appliances such as televisions, computers, or
electric blankets (electromagnetic radiation) has not been shown to cause birth
defects. Electric blankets or water bed heaters can be used to warm the bed,
but it is a good idea to turn them off when you get into bed so that you don't
become overheated.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2004). What you
need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish: 2004 EPA and FDA advice for
women who might become pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers, young
children. Available online:
Cunningham FG, et al. (2010). General considerations and maternal evaluation. In Williams Obstetrics, 23rd ed., pp. 912–925. New York: McGraw-Hill.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2009). Air travel during pregnancy. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 443. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 114(4): 954–955.
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Scott Robertson's voice inflected when he identified his father's funeral guest book for the jury as Day 2 of Danna Weimer's trial began Thursday in Lake County Common Pleas Court.
His voice cracked, and he held back a few tears as he explained that his father's name was written on the bottom of the book, which is how he knew it had belonged to him, and had belonged once to his mother, Eleanor Robertson.
The book was located by authorities in a safe owned by Danna Weimer where she resided on Sexton Road in Austinburg Township.
Weimer is accused of helping her son, Zachary Weimer, to burglarize and murder Eleanor Robertson, a 77-year-old Madison Township resident.
Eleanor Robertson's daughter, Penny Borton, identified more of her mother's belongings in photographs that had been taken by officials.
Those included jewelry items that contained photos of her children and niece.
Madison Township Police Sgt. Ralf Caswell took the stand to describe several photos he had taken at Eleanor Robertson's house on June 13.
The prosecution showed several photos of the house in complete disarray, and then displayed photos of the bedroom, where Eleanor Robertson was found buried under clothing and other items.
The jury leaned in to see Caswell pointing to Eleanor Robertson's leg sticking out from underneath the items in a photograph.
The jury saw more detailed photos of Eleanor Robertson's body when Jamie Walsh of the Lake County Crime Laboratory took the stand.
Walsh is a digital forensics examiner with the crime lab and assisted in processing the scene at Eleanor Robertson's home.
"I was standing there talking to (an officer) and I said 'I have a bad feeling about this, I'm not comfortable because there's so much stuff piled up next to the bed,' fearing that there would be somebody underneath that, so then I said we need to move all of this stuff ... we started to pull clothing (away from the bed) ... and then I saw a leg, and then we pulled some more and I saw another leg ... and then a torso," Walsh explained.
Dr. Erica Armstrong of Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office told the jury about the autopsy she performed. She identified 94 stab wounds to Eleanor Robertson's body, along with additional injuries on her hands, thigh and torso.
She indicated that there may have been some type of chemical contact to the body because of "charring" of certain areas.
On Wednesday, the prosecution said that Weimer's cellphone was continuously using the cellphone tower near Robertson's house.
The prosecution spent nearly an hour Thursday speaking to Norman Ray Clark, an employee of Sprint, about phone records.
The conversation summarized the idea that a person could remain in one location and use multiple phone towers depending on network activity, but that as a general rule, a phone will use the closest tower for a signal because it is typically the strongest.
A phone will always choose the strongest signal, Clark said.
The case is expected to continue through at least Wednesday or Thursday, said Lake County Common Pleas Judge Eugene A. Lucci.
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Mother on trial for Madison Township murder wants evidence suppressed (with video) (Sept. 11, 2012)
Mother and son indicted in murder of Madison woman (with court documents) (Aug. 15, 2012)
Judge Michael A. Cicconetti calls case of accused killers Danna and Zachary Weimer 'weak' (video) (June 26, 2012)
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Entergy Uses SmartSignal's EPI*Center Software Finds Crack in Generator Turbine
By Jim Montague, Executive Editor
If knowledge is power, then detailed and sophisticated information that arrives early enough to prevent problems and even disasters is super-duper power.
For instance, Entergy Corp.'s (www.entergy.com) primary goal for more than 60 years has been to produce electricity safely. Located in Woodlands, Tex., north of Houston, Entergy provides electricity though its Fossil Energy divisional headquarters to 2.8 million customers in Arkansas, Michigan, Louisiana and eight counties in southeast Texas. It generates power using nuclear, coal, oil, natural gas, hydroelectric and wind sources.
