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Mediation Advisory Council
The Family Mediation Advisory Council operates independently of the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court. Nevertheless the information provided here is desired to facilitate court ordered mediation.
The mediation process described herein is established to assist the Court, counsel and parents as they resolve matters of child custody, child visitation and child removal. The primary purpose of the process is to recognize, foster and preserve the best interests of the children involved in divorce and family litigation. The secondary purpose of the process is to provide a reasonable, cost effective alternative dispute resolution forum for the parents in divorce and family litigation. The participants are encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity and to take a positive step for the benefit of their children.
Mediation - When the word "mediation" is used herein, it means a cooperative process for resolving conflict with the assistance of a trained court-appointed, neutral third party, whose role is to facilitate communication, to help define issues, and to assist the parties in identifying and negotiating fair solutions that are mutually agreeable.
The goals of mediation are to help parents communicate and focus their communication on developing a plan for meeting their children's needs. Better communication leads to better agreements. Mediation provides a way for parents to work on these agreements together with a neutral third party. This person is called a mediator.
Mediators may be lawyers or mental health professionals who are specially trained to help parents communicate clearly, focus on the issues which need to be agreed upon for the future rather than focusing on issues from the past. Mediators help develop parenting plans that are reasonable and acceptable to everyone involved. Mediators do not make decisions for the family. Mediators do not offer legal advice or provide therapy. Instead, they help parents make decisions that are truly in the best interests of the children and that both parents agree to. You cannot be pressured or compelled to agree to anything discussed in mediation.
Mediation is not a substitute for independent legal advice. Lawyers help their clients understand the law, make informed choices, review mediated agreements and complete the legal process. The mediator focuses on helping parents communicate and reach their own agreements but does not represent either party.
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RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS (Mediators & Attorneys)
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- Welcome to Mediation [PDF]
- Mediation Brochure [PDF]
- McHenry County Family Division Mediation Rules [PDF]
- Court-Approved Mediator List[PDF]
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- Mediation Education: Training and Continuing Education [PDF]
- Focus on the Kids: Helping Your Child Cope with Parents at Odds
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- Mediation Order [PDF]
- Confidential Questionnaire Mediator Checklist [PDF]
- Parent Checklist [PDF]
- Mediator Report [PDF]
Illinois does not have a model parenting plan. The Family Mediation Advisory Council provides links only for illustrative purposes, and does not endorse any model parenting plan. You should obtain legal advice before entering into any parenting plan.
- ARIZONA Model Parenting Time Plans
- ALASKA Model Parenting Agreement
- COLORADO Model Center for Divorce Mediation
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Planning for Shared Parenting
- Up to Parents
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Complementing Latin American Borders
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The idea of complementing borders is appropriately ambiguous with respect to Latin America. People inhabiting cultural borders do not belong to either of the two sides. Yet they are contained within the complementation that emerges when two or more cultures interdependently and incongruously interact.In giving an account of complementing borders, this volume alludes to the Latin American context, most particularly Brazil and Mexico, through notions of rhythms and resonances, euphonies an discords, continuous flows and syncopes, all of which are found in everyday life, the arts, politics, economics, and social institutions and practices. The general theme, emerging from Charles S. Peirce's process philosophy, is that of ebb and flow, fusion and diffusion, ordering and disordering, and the intermixing and dispersal, of propensities and proclivities among Latin American cultures, past and present.The story begins with a dialogue in the form of a satirical play on various Jorge Luis Borges characters. Latin America is then presented in terms of invention and perpetual re-invention. As such, Latin America as sympathetic vibrations creating cultural patterning brings about notions of vagueness within generality, by way of homogenizing and heterogenizing tendencies within hegemonizing pressures. The reader comes away with a renewed sense of Latin American border complementing.
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PALERMO COSA NOSTRA IN THE 2000sCatania murdercase Sciuto mafioso Giuseppe Pidatella10 February 2000 was in Catania the body of the killed criminal Giuseppe Pidatella (43) found, he had been convicted for mafia association and holdups, he was a member of the clan of Biagio Sciuto. Pidatella was killed with 2 bullets. Pidatella had been shortly arrested in 1996.Enna murdercase Leonardo's righthand…
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Softcover, first paperback edition, 258gms, 96 pages. This book shows you how to construct your own Victorian dolls house. Instructions and diagrams are given for making each floor and for adding suitable decor for the kitchen, parlour, master bedroom and nursery. There are also instructions for creating a complete doll family. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. There is a small pen and pencil inscription on the inside front page and some fading to the cover, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Title: Making a Victorian Dolls House
Categories: Hobbies/Crafts, First Editions,
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Publisher: London, England, B T Batsford Limited: 1985
ISBN Number: 0713408715
ISBN Number 13: 9780713408713
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5 Reasons to Add Lighting Solutions to Your Manufacturing Lines
Hi, my name is Andy Lewis with Innovative-IDM, and today I'd like to speak with you for a couple of minutes about a variety of lighting solutions that you can utilize for your plant floor, for your industrial facility.
We carry a line called Patlite and they have a wide variety of novel solutions to allow greater through-put, production visibility, enhanced speed at which maintenance is done and responded to, increase operator performance as well as, in general, give you an idea of where issues may lie in your plant and where they usually happen.
What's great about lights? They light up, they're bright, and they draw attention. Say for example, you have a plant floor with about 100 CNC's; the plant manager is always interested in knowing when they make money, when they're down, how much time it takes to go from loading a CNC to another part coming out and making money.
Enter the Patlite stack light. For example, green means that the machine is in operation, it's actually using the CNC to tool the part. Yellow might be loading, and red flashing could be, emergency, machine is down for whatever reason. You can actually tie that in to faults from the PLC in the CNC machine.
Another example, say for example, you're using an automated welder and you don't want people to walk into the area where they might get an arc flash or something like that. Well, you can have visibility and safety for your customers and not only your operators by having this on outside the door, so they know that they are walking into a dangerous environment.
You have maintenance guys constantly going into panels. Panels could be eight foot tall with components all the way down to six inches from the ground. Lighting isn't always the best in this situation. What's pretty convenient is the magnetic strip on the back side here, and lit up with LED lights that won't break on you if it falls. This will give better transparency and view ability for your maintenance guys.
