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SMYRNA, TENN. -- Chris Young's pain is in his wrists. It started about a year ago -- at first a numbness, and then sharp pains, all the way up to his elbow. He'd injured the left wrist in a long-ago motorcycle accident, but it didn't act up again until he spent months moving heavy pieces of metal, again and again, at Nissan's manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn. Managers transferred him off that part of the line. Still, there's no way to make it stop completely.
The month of February had been particularly painful for Young. Nissan was scrambling to fill orders before the end of the fiscal year on March 1, ordering ten hour shifts on Saturdays and Sundays -- that meant getting up at three in the morning to drive the 45 miles from his home to the plant, for weeks on end with scarcely a break. A couple years ago, Young had gotten into a car crash, after dozing off at the while during a similarly intense run.
"No one's really worried about the fact that you're so exhausted from working seven days a week, you're dependent on some drug to stay awake, or dependent on some drug to go asleep, or for pain," he says, relaxing after shift on an L-shaped leather couch at the home he rents in Columbia. His 37-year-old body is powerful, built like a football player's, but no longer impervious. "That's the most common thing people are addicted to. And everybody I work with has some type of pain, whether it's hands, fingers, back, feet, something."
Young doesn't actually work for Nissan -- he works for Yates Services, an in-house contractor that's hired thousands of people over the past few years to ramp up production as people started buying vehicles again. It's a big difference.
Yates is like a company within a company, with separate bulletin boards and rules and procedures. The bona fide Nissan employees are easily recognizable through their logoed shirts, which Yates workers don't receive. And the disparity isn't just symbolic. Yates pays between $10 and $18 an hour, which is about half what Nissan employees make. Plus, the gap in benefits is wide. Back at home, Young pulls out a crumpled sheet of paper from the company that lays out the differences and pokes at the two columns with his finger.
"I build the same Infiniti SUV that Bob does," says Young, referring to a hypothetical Nissan worker. "Bob is able to lease a vehicle, I cannot. Long term disability? Bob gets that, I do not. I can provide this much for my family when I die. Bob can double his base. But Bob and I are on the same line, busting our butts."
More than anything, working for Yates means that Young can't live an adult life: Can't get a mortgage, can't say no to overtime, can't save for retirement, can't take a sick day, can't be confident he'll have a job next week or next month.
And Nissan, the first of many foreign automakers to set up shop in Tennessee, is leading a trend. Companies from Amazon to Asurion to Dell have outsourced their warehouses and call centers to the hundreds of staffing agencies that have cropped up in the region. Tennessee went from having 51,867 temporary workers in 2009 to 80,990 in 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- while median wages have stayed flat. That accounts for nearly all of Tennessee's job growth since the recession, and makes up 3.61 percent of all jobs in the state, second only to South Carolina. In Tennessee's burgeoning manufacturing industry, it's even higher, going from 15 percent of all jobs in 2002 to 26 percent in 2012.
As a result of Nissan's hiring blitz over the past few years, Rutherford County has an unemployment rate that's the envy of the South. Tennessee's political leadership holds it up as a shining example of success in the global economy -- the return of American manufacturing after decades of decline, and the future of work for those left jobless by globalization and technological change.
But in order to stay competitive with Nissan's plants all over the world, that work has come at a deep discount. And the communities it creates will be far from the picket fence idyll of decades past. Young's fiancee Marie* has to take care of almost everything for the four children they share from previous relationships, while Young builds cars.
"I don't see how they can make you work seven days a week," says Marie, quietly, eyes wide, before taking the kids out to pick up fast food for dinner.
"If you don't want to do it, you clean out your locker and go somewhere else," Young tells her. "It's 'you make it work, so and so did it, so you can do it.' And that's the end of the story."
To understand what Nissan means to Smyrna, you need to realize that Nissan built Smyrna. It was Tennessee's first major investment by a foreign automaker, and has since attracted a constellation of suppliers that support thousands more jobs. Since the plant opened in 1983, the town has grown from an 8,000-person whistlestop to a sprawling patchwork of parkways and subdivisions and strip malls, population 41,000. And in the plant's first two decades, getting a Nissan job was like winning the lottery.
"Most of the time, if I have a Nissan shirt on, people think I have a new Nissan parked outside," Young says. "They think you're making good money." (In reality, he drives a 2001 Cavalier with 200,000 miles on it, and lives in a neighborhood of largely subsidized rentals on the other side of a trailer park from the highway.)
Then came Nissan's brush with bankruptcy in 2001, and a turnaround plan that involved new models and much lower production costs. It started introducing temps into front office functions, and in 2007 and 2008 did two buyouts in quick succession, reducing its permanent workforce by about a third. As demand returned, it started to backfill production jobs with contractors too -- first on the "pick line," where workers run parts up to assembly, and then throughout the plant. The company won't say what proportion of its 7,000-person workforce is supplied by staffing agencies, but multiple reports from current and former employees indicate it's easily a majority.
It's hard to tease out the effect of the new temp employment base from that of the recession generally. But given the low unemployment rate, residents should have more disposable income. Instead, title loan and check cashing places have proliferated. It's not hard to see why: On his $32,000 a year salary, Young has to pay for rent, gas, food, and all the things school-aged kids need to feel normal -- soccer uniforms, dance classes, and musical instruments. Marie used to help out, but stopped working because daycare cost more than what she was making as a bartender.
Young knows he could earn more doing maintenance at the plant, but that would mean working crazy hours, and never seeing his family -- it took him three years to work up to a job on first shift, which starts early and gets out in the afternoon. "First shift, it gives you the opportunity to have a life," says Young. "You get to come home and sleep, you get to come home and put your kids to bed, you get to come home and eat with your family."
"It's like sacrificing watching your children grow up for the extra money just doesn't seem worth it," Marie adds.
Young has one hope of a better life at Nissan: The company says it only used the contractors to staff up quickly after the recession, and wants to transition more of them into full-fledged Nissan positions once they prove themselves worthy (executives recoil at the word "temp," insisting that even the contract jobs are long term). But the process can seem painfully slow and elusive, requiring near-perfect attendance, a squeaky clean record, and a decent helping of luck. Young figures he may already have ruined his chance, having missed a few days to show up for court dates to fight for custody of his son. When his review came up for a Nissan job, his supervisor warned him the absences wouldn't look good.
"I'm like, 'what am I supposed to do? That's my son,'" Young says. "If he's got to let me go, he's got to let me go. All I got to do is miss that, and it looks like, what type of father am I?"
Besides, even for the few hundred a year that are elevated from Yates to Nissan, it's not the plum job their parents might have known -- the benefits are less generous, the top-out pay not as high. That's the automotive standard now, pressured downwards by wages in Mexico, and even matched by the Detroit car companies whose unions have conceded to a two-tiered wage system, with newcomers starting out at a lower rate.
Perhaps to compensate, Nissan has done more in recent years to sprinkle assistance through Smyrna in other ways, helping to fund things like a stage for a summer concert that draws thousands of people.
Susan Gulley, a former Nissan temp herself who left to start an arts venue and cafe in the two-block-long historic downtown -- which gets help from Nissan too -- likens the strategy to a family that's cut back on big expenses in favor of smaller, feel-good indulgences.
"Sometimes when you're limited in your budget because of recent changes, you do more family oriented things," she says. "You go on picnics, you spend less money but you spend more quality time together. It's not that expensive to get involved, and they know a little bit of help could go a long way."
SEE Graph on Temps in Manufacturing here
Despite Smyrna's frustration with outsourcing, Nissan workers have twice rejected one thing that might have been able to slow its rise: A labor union.
The United Auto Workers, weakened by the flow of auto jobs to the unorganized South, held elections at the plant in 1989 and 2001. The last one failed by a 2-1 margin, after an intense company campaign against the union, including a personal video message from CEO Carlos Ghosn that beamed out to all workers warning them that the company might invest elsewhere in the future if the plant were to organize.
Ten years later, the UAW started trying again, figuring that the worsening conditions might provide an opening. Unlike with Nissan's plant in Canton, Miss. -- where a community group led by local ministers has organized under the slogan "Lead us not into Temp-nation" -- the campaign has gained little traction.
To learn why, talk to Republican state representative Mike Sparks. He grew up in town, worked in the Whirlpool and Coca Cola plants nearby, and was thrilled to land a job on the Nissan assembly line, where he stayed for eight years before starting his own used car sales business. He identifies with the working man -- "I don't feel a calling to speak up for the person with the country club membership," he likes to say, in a stream of banter studded with biblical references -- and thinks using temp labor is a betrayal of Nissan's Kaizen management philosophy of "continuous improvement."
"If you've got somebody and they're not part of the family, part of the team, how do you get things equally yoked?" Sparks asks, after pulling out a book on Kaizen, which Nissan drilled into employees while he worked there. "If you've got two oxen pulling in one direction, you know what's gonna happen, there's a old term my dad used to use, it's called cattywompus. Cattywompus is like crooked, which will adversely affect quality."
What's more, Sparks thinks depressed wages are taking their toll on the local economy. "If we continue on the path we're on, we're going to going to see more apartments, more free and reduced lunch, more title loan businesses," Sparks says.
But a union? Gracious no -- Sparks is convinced Nissan would pick up stakes and leave Smyrna altogether, to say nothing of other automakers that might be interested in Tennessee, which is why he also opposed the union's recent failed campaign at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. "If UAW gets a foothold, they'll go to Alabama, they'll go to Georgia, they'll go to Mississippi," he says.
Instead, Sparks wants to make future monetary assistance depend on better behavior -- the state built the roads to the plant for Nissan back in the 1980s, and has given the company more than half a billion dollars since 2000 in subsidies and tax incentives, according to the watchdog non-profit Good Jobs First. So, perhaps no more training grants or new state-subsidized infrastructure.
But that's probably a non-starter in a Republican-controlled legislature that just last month threatened to withhold tax incentives from Volkswagen if its plant in Chattanooga went union -- the likelihood of any legal curbs on Nissan's outsourcing looks slim. Now, it's just the norm, says Bill Canak, a professor of sociology at Middle Tennessee State University, just down the road in Murfreesboro.
"It sets a standard in the labor market, if employers can say well Nissan's only paying that, and they're a world-class organization."
There is small corps of union supporters within the plant. Like many in the pro-UAW camp, Chris Young is there because unions are a known quantity. His mother worked for General Motors her whole life, and raised him in upstate New York comfortably on her single salary. Once, he asked in his annual luncheon -- one of the few opportunities employees have to ask questions of upper management -- why the company's plants are unionized everywhere other than the U.S. "It works there," the answer came. "It's different."
"To myself I'm like, 'we make Nissan vehicles,'" Young remembers. "People make them. It's not different."
Young knows that speaking up about the union is probably the other thing that's already nixed his chance at a Nissan job -- but also that the company wouldn't want to make him a martyr by firing him. Still, Marie tries to hide his UAW shirt sometimes before he goes to work. "I admire the fact that you won't let them bully you, but at the same time, we depend on that," she says.
And she knows how most Yates workers feel about the idea. While she was bartending in town, where lots of Yates workers have settled for the low cost of living, she would ask workers what they thought of the idea of the union. "They were like, you can't even speak union, they'll walk you to the door," Marie says.
Sometimes, Young thinks about going to work at the General Motors plant just down the road in Spring Hill, which is unionized. But even there, he'd be starting with no seniority, and probably have to take a shift that would give him even less time with his family. So instead, he'll stay at Yates, for as long as his body holds up, while the 20-somethings around him flush in and out.
That's what so much of the modern manufacturing economy looks like: Good enough money to live on, but without the other comforts that used to come with a middle-class job, and no reason for an employer to offer them up.
* Name has been changed to protect the childrens' anonymity
Lydia DePillis is a reporter focusing on business policy, including lobbying, government contracting, and international trade, with a bit of urban affairs and infrastructure on the side. She was previously a staff writer at The New Republic and the Washington City Paper.


