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Over at the Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater, "The West is Wild" will be presented twice daily on weekends, at noon and 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays; and once on weekdays – at noon (starting June 15th there will be two-weekday shows, also).
There's a new sheriff in the fictional Triple R Town, and he's come to enforce the recycling code. And help people learn about reducing waste and reusing items instead of throwing them away, too.
But he's not like just any other lawman. This is Sheruff Bones (aka Herald the dog or his understudy, Mazie Mae), and he leads a cast of talented zookeepers-turned-actors and amazing animals in a fast-paced show that will amaze and inspire visitors to learn more about these animals, yearn for experiences in the outdoors, and be motivated to help the environment. And Sheruff Bones is ready to enforce the law, presiding over an action-packed show that highlights rappelling, mountain biking, snowshoeing, bird-watching, picnicking and other activities that people can do right in their own Puget Sound-area backyard.
The show takes place on a stage that's been transformed into the fictional Wild West town of Triple R, where the watchwords are reduced, reuse and recycle.
Talented zookeepers and zoo operations department staff members, including one who once worked on Hollywood film sets, created just the right atmosphere for the show.
When Sheruff Bones comes riding in on his custom-made hot air balloon at show's end, visitors will have learned quite a bit about enjoying the outdoors.
Zoo guests also will leave with facts they can use to make sustainable choices to help the environment and keep wild places beautiful and safe for the animals that live there. Small actions like using rechargeable batteries and reuseable water bottles, shopping bags and lunch containers can have big results.


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Anna and Chris - what gems!
It's not every week you get invited down to one of the most beautiful parts of Victoria to shoot, be greeted with some nice red vino, and watch a beautiful couple let go of their inhibitions like these two did.
As part of getting to know Anna and Chris before their wedding day next March we teed up a little evening shoot in Airey's Inlet along Australia's Great Ocean Road, and as soon as they stepped out of the car down the stairs to Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary, Anna and Chris lit the place up. We stayed on at the beach until the sky turned a deep blue, and as a final bit of awesomeness they bravely jumped in for a post sunset swim in the very frosty water.
Massive shout out and thanks to Chris and Anna for being so awesome to work with and getting me back to Australia (along with a few other couples) next March for their big day. I can't wait!
Here's a post I have been looking forward to making since I heard the X-T2 was coming into existence, and boy I was not left disappointed.
In the lead up to the release of the X-T2 there were a few things I was looking forward to seeing improved upon, one being a more competent auto-focus system that followed my instructions a bit better, particularly when shooting my beloved XF56mmF1.2 R. I am well aware that on an ~85mm equivalent lens, AF speed and accuracy at F1.2 is not exactly an easy thing to achieve, and Fujifilm wasn't alone in this department when compared to Canon's 85mm F1.2 L behemoth.
Well, after almost 2 weeks shooting with the X-T2 and my XF56mmF1.2 R on numerous occasions and circumstances I can safely say that Fujifilm have made me a very happy camper. This new pairing is fast, accurate, and surprisingly tracks really well in continuous focus mode. That said, today's post is all about portraiture so you'll just have to wait for another day when I post about the X-T2 and its ability to capture action and fast paced, changing movement.
I had the pleasure of meeting the martial artist, model, actress and generally awesome human, Ann Truong, during some captures at my local Muay Thai gym. We met up in our local neighbourhood one Saturday afternoon recently for some impromptu portraits and I got to put my new camera through its paces, all whilst showing her and another friend some unique parts of the town centre. For this series I used the XF56mmF1.2 R with only a few noted shots on the XF35F2.
You can take a look at full size JPEGs at this link.
Fujifilm have improved their auto-focus system out of sight when comparing the new X-T2 to the X-T1. Yes, I loved my X-T1 (it's moved to a new home now) but at times it was like a disobedient child that you wanted to do one thing and it wanted to do... well, not what you wanted i.e. lock focus on this subject, not that piece of shrub in the background. The immediately noticeable difference is the focus acquisition speed and accuracy when shooting with all of my lenses, particularly the XF56mmF1.2 R @ F1.2. Even when shooting into heavily flared afternoon sunlight behind Ann, the camera and lens combo still hit the mark and didn't go off in the woods hunting! Hallelujah!!!!! In cases where I have shot between near and far subjects, it's quick to find focus and has proven to be a gem at this too during very dim light in my home environment. I will test this more in future though.