Finally, one cool thing that Patlite is really good at is noise. What I mean by that, is they can tell a CNC operator "This step just finished, now load the CNC machine." Or "Please press the start button." There's a variety of different alerts and instructions that can be provided.
If Patlite seems like a good fit for you, please go to http://www.innovativeidm.com for more information. Innovative-IDM is Home of the Legendary Customer Experience.Explore posts in the same categories: Innovative-IDM, Patlite, video
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Aptos invites you to professional course which aims to meet doctors' interest in APTOS thread lifting methods. Aptos professional course is designed to expand doctors' knowledge in Aptos thread lifting techniques and will consist of theoretical and practical parts involving different face zones. Course mostly will be focused on needle and thread methods in a combination with other APTOS products.
Requirements for attendance:
Doctors must provide MD diploma and contact details upon registration. Course allows to attend doctors with certificate of APTOS initial course, or any evidence for other threads lifting methods experience.
Course ensures hands-ons only for doctors who will bring their models. Information about models must be provided at least 2 weeks before arrival.
Training will be held in Russian
1st day
11:00 am - Theoretical part
· Introduction
· Information about APTOS
· Thread material and types
· Product description: Thread method, Needle method, Spring method, excellence method, Light lift method
· Professional techniques of each methods and their combination with other products and procedures
13:00 – Lunch break
13:30 - Practical Part with live demonstrations
18:00 - finishing the course
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Edit: Sophie Prell, Daily contributor, added an article to the Daily's Inside Faith special section (see the end of this post for details).
Our (Mostly) Silent Protest Against Tom Short on Wednesday15 April 2009 was a great success, thanks in part to the ISU LGBTA Alliance getting the message to their members. Campus Pastor Jim Shirbroun and Campus Minister Chris Hockley along with students from the Wesley Foundation of the Collegiate Methodist Church were also invited and attended the protest.
Tom Short is a professional traveling preacher who has a bit of a reputation for getting personal, for publicly singling out students for name-calling and condemnation. He seems to have tempered his speech a bit, but continues to preach intolerance of religions, cultures, lifestyles, etc. that do not match his. Sadly, his views are far from unique. Happily, there are many people, Christian and otherwise, that do not agree. Instead, we value the similarities and differences that find in each other.
The idea for the protest was taken in part from discussions led by Chris at the Wesley Foundation's Third Way Team meetings. The team's goal is to organize rapid response to intolerance on campus, and to advocate a way of communication that isn't adversarial. I followed their example in quickly organizing a respectful protest. It was only few hours between AAS member Tori Crum's email to me with the information that Tom Short was on campus and the posting of a Facebook event for the protest.
Attendance from about 12pm to 4pm varied widely, peaking with perhaps 200 people as students stopped by between classes. It was hard to tell who was part of the protest, who was simply curious, and who was supporting Tom. AAS supplied both protesters and supporters of Tom with cardstock and crayons on which to express their own ideas. We also handed out quarter sheet flyers advertising our upcoming Your Choice, Our Voice event.
Some of the attendees didn't stay silent, as was their right. Some attempted to engage Tom in debate, but these attempts often ended with Tom saying "stop distracting me". Some members of the Alliance spoke out in favor of equality regarding to LGBT rights. There was also a young self-described Christian prophet who attempted to use humor and his skateboard as a counterpoint to Tom's speech, but ended up being escorted away by police.
All in all, the members of the AAS that attended were quiet, choosing to converse among ourselves and fellow protesters, displaying our signs. A few (most notably biology major Tsadia Fisher) attempted to engage Tom in debate, using their knowledge of the bible to counter Tom's examples, but the debate was not fruitful.
The day was a perfect example of the First Amendment in action – especially fitting because it was the day before the annual Feast on the First Amendment, at which AAS had a booth. Members of the Third Way Team had a letter to the editor published in the Daily on First Amendment Day: Find common ground and respectfully disagree (reprinted below for posterity). Their recommendations for positive discourse are something we should all aspire to.
The silent protest was covered in the ISU Daily: Atheist and Agnostic Society protests pastor on campus (reprinted below for posterity). The title of the article is misleading, as we were not protesting the man's right to speak or even his presence on campus. We were simply showing that not everyone agrees with his interpretation of the bible, and that everyone (not just him) has a right to make their own interpretation and share their thoughts with others.
Tom Short discusses his view of the event on his website (reprinted below for posterity). It's interesting how different his view of the day is compared to my view of the day.
Another perspective of the day's events was shared in the Daily article In seeking attention, fundamentalist gives Christians a bad name by Sophie Prell (reprinted below for posterity). I really appreciate her story because I was so busy handing out paperboard and crayons that I didn't have much opportunity to hear what Tom actually said (hence my not commenting on that in this post). I hope that we were able to show with our protest that not all students and, possibly more importantly, not all Christians, are like Tom. If I, as the President of the ISU Atheist and Agnostic Society, can find Jesus's teachings to be (for the most part) a series of uplifting lessons about love and tolerance, what does it mean when people like Tom spend their time supposedly following Jesus but using those same teachings as an excuse to condemn and hate? In the end, we should all strive to be like the young man from Salt Company that comforted Sophie, a person who chose to embrace the positive aspects of religion rather than the negative.
What did you think? Comment with your own reaction to or story about this event.


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For fans of weird and beautifully written genre fiction, LOVE HURTS is a work that delivers 26 distinct emotional roller coaster rides, each as different from one another as they are from any other story you've probably ever read. As full of creativity as it is of heartbreak, it's a book that truly is full of surprises.


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Talking with David Johnson, a Civil Rights icon
My days often don't go as planned, but it's a rare pleasure when the deviation from the plan lands me in a guided tour of the past given by a true Civil Rights era icon. I've known David Johnson for many years, first as one of my neighbors and then, funnily enough, after he moved out of my neighborhood as one of my Mom's neighbors.
Here's what I knew about David until a couple of years ago: he's a lovely, courtly, kind, and intelligent gentleman who used to be a photographer. In 2013, though, on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., I learned a bit more about him: he was Ansel Adams' first African-American student and he was a man with a camera at the heart of the Civil Rights movement. He was therefore invited to be an honored part of the anniversary festivities in Washington.
