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Ships, trains and trucks recovering from Harvey's havoc
Container ships bound for Houston called on other ports as Hurricane Harvey slogged its way across the upper Texas coast and into the history books.
For weeks after the storm's massive floodwaters receded, trucking companies lost revenue and endured delays.
And still today, a heavy buildup of silt is blocking many of the barges that ply the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between here and Corpus Christi in service of the region's sprawling petrochemical industry.
The devastating storm brought one of the nation's busiest transportation hubs to a halt, and supply chain disruptions are still reverberating. Executives and port officials have yet to put a final tally on the delays, although one observer says it easily could total $2.5 billion as the hurricane struck a complex network of modern manufacturing, where the supply chain has become a de facto warehouse.
Explained Capt. Mike Cunningham, director of program management at the Greater Houston Port Bureau: Product comes off a ship, is loaded onto a truck and then delivered directly to the assembly line.
That system has begun to recover - admirably, some say - but interviews with several big players suggest it may be awhile before Harvey's havoc is fully behind them.
"It disrupts everything," Cunningham said. "Everybody has to make different arrangements, and that increases costs."
Disruptions to the so-called inter-modal system began before Harvey came ashore near Rockport the evening of Aug. 25. By then, the U.S. Coast Guard had closed the Port of Houston, so cargo wasn't coming in or out. Sixty-three of the 102 ships that were scheduled to enter the port between Aug. 23 and Aug. 31 were diverted elsewhere. Trains, trucks and barges were similarly idled.
Among the ships caught in the reshuffling was the Philadelphia Express, whose Houston-bound containers were unloaded in Savannah, Ga., owner Hapag-Lloyd said. Likewise, Maersk Line reported that two of its vessels dropped off cargo in Freeport, Bahamas.
Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther expects much of the diverted cargo to find its way onto other vessels and wind up in Houston through the port's two container terminals, which are back open.
"It still ends up in our port, just on a different ship," he said.
Guenther emphasized the importance of getting the port up and running by highlighting the immediate impacts on consumers when the Houston Ship Channel was closed: The price of gasoline went up, the supply of jet fuel fell sharply, and stores were eager to be restocked.
Channel lost 3 feet
Meanwhile, the Ship Channel lost 3 feet of depth. To put that in perspective, a previous study says losing 1 foot of depth costs the U.S. economy as much as $280 million a year.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has embarked on a roughly $20 million dredging project. Chris Frabotta, deputy chief of the operations division in the Corps' Galveston District, said work is underway to remove shoaling in mid-Galveston Bay area and will expand to the Bayport Container Terminal area and upper Ship Channel.
Guenther said the City Docks, where steel is unloaded, lost as much as 5 feet in depth. The Corps of Engineers had just finished dredging that section after flooding in 2015 and 2016 had likewise dumped silt into the area.
Moving forward, Guenther said he will push to dredge deeper and wider "to catch some of the silt that comes in there and not be as impactful after a flood."
Cost of closing
Maria Burns, director for the Logistics and Transportation Policy Program at the University of Houston, said closing a major port like Houston for a week could cost up to $2.5 billion from delayed or canceled business transactions throughout the supply chain.
"This amount could be even higher because Texas also is involved in other states' supply chain," she said. "We serve as the transit state to import or export commodities that affect other states as well."
Much of the losses can eventually be recovered once the delayed cargo arrives, Burns said, but the additional staffing and equipment to handle the sudden influx can eat into profits.
She encouraged all parties involved to study their warehousing and systems to protect against flooding or wind damage and to heed the lessons before the next major storm. She said the supply chain rebounded quickly, but damage to roads and other infrastructure is hampering recovery.
"This extreme event highlighted where our vulnerabilities are," she said.
Railroad work
Railroad companies, which like trucks distribute the shipped-in products to warehouses around the country, experienced their own shutdown due to the tropical deluge.
Union Pacific, for example, halted inbound trains the Saturday of the storm, and heavy flooding eventually put some 1,750 miles of track between Brownsville and Beaumont out of service. Repair and inspection crews had brought all but 50 miles back online by Sept. 7. All the tracks were restored as of last week.
As soon as the work was complete, trains converged on Houston.
"All of those trains that were waiting, we were now funneling them into Houston as best as we could," Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff said.
Volumes have since normalized, but Union Pacific is expecting another spike in traffic as more manufacturers and refineries come back online.