"Process safety is our number one priority, and so we focus on it from our CEO on down. Most of our plants are OSHA Star program facilities," says Gary Barnes, superintendent of Entergy's seven-year-old Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Center (PMDC). "We say that no job is so important that it can't be done safety, and we practice what we preach by emphasizing safety in our training, goals and meetings."
To aid this safety effort, PMDC monitors Entergy's fossil units for subtle indications developing in its equipment or other operational issues, so it can quickly identify problems when they're smaller, easier to address, less costly, cause little or no equipment outages, and limit the potential for any catastrophic failures. The center uses three main types of software to help Entergy find problems and improve performance, including OSIsoft's PI data historian on all key units to capture data and show how well they're functioning, and General Physics' ETApro to perform thermal calculations for turbine effectiveness, heat balances around heat exchangers, and other tasks that used to be done manually.
In addition, to give it advanced pattern recognition capabilities, PMDC began beta testing SmartSignal's (www.smartsignal.com) EPI*Center software in 2006, and now uses it on 36 units at approximately 16 plants, which represent about 95% of Entergy's total fossil generating capacity. "PMDC monitors our fossil units, and it's been acknowledged as the leading remote diagnostics center in our industry," says Barnes. "In fact, though Entergy's nuclear division is separate from our fossil division, it's implementing PI and SmartSignal's software in our nuclear fleet, and we recommended it to them."
Jim Gagnard, SmartSignal's president and CEO, adds that, "We originally decided to focus EPI*Center on the process industries because they have continuous manufacturing applications, and so we can use individual historical data to create personalized models for each piece of equipment. For the 300-400 plants that use our technology, it's the data that defines the model, not the software. As a result, we can help users see subtle changes in their unique processes ahead of time, and so some problems never become big ones. In fact, three or four of our customers already have negotiated lower insurance rates by having this early detection of problems in their processes. We have a real-time version of the usual risk-assessment process and can report every five minutes on what's going on that might be abnormal, which make problems a lot easier to fix." (Figure 1)
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For example, shortly after installing EPI*Center on its 411-megawatt Waterford Unit 2 gas/oil generator, Entergy's engineers and operators got an alert from the software that vibration levels on the exciter end of the unit's turbine were slightly elevated, and starting to steadily increase (Figure 2). Barnes says this unit usually runs at 3,600 rpm, and that an ideal vibration level is 1 mil (a unit of vibration equivalent to 0.001 of an inch), though usually operators are satisfied with 2 mils.
"The first notification at 12:30 p.m. was that the unit was running at 3-3.5 mils, which is elevated, but not a lot, because there's not usually a problem until you reach 5-7 mils," explains Barnes. "So, we weren't too concerned, and notified the plant, and continued to watch the situation. However, the vibration level continued to increase until at 5:30 p.m. it reached 6-7 mils, and the decision was made to shut the unit down.
"Because of the early notification from EPI*Center, we were able to learn about the elevated vibrations very early, watch it increase, and then jointly consult with the plant and dispatch center about taking the unit offline. We were able to proceed very calmly and shutdown safely. If we hadn't had this information from the PMDC, then the plant wouldn't have known there was a problem until the vibration level reached 6-7 mils and an alarm went off. As a result, we would have had a lot more critical situation, maybe not enough time to shutdown safely, and possibly have had a catastrophic failure."
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My son, who is four years old and has type 1 diabetes, has just started prekindergarten. We've had some issues with the school nurse. Because she is responsible for two different schools, she cannot be at our son's school all day, and therefore cannot provide adequate care. What are our rights regarding medical care at school? We've received different answers from the school district and our son's healthcare team.
This is one of the most common questions for parents of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who are just starting school. It is indeed emotional—even scary—when you send your child off to school for the first time. There is so much you want them to know, and you feel overly protective. Let me assure you that your son can have a great school experience. It all starts with having a seamless care plan in place to help ensure his safety and ability to participate fully in the school day.
I understand your concerns. I have a 13-year-old granddaughter who was diagnosed with T1D when she was four. I have been very involved in all facets of my granddaughter's journey, including the creation of school care plans. This year, she moved on to junior high school, so again, we are working out the details of her new care plan. I also am a former school nurse, so I understand from both sides of the equation just how important it is to work with your school's staff and faculty to create a care plan that works for everyone involved.
