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Time to capture out some of the amazing live shots in your android mobile with the app that we are discussing here. It will allow you to capture moving photos and then easily share them on social networks.
Android is one of the best-operating systems that many of users including me love to use because of the amazing apps that have been designed for this OS and here we have stated amazing app that will help you in taking 3D pictures on your phone. Now you can take 3D pictures on your Android phone from Phogy 3D Camera app. Phogy is one of the best app takes your pictures with 3D effects to your Android phone. When you move your phone, your picture too moves. If you prefer to have pictures on your phone, do download this app on your phone. You can even share your photos on social sites as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus or any other social media network site. This app helps in converting your 3D pictures into a gif or video for sharing on social sites with your friends. And in this guide, we will tell you the right way to use the app to capture live photos from it. SO have a look on complete guide discussed below to proceed.
Also Read: How to Make WhatsApp and FB Messenger Online All the time In Android
How to Capture Moving photos in Android
The method is quite simple and straight as you will be using an amazing user-friendly app that will be capturing the live or moving pictures on your device. So follow some simple steps below to know the exact way to do that.
Steps To to Capture Moving photos in Android:
Step 1. First of all, you need to download and Phogy 3D Camera app from Google Play Store on your Android phone.
Step 2. Now after installing it, simply open the app on your phone and now when you open this app for the first time, you will see a tutorial for how to take 3D pictures with this app, simply go through the tutorial for keen understanding.
Step 3. Now simply press Camera button (Take Phogy) there and aim at the target whose live picture you want to capture on your android phone.
Step 4. Now simply move your Device to the Right Side and Still Aim at the Target till it gets captured.
That's it! you are done, now that live picture will get captured with the app, and you can easily view that amazing photos in your device.
Also Read: How To Secure your Android From Hackers
Camera MX – Photo, Video, GIF
Camera MX also provides the option to click moving photos. Well, the good part of this camera is that it provide lots of features. You can do almost everything with this camera from creating GIF's, moving photos, Video capture and lot's more.
Step 1. First of all, you need to download and install Camera MX on your Android smartphone. Once installed launch the app.
Step 2. Now once you opened the app, it will ask you for some permission. Simply, grant all the needed permissions to continue.
Step 3. Now you will get to see the camera.
Step 4. Now you need to click on Live photo option for that you need to click on the "Live Shot" option.
Step 5. Once you captured the moving photo, you need to press and hold the image to view the live shot.
That's it! You are done. This is how you can click live shot using Camera MX.
Also Read: How to Automatically Play Music With Lyrics In Android
So above discussion is all about Capture Moving photos in Android. By using this app and guide, you can easily capture out some best live shots from your Android mobile, no matter you don't have this feature inbuilt in your phone like iPhone. So go for it, and hope you like the guide, keep on sharing with others too. Leave a comment below if you have any related queries with this.


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Ayr 2nd XV back James Pinkerton has been named in Scotland Touch Rugby's squad for the European Touch Championships in July.
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Capelli, Enrica and Nano, Rosanna and Panelli, Simona and Sciola, Gian Luigi and Spano, Alessandra and Barni, Sergio (2000) Cytoskeleton actin changes in IL-2 activated cells. European Journal of Histochemistry, Vol. 44 (3), p. 279-283. ISSN 1121-760X. Article.
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In the present study we analysed the changes in cytoskeletal actin in lymphoid cells following IL-2 activation and during cell interactions by means of light and electron microscopy, immunofluorescence and molecular analysis. By morphological analysis we observed a higher fluorescence in the activated cells than in the quiescent ones with no modifications in the cytoskeleton pattern comparing activated to resting cells. The results of molecular analysis indicate that, after IL-2 activation, there is a reorganisation of the actin component of the cell cytoskeleton accompanied by the differential expression of the corresponding genes. A future study will be extended to the analysis of others components of the cytoskeleton network.
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Yes I am here for a moment.
Been a while huh?
Well I decided I needed to just post something. So here goes, something I worked on a long time ago and well I need to work on it again right?
The Club at the End of it all
by Lisa Williamson
Case looked about the club. It was packed to the walls with hot, young things in tight jeans or tighter dresses. Every color of the rainbow covered or didn't, skin in shades of tan to black. Showing off women who wanted to be seen as young, tight and athletic. Girls who obviously spent their time in gyms and tanning salons or on the beach.
While they were all striking and beautiful they had a sameness that was getting boring. He could have any of these women for little more than a nod. Every one was here to be seen and to hopefully find a new sugar daddy. Sighing he reached for his whiskey and slugged it back. Signaling to Joey behind the counter, he ordered another.
"Seeing nothing you like tonight bro?"
With a single shake of the head Case sighed. "They are just so much of the same thing. Every one of them thinks they are unique but look at them. " He gestured toward the nearest group of three. A blonde, brunette and redhead, each tall and slim with what had to be fake breasts.
Seeing his gesture they all turned on the lure. It was obvious that these three were together and hoping to convince him to join them in some group fun in the back room. They alternated arching their backs and licking their full lips. Case just shook his head and turned back to the bartender. "See what I mean? Wind up sex toys, all polished up and made to service."
Joey nodded. He worked behind this bar six days a week and the man on the other side owned the club. Once they had been part of a team doing the impossible under conditions that none of the plastic people in this room would understand.
"It is near closing time, Case. Maybe you should just head down. " Picking up the rag from behind the counter and he started polishing the counter. "I can close up tonight. Sally and Jennie have all ready cleaned out the private rooms. They had to push those three out of room two." He grinned as he shook his head. "They are purely here to find something to play with. They came on to both girls and, " he let out a chuckle,*they thought the three of them would be enough to get any man to give them a good time." Joey said the last part with finger quotes.
Case lifted one dark brow at his friend. "Are you telling me they tried to get you back there?" When Joey nodded, he stifled a snort. While it wasn't obvious when Joey was behind the dark oak bar, once he was out on the floor he towered over the crowd by nearly a foot. The bar had been specially made with a sunken floor so he wouldn't intimate the customers.
Joey was not human. Like most of the people who worked at Club End he was a immigrant, a drop through. Case had found him on a frozen heath across the world from where they were now. He looked like a rather tall human but he was not. It was slightly amusing to the bartender that the human women in southern California seemed to believe any man would jump at a chance to bed them.
Sighing, Case nodded. Another night was nearly over, the whole feel of a club was getting to him. He needed to go out. Do a little hunting of his own. He started to turn toward the back when he heard Joey let out a low whistle.
Turning back toward the front of the club his eyes were drawn immediately to a woman standing in the doorway. Dressed all in red, some type of cloth that shimmered and flowed down a full figured body.
The woman shook back her hair so that it cascaded down her back in golden waves. Even in the dim lighting of a bar, her skin glowed like it was touched by moonlight. The triplets turned to see where Case's attention had turned. He could easily hear them calling the woman a cow but he found he couldn't take his eyes off of her.
She stepped forward, her long full skirt swirling about her booted ankles. Where the other women in the room all had short skirts and lots of skin showing, this woman was covered from shoulder to fingertip and down to her ankles. There was a hint of cleavage and leg as she walked, just flashes of pale skin.
With a faint smile of her rose colored lips the mystery woman headed his way. She moved lightly with the grace of a great cat. A serious woman looking for something is how she felt as she passed the tables. Halfway to the bar one of the suits who stopped by looking for something fresh to play with reached out to stop her. Placing a hand on her arm to pull her in, the man froze. She leaned down, said something too soft to be heard and the man scooted back, shaking his head. She smiled slowly and sighed then stepped away.
"Well that was interesting." Joey leaned on the bar. "Harold doesn't back off that quick usually."
Case agreed. Harold came into the club once a month and usually had to be escorted out when he pushed a woman too hard. It was obvious that the Lady in Red was something new. And new was looking good.
As she neared the bar, she paused for a moment, looking over both Joey and Case. An almost smile was pasted on her face but something told the men she wasn't happy. Her eyes were covered by a pair of dark glasses even in the dim light of the bar.
The half gloves that covered her hand showed the red painted nails clearly. They were a match to the lipstick she wore. Taking a soft breath that lifted a pair of truly impressive breasts she stepped the rest of the way to the bar. Lifting one finger she softly ordered a glass of wine before turning to Case. "I am sorry if I disturbed your client, sir."
Her voice was soft and melodious. It purred in a man's ear like steamy sex and made both Joey and Case lean closer. Case shrugged as he caught a whiff of her scent. It called to a part of him he did not expect on this world. She smelled of home but women from his home didn't look like this one. "Harold had it coming."
She smiled and saluted Joey as she took a sip of the wine. They both watched as she swallowed and then shifted. Just that simple motion of her throat caused reactions deep inside the watching men. She placed the glass down and turned back to Case. "I hope you are the man I am looking for."
Lifting a brow, Case shrugged. "Guess that depends on who you are looking for Lady."
Sighing, she reached up and pulled a small card from the slit just above her cleavage and handed it to him. She shivered as his fingers touched hers. "I was told I could find help here."
Case flipped over the card and then his eyes narrowed. He handed the card to Joey and drummed his fingers on the bar. "Where did you get this?"
"A mutual friend," she said as she looked off into a distance. "I hope at least he was one."
Stiffening, Case reached across to grip her fingers. "Was?"
She hissed and shuddered as he held her fingers and then licked her lips and then pressed them together. "Yes, was. The reason I am here."
Joey cleared his throat. "Room six."
Case nodded and tugged at her fingers. "Yes I think privacy is in order for this."
He could feel her trembling as he held her hand and pulled her closer.
Whispering, he leaned in. "Do I need to lead you or will you come willingly?"
She shook her head once, then took a long breath. "I need to speak to you each Lieutenant. At the same time. Can one of the women take over for your second?"
Case signaled to Mary to take over the bar and Joey nodded. He scooted out the back of the bar, slipping around the room more quietly than a man his size should move. Letting her fingers go he saw her shake herself and then she followed Joey. He watched her hips sway in the long skirt. A part of him wanted to take her to his private play room but most of him wanted to know how she knew is old rank and how she knew of Charlie.