Harvey's effect on the petrochemical industry also can be seen at places like Katoen Natie's Houston warehouses, which are currently 35 percent to 40 percent empty. The typical vacancy rate is between 5 percent and 10 percent.
Katoen Natie packages plastic resins for exporting. These resins arrive in rail car and are packaged in bags and boxes. This is typically a 24/7 operation, but the company is currently running 16 hours a day, five days a week. Some days have only eight hours of work, as some plants shut down during Harvey have yet to resume production of plastic resins.
Those that are back in operation are supplying U.S. customers first, leaving Belgium-based Katoen Natie to wait for the overseas shipments it handles.
"We just need to hunker down and keep our costs at a minimum in order to get through this," said Frank Vingerhoets, president of polymer operations in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
Intracoastal Waterway
The industry's return to capacity is similarly affected by Harvey's impact lower on the coast. Silt buildup where the Intracoastal Waterway meets the Colorado River, near Matagorda, has prevented barges from traveling between Houston and the Corpus Christi area. Many have sat idle at the intersection.
It's common for barges to leave one port with a refinery's feedstock and travel the Intracoastal to a different port, where another plant will use that feedstock to create its own product. The silt blockade is raising concerns that plants won't get needed feedstock in time.
"Some of the refineries and some of the plants may have to shut down as a result of not getting enough feedstock and materials," said Jim Stark, president of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association.
The 12-foot-deep waterway was reduced to just 3 feet in the section between the west Colorado River Lock and the Colorado River, Frabotta said. Two other sections near the locks also require dredging, at a total cost of some $7 million.
On Tuesday, Frabotta said the Corps of Engineers hoped to open the locks with a draft restriction of 8 feet on Saturday. It hopes to allow ships with 9-foot drafts on Sept. 30, 10-foot drafts by mid-October and the full 12-foot draft by early November.
Permitting 8-foot drafts could allow empty barges to cross, though it likely won't get much of the loaded barge traffic moving.
"A lot of those barges that are waiting there probably have more than an 8-foot draft," said Matt Woodruff, director of public and government affairs for Houston-based Kirby Corp., the country's largest operator of tank barges.
Trucking companies
Trucking companies, which shoulder much of the container load at the port, took multiple blows.
Houston-based Overland Express Co., which owns or contracts with about 65 trucks and moves containers between the port and mostly local customers, reported that many of its trucks sat idle because their drivers were busy taking care of swamped homes.
The water also damaged equipment. Consolidated Chassis Management said flooding affected about 40 percent of its 1,500 Houston-area chassis - the steel frames with tires that hold containers - that were on the street and in local depots during the storm.
"We're tight on equipment," said Jon Poelma, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the company, which manages a Gulf regional pool of about 17,000 chassis that are owned by leasing companies and ocean carriers. "We're not short on equipment. We're able to meet the needs of the market right now, but that was due to a lot of advanced planning and quick reaction after the hurricane."
Consolidated Chassis Management continues to reposition its chassis from storage areas to rail terminals and ports. Some were brought into Houston from other regions along the Gulf. Maintenance partners worked overtime and weekends to repair damaged equipment.
Michael Dyll, CEO of freight-forwarding company Texas International Freight, said flooded chassis have made it difficult to find equipment needed to haul containers.
Driving for FEMA
Flatbed trucks, which don't require chassis, can also be used to haul containers. But Dyll said those drivers were lured by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's higher rates during the week after the storm.
Dyll had to pay drivers from outside the region. And since more goods were entering the city for rebuilding than the normal flow of traffic leaving Houston, drivers were initially charging more to cover the cost of returning home empty. They were also charging higher rates because they still believed Houston was underwater, even though much of that water had receded.
Noël Perry, partner and transportation economist at FTR Transportation Intelligence, said truck drivers out of their normal routes may have to drive more empty miles or have more downtime between loads.
"When they're out of route, they have to charge more," Perry said. "And sometimes it's difficult to get the customers to pay more."
To help truck drivers pick up or drop off containers, Guenther said Port Houston opened the truck gates on Labor Day and one Saturday, dates they usually wouldn't be open. He said wait times have been normal for the drivers.
'We're sacrificing'
Yet Gary Conner, president of the Houston Transportation Professionals Association and director of sales for Overland Express, said he noticed increased congestion with long lines extending outside the gate.
He said it usually takes an hour for truck drivers to get in and out of the port. Since Hurricane Harvey, it often takes two hours or more.
Dyll, like others in the industry, said Hurricane Harvey has squeezed his company's margins and is having an impact on its customers.
