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For us at Lanvin, your privacy and the security of your personal data are very important, for this reason we collect and manage your personal data with the utmost care and take specific measures to keep them secure. Below you will find the main information on the processing by Lanvin of your personal data in relation to your browsing of www.lanvin.com and the use of the services offered. For detailed information on how Lanvin manages your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.
We also ask you to read the "Cookie Policy", the "General Conditions of Use" of the Website www.lanvin.com and the "Conditions relating to registration", which contain detailed information on the conditions relating to our services. Some services may be subject to specific legal terms; in this case we will give you all the appropriate information from time to time.
Who is the Holder?
The following is the main information on the processing of your personal data carried out by Lanvin SA, with headquarters at 15 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris, Paris, Tax Code and VAT no. FR16612048629 (Lanvin), as Data Controller.
For any clarification, questions or requirements related to your privacy and the processing of your personal data, you can contact us at any time by sending a request to our Customer Care or by writing to the address of the headquarters of Lanvin.
If you wish, you can also contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), by writing to the address above, or by email to the address email@example.com.
Who is the Data Controller?
The following is the main information on the processing of your personal data carried out by JEANNE LANVIN, a French Limited Company with a capital of 16,297,330, 00 Euros, registered in the Paris Trade and Corporate Register under number 612 048 629 and located at 15 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris ('Lanvin'), as Data Controller.
For any clarification, question or requirement related to your privacy and the processing of your personal data you can contact us at any time by sending a request to our Customer Care.
If you wish, you can also contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by writing to "Data Protection Officer" at the address given above, or by sending an email to email@example.com.
What data do we process and why?
The personal data that Lanvin processes are those that you provide to us with when you conclude an order and purchase goods, and those that we collect as you browse or use the services offered on www.lanvin.com. The Lanvin can then collect about you data such as given name and surname, shipping address and billing address, browsing data and your shopping habits.
Your personal data are processed for the following purposes:
- to enter into and execute the purchase contract for goods offered on www.lanvin.com;
- provide you with the services of www.lanvin.com such as signing up for the newsletter;
- allow registration to the Website and use of services reserved for registered users;
- manage the requests you may send to our Customer Care;
- manage recruitment requests if you send us your CV.
In the aforementioned cases, the processing of your personal data is legitimate where it is necessary to execute a contract with you or to provide you with the service you have specifically requested. We also conduct statistical surveys and analyses with data in aggregate form to understand how users interact with and use the Website, to improve our offering and our services.
Only with your prior express consent instead, we process your personal data in order to:
- carry out marketing activities;
- personalise the Website on the basis of your interests.
Who will process your data?
Your personal data is processed by duly trained staff of our Company and other Group companies and, for organisational and functional needs related to the provision of services on www.lanvin.com, by our suppliers and by YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, company subject to the management and coordination of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., as site operator. The latter have been evaluated and chosen by Lanvin for their proven reliability and competence. Some of these parties may also be based in non-EU countries and, in these cases, the transfer of your personal data to these countries is carried out in compliance with the guarantees provided by law.
How long do we keep your data?
We keep your personal data for a limited period of time depending on the purpose for which they were collected, at the end of which your personal data will be deleted or otherwise irreversibly rendered anonymous. The retention period varies depending on the purpose of the processing: for example, the data collected during the purchase of goods on www.lanvin.com are processed until the finalisation of all administrative and accounting formalities, so they are filed in accordance with local tax law (ten years), while those used to send you our newsletter are filed until you ask to be unsubscribed.
For more information read our Privacy Policy.
What are your rights?
At any time, depending on the specific processing, you can: withdraw consent for processing, know what personal data of yours are in our possession, their origin and how they are used, request their updating, correction or integration, decide what you want to do of your personal data after your death and, in the cases provided for by the provisions in force, their deleting, limitation of processing or object their processing. If you wish, you can request to receive the personal data held by Lanvin that concern you in a format readable by electronic devices and, where technically possible, we can transfer your data directly to a third party indicated by you.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data has been carried out illegitimately, you can file a complaint with one of the supervisory authorities responsible for compliance with the laws on personal data protection. In Italy, the complaint can be presented to the Guarantor for personal data protection (www.garanteprivacy.it). In France, you can refer to the website of the Guarantor for personal data protection, at https://www.cnil.fr/.
