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OK, that is a mouthful – what is this? Intuit is introducing a new kind of "ProAdvisor" program aimed solely at the "Cloud". The Intuit QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor Program is NOT another "certification" within the traditional ProAdvisor program – it is something very different and separate. This is a program that anyone can apply to, with multiple benefits, and it is free!
When Intuit presented this to me I just about fell off my chair, it was so surprising. So, let me pick myself up off the floor and we'll take a look at what this is. I almost made this one of my "Rant" articles, but I'm still trying to figure some things out.
What Does The Intuit QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor Program Include?
Since this is a new program I won't be surprised if some of the details change in the near term.
This program is free – there is NO fee to become a member of the Intuit QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor (dang it, wait a moment, I have to pick myself up off the floor again).
Jyothi Trishuleshwar is Intuit's Product Manager for North America ProAdvisor Programs, says that this program is aimed at accounting professionals ready to move their entire practice to the cloud. As such, you'll note that this program does not include any of the desktop products.
This is the US announcement of the program. A similar program already exists in Australia and the UK, and it will be launching soon in Canada as well (there could be variations in the details in each country).
The US program includes:
- Opportunities to take ONE certification – QuickBooks Online. This is the same certification, with the same badge, as members of the QuickBooks ProAdvisor program get.
- Training for this certification.
- A license for:
- QuickBooks Online for Accountants (QBOA). I'm not sure if this includes a license to QuickBooks Online Plus for your own use, but I assume it does (just like the regular QuickBooks ProAdvisor program).
- Five free returns for Intuit Tax Online.
- A one year subscription to Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants for one client.
- Free phone support for QBOA.
- Chat support for all other Cloud ProAdvisor Program needs (I believe that this means for Intuit Tax Online and Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants).
- Turnkey marketing tools such as templates for email campaigns and newsletters, etc.
- Listing in the "Find A ProAdvisor" website once you are certified.
What Does The "Regular" ProAdvisor Program Include?
Again, programs like this are moving targets, but here is what is included in the Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program now (this is what I'm calling the "regular" program, to distinguish it from the "cloud" program).
The fee is $549 a year (discount rate, normally $599, and there is a monthly payment option). This gets you:
- Opportunities to take several different Certifications for free (QuickBooks, QuickBooks Advanced, Enterprise, Online, POS)
- Training for these certifications
- A license for:
- QuickBooks Accountant
- QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions for Accountants
- Advanced Inventory (for Enterprise)
- QuickBooks Point of Sale Pro
- QuickBooks for Mac
- QuickBooks Online for Accountants (includes QuickBooks Online Plus for your own use)
- Five free returns for Intuit Tax Online.
- A one year subscription to Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants for one client.
- Special discounts on Intuit products and services that you can pass on to your clients
- Phone and Chat support (varies with your certification level)
- Intuit Payment Solutions Bundle
- Discounts on a variety of products and services from Intuit
- Discounts and demo subscriptions to a variety of third-party add-on products
- Turnkey marketing tools such as templates for email campaigns and newsletters, etc.
- Listing in the "Find A ProAdvisor" website once you are certified
The big difference between the programs is the software that is included and the price. If you are working with clients who have the desktop product, and you work with a variety of clients, the QuickBooks ProAdvisor program provides you with a significant amount of software at a very low price. No question about that.
What About Xero?
Sure, I know that this is an article about an Intuit program, but I have to say that one of the first things that came to mind when this was presented to me was "this is a direct response to Xero".
In addition to my QuickBooks certifications, I'm also a Xero Certified Partner. As Greg Lam said, Xero is the up and comer, and it is getting a lot of attention from accounting professionals lately.
The Xero Partner Program is organized in a different way that Intuit's QuickBooks ProAdvisor program – you get a sliding scale of features based on the number of organizations (clients) you bring to the table. At the Starter level, you get:
- Free membership
- Free Xero Partner Edition (similar concept as QBOA)
- Free Xero Business Edition – large plan (your account for your own business, like the QBO account Intuit gives in their program)
- A "dedicated account manager", your Xero contact for any kind of issues you need help with
- An "enablement specialist" to help you with conversions and technical accounting queries
- Free email support
- Free training (basic training, "introduction" and "essentials")
- Free marketing resource guide
- Free "quarterly forums" (I haven't been to one yet, can't comment on that)
As you move up the scale by adding more clients, you start gaining other benefits. These include things like a directory listing (similar concept to Find A ProAdvisor), their practice management product, contributions towards promotional events you want to put on to attract clients, discounts on business subscriptions, and more.
Starter level benefits are free to everyone who signs up. HOWEVER, it is important to note that Xero does require you to be an accounting professional, although I'm not entirely clear as to how they check on that. If you wish to be a "certified", there is a one time fee (currently $399 for an in-person class, $249 for a live online class), although there are discounts at special events like their conference and summer camp. This means there is at least some sort of commitment/cost (albeit very low) to get certified, and therefore be listed in their contact website.
Xero has aggressively courted accounting professionals in the US and abroad, and their program gives you a low cost way of getting your foot in this door.
My First Impressions
I have to say, that as a ProAdvisor myself (since 2005), with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Advanced, QuickBooks Enterprise and QuickBooks Online certifications, when the new Intuit QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor Program was presented to me I just about fell off my chair (yes, I seem to be doing that a lot). I was stunned. This is so very different than what we have had all along, it is taking me a long time to decide what it means to all of us who have been long time members of the regular ProAdvisor program.
From Intuit's perspective I can see the advantages, I think. They want to gather in all of the accounting professionals to the Intuit Cloud world. There has been a lot of resistance and foot dragging by many accounting professionals, so Intuit is trying to lower the barriers. Intuit is clearly focusing on Cloud Accounting – look at the QuickBooks main website and it is all about QuickBooks Online – you have to scroll way down or dig about before you see the desktop products. At all the trade shows they push QuickBooks Online to the forefront. The Cloud is the future at Intuit.
Intuit is also taking great pains to tell us "No Desktop Left Behind", probably in response to the many people who have speculated (as I have in the past) that we see the end of Intuit's desktop products coming. Almost every presentation by Intuit on QuickBooks Online seems to include that statement these days (so I had to include it here). OK, I get it, as long as you have millions of users running QuickBooks desktop products, you'll continue to develop and support them. And we DO see new versions of the desktop products coming out each year, with new and improved features. But, come on, it is very clear that Intuit is trying to push everyone into the Cloud very aggressively.
So, a few random thoughts and questions, from where I'm sitting (still on the floor)…
- Wait, what does this say to long-time ProAdvisors? We've been loyal (well, lots of us have), we've paid our dues (and our fees). Now you are letting anyone in for free? You are adding all this competition for me and THEY don't have to pay their dues?
- Of course (and Intuit was quick to point this out to me) – members of the regular QuickBooks ProAdvisor program get ALL of these features as well. In addition, QuickBooks ProAdvisors get a significant amount of Desktop products as a part of our program. Many ProAdvisors still find that the bulk of their business comes from the desktop product, and the ProAdvisor program is still the best way to get your software for that environment.