"We're sacrificing a little bit," he said, "and we're asking our customers to pay more."


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In Promoting Change, Board Support Is Essential
While school boards seldom initiate innovations, researchers who have studied school change have found, they are crucial to ensuring that they are carried out.
However, observers also point out that there have been few systematic studies of the role of boards in school change.
"I have to fault the academic community for a remarkable disinterest in that,'' says Luvern L. Cunningham, a professor emeritus of educational administration at Ohio State University. "To my knowledge, that hasn't been researched extensively.''
Mr. Cunningham and others note that a host of studies has shown that power has been shifting away from local school boards and toward education professionals and larger units of government.
In the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Educational Research, William L. Boyd, a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University, writes that researchers as early as the 1960's had begun documenting this trend.
In part, he notes, the shift reflects the fact that part-time lay school-board members were increasingly reliant on the professionals to keep up with the growing complexity of large districts.
In addition, he notes, the federal government and, particularly in the early 1980's, states took the lead on education policy precisely because of the perceived shortcomings of local boards.
'Shared Leadership'
But researchers have found that, contrary to their expectations, local school boards played a significant role in implementing state reforms of the 1980's.
In a study of 59 schools in six states, researchers from the Center for Policy Research in Education said they expected that some districts would refuse to comply with state policies, and that most would "adapt'' them to local agendas.
In fact, they found that "local response was remarkably uniform, with little apparent local resistance,'' and that the local response was substantive, not merely symbolic.
In some instances, according to Richard F. Elmore, a professor of education at Harvard University, local districts picked up on state reform efforts and moved beyond them. State policymaking around student standards, for example, resulted in a surge of local activity.
Such moves were especially true in already high-performing districts, which raised their own standards to exceed the new state requirements and to maintain their position relative to other school systems.
According to Mr. Cunningham, superintendents, rather than board members, have taken the initiative in most locally generated reforms.
But, he says, many chiefs keep an eye on their boards as a guide for policy direction.
"For the most part, smart superintendents involve boards in those kinds of changes,'' he says. "They look for shared leadership, especially when there's extra funding involved.''
School-Based Management
Michael Fullan, the dean of the faculty of education at the University of Toronto, notes that board approval is also critical to the success of school-based management, in which boards are expected to set general goals and allow local schools a great deal of authority in developing ways to meet them.
"Individual schools can become highly innovative for short periods of time without the district,'' Mr. Fullan writes in The New Meaning of Educational Change, "but they cannot stay innovative without district action to establish the conditions for continuous and long-term improvement.''
Mr. Boyd points out that experiments in school-based management could enhance lay local control over education by involving parents and members of the community--at the school level--in educational decisions.
But he cautions that the research base supporting such experiments is limited. One review of the sparse literature, he notes, found "little evidence'' that the practice developed effective schools.
"Although the case for school-based management is built on more than faith,'' he writes, "there clearly is a need for more systematic research.''
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Phantom Powering for Condenser Microphones
Phantom powering is a system for remotely powering condenser microphones via the same lines used by non-powered microphones. There is a great deal of misunderstanding amongst the musical community over this topic. Since most musicians use the jungle drum method of exchanging information, and since their understanding of electronic things typically is barely enough to enable them to operate their equipment, a simple topic such as this often takes on a life of its own, much like a rumor started at a party...
How Phantom Powering Works.
An article telling how it works, and why it works, and some easy-to-follow do's and don'ts. In the process, I try to debunk several popular myths (like the ribbon microphone myth).
Phantom supply 1 of 3
Rectifier and filter circuits for a do-it-yourself phantom power supply.
Phantom2 supply 2 of 3
Voltage regulator circuit for the phantom power supply.
Phantom3 supply 3 of 3
Applying phantom power to a mixer's inputs.
How and why its different from Phantom Powering. How it works, why it works, why it's not compatible with other microphones. A couple of adaptor circuits.
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Born on August 15, 1933, in Bloomington, IN, Helms first performed on his father Fred's Monroe County Jamboree, singing while brother Freddie played guitar. The Helms Brothers, as they were billed, became a regional attraction. Bobby later cut a single called Tennessee Rock and Roll, but then returned to Bloomington to appear on the #Hayloft Frolic television show. While on the program, he was encouraged to go to Nashville to sing background vocals on an Ernest Tubb session. Tubb recommended him to Decca Records, and the label signed him in 1956. His debut single, Fraulein, initially flopped in January 1957 but then hit number one on the country chart in April. (The song also hit the pop Top 40 in July of 1957.) In October, Helms released another number one, My Special Angel, which stayed four weeks at the top and crossed over to number seven pop.