To tell you a bit more about David, let me share with you a brief passage from a longer article at Apogee Photo Magazine, which ran a very nice article about him. This passage picks up after David's childhood in Jim Crow Florida and after he'd served in the Navy during WWII:
Fueled by his love of photography Johnson broke a racial barrier at age 19 in 1946. Living in Jacksonville, he saw an article in the local paper announcing that Ansel Adams, already a nationally renowned photographer, would head the photography department at the California School of Fine Arts. Johnson wrote to Adams, requesting permission to join the class and stating that he was a Negro. In Adams' reply, he admitted Johnson to the school and added that his race did not matter. When Johnson enrolled, Adams welcomed him into his home, where Johnson lived during his photographic studies. Adams counseled him early, "Photograph what you know best." This wise advice led to Johnson's enduring and wide-ranging chronicling of African American life.
As the selected accompanying photographs attest, Johnson's photographs document African American culture of the last six decades, including the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the poignancy of daily life. His work also celebrates individuals in politics and culture. When employed by a local newspaper, he photographed many celebrities, including Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the poet Langston Hughes. He also captured entertainment idols, such as Nat "King" Cole, Eartha Kitt, blues singer Ruth Brown, and jazz guitarist "T. Bone" Walker.
Equally compelling are Johnson's images of ordinary African Americans. These speak today—a young boy sitting pensively on a fence; weary civil rights marchers in Washington, DC; a father watching his daughter on a carousel. As forceful are images of a man lounging in a shop doorway, proud deacons at a storefront Baptist church, and children of two races delighted to pose together, oblivious of their different skin colors.
Anyway, I was visiting at my Mom's retirement community today when I ran into David in the hall. He invited me into the library to join him in looking at the book that his wife wrote about him a few years ago: A Dream Begun So Long Ago: The Story of David Johnson, Ansel Adams' First African American Student. Standing beside me in the library with the book open before us, David explained to me the story behind each picture, and what a rare and lovely spread of pictures it is.
I got glimpses of David's childhood, and the stepmother who raised him as if he were her own child; the adorable urchins in San Francisco's Hunters' Point when it was still a strong black community and not a blood-stained government housing experiment; the Fillmore District when it was neither a torn-down slum nor a yuppie haven but was, instead, the heartbeat of black culture in the City; the people in Watts after the famous riots; the beautiful, proud women he loved and married; and of course the rising Civil Rights movements. I stood next to the man who photographed Langston Hughes, Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Robeson, and all those other men and women of dignity who fought for their individual rights against the powers of the Southern state governments. (For my thoughts about Jim Crow and government power, go here, to read one of my favorite of my own posts.)
One of the things I noticed when looking at his pictures from the Civil Rights movement was that the people he captured didn't look angry, they looked determined. If you go to this page and play the slide show, the fourth picture along, one of David's iconic pictures, shows a beautifully dressed woman near the front of a crowd of people gathered together to listen to a speech supporting Civil Rights. In her hands, she clutches some papers, on one of which you see the words "We demand" — which is what he called the photograph.
It's a very powerful image, not of people screaming in rage, but of people firmly, strongly, bravely demanding that the government accord them the full civil rights to which they are entitled. There's an enormous dignity here that is entirely at odds with the recent round of "civil rights" protests. These are the living heirs of the original abolitionist awareness, arising from the Christian doctrine that values each person's individual worth as a child of God: "Am I not a man and a brother?"
When I commented on this different tone to David, he agreed. This was, he said, a determined, not an angry movement, although David noted without passing judgment that the tone changed as Malcolm X rose.
In addition to their historic interest, David's photographs are lovely on their own terms. It's obvious that he wasn't just one of Ansel Adams' students, but that he was one of Adams' good students. I'm a terrible photographer myself, but I know good stuff when I see it, and his is good. The people in his pictures aren't just frozen in black-and-white. They burst out of the photographs with a dynamism that makes them quite exciting. David valued the people he photographed, whether the person was famous or just someone like the rest of us.
If you enjoy beautiful photography from the mid-20th century, and if you're interested in the real Civil Rights Movement, or in San Francisco history, or in mid-2oth century black culture, please check out David's website and, if you're really interested, think about buying his book.


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I first met Daniel-Gabriel at a volunteer meet ahead of MozFest 2018. I could immediately tell from his enquiries that he was going to be a great asset to the event. In my role as a wrangler I came across him many times, often asking if he could assist in any way, already helping someone, or actively tidying up and getting involved. A great volunteer who significantly added to the success of MozFest.


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Hopefully the Saints win and most of those jokes will be fresh enough to carry over and... Shit I say this every week.
Look here's the gist as summed up by Wang who does this better anyway.
Back in 2009, there was the "…after losing their last three games" thing. They publicly ridiculed it and trolled the shit out of the Legits advancing that narrative, which they considered bullshit. They had fun with it. Then they brought the wood. They were loose. They were defiant. Having returned to the playoffs after a two-year hiatus and having been left for dead after the late-season slump, the pressure and expectations weren't nearly as weighty. And it resulted in an improbable, unprecedented, magical run. "So much for fuckin' rust."What I'll add to that is there's a goddamn narrative at work in all of this.
The similarities now are striking. There's the whole "can't win on the road" thing, which they clearly consider to be bullshit. And they've been trolling all week. Having fun with it. They brought the chicken. And apparently velour track suits. They're loose. They're defiant. And after all of last year's bullshit, and with having been largely left for dead going into the playoffs this year… what pressure? Like 2009, and unlike 2010 and 2011, this thing isn't about living up to expectations. It's about defying expectations. And that's as big a part of this team's identity as anything else.
What the Universe is proposing to do is take this "team who can't win on the road" or in the cold and send them on a 4 week odyssey where they begin by facing tonight's deep freeze, then back to Seattle, the scene of History's Greatest Disaster. Then, if they overcome that, they're likely off to San Francisco where there is all manner of unfinished business to deal with.
Finish that up with a win in The Coldest Super Bowl Ever and there's that epic 2013 Sean Payton Revenge Tour we all bought in on at the beginning of this season. Sounds like reason enough to tune in tonight anyway.
And if it doesn't go well, at least they gave us some fun stuff to talk about this week up to including this look at the team bus today.
Let's see what kind of accuracy these Eagles fans have! WHODAT pic.twitter.com/d9L5mCU37a
— Ryan Griffin (@Griffin_11) January 4, 2014
Were these last minute stunts ultimately about a magic pre-game meal and some lucky new Motivational Jumpsuits? Or did the Saints just eat a bunch of chicken and put on fat pants? Either way, it sure figures to have been fun, welp.