- Wait, you are telling me that there no requirements or qualifications to sign up for this? That is the way it is now, you just sign up. So, if I'm the owner of a small business and I want to get a free license to QuickBooks Online, I can just sign up for the Cloud ProAdvisor program and get my account for free. I don't need to be certified! I don't need to be an accounting professional! That doesn't seem right, but I don't see anything that will stop this. Is that intentional?
- Of course, even though these new Cloud ProAdvisors get their listing in the Find A ProAdvisor website for free (after certification), I expect that MY listing will show at the top of the list. This has been a long, painful trip over the past few years, but at THIS time the order of listing in the Find A ProAdvisor website uses a "point system" that takes into account (in no particular order): Advanced certification, Current year QuickBooks certification, Enterprise certification, total number of certifications, QBPOS certification, ratings, photo in profile and distance from the search location. This means that long term QuickBooks ProAdvisors should always get listed ahead of Cloud ProAdvisors.
- Wait -I'm a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, I'm QuickBooks Online Certified, but I don't get to call myself an "Intuit QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor? If I'm pursuing the Cloud clients, don't I want to be able to say that is what I am, too? Doesn't seem fair (whine, whine).
Like I said, I am still chewing on what all this means. My first impressions were very negative, but that is partly because of the shock. I shouldn't have been THAT shocked – it is clear that Intuit is noticing what Xero is doing and this has to be at least partly a response to that. It is a good opportunity for those accounting professionals that don't want anything to do with the desktop product – and for those of us who still depend heavily on that desktop market this doesn't open the door for more competition THERE.
I have a feeling that this program is going to evolve quite a bit over the next few months. I also am interested to see what kinds of comments we see about this program…


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> >>First, I am aware of Date's definition and I do not quite feel
> >>confortable with it because it focuses too much on structural
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> >>domains. Neverthless, Date's is logically correct: it's a matter of
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> > Well that's reassuring; although you're right on the potential for
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> > But I'm not sure how you could confuse an attribute with a relvar. A
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> Ah, but an attribute is a variable a la predicate calculus. See 'bound
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An attribute is nothing but an single-domain elementary relvar whose values are defined by data type definition. Confusion made by Tony D is that values holding place in relvars change: they don't --> they belong to a domain from which they are simply extracted. Received on Sat Jul 01 2006 - 08:29:35 CDT
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CORINTH – A group of stakeholders organizing and coordinating events in and around Corinth to commemorate the 150th anniversary are brainstorming more celebratory events.
Organizers plan to enhance several annual events in honor of the year – 1862 – in which the Battle of Shiloh, the Siege and Battle of Corinth and the Battle of Farmington took place.
"I think we have a good lineup already, but we may want to add something to the calendar next year," said Kristy White, executive director of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, during a Thursday meeting.
Events already scheduled include:
* March 3-4, 2012: Corinth Civil War Relic and Militaria Show and Sale, Crossroads Arena; sponsored by the Col. W.P. Rogers Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
* March 30-April 1, 2012: Battle of Shiloh 150th Anniversary, Pickwick, Tenn.
* Sept. 13-16, 2012: Battle of Farmington, a collaboration with the Blue-Gray Alliance.
* Nov. 3-4, 2012: Corinth Grand Illumination, Civil War Interpretive Center and throughout Corinth.
Plans for each of the events are well under way.
Larry Mangus, commander of the Rogers Camp SCV, said discussions are under way to exhibit at the March relic show the sword that was carried by Rogers at his death at Battery Robinett.
The Battle of Shiloh commemoration will include premiering the new film that interprets the battle, filmed earlier this year with scores of re-enactors.
The Battle of Farmington weekend includes two days set aside for visiting school children, said Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry.
The Blue-Gray Alliance offers some additional programs that have not been included in previous years, and other special events for the weekend are close to being finalized, he said.


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CALL TO ACTION : Japan Dolphins Day is September 1 … #Tweet4Dolphins
It's not too late to participate in Japan Dolphins Day on Sept. 1!
Japan Dolphins Day marks the beginning of the dolphin hunting season in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove.
There are already over 100 events and nearly 10,000 people who have pledged to voice their concern over the slaughters and the global captivity industry, which treats dolphins like property rather than thinking, feeling beings.
You are invited to add your voice to this cause and find an event happening near you, or create one of your own if none exist in your city.
To register, go to: japandolphinsday.net
Please Tweet #JDD2013 and #Tweet4Dolphins to help spread the word about the slaughters and Japan Dolphins Day!
World Oceans Day 'celebrates' with …. an oilspill!?
World Oceans Day is June 8 http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/.
Whlist growing up in my native New Zealand, never all that far from the coast and beaches, I enjoyed the times I was 'beside the sea' but tried not to take it for granted.
In time, I became involved in helping to run Seaweek activities for children and families http://www.seaweek.org.nz/ , with the resulting buzz of seeing these children gaining a very real and tangible benefit from being outdoors. I also helped set up the first marine reserve http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/marine-and-coastal/marine-protected-areas/ near Wellington, the capital city. All of these experiences were based on my long-time voluntary efforts with the 'Forest and Bird' New Zealand's largest independent conservatioon group http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/.
Having travelled to the United Kingdom, and enroute visiting Italy, France and most recently Croatia, I again had a renewed awareness of how much these countries rely on, benefit on but I wonder if they take for granted (?), their coasts, wildlife and all of the incumbent natural resources.
Our fish stocks are being depleted, with Marine Conservation Society suggestions regarding sustainable fish http://www.fishonline.org/information/MCSPocket_Good_Fish_Guide.pdf.
The whaling ban is in jeapordy http://www.wspa-international.org/latestnews/2010/iwc-proposal-could-harpoon-commercial-whaling-ban.aspx.
The current oil spill in the Bay of Mexico only serves to illustrate how much we – or at least industry and government (?) – are willing and able to risk these finite natural resources. The images of wildlife covered in oil and Barak Obama with Tar balls on the beaches is the visual 'tip of the iceberg'. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oil-spill-creates-huge-undersea-dead-zones-1987039.html
Nature is resilent – the latest reports of islands thought to be sinking, actually doing the complete opposite – but we humans are consistently battling with Nature for more and more resources, due to an ever-expanding population, and the seas and oceans are hsowing the strain!
Is it really 'all up' to the future generations or can we not start, here and now, to make that difference?
I like the Japanese, but not their whaling practices… remember The Cove
The Independent On Sunday today reports the Japanese at it again … whaling that is!
MY VIEW: When I saw the hard-hitting film 'The Cove', some local Japanese folk were askedif they ate whale meat? The answer – no/they did not like it. Research has even suggested whale meat contains high levels of toxins which are poisonous, especially if ingested by children had damaging results to health.
Why, then, do the Japanese continue to go against world opinion and keep slaughtering whales – just because they can!