Helms' next recording was Jingle Bell Rock; though Decca released it only two days before Christmas 1957, the single still peaked at number six on the pop chart. Two 1958 singles -- Just a Little Lonesome and Jacqueline -- hit the country Top Ten but flopped elsewhere, though a reissue of Jingle Bell Rock made the pop Top 40. The country single Lonely River Rhine hit the Top 20 in 1960, but subsequent new material from Helms had little success. (Decca reissued his Christmas hit each year from 1960 to 1962 with diminishing returns.)
Helms toured throughout the '60s and recorded two albums for Kapp in 1966, I'm the Man and Sorry My Name Isn't Fred -- a nod either to brother Freddie or father Fred. Two years later, he released All New Just for You on the Little Darlin' label. Several singles placed modestly on the country charts during 1967-1968, including He Thought He'd Die Laughing and So Long. The 1970 Certron single Mary Goes 'Round was his last hit, but Helms recorded Pop-a-Billy for MCA as late as 1983. ~ John Bush, Rovi


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Lucas Pulkert is the managing director of stilfaser GmbH and runs his online shop, Jungfeld.com, where he and his team sell high-quality socks in an assortment of bright colours. What makes his shop even more special is the fact that "bitcoin" is offered as an optional payment method. Here in interview, Lucas shares why this is the case and illuminates his own personal experiences working with cryptocurrencies.
1. Hello Lucas, you're the mind behind the online shop Jungfeld.com. Could you please say a few words about yourself?
Sure - my brand, "von Jungfeld", manufactures high-quality socks, stockings and boxer shorts. We set up our company in Mannheim four and a half years ago. Now we supply about 650 retail shops throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland and use Shopware as the basis for our online store.
2. You sell socks in your shop. What's the story behind that and what makes your shop special?
Lots of people say the trend towards multi-coloured socks has been going for a whole decade, others say it's only a temporary fashion craze. The correct answer is that multi-coloured socks have been worn for the last 150 years. It's a real tradition, especially in Britain and Italy. We founded our company to place an emphasis on socks – just as suits, shirts and shoes have been emphasised for ages.
We always try to provide our customers with a connection to the brand, regardless of the point of sale. Our online shop has a clean design, which allows the products and brand to shine all the more. Thanks to various adjustments, you only need three clicks to go from the homepage straight to the PayPal express checkout. This even includes selecting the size. So usability is also important to us.
3. We noticed that you offer bitcoin as a form of payment. Why did you decide to accept a cryptocurrency?
We are a young team and very much into technology, and we've been personally interested in cryptocurrencies for quite some time. What's happening at the moment is highly speculative. But we support the underlying ideology of a local currency, and it has to start somewhere to stop people from saying: "bitcoins are only used to buy arms and drugs." Well, now you can use bitcoins to buy socks too.
4. Unlike standard means of payment, you have to keep an eye on currency fluctuations all the time, don't you? What are the technical conditions to offer this in your shop and how do you keep up with the exchange rate?
At the moment we use a plugin with a direct API to Blockchain.info. When an order is placed, the correct amount is calculated in bitcoins, based on the current rate. The customer then sees a QR code that he can scan with his wallet. The correct price is already included in the QR code. As soon as our wallet registers the incoming payment, the order is released. It's all fully automatic.
5. The price of bitcoins fluctuates daily. How do returns work in the Jungfeld shop? Does the customer get bitcoins at a recalculated rate or the amount he paid before?
Fortunately, returns don't happen very often with us, but if this does happen with a bitcoin payment, we handle it just like any other currency: the daily rate applies.
6. If a transfer has been made by bitcoin, do you recalculate payment into euros or do you leave it in the cryptocurrency? It's very possible that bitcoins could be worth twice as much in a year's time.
Since there are still a manageable number of bitcoin transactions at the moment, we leave the bitcoins in the wallet. You might say this is the company's investment branch.
7. How did bitcoin first attract your attention – did you have previous experience with cryptocurrencies?
Yes, I think that people who allow cryptocurrencies in their shops are users themselves. Here in the team, a minor crypto-fever has broken out. Obviously, it's also about getting involved in a clever ICO (Initial Coin Offering). But we are particularly enthusiastic about the ideology of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Anyone who is interested will discover that a genuine step in technological evolution is taking place here. The first time I seriously got involved with bitcoins came from advise from my father, who always has a good instinct.