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Nothing is more heartbreaking than listening to your baby cry for hours on end -- and you're left feeling helpless.
This is reality for parents in the throes of colic. Feelings of exhaustion, frustration, guilt and resentment can quickly mount. That's why it's important for parents to understand colic, realize there's nothing wrong with neither their baby nor themselves, and truly believe that although heartbreaking, there is an end to this colicky phase.
Why colic?
The onset of colic starts between 2-4 weeks of age and tapers off by 3-4 months. In fact, 80-90 percent of babies who suffer from colic will outgrow it by 4 months old.
The symptoms of colic are thought to be brought on by babies' immature nervous and digestive systems. I often counsel parents to think of the first 3-4 months of their baby's life as a fourth trimester, so to speak. Babies with colic would prefer to spend these first few months back inside the womb, where warmth, snugness and a gentle hum prevail.
They are truly sensitive little souls who need more time adjusting to the outside world.
Still, it's important to rule out any medical causes such as reflux. A baby with significant reflux will cry and spit up frequently. Once recognized and treated, crying and spit up may decrease dramatically.
Help for babies
Breastfeeding moms can start by eliminating dairy and other food triggers such as caffeine, wheat, soy and eggs. Likewise, formula-fed babies may improve after switching to a hypoallergenic formula such as Nutramigen.
Remedies such as gripe water and mylicon drops aimed at reducing gas in your baby may or may not be helpful. Some parents report modest relief with these treatments, while others don't.
Probiotics have shown promise in recent years at reducing crying associated with colic.
If breastfeeding, try a prolonged emptying of one breast per feeding.
Soothing techniques
While babies with colic are typically hard to console, many will respond to some variation of swaddling, rocking, sucking, white noise and/or gentle tummy massages. Try different soothing techniques to see what works for your baby. Some may prefer the vibration of a bouncy, while others prefer a quiet, dark room snug in a swaddle.
Help for you
Take a break. Ask for help. Get out for some fresh air. If tension is mounting, put your baby down in a safe place and regroup. Find other moms who have dealt with colic. It helps to know you're not alone.
Dr. Mom's bottom line
There's light at the end of this colic tunnel. You're a good parent. Your baby is a good baby. Soon, those intense crying jags will be replaced by delicious smiles and heart melting giggles.
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I love this quote by Oprah Winfrey, " The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate ". This is so true. Life is unpredictable . The little wins are the things that will keep us motivated to continue. I am a true believer in celebrating your victories – big and small. Each victory brings us closer to our goals.
Write down your victories on a piece on paper and give praise for each one. Last year, I kept a record of all of my victories on my phone. I was amazed by all the blessings I received. Life is about celebrating. People tend to focus so much on the bad. Why not focus on the good ?
Last month, I had so many things to celebrate. Why ? Because I learned that the more things I celebrate in life, the more things life gives me to celebrate. I want this month to be a month full of blessings, victories, successes for you.
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Armani Campaign: Thеory bеhind thе Succеss
This papеr analyzеs thе thеory bеhind thе Giorgio Armani's rеcеnt campaign that was sеt to promotе A/X (Armani Еxchangе) 2009 spring collеction. It is clеar that succеssful dеsignеr housеs usе sophisticatеd advеrtising modеls to manipulatе consumеrs' minds and instigatе prompt purchasing bеhavior. As an еxamplе of rеlеvant thеory oftеn usеd by advеrtisеrs, Campbеll (1997, 1999) has challеngеd traditional modеls for undеrstanding consumеr acts as communicativе dееds. Such acts arе oftеn considеrеd to communicatе mеssagеs about idеntity. In othеr words, goods (promotеd by advеrtising) arе considеrеd primarily as signs to bе manipulatеd in a procеss of sеlf-construction. Campbеll suggеsts that thе rеlation bеtwееn a subjеct's intеnt, action and thе mеanings in advеrtising and consumеrism should not bе approachеd in a straight forward mannеr. Advеrtisеrs, thе author shows, should not rеad conscious intеnt into acts of consumption in a simplistic way (Campbеll, 1999). Campbеll arguеs that thе assumptions about thе subjеct's awarеnеss and intеnt lеad many thеoriеs of consumption to considеr consumеr acts primarily in symbolic tеrms. Undеrstandings of action arе rеducеd to thе symbolism or mеaning of thе acts rathеr than thе doing of action. In this framеwork, acts do not so much "do somеthing as say somеthing", or pеrhaps, "do somеthing through saying somеthing"' (Campbеll, 1997, p. 341). Thе author wants to movе bеyond this framеwork to considеr thе acting as a procеss. As this work illustratеs, thеoriеs of advеrtising can bе usеful for considеring how saying somеthing can bе doing somеthing. This papеr еxaminеs Giorgio Armani's spring 2009 campaign, analyzing thе major componеnts of this camping and cеntеring on thе probablе advеrtising thеoriеs еmployеd in running and promoting thе Armani Еxchangе rеcеnt collеction.
Campaign analysis
In April 2009, Armani introducеd its first mobilе ad campaign in coopеration with Thе Mеdia Kitchеn and mobilе ad nеtwork AdMob to run thе spring 2009 collеction for its Armani Еxchangе (A/X) storеs. It appеars that Arman struck a dеla with iPhonе that dеlivеrs a taglinе of "Instant Mеssagе. Instant Stylе" to its usеrs. It also fеaturеs tеxt, bannеr and vidеo ads that prompt potеntial consumеs to a mobilе sitе whеrе thеy can sign up for promotional tеxt mеssagеs, find nеarby storеs, and chеck out vidеos and imagеs of thе nеw spring linе of A/X storеs. Thе campaign cеntеrs on Armani's currеnt Tеxt A/X initiativе. This fеaturе allows consumеrs to usе Intеrnеt to rеcеivе tеxt mеssagеs about nеw collеction arrivals, еxclusivе offеrs, A/X еvеnts, and mobilе downloads. Armani bеliеvеs that thе mobilе campaign would allow it to connеct with customеrs in a "timеly, rеlеvant and еntеrtaining way" (Walsh, 2009).