So what is there to be mindful of when using this combo?
Fujifilm have a great menu system that can readily be used to access features like face and eye detection. Heck! It can even be setup to choose left or right eye as a priority on the fly. So, if you've got a relatively settled/staged subject this feature is a god send for getting dead set focus on the eyes of your subject. Another thing to be mindful of is that this lens seems to really eat battery power. I am not sure what combo of the lens' motor and camera would cause this but I am certain that the camera would have to work overtime to acquire focus like it does at F1.2. Always pack an extra battery or two, or get the new vertical battery grip.
On a final note, if you're a Canon user and your 85mm 1.2 L is doing your head in with it's heft, awful purple fringing, and slow focus, seriously go and give this combo a test. If you're not this kind of person/user, just go and do it anyway!
For some time now I have been making a personal effort to capture Footscray as I see and experience it so that I can hopefully preserve my own memories of it. My time in Melbourne is quickly coming to an end due to our impending move to Oxford in January. Through my ~5 years living in Melbourne's inner-west I have come to love the elements that make up this place, particularly my home suburb of Footscray. It has an incredibly rich cultural history that has served as a new home for migrants from all over the world and each culture has made its mark on the architecture, food, and character of this wonderful place. Unfortunately, as the area gentrifies I am sure some of the suburb's history will be lost as the facades of streets and generations move on.
This is my first post using the new FujiFilm X-T2 but it's not intended to be a review post much like many of my others. I've had the camera since its first day of release and I am yet to fault it. Fuji have taken the few niggles and irritations of the X-T1 and produced a truly phenomenal camera that can hold its own and then some against the big boys. I'll save that review for another week though.
This entire post is devoted to a weekend of shooting for enjoyment and moments, of which I have captured using the Fujifilm emulation of Acros. All of these pictures are Straight Out Of the Camera (SOOC) JPEG small with either AcrosR or AcrosY used (sorry, I don't remember which ones) and have +1 highlight, -1 shadows, +2 sharpening, and strong grain effect. I used the XF16, XF35 F2, and XF56 1.2 for various shots featured.
UPDATE (next day) Apologies if you read this when I had Astia written down instead of Acros, which is what these are using. I was trying to be productive yesterday after a day at a rather nice winery (pictured) and made some mistakes on here. I have also added in a few other Acros JPEGs where I have pushed the shadows out to +4, which is a look I really dig. They're at the bottom of the post.
A massive shout-out to everyone I got to hang and create with over the weekend, particularly Dragan and Ann. What was set to be a casual photo-walk turned into an amazing afternoon and evening of learning new street portrait skills from Dragan, and passing on some of my more posed portrait skills to him after we bumped into the ever awesome Ann. Ann is a bad ass martial arts actress who stars in the new Hard Target 2 film. Check her out!
The photos below are also using Acros but with Shadows at +4.
They were all shot with the XF35F2
Me - "Looks like it's going to be raining for our shoot. Are you up for a bit of getting wet?"
Sophie - "Oh yeah that's not a worry at all! We're from Ireland and England- we're not afraid of a few raindrops "
I had the pleasure of working with Sophie and Ritchie last week only days before they were set to venture off to the UK to be wed. For this shoot it quite literally rained, hailed and shined for us and these two embraced the elements with pure devotion. Running in and out of the scarce cover from the rain for various snaps was such a blast, and Sophie and Ritchie absolutely shone throughout it. You really can't beat their two smiles, right?
Thank you for an incredible photographic experience, Sophie and Ritch!
In Australia we really like our long weekends. In the first half of the year we get quite a few, which gives many of us the well earned time off from busy jobs to get away with family and friends for 3 or 4 days in beautiful parts of the country, or simply veg-out a bit and relax.
. During the recent Easter holiday period we took off down to Phillip Island in Victoria's south for a quiet couple of days away with some friends who rented a sweet beach house. It may have only been 2 days and 1 night, but I was certainly treated to a few stunning photographic experiences, and as you can expect, I packed a nice little shoulder bag load of FujiFilm gear. All shots were on an XT-1 with either the XF16 1.4, XF35 F2, XF56 1.2, or XF90 F2.