The IoS: Western politicians lose nothing domestically by not budging an inch on Japanese whaling. Their Tokyo counterparts can condemn Western "cultural imperialism" and bask in the reputation as defenders of Japan's right to the "sea commons".
THE JAPANESE ARGUMENTS: 'It's our right /to check stocks.
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In an annual ritual as seemingly unstoppable as the tides, Japan's whaling fleet is again ploughing the Southern Ocean hunting and killing whales. Bitterly criticised, harried by eco-warriors on Sea Shepherd's ships and tracked by the world's media, the fleet may be slowed but it won't be stopped. On its return to port in April, the refrigerated holds are likely to be stuffed with the meat from 850 minkes and 50 fin whales. Next year, 50 endangered humpbacks could be added to the list.
Japan has so far been largely inoculated from debate on the annual cull, but that may be about to change. Next month sees the first public hearing in the trial of Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, accused of trespass and theft in their attempt to expose the embezzlement of whale meat by crew members on board the fleet, who sold it for personal gain. Activists believe the so-called Tokyo Two case could put the entire whaling programme in Japan on trial.
Japan's stubbornness on whaling is one of the mysteries of world diplomacy. Why does the country turn angry and unyielding when it comes to whaling?
Why does it continue to snub one of the environmental movement's few lasting triumphs: the 1986 moratorium on commercial hunts? Oddly, very little is known about the dynamics of whaling in Japan, probably because foreign media do such an awful job of reporting it. Without an explanation, Japan's taste for "whale blood" (as The Independent once put it) seems irrational and barbaric, fuelling racist stereotypes that the Japanese do not deserve.
Clearly, it is not because Japan's citizens love whale meat. A 2006 Greenpeace survey concluded that 95 per cent of Japanese had "never or very rarely eaten" it. Outside of a handful of local ports, fresh whale is as rare as, say, veal, in the UK. Pro-whalers respond that it is so only because foreign pressure has made the meat so expensive to harvest. But even after the 1986 international whaling moratorium and the start of Japan's "scientific" whaling, 70 tons of whale meat was left unsold from a catch of 1,873 tons after the fleet returned to port in spring 2001 – a fraction of the 230,000 metric tons consumed in the peak whaling year of 1962. Although some middle-aged citizens remain fond of it, most youngsters would rather eat almost anything else. The mass consumption of whale meat, and the industry that supports it, was essentially forced on Japan by a lack of alter-native resources half a century ago.
So, boring as it sounds, Tokyo's relentless drive to reverse the whaling ban is essentially political, and understanding why means casting our minds back to how the ban came into being. The Japanese Fisheries Agency (JFA), which controls the nation's whaling policy, feels that it was bamboozled and blackmailed into abandoning commercial hunts by the US-led West.
One date, in particular, is for ever burned into the JFA's collective consciousness. On 30 June 1979, anti-whaling protester Richard Jones, who later became an Australian senator, dumped red paint over Japanese delegates at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) conference in London. Caught up in the growing environmental movement, the bureaucrats professed no idea why they were being blamed for the destruction of whale stocks, when historically the US and Europe had hunted far more whales.
In the 1980s, as a bitter trade war raged between Japan and the West, Washington came under pressure to limit access to its coastal waters, which yielded nearly a million tonnes of fish per year to Japanese boats. In a deal struck in the middle of the decade, Japan agreed to withdraw its objections to the IWC whaling moratorium in return for a US pledge to keep this access open. But months after Japan formally agreed to the ban in July 1986, its US fishing quota was halved. Two years later, it had fallen to zero and an angry JFA responded by kick-starting the now infamous practice of "scientific whaling".
The JFA knows it has zero chance of winning a two-thirds majority to overturn the IWC ban. It also knows there is no chance of reviving the commercial industry, which is kept alive on government life-support. What the agency can do is fight for the symbolic right to whale sustainably, and occasionally skewer Western hyp-ocrisy, which it does quite well. Why do American hunters kill five million "beautiful, Bambi-eyed deer" annually, wondered Japan's top whaling diplomat Joji Morishita at a January press conference. "I've no problem with that, as long as it is sustainable."
For some Japanese politicians, the appeal of the pro-whaling campaign is quite clear: Japan can let off steam in the foreign political arena.
Fixing what is basically a case of wounded national pride should be straightforward, but after two decades the pro- and anti-whaling camps are deeply dug in and have little reason to compromise. Western politicians lose nothing domestically by not budging an inch on Japanese whaling. Their Tokyo counterparts can condemn Western "cultural imperialism" and bask in the reputation as defenders of Japan's right to the "sea commons".
Did you see The Cove – would you do this to a friend?
The Telegraph today says Free flipper! argues scientist
Dolphins should be treated as "non-human persons" and merit special rights above other animals because they are so bright, scientists claim.
Researchers argue that it is morally unacceptable to keep such intelligent animals in captivity or to kill them for food.
Dolphins have long been recognised as among the most intelligent of animals but many researchers had placed them below chimps, which some studies have found can reach the intelligence levels of three-year-old children.
MY VIEW: I have always been highly unconvinced that marine parks and aquauria were the best places for dophins. Ever since seeing them in relatively tiny pools in small marine centres in New Zealand, I have felt sorry for them! Also, viewing dolphins and whales in the wild where they are naturally spectacular. Recently seeing the film The Cove – has convinced me not only that such amazingly intelligent creatures deserve better, perhaps they should be counted as 'friends' just like man's 'best friend' – the dog!


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Running to almost 2000 pages in English translation, the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West is a treasure trove that filmmakers can raid for their own purposes.
Last year brought us Stephen Chow's comic yet suspenseful revisionist version - part one of a planned series - which concentrated on the early adventures of the hapless Buddhist monk Xuanzang (better known to anglophones as Tripitaka).
Cheang Pou-soi's The Monkey King casts martial-arts star Donnie Yen as Xuanzang's most famous travelling companion, a powerful yet buffoonish stand-in for over-reaching humanity who is gulled by the Bull Demon King (Aaron Kwok) into rebelling against the heavenly Jade Emperor (a suitably unflappable Chow Yun-fat).
This plot is not really enough to sustain an entire feature, especially as none of the characters are especially sympathetic and the ending is telegraphed long in advance. The film is of interest mainly for its trippy, artificial look, which relies on green-screen effects that seem even less persuasive in 3D.
In aerial battle sequences, the characters resemble paper dolls fluttering in front of painted backdrops. Yen capers about in a golden ape suit that summons memories of Harry and the Hendersons, and he squeals excitedly in the manner of Jar Jar Binks.
Despite the disjointed storytelling, it's all eye-popping, campy fun if you're in the mood, and a few sequences - such as a visit to the underwater palace of the Dragon King (Liu Hua) - have a naive charm not wholly unworthy of Georges Melies, the father of fantasy cinema.
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Good on him if he wants to have a go and can still muster the interest to score some serious tackle but seriously, a win?