When my granddaughter started school eight years ago, we knew so little, and now we understand that there are numerous safety nets in place to protect kids with health issues in the school setting. Specifically, there are three federal laws that spell out a school's responsibilities with regard to children with T1D:
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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Perhaps most important to your question is Section 504, which gives you the right to develop what is called a "504 plan" with your child's school. Any school that receives federal funding must comply with Section 504 or risk losing that federal funding.
What we have found over the years is that most school nurses, as well as administrators and teachers, are very eager to work with the family. The initial hesitance that many parents encounter on the part of school staff is usually due to a lack of understanding about what T1D is and how to manage it. They want to feel knowledgeable about T1D, so they need training, and they need to be able to reach a parent at any time if they have questions. Your school nurse can help you put together a comprehensive, but easy to understand, health plan for the school setting. Because she is ultimately responsible for the health of all the students in her schools, it is her responsibility to do so. The staff can then be trained to understand your son's needs and utilize the plan. Sometimes, that's all it takes to get people on board and enthusiastic! And the plan that you develop will serve to assist your son in his classroom, at recess, at lunch, on field trips, or wherever else his day takes him.
With regard to your specific question, it is actually very common for a school nurse to be responsible for the students of more than one school—even several schools. But there is a solution for that problem: a "Parent-Designated Adult" (PDA). The PDA is an adult—maybe a teacher, an administrator, a counselor, or a neighbor or grandparent—who is available during all school hours and is willing to be trained in all aspects of T1D management, so that there is always someone available for your son's immediate medical needs.
PDAs are used widely around the United States. They do not have to have medical training, just training from you (the parent) to understand your son's needs. Lots of parents train the school secretary or even the child's teacher to be the PDA, but that person must be willing and comfortable to serve in the role.
The JDRF website has many wonderful resources for parents on these and other issues. Specifically, the School Advisory Toolkit gives comprehensive information about the rights of children with T1D and their parents, and advice about how to handle various situations that may arise during your child's school years. To receive a copy of the School Advisory Toolkit, fill out our easy, online form.
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It's crab and steelhead time on the North Coast, and I'm not talking about our two local baseball teams. Last week's big storm pretty much put a fork in the late-fall salmon season, so anglers have turned their attention to the mighty winter steelhead. The Smith and Chetco have been giving up decent numbers of fish and the Eel, Mad and Van Duzen are inching back into fishable shape. With the commercial Dungeness crab season pushed back until the end of December, sport fishermen have a little more than two weeks to fill up their pots and traps before the big boats take to the water. Reports from the local pros indicate the crabbing remains excellent offshore, with lots of crab to choose from and they're getting bigger by the day. If you've had your fill of turkey dinners and want to serve up some local crab this holiday season, call one of the charter boats out of Woodley Island to book a trip and witness the bounty first hand.
Weekend forecast
According to Reginald Kennedy of Eureka's National Weather Service, the next shot of rain will be Friday, though that system won't add up to much. "It will be a cold system on Friday, but it doesn't look like it will pack much of a punch. The next storm with significant rainfall will move in late Saturday night with rain off and on through Tuesday. With these storms, we should see a rise in the rivers as we could see up to a inch and a quarter in the Smith area and up to three-quarters in the Humboldt area," Kennedy added.
North Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective December 19
Nineteen marine protected areas will become effective later this month, completing the statewide network of MPAs in California's coastal regions. Developed pursuant to the California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), this north coast network includes 19 MPAs, one State Marine Recreational Management Area and seven special closures, covering approximately 137 square miles of state waters and 13 percent of the region. The new MPAs include four of the five pre-existing MPAs on the north coast. The MPA at Punta Gorda will be removed from the network. A complete listing of all north coast MPAs, including detailed regulations and maps, can be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/ncmpas_list.asp.
Big tides through Saturday
December 12 through the 14, Humboldt Bay will experience the highest tides of 2012. Known as "King Tides," the series will peak on Thursday, where the high tide at Fields Landing will reach 8.7 feet at 10:45 a.m.
