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An Evening With Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero.
A month or so ago, a couple of the Usual Suspects (The Original Bill and Sinister Linda) asked if we would be interested in seeing Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (a/k/a "Connie Francis") in concert, as she would be appearing at a nearby venue. I had been a fan of Connie Francis back in the day, as were most peeps, but knowing that she's even longer in the tooth than I (by damned near a decade), I was sort of "Feh" about the adventure. But, seeing as how our friends were going and Mrs. Parkway wanted to go, I agreed.
On the night of the concert, I was kicking myself in the ass that I agreed to go, but I was looking forward to the pre-show dinner with two of the Usual Suspects. After eating a table full of Pub Grub, drinking a few pints and having more than a few laughs, we were off to the show. Once seated, I checked out the
band orchestra and was most impressed. By my count, there were 17 or 18 musicians, including a couple of violinists and even a harpist. There was a drummer and a percussion guy who played, among other things, the tympani drums. The guitar player doubled on mandolin. Lots of brass. A first-class assemblage.
The orchestra opened with a overture of several of Connie's hits (She's had a bunch of them), which was most impressive. Connie took the stage and sang a couple opening cover tunes, after which she sang some of her many hits, including her first and possibly most famous one. Many of the songs were paired with a slide show retrospective of her life and career. Between songs, she spoke about her life in New Jersey and the highs and lows of her career, including her four failed marriages.
Following an intermission, she returned to sing several songs she has recorded in foreign languages, including "Mama," which brought the house down.
I was thoroughly entertained and was pleasantly surprised that she still could lay it in. Sure, her fastball has lost a bit of heat, but no more than would be expected of someone in her early seventies. Only one tune was a bit of a train wreck ("Old Time Rock and Roll"), when she got ahead of the orchestra, but the orchestra leader handled it well – so well that I heard it, but no one else in our group noticed.
The bottom line is that if you grew up listening to Connie Francis's music (either on your own, or via your parents), you would enjoy seeing her in concert – an American woman with a most impressive musical career.


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Polls: Time for Action
It turns out that attempts by conservatives to discredit climate science may not have left a big dent on American public opinion after all. According to polls released this week, the vast majority of the public is still concerned about climate change, and, in the wake of the BP spill, readier than ever to ambitiously develop renewable energy.
A survey by Yale University shows that 61 percent of Americans believe global warming is real, a four-point rise since the same question was polled in January 2010. Fifty percent believe it is caused, at least in part, by human activities, a three-point increase. A Stanford University survey obtained even stronger responses—about three-quarters of those polled said they believe climate change is real and humans are wholly or partly to blame.
This is good news for anyone who was disheartened by a Pew survey last fall that suggested public concern over global warming had dropped—for instance, 65 percent believed it was a serious problem; down from 73 percent in spring 2008. Stanford professor Jon Krosnick, quoted in USA Today, says, "Several national surveys released during the last eight months have been interpreted as showing that fewer and fewer Americans believe that climate change is real, human-caused, and threatening to people … But our new survey shows just the opposite."
To me, the news is also a reminder of the highly variable nature of polls. Polls sometimes have significant margins of error. They are useful snapshots of the American psyche at a given moment, but I often wonder at the press when it claims to reach some startling conclusion about what Americans must think based on their responses to a rapid-fire and sometimes unwelcome phone call from a research institution.
Whether public concern has gone up or down by a small margin seems to me like a red herring. When half to three-quarters of Americans can acknowledge that climate change is a problem, it's certainly no fringe issue. And a majority of the public supports action: For instance, the Stanford poll reveals that 84 percent of Americans favor tax breaks to encourage companies to produce more power from solar, wind, and hydro. As Obama considers whose ass to kick over the Gulf spill, I wonder how much more of a mandate he needs to pursue a climate bill and an ambitious energy policy.
Of course, the politics of the Senate are not, unfortunately, driven by majority public opinion. All the more reason why, as our executive editor, Sarah van Gelder, writes, we need people power to make Obama take action.
In the last week, anger at the BP oil disaster has turned into action.
When an oil spill coated birds in San Francisco Bay 40 years ago, he quit driving. Then he quit speaking. Madeline Ostrander asked him what he learned in that process that can help us deal with the BP oil spill.


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Potter uses strength and conditioning to mold Thomas University's athletes
Corey Potter may be only 29, but he's already worked with some of the top athletes in nation. For the past year, he's been a key member of the growing Athletics program at Thomas University, where he is TU's first Strength and Conditioning Coach.
"My main focus is to help athletes get stronger, faster and more explosive," Potter said. "Those three things can determine whether a game is lost or won."
Some of TU's athletes have no experience working with a Strength and Conditioning Coach until they arrive on campus. Potter works with athletes using a variety of sport-specific and Olympic lifts to help prepare their bodies for the physical demands of their specific sports.
It's a curriculum that's very familiar to him.
Growing up, Potter was always playing sports. As a high school basketball player, one of his team's assistant coaches worked with him in the gym on strength and conditioning.
Potter attended Furman University in South Carolina, where he earned a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science.
He later made the move to the University of Alabama, where for a year he worked in the weight room with Michelle Diltz, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. The experience included working with players in the sports of women's basketball, softball, women's golf, and track and field.
"What I learned as an undergrad was helpful, but training college athletes is a whole different world," Potter said. "Coach Diltz was instrumental in my development as strength and conditioning coach. She taught me a whole lot.
After that experience, Potter decided to enroll at the University of Alabama as a graduate student. In 2010he graduated with a master's degree in sports management.
During this time, Potter worked with Scott Cochran, the Head Strength Coach at the University of Alabama, and Master Strength Coach Terry Jones, Assistant Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Potter worked strictly with the Alabama football team, a team with several SEC championships and National Championships.
"Working with football players at Alabama was an amazing experience," he said. "I was working with some of the best athletes in the nation."
Some of those athletes included Mark Ingram, 2009 Heisman Trophy winner and now a running back for the New Orleans Saints. Others became players in the National Football League, including Trent Richardson, now a running back for the Cleveland Browns; Terrence Cody, now a nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens: Courtney Upshaw, now a linebacker with the Baltimore Ravens; Dont'a Hightower, now a linebacker with the New England Patriots; Brandon Deaderick, now a defensive end with the Jacksonville Jaguars; Greg McElroy, now a quarterback with the New York Jets; Dre Kirkpatrick, now a cornerback with the Cincinnati Bengals; and Mark Barron, now a safety with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"The University of Alabama really gave me an incredible opportunity to work with elite athletes," Potter said.
In January 2012, Potter branched out his network by accepting a full-time internships at the University of Maryland, where he worked with men's soccer, wrestling, golf, swimming and diving, track and field, water polo, softball, lacrosse, competitive cheerleading, and field hockey.
"There were a wide variety of sports there," he said. "At Maryland, I learned a completely different style of coaching than what I learned at Alabama. This helped me to create my own style as a strength coach."
When Potter was approached by administrators from the TU Athletics Department, he was immediately interested.
"I couldn't pass it up," Potter said. "This was an opportunity to be able to start a new program that not only improves athletes' sport specific skills and can also function as a recruiting tool."
He interviewed before the building was completed. Potter saw only the floor plan.
"I had faith that it would work out," he said. "It's worked out well. I got to design my own weight room, and I chose equipment. A lot of coaches in strength and conditioning don't have that opportunity. I want to create an environment in the weight room where athletes want to work.
When Potter needs advice about coaching, he knows where to turn. He just calls his dad or his brother. His dad is the head women's golf coach at the University of Alabama, where he was honored as the National Coach of the Year in 2012, the same year his team won the NCAA National Championship. His brother is an assistant golf coach at Ohio State University.
Now Potter is continuing the family coaching tradition.
"There's nothing that I'd rather be doing," he said. "I think it's awesome to go to work every day and help athletes realize their potential. I get to do what I love every day."