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Right Through Sunday, I'm Bidin' My Time: Graeme catches up on some books./
With vacation less than a week away - I know, you're all as excited at the prospect of two weeks without me as I am at the prospect of two weeks in Europe - I'm clearing out the piles of things that've been waiting for me to review them for long times. Let's start by being girlcrazy today, huh?
CLUBBING: I keep seeing this referred to as the worst of the Minx books so far, and I think I'm on Earth-2. Don't get me wrong; Josh Howard's art is spectacularly unsuitable and almost sinks the book on its own, but I really, really enjoyed Andi Watson's writing here. Not only does the bitchy narrator keep the whole thing moving (and avoids learning a life-lesson that makes her all sweetness and light by the end of the book), but the plot itself is a fun mix of over-the-top English stereotypes and League of Gentlemen-esque plot developments. With a different, less-flat, artist, more people would be calling this a solidly Good book, I think.
CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH: Yeah, I really am just working my way through the Minx books. Coming on the heels of Re-Gifters, Mike Carey's second book for the line - this one co-written by his daughter - was pretty much a disappointment for me. The main character seemed too close to the main character from Re-Gifters, and for whatever reason, the plot felt forced and uncomfortable all the way through. It's still Okay, and a lot of that is due to the background chatter and details in the crowd scenes. Huzzah for the first book I can think about based around a blogger, though. At last, a character I can relate to. Insert the emoticon of your choice here.
EVA: DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON: Not a Minx book, but a one-shot with a female lead character nonetheless! Sadly, despite that title, this isn't in any way, shape or form a kung-fu epic. It's also, to be brutally honest, not something that lives up to Jo Chen's lovely painted cover (Interior artist Edgar Salazar is firmly in the generic Top Cow-esque school of midrange Dynamite artists, and his version of the character lacks the personality of Chen's). Brandon Jerwa's script isn't a story per se, but a large chunk of expositionary origin story followed by what feels pretty much like a pilot for an ongoing series, connected by a metatextual framing sequence where writers are looking for a concept for a new monster show for their TV network; it's nothing revolutionary, but there's something Okay about the whole Dracula's-daughter-versus-all-the-classic-movie-monsters set-up nonetheless. Give me a better artist and more humor in the writing and I'd check out a potential ongoing.
GOOD AS LILY: Talking about disconnects between beautiful covers and completely different interiors, Derek Kirk Kim's cover for this book is completely unlike Jesse Hamm's scratchier-but-not-unattractive work inside, and the comparison it sets up seems somewhat unfair; I spent the entire book wondering how Kim's more cartoony, attractive characters would've looked in the same scenes. Storywise, there's a good concept here that feels like it's waiting to become a big Hollywood movie a la "Big" or "13 Going On 30," but the resolution seemed both too pat and confusing - Exactly why did all the Graces come together at the same time anyway, and what was the event that made each of them go home? That they were happy? That they'd imparted a particular lesson to the main Grace? Don't get me wrong; this is a Good book, but I wanted more, somehow.
Am I the only one following - and enjoying - the Minx line? What do the rest of you think of these books?