As a little thank you gesture for having us, I made sure to grab a few family snaps of our friends who so kindly let us stay with them for free. It was such a pleasure to be able to merge stunning scenery with a family portrait of sorts, which also helps to keep me sharp and inspired in between weddings and other more formal photo shoots. For this afternoon walk I simply took my XT-1 and XF56 1.2, which provides that subtle hint of compression and stunning subject isolation when I take a 'wider' approach to my framing, such as with the shot above. After being so inspired by the location only 2 minutes away from our accommodation that afternoon I made a point of getting up early the next day for sunrise to see how some long exposures would work out.
As the sun rose on the opposite side of the island, I was treated with some stunning tones and during a cloudy early morning. Was it what I expected? No. Was it still immensely satisfying? Absolutely!
What I loved about where we were situated was how quickly I could walk from this beach to another side of the island that had direct morning light, offering a new and equally unique perspective to the day's beginnings. As the day moved on I returned to the beach with our friends for a few more snaps and took advantage of some of the finer details around the house in which we were staying. The XF90 was a gem as always for the close up shots because of its combined focal length and relatively close minimum focusing distance.
Our final short trip down in Phillip Island was to The Nobbies, a vital area to many animal species and a spectacular sight to behold. The boardwalk is a comfortable experience for people of all ages and abilities and awesome viewing angles are in abundance. It's a wonderful family friendly place and if you're lucky, you may get to see penguins having a rest down by the rolling hills and oceans' edge.
As you would expect, the selfie-ticks were in an abundance here but thankfully it wasn't so busy that I couldn't get the snaps I wanted. The sharpness of the XF16 with a 10 stop ND filter in some cases won for me during this experience, with a few extra shots coming in from the XF35 F2 & XF90.
With only a bit more than half a year left before we move to the UK for a few years, I have become increasingly eager to explore my home country. Sure, things will probably be much the same when we return but there is certainly a yearning to live in the now and for experiences, not things. I also hope to inspire fellow visitors or dwellers in Australia to get out there more often and see what this massive country has to offer. Go get lost!
Nikki & Kesh - Melbourne, Australia
HOLY SMOKES! What a blast this wedding was!
Right from the beginning of the day, Nikki & Kesh set THE tone for a celebration of their love, great friendship and family, then wrapped it in generosity, incredible food, insane partying, and a desire for raw industrial wedding photos.
It's not every wedding where the couple says 'We want you and Nat to feel like our guests' and follow through by trying to get you to drink beer and special rum cocktails in the first hour of the wedding day. Emphasis on 'trying'. They also hounded us with food!
From the preparation, to the ceremony, and right through to the reception, there was such a genuine sense of love and respect between all of Nikki and Kesh's family and friends. Even their celebrant, Kay, was a great friend of theirs!
However, the most touching aspect of the wedding (aside from their marriage) was Nikki & Kesh's noble support of cancer research through a very beautiful gesture. Take a close look at the polaroid station. Each shot that guests took and placed was then matched with a donation by Nikki & Kesh to the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Can you imagine if every wedding was this selfless?
Natalia and I cannot stress enough how much this wedding was an absolute pleasure to capture, especially since we've made acquaintances with so many people from the wedding too!
Lots of love to you both, Nikki & Kesh! Thank you!
What a way to start 2016.
An ever handsome and gregarious 6'8" groom, and a classically beautiful and eloquent bride made for a truly unique and stylish wedding at the Werribee Mansion in Victoria's south west. There was always a truly endearing look in Benson and Jacqui's eyes whenever they looked at each other. That of a love that is true and deserving of great celebration.
We are incredibly grateful for Jacqui and Benson having us capture their exceptionally well planned and down right fun wedding day. They will most certainly enjoy a love filled and life-long marriage together.
Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia. It's a truly remarkable part of the state, and what's great is it's readily accessible for inner-city folk like myself at only 1 hour's drive away. At the spark of inspiration, my wife and I took off on a drive out there one Sunday for a good bit of fresh air and stunning, natural Australiana.
As you'd expect for this time of year the weather was a somewhat warm 30 degrees celsius, however many areas of the reserve were very refreshing due to different wind tunnels and the natural chill of many of the large shadowy rocks.
For this outing I wanted to keep it simple, light-weight and tack sharp.
Can you guess what I took?