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Two Hoots for Junior
So while I was gabbing about the Oscars this week, the Seattle Mariners, a team that has no shot at any kind of post-season, and barely a shot at a season, went and signed favorite son Ken Griffey, Jr. Good. There are sound arguments against the signing, that it's a move made with the heart and not the head, but baseball's always been a game of the heart. You lose that, you lose something fundamental about the game. Sure, I probably wouldn't say this if the M's had a chance in hell this year but they don't. They're not even in a quote-unquote "rebuiliding year" since they don't have much to rebuild with. This is the year, if anything, to test whether Jeff Clement can be a major league catcher, and if he can't whether he can be a major league first baseman, and if he can't whether he can be a major league left fielder, and the Griffey signing, if everyone understands their role, doesn't get in the way of this. My favorite argument in favor of the signing comes from ESPN's Jim Caple, who writes:
I don't understand the criticism that signing Griffey is primarily a move to boost attendance. Yeah, gee, we sure wouldn't want to give loyal fans who have sat through so many miserable seasons something actually worth watching in exchange for their $40 tickets and $8 beers.
Right on. Here's another trip down memory lane. The following was published on the Op-Ed page of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer in May 1995 after Ken Griffey, Jr. fractured his wrist catching a fly ball at the Kingdome. We never got to that magical 700 number I hoped for, but 600+ ain't bad.
Two Hoots for Junior
Feel free to tell me to get a life.
I returned to baseball four years ago with what I thought was an adult attitude about the game. No matter if my team won or lost I kept things in perspective. Randy Johnson strikes out fifteen guys, I'm still working the same job. Edgar Martinez injures his ankle, I've still got the same problems, the same goals, the same friends, the same enemies. Nothing about my life has changed except this or that vicarious victory or defeat.
It's an attitude I later found summed up in the film, "A Bronx Tale." A boy is depressed because Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees lost the 1960 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates. A local mob boss — who has befriended the kid — tells him, Hey, you think Mickey Mantle gives two hoots about you? He doesn't care about you. He doesn't even know you exist!
That's the way I felt. I wanted the Mariners to win, but I knew Lou Pinella didn't give two hoots about me. I knew he didn't know I existed. I was properly, emotionally distant
Until this Griffey thing happened.
I was at the game. My friend Mike and I were sitting in the box seats in right field, past the visitors' bullpen. We had a perfect view. I saw him go for the ball. I saw him crash into the wall. And, contrary to Steve Kelley's subsequent reporting, the stadium did not hush; there was no "sickened silence" from the Kingdome crowd. The people around me were cheering like maniacs. I know because a sickened silence came upon me. I thought, "Nobody — not even Junior — slams into a wall with such speed, at such an awkward angle, without doing damage to himself."
Still, the people around me were going nuts. Of course these were the same kind of people who make the "whup! whooo!" noise when the opposition relievers warm up — the kind of people, in other words, who don't even pay attention to the game — so I didn't pay any attention to them.
Then right fielder Alex Diaz started making a circular motion with his hand as if some big deal was going on. At first I thought he was encouraging the fans in their cheering, and, reluctantly, I went along. Then I realized, no, he was calling for the trainer.
Earlier in the game, Griffey hit a homer off the right field foul pole above our heads. It was his 998th career hit. Since I already had tickets for the next night's game — and since Junior was in a groove — I felt assured of seeing him hit no. 1,000.
In the eighth inning we got the news. Fractured wrist. Out for three months. It was like a blow to the solar plexus. A pall was cast over the game. I didn't even want to go to the Kingdome the next evening. It would be like returning to the scene of a crime.
I tried to keep my emotional distance. I repeated my mantra. My life is the same. Same job, same troubles, same goals. Ken Griffey Jr. doesn't give two hoots about me. He doesn't know I exist. He is a multi-millionaire seven years my junior. We have nothing in common.
Still I cared.
And I think I cared for three reasons.
The first is the way he injured himself. If he had fractured his wrist, say, playing basketball, or slipping in the shower, I would've rolled my eyes. But no. He injured it trying to fly. He injured it for the team. He injured it right in front of me.
The second reason is the effect it will have not so much on the Mariners but on the perception of the Mariners. I know we still have a good line-up. I know we'll still win. But Junior gave us something else. He actually made the Mariners scary. He was the constant roadblock in our lineup. You have to get by this guy in order to beat us.
More, he made us glamorous. Last year, when Mike was at Wrigley Field, two kids in Cubs hats found out he was from Seattle. "You mean you get to watch Ken Griffey Jr. play?" they asked enviously. Mike said it was the first time anyone actually envied him for going to the Kingdome.
Finally, the third reason. A couple of seasons ago I began keeping my ticket stubs and writing on the back not just the final score but any significant events that occurred. Randy Johnson strikes out fifteen Royals. Jay Buhner hits for the cycle. Things like that. The impetus for this — I can now admit — was to keep track of how many Ken Griffey Jr. homeruns I had seen (14, so far). And the reason this statistic was important was, well, these were historic homeruns. Because he was going to hit a lot of them. 500. 600. 700? The sky seemed the limit.
Now the sky has fallen. Tiles one year and the sky the next.
Now there's a metal plate and six screws holding together his valuable left wrist.
Now I find myself caring a little too much about a guy who hit homeruns too much and caught fly balls too well.
And now if you'll excuse me I'll go get a life.
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Hall of Fame Links
A batch of fun articles on ESPN.com yesterday about Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by (lest we forget) the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). How great that the most prestigious awards in our national pastime — Hall of Fame, MVP, Cy Young — are doled out by observers rather than participants? Image, for example, the most prestigious film award being that scroll from the National Society of Film Critics.
How good was Rickey? He was, according to Tim Kurkjian's article, "too good." Kurkjian gives us the stats but this is the one I like: The career stolen-base gap between Henderson in first place (1,406) and Lou Brock in second (938) is 468 — which is more than the entire total for the active leader, Juan Pierre (429).
Great quotes from pitchers, too. Here's Mike Flanagan:
"He was, by far, the most dynamic leadoff hitter I've ever seen. If you got 2-0 on him, you were fearful of throwing it down the middle because he could hit a home run. But if you threw ball three, he was going to walk, and then he's on second base. We had many, many long discussions on our pitching staff about how we could control this guy. He was irritating, infuriating and great."Tom Candiotti is less diplomatic:
"I hated Rickey. Really, I couldn't stand him. He never swung at my knuckleball, he never swung at my curveball. He never swung until he got two strikes. He had the strike zone the size of a coffee can."Rob Neyer returns to that career stolen-base record and argues why no one will ever break it. He keeps drilling down. Active leader Juan Pierre is 31 percent of the way to Rickey's record but he's also 31 years old. Next on the list is Omar Vizquel, who's 41. Among young speedsters, Jose Reyes, is 25 with 290 steals. During the last four years he's averaged 65 steals per season, and to catch Henderson, Neyer writes, "all Reyes has to do is continue stealing 65 bases per season … for another 17 seasons." Last season Reyes stole 56 bases so he's already off the mark. So Neyer creates a fictional speedster and tells us what he'll have to do. He'll have to arrive in the majors early, steal a lot early, last 20 seasons, and average 70 steals per season for those 20 seasons. The catch? "In the first nine seasons of this new century, only two players — Reyes and Scott Podsednik — have managed to steal 70 bases in even one season."
Finally, it's worthwhile to check out Neyer's arguments against Jim Rice and for Tim Raines, not because I necessarily agree — I haven't crunched the numbers — but as a reminder of how difficult it is to measure quality. Few industries are as meritocratic as baseball. Entire professions — scouts and coaches — have been created to judge and aid excellence in baseball. Then there are the numbers players leave behind. We know their quality by their quantity: 1,406; 755; 511; .366. And yet we still have these arguments. Most industries don't nurture talent so systematically, and there are no numbers. We're forced to rely on other means. These means. Imagine baseball with no scouts and no stats and you have some idea how the rest of the world is working.
All Hail King Albert!