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Last month's earthquake in Virginia rattled the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument such that it's been closed indefinitely so engineers can assess damage. Buildings all across the Eastern Seaboard were rocked on August 23, but the Monument's security camera footage shows that people visiting the famous obelisk had a particularly harrowing experience.
Fears of structural instability, holes in the Monument's exterior, and a malfunctioning elevator have shuttered the Monument for now. Explains The Washington Post:
The Park Service had preliminarily said the quake caused some cracks in the stone, which resulted in water leaks when Hurricane Irene came through Washington a few days after the quake.
A team of engineers planned to start a block-by-block inspection of the exterior Tuesday while suspended by ropes. An inspection of the interior is finished, [Mall superintendent Bob] Vogel said.
He said the worst damage happened in the pyramidium, the pyramid-shaped top of the structure, where cracks up to 1 1/ 4 inches wide developed in the mortar and stone. "Daylight is visible at a number of the vertical joints where mortar is missing," he said.


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Review: "Mom" bows on CBS
"Mom," a bittersweet comedy from Chuck Lorre about mother-daughter recriminations, bows on CBS Sept. 23 with the edge you expect from the creator of "Two and a Half Men." This time, Lorre applies his insight into women's relationships learned from experiences like "Grace Under Fire" and "Cybill" (not fun/funny career moves). It's sometimes aggressive humor.
Anna Faris ("Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "Entourage") plays a newly sober single mom who blames her problems on her own formerly estranged mother, played by Allison Janney ("The West Wing"). A third generation, two sitcom-cute kids, is caught in the middle. Lorre joked that it's "about a woman starting her life over again and redemption and all those really funny premises for a sitcom." Heavy dysfunction gets a backup laugh track, and it can turn mean. But Lorre knows how to wring dark humor from tragic circumstances.
"Some mothers teach their daughters how to bake," Christy (Faris) tells her AA meeting. "Mine taught me how to beat a cavity search and still feel like a lady."
Supporting players French Stewart, Matt Jones and Nate Corddry are mostly background in the pilot but their characters could become more fully formed. Corddry especially, who plays Christy's boss at a high-end restaurant, has great chemistry with Faris. Too soon to tell how the comedy will gel but don't bet against Lorre.


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How To Play a Slide Show of Windows' Photos
You can play a slide show of photos on your Windows computer, displaying each photo one by one automatically. Slides shows of Windows' photos can also be saved and edited, if desired.
1Choose Start→Pictures.
The Pictures library opens in Windows Explorer, displaying a list of related folders and images. If needed, double-click folders until you locate the images you want to display in a slide show.
2Select the images to include in the slide show.
Click an image to select it. Holding down the Ctrl key, click additional images to select all the photos you want to appear in the slide show.
3Click the Slide Show button.
The first image appears in a separate full-screen display. The slides move forward automatically, cycling among the photos repeatedly.
4Press Escape to stop the slide show.
The slide show stops playing and you're returned to Windows.
If you want a more sophisticated slide show feature, check out Windows Media Center. There you can create and save any number of custom slide shows, reorganize slides, and edit slide shows to add or delete photos. You might also consider a commercial slide-show program such as Microsoft PowerPoint if you want to create more complex slide shows.


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The hit Disney XD comedy series "Pair of Kings" will resume production for a third season and popular actor Adam Hicks (Disney XD's "Zeke and Luther," Disney Channel's "Lemonade Mouth") will join the cast as a new character, a long lost brother, added to the story of the unusual island of Kinkow, it was announced today by Adam Bonnett, Senior Vice President, Original Series, Disney Channels Worldwide. "Pair of Kings" will continue without the character Brady played by Mitchel Musso. The actor, singer/songwriter will continue his role as the voice of Jeremy Johnson in Disney's Emmy Award-winning series "Phineas and Ferb."
"Pair of Kings" centers on teen brothers whose lives change dramatically when they inherit the throne of the island of Kinkow, home to many quirky inhabitants. It is Disney XD's second highest-rated series in Total Viewers, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 and season to-date, has increased its ratings by 14% among Kids and 21% among Tweens 9-14.
In making the announcement, Bonnett said, "Adam's comedic talent will add a new dimension to an already successful series and we're eager to introduce the new character to our viewers." He continued, "Mitchel is a part of our family and for him, it will always be about versatility and doing different things on an artistic level. We have tremendous respect for his talent and we thank him for his contribution to the series."
Mitchel Musso said, "Since I was 12, Disney Channel has been an extended family to me and I want all of my friends there to know that I appreciate the opportunities that have come my way and I look forward to focusing on acting and music projects that are in development and sharing the news with my fans around the world soon. I wish the cast, producers, and crew nothing but success on the next season of 'Pair of Kings.'"
Production will resume in February with Hicks joining the "Pair of Kings" cast: Doc Shaw, Kelsey Chow, Ryan Ochoa and Geno Segers. This year, "Pair of Kings" was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series and for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
For three seasons, Hicks starred in the Disney XD comedy series "Zeke and Luther" and also starred and has songwriting credits in the hit Disney Channel Original movie "Lemonade Mouth." He has performed and collaborated on three Disney XD music videos, "Happy Universal Holidays," the hip hop spin on the classic song, "In the Summertime," and the remake of the MC Hammer hit, "U Can't Touch This." Among his other acting credits are "JONAS L.A.," "That Was Then," "The Funkenhousers" and "Titus."
"Pair of Kings" was created by and is executive-produced by Dan Cross and Dave Hoge. Matt Wickline is the executive producer. Leo Clarke is the producer and Don Beck is the consulting producer. "Pair of Kings" is produced by It's A Laugh Productions, Inc.
[Source: NTI, US ratings. 2011 to date: 12/27/10-12/4/11; "Pair of Kings" season 1: 9/22/10-5/9/11; "Pair of Kings" season 2: 6/13/11-11/28/11.]