This notice may undergo changes and additions over time, so we invite you to periodically check its content. Where possible, we will try to promptly inform you of any changes made.
Privacy Policy
JEANNE LANVIN, a French Limited Company with a capital of 16,297,330, 00 Euros, registered in the Paris Trade and Corporate Register under number 612 048 629 and located at 15 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris ('Lanvin') is the Data Controller, namely the party which decides how and why to process your personal data.
You can always contact Lanvin by writing to the above address or writing to our Customer Care.
Lanvin has appointed a Data Protection Officer.
If you wish, for any request regarding the protection of your personal data and the exercise of your rights you can contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for Lanvin, at the address of the Data Controller above or by writing to our Customer Care.
- we collect the personal data necessary to complete and execute your purchase on www.lanvin.com such as given name and surname, email address, shipping address, billing address, telephone and payment details;
- we collect your email address when you sign up for our newsletter service;
- we process the personal data you provide us with when you contact our Customer Care to provide you with the assistance requested;
- with your consent, we collect and use your personal data for marketing communications;
- for the registration of My L we collect your given name and surname, your email address, your password and your email preferences. If you are a registered user, we collect information about your access to the reserved area of the Website. In particular, we collect information on the date and time of access. With your express consent, through the analysis of your personal data we can process information regarding your interests and preferences with respect to our products and services in order to present proposals and offers in line with your tastes;
- we collect information about your browsing on www.lanvin.com, such as the pages you visit and how you interact with them and we save this information on our servers.
We inform you that Lanvin does not process minors' personal data. If you access www.lanvin.com and use sevices of Lanvin, you declare that you are full age.
Lanvin collects and processes your personal data for the following purposes:
- Entering into and executing the purchase contract for products offered on www.lanvin.com. When you purchase a product we ask you for the personal data necessary to allow the activities for finalising and executing the relevant contract, as payment and related anti-fraud checks if you choose to pay by credit/debit card, billing, shipping of the product and possible handling of the return.
- Registration on the Website and use of the services offered to registered users. Registration on the Website is possible through the inclusion of some personal information, necessary to ensure your identification and the provision of the services offered to registered users.
- Provision of services offered on www.lanvin.com. For this purpose Lanvin needs to collect, in relation to each service and its characteristics, the personal data necessary for the provision of the service requested by you.
- Management of requests to our Customer Care, that uses the personal data you provide to respond to your requests for information and assistance.
- Sending of CVs. If you send us your CV to be considered for an open position, Lanvin will use the information contained in your CV exclusively for this purpose. The personal data relating to your application may be transferred to third-party providers of recruiting and application software. Your CV will be kept for a maximum period of two years , after which it will be deleted: if you want, you can of course send us a new updated version.
- Analysis and statistical surveys. We use some information about your use of the Website, mode of browsing and use of the related services, to conduct analyses and statistical surveys in order to improve our offering and our services.
- Sending marketing communications following the purchase of one of our products, so-called soft spam. Following the purchase of one of our products on the Website, we will send you, to the email address that you provided us for the conclusion of the order, commercial communications on similar products and services.
- With your express consent, we will be able to use the contact details you have provided for marketing communications on our products and services, in order to update you on news, new arrivals, exclusive products, and on our offers and promotions. In addition, always with your consent, we will be able use your contact details as part of market research and surveys for customer satisfaction in order to improve our services and the relationship with our users.
- Only with your consent, Lanvin will personalise your experience on www.lanvin.com, showing you previews and offers in line with your interests and will send you marketing communications and personalised promotional offers. The personalisation will be carried out by analysing your previous purchases and other information described in the paragraph 'What personal data do we collect?'. For more information on this data and on the related activities, please consult the paragraph 'My Account'.
If you wish to authorise the activities referred to in points h) and i) and then you do not wish to receive further communications from Lanvin or you would like to limit how to be contacted, you can interrupt these communications at any time by clicking on the dedicated link "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of each communication, or accessing Account My L, or contacting Lanvin by contacting our Customer Care or by writing to the above address. We inform you that you may receive further communications from us even after submitting your request, as some further communications may have already been planned, our systems may take between 24 and 48 hours to process your request.