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Beginning September 27, 2018 the new Hangouts Chat will be available for all NC State G Suite users.
You're probably familiar with Hangouts as a product that allowed both chat and video calls from within the Gmail interface. In order to better focus on those two functionalities, Google has split the service into two separate products (Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat) and is working to extend their functionality. Hangouts Meet was enabled late Spring 2018 and Chat in Fall 2018. While Google has announced that these new items will replace classic Hangouts completely, no official time line has been announced.
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Classic Hangouts
Classic Hangouts chat and Hangouts video calls will be available for use until support ends from Google.
Classic Hangouts chat will still be available for NC State users in the following instance:
- If classic Hangouts chat is enabled in the user's Gmail Interface.
- To turn off classic Chat and use the new Chat client once available, select the Settings Gear in Gmail's Inbox, then choose Settings and choose "Chat Off" from the Chat tab. Visit the G Suite Learning Center to learn how to enable the new Chat.
Classic Hangouts video calls will still be available in the following instances:
- If starting a video call from classic Hangouts chat
- If added to a previously scheduled recurring Calendar meeting with Hangout attached –
- We strongly encourage meeting managers to update recurring Calendar meetings to include a new Hangouts Meet in these instances.
- For more information on the difference between classic Hangouts and Hangouts Meet, visit the G Suite Learning Center.
Hangouts Meet
Meet replaces Classic Hangouts video calls with no option to switch back.
Product Highlights
- Up to 25 participants
- Dial-in phone number and dial-out capability
- Allow external invitees with one click (no Gmail account required).
- Supported platforms: Chrome or Firefox web browser, Android, iOS, Hangouts Meet hardware / Chrome devices for Meetings
- Join meetings via web browser, Google calendar, Meeting link URL, Hangouts Chat, etc. See Join a Video Meeting for additional information on joining meetings.
- Screen sharing and screencasting
- Ability to send chat messages in video meeting
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- Only works with Google Chrome and Firefox browsers and mobile apps available for iOS and Android
- Cannot direct add/invite from within the meeting, instead must share a link via chat, email, or other means
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NC State users can currently start or join a Hangouts Meet by:
- Visiting meet.google.com
- Adding a Hangouts Meet to the Conferencing field in Google Calendar events.
For more information about Hangouts Meet, see the G Suite Learning Center.
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Whether in a 1:1 chat or a dedicated group workspace, the new Chat makes it easy to collaborate with your team in an organized way. Share and discuss Docs, Sheets, and Slides all in one place.
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Direct Messages are private conversations you can send to one or more individuals. These messages are private conversations between you and other people. Once a direct message is initiated, no additional participants may be added, so the conversation remains private.
From the new Chat client available via a web browser or stand alone apps for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, you can easily communicate via text, send a file, share a document from Google Drive or easily start a Hangouts Meet session with all participants in the message. You can edit previous messages and add formatting for added clarification.
|Retention: Per OGC, Direct Messages will have history off by default. This means that new conversations are permanently deleted in 24 hours. Individual users may turn history on for a particular direct message, however, all parties must agree to have history on.
Users should avoid discussing the following topics in Hangouts Chat:
With Chat, a new mechanism for communicating is available called rooms. Rooms exist as places where you and your team can communicate, share files and other online resources and work together on tasks.
Conversations are organized into different conversation threads in rooms, so you and your team can discuss multiple subjects at the same time. Rooms are persistent, so you can easily pick up where your team left off to continue the conversation or start a new thread all together.
In addition to inviting individuals, you also have the capability of inviting an existing Google Group to a room. Anyone who is a member of that group will have the option to join a room.
Room chats stay around and their history is persistent and will be handled by Vault.
|Retention: Hangouts Chat Rooms retention is handled via Google Vault and per OGC, will have an 18 month retention period. Retention is calculated on each individual message from the time of original post. For example a message posted on 10/1/2018 would be available until 4/1/2020.
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To learn more about the new Chat along with how to get started collaborating and managing Chat, visit the G Suite Learning Center.
- Currently only available for use between NC State accounts; Chat does not currently support chatting with other G Suite domains.
- Chat room content retention of 18 months and discoverable in Vault
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Cecilia Francisco Policy & Campaign Intern
Cecilia Francisco Carcelén is Spanish and joined the European Women's Lobby in March 2019 as an intern. She studied a BA in Philosophy and a MA in Gender Studies in Spain and the UK. During her studies she volunteered for several organisations working on women's and girls' rights. In 2018 she completed a traineeship at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), carrying out research on gender mainstreaming. Cecilia will support the work of the Policy and Campaigns Hub on feminist economics and gender budgeting.