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While used machinery prices have been strong for several years, it's important to consider equipment condition and other factors to understand the context of auction bids, says Greg Peterson, known by many as Machinery Pete.
Here are a few other highlights from Peterson's Implement & Tractor seminar this week at the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show:
- Extension of the Section 179 deduction helped buoy record-high used ag equipment prices at auction, particularly for tractors.
- Used combine values are good but not as high as tractor values. They're likely to dip from April through the summer this year as they did in 2012 and 2011. Newer-year models present a challenge because of inventory still sitting on dealer lots.
- Keeping machinery in good condition, even if it has higher hours, is critical to getting a good price at auction.
- The trend toward fewer machinery auctions is understandable as fewer farmers retire amid record incomes. But when a sale does occur, pent-up demand can result in double premiums or more on quality equipment.
- Talk of a used-equipment bubble is largely speculative and depends on a number of factors. In short, it's impossible to say what the future holds, though prices on used equipment in the aggregate remain strong.
- Online bidding is gaining traction among farmers and auction companies of all sizes.
Watch Peterson's complete commentary in the video below:
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BETHESDA, Md. – Senior right-hander Stephen Chrzanowski (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora/Hagerstown CC) pitched a career-best eight innings, striking out a UMBC season-best 11 hitters, and freshman Conor Hax (Bowie, Md./Bishop McNamara) broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh with an RBI ground out as UMBC defeated Georgetown, 4-3, Wednesday night at Shirley Povich Field.
Chrzanowki (1-1), who previous longest outing was 6.1 in his final outing of last season, gave up two runs in the first, but limited Georgetown (17-27) to just one run on five hits the rest of the way. Sophomore Denis Mikush (Burke, Va./Robinson) gave up a two-out double and then issued a walk, but struck out Eric Webber looking to end the game and earn his second save of the season.
In a staff outing, Patrick Camporini (0-1) took the loss as UMBC (15-24) rallied for the single run in the top of the seventh to break the tie.
Georgetown starter Joseph Bialkowski worked out of a bases load jam in the opening frame and the Hoyas gave him a lead in the bottom half, scoring a pair of runs with two outs. Camporini slapped a single through the right side to bring in the first run and then Bialkowski helped his own cause with an RBI double to left center.
Both pitchers kept the opposition off the board in the second before the Retrievers grinded out three runs in the top of the third to take the lead, 3-2. Nick Leonard relieved Bialkowski to start the inning, but freshman Andrew Casali (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) reached on an error by the third baseman and junior Vince Corbi (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) followed with a single to center. Casali was erased on a fielder's choice interference call, but junior Jake Barnes (Annandale, Va./Annandale) drew a walk to loaded the sacks.
Freshman Hunter Dolshun (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) opened the Retrievers' account by driving a ball to center for a sac fly to score Corbi and cut the GU lead to 2-1. Senior Brandon Coluccio (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township/Brookdale CC) walked to jam the base paths again and senior D.J. Smith (Millersville, Md./Old Mill) cashed in by dumping a two-RBI single to left to give UMBC the lead, 3-2.
Two innings later the Hoyas pulled level, though, as Beau Hall sent a lead-off double down the left field line, and after a strike out, Kuzbel doubled off of Chrzanowski to knot the game at 3-3.
UMBC threatened in the fifth, leaving two runners on, and then sophomore Kevin Lachance (Clifton, Va./Centreville) and Hax reached second and third with one out in the six, but were stranded following a walk, pop out, and fielder's choice.
Chrzanowski faced just seven batters in the two innings combined and was rewarded in the top of the seventh. Dolshun started the inning with a base hit to center and then moved to second on a sac bunt by Coluccio. Smith then lined a single to the outfield to push Dolshun to third, before Hax brought him in with what proved to be the game-winning run on a bouncing ground out to the right side.
The tall right-hander sent the Hoyas down in order in the seventh and then stranded a runner in the eighth to complete his outing.
Mikush entered to start the bottom of the ninth and got two quick outs on a fly ball to center and a swinging strike out. Kuzbel doubled the keep the game going and then Ryan Busch drew a walk, but Mikush settled down to get Webber looking to end it.
UMBC now returns home for a final four-game home stand beginning on Friday with a single game against America East rival Stony Brook. First pitch at Alumni Field is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
- UMBC has won back-to-back games against Georgetown and now leads the all-time series, 29-16.
- The Retrievers and Hoyas will meet again on May 13 in Baltimore. UMBC will honor long-time head coach John Jancuska prior to the game which is set for a 6:00 p.m. start.
- Chrzanowski's previous longest outing was 6.1 innings on May 17, 2013 at Maine.
- His 11 strike outs tops Shane Vlasic's nine against Coppin State on April 16 for the top individual performance of the year.
- Five different UMBC pitchers have recorded at least one save this season.
- The Retrievers have now stolen a base in five straight games.
- UMBC played error-free baseball for the eighth time this year and is now 3-5 when not making a defensive miscue.
- Casali has hit safely in seven consecutive games. He had a 14-game streak earlier in the season.


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Louis A. Brown Jr. is a partner with Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP where he manages the firm's Government Relations Group representing clients before the California State Legislature and various state administrative agencies. Mr. Brown specializes in providing clients with expert advice in maneuvering through California's complex legislative and administrative process. He has written numerous laws and played key roles in many of the Legislature's major accomplishments and budget negotiations over the last decade, including the agricultural tax relief package of 2001, comprehensive water package, tax relief for the California horse racing industry, and law enforcement funding. Deeply committed to the success of education in agriculture, Mr. Brown chairs the Cal Poly AgriBusiness Department's Advisory Committee and the California Future Farmers of America Foundation Board of Directors.