8. When you hear about bitcoins in the media, they're often in a negative context involving blackmail or cybercrime. Can you do serious business with cryptocurrencies?
Definitely, you can buy socks with it. This question basically opens up a long discussion on security and freedom. Both sides can now quote arguments made by clever people. When it comes down to it, bitcoin is a fiat currency whose value is not regulated by central banks, rather locally via supply and demand. This also makes it a speculative business, but that's just how it is with supply and demand. Blockchain technology makes the third trust party (banks, for example) superfluous. The fact that the ownership of bitcoins is to a certain extent anonymous is also nothing new – after all, I don't write my passport number on every 10€ note that comes through my hands.
9. We can imagine that your customers are very sceptical about this means of payment. What is the general acceptance like and how often do your customers use this means of payment?
The acceptance is still very low. On the one hand, bitcoins are far less widespread than it might appear. On the other hand, I believe that people who already have bitcoins consider them more of an investment rather than a means of payment. Just last week I bought a pizza from a well-known online delivery service and it worked faster than I could say for PayPal.
10. Taxation is in general a difficult subject – is it getting even more complicated with cryptocurrencies?
Yes, that's true. We had to explain that specially to our tax office. ("Bit-what?") But there's a way for everything in the end.
11. Bitcoin is only one of many cryptocurrencies. What's your view of the other payment possibilities and could it be the case that people will also soon be able to use "Ethereum" to pay in your shop?
Now there are loads of different coins and nobody knows which ones will turn out best for eCommerce transactions in the end. Ethereum would probably be the next candidate. But at the moment our main goal is to increase the acceptance of bitcoins.
12. Expert opinion is divided concerning cryptocurrencies. Some say that the exchange rate will rise dramatically, while others predict that the bubble will burst in the near future. What is your assessment?
In entrepreneurial terms, the proportion of bitcoin payments is still so small that we aren't spending any operational time worrying about how the rate will change in the future. I personally believe that we could certainly see another "crash". That would be the sixth or seventh collapse since its release, by the way. But in the long term I prefer to go with John McAfee's Twitter correspondence: "Bitcoin moves above $500,000 within three years" Re: "so 1btc = $500,000 within 3 years?" Re: "if not, I will eat my dick on national television." I see considerable specialist expertise there.
13. Jungfeld.com is one of the few online shops in Germany that offers bitcoin as a means of payment. Would you say that other shop operators should react now, and if so, why?
At this juncture, an online shop that integrates bitcoins as a means of payment is doing it out of a sense of mission, rather than out of economic interest. I'd exclude drugs and arms from this statement. We took an interest in this in a private capacity. I asked our developer one Friday afternoon if he could try to assess the cost of integration and on Saturday morning I got the news that he'd integrated it even before breakfast. But as I said, with us it's more about enjoying the whole thing.


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One Sunday in late July, Hutchinson hacked a second off Wiggins's competition record for a domestic 10-mile time trial. The Northern Irishman's 17-57 on the V718 course in East Yorkshire gave him the competition record he had wanted for so long. And Wiggins recently stated that one of his goals for 2011 is to get it back.
Hutchinson once again dominated time trialling – winning grand slam of 10, 25, 50 and 100-mile national championships for the second year in a row.
But breaking Wiggins's record of 17-58, set on the Levens course in the north-west of England, was a significant milestone. And after his ride, Hutchinson said: "It wasn't a particularly fast day. I do think I can go quicker."
Hutchinson's win in the 50-mile title race in Hampshire was his 11th in a row, a record. It was also a course record and a championship record, breaking Graeme Obree's time, set in 1993, by six seconds. His 100-mile title was his fifth.
However, when it came to the British National Time Trial Championship, held in Wales, Hutchinson was pushed into fourth by three Team Sky riders. His time was more than two minutes down on Wiggins'.
At the Commonwealth Games he was also fourth, 2-14 down on David Millar. But on the home front, he is head and shoulders above the rest.
Cycling Weekly's Top British Riders of 2010 advent calendar: We will reveal one rider per day behind the virtual doors of our sparkly advent calendar from Wednesday December 1 to Christmas Eve, Friday December 24. The top eight will then be revealed in Cycling Weekly magazine's final issue of the year, which will be in the shops on December 30 2010.