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5 'Must Have' Players For January
Top 5 Players You Will Need For January
Sponsored by Premier Punt
With lots of players looking to use the second Wildcard in the first few days of the new year it is well worth a look at the teams that have a good chance of success in the first four game weeks of 2016 and more importantly the players that you should be considering for your first 11.
There are two teams that have a particularly good run of fixtures in January and they are Spurs and Man City. Now, I am not suggesting that you completely fill your team with players from these teams but it would certainly make sense to have a good mix of players from these two teams through your squad.
The January Fixtures for Spurs and Man City:
Spurs: Everton (a), Leicester (h), Sunderland (h), Crystal Palace (a)
Man City: Watford (a), Everton (h), Crystal Palace (h), West Ham (a)
So, who are the top 5 players that you need in January?
Kyle Walker – Spurs - £5.1m
Spurs have at least two fixtures in their January run where they have the chance of clean sheets and Kyle Walker represents their cheapest defensive option with regular game time. He loves to attack and already has a goal and an assist to his name this season. The alternative option is Dier but he is slightly more expensive but is playing in midfield so also represents good value.
Dele Alli – Spurs - £5.2m
Another cheap filler for your midfield but one that has already found the back of the net 4 times this season and has assisted 4 goals. Already establishing himself in the top 20 FPL midfielders he is going from strength to strength as he looks to stake his claim for a Euro 2016 place with England. The fixtures for Spurs have goals written all over them and the home games in particular will be a great opportunity for Alli to add to his tally this season.
David Silva – Man City - £10.0m
David Silva was back to his best against Sunderland and he represents slightly better value than Kevin De Bruyne and better consistency than Raheem Sterling. The fixtures for City should give them a good new year run and they will be aiming to claw back some points on those above them come the end of the month.
Silva has the history for assists and although he is lacking on the goals front this season, he has struggled with injury – as long as he comes through the end of 2015 unscathed then he should be top of your January bargain shopping list.
Riyad Mahrez – Leicester City - £7.1m
Leicester have some decent fixtures in January and as long as Mahrez stays at Leicester (which he has said he will) then he is the danger man to continue to damage opposition defences. The leading FPL points scorer simply has to be in your team – the chances are that he already is so don't consider dropping him for a second. Make sure that when making your wildcard changes you don't drop him and then bring him back as you will lose the value you have made.
Sergio Aguero – Man City - £13.1m
Aguero is being gently nursed back to the Man City side by Manuel Pellegrini but by the time their Watford fixture comes around in January he should be fully fit and fighting for his team. Yes, I know Ighalo, Vardy and company have been scoring plenty – but discount the Argentine at your peril. He is not going to reach the heights of 26 goals for the season but I wouldn't bet against 20+ if he stays fit and I will be building my team around him.
If you want even more advice on how to use your wildcard then members can check out our 'how to use your wildcard' article here.