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aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages
Antiquity refers to ancient times, former ages long since past.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical QuotationsEdit
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 30-31.
- There were giants in the earth in those days.
- Genesis, VI. 4.
- Antiquity, what is it else (God only excepted) but man's authority born some ages before us? Now for the truth of things time makes no alteration; things are still the same they are, let the time be past, present, or to come.
Those things which we reverence for antiquity what were they at their first birth? Were they false?—time cannot make them true. Were they true?—time cannot make them more true. The circumstances therefore of time in respect of truth and error is merely impertinent.
- John Hales ("The Ever Memorable"), Of Inquiry and Private Judgment in Religion.
- The ancient and honorable.
- Isaiah, IX. 15.
- With sharpen'd sight pale Antiquaries pore,
Th' inscription value, but the rust adore.
This the blue varnish, that the green endears;
The sacred rust of twice ten hundred years.
- Alexander Pope, Epistle to Mr. Addison, line 35.
- My copper-lamps, at any rate,
For being true antique, I bought;
Yet wisely melted down my plate,
On modern models to be wrought;
And trifles I alike pursue,
Because they're old, because they're new.
- Matthew Prior, Alma, Canto III.
- Remove not the ancient landmark.
- Proverbs, XXII. 28; XXIII. 10.
- There is nothing new except that which has become antiquated.
- Motto of the Revue Rétrospective.
- Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways
Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers.
- Thomas Warton, written in a blank Leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon.


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A Law Against Lying on the News
It's not often that goings-on in Canada interest the American news media, but a rather small decision by a relatively small government agency—the decision not to revoke a rule that bans lying on broadcast news—in Ottawa has made a pretty big splash.
It stems from the planned April launch of Sun TV, a Canadian analog to FOX News—i.e., a broadcast news outlet with a decidedly conservative perspective. Among its top executives is a former communications director to conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, evoking former Reagan/Bush adviser Roger Ailes' role at the helm of FOX. That executive, Kory Teneycke, told the Toronto Star that Sun TV is "taking on the mainstream media [...] smug, condescending, often irrelevant journalism, we're taking on political correctness [...] by bureaucrats for elites and paid for by taxpayers."
Given that the posture, tone, language, and buzzwords of the nascent network could have come so easily from Bill O'Reilly, outsiders promptly branded it "FOX News North."
The launch drew attention to a seldom-scrutinized regulatory agency called the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), similar to the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.
With little fanfare, the CRTC last month scrapped a proposal to revoke or relax a rule on "prohibited programming content" that includes "broadcasting false or misleading news." The CRTC withdrew the plan when a legislative committee determined that the rule does not run afoul of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which like the U.S. Constitution, guarantees press freedoms.
The Canadian media speculated that the withdrawal may have been provoked in no small part by the large sector of the public that voiced its displeasure at the idea of Sun TV coarsening the public discourse and deliberately muddying the political waters, akin to what they see in American media. The agency's chair denied that Sun TV factored in at all, noting that the plan to rescind the rule had been in the works for 10 years, and that the rule has never been invoked.
Words Matter
How media can build civility or destroy it.
Still, U.S. media pricked up their ears at the news, inviting Canadian legal experts to explain the issue, a rather foreign concept to the American mind. The very notion is almost shocking: You can ban lying in the news?!
The question was asked time and again: Could something like that happen here?
The short answer is, no.
The First Amendment does not permit government interference with "the freedom of the press." What that freedom is, is among the great undefined terms in American jurisprudence. But its enduring strength is that few are willing to take the first step down the slippery slope of determining who is a journalist and who is not, and what constitutes good journalism and what does not. It's all protected, for good or ill.
But no scholar on the topic would argue that it's all for the good.
There are plenty of examples of constitutionally protected bad journalism. In the 1991 case Masson v. The New Yorker, the Supreme Court ruled that deliberately, falsely attributing quotes to a speaker does not necessarily give rise to a defamation claim, even when the manufactured quotes cast the "speaker" in a negative light. That is, it is not "actual malice," in legal terms, to act with malice.
An even more egregious story from 1997 involves Jane Akre and Steve Wilson, TV journalists pressured by their employer, Tampa-based Fox affiliate WTVT, to alter a story on the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in dairy production and its potential health risks to consumers. Akre and Wilson said they were ordered by Fox executives to change the story by inserting statements from rBGH manufacturer Monsanto that they knew to be false. They claimed that they were fired after refusing to do so and threatening to report the station to the FCC.
They sued for wrongful termination, asserting that their firing violated Florida's whistleblower protection statute. A jury ruled in Akre's favor, awarding her $425,000 in damages.
But a state appeals court overturned that decision in 2003, finding that the FCC's policy against "distorting the news" does not rise to the level of a law or regulation. In short, the court bought Fox's argument that there is no law to stop them from deliberately falsifying the news.
"False," of course, is often conditional and sometimes subjective. It's a standard that would be hard to enforce, subject to the whims and political ideas of judges and juries. Who determines that something is false? On what basis? And what review mechanism could ensure that the decision was reached fairly in most instances, let alone every one? And that's before you even get to the question of what news is, and what it means to practice journalism.
No, those are questions that can't be answered with any reasonable reliability. The best we can hope for is transparency, integrity, and accountability.
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There is no licensing authority for journalists as there is for lawyers or doctors, but the Society of Professional Journalists puts forth a set of ethical standards, though it has no means to enforce them. First among them is: "Deliberate distortion is never permissible." It should go without saying, but there it is.
The rest of the standards touch on basic tenets of honesty (don't fabricate, mislead, deceive, silence opposing views), humanity (show compassion, respect and sensitivity to subjects who have undergone trying or traumatic events), and integrity (avoid conflicts of interest and disclose those that cannot be avoided).
That's not too much to ask, is it? Seek the truth as best you can determine it, go about it with candor and compassion, and do so "without fear or favor"—a phrase attributed to New York Times patriarch Adolph Ochs, conveying independence and impartiality.
It remains the controlling principle in most of the news media, but too often, editorial decisions are made that bring the entire profession into disrepute. And that harms not just the journalists, but the rest of us, too, as our discourse is steeped in distrust, cynicism and vitriol.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Soon after arriving in New Orleans for the Super Bowl late Monday afternoon, the Baltimore Ravens found out exactly why this football game is different from all the rest.
Coach John Harbaugh and several players were surrounded by hundreds of members of the media at the team hotel, and there were still plenty of questions to be asked before Harbaugh, then the players, were whisked away by Ravens officials.
Wearing the same suits they wore to travel from Baltimore, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs, Matt Birk and Joe Flacco sat behind raised tables while being peppered with questions.
Harbaugh was asked how it would be possible to cope with the distractions while preparing his team for Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers.
He said the team is operating on a regular schedule - except for various interview sessions with the media.
`"It's your fault,'' he told the crowd reporters, cameramen and photographers, grinning all the while.
Harbaugh wore a dark suit and striped tie. After someone commented on his attire, which was a sharp contrast to the sweat shirt usually worn by his brother Jim, coach of the 49ers, John Harbaugh said, ``My wife picked it out. Thank you.''
Earlier, after the Ravens' charter plane came to a stop on the tarmac at Louis Armstrong International Airport, a purple Ravens flag was held up against the cockpit window by one of the pilots.
Harbaugh was among the first off the plane. He smiled and nodded at onlookers as he descended the stairs from the plane, then gave an airport worker a friendly pat on the shoulder.
Most Ravens players wore suits and ties and walked matter-of-factly from the plane to a waiting bus without gesturing in any noticeable way. Ray Lewis looked professorial in a gray suit and glasses as he strode with purpose across the tarmac.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that he feels "very comfortable" that HealthCare.gov, the troubled Obamacare website, will be fixed after he had a long telephone conversation with President Barack Obama on Tuesday evening.
The website creates online marketplaces for people to sign up for healthcare insurance, but has had many problems since launching on October 1.
(Reporting By Susan Cornwell; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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SAN JOSE — While other teams shopped in the NHL free agent market Tuesday, Sharks general manager Doug Wilson reinforced his plan to rely more on his own younger players next season by trading veteran defenseman Brad Stuart to the Colorado Avalanche.
In return, San Jose will get Colorado's second-round pick in the 2016 draft and sixth-round pick the following year.
Stuart, 34, had a limited no-trade clause in the final year of his contract and had a big say in his destination, Wilson said.
"This is the phase that we're in, and we talked through what was the best decision for all involved. We've got a bunch of younger 'D' and it's their time to have the opportunities," Wilson said. "We also wanted to make sure we got Brad to a place where he wanted to go and he'd have some success.
Stuart, San Jose's first-round pick in the 1998 draft, spent more than five seasons with the team before being traded to the Boston Bruins as part of the package that brought Joe Thornton to San Jose in November 2005. Stuart rejoined the team in 2012 and, fighting injuries last season, had three goals and eight assists in 61 games.
Since the Sharks' playoff demise at the end of April, Wilson has told veteran players the team is in a rebuild and they might not want to stay as younger players are given more responsibility on and off the ice.
While Stuart agreed to be traded, two other more prominent players with no-movement clauses — Thornton and Patrick Marleau — have not.
Stuart becomes the third big-name veteran to leave the team that lost to the Los Angeles Kings in the playoffs. The other two — defenseman Dan Boyle and forward Marty Havlat — found new homes Monday at the start of what has become known as free agent frenzy.
Boyle, traded by the Sharks to the New York Islanders on June 5 for a conditional draft pick, signed a two-year, $9 million deal with the New York Rangers. Because he didn't stay with the Islanders, the Sharks get a fifth-round pick in return.
Havlat, who became the first contract buyout in team history, was given a one-year deal by the New Jersey Devils that will pay him $1.5 million beyond the $2 million he will continue to receive from the Sharks.
Wilson was firm in his resolve not to look to another team's free agents even as Western Conference rivals beefed up their lineups.
"We don't want to give up cap space or opportunities and ice time while we're going through this phase," the general manager said. "We have no plans to look in the UFA market at this point."
Wilson did not rule out another veteran defenseman, Scott Hannan, returning to the team. But Hannan, 35, would have to be willing to play a lesser role and not likely be among the six playing most nights.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks.