So Albert Pujols of the fourth-place St. Louis Cardinals was voted the National League MVP today by the BBWAA. I'm a fan of not limiting the MVP to players whose teams made, or nearly made, the post-season, so I was a fan of the decision in that regard. Pujols' main competition, Ryan Howard of the eventual World Series-champion Phillies, came in second with 308 points. Pujols had 369. Close but not that close.
Rob Neyer has a piece suggesting other worthy candidates, including Lance Berkman, and I went to the stats to see what I could see.
First. The main argument for Howard is the gross numbers. He led the majors in HRs (48) and RBIs (146) but struck out a lot (199 times). The main argument for Pujols is the percentage numbers: .357 BA, .462 OBP, .653 SLG for a 1.114 OPS. Best in the majors. He also hit 37 HRs and drove in 116. Howard's percentages aren't lousy (.251, .339, .543 for a .881 OBP) but not MVP-calibre. Put it this way: Pujols' BA was higher than Howards' OBP. By nearly 20 points.
That's one thing I saw. Here's another thing, and this wowed me. I sorted by HRs, with Howard on top, and I was glancing to see what other homerun hitters struck out a lot: Howard (199), then Adam Dunn (164), then Carlos Delgado (124)... The next number stopped me cold: 54. Only 54 strikeouts for a homerun hitter? I looked over. Pujols. I looked down. None of the top 15 NL homerun hitters struck out fewer than 100 times. None. And Pujols struck out only 54. Plus he walked 104 times.
Pujols is 2nd in the NL in walks and tied for 116th in strikeouts.
Howard is tied for 13th in walks but 2nd in strikeouts.
Berkman? Fourth in walks (99) and 38th in strikeouts (108).
I know. Walks/strikeouts. Who cares? But it is indicative of who's the dangerous hitter, and Pujols' ratios are like Ted Williams' ratios. It's rare to find anyone in the majors these days, let alone a slugger, who strikes out fewer times than they walk. And a ratio of almost 2-to-1? For a slugger? Wow.
This isn't the argument why Pujols deserved the MVP. Just interesting.
An Open Letter to Bud Selig
My friend Jim came over to watch Game 5 of the World Series last night. We were both hoping for a Rays' win. We were both hoping for at least six games. We haven't seen that in a while.
The game started at 5:30 p.m. for us, 8:30 p.m. on the east coast, standard fare under your watch. Bad enough the 162-game schedule and three tiers of post-season play have pushed the most important games of the year into late October, when cold weather becomes more and more of a factor; but, for the sake of TV revenue, which is to say MLB revenue, you make them play at night, when there's no hope an autumn sun will warm things up a bit. Hell, because of Saturday night's rain delay, you made them play into the darkest part of the morning. The nine-inning game ended at 1:47 a.m. No wonder you got your lowest ratings ever. You warp the game to get it into prime time and then Mother Nature pushes you into a timeslot reserved for infomercials for the lonely and pathetic. Nice irony.
Jim and I talked about this last night. We talked about the weather — even before the rains came. Gametime temps were in the low 40s, and there was a fierce wind blowing in from left field, and I said, for the thousandth time: "This isn't baseball. This isn't fun. It's not fun to watch guys freezing their asses off in the most important games of the year."
Then the heavens opened up. In the regular season the game would've been called, or postponed, by the 5th inning if not sooner. But these guys, playing the most important game of the year, were forced to keep playing. You could see them wondering about it. Looking up, shaking their heads, getting drenched. It was a joke.
The Fox broadcasters seemed oblivious, or muzzled, for a time. While Jim and I were yelling at the TV set, they blathered on about everything but the need to suspend the game.
When they did talk about it, they, or at least Joe Buck, implied that the power to call or suspend a game belonged to the umps during the regular season but to someone else during the World Series. Is that right? Does it belong to you, Bud? If so, what took you so long? Why did you wait for the infield to become a swamp? Did B.J. Upton really need to tie the game, as many have implied, before you acted? And if he hadn't, would you have kept playing? In that cold swamp? It seems unimaginable.
You want to know what else Jim and I were talking about before the rains came? How long it's been since we've seen a decent World Series. Sweeps in three of the last four years, no sixth game since '03, no seventh game since '02.
If this Series doesn't go to Game 7, that'll be a record. Since the Series became a best-of-seven affair in 1922, the longest Game 7-drought has been five years, 1935 through 1939, and we've already tied that.
We've already had four years without a Game 6. That's a record. The previous record was three years, set several times.
In a way, we're spoiled. In the 21 years from 1955 through 1975, the World Series went to seven games 14 times. Glory years: Amoros' catch, Mazeroski's homer, Gibson and Brock, Fisk waving the ball fair, "Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher!"
In the last 20 years? We've watched a Game 7 only four times: '91, '97, '01 and '02.
In the last 10 years, we've watched five sweeps.
I know. This is beyond your control, beyond anyone's control. But it seems indicative that something is wrong with the game.
Baseball is a sport where, during the regular season, the worst team wins and the best team loses a third of their games. For the World Series that would mean, in general, a Game 6. October happenstance occasionally takes you to Game 7. So where is it? Why aren't we getting it? At all?
Is it the extra tier of playoffs? Are teams getting too many off-days? Is the problem playing until late October, and often past midnight, in weather conditions meant for football?
Is this fun?
In the past I always thought it out-of-the-question to ask you guys to give up short-term revenue to think of the long-term interests (and revenue) of the game, but that's what I'm doing now.
Start off, yes, by taking us back to a 154-game schedule. Then end the season sooner. The last week of September should be the first week of the post-season. The Series should be over by October 20, not beginning on October 22. Late October turns nasty. By scheduling the most important (and potentially, the most-watched) games of the year during this stretch, you're just inviting the disasters of Monday night.
Then, at some point, whenever you work out your next contract with the next network to cover the post-season, schedule some World Series games during the day. Let's see the boys of summer play in the sun. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky. Maybe a day game will be postponed right into prime time on the east coast. Maybe some kids will be able to watch it. Maybe they'll become fans. Nothing's impossible.
Do this soon. Please.
Next season, I see, you have Game 7 (if we ever make it there again) scheduled for late night on Nov. 5. November!
This isn't baseball. This isn't fun.
Jamie Moyer: Class Act
Game 3 was an exciting one but, because of the late start required by Fox, plus those longer half-inning breaks required by Fox so they can squeeze in an extra commercial or three, not to mention the hour-and-a-half rain delay, the game didn't end in Philly until 1:47 a.m. Brutal. That's not baseball. At least it wasn't too cold there. In the ALCS, a friend of mine, who didn't care between BoSox and Rays, rooted for stadiums, and thus chose classic Fenway over the Tampa Dome. But the Dome, in Florida, is merely an extra reason (as if I needed it) to root for the Rays. I'm tired of watching the best players in baseball play the most important games of the season past midnight in 40-degree weather. I mean, seriously. Get your head out of your ass, Bud. Fix this.
I know: Lotsa luck. It'll be even worse next year. Game 7 is scheduled for Nov. 5, 2009, which means "The Simpsons" Halloween special will probably air on Nov. 8. Another tradition effed up because of the demands of the marketplace.
Moyer, by the way, as he always does, tipped his cap to the ump after he left the mound in the 7th, saying, "Nice job." Class act. Someone to emulate.
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First choice for me is a Coleman dual fuel stove. It can be run on Coleman fuel or on regular gasoline. It has two burners and is easily used once you learn how to prime it and light it.
My second choice is alcohol stove. It's easy to make an alcohol stove. I start with a small can (I used a can that held canned chicken.) I put tissue in it, a mix of 70% and 90% rubbing alcohol, and on it a gas stove pot stand. The alcohol stove is easily set up and used for quick cooking.
I use the 12v lighter socket in my van to charge laptops and my cellphone. I run my van 15 minutes a day to charge up my starter battery. I have two sockets available in my van. I also carry a triple tap socket adapter that changes one plug into three.
I have a universal carcharger adapter for laptops. Just select voltage and appropriate tip. I believe I paid $7.50 for it on eBay.
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It was a Friday night in Astoria last year that was otherwise ordinary except that it was foggy. The end of the week brought forth the usual congregation of drinks and chatter, which, this time, led to the rooftop. Somewhere between the drinking and the beauty of the fog, blanketing us, we climbed the roof where I got one of my favorite pictures I've yet shot in Astoria (last one).