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MEFC DR Mission Trip - Day 3/
Well day 3 is in the books!
We started our day early, leaving for Catalina at 7am. A lot of excitement from the team as we drove there as they have been waiting to see Catalina for quite some time.
The first village we went to for our Isaiah 58 ministry was La Rigola. They were so happy to have us come and share with them! We did puppets and sang songs for the kids... and for the adults we performed a drama and James gave a short sermon. After handing out food we played games with the kids!
After lunch we headed out to another village called San Jose following the same routine. Kevin and Bill commented "how great it is to see our kids getting out of their comfort zones and really engaging with the people here". What a great response from the people who have welcomed us with open arms!
After San Jose we packed meal bags for tomorrow's village and had dinner in Catalina.
Back to hotel where the kids requested ICE CREAM! So we walked, just down the street from the hotel, to a great ice cream place called Bon.
Overall a hot, but action-packed day!
Our day 3 video is below!


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A Sandy Situation
American tourists don't always have the best reputation when it comes to our travels abroad, but one mother-daughter duo visiting Iceland did their darndest in challenging those stereotypes.
According to Lonely Planet, Joanne and Evangelina, of Virginia, traveled to Iceland in January to see the Northern Lights and the renowned black sand beaches of Reynisfjara. So taken were they with the beaches that they took a handful of sand and some black rocks to show the 11-year-old daughter's class back home. It turns out this is forbidden, and when they found out, the two felt so bad they mailed the souvenirs back to the Icelandic Tourism Board, along with a very contrite note (which, we must add, was well received).


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Donate Food & Items
Drop-off donations can be made between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. every Wednesday and Friday, as well as the first and third Saturday of each month. Our address is:
The Santee Food Bank
9715 Halberns Blvd.
Santee, CA 92071
(We are located on the Carlton Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church property.)
What We're Looking For
We accept all food items, including fresh fruit and vegetables. You can also donate baby food and baby care items, as well as unopened personal hygiene products such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toilet tissue, paper towels and the like. We also welcome food and care items for senior residents.
We are always in need of basic food staples, such as peanut butter, which helps provide protein for families with children; cereal for children and our elderly population; canned spaghetti sauce and dry pasta; canned meat, such as tuna, beef and chicken. We always welcome surplus and imperfect food that is safe and edible.
Thank You!
As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the Santee Food Bank depends on the generosity of our community for donations of money, food, baby care items, personal hygiene products and volunteer time. We thank the residents, local businesses and food industry donors who are helping fight hunger in Santee.


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If more acreage is not given out to the "independent" oil operators in Trinidad and Tobago (the small to medium-sized private companies active mainly onshore), then the trajectory of the country's crude oil production will continue to trend downward, with eventual disastrous consequences.
Who says so? None other than a former senior Petrotrin executive, petroleum geologist Wilson Lalla, who now runs his own consultancy, Trinidad Geoscience Consulting Ltd.
He sees ample evidence of production decline and points to figures which clearly illustrate his point.
The country's peak oil production occurred in 1978, reaching 229,527 b/d on average, following the discovery of the east coast offshore Teak, Samaan and Poui oil fields by what was then Amoco Trinidad Oil Co.
But it has been all downhill since then, with production falling to 176,052 b/d on average in 1985, to around 100,000 b/d in 2000 and 66,784 b/d in 2014.
There has been a slight increase so far in 2015, with output averaging 67,191 b/d up to July, but that brings little comfort to Mr. Lalla, who firmly believes that by 2020, "We will be producing something like just over 40,000 barrels per day and, by 2030, 20,000 barrels per day. This has serious implications for the country."
Indeed it does, but Lalla's prognosis does not take certain factors into account, namely success in the three exploration blocks on land awarded in 2014 – Ortoire (Touchstone Exploration), Rio Claro (Lease Operators Ltd.) and St. Mary's (Range Resources).
Together, these blocks represent 63,715 hectares of exploration acreage in the "prospective southern basin," as described by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries. (The Ministry's name has reverted to what it was in previous People's National Movement (PNM) administration.)
The Ministry has been reluctant to suggest the precise resource prospectivity of the three blocks, but the extensive exploratory commitment involved could well lead to the discovery of hydrocarbons, if they exist in the locations where the companies choose to drill.
The bleak scenario suggested by Lalla could also be averted by more drilling by the independents in their existing blocks. The lease operators (LOs), who deal with wells leased to them by state company Petrotrin, have been doing a very commendable job, with crude output averaging 6,086 b/d up to July.
Lalla throws his own support behind the independents, insisting that the state company, which controls all the acreage in nearshore Trinmar and the overwhelming majority on land, hand over much more acreage to the small and medium-sized private operators.
Even with what the LOs, the farmout operators (FOs) and the incremental production service contractors (IPSCs) now have, a greater effort should be put into development and exploratory drilling, he insists.
But this must be done with the use of technology.
"The fields in which Petrotrin and the independents operate are all very mature," the petroleum geologist points out. "Many of them are between 80-100 years old, with others being 50-60 years old and the rest about 40 years old."
"The traditional producing areas are so mature and have produced for so long and so many wells have been drilled that you are unlikely to find big oilfields."
But no matter. Even a 5- to 35-million-barrel discovery could boost current oil output, but it requires the application of technology.
Mature basins in other countries have had a revival thanks to 3-D seismic, which Petrotrin shot in 2012 along with horizontal and multilateral drilling.
"Petrotrin should sell part of the 3-D results to the independents that relate to the areas where they operate, and horizontal drilling should be undertaken as a matter of routine, not on an ad-hoc basis."