As you may have guessed by the title of the post, I packed the XF16 1.4 and my XT-10. Two extremely powerful pieces of gear that are light-weight, responsive, and can wrestle (and win!) with the big boys. They're also incredibly robust, based on my awful experience of dropping the XF16 from waist height onto concrete some months ago. Watching it bounce several times made my heart skip a beat. Literally.
The temptation to shoot at wide apertures with this lens is always there, but with so much detail going on at Hanging Rock, I chose to shoot just about all these images between F8 and F11. I'm sure you can pick the few that are shot nice and shallow at F1.4 though.
There's really not much I can say about this combo that I've not said or shown before. Every time I pull an image off from this combo I'm just amazed at how much detail there is in the RAF files. Being able to pull shadow details from the way I expose images leaves my Canon rig for dead. I must also add for fellow Fuji X users regarding sharpening with Lightroom. Don't go beyond ~80 the amount of Sharpening and start with Masking at 100 and pull back from there. I like to sit mine around 70-90 depending on the style of photo. Trust me, it'll do your images justice.
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As the weather starts to warm up down here in Australia (Yes, we do experience temperatures other than stinking bloody hot) and the season to be wed kicks off, I have been out getting my eye trained up for some moodier portraits, and further venturing down that road of posing models to achieve the results I'd truly like to see. I also recently had the pleasure of attending an incredible 2-day workshop here in Melbourne with David Talley Photography, Rob Woodcox, and Kiara Rose Photography, all of whom are incredibly inspiring people and artists whose level of achievements and business savvy for their ages is somewhat confronting and mind-blowing. Truly awesome young creatives!
The love for Fujifilm gear continues on for me and I am so inspired by the XF90 135mm equivalent lens that I purchased a few months ago. It's a focal length that just works for me and the quality of the product itself demonstrates how much Fuji is still evolving, leaving me to wonder what 2016 will mean with the X-Pro2 and potentially, the XT-2. Of course, photography isn't all about gear, but having an inspirational piece of equipment or gear certainly helps!
As I look to the summer months ahead I am eagerly looking forward to a very special wedding that my wife and I will be shooting in Vietnam over Christmas, as well as some other lovely couples here in Melbourne, Australia. With the long days of shooting and travels comes preparation in the gym and good eating, which will hopefully serve me well in the more rural areas of Vietnam and some of long wedding days ahead.
To those of you who read and view my posts, and keep my website traffic at some pretty inspiring levels, I thank you for your support and hope that I can continue to keep you returning in the months and years to come.
You may have seen my earlier post about my First Day Impressions of the Fujifilm XF90,
which details my Fuji fan-boi experience with the new kid on the block. One month on and a fair few more shooting experiences later, this lens has done nothing but impress and inspire me. At my favoured full-frame equivalent focal length of ~137mm, the XF90 fits me like a glove and allowed me to move completely away from my Canon system, which had always been a go to when I needed the sharp and speedy 135mm F2 L.
This past month with the XF90 saw me checking out temperate rain-forest waterfalls in Victoria's east, shooting in stunning Western Australian sunsets with my dear friend Dan at Matsu Photography, exploring the historical sites of federation era Australia, and shooting for Ormsby Guitars and the Melbourne Guitar Makers Festival. On each and every varied occasion the XF90 never missed a beat and I have been left pondering how FujiFilm will outdo themselves next in their world of supreme, high quality consumer photography lenses.
There's something really frustrating about the XF90 - it leaves many of its brethren feeling somewhat inferior (emphasis on 'somewhat').
What Fuji have managed to achieve with this lens and its new quad-motor system is a lens that is incredibly responsive, accurate, and works extremely well in tough lighting conditions, such as low light and heavy back-lighting. I couldn't believe how well it focused on my mate Dan (below) during sunset, or at night as I often put it through its paces targeting objects near and far. As much as I love the XF56 1.2, after using the XF90 it feels somewhat slow and outdated and simply doesn't perform anyway near as well. Also, the XF90's bokeh trumps it by a long shot. Sorry, I know that F1.2 is still a hell of a feature and I'll continue to use mine, but the bokeh it produces simply isn't as smooth and rich.
Something sports and action photographers are going to love about the XF90 is how well it plays with continuous focusing mode, zone focusing and bursts, even at F2. It's smooth, accurate and damned responsive! Overall, a consistently high focus hit rate on par with what I was used to when using my Canon 7D/6D and the 135mm F2.
Did I mention that the XF90 is sharp?