Sport crab update
Both Phil Glenn of Shellback Sport Fishing and Tim Klassen of Reel Steel Sport Fishing report the offshore crabbing remains excellent. "The crabs are up to 22 percent now, and with so many of them, you can upgrade pretty easily," Glenn added. Glenn and Klassen plan to run trips until the commercial crabbers start, which is slated for the end of December.
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Chetco River
The Chetco continues to drop and clear, with a little blip on Tuesday reports Val Early of Early Fishing Guide Service. "There are very few bright salmon around, although there have been a few caught. Most anglers are targeting steelhead now and the plunkers did very well on Saturday and Sunday while the river was still dropping. Boat traffic was tremendous on Monday, with most boats getting a few fish - not red hot by any means. There are some tricky boating spots, particularly Tamba in the lower river, where boaters need to use extreme caution as the river is pouring into the trees and there is not a "bail out" spot. ODFW is seining for steelhead below Social Security Bar and have been having moderate success. Steelhead have been caught side-drifting as well as on plugs from South Fork down. It's just the beginning and should continue to build given good water conditions," Early said.
Smith River
The Smith is starting to clear slightly, but there are some fish in the river reports Mike Coopman of Mike Coopman's Guide Service. "When you find a pocket of fish, you can catch a few, but there's definitely some dry spots in the river. There's also quite a few half-pounders around now as well. Overall, boats are averaging about two fish per trip. It's still fairly early in the season, there should be more fish coming with the next rain," Coopman added.
Eel River (main stem)
Because of the rain we had Tuesday, the main stem is at least another week or 10 days away from being fishable reports Paul Grundman of Rio Dell's Grundmans Sporting Goods. "It sounds like more rain is on the way, so it's quite possible it will be next year before it's fishable," Grundman said.
Eel River (South Fork)
The upper reaches of the South Fork around Benbow could fish by the weekend according to Grundman.
Van Duzen River
Before Tuesday, the Van Duzen was fishable up high, but it's muddy again according to Grundman. "We would need at least three or four days of no rain for it to drop back in," Grundman added.
Mad River
The Mad never dropped back into shape according to Gary Blasi of Arcata's Mad River Tackle, and with more rain on the way, it could be a while longer. "I heard there was only about two inches of visibility on Wednesday, but there were some fish around," Blasi said. It was at just under eight and a half feet and dropping on Wednesday, but predicted to get above nine feet on Saturday night.
Upper Trinity
Steve Huber of Steve Huber's Guide Service reports the upper Trinity is in real good shape all the way down to the Pigeon Point. "It's pretty low and clear in the Lewiston area and the water and air temperatures are colder now. A slow, thorough presentation is best in the morning because the fish are lethargic. They aren't moving around much, and unless you put the bait right in their face, they won't grab it. Overall, there's quite a few steelhead around, with lots of hatchery fish from Rush Creek to Lewiston. It looks like we're having an above average year so far," Huber added.
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Nelson councillors oppose trade agreement
Nelson city council will consider requesting it be exempt from international trade agreement that could give European companies the ability to bid on Nelson's high-value service and construction contracts that go out for public tender.
The Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations started in 2009 and are expected to wrap up soon. Council fears it may be running out of time to join the list of 80 other municipalities in Canada that have asked to opt out of the agreement.
Councillor Candace Batycki, at the request of interested residents, brought a notice of motion regarding the CETA exception to council's committee of the whole meeting last week, to give council a chance to discuss and gather information on the motion before the next council meeting when it will be formally voted on.
Batycki asked Sandra Nelken and Pegasis McGauley of the Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians to explain their concern with the trade agreement.
They pointed to leaked documents obtained by Quebec media last November that suggest the agreement would make it illegal to give local companies preference on municipal contracts and open the door for international corporations to launch lawsuits against municipalities if anything was done to limit their access to the contract.
They also suggested Nelson should be calling on the federal government to be more transparent in the negotiations and engage in consultation with municipalities.
Nelson city manager Kevin Cormack suggested that there are already organizations working on these issues on the behalf of municipalities.
"We'd usually rely on the UBCM [Union of British Columbia Municipalities] and FCM [Federation of Canadian Municipalties] — larger bodies with more resources to do research — to represent us on something like this," Cormack said.