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StoxPoker needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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http://www.StoxPoker.com main product is a subscription service for subscribing to coaching videos that instruct players on improving their poker game. We are in search of a logo design for the site.
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Fruit, Yogurt, & The Other Benefits Of Being A Paid Porn Identifier In China
from the fapping-on-the-job dept
As someone who looks to humor to get through news items I don't like, it's been difficult to find much laughter in China's use of it's so-called "Great Firewall". Censorship being as awful as it is, the resulting stories about it tend to be sober attempts by American companies to nudge the country towards the right side of history, or the hypocrisy of those committing the censorship. It's difficult to find much humor there.
But then, as it always seems to happen, those committing the bad acts come to the rescue. Censorship via automation can only go so far, after all, a fact which gives us what is quite possibly the greatest open job listing of all time. The listing identifies the role to be filled as the "Chief Pornographic Identification Officer" for the "League of Security."
Job Title: Chief Pornographic Identification Officer
Work Location: Beijing
Compensation: 200,000 RMB (US$32,300) yearly
Job Description: Rapid Determination of Adult Sites
Requirements:Read it, learn it, love it: the Chinese want to pay someone $32k a year to surf for porn on the internet and have the greatest job title in the history of labor. Even better are the benefits, which include full insurance, communication expenses, daily fruit and yogurt, and bonuses on birthdays and weddings. That last one immediately poses the question of who could possibly have time for love with all that porn to be surfed? Regardless, interest in the job post has been...severe.
1) Must be familiar with the standard of adult content from around the world
2) Must be familiar with China's law standards regarding adult content, familiar with documented regulations
3) Must be familiar with the standards for adult content on China's internet and it's service providers
4) Regardless of gender, must be college graduate from 25-35 years old
5) Must have a strong sense of responsibility and work well in a team
The security company who put this job advert out, Anquan Lianmeng (League of Security) said that they received thousands of applications within two days of posting. Many of which had come in from outside of the country. It's no surprise considering the description.Shocking indeed. Or China could, you know, just pocket their $32k and all that yogurt and start treating their citizens like adults.