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Facebook said the iOS update will be available later today in the App Store. As of 1:50 p.m. Eastern, the update had rolled out to my iPhone 4. Scrolling did indeed appear a bit smoother; in recent months, the iOS app felt sluggish and sometimes came to a standstill while trying to open photos, read comments, or refresh the news feed. Photos also opened quickly, simply filling up the whole screen when tapped. Comments and likes overlay the image when selected. A quick swipe down or tap of the "done" button returned me to the news feed.
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Sloan Peterson - Rats
I remember when this lass used to play in a lofi garage outfit called Black Zeros. Those were the days. DIY 4 LYF. Fast track a couple of years and Joe Jackson plays under the moniker, Sloan Peterson. Really Joe? Sloan Peterson. What's wrong with Joe Jackson!? Anyway, enough about the name, more about the music. 'Rats' is her first single to be released from her debut EP. It's pop, it's rock, it's a little garage and it's got soul. Admit it. It's catchy. Catchy as hell.
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Now, what is it exactly that we're trying to sell here?
23 comments:
- Anonymous30 July 2013 at 18:15
I think agencies went from selling products to punters to selling bullshit to clients.ReplyDelete
And they've become very good at that.
Have they though? Whilst the big networks appear to have done well financially out of selling bullshit, the flip-side is that most clients appear to (probably rightly) dislike agencies.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 July 2013 at 18:52
Whether or not they are disliked is a different question. The question should be, are they making any profit with that? The answer to that is yes.ReplyDelete
Everyone, whether it's the agency or the client, is just trying to cover their asses. Do what the client says. Accept crappy ideas from the agency and run it.
No one has the balls to speak up, because the first one who does usually is the one who gets to look for another job.
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 09:09
I don't think agencies have forgotten. Or the creative department at least. I would bet my arse department that the creative department came up with better lines and ads than the ones that ran. It's just that the client either didn't know what a good ad was or they simply don't want good ads. My bet is all the best stuff is in the creative department's rubbish bins.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 09:38
Yeah, we need another Bill to go through our bins and get out the good bits.ReplyDelete
I don't think it's a particularly new thing that creative departments are coming up with better lines and ads than the ones that ran.ReplyDelete
There were still a lot of piss poor ads about in the glory days.
What I do think has changed is agencies approach to the style of advertising that is being produced nowadays and the briefs that creatives are being tasked to answer.
Advertising that focuses on touchy feely brand positioning stuff rather than compelling reasons to buy a product [either rational and emotional].
And it's not clients who are to be blame for this. It's agencies who put profit before creativity.
- Some Old Guy31 July 2013 at 10:30
There appear to be people commenting here who are only too willing to pass the buck, or make excuses for shit work: It's the client's fault - waah, I did good work but it got binned - waah. But the agency is making a profit - waah! I don't want to get fired - waah!ReplyDelete
The best creatives have always not just come up with great creative work, but had the wit, guile, energy and balls to make sure it gets used.
Apart from a very, very small amount of great clients, most have always needed convincing that what they want and what they need aren't necessarily the same thing.
Maybe, as well as an era of profit-before-pride agencies, there is a current generation of creatives who don't have the balls to stand up for the right thing because they're too scared of getting fired.
They don't even sound like creatives to me, just shiny-arsed office types, running scared like some cubicle-dwelling civil-servant. Read your Dave Trott, your David Ogilvy and your George Lois - and fucking man-up!
Some Old Guy.
I'm sorry but "Confessions of an Advertising Man" is the Mein Kampf of the industry. It's as self-referential as the stodgy, monolithic agency culture that Ogilvy's legacy spawned. If you have to read it, do so with the academic scrutiny of a historian, not as an aspiring creative. Or better still, as an easily impressed client.ReplyDelete
Let's find our own, new, better ways of working eh. Then we can finally relegate the industry's anxiety, self-loathing and alcoholism to the era and culture that created it.
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 11:49
"Read your Dave Trott, your David Ogilvy and your George Lois - and fucking man-up!"ReplyDelete
And I assume you're one of them? Which fantastically great ad campaign have you managed to get past the PM, the CD, the client recently?
Please tell me. Because honestly, I'm sick of people name dropping and going "Oh look, but they managed to do it! So you have no excuse left not to do it as well!"
Get your head out of your own arse once in a while and stop giving us young people stupid ideas on how to completely alienate ourselves at work and stand up for "our ideals".
I've been on the dole several times and I'd rather be a shiny-arsed office type than a depressed cunt, wasting away in my flat trying to get another job. When was the last time you had to look for another job?
It's not like in the times of the people you mentioned, where ad agencies were the last resort of most rejects who couldn't make it anywhere else.
This is just advertising. Most of it is shit and most people don't care either way. Take it for what it is and don't bloody glorify it like it's the be all end all of the human race.
I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree with this post. A lot of what you are saying is very applicable to selling products to consumers, but I'm guessing that since it's Management Today most of these ads were b2b.ReplyDelete
You mentioned the IBM line "Let's Build A Smarter Planet." I don't think that's a boring campaign.
The line is actually a pretty good distillation of their proposition. They go into businesses and help them to automate and streamline processes. When you sell something like that the brand ad has to be the first stage in the sales funnel. The product is too complex and dry to be the hero. "Lets Build A Smarter Planet" is a hell of a lot more exciting than "X4303 Token Ring Ethernet Server" or whatever it is it actually says on their invoices.
On top of that, they've actually done pretty well. They've turned something dry into something quite exciting. and cool, and imbued it with this exciting sense of contributing to human progress.
You might argue that some grey suited logistics chief is unlikely to be swayed by this type of fluff, but I disagree. We're all human, and I think logic and emotion are equally important when it comes to persuasion. You make a man believe, then you give him the facts to justify it to himself and his money men (or his wife).
Of course it all depends on the product and the brand. As in your excellent campaign for Fentimen's soft drinks, sometimes the product is the perfect hero.
- Some Old Guy31 July 2013 at 13:01
@ Anonymous 11:49ReplyDelete
Yes, I get good work out and have over the years too. It's not easy. All good creatives feel alienated sometimes or feel like the crazy guy in the room sometimes. Most good people have been fired at some point. I have. Maybe you're just not cut out for all that, that's okay. Not everyone has to be great. Some people are happy to be an average person doing poor work. It sounds like you're completely happy being average, you'd rather not lose your job. But that is part of the problem. You can't simply blame clients, when even the young creatives at their ad agencies are happy to do poor stuff.
Fair do's, Ciaran. Thanks for the kind words about our Fentimans ads.ReplyDelete
I appreciate that there will always be times when it's not appropriate for the product to be the hero. And, as you state, that's probably the case with the IBM campaign.
However, I'd argue that the same principles should still apply whether your advertising is consumer or B2B focused.
You're still targeting people and need to get on their consideration list by making ads that are interesting and compelling.
Most B2B advertising would be a hell of a lot better if creatives thought of that audience as being like consumers rather than some sort of business type alien species that they need to spout gobbledygook to.
To that end, I totally agree with your point that grey suited logistics types are human and likely to be persuaded by logic and emotion. So are the other key decision-making management folk who don't fit into that stereotype [true as it may be].
I just didn't see any evidence of that in a single ad when I went back through them.
Nothing grabbed my attention as either ad bloke and business owner.
I guess that's the real problem here.
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 13:51
"Most good people have been fired at some point. I have."ReplyDelete
Right, because being fired automatically means you're great.
I'm still waiting for any sort of link to your work. Put your money where your mouth is and shut up the annoying shiny-arsed office kid.
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 17:45
Times have changed Some Old Guy. The guys you mentioned worked in a different age. An age when creative departments were respected and listened to. Now when one rages, one rages to an audience of none. No one gives a fuck about the advertising and if you rage and stand up for your idea you become an obstacle to them making money. And they have the power.ReplyDelete
It doesn't stop creatives doing good ads, it just stops them making them. Usually.
Sometimes through serendipity, not tricks or standing up for yourself, you get one out and pick up a shiny object that no one else gives a fuck about.
It's as much a cliché to say "Don't blame it on the client" as it is to blame it on the client.
- Some Old Guy31 July 2013 at 18:34
"You just don't get it, do you?"ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 18:46
@Some old GuyReplyDelete
No you don't.
- Anonymous31 July 2013 at 23:20
I rest my case, old guy.ReplyDelete
- Some Old Guy1 August 2013 at 08:36
I'm not sure exactly what case you're resting there unfortunately. It appears your argument is based on justifying why it's okay for creatives or agencies to be producing crap. No matter how bad things have got, I've never heard a good creative try to justify bad work. If its 'just a job' to earn a bit of cash to you, that's part of the mess advertising finds itself in.ReplyDelete
I suggested above you read your Bernbach, Ogilvy, Lois - I'd add to that Trott, Henry, Abbott - read also Ed Morris' twitter. It's not about their era being different. If you actually read this stuff, rather than just soak up the sound bites that people shove out - you'll realise that it has always been hard for creatives and agencies to get the best work out. Apart from a handful of truly great clients, it has always been hard. That's what these greats understand - advertising isn't just coming up with ads, it's getting the right ads to run. Not everyone has the balls or the force of personality to do it, but you won't get anywhere moping around blaming your poor circumstances.
On that note I'll leave you to your self-pity.
- Some Old Guy1 August 2013 at 08:37
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- Anonymous1 August 2013 at 10:53
@Some Old GuyReplyDelete
No one's justifying why it's OK for agencies and creative to be coming up with crap. Because on the whole creative are not coming up with crap. They are coming up with not crap. I am explaining why ads these days are crap. It's never been more difficult to get a good ad out. Stand up for an ad in the old days and you were a passionate maverick who only wanted the best. Stand up for an ad these days and you're a problem.
Compared to today those guys had it easy.
Anyhoo we shall have to agree to disagree on this one.
I shall leave you to your delusions.
- Anonymous1 August 2013 at 15:39
@Anon 17:45ReplyDelete
It's a sad state of affairs when the best chance a creative has of getting great work out is serendipity.
Times may hay have changed but it's no wonder the advertising industry is in the shape it's in if its full of moany creative people with no hope who suck up the status quo and don't believe they have the power to make a difference.
Your world-weariness of "it's never been more difficult to get a good ad out" is the kind of attitude that ultimately becomes self-fulfilling.
And so the cycle continues...
- Anonymous2 August 2013 at 12:04
Where are all these passionate creatives? I see no great ads out there. Even Dave Trott doesn't seem to be throwing his toys out of the pram to get good ads out.ReplyDelete
All these people who talk the talk are not, as the evidence on our TVs and in our newspapers and on our computers tells us, walking the walk. But it doesn't stop them telling us to stand up for our genius ads, rage against the dying of the good ad, fight the good fight against clients, CDs, CEOs, planners and everyone else who's agenda is one of making money, not one of getting good ads out (in fact it is usually quite the opposite - getting bad ads out is actually the aim)and lose our jobs.
No one's moaning at work. We're just writing our ads and getting them blown out, all the time aiming to write the best ad that's ever run. We are moaning on advertising blogs because franky, if you can't moan there, where can you moan?
You speak as if we are deliberately trying to write bad ads. We're not. Ever brief is attacked as briefs always have been. With the aim of doing a great ad. The odds are stacked against us like never before and toss pots moaning about us moaning and offering simplistic solutions is fucking irritating. You exonerate everyone from blame but the creative. Not the client, not the planner, not the CD. No they have no influence. It's the creative's fault.
As a very wise man once said, To every complex problem there is a
solution that it clear, simple and wrong.
There is no solution. They have won. We have lost. It's too fucking late. Accept it. Find creative outlets elsewhere and just carry on churning out routes and every now and then you'll get a good one through. By luck.
Anon 12:04 , I feel very sorry for you that you see the situation as so hopeless. If you ever want to come and chat to some people who don't, then feel free to get in touch and pop by Sell! Towers for a restorative cup of tea and a chinwag.ReplyDelete
By the way, I don't think anyone here is exonerating everyone apart from the creative - far from it. Saying "don't blame the client" isn't saying the client isn't part of the problem, it's simply saying the problem doesn't only lie with the client.
For what it's worth by the way, we work with some excellent clients here, who support challenging and unusual work. But that work doesn't always happen without difficult conversations and a lot of hard work from everyone involved to get that work run.