In relation to all the activities mentioned above, we will process your personal data mainly using automated and electronic means; the tools we use guarantee high safety standards, in full compliance with current legislation.
On the occasion of the creation of My L Lanvin offers you the following services:
- Registration Details: check and edit your personal details, email address and password.
- My Orders: enter your Order Number in the space below to see the list of products you have ordered and information on their delivery status.
- Card wallet: safely store your credit card details.
- Address Book: safely store your address details to complete the order process quickly.
- Wish List: create your ideal wardrobe, a personal collection of your favourite items. Save up to 50 of your most wanted items to follow their availability and add them directly to your Shopping Bag.
With your express consent, we will be able to use the contact details you have provided for marketing communications on our products and services, in order to update you on news, new arrivals, exclusive products, and on our offers and promotions, and for market research and surveys to determine your level of satisfaction and improve the services offered.
Only with your express consent, Lanvin will be able to personalise, in line with your interests, your experience and the content of commercial communications and the offers you will receive when you browse www.lanvin.com as a registered user. This activity allows you better to streamline the search for products and services of greatest interest to you and, at the same time, allows us to improve our offers to you. The personalisation is made possible by the analysis of your personal data in our possession, described in the paragraph 'What personal data do we collect?'. In particular, information on purchases you have made in the past and those relating to the sections of the Website you visit most often or the services you use most often help us to understand which products and services are more interesting for you.
To ensure that the information in our possession is correct and that allow us to perform properly the activities described above, we invite you to access the section 'Registration Details" of My L and, if you feel it is necessary, to update it.
We only process your personal data in the presence of one of the legal basis set by the current legislation, and specifically:
- For the finalisation and execution of a contract to which you are a party. When we process your data on this basis we take care to use only the minimum information necessary to execute the contract. This basis legitimises the processing of personal data that takes place in the following activities:
- finalisation and execution of a contract for the purchase of goods offered on www.lanvin.com;
- registration on the Website and use of the services reserved for registered users;
- supply of services offered on www.lanvin.com;
- management of your requests by our Customer Care.
The provision of your personal data for these activities is a contractual obligation. You are free to communicate your data or not, but in the absence of the requested data it will not be possible to finalise or execute the contract and your requests. This means that you will not be able to purchase the products and to use the services of Lanvin and that Lanvin will not be able to process your requests.
- To follow up on a legal obligation.
In case of finalisation of a contract for the purchase of goods on www.lanvin.com, the processing of user data will take place to give effect to the legal obligations to which Lanvin is bound. You are free to decide whether to finalise a contract and whether or not to disclose your data, but if you finalise it your data will be necessary and will be processed to give effect to the aforementioned legal obligations to which Lanvin is bound.
The processing of CVs sent spontaneously, carried out in order to evaluate candidates with respect to a possible job position at Lanvin, is legitimate because it is expressly authorised by a law provision, that specifies that in this case the consent of the person to whom the personal data refer to is not necessary. You are free to share with us your CV or not, but in its absence we will not be able to evaluate your application for a job position at Lanvin.
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- Due to our legitimate interest.
Some of your personal data in the event of purchase of products on www.lanvin.com will be processed to carry out anti-fraud activities: we have a legitimate interest in carrying out this activity to prevent and prosecute any fraudulent activity. For internal administrative purposes, personal data may be processed by other companies of the Group to which Lanvin belongs.
- Based on your consent.
We will carry out the following processing only if you have given us your express consent:
- marketing activities and market research and surveys;
- analysis of your browsing data and your shopping habits in the occasion of the use of your account My L, in order to personalise your experience on the Website.
The provision of your personal data for these activities is optional. You are free to provide us with your data for these purposes, but in their absence it will not be possible for Lanvin to carry out marketing activities, market research, surveys and analysis.
Your personal data will be processed by the internal staff of Lanvin specifically trained and authorised for this processing. In carrying out the processing, the data may also be transferred to other companies of the Group to which Lanvin belongs.