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Notes on ConnectKentucky
John Windhausen's Initial Proposal
ALL: Almost every group we have met with on the federal level (AT&T, Verizon, NCTA and Rob Atkinson of ITIF) has spoken highly of the ConnectKentucky program. The Consumer Federation of America also praises the program in its recent broadband report. Here is some more information about it:
ConnectKentucky seems broadly focused on technology development and is run by the State's Office of Technology (not the PUC). Its "Prescription for Innovation" program is intended to "blanket" Kentucky with broadband access. One component of the program is the creation of the Kentucky Information Highway. KIH is a statewide telecommunications and information network that was created by a consortium of communications companies (led by BellSouth and Qwest). The statewide network has established an "access ramp" in every one of Kentucky's 120 counties. The network claims to connect 1200 schools and all 176 school districts, libraries, health departments and local governments. The program includes low-cost long distance service (with no monthly fee) and provides local users with significant technical assistance in setting up a LAN to connect to the network.
It includes a Public Libraries Project - "Visit a Library, Explore the Universe" (but not much information on web about it).
The Kentucky Information Highway — 2nd Generation (KIH2) will be completed in Fiscal Year 2007. It will significantly upgrade Kentucky's communication network infrastructure. The existing network, referred to as the Kentucky Information Highway (KIH1), was established in 1991. The new network, Kentucky Information Highway — 2nd Generation (KIH2) will be a strategic resource that will offer expanded services, lower rates, improved reliability, and superior performance.
Also (separate from ConnectKentucky) 4 Kentucky counties recently received Community Connect grants from the Dept. of Agriculture's RUS program.
It seems to me that Kentucky should be one of the states on our list to visit.
John Windhausen
Rick's Reply
I'm coming to the same conclusion, John. Especially if we are looking for good models, not just problems.
John Bertot's Reply
From a library perspective, we also know the director at the Louisville PL (Craig Buthod). He's a good person to ask about some of this. I'll try to touch base with Craig for his input.
Mark's Reply
I just remembered that one my former classmates is a consultant on Connect Kentucky. I will do some outreach to gather some more information.
Nancy's Reply
I agree, it sounds like Kentucky should be on our list. The state librarian of Kentucky, Jim Nelson, has been heavily involved in telecommunications policy for decades.


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Denny Hamlin calls Kyle Petty 'a moron,' lashes out after controversial comments
Sunday was not a good day for Denny Hamlin.
Before hitting the wall and crashing out of the Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, Hamlin lashed out at former driver and current Speed analyst Kyle Petty on Twitter.
MORE: Kahne win | Danica crash | Stenhouse-Montoya wreck | Earnhardt finish
Hamlin has struggled this season since missing four races with a back injury. Petty suggested before the race that Hamlin has lost his focus and should end his 2012 season early and look toward 2013.
Hamlin did not take kindly to Petty's comments and lashed out at him on Twitter:
Kyle petty is a moron. "@Kenny_Wallace: THIS ...."@tomjensen100: Now, @dennyhamlin says all his focus in on next year. @JoeGibbsRacingâ€â€— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) August 4, 2013
Usually to be a analyst.. You have to actually walk 2 steps in the garage in the last 10 years.— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) August 4, 2013
Petty suggested before the race that Hamlin had lost his focus and needed to start preparing for next season.
"I think Denny's a good racecar driver — really solid race car driver — and he's been banged up numerous times this year. … Dover — that hit he took up there," Petty said. "Honest to gosh, though, he didn't have a shot at making the Chase, though. I'm sorry. He just didn't. He was so far out. You can't compete with teams like Jimmie Johnson and those guys and sit out five or six weeks.
"I think since that time now, he's started to talk a lot. He's talked about being the face of Joe Gibbs Racing. I think he's got a little bit of the 'BK (Brad Keselowski) syndrome' in him right now. He's not relevant to the sport right now as far as the Chase and what's going on in the Chase and winning the championship. He can win the next four or five races, but it's not going to change the championship this year, and it's not going to change the Chase. It is what it is and he needs to focus on next year, get his body back together and come back and have a shot at winning next year.â€
Hamlin was not happy with Petty's comments and lashed out at him again after climbing from his car at Pocono.
"My frustration is Kyle has never shown his face in the garage in 10 years," Hamlin said. "He's an analyst but he's not a very informative one because he doesn't know anything. My beef with Kyle is that he has a lot of opinions about a lot of drivers but he has never once talked to any of them. To be an analyst, you've got to be in the trenches finding out the stories.
"It was just (his) saying I as the face of JGR. And what I really said was that I was the face of FedEx racing and the No. 11 team. I think I've earned that right. I've won enough races and I got here on hard work and winning. I didn't get here like he got here."
Hamlin missed four races after suffering a compression fracture in his lower back in the crash at California on March 24. Hamlin has struggled since returning from the crash, falling to 25th in the standings.
Hamlin crashed on Lap 14 at Pocono, hitting the wall and falling out of the race.
Petty created a stir a few weeks ago by saying on Speed that Danica Patrick was not a "real racecar driver.â€