The Union of BC Municipalities passed two resolutions related to CETA at its 2012 convention — one directed at the BC government asking the province to exempt BC municipalities from the agreement, and the second directed at the federal government to preserve the right of local governments to use public contracts to create jobs in their local communities.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities also developed a list of principals for the federal government to apply to CETA and other trade deals, which includes consultation and communication during the negotiations.
Cormack had doubts about what more a local resolution would add. He said if the UBCM's request for exemptions isn't being honoured, one coming from Nelson alone would likely be ignored too.
Furthermore, he didn't think European companies would even be interested in bidding on contracts in a small place like Nelson.
"Maybe if we were Toronto or Burnaby, we might be putting up contracts that would interest overseas bidders," Cormack said. "When we're talking about the contract for an $8 million building in Nelson, I don't think a company based in France is going to be interested in it."
Cormack explained that all contracts of a certain value are posted on the BC Bids website, which Alberta companies could bid on — but they never do. He couldn't recall any local contracts being awarded to out of province companies.
"When the economy's good and things are booming, we actually struggle to get anyone to bid on our projects," Cormack said.
Still, councillors wanted to go forward with development of a motion.
"I feel it's better to opt out of it and cover our bases," Councillor Robin Cherbo said.
Councillor Donna Macdonald agreed, comparing this motion to one she introduced last year asking council to support the decriminalizing marijuana and the Stop the Violence campaign.
"It was important for council to support that motion even after it had been adopted by the UBCM," she said.
Another federal issue that council took a stand on last year was the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project. Council supported a motion to formally oppose the building of the pipeline. That motion was brought forward by Batycki at the request the group Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC.
Batycki said it's council's job to take on issues of concern to local residents.
Councillor Paula Kiss agreed.
"I'm concerned about this not just as a councillor, but as a Canadian," Kiss said.
Many councillors mentioned that the secrecy surrounding the negotiations was concerning them, and asked staff to include for wording in the motion to ask for more transparency.
The council unanimously supported bringing the motion to a council meeting to be voted on.


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I hate housework. It's horrible. Some days I think I'd rather have my head shaved then be made to clean my house. At least having my head shaved would be quick and painless.
Most days I work under the theory that messes should be cleaned in order of importance. For instance, if it isn't flammable, obstructing my path to the refrigerator or classify as a biohazard, it can stay where it is until I manage to clean up the things that are.
I like to think of it as a process. Baby steps, if you will.
The other day I was in my son's room. It looked a little bit like a nuclear bomb had gone off in there and I announced it was time to clean. In response to this happy declaration, he made a noise that sounded like a cross between an angry cat and a chainsaw. Then, the lawyer in him came out and I was forced to state my case as only a mother can.
His argument?
He wouldn't be able to find anything after it was done. He actually walked over to a GI Joe that was laying in the floor, picked it up, and explained to me that if he cleaned his room, he may never see his GI Joe again.
Who was I to keep that poor, pitiful child from his GI Joe? A GI Joe that had probably sat there, untouched, since his birth?
I asked him, once he put his things up, how he wouldn't remember where they were?
His reply?
"Once I clean all this junk up, I'll be too tired to remember where it all is."
I'll give him credit. This made perfect sense to me, even though I couldn't say so out loud.
A mother must always been on guard when considering agreeing with the logic of her children. .
I counter-argued my case by telling him that I wouldn't be a good mom if I allowed my son to be buried alive under a mountain of action figures, candy wrappers and video games. When this didn't do the trick, I simply informed him that if he didn't get off his rear and help his mother clean, his Wii might just end up in one of my garbage bags on accident.
We did finally get his room cleaned up. All it took was a box of industrial sized trash bags, a gas mask, a pair of steel toed boots, earplugs to keep his moans and groans from deafening me, and of course, the patience that only a mother who really, really….really, loves her child can have.
Those pictures you see from the 50's of perfectly made up, high heeled housewives vacuuming the carpet fascinate me. I can barely walk from the car into a building three feet away in heels, let alone vacuum.
And who wears a dress to clean house you tell me? Unless a moo-moo counts as a dress, count me out.