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On the Road
Stories about roads and journeys are as old as humankind. One of the earliest "on the road" stories was Homer's Odyssey, from 800 B.C.E., the story of Odysseus' journey home after the Trojan Wars.
From Homer to Dante, Xuanzang , Marco Polo and Cervantes to Halliburton, to Kerouac, Durell, Theroux, Iyer, writers have taken their readers along on their roads, whether the journey is fiction, non-fiction, or a combination of both.
The words, "on the road", can mean many things. To the salesman, it is a time away from home trying to sell products. To the explorer, it means setting off on an adventure. A road trip for athletes means that they're playing in a different city. To a homeless person, being on the road means the search for food and shelter. To a Buddhist, the road may symbolize the path to enlightenment. For refugees, the road is an escape route and symbolizes hope and safety.
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"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began,
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
– Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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Hi : ) I think all your pictures are from an another word ! I'm just 14 but i wish in the future I will travel as many as you and do pohotos ! I never see photos that are so poignant… I love doing pictures but, I'm scared that there are to many people how do that brillant, and I'm only in dreams as good as they … Are you feels lucky that you do all this pictures ? Is it not a little bit terrible for you that you saw so many pain, disasters and cruelty ? (sorry for my english, but i'm from Poland)
definitely some very inspiring and emotional images
hi sir
An exhibition of young photographers wish to be part of your photos in the exhibition to learn from young people
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its superrrrbbbb….really an inspiration for those like me ..who just started their photography life…
Thank u….
This is simply mesmerizing ! Simplicity at its best . . . And you have made some unbeatable journeys with a wide variety, with perfect moments captured with your vision.
Truly worth observing ! Keep going . . .
I say . . . take me along as well😀
Ankit Mavchi.
It's amazing!!! I love it!!!!!
es increible como atravez de tus fotos uno aprende estilos y costumbres diferentes , y ese lente magico que capta todas las emociones!!!!
No hay una sola foto tuya que no me deje perpleja!!!!! SOs increíble! Miro mil veces la misma foto y cada vez descubro algo nuevo!!!
Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us, you are my inspiration.
I love it!!!!! realy amezing!
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Wow, these photos are amazing! I wish that I could take photos half as well! but I am learning. I love your blog
its simply brilliant work here
Your each and every attempt r well appreciated..
my blog of the day for sure..
How wonderful, Steve! You seem to be the most fortunate person to have visited all these places and photographed the moments so beautifully which are not only a treat to the eyes but thought-provoking too! Love your work. Thanks for sharing.
Steve, fantastic series! Little girl from Kabul, little boy from Angkor, man carrying his daughter (?) across the waters, little Amish girl in a carriage, gentle man from Rajasthan with terrific red turban, little girl from Mauritania, and the horsman from Amdo, Tibet with amazing, amazing light — these pictures have touched me deeply!
Greg Shanta
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The road less travelled…what beautiful, evocative treasures these are. A wonderful affirmation of our spirit to overcome our difficulties and maintain our humanity no matter what. Thank you so much for giving us these amazing images.
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Genius, as always.. you've always been my inspiration, steve.
Keep it up.
Caro Sr Steve.
Aqui no Brazil utilizamos muito a espressao "' estou na estrada"" que significa que continuo seguindo adiante, que não desisti e continuo lutando.
Nesta epoca do ano, Carnaval, as pessoas saem as ruas para demonstrar e compartilhar sua alegria e principalmente demonstrar que com sua alegria continuam acreditando no futuro, ou se ja se mantem na estrada
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Very beautiful and touching photos. Thanks for sharing with us.
Lovely lovely pictures… Each picture tells a story.. Lovely theme.. You surely are a great inspiration.. Awaiting for more
Mr Steve,
I am a new Fan of your Photographs, Your photos are as always touching the Life so closely, I wonder If I could every be able to reach somewhere near to your great works. Thanks for sharing your touching experiences of life and places.
Haunting and arresting work. I am so grateful to have found your website. Thank you for sharing your work.
Love this blog. I can only dream of being as good a photographer as you are. Thank you so much for the inspiration to visit places and see more than just the top layer of the story.
Thought provoking images. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful! What a Nice job: travelling and meeting différent civilization.
Thanks for sharing another beautiful series of photographs.
It will be great to see your photographs of Kashmir on your blog, so far I only remember one which was taken on boat in Dal lake, but I am sure there will be many more breathtaking as always
[…] On the Road « Steve McCurry's Blog […]
Your photos are deeply affecting. They convey truth, beauty, and concern for this fragile world in which we live and journey. Portraits resonate with respect for their subjects. Thank you for sharing both your photographs and the thoughts which accompany them.
I was reading through Magnum in my university library yesterday and I remember the third to last photograph very vividly.
Your photographs make feel very alive! With so much to see so much to do.. thank you for the inspiration!
Very very nice series … Congretulations !!
Oh Master ! Such grace lingers in these photos !
The photo from Rajesthan, India of a man and his Red turban – such Red, I have seldom seen !
Beautiful! Your photos inspire me to travel more and photograph more. (And I'm already doing it full-time!)
Thank you so much for sharing your work.
One thing we all seem to have in common is that we are always on the move, either to familiar locations or new destinations.
We walk, ride, swim, fly….always in motion. It binds us together.
Thank you Mr. MacCurry for sharing your always great work! Hopefully the life takes to me by as interesting "roads" as those that you have been crossed…
AMAZING! just amazing pictures…
I love your style!
It's a pleasure for the eyes and the brain to see this beautiful pictures and think at what's behind them.
As always, your work is an inspiration to photographers like me. Thanks for sharing your picture of the world
Sencillamente genial, maestro!!! Una maravilla de post!!
Your photos intrigue and inspire me and have for the longest time! I'm such a fan of your work! In my own art, my quest is to find photographs to paint from that have a presence and evoke a mission within to gain access to that wondrous creative portal. You do it through your photos!
There are roads who leads to many places. Which one we choose? The right one, I think. Beautiful photos!


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The touring Australian Students finally overcame a resolute challenge from their Irish counterparts to triumph 24- 10 at a soft University of Limerick ground yesterday (Wed 8th).
In a tough physical battle it took the 'Roos over half an hour to cross the Irish line when Clint Lavering scored a try. Gerrard Parle added the two points. Steve Carlon added a further try on 35 minutes before the Irish Student Wolfhounds responded.
Dublin Blues forward Vinny O'Dowd scored a try near the posts and Gareth Simpson converted to leave the 'Roos leading 10 points to 6 at the interval. The war of attrition continued into the second half and Ireland drew level when Vinny O'Dowd crossed for his second try 4 minutes after the break.
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Using the Df with older lenses
One of the major selling points of the Df is the potential for shooting with Nikon's older, manual focus lenses. The ability to mount manual focus 'AI' lenses has long been a feature of Nikon's high-end DSLR bodies, but the Df goes one step further and allows Pre-AI lenses to be attached, too. This means you can mount almost all of Nikon's F mount lenses on the Df, with the main exceptions being the IX-Nikkor lenses designed for APS film and the two lenses designed for Nikon's first autofocus camera, the F3AF.