Take a look at the 3 pictures above. I'm not normally a 'here's a 1:1 crop guy' but in this case I had to provide a quick screen grab at that ratio from my LR module (post grain added). I'll just leave you with those snaps to ponder.
If you're considering this lens be aware of how beneficial it is to have a ridiculously close minimum focusing distance on a lens of this focal length. I have loved utilizing the 60cm min. focusing distance so often and cannot wait to try it on some detailed wedding ring shots soon. If you like getting out and shooting a bit of wildlife like me, it's also particularly useful for some more intimate nature shots or flower snaps that provide a beautiful level of compression at this focal length.
I'll keep my conclusion simple. If you're a Fuji X-series user, buy this lens.
If you're on the fence about coming on board to the Fuji-side, get this lens and an XT-1 or XT-10 and be prepared to be blown away.
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Kriti (Sanskrit, krti) is a format of musical composition typical to Carnatic music. Kritis form the mental backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and is the longer format of Carnatic song. "Kriti" also means Creation.
Conventional Kritis typically contain three parts
The charanam usually borrows patterns from the anupallavi. The charanam's last line usually contains the composer's signature, or mudra, with which the composer leaves their mark.
Some Kritis have a verse between the anupallavi and the chara?am, called the chiaswara. This verse consists only of notes, and has no words. Other krithis, particularly some of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi and Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions, are intentionally composed without an annupallavi, where the verse after the pallavi is called the samashti charanam. Still others have some more s?hity? at the end of the chara?am, set in madhyamak?la (few lines within a song that are sung faster than the rest of it).[1]
There are krithi's, such as Thyagaraja's Enduku Nirdhaya that have no annupallavi but many short charanams. Often, the artists take up certain lines of a Krithi for neraval. One of the greatest explorers of the krti form was Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi (1700-65), who has created numerous varieties within this form, often with innovations in contrasting speeds, gaits (gatis) and lyrical variation (sahitya-sangatis), sectional partitioning and singular blending of rhythmic syllables and lyrics.
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The Bonhams Mercedes-Benz Sale takes place at the Mercedes-benz Museum on Saturday, March 28th, 2015, and you can view the details and register online via the Bonhams website.
As you might expect, it's packed with stunning cars and memorabilia, including one of just 18 Mercedes-Benz 770 Cabriolet D cars ever made. The 1931 example estimated at €2,300,000-2,800,000 was owned by German actor, producer and director Erik Carell and cost around 47,5000 Reichsmark when new, which was about the same price as a family home. It features a 7.7 litre engine which put out 150bhp, before an optional supercharger aded a further 50 horsepower. The body for the four door cabriolet was created by the Mercedes-Benz in-house coachbiuilders, Sindelfingen. Although it might pass by in a blur with a top speed of around 99mph in the 1930s.
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BP's (NYSE:BP) has moved equipment in and is ready for its "top kill" attempt on Wednesday. This has never been attempted before at these depths of 5,000 feet below the surface. BP is estimating the success rate being only about a 60 - 70 percent.
If the attempt is a failure, BP has a couple other options they could implement. The first being they would try and cut the damaged riser pipe on the top of the blowout preventer, they would then attach a cap to the riser from the above drillship. The company said if successful this would capture most of the oil.
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New twists in freight invoice factoring/
Options are growing to help carriers and brokers get paid quicker
Invoice factoring has been around for decades – according to Steven Hausman, president & CEO of Triumph Business Capital – perhaps even thousands of years. No matter how long it's been around, factoring has become an increasingly popular option for third-party logistics (3PLs) companies and freight carriers to manage cash flow.
In any shipper-broker-carrier arrangement, cash flow is an issue. Carriers want to be paid quickly to fund key items such as fuel and driver pay. Brokers want to pay carriers to build up a trusted relationship which ensures capacity when needed. Shippers, though, will try to push broker payments out 30, 60, 90 days or more.
That dynamic caused many carriers – especially smaller fleets and owner-operators – to begin factoring their bills. A factor buys the freight bill from the carrier for cash – at a discount. The carrier doesn't receive full payment, but it does receive money sooner. The factor then collects the debt from the broker or shipper. Brokers use factors in a similar way, to pay carriers quicker to ensure needed capacity down the road.