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The actresses' spokesperson, Nicole King, said earlier this week that Garner was sick with a viral infection, but she told "Entertainment Tonight" on Thursday that the "Alias" star is actually suffering from nerve damage to her back. King did not return calls Friday (January 7).
King also originally said Garner might miss Saturday's premiere of "Elektra" in Las Vegas (see "Jennifer Garner Suffering From Viral Infection, Could Miss 'Elektra' Premiere"), but the actress has since confirmed her attendance. Plans for junket interviews on Sunday, however, have been scrapped.
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Garner's illness comes at an inconvenient time for the actress, who has had to cancel several promotional appearances for "Elektra," which opens January 14, and "Alias," which kicked off its fourth season on Wednesday.
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In week 3 the North Carolina State Wolfpack (2-0 overall) travel to Raymond James Stadium to face the South Florida Bulls (1-1 overall) Saturday.
North Carolina State beat Old Dominion 46-34 last week. The Wolfpack were led by quarterback Jacoby Brissett who had 253 passing yards and 2 TDs. In addition, Shadrach Thornton led the rushing game with the 86 yards and 3 TDs on 14 carries. Bo Hines led the wide receivers with 61 yards on four receptions.
NC State's defense allowed 504 yards and 34 points last week. However, they did have one interception.
South Florida lost last week to Maryland 24-17. The Bulls were led by Steven Bench who had 162 passing yards and 1 interception. Running back Marlon Mack had 73 yards on 22 carries. In addition, Mike McFarland had 55 yards on 4 receptions.
The Bulls defense allowed 317 yards in 24 points last week. However, they had 4 fumble recoveries and 2 interceptions.
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North Carolina State will need Jacoby Brissett to play another good game. In addition, Shadrach Thornton needs to have another great game. NC State's defense needs to tighten up and play better than last week.
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What do your photos say about you?
I met today with Rich Brooks, president of flyte new media (www.flyte.biz) in Portland. He is a web design and business marketing specialist, with a voluminous knowledge of social networking sites and how to use them to advance a company's marketing goals. He gave me some insight about how to use my blog more effectively. Up till now, I have been using it as a creative outlet, a way to share my personal vision through photography. Rich showed me that I could also be sharing my expertise in how companies can use photos effectively in their advertising or marketing campaigns. I now plan to incorporate advice in this area into my blog in addition to my personal photos and my ongoing Scarborough 350 project.
Today's question is whether the photos on your website reinforce your corporate identity. Whether you're using stock photography or having a professional come on site to produce custom photos, make sure that the visuals match your message. If you make hand-crafted, one of a kind items, you'll want to have pictures that show your attention to detail. Photos that are poorly lit, that have bad shadows, that aren't as finely crafted as the products you make will tell prospective customers that you are sloppy, not detail-oriented. If your company's key to success is superior customer service, but the photos on your site are generic, stock shots of sunsets or landscapes, or, worse, pictures of your offices or equipment with no people in them, you'll be missing the warmth that can be seen in the human interaction of your staff with your clients — the thing that will make prospective clients interested in doing business with you. If you serve a young, hip clientele, are your photos bold, bright, edgy and shot from interesting angles, or do you have a bunch of boring, line-'em-up pictures that don't tantalize the eye? Matching your photographic images to your corporate image will bring consistency and clarity to your message and help establish your brand.


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Rare 1961 Jaguar E-Type could sell for £135,000
Rare 1961 Jaguar E-Type could sell for 135,000
With E-Type Jaguar prices on the rise, now could be an ideal time to invest in one of these classic sportscars
Prices for E-Type Jaguars are continuing to appreciate in the collectible automobiles markets. And examples currently up for saleinclude this 1961 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Series 1 Roadster.
Eightieth of just 91 right hand drive examples produced in early July, 1961, and one of the first to be exported, this Series 1 3.8 Roadster returned to the UK from Cyprus in 1996 and has been fully restored.
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The 1961 Jaguar E Type 3.8 Series 1 Roadster, priced 135,000
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Ever since its release in June, the official Medium app has been improving bit by bit, adding more options like the one to log into your account without a password. Now it's getting another bump to version 1.3 with full mobile editing. Writers should expect a seamless transition between the mobile and web interfaces, not just drafts support like in the previous version. Writing, editing, and publishing will be available on both.
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Age: 8, Concordia Elementary
Surfing since just before she turned 4, Hana Johnson loves everything about it. "I like how when you stand up on the waves it feels like you're walking on water. And I like being in the ocean and seeing the animals. I don't have a favorite animal because I like them all, but one of my favorites is the leopard shark," she said.
