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• Posted Friday Shift to Walter Circulation
  Hey all! This Friday my mom is having a dinner party at Coffman for my 21st birthday! Unfortunately though the dinner is scheduled for 6-9 and I work 5-9 that day. If anyone could cover that shift for me I...
• Posted Saturday Shift to Walter Circulation
  Hey guys, I am trying to take a trip to Madison this weekend if anyone can cover my saturday shift! It's entirely desk duty and it is not usually very busy. Also, I am actually looking to drop this shift...
• Posted Shift This Friday to Walter Circulation
  Hey guys, I'm going out of town this weekend for a family trip and really need my 3-6 shift this Friday taken if someone can switch for it! I have a flight that morning so let me know if you...
• Posted Permanent Shift Switch to Walter Circulation
  Hey guys, I recently acquired a position in a research lab but unfortunately the time I'm needed in lab I am currently scheduled to work. The shift is 3-8 on Tuesdays and if anyone would want to make a permanent...
• Commented on Two Weekend Shifts Available
  thanks but I just received an email that the race has been moved to the following weekend on April 23. Are you still available for that weekend?...
• Posted Two Weekend Shifts Available to Walter Circulation
  Hey Guys, I have a couple of regattas coming up for the university's rowing team that I will have to miss work for. My weekend shift is on Saturdays from 1pm-7pm and is almost entirely at either the basement of...
• Commented on Obesity in the Workplace
  I agree this article also uses the comparison between weight discrimination and racial discrimination effectively to show its point, especially in regards to Donald Trump's offensive comment. I believe there are very few jobs in which being overweight would create...
• Posted Extreme Weight Loss In the Military to Fat Nation
  http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/army-extreme-weight-loss-120510w/ I stumbled upon this link on CNN's website and was quite surprised by how similar reports of extreme weight loss tactics to meet military weight guidelines are to what models use to lose weight. The article states that soldiers are using diuretics and laxatives to lower the amount of fluid weight in there bodies and in some cases even resorting to liposuction to "save their careers." Soldiers resort to such weight loss solutions because...
• Posted While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales to Fat Nation
  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us/07fat.html?_r=1 While browsing through the New York times website, I came across the above article that talks about the government program known as Dairy Management, which is a program within the Department of Agriculture. The article specifically addresses the recent deals that the Dairy Management program has made to promote cheese consumption with companies such as Dominoes and Taco Bell. These deals consist of money being given to these companies in exchange for their commitment...
• Commented on Weight Loss Surgery Best Option For Overweight Teens?
  I'm much more inclined after reading the article to be in support of the view that batriatric surgery on teenagers is way to early for such a drastic measure. Although the participants had greater weight loss over two years than...
• Commented on Farmers Markets Feign Produce
  I think if we are looking for an example of how to find food that is truly organic, we need to look no further than Joel Salatin from "The Omnivore's Dilemna". If we took his advice the problem of making...
• Commented on Digital Trainers
  When I first read this post, my immediate reaction was that the idea of needing "robots" to tell us what to eat was straight out of an Orwellian science fiction novel. However when I followed the link I saw that...