The amount of work required to use older lenses is dictated by their type. This is usually a function of when that design was introduced - Nikon has regularly continued to build older lens types after introducing newer systems. Here's how they all work.
Autofocus and 'CPU' lenses
As you might expect, it's generally the most modern lenses that offer most functions. The latest 'G' lenses do not have aperture rings and can only be controlled from the camera body. The older AF-Nikkor lenses (plus Zeiss ZF.2 and the three AI-P Nikkors) all feature CPUs that communicate their focal length and maximum aperture to the camera. These can be operated using either the camera's command dial, or the aperture ring if you've chosen that from the Custom Function menu (Menus/Custom/f/f7 Customize Control Dials/Aperture Setting/Aperture Ring). If you choose to use the command dial, the aperture ring must be locked at its minimum setting, so that the lens isn't stuck in a position that conflicts with the one being specified by the camera.
In general, the decision of whether to use the aperture ring or command dial is likely to come down to what mixture of lenses you're using - if most of your lenses are AF and G-type, then you'll get a more consistent experience by using the camera's dials. However, if you're using the Df to resurrect your older lenses, you may prefer to stick to using their aperture rings.
AI and Pre-AI lenses
The complications begin when you mount a lens without a CPU onto the camera. Those introduced after 1977 feature what's called an 'aperture indexing' ridge (giving rise to the AI name) that communicates the current aperture relative to the maximum aperture of the lens. Since the maximum aperture isn't specified, this needs to be manually entered into the camera. The Df allows you to define and store 9 such sets of information, via the 'Non-CPU lens data' option in the Setup Menu*.
Since the camera can't control the aperture with AI and Pre-AI lenses, you are limited to Aperture Priority and Manual exposure mode when using these lenses. With AI lenses, the camera will show the correct aperture in the viewfinder and in the EXIF data of any images you shoot. Finally, with Pre-AI lenses, the camera has no information at all about the lens' settings (beyond what you've manually entered), so you have to manually match the aperture on the lens to the one that you've told the camera using the command dial.
When using AI and Pre-AI lenses, we found it useful to assign one of the buttons on the front of the camera to select which lens we were using - you can't define a new lens this way, but you can easily switch between the lenses you've already set.
*Any data manually entered or derived from it is reported with an asterisk when played back in the camera.
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|Aperture control
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|Aperture Ring
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†When using AF-Nikkors ('CPU' lenses), you have the choice of using the lens aperture ring or the camera's command dial. The lens needs to be locked to its smallest aperture to use the command dial.
Manual focus with the Df
There are three major means of manual focusing with the Df - by eye through the optical viewfinder, with assistance from the camera's focus indicator, or by using magnified live view on the back of the camera. Having experimented with all three, it's not surprising which yields the best results.
The Df specifications say it uses the same Clear Matte Mark VIII focusing screen that Nikon uses in most of its full frame models. Anyone used to a pre-AF SLR will be disappointed at the lack of a split-prism focus screen (the given reasoning has always been that the differing transparency as the camera is focused can interfere with the light hitting the metering sensor which is built into the viewfinder). The screen includes an LCD layer, so it isn't replaceable - meaning there's no easy way of fitting a third-party split prism screen either.
|Focused 'by eye' (with rangefinder light lit)
|Focused with Live view
|100% crop
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Our experience with focusing using just the screen hasn't been great but when used in conjunction with the focus confirmation rangefinder (essentially the AF sensor confirming focus) it's pretty effective. We've read the talk about the focusing screen being better than the ones used in other Nikon cameras, but we just aren't seeing an appreciable difference. In situations where depth of field is extremely shallow - for example close distances and large apertures - the focus confirmation dot will stay lit even when the lens is visibly out of focus, meaning that it's only helpful as a guide, rather than specific confirmation.
Unsurprisingly, this leaves magnified live view as the most accurate and precise means of achieving perfect focus. The camera's highest magnification is around 200%, allowing a very detailed view of the subject you're trying to focus on. It's slower than focusing using the viewfinder (since you can't assess focus and composition at the same time), but it's more consistent in giving the correct result.
Shooting experience with older lenses.
Barney Britton
The appeal of using older lenses on the Df is not just practical, but also aesthetic. The 'aesthetic' element here is that all of Nikon's manual focus lenses, AI and Pre-AI, are a beautiful match for the Df's self-consciously 'traditional' design.
So what's it like to shoot with older lenses on the Df? Well, it's a mixed bag. I'm used to using Ai manual focus lenses on Nikon DSLRs, and the experience of programming-in the basic lens data, mounting and shooting with an old manual prime on the Df is identical to any other recent high-end models. On the 36MP Nikon D800 I have had serious issues achieving correct manual focus on fast primes using the focus indicator, but the more modest pixel count of the Df means that the sort of minor focusing inconsistencies that can be irksome on the D800 aren't quite as noticeable. Setting the aperture manually using an aperture ring on the lens is easy, fun and feels very natural (especially if you grew up with it).
As with many recent high-end Nikon DSLRs, you can opt to use the lenses' aperture rings if you like, instead of the camera's command dials, by activating a well-hidden custom function. Normally I wouldn't bother with this (since with the manual aperture ring you're generally limited to aperture control in whole stops, and you can't shoot in shutter speed priority or program modes) but the Df cries out to be used as manually as possible, so I dutifully engaged the custom option and loaded my bag up with primes. As expected, the experience is just as fluid as it is on a 'classic' manual focus lens. Some of my AF-D optics have fairly stiff 'dry'-feeling aperture rings which aren't as nice to use as the older lenses but I'd put this partly down to lack of use.
Pre-AI lenses
|The Df has allowed me to re-use lenses such as my Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:3.5 I never expected to be able to use on a digital body.
It's a similar story with older, pre-Ai lenses: you just go into the menu and program in the vital statistics - focal length and minimum aperture, making sure to distinguish it as 'non-Ai' - pop the little meter coupling tab on the lens throat out of the way, and attach the lens. The difference is that the camera doesn't know the position of the aperture ring - you have to tell it. Treating the camera like an external light meter you adjust aperture using the camera's command dials, establish the desired exposure settings, then transfer that aperture to the lens's physical aperture ring, and fire away. It takes a little getting used to, but it's perfectly practical and actually a lot of fun.
In my experience the confusion occurs when switching back to an Ai or later lens. It's easy to forget to pop the Ai tab back into position, at which point you'll mysteriously lose all aperture control until you figure out your mistake.
The verdict? Old lenses are entirely practical for use on the Nikon Df. Its resolution is not so high that accurate focus becomes too tricky, mechanical support for lenses in the Nikon F system is almost universal going right back to the late 1950s, and there are a lot of really excellent older lenses out there which have a lot to offer on today's DSLRs. My personal current favorite is my mid-60s 105mm F2.5 (see above). Originally a pre-Ai lenses it was converted to the Ai standard at some point, and delivers excellent results without taking up a lot of space in my camera bag. And, better still, it cost me less than $100. Let the Ebay trawling begin!