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Around October/November of last year, 2009, I bought three makeup wipes from Epielle (click here to see the other things I bought or received at the Korean Festival). It's not a popular brand but you will see this often in a lot of stores or at least I have... hehe~ I think I will review these since I'm on my third wipes. :)
Product Review: Epielle Cleansing Tissues in Green Tea, Aloe Vera, and Cucumber
Where can you purchase this: smaller stores but I got mine at a festival
Where can you purchase this: smaller stores but I got mine at a festival
Price: $1-2 but I got mine for 3 for $5 I believe
Made in Korea
Made in Korea
Information on the back: Before I start, I don't have the package for the Green Tea one. I threw that one away but I believe it's the same one as the Aloe Vera.
Make-up Remover Cleansing Tissues have special dirt-trapping fibers that gently cleanse away dirt, oil, make-up, and even the toughest waterproof mascara. With the convenience of pre-moistened cloths, they work in seconds to leave you feeling smooth, fresh and completely clean-anytime, anywhere!
The cucumber one had different information.
Epielle Cucumber Cleansing Tissues have special dirt-trapping fibers that gently cleanse away dirt, oil make-up and even the toughest waterproof mascara. With the addition of Cucumber extract, the convenient pre-moistened tissues not only provide exceptional cleaning, but also leave your skin feeling smooth and refreshed. Freshen up without water-anytime, anywhere!
All of them have...
* Hypoallergenic
* Won't clog pores & moisturizes skin
* Safe for contact lens wearers
* Oil Free
* Refreshing
Direction on the back: Gently wipe face, using both side of cloth to deep clean and refresh, leaving no residue. Best if used within 45 days, after opening. Keep package tightly close, and store in a cool, dry place when not in use. After use, dispose of cloth in a trash receptacle. (do not flush)
Ingredients: There's a slight difference between the Green Tea/Aloe Vera and Cucumber. I will post both. This one is Green Tea/Aloe Vera.
This is for Cucumber.
My thoughts: When I first used the Green Tea, I liked it but towards the end of using the wipes I wasn't happy. For some odd reason, towards the end the wipes were dried. It was tough on my skin and it tugged. That doesn't help my wrinkle faced... lol~ :P I was kind of skeptical when it came to using the other two I have left, Aloe Vera and Cucumber. I was wrong!... lol~ The Aloe Vera one didn't dried out towards the end. Either I didn't close the Green Tea one well or I just had a bad bunch. I would like to think it's the second... lol~ :X I also noticed the wipes of the Cucumber one is different from the other two. I'm not too sure why but the Cucumber is more softer. It's also more flexible. In all, I think they're good wipes. They remove the makeup well! :)
* Cheap.
* Cheap.
* Made from Korea (being biased here... lol~).
* Removes the makeup well.
* Easy to carry around.
* Cucumber has softer wipes.
* Cucumber one smells like cucumber.
* Green Tea dried out towards the end.
* Some have strong scent.
Would I buy this again? Yes.
4/5 Tobey's Paws
I will talk a little about the different wipes... hehe~
Green Tea:
* It felt nice in the beginning.
* Dried out towards the end.
* It had a scent but I wasn't too keen on it.
Aloe Vera:
* It felt nice to the skin.
* It didn't dry out.
* The scent wasn't strong.
* The wipes are the softest of the bunch.
* The wipes are made different than the other bunch.
* The wipes are flexible/stretchable.
* Smells like cucumber.
* The scent can get strong at times.
I'm going to end with couple of nail polishes I got in the past few months.
This is Nicole by OPI in Fresh Squeezed! I've been into peachy/coral colors... hehe~ I think the color is hot and do I need more in this color. Nope!... lol~ :X I got this free through the Seventeen magazine. They had a special towards the end of May for a free Nicole by OPI nail polish at Ulta. I believe it's over. Sorry my bad I should have posted this earlier!!!
I received two Etude House nail polishes from a friend.
This one is in #PK006. It's a metallic, pastel pink color.
This one is in #PK008. It's a light pink with glitters.
Thank you friend for these!!! :)
Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post are bought with my own money except for the nail polishes. I got the nail polishes free as a gift or through a coupon for a free product. I am not affiliated with any company nor getting paid to advertise any products. This post is written with my honest opinion.