Timothy Brady, a small business trucking expert, writes that fleets can utilize several tactics to get paid, including offering discounts for shippers who pay early or building an interest charge into rates.
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Hausman says that there is some anecdotal evidence that as many as 80% of carrier payments are handled by factoring companies.
"As a result of increasing competition, carriers are solicited daily with factoring offers of high advance rates (the percentage of the freight bill advanced at time the invoice is sold or factored) coupled with factoring fees that are a fraction of what they were 10 years ago," Hausman says. "In fact, factoring fees are typically at or below the same pricing which many brokers charge for 'quick pay.'"
Technology, though, is starting to change the factoring business. Hausman says there are three emerging categories of payment processing solutions: dynamic discounting, supply chain finance, and virtual card payments.
Dynamic discounting involves a buyer (freight broker) and vendor (carrier). Payment features a discounted or reduced rate in exchange for quicker payment. In some cases, credit may be extended, Hausman says, usually in the form of a loan structure to the buyer.
"We haven't seen huge impact of dynamic discounting in the trucking space, largely because of the complexity," Hausman notes. "Most truckers are happy with two payment terms: standard and quick."
Virtual card payments is a direct B2B style payment option whereby payments are made through a single use credit card number. While not very popular, they are nonetheless an option that Hausman advises be included in a payment solutions toolbox.
The third area that is quickly emerging is supply chain finance, sometimes referred to as reverse factoring. Triumph's TriumphPay is a form of reverse factoring. Under this scenario, freight brokers "can become more attractive to their vendors (carriers) by incorporating working capital options from the onset," Hausman explains. "Unlike traditional factoring, where carriers sell their accounts receivable, reverse factoring is a financing solution initiated by the broker to help its carriers finance their open accounts more easily and at a lower cost than what would normally or otherwise be available."
BAM Worldwide provides another solution that it calls electronic factoring. This solution gives brokers the ability to pay carriers quickly without assuming as much financial risk.
"Brokers end up being kind of like banks," Todd Ehrlich, CEO of BAM Worldwide, tells FreightWaves. "Yes, they may pay carriers in 30 days, but carriers want to be paid faster so they factor the load."
Ehrlich says the BAM platform automates the process so brokers don't have to keep cash on hand to pay carriers. The average broker using the BAM platform has its business grow over 60% year over year, Ehrlich says. Electronic ABL (asset-based lending) and factoring eliminates the need for brokers to seek high-interest loans from traditional banks and doesn't come with the risk those loads bring.
"Many of the bankruptcies in recent years have been because banks give typical loans and our system doesn't allow that," Ehrlich notes, adding that electronic factoring is really "freight supply chain financing."
Brokers who participate in BAM's BAMWire are able to use what is essentially a line of credit to pay carriers and other related shipping bills. "If they wait for shippers to pay them before paying the carrier, the broker's credit rating would [drop]," Ehrlich says.
Electronic factoring is sometimes referred to as "quick pay" and offers several advantages to brokers and carriers. First, carriers who receive quicker payments often lower their rate demands. Carriers are also quicker to accept the broker's loads knowing that payment will be sooner – this saves time finding carriers and builds up strong relationships.
Paying carriers quicker will also improve the broker's "days to pay" credit rating, which translates to more available capacity.
BAMWire also handles the entire process electronically, including payments to carriers as determined by the broker, shipper invoices and final disbursement to close out the transaction.
FreightCo is a Fort Wayne, IN-based third-party logistics company that utilizes BAMWire, starting in 2014 after it was rejected by a bank for a credit line to improve payment times.
According to Brad McDonald, founder of FreightCo, using BAMWire has led to an 80% increase in load count, gross margin improvement from 8 to 14% and net income growth of 20%, all while saving $90,000 in administrative costs due to direct labor savings.
"In just 5 months, BAM allowed us to grow our business by more than 30%," McDonald said. "This growth is due to the cash infusion by BAM, allowing us to provide better payment terms to carriers and increase carrier capacity which has opened up opportunities with new and existing customers. The ability to offer quicker payments has also increased our credit score dramatically."
For brokers and carriers, the new options in factoring are providing more flexibility and improving the trust in the relationship – making it a win for both parties.