I like to think of myself as quite the modern day lady. You'll not see me taking the June Cleaver approach to housework and raising a family.
I work, therefore, my version of Ward and the Beav need to chip in on the chores. I think it's a nice, diplomatic approach to getting things done.
For those of you who can hire a housekeeper, I have only this to say to you-I hate you. No, really, I do. I just don't think we can be friends. Unless of course, you're in a giving mood and might want to let me borrow said housekeeper; maybe then we could work something out.
Both my husband and my son are pretty good about helping out when I ask. I like to pretend they do it because they love me. No doubt that has a little to do with it. Mostly, I'm thinking it's because they don't want hear me complain when they don't.
Whatever the reason is, I'll take it.
A clean house makes you feel better. It's a truth you just can't escape. Unless you're the next candidate for an episode of "Hoarders", everyone is a little less stressed out when you're not surrounded by your own dirt.
We're busy people, all of us. So long as we're not living in mounds of garbage and our houseguests can find a seat not made up of last week's pizza box, I think we're doing just fine.
Until next week, remember: A newspaper can only cover spills that are proportionate to the size of the newspaper itself.
Mandi Hayes-Spencer is a columnist for The Greenup County Beacon and author of the upcoming series The Crantz Chronicles. She lives in Flatwoods, Kentucky with her husband and son.


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High School 'Girls Who Code' Graduate Program at Goldman Sachs
Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization that helps high school girls explore academic and career opportunities in technology fields, recently had 20 of its students complete its intensive 8-week Immersion Program at Goldman Sachs.
During the full-time program, the girls received hands-on experience in programming fundamentals including web development and design, and mobile development. In addition to meeting women who work in the Technology Division of the firm to learn about what they do, each student was assigned a mentor from the firm's Women in Technology network and received individualized support and advice. Helping these girls to envision the possibilities of further study and careers in the field "is a transformative experience for our young women," says Kristen Titus, executive director of Girls Who Code.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (and baby Suri!) are returning home from their honeymoon, rested after their lavish nuptials in Rome. Katie is in step with the island spirit in her floral halter, and Suri is adorable as ever in her all-white. But Tom . . .he looks like he might subconsciously be taking fashion cues from his new bride — his black buttondown under white blazer is awfully remiscent of Katie's black and white suit that she wore in Paris in October. Is it just part of married life to blend your styles, or should Tom stick to his own taste? Tell us: What do you think of Tom's look?
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text: Show Hide image Politics 16 July 2012 UK car insurance prices drop 7.1 per cent in the second quarter But men are still paying £110 more than women on average. Sign up for our weekly email * Driven by competition, the average cost of car insurance in the UK fell by 7.1 per cent to £797 in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new index compiled by the price comparison website Confused.com and Towers Watson, a global consulting firm. Despite the decline and impending gender directive implementation, men are still paying on average £110 more than women and drivers aged between 17 and 20 are being quoted comprehensive premiums of £2,491. The average price for 17-to-20-year-old male drivers in Manchester/Merseyside is £5,394, while in central Scotland, they are quoted a more modest £2,999. Young male drivers aged 20 or younger in inner London can expect to pay an average of £5,330 per year. Regionally, the west of England has seen the biggest fall in prices, as average premiums for comprehensive cover dropped by 10.5 per cent year on year. The largest year-on-year price drop of 10.5 per cent was recorded for 21-year-olds. Gareth Kloet, head of car insurance at Confused.com, said: Competition between car insurance providers is currently very high, which means it's a great time to get a deal on your car insurance. At Confused.com we have more than 130 insurers competing for customers and so drivers can benefit from this competitive market by shopping around. When it comes to men versus women, any gender differences have to be factored out of quotations after December this year and so other factors such as the type of car you drive and the distances you expect to cover will become more important in the quote process. We anticipate that drivers will continue to reduce their annual mileage as a result of high motoring costs and seek cheaper vehicles in their search for more affordable cover. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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From geek to chic: 'We're the cool programmers'
A new brotherhood is springing up, but girls may not feel so welcome.
Danilo Stern-Sapad writes code for a living, but don't call him a geek.