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She has surfed in three contests so far—the Hurley Rip My Shred Stick at Church Beach when she was 5, the 2013 Stoke-o-Rama at T Street where she took fifth place and the San Clemente Ocean Festival Groms Rule event in July, winning the girls 10U division. A family surf trip to Panama caused her to miss the recent Western Surfing Association season kickoff, but she will compete in the remainder of the series.
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As Spanish 10Y bond spreads break back above 350bps over Bunds for the first time in three weeks (having jumped over 10% so far this year alone), it is clear that its not all sangria and siestas in the land of the bull...and matador. With unemployment at record levels (youth unemployment at over 40%), industrial production back at record lows - along with retail sales, and a still collapsing housing and construction space, we agree with JPMorgan, in their 2012 Outlook, that there is no doubt that there are large budget deficit and current account deficit adjustments still to come. The pain in Spain is plain for all to see in the following six charts and as Michael Cembalest notes: "If there are socioeconomic limits to how much austerity a country can take in order to remain in a currency union, we are likely to find out in Spain."
Source: JPMorgan, (c73) Markit, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, November 2011, (c74) Eurostat, October 2011, (c75) Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Haver Analytics, October 2011 (c76) Oficemen, October 2011, (c77) Eurostat, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, October 2011, (c78) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Haver Analytics, Q3 2011


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Sharyn McCrumb is an American author of crime fiction, mystery novels and Appalachian fiction. She writes the Elizabeth MacPherson series and the Ballad series. Sharyn has won the Edgar Award, Agatha Award, Nero Award, Anthony Award and Macavity Award for her work. She earned her Master's Degree in English from Virginia Tech. Her novels have been translated into eleven different languages.
Sharyn McCrumb made her fiction debut in 1984 with the novel Sick of Shadows, which began her Elizabeth MacPherson mystery series. Below is a list of Sharyn McCrumb's books in order of when they were first published:
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|Missing Susan
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|If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...
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Publication Order of Ballad Books
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
|Our Separate Days
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Notes: If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O was also published as If Ever I Return. Faster Pastor was co-authored by Adam Edwards.
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Sharyn McCrumb Synopses: Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia is a non-fiction book, collecting the essays of Sharyn McCrumb. The collection includes Keepers of the Legends, A Novelist Looks at the Land, The Celts and the Appalachians, Magic Realism in Appalachia, Nora Bonesteel and the Sight, and Reflections on Historical Fiction.
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Chrysler's decision to produce the new Dodge Dart in northern Illinois will result in a wave of new jobs. The automaker formally told workers at Belvidere assembly plant Thursday that it plans to add nearly 1800 jobs at the facility by the end of the summer.
Chrysler C.E.O. Sergio Marchionne was on-hand for the announcement. He said "it is no secret that this plant has always been one of the best assembly plants within Chrysler for performance and productivity." Marchionne added that the Belvidere plant is among the top performers within the Fiat-Chrysler group world-wide.
The new jobs will push the total number of workers at the plant to 4500. We'll have more on this story during Friday's morning edition.


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The Second Book of Kings - Introduction
Second Kings is not actually a second book but the continuation of 1 Kings. Here, the violations of the requirements of the LORD lead to the end which the Deuteronomic historian sees as inevitable: the fall of Israel (ch. 17 ) and of Judah (ch. 25 ). See the Introduction to 1 Kings.


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Presenting the Real Kristen Stewart, in All Her Bold, Brilliant Glory
Our August cover girl talks taking risks, fighting haters, and learning to let sh*t go.
It is a humid dusk in midtown Atlanta, and Kristen Stewart is perched on a too-tall bar stool at Saltwood Charcuterie & Bar in the Loews Hotel, her petite legs swinging free as she talks about girl prison. Not a literal Orange Is the New Black penitentiary—more the psychological and social incarceration all women feel at various points in their lives, when we are expected to smile, please, endure, accept, be grateful, acquiesce, apologize, bend over, be happy. Stewart, 25, knows all about girl prison: how a woman can be punished for not falling in line, for not reflecting what the culture deems she should, for not being, "I believe the operative words are, accessible, easy, and uncomplicated," she says with an exaggerated roll of her eyes.