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In the latest episode of the Tew with Culture podcast, Wael Hattar and I discuss the 11th edition of Art Dubai. We highlight the changes we noticed with the new fair director, Myrna Ayad. We discuss works by this year's Abraaj Group Art Prize winner Rana Begum and the shortlisted artists, Doa Aly, Sarah Abu Abdallah and Raha Raissnia.
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MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III will no longer be flying to China for a trade event next week at the foreign government's request, Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raul Hernandez said Thursday.
Hernandez said Aquino will no longer attend the 10th ASEAN-China Expo (CAEXPO) to be held in Nanning, China from Sept. 3 to 6 where the Philippines is the "country of honor."
Hernandez said the decision was made "taking into consideration China's request for the President to visit China at a more conducive time."
"On the part of the Philippines, we will continue to abide by our principled position that bilateral relations can advance despite differences," he said.
Just a day before, Aquino said he finally received his invite to the event.
The President said he will push through with the trip but that he will leave right away because he does not want to "overstay his welcome."
The Philippines is locked in a long-running dispute with China over portions of South China Sea—a portion of which is referred to by the Philippines as the West Philippine Sea—where Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims.
The Palace, however, had earlier said that it is very unlikely that the dispute will be discussed at the expo.


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Renting a cheap apartment will leave you with a good-sized furniture and decor fund, which you'll want to spend at the upscale International Mall, located a mere seven minutes away by car. Take a tour of your neighborhood to get a sense of the general style before embarking on a shopping adventure. The long streets that run through your neighborhood are perfect for long walks or regular runs. However, if you prefer a more serene setting void of man-made structures, head northwest to MacFarlane Park, where you'll be able to go jogging and hike trails.
On weekdays, you'll enjoy the city nightlife, since your cheap apartment in West Tampa is only six minutes away by car. There are plenty of pubs and bars to visit after work with coworkers, friends and neighbors who also work in the downtown area. On weekends, you'll be able to swing by the Tampa Theatre, which features classic and modern independent films.
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Backup & Snapshot process
I was reading that we can sched backups or snapshots daily, weekly. Question, either of this process will make the VPS offline meanwhile? Another question, if I need a file or anything that I deleted from the actual active server/vps, am I able to retrieve that particular file from the backup image or I have to restore a new vps with the backup made before the file was deleted?