He wears sunglasses and blasts 2Pac while programming. He enjoys playing Battle Shots - like the board game Battleship with liquor - at the office. He and his fellow coders at Los Angeles start-up BetterWorks are lavished with attention by technology industry recruiters desperate for engineering talent.
"We got invited to a party in Malibu where there were naked women in the hot tub," said Stern-Sapad, 25. "We're the cool programmers."
Tech's latest boom has generated a new, more testosterone-fueled breed of coder, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its March 5 edition. Sure, the job still requires enormous brainpower, yet today's engineers are drawn from diverse backgrounds, and many eschew the laboratory intellectualism that prevailed when semiconductors ruled Silicon Valley.
"I don't need to wear a pocket protector to be a programmer," says John Manoogian III, a software engineer and entrepreneur.
At some start-ups the pendulum has swung so far in the other direction that it's given rise to a new title: brogrammer. A portmanteau of the fraternity "frat"-house moniker "bro" and "programmer," the term has become the subject of a Facebook group joined by more than 21,000 people; the name of a series of hacker get-togethers in Austin, Texas; the punch line for online ads; and the topic of a humorous discussion on question-and-answer site Quora titled "How does a programmer become a brogrammer?" (One pointer: Drink Red Bull, beer and "brotein" shakes.)
'Much more sociable'
"There's a rising group of developers who are much more sociable and like to go out and have fun, and I think brogramming speaks to that audience," said Gagan Biyani, co-founder and president of Udemy, a start-up that offers coding lessons on the web.
One popular online video featured Brooklyn-based programmer Rob Spectre giving a presentation titled "Learn Brogramming the Hard Way".
"It's entirely a joke," said Spectre, who works at the start-up Twilio. "Developers by nature are not super confrontational 'Jersey Shore' types, which is why we find brogramming so funny."
There's also an audience that has been left out of the joke. Women made up 21 per cent of all programmers in the US in 2010, down from 24 per cent in 2000, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Turned off
Anything that encourages the perception of tech as being male-dominated is likely to contribute to this decline, said Sara Chipps, founder of Girl Develop It, a series of software-development workshops in several cities including Sydney.
"This brogramming thing would definitely turn off a lot of women from working" at start-ups, said Chipps.
A poster recently displayed at a Stanford University career fair by Klout, a social-media analytics company, tried to woo computer-science graduates by asking: "Want to bro down and crush code? Klout is hiring."
Chipps's response: "No. I don't want to bro down. I can't imagine that a girl would see that and say, 'I totally want to do that, it sounds awesome.'"
Klout chief executive officer Joe Fernandez said the sign was just a joke, and "definitely not meant to be an exclusionary thing," and that the company hired a female programmer at the fair. At the University of Pennsylvania, a computer science club had to back down from plans to wear T-shirts saying "Brogrammer" to a school festival when female members objected to it.
Resident bro
In business, the brogramming culture seems to be confined to smaller outfits, said Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, the first female engineer at mobile ad start-up AdMob. When the company was bought by Google in 2010, she was surrounded by a more diverse team of programmers.
"The frat-boy mentality among engineering men is a little more pronounced in the start-up world than in the more mature organisations," she said.
While a few start-ups such as BetterWorks, which has an engineer population of 14 men and one woman, may be overrun by bros, at most others the trend is confined to a few.
At Santa Monica, California-based Gravity, engineering director Jim Plush is referred to as the "resident brogrammer," and has affixed his computer monitor to a treadmill so he can exercise two to three hours a day while programming. At Justin.tv in San Francisco, co-founder Justin Kan rides a motorcycle to work and listens to Swedish dubstep music on his headphones.
"It's not like a frat house," Kan said. "My desk is the brogramming lounge."
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PITTSBURGH — American Eagle Outfitters has agreed to a mutual termination of its license agreement in China, Hong Kong and surrounding markets with Dickson Concepts (International) Limited. Consistent with its long-term global expansion strategy and the importance of this market, the company took the opportunity to exit its agreement and will assume operation of six existing stores in China and Hong Kong.