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The other day I shot an awesome shoot with Demi-Leigh Cavey.
I'd seen Demi's latest tattoos online and suggested we create some striking, dark and moody imagery.
Demi was an absolute star – even when a group of Sunday cyclists stumbled upon us! I think they got more of a view than they were expecting!
Big thank you to Sam Sumner for the fantastic words that I used to accompany the images…
"I throw my fears and caution to the wind, the ashes of my old self, reborn in the hope of a new day."
"I slip back to my roots, I slip out of my shell, under these azure skies, I feel so at home. I unburden my chest, I unburden my soul, I unburden this longing to go forth and roam."


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If eating cold foods or drinking hot beverages cause your teeth to hurt, you probably have sensitive teeth. In the US, a study revealed that about 40 million adults have sensitive teeth.
The common question among many 'sufferers' is what causes this uncomfortable and prevalent problem? First, a diagnosis must start with your dentist. But we will describe the origin and the most likely causes of this condition.
The origin of dentin hypersensitivity
The innermost part of the tooth is mainly made up of a living material known as dentin. It contains microscopic tubules that are rich in tiny nerve endings. The harder outer layer which we see is the enamel, and it protects the dentine inside the tooth crown. The dentine extends further, down to the root and is protected by the cementum.
According to dentists, discomfort is caused by dentine hypersensitivity or nerve irritation. This occurs when the protective covering (enamel or cementum) over the dentine wears away, therefore exposing the sensitive nerve endings to cold, hot, sticky or acidic foods. And it hurts!
Causes of sensitive teeth
What makes your dentine exposed? The following dental issues may be the reason:
- Using a hard toothbrush and aggressively scrubbing away at your teeth can cause the tooth enamel to wear away.
- If you take a lot of acidic foods such as pickles, coffee, strong citrus fruits; they can erode your teeth.
- Other things like broken teeth and worn leaky fillings can expose your dentin
- Receded gums can expose the root surface to wear
- People who grind their teeth habitually are also prone to sensitive teeth
- Post dental treatment sensitivity- This common but fleeting condition usually occurs after a procedure such as crown filling or tooth bleach. However, it soon repairs itself.
Preliminary dental treatment
The first thing to do when you discover you have sensitive teeth is visit a dentist. Describe your situation because, while you may experience symptoms for sensitive teeth, it may be attributed to a different ailment. Also, indicate if there is anything that provides relief such as applying warm compresses.
Your dentist may perform further tests to determine the cause of your sensitivity, after which he or she will treat the preliminary cause. The mistake most people make is to provide relief for their discomfort without seeking and correcting the origin of the problem. Therefore, a dentist's solution is important.
Treatment may be as simple as fitting a cavity or changing a worn filling. If the sensitivity is because of worn gums, the dentist can suggest a gum graft by a periodontist.
Using desensitising products
Sometimes, there might be no clear reason for your pain. If this is the case, there are several treatments to help you cope with your sensitivity. Many brands of toothpastes such as Sensodyne and Colgate contain NovaMin which builds a hydroxyapatite-like layer above and within the exposed dentine tubules. They restore the dentine and provide clinically-proven relief. If you are experiencing similar discomfort, instead of self-medicating, see a dentist today.


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After the update to the parrot theme and to upfront yesterday we have not been able to freely move elements. For example, if we create a new blank region that is 800px high and we wish to place a text box at the foot of that region. The element will not stay placed and will return to the top of the region.
We have tried this on two different site and have had the same result.
Also as this update packs a lot of changes to upfront, will documentation for the new version of upfront be released, and when can we expect it?