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Hail, hail, the Grown Ups gangs all here. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and the rest of the crew are hard at work on a sequel to the immensely successful comedy. Grown Ups 2 will be in theaters this summer, with original director Dennis Dugan (Jack & Jill, You Dont Mess with the Zohan) back behind the lens. Sony Pictures starts to rev up the publicity machine with a shot of the cast in mid-laugh. Can a trailer be far behind? Heres the shot. Click here for a larger copy.
Do you have any idea how much the first Grown Ups movie made? Do you? Whatever your guess, its probably low. The comedy made $162 million domestically, and a grand total of $271 million worldwide. Its currently Adam Sandlers second-highest-grossing comedy behind Big Daddy, and was the 15th-highest-grossing film of 2010. A sequel was unavoidable. This time out, Sandler and his wife (played by Salma Hayek, of course) move the family back to Sandlers home town, where the clan learns some valuable life lessons from the children on the last day of school. And David Spade likely gets raped by a farm animal, or some such hilarity.
I want to make fun of Grown Ups, and Sandler, but the dude understands his audience, and people respond. Ill never forget riding on a cross-country flight where Grown Ups was the in-flight movie. I didnt pay attention, partly because Id seen it but mostly because its forgettable. But my plane was in stitches. Id never heard an entire plane of passengers chortle simultaneously as low-brow gags. Theyll be in line when Grown Ups 2 storms theaters on July 12, opening opposite Pacific Rim. Dont be shocked if Sandler and crew win the weekend box office.
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Recently, over 6,000 persons responded to a survey sponsored by the Library and the AA Downtown Development Authority on the future of the Downtown Library building and the proposed underground parking structure on the lot north of the Library.
Approximately 100 people joined us this past week at one of three opportunities to discuss the findings and to continue this important discussion on the future of library services in the Downtown.
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Dear Josie,
I did not see anything regarding the Book Sale space, so I would like to tell you how important this has been to our family for the last 20 years. As a teacher, I have found a wealth of useful things for the classroom, along with being able to add to our classroom collection of books-I have been able to buy a great many more than I would have paying bookstore prices. I can even give away books to my students because they are so inexpensive. My five children have had the pleasure of spending their money for much loved stories to read over and over. And I have been able to donate many books back to the library sale when they are no longer in use. There is always a crowd no matter when I go, so it seems that I am one of a great many who benefit from this wonderful service. Please provide space for this valuable resource in your plans. I can see it sharing space with other needs if shelves were built aroud the outside of a large room, and then had movable doors or something to cover them when the room was not in use. It would sure make it a lot easier to move when the book sale is crowded, too, if the space were bigger. The Book Store also provides funding for the library, and I usually spend more than I would otherwise, knowing that it all goes for a very worthwile cause.
In short, It would be a great loss to many if the Book Store were curtailed, and I hope it finds a generous space in the new library plans.
Thank you,
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Amazingly enough, I am not going to be able to make any of the three meetings (despite what I thought was a sure thing on my part). Will there be a web video or CTV airing of one of the meetings available? Or a transcript? (I'd actually prefer transcripts.)
Thank you for any assistance you can offer. And, as always, thank you to the AADL staff and Board for giving us the most awesome of libraries.
Have there been discussions about how a new or renovated library will be financed? And would the parking structure be funded in the same way?
Thank you, Josie. That's very helpful information.
I also strongly support the Book Sale space, for similar reasons.
I was just reviewing the survey results. I didn't see any results for whether wireless computer network access throughout the building was used, desirable or of no consequence. How can you provision network capacity without a measure of projected use?
I was surprised there was such concern about parking with AATA The Ride across the street and 1/3 of city residents living in the central area which is a walkable distance to the central library building. I rarely use the central library building anymore since I can go online and request materials be sent to the Malletts Creek branch - which I walk to. How many other people nearby the new branches have reduced their use of the downtown library?
Perhaps the structure of the survey makes parking seem more important than it is for library use alone. Maybe it reflects people's frustration with parking in general downtown. What if the Link service ran by the library? What if there was curbside pickup (like the electronic boxes outside the Malletts branch)?
I remain a fan of cost-effective, shared, print and digital materials without solving other perceived downtown parking issues.
Thank you, Josie. I'm wasn't aware of how the financing for the other branches worked so that was nice to know. We are on the NE side and looking forward to the new branch opening!


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United to land £600m kit deal: Manchester United are about to receive an unprecedented boost to their finances, according to the Daily Mail, which reports that the club is on the verge of agreeing a £600m, 10-year deal with Nike to be their kit supplier for the next decade. The deal is double that of the biggest-ever kit deal in sport to date: Real Madrid's £31m-a-year deal with Adidas.
Paper Round says: It's not hard to believe that Nike want to renegotiate their contract with the Red Devils, given that they've enjoyed a successful partnership for 13 years. But they'll be renegotiating down, not up. Backing United to such an extent given their current travails would be sheer insanity - they won't get much return on their investment when United are toiling away in the Championship in the 2019-20 season.
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Sherwood will refuse to work for Van Gaal: The Daily Telegraph (and just about every other paper) reports that Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood will walk away from White Hart Lane rather than work for Louis Van Gaal, the Dutch managerial legend who is widely expected to take the reins at the club after the World Cup. "Sherwood will reject any offer to work under Van Gaal or another new manager," the Telegraph reports, though the manager himself did hint that he might be keen on a job as technical director.
Paper Round says: Sherwood has done a decent job since taking over, but he's kidding himself if he thinks he's a big enough name for Spurs. New managers have to be inordinately successful, not just decent, otherwise club owners (not to mention prospective signings) want the prestige of a famous name at the helm. It may not be right, but it's just how the world works.
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United to spend £30m on Southampton pair: The Daily Express reports that David Moyes will "step up" his efforts to sign Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw from the Saints. "Under-fire boss David Moyes has been promised an eye-watering transfer kitty to reshape his squad this summer, and according to reports the young England internationals are high on a list of Old Trafford targets," the paper claims, adding that Moyes wants both for £30m - some £10m short of Southampton's valuation.
Paper Round says: Considering that both players could end up in starring roles for England at the World Cup, £30m seems slightly on the stingy side - and considering the story above about United's impending windfall, it's not hard to see Moyes stumping up £40m+ for this duo, who would indeed seem just what the doctor ordered at Old Trafford.
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Aguero will never be sold: Sergio Aguero "is not for sale at any price", according to the Manchester Evening News. "The 25-year-old has bagged 26 of his goals for the club in just 25 outings this term, despite having been sidelined on numerous occasions by injury," reports the paper. "And, while that form has led to the player being linked with both Barcelona and Real Madrid, [Manuel] Pellegrini is refusing to entertain the idea."
Paper Round says: Though Aguero might fancy a move back to Spain at some point, he's been given better chances and become more successful than ever since his move to City, cementing his status as one of the world's very finest strikers. Moving now would be risky - especially given that City, despite their implosion against Wigan, still have a great chance of winning another Premier League title this season.