In othеr words, Armani Еxchangе is running this campaign to win promotion and to compilе a databasе of namеs for futurе SMS markеting. Thе "A/X $1,000 Shopping Sprее Swееpstakеs" call to action can bе found on thе rеtailеr's shopping bag. It asks customеrs to tеxt thе kеyword AX to short codе 276264 for a chancе to win a $1,000 shopping sprее. Oncе consumеrs tеxt in, thеy rеcеivе this mеssagе: "Wеlcomе to TЕXT AX! Msgs up to 3x/mo. Std. carriеr ratеs may apply. To opt in,
rеply w/Zip Codе. To opt out, tеxt STOP. For morе info, tеxt HЕLP" (Walsh, 2009). Oncе consumеrs rеply with thеir ZIP codе to join thе nеtwork, thеy arе еntеrеd into thе swееpstakеs.
This campaign targеts young pеoplе who also happеn to bе thе most activе mobilе usеrs. Such stratеgy fits wеll into thе ovеrall idеa of A/X, which is thе youthful labеl crеatеd by Giorgio Armani. With Armani Еxchangе, Mr. Armani crеatеd a casual, yеt sophisticatеd collеction for thе young, urban and sеxy. Thе brand dеsigns, manufacturеs, distributеs and rеtails fashion and lifеstylе products, including apparеl, accеssoriеs, еyеwеar, watchеs, jеwеlry and music (Campbеll, 1999).
Advеrtising thеoriеs bеhind thе Armani campaign
It is usеful to analyzе thе rеlеvant advеrtising thеoriеs еmployеd by Armani in its rеcеnt spring 2009 ad mobilе campaign. Visual rеprеsеntation plays a kеy rolе in this campaign. At thе samе timе, scholars notе that thе rolе of thе imagination in procеssеs of vision is firmly rootеd in rеal world pеrspеctivеs. Donna Haraway (1991, p. 189) arguеs that thе idеa of "infinitе vision", or transparеncy and lеgibility from a "nеutral pеrspеctivе, is an illusion which functions in mеchanisms of opprеssion". All vision, Haraway (1991) arguеs, is еmbodiеd, situatеd and partial, and is implicatеd in thе production of forms of knowlеdgе. Thеrе arе no 'innocеnt' or objеctivе pеrspеctivеs.
Vision is always a quеstion of thе powеr to sее - and pеrhaps thе violеncе implicit in our visualizing practicеs. With whosе blood wеrе my еyеs craftеd? Thеsе points also apply to tеstimony from thе position of 'onеsеlf '. Wе arе not immеdiatеly prеsеnt to oursеlvеs. Sеlf-knowlеdgе rеquirеs a sеmiotic-matеrial tеchnology linking mеanings to bodiеs (Haraway 1991, p. 192).
Thе visual and its rеlation to advеrtising should not bе imaginеd simply as shifting bеtwееn polеs of thе visiblе/thе invisiblе, thе intеrnal sеlf/thе еxtеrnal othеr, еtc. It should bе sееn as a complеx, contradictory procеss which may opеratе simultanеously on divеrsе lеvеls of discoursе. "Thе topography of thе subjеct is multi-dimеnsional; so, thеrеforе, is vision" (Haraway 1991, p. 193).
Furthеrmorе, Burnеtt arguеs that "thе visiblе in an imagе is … mеrеly a fragmеnt of what is signifiеd" (1995, p. 70). Thе following sеction еxaminеs how vision and thе production of thе visiblе еvеnts in rеcеnt Armani's campaign, which involvе movеmеnt, distancе and diffеrеncе. Thе sееing subjеct is not a prеformеd еntity who еxprеssеs its agеncy and intеnt through rеading off mеanings in imagеs. Thе sееing subjеct is formеd in thosе vеry procеssеs of vision (Burnеtt, 1995).
Aftеr carеful analysis of Armani's A/X campaign, it bеcomеs clеar that advеrtising is just a manipulation, which in еxprеssing itsеlf, producеs itsеlf. Sеdgwick and Parkеr (1995, p. 16) arguе that еxploring advеrtising involvеs asking thе quеstion of how "saying somеthing can bе doing somеthing". In othеr words, thе 'doing' of thе spееch act or thе act of vision is thе action of promotion. This procеss gеnеratеs a mеans of visually 'undеrstanding' thе rеlation or distancе bеtwееn thе product and consumеrs.
Burnеtt's еmphasis on thе idеa of advеrtising in thе opеration of diffеrеnt lеvеls of knowlеdgе production and pеrcеption may opеn up a way of undеrstanding thе product in thе modеrn contеxt. Thе complеxitiеs of pеrcеption indicatе that nеw ways of concеptualizing thе visual imagе arе nеcеssary in ordеr to movе bеyond thе idеa of traditional advеrtisеmеnt in a typical еnvironmеnt. Acts of vision do not еxprеss thе agеncy and intеnt of thе sееing subjеct - vision is onе procеss, which activеly constitutеs thе subjеct and its capacitiеs for vision. Burnеtt (1995) arguеs that imagеs arе not fixеd sеts of visual codеs, but instеad occur in thе spacе bеtwееn thе graphic print and thе viеwеr.
Furthеrmorе, acadеmic critics havе considеrеd advеrtising imagеry as somе typе of a cultural form. Visual advеrtising is oftеn imaginеd to bе еmblеmatic of capitalist sociеtiеs, thе visiblе manifеstation of thе capitalist logics of еxploitation. For instancе, Robеrt Goldman (1992, p. 2) arguеs that advеrtising is "a kеy social and еconomic institution in producing and rеproducing thе matеrial and idеological suprеmacy of commodity rеlations". Goldman acknowlеdgеs that hе is drawing on Judith Williamson's (1978) highly influеntial work Dеcoding Advеrtisеmеnts, in which shе arguеs that thе еconomic intеrеsts of capitalism and thе symbolic form of advеrtising attеmpt to producе a highly powеrful cultural form. For Williamson, advеrtising mystifiеs us, dеprivеs us of knowlеdgе and appropriatеs our rеal nееds and dеsirеs to sеrvе thе intеrеsts of capitalism. Following Williamson, Goldman (1992, p. 8) arguеs that advеrtising is a "forcе which еrodеs thе fabric of social lifе and functions as a form of intеrnal colonialism that mеrcilеssly hunts out and appropriatеs thosе mеaningful еlеmеnts of our cultural livеs that havе valuе". From this pеrspеctivе, thе closе tеxtual study of advеrtising imagеs is thought to rеvеal "thе undеrlying social grammar of mеaning in ads" which in turn illuminatеs thе dееpеr idеological significancе of advеrtising (Goldman, 1992, p. 8.).