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Boy do social web natives draw the knives quickly when it comes to Google and Facebook. Google+ hasn't even launched yet but the judgments have come in short order. Right off the bat I want to ask the question Could we be sacrificing reflection, analysis and context simply for speed? But that's for another post.
Right now I think we should be willing to forget 'Wave' and 'Buzz' and give a little credit to Google for - perhaps - starting to get at least part of this social network thing right.
Not having been invited into the Google+ corona I am for the moment on the outside looking in. But here's a few unbiased and admittedly speculative observations about Google+ based on a tour of the demo.
Google+ 'Circles' will allow you to share specific information with selected groups of people. For organizations which slice and dice their stakeholders into categories in order to tailor communications, this could be a way of structuring a social network to spark conversation and cement relationships. Natalie Bourre, founder of Marketing 4 Health Inc., points out that pharmaceutical companies for example, under the severest restrictions for direct to consumer and direct to patient, might create 'circles' of patients within closed networks. And, I would add, these social circles can take advantage of the user generation, visual, linking and speed elements not usually associated with online patient communities.
As I understand it from this Mashable article, Google+ 'Sparks' is "a recommendation engine for finding interesting content . . . a collection of articles, videos, photos and other content grouped by interest." Whenever I hear the concept "recommendation engine" I think of promoted tweets and Facebook ads and their ability to target people and interests.
And then there is the group and video chat functions which could take the Facebook wall to a new level allowing people to self-organize online imaged group personal conversation. Companies could use the functions for stakeholder or community meetings, and activists for planning and organizing group education, proselytizing and action.
One final comment . . . sure, it will take a hell of lot to unseat Facebook as the king of social networks. But that doesn't mean that a new social platform from the mighty Google can't make a useful, important (and yes profitable) contribution to the socialization of relationships, marketing and group dynamics.