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PSG consider £41.5m bid for Oscar: Chelsea could have to fend off a bid for Brazilian star Oscar before the World Cup, according to the Daily Mail. The paper claims that, "PSG, who are backed by wealthy Qatari owners, have the capital to entice him to France and have dispatched scouts to watch him in recent weeks."
Paper Round says: It makes sense for clubs to do their business early - World Cups always inflate prices for those who do well, and they rarely go on to have the same impact once they're away from the limelight of the tournament. Yet Oscar's form this season certainly hasn't made him worth £41.5m, despite Jose Mourinho giving him plenty of chances to become the player that the side is built around. The Blues may just decide to cash in.
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Newcastle to benefit as QPR will be forced to offload Remy: The Newcastle Chronicle reports that the financial turmoil at QPR (who lost £65.4m last season) will, "almost certainly assist any Newcastle United bid for Loic Remy." QPR face a potential £50m fine under new Premier League FFP rules should they earn promotion this season.
Paper Round says: Why would QPR offload a man who could be their best player if they get promoted? QPR has been such a financial black hole that another £50m seems inconsequential considering the huge riches on offer if they do go up. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot.
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By: Ajay Shah
The fistfight on the rupee is going badly. Such mistakes in macro and finance policy are increasingly expensive, as India comes into the ranks of emerging economies with an open capital account.
It is important to diagnose the sources of this failure and address them. Key problem areas are the organisation structure and staffing at the Ministry of Finance and RBI.


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There has been further help from fia. Engine maps have been locked down. Red bull and lotus are to take the hit as exhaust designs were built for the suspect maps. Looks like the Spec is now in full reality. ferrari tech director said all cars nearly identical out side of paint.


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In terms of individual haunts, the experiences can be a bit uneven. CarnEvil was terrific this year. 3-D glasses, kooky clowns and uniquely camouflaged characters make it a lot of fun.
The carnie host, Big Daddy, is a gruff, hilarious standout. The Trail of Terror seemed milder than it should have been and (as is too often the case with KI's outdoor mazes) you can see the ghouls jumping out at the group in front of you, which fizzles your own experience. Urgent Scare and Club Blood were delightfully creepy. Wolf Pack, the new werewolf haunt, was also a great fright.
The Haunt will satisfy the curious occasional hauntgoer but won't slake a veteran horror freak's thirst for chills.
THE WAIT: Lines can be very long during the thick of the evening (we waited an hour to get into one haunt), so go early and plan to stay late: You won't make it through all of the attractions in one night. Individual attractions take 10-20 minutes to explore.
DETAILS: The park is open noon-1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 30 with the Haunt running 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Kings Island, Exit 24 off I-71, Mason, 513-754-5700, haunt.visitkingsisland.com
THE DAMAGE: Free admission to KI season pass holders. Saturdays are $49.99 at the gate or $27.99 online in advance; Fridays are $34.99 at the gate, $21.99 online in advance or at the gate with a college ID.
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Hot Summer and Hotter Pontiacs - Pontiac PerspectiveWritten by on January 25, 2014
Although I'm writing this editorial in the two weeks between the POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention and the Ames Performance Pontiac Tri-Power Nationals, you're reading it in September, after the summer car-show season has roared its last exhaust fumes and wound down to the welcome of fall.
Like some of our readers, High Performance Pontiac's summer revolves around four big all-Pontiac car shows: the aforementioned and the Trans Am Nationals. Combined, these shows give HPP staff and contributors a chance to interface with our Pontiac brethren, and choose which cars will be lucky enough to become features in the magazine. Take the 2013 POCI/GTOAA Co-Vention, for example. Among the organizations' concours displays, popular-vote vehicles, and road-warrior parking, there were over 1,000 Pontiacs to gaze upon with lust. Here's a sneak peak at the ones we photographed for upcoming issues.
Next month we'll bring you behind-the-scenes action from the feature cars we photographed at the Ames Performance Tri-Power Pontiac Nationals. Until then, enjoy the great issue you have in your hands, whether on paper, computer, tablet, or smartphone.
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'63 Bonneville four-speed Before the days of mandatory package groups, customers could order any options they wanted on their new car, no matter how oddball the combo seemed. That's the story behind this '63 Bonne convertible optioned with a 389, four-speed, 8-Lug wheels, manual steering, and manual brakes. It's not often you see a Big-Body behemoth equipped like a GTO, but this example is also unique because it's a time capsule, wearing its original Starlight Black paint and Tri-Tone leather interior, too.'70 GTO Judge Atoll Blue is a factory color rarely seen on a '70 Judge, but we found it on this one, and it's an early-build Ram Air III/four-speed convertible to boot. In fact, there's speculation that it was produced before Orbit Orange became a color option for The Judge. Originally shipped with a $4,432 invoice, this Judge was a high-school–graduation present, which its young first-owner wrecked within one month of ownership. Now this officer of the court is valued in the six figures.


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This is a logo and basic identity package I did for a freelance client that sells high-end textiles internationally.Branding, Creative Direction, Print Design2011
This was a campaign I developed for a graduate school class in response to legislation that is slowly stripping away art programs from schools in Maryland. The goal of the campaign is to legitimize art as a necessary area of study for our children.Creative Direction, Print Design, Writing2011
This is a book design I did for Ray Bradbury's, 'Fahrenheit 451', in my graduate school Book Design class.Art Direction, Graphic Design, Photo Manipulation2012
This campaign was designed for an annual Blue Cross and Blue Shield conference which was hosted by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in 2011. Design elements, including the crab, red, yellow + blue color scheme, and the heavy brown kraft-like paper used for the brochure's folder, pays tribute to the city of Baltimore and the State of Maryland.Creative Direction, Print Design, Writing2012
VEIL Magazine was a magazine concept I created for my Magazine Design class. VEIL offers an alternative to the traditional bride magazine, encouraging brides to dance to the beat of their own drum.Graphic Design, Print Design2011
This is a complete redesign of Vitality, a magazine delivered 3 times each year to over 1.1 million CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield member households. I was responsible for the concept and execution of the redesign, including the logo.Art Direction, Creative Direction, Graphic Design2012
This campaign was developed to bring life and interest to CareFirst's internal Conduct & Compliance program.Advertising, Branding, Graphic Design2012
This is a book design I did for Edna Ferber's classic, 'So Big', in my graduate school Book Design class.Art Direction, Graphic Design, Photo Manipulation2012
Logo design, identity package and catalog for a fictitious furniture store.