This papеr has illustratеd that thе idеological mеanings of advеrtising do not rеsidе solеly in imagеs but arе producеd by cultural rеprеsеntation and intеrprеtation. It is important to considеr thе diffеrеnt ways in which Armani A/X spring 2009 campaign is prеsеntеd both as thе matеrial form, or thе еmbodimеnt of thе еssеncе of capitalism, yеt also as a mеrе rеprеsеntation or symbol of thе rеal issuеs of idеological powеr and thе circulation of capital. Within accounts such as thosе of Williamson and Goldman, advеrtisеmеnts arе dеtеrminеd as a privilеgеd sitе for thе study of capitalist sociеtiеs. Advеrtisеmеnts arе imaginеd as idеology matеrializеd, and appеar to gain a lifе of thеir own, organically rеarticulating social mеanings in linе with thеir own intеrеsts. Yеt at thе samе timе advеrtisеmеnts arе sееn as immatеrial in thе sеnsе that thеy arе mеrеly thе conductors of idеology - thеy arе imaginеd to bе thе visiblе, еxtеrnal rеprеsеntation of thе innеr logic of capitalism, having no rеal substancе of thеir own.


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The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
Lucien is an unemployed architect in Nazi occupied Paris. He does his best to keep his head down and not get involved with anything that may single him out or make him put his neck out for his fellow man. Then he is asked to do a job. Create a space in an apartment where a Jewish man can hide and be undetectable to a Nazi search. Lucien wants to refuse but the contract to build a factory that comes with this commission is too good to pass up. Reluctantly Lucien becomes a working architect again building hiding places for people to avoid detection from the Nazis while designing factories to arm the Nazis to continue the war.
My "home" book club recently talked about this book and one of the members couldn't continue reading because she didn't like the main character. Yes, Lucien is not the most likeable of characters but he grows a heart, and very realistically I thought, throughout the book. Watching how an ordinary man who tried very hard to avoid thinking about the occupation and all the horrors it brought with it becomes entrenched in intrigue and truly making a huge difference in the lives of many people was compelling; the fear of him being caught at every turn really ramped up the adrenaline rush to keep the pages turning.
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This review is intended for audiences 18 and over. Reader discretion is advised.
Listen, at one time or another, we've all thought about what we, humans, taste like. No, I'm not talking about licking skin, touching lips, or other…mouth-oriented things that provide a bitter, salty surface flavour. I mean really tearing into another's flesh, you know, slowly cooking and devouring the blood-soaked innards. Now, the first thing that just popped into your head was "like a Zombie." One who does partake in the consumption and digestion of the human body, but not really by choice. What I'm referring to is willful cannibalism, more specifically, the cold-hearted, Hannibal Lecter-esque cannibal. The one who does it for the pleasure, mere desire, you know, the mentally unstable notion that it's a healthier, more fulfilling alternative. Of course we'd never actually dive into a severed limb with a knife and fork, but the idea is intriguing to say the least.
Now you're all thinking, what's the point of this disturbing introduction? Well, it's simply meant as a transitional tool, I'd even go as far as to call it a comforting agent. As we all are terrified by this disgusting thought no doubt, it does exist, and it does come to mind every now and then. I'm here to tell you that, you are not alone. Everyone ponders this repulsive act, especially those with a twisted, demented mind like Eli Roth. Who, with his latest outing "The Green Inferno," takes our darkest ideal and conjures it up into a entertaining manifestation. While the film won't satisfy our salivating need to swish around a mouth-full of the reddest, metal-tasting bubbly. It will temporarily quench our relentless curiosity or at the very least tide us over until its appropriate to initiate such repugnant behaviour, say…the apocalypse? Now, What do you say we move on past our deepest, abhorrent desire and onto the actual film?
A group of student activists from New York City travel to the Amazon rainforest in order to protest a tribe from being killed by deforestation. On the return journey, their plane crashes into the forest near the tribe's grounds. Upon searching out the people and seeking help, the group is soon captured and subjected to malicious torture.
As previously mentioned, "The Green Inferno," which had its world premiere at TIFF this year as part of the Midnight Madness program, is directed and written by horror veteran Eli Roth, who with the film made his long-awaited return to the directors chair. It's been 6 long years since Roth officially helmed a full-length feature and I think it's safe to say that his presence in the genre was sorely missed. That being said, by no means does his absence suggest that I am going to give him a pass to make a sub-par film. If anything, this stretch has made me appreciate his skill-set and craft even more, allowing me to become even more critical and expecting of his flicks. I've evolved as a critic since Roth's last film and I expected nothing less than his usual, gory, fun-filled fright-fests. And for the most part, his lasting outing lives up to his reputation. Whether that's a good or bad thing, is your opinion.
"The Green Inferno" is a hearty homage to cannibal films of the 1980s such as "Cannibal Holocaust" and "Cannibal Ferox." Roth even went as far as to include a lengthy list of the films that inspired his tribute in the closing credits, just in case you didn't get your fill of stomach-bursting cannibalism. The film itself takes a little while getting into the gritty, cringe-worthy violence and bone chewing, due in large part to Roth's growth as a filmmaker. He claimed during the Q and A that working with high-profile directors such as Quentin Tarantino helped him learn to expand and add depth to his characters, allowing for a more meaningful connection with the audience. The first half-hour is a respectable attempt at humanizing his characters, but it can become quite frustrating when you're waiting for the chaos and carnage to begin.
Although Roth has matured as a filmmaker, he certainly hasn't lost his touch. As soon as we cross into the Amazon from the streets of New York, we're treated to an unbearably tense situation involving chains, guns, and construction equipment…in my opinion one of the best sequences in the film. Not long after that, Roth unleashes his full arsenal: violence, gore, and pitch-black comedy. Granted, the story's structure isn't anything overly original and to be honest, it's rather predictable. But in all honesty, you don't watch this type of film for its intelligence or inventiveness. With "The Green Inferno" you're simply along for the journey, nothing more. It's not an Oscar contender or a film worth constantly revisiting, and it's not something you watch as a film buff or cinephile…you just enjoy it. It's the perfect film for Halloween or when you're lounging around, drunk, in the middle of the night.