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Big Ideas: Measurement is a consistent duration and distance or, in the case of money, the value of units are consistent. Coins and bills are monetary units that may be measured. This lesson opens with an opportunity for students to consider how many nickels are equal to one quarter. The task is a problem-solving situation set in a bakery in which students select items to purchase and must determine the coins necessary to do so. The values of the items are such that students will be able to apply counting by fives to count quarters and nickels. Vocabulary: nickels, quarters Special Materials: coins: nickels and quarters, dimes Task Recording Sheets are available to print
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@Card SD Gundam Gaiden (@Card SDガンダム外伝) is a CD-ROM-based card strategy game for the Pippin Atmark console in which the user plays cards of characters from the Japanese anime spinoff SD Gundam.[1]
Bandai Digital Entertainment developed and released the hybrid version in Japan for Pippin and Power Macintosh in 1997.[1]
Its game engine, which was authored with Macromedia Director, bore some resemblance to @Card, a similarly-titled project which had been announced for the Pippin @WORLD in the United States,[2] but was never released.[3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 @Card SD Gundam Gaiden, GameFAQs.
- ↑ Bandai Pippin by eSPy, Lost Levels Forums. 2014-11-05.
- ↑ The unreleased games of Pippin by Pierre Dandumont, Journal du Lapin. 2016-08-06.
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- @Card SD Gundam Gaiden at GameSpot
- @Card SD Gundam Gaiden (Japanese) at Gundam Taizen
- SD Gundam Gaiden at the Gundam Wiki
- SD Gundam Gaiden at MAHQ
- PIPPIN@MARK software release list at Retrogeme (Japanese)
- @Card: SD Gundam Gaiden at Wikipedia (French)
- SDガンダム外伝 (Pipin) at Wikipedia (Japanese)
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CeBIT 2009: With a brushed aluminium design, 8" touchscreen LCD and Atom hardware built in - Asus' Eee keyboard is a sexy bit of hardware.
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Scale Modeling Tips & Tools Monthly, Issue #040-- "Signs of the Times"
April 15, 2010
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Signs of the Times
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There are few projects that can bring life to your scale model railroad layout like era-appropriate signs whether they are billboards, wall signs on structures or roadside/trackside signs. But to stimulate the "WOW Factor", you need one or two ghost signs on structure walls.
Besides clearly identifying the time period of your modeling efforts, signs add a spot or spots of color as well as conveying the impression of a highly detailed layout.
The Internet has provided literally hundreds of sources for signs and signing ideas for almost any era. You will find there are several modelers who keep a collection of sign art by industry, by era or by medium (metal, paper posters, billboards etc.)
There are very few scale modelers today who don't utilize a computer to create, download, scan and alter images and other printed material for modeling purposes. There are also software programs meant for purposes like creating banners or other signs for the printed page. With a little adjusting, cropping and shrinking, they are perfect for scale modeling.
A banner sign developed with Banner making software and reduced for use on an N-Scale building
For years I gave been creating my own signs for buildings using a program called "NetStudio" to create a "free-hand" factory sign in any font style, color and even shape, though for simplicity's sake I normally work with a square or rectangle.
Once I get the "sign" to look the way I want, I use another program called SnagIt to grab a copy and resize it tom match the scale of my model, add a border if suitable and print the result.
There sure wasn't a method of making your own decals practical for the modeler since there were no computers, no home printers and no known decal paper.
If I'm going to start hammering out decals, I'll need a good teacher, or at least a well written tutorial on the topic.
Chris Bromley wrote one on the N Scale Limited Website last year that is just the ticket. There is no reason to try and re-invent the process so here's a link to the instructions I am trying to follow.
If you learn things like this easier from a video, decalpaper.com produced a fine one you'll find here:
This looks a lot simpler than I at first imagined, I think the tricky part will be coming up with an ideal, good quality photo of your sign.
I have put together a gallery of sign images on my website, feel free to browse and take what you need.
Decals by their very nature are fragile and easily torn and since most are water activated, you double the need to handle them in a gentle manner.
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both straight and curved
Always prepare for their use by cutting from the decal sheet with a paper border surrounding it to allow you to grip it with tweezers for dipping into the water.
Watch for tiny bubbles in the decal surface which ruin the painted on effect. Be prepared to prick them with a pin of gently push them to the edge with a piece of cloth.
You will need to use a decal setting solution to help the decal mold itself to the surface of the model to appear like it was painted there. Most model surfaces are irregular with indentations and protrusions to emphasize detail. Decals are designed with the idea of applying them to a smooth surface.