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From the
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Black Is Beautiful II
RawArt said:Not sure if he is beautiful...but.........
(opps...sorry...no teeth textures yet LOL )
I like it!
Is it me or does the scar I am guessing under his eye looks like the square and compass of freemasonry or a David star
Lots of great renders everyone.
Not sure if this fits here either but what ever
Original here http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2364943
And Here http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2357014&user_id=424381&np;&np;
and one more http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2332129&user_id=424381&np;&np;display_2332129.jpg700 x 989 - 132Kdisplay_2357014.jpg700 x 436 - 93Kdisplay_2364943.jpg700 x 991 - 294KPost edited by JohnDelaquiox on
sorry for double postPost edited by JohnDelaquiox on
SnowSultan Posts: 2,298
I posted this last week, another Smacky image. You can download her character INJ/REMs for Victoria 4 on my deviantArt page too.
(image is giant, hopefully it will be automatically resized)eww_finalJPG_darker.jpg1633 x 1500 - 2M
Shes gorgeous
Urban Warrior 12Urban_Warrior12e.jpg900 x 900 - 142K
anikad Posts: 1,919
Released my first freebie, a dial spun morph for Genesis. Currently only works in 4.5
SlimerJSpud Posts: 1,180SnowSultan said:I posted this last week, another Smacky image. You can download her character INJ/REMs for Victoria 4 on my deviantArt page too.
(image is giant, hopefully it will be automatically resized)
"Was this your pet Oops! My bad." :red:
Great scene! I did a few test renders with Smacky a while back, but nothing that did her justice yet. I need to get back on that...
Hiro Protagonist Posts: 671
Here's a recent render I did using Benjamin textures (but not the morphs, which are a combination of various shapes, including Ethnicity: African). The base is M5. The pants are from Traje De Luces, edited down and recoloured to make them more elfy, with a belt added. Studio 4.5/Reality/Luxrender.strange_signs.jpg968 x 1440 - 405K
SnowSultan Posts: 2,298
Thanks John and Slimer, sorry for the delay in responding but I wasn't getting thread notices. Slimer, if you ever do make a Smacky pic that you feel is worthy of posting, please let me know!
Glad to see this thread still alive with new freebies and images. :)
Inaneglory's Photostudio 3 lights and Reciecup's Naeima texture on GenesisIGRed.jpg848 x 1148 - 411K
While it could probably stand to have a better description, more hair added to the list. Also, added another lighting tutorial.
Requisite art post: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2368490&user_id=733323&np;&np;
KickAir 8P Posts: 1,865
This one just got an Honorable Mention in the PlatClub's 9/20 Inspirations Contest. The little girl's texture is Candace, her face is 0.50 each of the African Female B and C morphs from Ethnicity for Genesis, and her hair is AprilYSH's Evan. IMHO the movement morphs in the hair were key to the running girl's realism, and were essential to making the render work.
DS4.5Pro render, postwork in GIMP. Larger version in my deviantART gallery here.
GiS: History Field TripGiS_History_Field_Trip_x2000.jpg2000 x 1125 - 909KPost edited by KickAir 8P on
Heh, cute pic. Seems perfectly timed since some new freebies for kids/toons was added to the list.
Added RawArt's VooDoo to the first post. Also manually date stamping updates since the forum doesn't do that with edits.
New art: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2373455
Guess this one fits in here.priestess.jpg848 x 1200 - 452K
'Ooooo' scorpio64dragon she is stunning.....details please if you remember....:red:
anikad Posts: 1,919
Completely agree that is a stunning render.
Thank you both.
She's mainly based of one of Sabby's Genesis Faces 2,
Heres the restCapture1.JPG248 x 479 - 34K
RKane_1 Posts: 2,892scorpio64dragon said:Inaneglory's Photostudio 3 lights and Reciecup's Naeima texture on Genesis
RKane_1 Posts: 2,892
Also beautiful voodoo queen based on the VooDoo character from Rawnart, Scorp! Good stuff!
vwrangler Posts: 3,521
The first pass at an idea I had that wouldn't leave me alone. This is just the preliminary setup; even with the forum able to cope with larger images, the final one is too long for here.
From left to right:
- Smacky by Snow Sultan, GenX'd, a combination of both her A4 and V4 morphs (pure A4 eyes in a mostly realistic texture look really strange to me) and also the +15 head from the V4 Maturing Morph Pack (also GenX'd) by Tempest to make Smacky look like the oldest; wearing leather jacket by Smay, GeniTanktop by Silverelf, BO Outrage jeans, WM Cowboy boots, and Romana Hair by SWAM; gun from the Stalker Girl set by Smay;
- Tyrese M5 Hero, Marcelo head (... mostly) by JS Graphics/Male-M3dia/ForbiddenWhispers, wearing DZheng everything (except the glasses, which are the ancient DAZ morphing glasses);
- Shanti V5 by Adam Thwaites, wearing the Doctor Professional shirt and skirt from DAZ, Sickleyield Classics suit jacket, PB Ballerina flats, and purse from the Summer Dress set by DAZ; gun from the Stalker Girl set by Smay
Oh, and Fabricator used with wild abandon on everything the women are wearing except the leather jacket, I think. (I'm not entirely sure Shanti's clothes quite "go", if you see what I mean, but nobody ever said I had an eye for women's clothes.)
The final version of this is on my deviantArt page (and is actually an entirely worksafe image! imagine!)
EDIT: Also, it occurred to me that a touch of context might be needed for some who, alas, may not remember all the sheer fabulosity (or who may not have been around for it)
- Context the first (and also this -- I'm kind of shocked that's online, actually)
- Context the secondgetloveunlimited-01.png1204 x 872 - 1MPost edited by vwrangler on
Updated the first post and it's actually a male character :O
Scott Livingston Posts: 4,289
Nice renders, everyone! :-)
Mixed together almost everything I've got. Here's the result:
Genesis shapes and characters used: A3, S3, S4, S5, V3, V4, V5, Basic Female, Basic Child, Faerie (Creature Creator Bundle), Addison, Candace, Keira, Naoki, RileyS5, Feminine Touch, Valea's Summer, Priestess, BenjaminM5, JamesM5
Other products used: Gabi (lighting), Supersuit, Supersuit Fantasy Pack, Andromedas Legend, Light Dome Pro (backdrop), Pure Hair Bubblegum, V4 Elite Natashamixchar1d.jpg618 x 800 - 250KPost edited by Scott Livingston on
Scott-Livingston said:Nice renders, everyone! :-)
Mixed together almost everything I've got. Here's the result:
Genesis shapes and characters used: A3, S3, S4, S5, V3, V4, V5, Basic Female, Basic Child, Faerie (Creature Creator Bundle), Addison, Candace, Keira, Naoki, RileyS5, Feminine Touch, Valea's Summer, Priestess, BenjaminM5, JamesM5
Other products used: Gabi (lighting), Supersuit, Supersuit Fantasy Pack, Andromedas Legend, Light Dome Pro (backdrop), Pure Hair Bubblegum, V4 Elite Natasha
WOW!!! Fantastic.....Can I just ask have you got a 32bit or 64 bit PC?
Scott Livingston Posts: 4,289
Thank you! It's 64 bit. But otherwise, it's pretty crappy: single core, 3GB RAM, 1.6 GHz.Post edited by Scott Livingston on
Scott-Livingston said:Thank you! It's 64 bit. But otherwise, it's pretty crappy: single core, 3GB RAM, 1.6 GHz.
That does it then for me, because I know that since upgrading too the 4.5 pro version on my 32 bit PC, I seem to be having more fatal error crashes without even using a quarter of the figures that you used to make your render. And my 32bit Pc is suppose to be a QUAD core pc.. Mind you when I purchased my PC I had no idea about the 3D world..............Post edited by Angel1359 on
nowefg Posts: 445
Thanks for this post. I followed some of the links to great characters, and purchased a couple.
I have a question, for anyone with experience with Daz3D's Elite Texture Marie. I've tried installing it several times, but am confused by the number of installer files.
3 of them are, I now think, only for Carrara, and shouldn't be installed for Studio 4.5.
2 others are label 1 & 2, and they install fine, but there is at least one additional installer, that also calls itself the "install program" for Marie.
I had some very bizarre texture things happening when, being new and not knowing any better, I installed all the above, and texture-chaos ensued!
I've since reinstalled, just the non-Carrara files, and ignored the EHSS, because Studio 4 already has the HSS, but it's still not right.
Now, I get an error msg about Elite shapes/Utopian not being found, although the product-page says only Morphs++ is required.
Any thoughts?
Richard Haseltine Posts: 56,000
Sounds as if the requirements may be wrong - that's not unknown. You should be able to use the materials without the morph, and create your own shape with the morphs you do have, or you can ask for a refund or buy the Elite shapes.
nowefg Posts: 445
Thanks, Richard,
I'm not opposed to getting the Elite shapes, and have used the texture separately; it looks natural enough. I do wonder what the Elite morph shape/head look like, since I paid for that character, but I can sculpt one myself with the other morph packages. I've not yet tried Marie texture on Genesis with V4 shapes, where I have the most morph options, but getting just that Marie face may take a bit of doing...
The other side of my question is on the installers and which ones to use.
I purchased another Elite Texture, Natasha, that comes with only one installer. Marie comes with six; both come with EHSS, which I'm told I don't need. Am I losing something of the Elite Texture quality by not using EHSS? Should I apply HSS, instead? Never done that.
Overall, I have found the textures learning curve to be the steepest. Some of the learning is just not intuitive; no way to make an educated guess, and I've spent a lot of time trying this/trying that.
When I mentioned texture chaos, I wasn't kidding. At one point, and I have the screenshot, I got the entire Marie eye texture file wrapped around my figure, including promotional logos, just pasted on there like that was a skin map! It showed up on a previously saved scene that was perfect when I saved it.
That had nothing to do with any action I'd taken, but it was after installing all six Marie installers. Beyond weird. I may have learned a little since then, but not enough to KNOW I'm installing the product correctly. Like a brief readme document is too much to expect for a thirty dollar product.
Three attempts to run this basic Elite Textures Marie installer question past Daz technical support have generated no response at all, which makes no sense,, and I believe my thirty day refund option has meanwhile expired. At this point, for some reason of their own, tech support has taken a no-response stance, verey unprofessional. So, I turn to the folks on the forum as the real experts.
Does anyone who has used Elite Textures Marie successfully, know which installers are for Daz Studio?


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