Stewart, in town filming Ang Lee's military drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, is not, and has never been, any of those things. She spent years being taken to task for striking doleful poses on the red carpet, or not shining in talk-show settings, or daring to have desires beyond those the public prescribed to her because they believed they had the right to shape her persona since she was a young girl in a series of blockbuster films based on best-selling books. Finally, she decided to embrace the rebel labels thrown her way and say, "Fuck it all!"
"I lit my universe on fire," she admits with a sly smile, "and I watched it burn." Stewart drops her head, tugs at the hem of her simple black sweatshirt. Fans away a mosquito. Yanks a fallen tube sock from its cotton pool in her Converse sneaker. "Speaking very candidly," she says at last, lifting her chin and swallowing a gulp of her vodka tonic, "it was a really traumatic period in my early 20s that kick-started something in me that was a bit more," she pauses, then settles on the word, "feral."
On reaching peace with her public image: "I'm really proud that I am able to move forward and not fall into every mental crater. That's a new thing for me. Age has made me smarter and calmer. And it is fucking awesome."
"Age has made me smarter and calmer. And it is fucking awesome."
On her appearance and cutting her hair: "My hair was such a crutch. I looked quote unquote 'sexy' no matter what. I could hide behind it. As soon as I didn't have all that hair, I had to let my face hang out. I felt more confident than I had in a really long time. And it felt really good. Maybe to most people long hair is prettier. But then what? Is your main goal in life to be desired? That is boring as fuck."
On apologizing: "Lately, I've been doing less of the 'I'm sooooo sorry.' And more of the 'No. Fuck. Jesus.'"
On the best advice she's received: "Patti Smith told me to always take care of my teeth and lungs."
On her success at a young age: "Between ages 15 and 20, it was really intense. I was constantly anxious. I was kind of a control freak. If I didn't know how something was going to turn out, I would make myself ill, or just be locked up or inhibited in a way that was really debilitating."
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The study was carried out amongst 400 dog owners in Colorado USA who were each given a 42 item questionnaire that required them to fill in details about their dog's age, health and behaviour.
The researchers took 2 photographs of each dog and used the criteria that the dogs had to be below 4 years of age as older dogs would should show greyness due to simply natural ageing. Dogs with light coloured fur were also excluded as greyness in lighter coloured dogs may be more difficult to ascertain.
To help ascertain the dog's anxiety levels the researchers then went on to ask questions regarding the dog's behaviour (destroying things when left alone, nervous around people etc) and impulsivity (jumping up at people, hyperactivity, ability to stay calm/focus etc).
After the photo's of the dogs were independently analysed and the behavioural information was studied the findings proved interesting and concluded:
It was noted that the study may well prove to have practical implications for dog welfare. People working with young dogs that notice premature greyness could alert owners to potential anxiety issues in their pets.
The full study was published in the December 2016 issue of the Journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
Another study we found interesting on this topic was an article on "The Top Benefits of Getting an Emotional Support Dog"
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1994 Toyota Supra Sport Top Twin Turbo
Price: - Item location: Salem, Oregon, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Toyota
- Model: Supra
- Type: Fastback
- Trim: Twin Turbo Sport Top
- Year: 1994
- Mileage: 115,237
- Color: Red
- Engine size: 2JZGETT
- Number of cylinders: 6
- Power options: Power Seats
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Black
- Options: Leather Seats
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1994 Toyota Supra1994 Toyota Supra Sport Top Twin Turbo. My car is up for sale,
Bought it from a friend all stock. Was hit in front. Replaced headlights, and bumper. There are a few little spots in the paint that need touch up. There are also a few spots where there is some over-spray. I am very honest and picky, so I would expect a seller to disclose the same to me.
Okay, now on with the details....
This car is beautiful. Sure, she's an older Toyota, but she shines and turns heads. After the car was completely repaired from the body shop, I discovered the car did not run perfect. I had a shop look at it and it was out of time by one tooth and had a bad gasket in the intake manifold. Long story short, I told them to pull the whole engine and go through it. I was not going to gamble and I wanted it done right. All valves, seals, bearings, rings, and all have only 600 miles on it. Yes, this was a complete rebuild done at OEM specs with OEM parts. The engine is all stock including stock twin turbos.
The suspension was replaced with a 32 way adjustable one piece suspension, lower control arms, alignment etc all done.
The interior has black power leather seats. The only thing really left for me to do is charge the A/C and she will be a great collector piece.
Let me know if there are any question. I am willing to do anything to resolve questions or doubts about the car. I spent so much money on this car after acquiring it, it makes me sick, But she is done right and with this fresh block, she will last.
Best of luck.