"As we look toward future global expansion, Greater China presents an important growth market with sizeable economic potential, where a company-owned model is preferred for our brands. We thank Dickson Poon and his team for their contributions these past few years," said CEO, Robert Hanson. "Our global expansion plans include a blend of company-owned stores, joint ventures and licensed agreements. We believe this approach will provide the very best brand and product driven omni-channel customer experience, while also providing strong returns to our shareholders."
American Eagle Outfitters will be opening company-owned stores in Mexico and licensed stores in the Philippines beginning this month, and has successfully licensed stores in Japan, Russia, Eastern Europe, Israel and the Middle East. American Eagle Outfitters currently has international presence in 13 countries and ships online to 77 countries.


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Shivering Isles Q&A at Atomic Gamerposted by Dark0ne Game NewsAtomic Gamer have snatched Bruce Nesmith away from the Bethesda studios for a short while to talk about the upcoming expansion for Oblivion; Shivering Isles. Here's a snippet:
Jeff: Is Sheogorath going to be playing some sick jokes here like he did in Oblivion?
Bruce: He's got a few tricks up his sleeves. Early on he forces you to experience the Mania and Dementia for yourself. After all, you need personal experience with these things if you are going to serve Sheogorath. He also has a tendency to ramble on about cheese. To say any more would be to give away the plot.
Jeff: The downloadable content has been great so far, but there have also been some excellent user-made mods. Do you have any favorites? Are thereany mods where the development team went, "We need to do something like this in Shivering Isles"?
Bruce: I don't personally use any of the user-made mods, but I've seen a numberof them on other people's machines. There is a great mod that customizes the inventory interface to allow for smaller type. The mod that replaces all the distant landscape objects with the up close, higher res versions produces some amazing views, although you need a very high end machine to run it. That said, no, there really wasn't anything we saw and felt the need to include or replicate in Shivering Isles.
I look forward to seeing what the user community comes up with for the Shivering Isles.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Unemployment rates rose in 45 of West Virginia's 55 counties in May.
WorkForce West Virginia says the jobless rate in Pocahontas County rose to 12.3 percent, the highest in the state.
Monongalia County has the state's lowest unemployment rate at 4.2 percent, followed by Pendelton at 4.5 percent and Taylor at 4.7 percent.
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As I walked out of the studio on the final day of the studio's Fall Fitness Challenge, I felt elated, strong, and a little emotional! In fact, I almost "lost it" during the last set of push-ups!
I had been reflecting during class about the many new Bar friends I was making and about how strong my body had become. Even 3 push-ups were incredibly difficult when I started 8 months ago. And thigh sets included violent shaking and inner desperation to force very weak muscles to perform.
One instructor corrected me during the set saying, "Debby, don't hang onto the bar." Ha! But I was hanging on for dear life knowing that if I let go, I would collapse to the floor in embarrassment! I would look to the door for escape, or worse, think that if I made it through this class, I'd never come back!
My workout history included running, power-walking, and yoga. I enjoyed the runner's high when I was young but in recent years even brisk walking seemed to beat up my frame. With aging I had developed some spinal stenosis in my neck and mild degenerative discs in my back. Daily there was a stiff neck and backache to deal with.
I turned to yoga which I loved and it helped me greatly with my flexibility. However, I still sustained occasional injuries from assuming a pose my body did not have the strength to perform. AND…I was still 10 lbs. overweight, lethargic, and generally just feeling old. My husband and I are empty-nesters with 3 wonderful sons, a great daughter-in-law, and a full life. So I thought it was time to just accept that this was how a woman's body feels at age 58.
Ok, but the stubborn muffin-top? Surely I didn't have to live with that!! Even losing a few pounds didn't rid me of it! I finally asked my savvy fitness-careered daughter-in-law what exercises I could do to tighten my core. She said The Bar Method had opened in Plano and that I should go. She said I'd love it.
Not exactly. I loved the aesthetics of the studio, the routine, the music, and the feminine form present there. But after each weekly Level 1 class I could barely walk to my car on jelly legs! I hadn't realized how out of shape I was. But the next week I'd give myself a pep talk and go back. I admired Marin and all the instructors who were so warmly welcoming and even worked out alongside the newbies! Little by little, my body started building strength. I increased my attendance to 3 times a week by my 3rd month, and set my goal to 4 times a week for the Fall Fitness Challenge.
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