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Fifty Shades of Pink – 50 Things Parents Do To Embarrass Their Teen
Fifty Shades..
…of pink that is! How much and how often do you embarrass your teen(s)? My most recent embarrassment came when I told the kids I had a movie date with my girlfriends for Sunday night. As much as they love movies, they were initially baffled that I was going to the movies with friends, not them. Imagine that! Then one teen caught on and said; 'You're not going to see THAT movie, are you?' "Yes, children, I am going to see 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and yes, I read all three books and yes, I enjoyed them." Without that movie coming out, I would have never told them! (That would have been my dirty little secret.)
But since the beans were spilled…Gack! They were embarrassed and I could tell right away that the discussion was going to end there. Actually, I think they are going to pretend the conversation never happened and I am pretty sure they aren't going to ask me how the movie was when I get home on Sunday.
What Things Do You Do To Embarrass Your Teen?
I was sure my (3) teens would be happy and willing to spill the beans about being embarrassed by me or their dad when I asked them to contribute to this article, but mercifully, they each only came up with one example. The rest of the 47 shades came from my memory; where their utter looks of embarrassment and disgusted facial expressions are etched forever.
Fifty Shades of Pink
50 Things Parents Do To Embarrass Their Teen
- Showing up at school for lunch
- Showing up at school for an award ceremony
- Showing up at school in the wrong clothes
- Calling their friends' parents
- Befriending their friends' parents
- Asking the teen and friends to 'buckle up' in the car pool.
- Inviting the teens' friends to a 'slumber party' (it's called a sleepover)
- Say 'Yo' or 'Bae'
- 'Friending' their friends on Facebook
- Posting photos of teen on Facebook
- Photo bombing selfies
- Commenting on their Instagram pictures
- 'Liking' their Instagram pictures
- Being on Instagram at all
- Looking too old
- Looking too young
- Looking just – wrong!
- Trying to be cool and hip
- Wearing a bathrobe (in the car pool drop off line)
- Wearing no bathrobe (when friends spend the night)
- Having a bad haircut
- Calling them 'sweetie', 'honey' or other nickname in front of their friends
- Calling the teens friend by their nickname
- Talking in front of their friends
- Drinking in front of their friends
- Dancing in front of their friends
- Singing in front of their friends
- Taking prom pictures
- Talking about sex
- Being affectionate with a spouse
- Asking about teens' love life
- Asking the teens' boyfriend or girlfriend any questions
- Asking about teens' ambitions
- Dropping teen of in front of the school
- Waving and honking the horn when picking the teen up at school
- Making teen wear old clothes
- Making teen wear new clothes
- Making teen dress up for church
- Discussing a blockbuster movie
- Discussing hit songs
- Referencing old movies
- Referencing old hit songs
- Referencing the 80's (or 90's)
- Yelling at them in public
- Waving to strangers
- Talking to strangers
- Putting a love note in teens lunch
- Telling baby stories about teen
- Putting baby pictures up in the house
- Watching '50 Shades of Grey'
Come on, do you have anything to add to this list? I've laid it all out, for anyone to see. Spill the beans; Do you embarrass your teen?
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A youth-focused firefighting program is helping to turn local youths into career-driven firefighters and paramedics, and one of the county's incoming men began his career at the age of 14 as a volunteer with this program.
The Explorer Program through Colleton County Fire-Rescue (CCFR) is open to male and female youth in the county, who are from the ages 14-18. It teaches youth the ins-and-outs of the fire-rescue system, from how to use a fire truck to introductory EMT and on-site rescues. The volunteer program is a feeder into Colleton County Fire-Rescue, but it also taps into the state's "Learning for Life" program.
"The 'Learning for Life' program is allows the explorers to start taking South Carolina Fire Academy classes at the age of 16. There are over 20 classes they can take either online or in the traditional classroom, as Explorers," said Scott Feather, who oversees the Explorer Program through CCFR. Feather is also a Battalion Chief with Colleton County Fire-Rescue.
"The certifications they obtain are provisional … meaning they turn live when they turn 18," he said.
The Explorers meet twice a month to learn the mechanics of the fire-rescue career. Specifically, Feather says the young volunteers learn about hose deployments, fire streams, hydraulic calculations, forcible entry, and more.
There are currently 22 Explorers in the program. "This number varies, based on age," Feather said. "When the Explorers turn 18, they will transition into the adult side of Fire-Rescue."
Justin Pinckney is one of the youngest-serving volunteers in Colleton's program.
He started volunteering when he was a sophomore at Colleton County High School, at the age of 14. Now, at the age of 20, he should successfully become a full-time firefighter-EMT with Colleton County Fire-Rescue in 2019. He has been attending courses and obtaining certifications for the last few years.
"The program makes you value life, your own life and the life of others," said Pinckney. "Colleton County Fire-Rescue and this program has changed me. From small things, like my driving, to seeing the bigger picture and being in my community. And I have relationships with people who are seasoned in this industry and who I respect. I call Battalion Chief (Scott Feather) my second dad.
"This program is real-life. You can't turn the channel," he said.
Pinckney is a Colleton County native. He is the son of now retired local law enforcement officer Dalphus Pinckney and Denise Pinckney, a victims' advocate with the Yemassee Police Department. "I grew up seeing my parents serving the community and I knew I wanted to do something but I wasn't sure what," he said. "I got into the program and it's been life-changing.
"This program is a great entry into the firefighting and medical field," said Pinckney. "This is my calling."
For more information on the Explorers Program, contact the Colleton County Fire-Rescue administrative offices at 843-539-1960.


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Is Aeronavigation Academy International (AAI) accredited?
Yes, by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and we are licensed as an Aviation Training Organization (ATO).
What makes you different from the other ATO's out there?
Our commitment in providing the safest possible training environment for students and staff. Our safety record is second to none and our ground syllabus goes beyond that of basic FAA requirements.
What courses do you offer?
We have the Professional Pilot License (PPL), Commercial Pilot License (CPL), Instrument Rating (IR), Multi-engine Rating (ME) and the Flight Instructor Course (FI).
Do you guarantee jobs?
No we don't, however we do have contacts in the aviation industry and some of our recruiters have direct access to certain airlines. Some of our top students have also become our FI's.
Where can I get a job after getting a CPL?
Private airlines, scheduled operators, flying clubs, corporate, government, charter providers, national carriers.
What is your student to instructor ratio?
We do our best to keep it at 5:1.
What kind of simulator do you have?
We have an Ascent B200 Simulator. We will have this operational in 2013. Currently, all Instrument Rating (IR) hours are actual flying.
Do you provide housing and transportation?
Yes, see the accommodations tab.
Do you provide special assistance to foreign students?
Yes, we have a CAAP and Immigration liaison to assist you with these government agencies.
How much are your courses?
Please contact us via phone, email or use our on-line quote tool located in the Request Info page of our website under Inquiry Type.
Why AAI?
Our ground education exceeds what is required by the FAA, padding of hours will not be tolerated, well maintained aircraft and impeccable safety record.
What airplanes do you have?
We have a Piper Aztec, Cessna 172's and 150's.
Why Bacolod-Silay?
Trainees have access to all of the navigation aids, instruments, runway and facilities of an international airport. Commercial traffic is minimal and access to the runway for training is almost immediate.
How long will it take to complete my CPL?
This is a one year program.
What are the admission criteria?
Please see requirements section of website.