The cast of "The Green Inferno," compiled of Eli Roth's co-stars in the mildly entertaining natural disaster flick "Aftershock," are quite effective. It really is a group effort and the ensemble really do feed off one another, literally and figuratively. The supporting cast, although not memorable, do a reasonable job in the back ground. However, Lorenza Izzo and Ariel Levy are undoubtedly the film's two leads. They do their best to pull off a serious tone, but it's relatively transparent. Izzo is terrific however as a new-age scream queen. She's got the looks and the pipes to consistently and effectively appear in numerous horror flicks to come. Levy, although not very strong dramatically, is down-right hilarious. It's impossible to dismiss his charm, and there is one scene specifically that'll leave you gasping for air…because it's too funny.
It might not be as perverse or deplorable as I had hoped, especially when compared to the films that inspired it. Yet, "The Green Inferno" is a funny, disgusting, violent thrill-ride that'll leave horror enthusiasts fully satisfied.
The Green Inferno: 7 out of 10.
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by Chris Haire
Over the years, Tony Bartelme has become The Post and Courier's go-to investigative reporter, and every year, you can expect one doozy of a story from him. This year, Tony tackled the firebug who has been setting fire to downtown homes, likely for years. The multipart story offered a lot of insight into the nature of the crimes and perhaps even a glimpse into the mind of the arsonist and the challenges of catching him, thanks in part to a late-night stroll taken by Bartelme through the targeted neighborhoods. Most importantly, during his investigation, Bartelme discovered that the arsonist may have begun his reign of terror much earlier than police originally thought and that this initial fire claimed the life of one long-time downtown resident. The arsonist has not been caught, but hopefully, Tony's reports have made the public more aware of what to look out for and what to do to limit their chances of being targeted by the firebug.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Springsteen On TV Tonight
Check him out in an 8 song set on "Great Performances" tonight at 9 p.m. (That's PBS.) Too bad the one hour show wasn't stretched to two hours. In a rough cut, when Springsteen sings "How Can A Poor man Stands Such Times and Live?", he dedicates the new lyrics referencing Hurricane Katrina to "our President bystander." Too bad they didn't play this on July 4th -- hard to think of anything more patriotic than protest music. If this taped show is one-tenth as fun as the live concert, it should be a blast.
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Cheese Pairing Spreads Gourmet Gift Box
Cheese Pairing Spreads Gourmet Gift Box - A Curated Collection of Condiments and Savory Jams To Pair with Cheese
Wozz! Cheese Pairing Spreads Gourmet Gift Box includes 6 of our most delicious cheese pairing condiments and savory jams for cheese. It's the perfect gift for the artisan cheese lover and makes a fabulous housewarming or hostess gift for those who love to entertain!
These 6 handcrafted artisan condiments and spreads are delivered in a Wozz! silver gift box with a cheese pairings suggestion card and a personal note from you!
Wozz! Cheese Pairing Spreads Gourmet Gift Box Includes:
- Balsamic Fig Mostarda Spread: An exquisite and our most versatile condiment for your cheese plate, our Balsamic Fig Spread pairs with a wide array of cheeses from Blue Cheese to Brie to aged Goats Cheese and more. Our favorite cheese pairings include Jasper Cellars Harbison, a soft ripened bloomy rind cheese and Vermont Creamery's Coupole, a goats cheese.
- Thai Hot Pepper Jelly Spread: This spread is similar to a hot pepper jelly, yet better and bolder. Drizzle over a soft cheese such as Camembert or Brie or serve with cream cheese for simple easy delicious entertaining.
- Triple Ale Onion Jam Spread: A sweet sticky onion jam handmade with 3 artisan ales from local brewery, Woodstock Station. A favorite with cheddar and charcuterie! Try with Cabot Cloth Bound Cheddar or Vermont Farmstead Governor's Cheddar. Also pairs well with Manchego, Blue Cheese, Goats Cheese, Washed Rind and Brie.
- Indian Spiced Pickled Beet Relish: Fresh beets are simmered in a slow cooked blend of Indian spices. This beet relish is sweet earthy and mild and pairs beautifully with Goats Cheese and Blue Cheese. Delicious on crispy crostini with goats cheese and arugula. Mix in with cream cheese or yogurt for an easy party dip. Winner of the 2018 NYC Fancy Food Show sofi Award for outstanding condiment.
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By Gerald A. McHugh & James DeAngelo
Tough times make for tough choices. But sometimes, those choices can be shortsighted.
We suggest the recent decision to cut funding to civil legal aid is the wrong decision as it will prove more costly.
A recent "freeze" of state spending really should be called a "cut," which it is for civil legal aid. Our funding is being reduced, not just frozen. This fiscal year, we have had to reduce staffing by 14 percent.
Government spending is under great pressure. But to disproportionately cut funding to civil legal aid should be reconsidered. While state spending was reduced by just 0.8 percent, the cut to civil legal aid was 10 percent. This midyear cut is in effect a 20 percent cut because spending for the next six months will have to be reduced by 20 percent to accomplish an overall 10 percent cut for the fiscal year.
All of this comes on the heels of a 10 percent cut in the state appropriation for legal services at the start of the fiscal year. In effect, we are now faced with a 30 percent cut. This puts the entire appropriation of state funds for civil legal aid at only about $2.5 million.
The local legal aid programs of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network handle about 100,000 cases per year, with support of state government, federal government, some court-related fees and many local government and private sources of funds.
In these times, many of our clients were middle class not long ago, but have fallen upon hard times due to job layoffs. Now they have big civil legal problems. Civil legal aid should be there to help.
Even before state cuts (plus a 15 percent cut in federal funding that just kicked in), we were rationing access to justice for many Pennsylvanians. For each low-income person we are able to represent, we have had to turn away another eligible person, qualifying for services and coming to us for needed help. We represent families at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty level. We represent victims of domestic violence without regard to income.
Cuts in spending do not always produce savings for the state. The Turnpike Commission could cease operating its tollbooths for a period to realize immediate savings in wages and benefits. But, of course, this also would be a money-losing proposition as revenues also would go down.
So, too, the cuts in civil legal aid spending will prove costly. More than 200 years ago, the phrase was coined "that a person who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client." While there is much truth to this phrase for the person who exercises a genuine choice to represent himself, for low-income Pennsylvanians there is no choice. If they cannot be helped with a legal problem by legal aid or the pro bono services of private lawyers, they have to represent themselves.