The logo is composed of letterforms I created out of shapes and it reflects the modern aesthetic I imagined for the company. Included in the package is a business card, letterhead, folder and stacked catalog cards featuring select areas of the product line: kitchen, living room, office and lighting. I wrote all copy.Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Typography2013
I wrote and designed "Behind the Glass" to discover and share the stories behind the many characters found on our favorite beer labels.Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Writing2013
This is a website concept I designed for my graduate school Information Design class. The site targets consumers and general health professionals in support of Medical Marijuana. I developed the name, logo, header copy and all the data populating the site based on extensive research into Medical Marijuana.Graphic Design, Information Architecture, Web Design2013
WellFitDiary was born out of the need for a single app where one can track all of their wellness efforts in one place. This conceptual app features robust nutrition and fitness tracking, customization, a large database of foods and exercises and detailed charts of the user's progress in various areas.Digital Art, Information Architecture, UI/UX2013
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when i drive the car at some point there's a noise which sounds like a loud pop.but as i drive with my foot on the gas at the safe rate of speed it's OK. if i let off the gas. and retreat to accelerate on the gas it make's a pop noise. what would you think is wrong with this car. could it be the timing belt or the bad vale. thank you for reading this.
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man ya'll gotta post up some pics of your rides
man ya'll gotta post up some pics of your rides
you kiddies need helmets!
mmmm.... naked bars and bare hands
when you say that we should post pics of our rides, it implies that there is not a sticky thread just for that.
The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection,
The water has no mind to receive their image. -- Zenrin poem.
i think he means rides in the traveling sense... at least that's how i took it
before posting, a "noob" should always ask themselves "could this have been answered by first visiting Sheldon Brown
LOL @ those pics!
My heart is seriously melting right now.
So wee!
me too! so young....god.Originally Posted by mcatano
"i keep getting older, and they just stay the same age"
I'll play.
Here's a couple of me dorking around at the velodrome last sunday.
I've got a good one of [165] in a kilt and wifebeater, but I'll do him a favor and won't post it.
Oh, come on! I gotta see the kilt!
Higher ground for the apocalypse!
Not from that Sunday but over a month ago:Originally Posted by lala
More of DCC Track Sundays:
The Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island rules. I've attended five years in a row, this was the first with the new bike.
Hey you kids, get your bikes off my lawn!
Thanks, I think.
Higher ground for the apocalypse!
for Lala:
thanks EnLaCalle - that rules.
Now that's sweet! Thanks [165]! (Not really a wifebeater, tho!)
Higher ground for the apocalypse!
i knew about the no brakes rule, but a sunday kilt rule??
mr[165], i had no idea.
but hey, whatever floats your boat!
No, I am not wifebeater ~ thanks for noticing! I am actually quite nice (once liquored up and dumped into a ditch).
The real question is though, are you wearing that kilt like a true scotsman?
Bloodstains, speed kills, fast bikes, cheap thrills, French girls, fine wine...
first pic - no, there was as clinic starting and I didn't want to be known as 'that guy' at the velo (yet).
second one - of course.
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An Australian youth worker is blaming videogames for what he claims is a growing problem of kids carrying knives.
Following the in-school stabbing death of a 12-year old boy at the hands of a 13-year old in Brisbane, Les Twentyman, an advocate for young homeless people, was asked to speak before a government inquiry into the matter.
According to ABC, Twentyman blamed games for desensitizing children to violence, in turn making them more likely to carry, and to eventually use, knives.
Twentyman continued:
Normally they'd have a fight and people might ring around them, and it would be one-on-one, and when one [child fell] to the ground it would be over.
But today that is not the case because of the amount of violent entertainment that these young people are absorbing. They lose sight of reality and become desensitized…
Twentyman sees knife-carrying children as a potential epidemic, citing a young girl who told him that carrying a knife was as common as carrying a mobile phone.
While there were 19 reported knife incidents at Victoria schools in 2009, up from 11 in 2008, Education Minister Bronwyn Pike denied Twentyman's claims of a growing cutlery problem, saying, "Yes, there was a slight increase, but these figures do go up and down a bit, but there hasn't really been an overall trend of increase."
This story is eerily similar to one from 2008, in which a wave of UK stabbings was also attempted to be linked with violent media.
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Dramatic photography from one of British Columbia's most stunning spaces, under constant threat from mining development.
Over seven years, an artist watches a beloved forest suffer a "massive tree mortality event," then gradually recover and become something new.
Consider the Delta smelt: an old fish in California, endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, now caught between its home and thousands of drought-stricken acres.
Orangutans are some of humans' closest relatives, genetically. They also rarely exhibit aggression, despite how we've abused them. One is different.
A Seattle painter creates friendly portraits of volcanoes in part to mitigate fears of complete system failure.
Copper deer, bears with cabinet legs, and other absurdities to be found in the future wild.
Even cable series must adapt to survive. Possible spinoffs of Naked and Afraid explore charted territory.
A visit to a bear sanctuary could cure you of your bear phobia. Or it could turn your fear into a full-blown obsession.
Haunting portraits of ancient old-growth forests in Northern California and the people who live in the former boom town next door.
Aerial views made from direct observation, enlivened by composite viewpoints, heightened color, and the manipulation of light and scale.
A newborn wavers between life and something else. For the father, a walk in the woods elucidates the struggle between nature and nurture.
In early New England, anyone who stood near an open door or window faced mortal danger. A conversation with a woman who hunts for gravestones with epitaphs describing death by lightning strike.


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"Don't suck" - Avinash Kaushik, IMC Vancouver 2009 Opening Keynote
The opening keynote today at IMC Vancouver was given by Avinash Kaushik, Google's Analytics Evangelist and author of the widely popular book 'Web Analytics: An Hour A Day'. The presentation was focused on using analytics to understand your customers and visitors, going beyond hits and clicks and looking at the content of your website and usability as well.
There were four main points that were mentioned, but one of the most prominent points was simply "don't suck." It was quite clear that 'suck' is one of Avinash's favourite words, while monitoring the IMC hashtag on Twitter you could see a few attendees joking about how if the presentation was a drinking game they would all be under the table. Avinash argued the 'don't suck' point using some Canadian companies advertising on Google search results around terms like 'cheap high speed internet'. A few of these companies included Telus, Rogers and Fido - all of which were promoting irrelevant landing pages or products.
Avinash stressed that it's great to be wrong online and be able to fail so quickly. With the web you can test out a campaign and see the results of the campaign within hours or days. If a campaign has failed, look at why it failed (your analytics) and immediately change it. Unlike television and print advertising the turn around to see whether a campaign is doing well or terribly is immediate online.
Analytics, as expected, played a part in the presentation. It's clear people are caught up in uniques and pageviews and rarely look past that but if you step a bit further in you can discover much more about your customers/visitors. Looking at things like bounce rate and what content your visitors are looking at will give you a lot of insight into what you should promote. For example, if you run a site with lots of content and are spending all your time promoting the "health" section but your "games" section is getting a lot of traffic (while being under-promoted) maybe you should re-evaluate your site's promotion strategy.
The information shared here at IMC has been extremely valuable, especially for those who are looking for a cost-effective way to market their business online - from web analytics to social media, SEO, PPC, landing page optimization, the list just goes on. If you were at IMC today drop a comment below and let us know what you thought.