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I wanted to capture my post-workout lines here...[warning: personal reflection post ahead]
In just over two weeks, I'm turning 34.
Not old, really, but I feel like so much about my body has changed in the past couple of years. It's hard to describe and the changes have been both positive and negative, and they wouldn't be too diagnosable by a physician. Just changes.
Like on the negative, I've been experiencing semi-frequent migraines. They suck. I remember my mom having them about 10 years ago. She seemed to suffer quite a bit and now I know why. I've also been experiencing heightened 'ditziness' - clumsiness at times and forgetting people's names and words...or the point I was trying to make mid-sentence. According to my mom, this is what she experienced as well. Between the sage wisdom I've gained over my years of experience (lol), I sound like a complete bimbo. I've been using 'HorsePigCow' more and more (see my About page for further explanation).
On the positive side, my body, especially my upper body, seems to be getting stronger. I can do more pushups, lift more and it even appears more muscly (although I need to work on making it look that way to others). My aerobic ability has also increased quite a bit. All of my life, I couldn't run at all. I hated it. It was painful and tedious. Just today I got on the treadmill after not working out for a month and a half (and doing anaerobic activities like pilates before that) and ran at a brisk pace for 20 minutes without breathing hard at all.
Of course there is also the skin changes as well as the persistent 'tire'. From what I hear, this is worsened by stress (someone say Vitamin B will help keep that at Bay). My obsession with skin care has kept Sephora and La Mer in business and I'm growing more and more interested in stuff like 'supplements' and 'homeopathic remedies'. Yikes!
I know I have a few female readers out there, so I'm wondering what you've noticed changing and when it started for you (guys experience this, too, so feel free to pipe in...I'm interested in how things change for you). Mine probably started about 2 years ago, but has been quite acute for the past year. There are so many positive things about being my age. So many things I'd love to go back and tell myself at 24. Of course I would also scold that 24 year old for smoking, sunning (although I was always careful with my fair skin) and drinking so heavily, but that's the 34 year old mom in me.
I think it is good that I can't, though. It would take the awe and amazement out of the discoveries now. When I was 24, I thought life was grande. It would have ruined it for me to see an even grander vision in the future.
::oh, and I should add, I think my 24 year old self would be totally jealous of me. Awesome, way cool 14 year-old son, super hunky 26 year-old boyfriend, amazing friends, living in a cool city, about to celebrate the first year anniversary of a great business of and a lifestyle of giving that I'm way proud of. I should really spare her the envy and let her discover her agency for herself. :)


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I'm a 23 year-old male looking for a job. Nothing more at this point. My life has funneled down to that. A job search. I've been interviewed, ignored, considered, rejected, frowned upon, forgotten and just blanketed with excuses as to why nothing's come through yet. I'm twiddling my thumbs and smiling in comfortably-lit waiting rooms; I'm furrowing my brow over online classifieds; I'm getting excited about nothing and getting pissed off about everything. I'm from Idaho but I live in California, I'm terrible with commas, and I think it's time to start talking shit.
I've been told so many things. It's all about hard work. It's all about persistence. It's about nothing other than whom you know. Let me tell you that of all things I've heard, that one is by far the most prevalent.
"Hey man, honestly, nothing matters. Nothing at all. Except for one thing. Who you know. It's ALL ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW."
"Honestly dude, fuck an internship. Networking my man."
"Hey my mom used to date a guy who started in the mail room. I'll shoot you his email."
Thanks dude. Appreciate it. I'm sure the guy your mom USED to date is going to help ME get a sick gig in Beverly Hills. I'll quit my job right now. Throw it all away. I'm banking on this guy. Thanks dude. Sure, it's a nice gesture and I appreciate it. But it's not going to amount to anything. Realize that I hear that everyday and save it. I've been out of school for about 3 months now and haven't a clue where I'll be this fall. I'm running out of money and patience. I have a job, don't get me wrong, but my co-workers aren't Yale and NYU grads. Most of them didn't go to college. Half of them did, but didn't finish. Some are twice my age. The rest don't speak English. All of them tell me what to do. That's about all I've got on my current employment. Look for more as we move forward.
Don't come here looking for some early morning, glassy-lake prose alright? I'm gonna throw it at you. Big Randy Johnson guy, I am. I'm gonna come home and blast this thing. Blitz it. It's gonna be x-rated. It's gonna be heavy. It's gonna probably be scary at times. I just graduated and keep watching my best friends sign six figure contracts at big-shot firms all over this country. Not this guy. Not here. Definitely not now.
I'm all over the place.


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The current 4–GB default configuration includes memory for the OpenSolaris xVM hypervisor control functions and 10 or fewer guests.
When dom0 is booted, the OpenSolaris xVM hypervisor reserves a small amount of memory for itself and assigns the remainder to dom0. When a domU is created, the Sun xVM hypervisor takes memory from dom0 and assigns it to the new domU.
There is no default configuration or a default amount of memory to assign to dom0, unless the user sets a dom0_mem value in the GRUB menu when booting dom0. The values that can be set are initial memory, minimum memory, and maximum memory.
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Hello Darlings,
As all things caviar are concerned, I love Salmon Roe, Beluga, and Ossetra! But with nails, well caviar just doesn't work. In theory caviar is a good idea, in practice not so much. Caviar nails have been the talk about town for months and after a casual trip to Sephora, I walked out with Ciaté caviar mini bar. Eager to try, I tested this newest trend in manicures!
Let me start of by saying that I love their nail lacquers but the caviar beads are a mess, literally. Messy or not, I am the kind of a girl that will make a big effort to get something that I want. So after numerous tries and errors, I finally finished my mani.
The following day, my morning shower was when things made a turn for the worst. While washing my hair, I not only conditioned my hair, but left hundreds of tiny beads in my hair - yuck! Still, with half the nails left with bunch of empty spots, I went on with my day wondering if it was just a problem with showering. Well it wasn't and throughout the day lost the rest of the beads, and finished my day with getting another new mani.
So while I love the concept and the initial look, but caviar is just not practical.
Have you ever tried it? If so, what was your experience like?
With Love...


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Obama strengthens support for health insurance competition
We are both surprised and impressed by the strong wording of the latest Obama administration's statement supporting free market competition and deregulation of the health insurance arena.
In her opening statement to Congress on May 6, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius clearly expressed the Administration's support for a diverse health insurance approach: "I share the President's belief that reform must guarantee choice of doctors and health plans, including a choice between a public and private plan option. No American should have to give up a doctor they trust or a health plan they like, and comprehensive reform shouldn't force any American who are satisfied with their coverage to make changes. But covering every American, access to the high quality health care, is so important."
The Secretary also said "the President is committed to, and I am committed to, the fact that the design needs to level the playing field. And it's on two fronts. First, a public plan option should not undercut the private market; tilt the playing in one direction. The private market, on the other hand, shouldn't be able to cherry pick the least costly patients. So getting rid of some of the pre-existing medical condition barriers that allow a skewed market place I think is important. But having an option for individuals; having a choice for the Americans who don't currently have coverage; and having competition to drive the best practices, the best cost efficiencies, the best protocol, I think can be very positive in the long run."
We do not remember hearing such strong suporrt for free market economics in health insurance since the Reagan era. These statements also reaffirm our belief that these goals will only be met if the reform measure includes a requirement that all Americans carry health insurance.
MedSave.com recognizes that the real challenge will be in empowering consumers with the knowledge to make the best enrollment decisions within a more diverse health insurance arena. Of course this position is good for our business since we are in a key position as aleading provider of low cost prvate health insurance.Tags : low cost health insurance


text: A classic in its own right, the adidas World Cup SG Rugby Boot is the internationally acclaimed choice for many professional rugby players. Made from soft kangaroo leather, the low cut and soft toe ensure a supreme fit and comfort throughout. The fold-over leather tongue adds a stylish touch with a traditional central lacing system completing the timeless look. Utilising a six stud formation, grip and traction are in abundance across soft natural surfaces making them ideal for backs or back row forwards A traditional black and white affair, the trademark adidas three stripes adorn each side of the boot for an instantly recognisable rugby boot. These boots weigh 253g each (UK size 8) Make sure you kit yourself out with a spare set of studs. Please note, the personalisation on this boot will be stitched onto the tongue.