The more glossy the surface, the better the adhesion. It is a good idea to spray the section where you are plying the decal with a coat of clear gloss. Once the decal is in position, we'll deal with the shine around the decal later with an overspray of flat finish.
If you run into problems because of an uneven surface such as corrugations, float your decal in the water and then submerge (gently) it in white vinegar. The acetic reaction will make the decal softer and it can be more easily curved around tricky areas. Another vinegar trick is to apply it to the surface and once the decal is in position, dab it off with a soft cloth.
You will find the older a decal gets, the more problematic it will be to use, they tend to get brittle and crack. Try flooding it with clearcote and allow it to dry. Do a test soak in warm water (not HOT!). Often this won't work and the decal acts like it is locked to the backing paper.
Don't give up, you can always scan it into your computer and print the resulting file on commercial decal paper.
You can also apply flow solution (available from art shops to increase acrylic-paint flow) to your decal removal water. Instead of sliding, try to pick up one edge with a toothpick to remove.
I eliminated both the financial drain and computer resource crippling effects of Photoshop with a simple-to-use and economy-minded graphics manipulation program called CompactDRAW.
The basic concept behind CompactDRAW is that you draw,edit and combine your shapes, text and other objects as in vector drawing packages. However each object has its own bitmap properties as a color, texture, transparency, many 3d effects, bevels or casting shadows. The objects have smooth edges and the feel of bitmap image or rendered scene.
Because everything is editable all the time, you don't have to recreate the graphics again and again from scratch just to change small thing.
What that means in railroad-modeler-speak is you can take the image of a brick wall and paste it into the work-area of CompactDRAW and then copy/paste a sign on top of the brick wall image where you can re-size and move your sign to where you want it.
Here's the cool part. You can then manipulate the sign with various texture elements and fade it to the point of being almost non-existent.
Alligator clips, especially if they are stationary can provide you with those extra hands and keep you from getting tangled up.
This is particularly handy for models of ships in an era that required rope-strapped blocks to provide a tie off point for other rigging lines below.
By sinking the butt ends of the alligator clips into the edge of a board you can pass your rope around the block at one end, bring it alongside itself and bind with a drop of glue. It is then easy to "seize" the glued area with a finer line as would have been done aboard ship.
You will find literally hundreds of uses for this particular rope-to-block process for the typical fully-rigged model.
As we get ready to embark on our third year, I am hoping to open the site up to input from other scale modelers. You may have noticed the Navigation Bar has been sub-divided into the major hobbies covered.
Each of these sections now has one or two pages that invite participation with questions, tips and pictures regarding your various modeling endeavors.
We want to hear from you as do the other 25,000 modelers who log onto this site monthly.
As I get ready to roll into my 71st year, I can't believe how much I have learned about hobby activities In the past two years. I have heard from other modelers with similar experiences.
To help me develop and maintain my website your comments on its content are essential. You can send me your comments by visiting the "Voice Your Opinion" feature at the top of the Navigation stack in the left column on each page.
It was never my intention to make this website a one way street as my knowledge is no where deep enough for me to be termed an "Authority". I hunger for your feedback, comments, ideas, tutorials, plans, pictures and even your negative comments if considered constructive.
The Internet and that includes www.scale-modelers-handbook.com work best when they are interactive and that is collaboration only you can provide. It has been a pleasure serving as your guide for these past two years and by no means am I throwing in the towel, for I honestly believe the building and maintaining of this website are instrumental in keeping my mind active.
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Friday Photo Swoon – Sisters
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You look cute :)ReplyDelete
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Charming post. I often wonder how different my life would have been if I'd had a sister. Someone to confide in and ally with. It would have given me more confidence and opportunity to be my real self under the yoke of parental control.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, or you would have had slamming doors, screaming matches, and tantrums! Hahaha! ;-)Delete
This is just so sweet! I love my sister too! I know what you mean about being a kid and being mean to your sister though! Now as adults we are very close! That last picture of you and your sister is so special!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM
Very sweet. Love the last photo the best.ReplyDelete
great pictures, you and your sister are super cuteReplyDelete
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Really lovely post, I love my big sister to bits!ReplyDelete
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He is doing so much better Barbara, thank you! Wearing a sling and taking lots of naps, but getting up and around much easier. ;-)Delete