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Instagram was the first place I saw these beauties!!! My Instagram besties have bulletin boards galore with these beautiful flowers. This summer I was on a mission to learn how to make them to display in my classroom. Of course, YouTube was my first stop!! I watched a ton of video's!! I came across a video by Pearl's Crafts . She was amazing at walking me through the whole process and explaining every step in great detail. I went ahead and created my own flower template and attempted to make the flower. It took me a couple of tries for me to feel comfortable. By my third flower, I started to get the hang of it.
What you need:
* 8.5 x 11 Card stock
* Hot glue gun
* Round tool or a chopstick works great
*Pearl's Crafts – DIY Rose Tutorial (Large Size Paper Rose
When using my template… I've provided the templates to make 3 different size flowers. They are labeled Large, Medium, Small, & XSmall with the number of petals you need to make the flower. If you are making the large one you'll need to make 8 of the largest large petals, 12 of the largest medium petal, and 6 of the largest small petal.
Have fun and drop some pictures in the comments!


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Sunday, September 13, 2009
6 comments:
- Bek said...
I'm still not seeing where the organic vs non-organic aspect comes in. You said you aren't biased either way, and I can't tell which of these is which...so is this basically just a "raw ingredients" project? Or are you planning to compare the two directly later?
That said, I think your colors are fantastic. I like this batch of photos better than the raspberries; the light is softer and more natural-looking.
- September 14, 2009 at 1:01 AM
- AMANDA GUY said...
Give it time. It will work out. These are just my starting images. I did take pictures of Non-Organic raspberries and organic to show you guys tomorrow. It is a project that will take time and I understand your frustration at the moment, but fret not it will work out.
- September 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Kelly Gorham said...
The last photo is the best. Keep the lighting bright. With food, especially when you're shooting really shallow focus, it's important to be careful of what's in focus. Make sure it's an essential part of the food.
- September 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM
- AMANDA GUY said...
Thanks Kelly, that's super helpful.
- September 14, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- AMANDA GUY said...
Thanks Kelly, that's super helpful.
- September 14, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- BritniB. said...
Amanda I think the images are beautiful, your lighting is great. I think once you have text people will see the comparison more.
- September 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM


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Last night, I saw a tweet go out from the WildStar account that made me super sad. "It's show time!" Carbine said. "Sara Conavius is in town September 14–21 to help renovate your homes for the best program on holovision." I had no stake in this game at all, and I still felt awful for the players seeing that like [...]
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9MUSES release comeback schedule and a teasers
9MUSES is a 5 member group that debuted in 2010 under Star Empire Entertainment. They just announced through social media that they will be making their comeback, minus Sungah since she will continue to work on her DJ career.
They released both a teaser clip and comeback schedule, so check them out below!
UPDATE: In regards to Sungah's absence, Star Empire Entertainment has released a statement:
"Hello. This is Star Empire.
It has been decided after a long period of deliberation that 9MUSES will return with a new album and promote as 9MUSES, rather than as special unit 9MUSES A as previously announced.
For this album, Kyungri, Hyemi, Sojin, and Geumjo will be carrying out promotions for this comeback as four, without Sungah.
After much discussion between ourselves and Sungah regarding her future, we judged it was right for her to focus on her studies in music and recent start in DJ-ing, in addition to her individual activities, and the agency has unsparingly decided to support her as well.
We ask that you show interest in and look warmly upon Sungah, who is starting on a new challenge. We will work hard to be able to bring you good news regarding Sungah as soon as possible.
We also ask that you hold high expectations for 9MUSES's new album, which will be released on June 19.
Thank you."
UPDATE 1: The ladies released their first comeback trailer and announced that their title will be "Remember". In the trailer, the members wander around a forest in red dresses as intense music plays. There's a far more serious vibe to this trailer that eludes to more. Check it out below!
UPDATE 2: We now have the track list! Their upcoming album, Identity, will contain 6 songs, including an instrumental version of the title track.
Check out the track list below!
UPDATE 3: The group has uploaded a load of teaser images to their personal Instagram accounts. Each lady is dressed to the 9's in beautiful red dresses!
Their album will be titled Identity and feature the title track "Remember".
Check out the photos below!
UPDATE 4: Kyung Li, Keumjo, Sojin, and Hyemi look absolutely fierce in the newest set of teasers. The girl's are all in red, with red smeared lipstick. Identity comes on out June 19, 2017!
UPDATE 5: The girls look gorgeous in the dark and mysterious bathtub photos with red roses surrounding them.


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Contesty Things!
This spot is totally for all of the "post a link on your page/blog/thing to enter the contest!" sorts of things.
My 3DS friend code is 1676-3752-0625, and here is my Mii QR :
I sent it!
Sunday. 9.17.06 2:33 am
After thinking, and realizing that my roomie wanted me to endanger myself so she could exert less energy, I decided that I really needed to send the email.
So I did.
Now I'm antsy waiting for the reply.
4 Comments.
I'm ansty too! :) But at least you sent it.
» little-b on 2006-09-17 02:47:57
Hehehe, purple and black are amazing! I like all colours [with the exception of YELLOW] with black...^^ My mom complains that I wear too much black, I decided to go for this neon rave look...thing. Er...yeah. :P
Btw, hope you get your reply! XD HEhe.
» xkristesav on 2006-09-17 06:10:12
good job.
» thaitanic on 2006-09-17 11:11:18
Yay! I'm glad you had the courage to send it. ^^
» Kirei on 2006-09-17 12:16:41
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