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US Senate Repeals Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy – Lady Gaga's meat dress may have paid the price and a victory as the US senate repealed the "Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy" with a vote of 56-43.
The Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy is a policy which restricts the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members or applicants, while barring those who are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service.
Democrats Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor from Arkansas voted 'no', they are not however alone as even Senator Harry Reid also voted 'no'. Reid's vote was a precaution in case the total will favor the Republicans and her vote will revived the voting later.
John McCain, a military service veteran said, "We do not go out and seek. Regulations are, we do not go out and seek to find out if someone's sexual orientation."
Reporters flocked to McCain after the conclusion of the vote and the repeal. "I've seen it in action. I've seen it in action. I have sons in the military, I know the military very well. So they're not telling you the truth," says McCain.To receive updates from WWNN.co.uk directly to your e-mail, you can subscribe to us for free by entering your e-mail address here and confirming your subscription by clicking the link that will be sent to your e-mail address.
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"Working with Annie has helped me grow in enormous ways. I am so grateful for her guidance and support with being a more mindful and compassionate human. It has opened my eyes to what is truly important to me, helped me tune in to my values, and approach life in a purposeful and loving way. She is truly a gifted teacher and I hope others will be as inspired by her work as I have been."
- Leah, Wellness Coaching Client
"Annie has been teaching classes for me at New York University in both spiritual practice and narrative medicine for many years. Each class has been wonderful. Annie's presence, wisdom, and compassion come through all that she teaches, and many students have thanked me for the opportunity to work with her. I most highly recommend her as a teacher!"
- Bradley Lewis, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Humanities and Culture, NYU
"I have had the privilege of working with Annie over several years in programs and research centering on physician wellness. Working with obstetricians in training, she creates spaces for reflection that are usually absent from their lives. She is a talented creator and leader of reflective writing seminars. As an educator and colleague, I have found Annie to be dedicated, compassionate and insightful. Our working sessions are often therapeutic for me! We have worked on research into the factors related to resilience among physicians, and her talents as an investigator further diversify the talents of this special person. You are in good hands with Annie in finding and nurturing sources of wellness in your lives."
- Abigail Ford Winkel, MD
Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine
"Annie is a big-hearted listener who was born to teach. She has a startling range of spiritual gifts, and I've seen them all on retreat. People lose themselves in dance with her. Her narrative practice helps even tight people soften up and say what's inside. Once you meet her, you'll want to pour out your heart and ask her advice. Her insights will have you saying, 'Wow, I never knew that. Gee, I never thought of it that way.'"
- Tom, Retreat Participant
"Annie is a gifted teacher, healer, and writer. I have had the pleasure of working with her at two national conferences, one for medical students, and one for the general public. In both instances, I was struck by her remarkable knowledge base, her presence as a speaker, and the innate kindness and compassion which shine through in all her interactions. Her excellent written work on Narrative Medicine has been used by Veterans Health Administrations at a national level and has been well received."
- Adam Rindfleisch, MPhil, MD
Medical Director, Integrative Health
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
"Annie created such a wonderful class! I enjoyed myself immensely and derived true pleasure from it. Annie led the group beautifully and helped us all slow down and savor food talk in all of its many styles, voices, colors, content. So much to talk about, and such a fascinating lens through which to view the world."
- Natalya Murakhver, 'Facing Food' Participant, Co-Founder Apple to Zucchini


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Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni has chided the local authority for licensing more bottle stores at the expense of residential stands, earning itself the tag "booze city".
Manyenyeni said city liquor outlets were "becoming the only game in town at every shopping centre", while council has failed to provide meaningful infrastructure development.
"Picking just a few spots like Highfield (pamaStones), Newlands (Murandy Square), Sunridge (Albury Road), Kuwadzana 6 (best Gango Place in Harare), Hillside (paHuku), Glen Norah, Marlborough (Civic Centre) – you can pick many others," Manyenyeni said.
Compared to other capitals of the world, he said Harare was fast turning into a village of beerhalls, while other facilities such as ablution and parking were being neglected.
Manyenyeni said after visiting capitals such as Kigali in Rwanda, Harare was now an eyesore, as it had been turned into a brewery hub with no off-site infrastructural developmental projects.
"On my suburban stroll yesterday we counted around 20 liquor outlets at pamaStones in Highfield. No new houses – so roughly the same population. As for Warren Park – (Mereki) I won't even comment. This one is a 'special economic zone' for the breweries.
"These many liquor places don't make a city a city, period."
Manyenyeni said as a way to ensure the city retained its glory, the number of liquor outlets should be reduced and the city fathers also enact a law banning political parties from littering the streets with their campaign posters.


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Who would have thought that my first national ad would be an environmental portrait? Not this girl! Thank goodness Brooks drilled into all us the importance of being well-rounded and knowing how to take a portrait.
Client: Chapman University
Ad Agency: Orange Label Art + Advertising
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text: What an amazing event! Was so fun meeting all the brides and reconnecting with vendors who I do so much business with. I also had the opportunity to show off my portfolio using my brand new iPad! Want to see one close up and in person? Book an appointment and I'll let you play with it;) A big shout out to Gabriella Bridal, her booth looked amazing! I did all the photography and Sebastian Li designed the panels. It turned out great, really stood out from the other bridal shops featured, very unique. Way to go. I took a few snaps w/my iphone (no, iPad does not take photos, or make phone calls, much like my iphone-ha ha).


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text: DigitalMilton Glaser, Walter Bernard Honored at Magazine Awards; Time Takes Design CategoryBy Stephanie Murg|May 3, 2013 ShareBy Stephanie Murg|May 3, 2013 Share Design was in the spotlight last night at the National Magazine Awards gala, where Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard were presented with the creative excellence award "for their unique and enduring contributions to American journalism." The two honorees were introduced by journalist and playwright Michael Kramer, and then the audience was treated to a video of them being interviewed by The New Yorker's Ken Auletta.Meanwhile, Time, the magazine that Bernard redesigned back in 1977 (and then led as art director for three years), emerged victorious in the design category, besting fellow finalists Bon Appétit, BULLETT, Details, and New York, which won for magazine of the year and best magazine section. Chris Johns left the Marriott Marquis laden with elephants–the coveted yet unwieldy Alexander Calder stabile pachyderm (pictured)–as National Geographic won for photography; general excellence in the news, sports, and entertainment category; tablet magazine; and multimedia. W trounced the other nominated portfolios in the feature photography category with Steven Klein's Mosstastic "Good Kate, Bad Kate" from the March 2012 issue. Other victories of note: Gael Towey and Pilar Guzmán's reliably stunning Martha Stewart Living took home the Elllie for best lifestyle magazine, The Atlantic won for best website, and the election-rocking video 'Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser' earned Mother Jones a best video nod–well over 47% of the audience seemed happy about that decision. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kMkdvi copy Adweek Adweek