Private lawyers do a lot. Pennsylvania lawyers contribute close to $2 million annually to help fund legal aid, and they handle many thousands of cases for free each year.
The state cutbacks are shortsighted and expensive. Civil legal aid helps clients access medical benefits. About a third of those eligible for Medicaid are age 65 and older, needing access to prescriptions, health care and in-home and nursing home services. These clients are not invisible; they are our parents and grandparents.
We help clients get protection from abuse orders (about 15,000 of these clients yearly), to help stop abusive relationships. These orders save lives. They also allow survivors to stay in their homes and avoid added housing and medical costs, to stay employed and protected in the workplace, and they provide family stability.
We represent clients in custody cases, establishing stability for children and families. This stability is known to have a positive effect on children's school performance and parents' work performance. When there is trouble at home, there is trouble at school and at work.
We represent families facing foreclosure, eviction and utility shutoffs. This keeps families in homes and out of shelters, it avoids depreciating values of neighboring homes, and it avoids disruption to the children's lives and education.
We help disabled people access disability benefits. This subsistence living helps individuals and families keep a roof overhead, avoid homelessness and shelter costs and the disruption to neighbors and communities where homes would otherwise stand vacant.
A 30 percent cut in state funding for civil legal aid is unjustified. It is shortsighted and will increase the burdens on our justice system and our schools, and it will cause avoidable disruption for many poor Pennsylvanians. Please join us in saying this is the wrong place to cut back.
Gerald A. McHugh, Esq., is board president of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network. James DeAngelo is a board member of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network and a past president of the Dauphin County Bar Association.


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Bridge between Marvelous Designer and Poser about to be launched
For a while I have been working to solve a deep frustration with the way I could use results of Marvelous Designer in Poser.
With Marvelous Designer I had an ever improving machine to make garment models quickly and with big fun. I recognized the potential when MD 2 came about and over the time I must have made hundreds of garments for a plethora of figures. Yet these garments made it to my Poser work ony with difficulty.
Reasons were simple. Conforming clothing, at least when I rig it, sucks for anything that is not one-size-fits-all tricot worn close on the skin. Fabric does not behave like skin, and a jacket does not rotate with the hip unless it is tied in at the waist. The cloth room, one of the reasons I purchased Poser 5 at the time, does not respect layer orders and lacks every method of influencing the drape.
Manual transfer of data between Poser and MD vice-versa is a tedious process involving many dialogs and switches that had to be set right each time. Modern Poser figures have advanced rigging that either does not translate well into Collada or does not translate there at all. Object geometry was the only reliable transfer method.
With Marvelous Designer 7 a form of scripting support was introduced. The API did offer methods to transfer data between MD and Poser. As with many features in this ground-breaking technology program, the implementation of the scripting also remained to be a moving target for quite a while.
This has now (I hope) settled and with some precautions it is usable.
I will be happy to share this on (Python) code level via Renderosity Freestuff.
If you are interested (you can find the documentation here) let me know.
MD repreentation
rendered in Poser
Biscuits Poser Ambassadors last edited by
Highly recommended!
It is a jewel with multiple possibilities.
For clothing creators and users alike.
Take the time to check this out.
anomalaus last edited by
@f_verbaas MD macOS Python support when?
fverbaas last edited by
Answer from MD support on 20 September: 'Dev. team is working on it but we cannot guarantee a release date'
Sorry. Heard this after a week of trying in vain to get it working.
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@fverbaas I guarantee they're getting no help from Apple ;-)
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Great contribution, this will speed up scene to scene work tremendously.
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@f_verbaas I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what this does......correct me if I'm wrong, but your bridge will allow the MD user to create the garment, then sim it in MD and send the entire sim to the same model as the MD avatar to Poser and render?
What the bridge will do is allow the MD user to make the most of the better cloth sim engine in MD?
Also, can you upload to ShareCG for those of us who have no Renderosity account? Or here, perhaps?
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Maybe write to email@example.com and tell them you are interested in having Python support on MAC.
That was the idea. Thank you
You are right. The idea is to run MD as the tailor's shop/sim room of the 'client' Poser. MD and Poser are complementary. The Poser clothroom is well beyond it's fresh date and Poser does not have content creation facilities. On the other hand Poser offers (surprise!) posing of figures, a content library, scenery, and notable render engines. MD on the other side has none of these Poser strongholds but has a 'cloth room' well above any league and has dedicated content creation facilities.
For distribution my original idea was to use CP as the launching platform, if only because it gives me direct access and allows keeping track of who downloaded it even if the deal is at $0.00. I can place it there but it would be only for a few weeks.
Renderosity gives wider exposure however and since there is a special MD forum there that can host the discussions and questions, my choice is for Rendo. With the 'protocols' in place, it is well possible that someone will write a bridgehead for DS. I have been looking into that but that script language they use frightens me off.
Anyway I will try to get it uploaded tonight.
Uploaded to Rendo Freestuff now.
Let's see what they come up with ...
Responses are welcome here but I think it is for the sake of all best to concentrate feedback, questions and discussions on the Marvelous Designer forum at Renderosity.
One hint:
The bridge works also with the 30 days free trial licenses.
You can try now for 30 days with present version 7.5
They announced MD version 8. New versions come with a public Beta.
Unless thy change policies, MD 8 will allow you a new 30 days free trial.
Leaves you covered for 2 months at least.
@f_verbaas said in Bridge between Marvelous Designer and Poser about to be launched:
Leaves you covered for 2 months at least.
Not entirely true. It may be less than 30 days now before MD 8 comes out.
Nevertheless, time is ticking out.
The longer you wait, the less free time you will have.
(... dutchman says, LOL!)


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Help? How to upload pictures?
Can anyone please tell me how to upload pictures into my Album?
I tried using my FTP Server, but somehow my account seems invalid.
Is there another way to upload pictures other then using the Admin FTP?
Your questions are
Your questions are confusing: it seems you do not understand what FTP is or how it works. FTP is used for transferring files to remote computers. In this case, you want to transfer image files to the computer (a.k.a. "server") that runs phpAlbum. Since you have installed phpAlbum on that computer, you should use the same credentials (i.e. username/password) used for that. If you did not install phpAlbum yourself, contact the person who did.


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