Your personal data may also be transferred to third parties that we use to provide our services; these parties have been adequately selected and offer a guarantee of compliance with data protection regulations. These parties have been appointed as data processor and carry out their activities according to the instructions given by Lanvin and under its control.
The third parties in question belong to the following categories: site operator (YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP), banking operators, internet providers, IT companies, couriers, marketing companies, companies specialised in market research and analysis.
Your data may be disclosed to the law enforcement and judicial and administrative authorities, in accordance with the law, for the investigation and prosecution of crimes, the prevention and protection from threats to public security, to allow Lanvin to ascertain, exercise or defend a right in court, as well as for other reasons related to the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
Some of the third parties listed in the paragraph 'Who will process your data?' may be established in countries outside the European Union which nevertheless offer an adequate level of data protection, as established by specific decisions of the European Commission (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/provvedimenti-normativa/normativa/normativa community-and-intentional/transfer-of-data-to-third-countries#1').
The transfer of your personal data to countries which do not belong to the European Union and which do not ensure adequate levels of protection will be performed only after the finalisation between Lanvin and said parties of specific agreements containing safeguard clauses and appropriate guarantees for the protection of your personal data, known as "standard contractual clauses", approved by the European Commission, or if the data transfer is necessary for the finalisation and execution of a contract between you and Lanvin (for the purchase of goods offered on our Website, for registration on the Website or use of services on the Website) or for the management of your requests.
We keep your personal data for a limited period of time, which differs depending on the type of activity that involves the processing of your personal data. After this period, your data will be permanently erased or otherwise irreversibly rendered anonymous.
Your personal data are stored in compliance with the terms and criteria specified below:
- data collected to conclude and execute contracts for the purchase of goods on www.lanvin.com: until the administrative and accounting formalities are finalised. The billing data will be kept for ten years from the billing date;
- data of the registered user: the data will be kept until you request cancellation of your My Account and in case within 5 years from the last interaction of any kind by the user;
- payment details: up to the certification of the payment and to the finalisation of the relative administrative and accounting formalities, consequent to the expiry of the right to withdraw and the terms for the contestation of the payment;
- data collected in the context of the use of services offered on www.lanvin.com: these data are kept until the termination of the service or the request of unsubscription to the service by the user;
- data related to requests by users to our Customer Care: the data used to assist you will be kept until the request of the user is satisfied;
- CVs: for two years from receipt;
- data used for marketing activities for users who purchase product on www.lanvin.com (soft spam): these data are kept until the termination of the service or the request of unsubscription to the service by the user and in any case within 5 years from the last interaction of any kind by the user. This duration is justified by different consumption behaviours in the luxury sector;
- data provided for marketing activities and market research and satisfaction surveys: up to the request by the user to interrupt the activity and in any case within two years from the last interaction of any kind by the user with Lanvin;
- data used to customise the Website and to show you customised sales offers: up to the request by the user to interrupt the activity and in any case within 13 months from the last interaction of any kind by the user with Lanvin.
In any case, for technical reasons, the termination of the processing and the subsequent definitive deletion or irreversible anonymisation of the related personal data shall be effective within thirty days from the terms indicated above.
At any time you may exercise your rights with reference to the specific processing of your personal data by Lanvin. Please find below a general description of these rights and how to exercise them.
- Access your data and rectify it: you have the right to access your personal data and to request that they are correct, modified or supplemented with other information. If you wish, we will provide you with a copy of your data in our possession.
- Revoke your consent: you can revoke at any time the consent you may have given for the processing of your personal data in relation to any activity for marketing purposes. In this regard, we remind you that marketing activities are considered to be the sending of sales and promotional communications, the conducting of market research and surveys to determine the level of satisfaction and improve our services. Once we have received your request, we will promptly cease the processing of your personal data based on this consent, while processing which is different or based on other legal basis will continue to be carried out in full compliance with the provisions in force.
- Object to the processing of your data: you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interest, explaining the reasons of your request; before accepting it, Lanvin shall evaluate the reasons of your request.
- Erasure of your data: in the cases provided for by the current legislation you can request the erasure of your personal data. After receiving and examining your request, if legitimate we will promptly cease processing and delete your personal data.
- Restriction of the processing of your personal data: in this case Lanvin will continue to store your personal data but will not process them, unless your different request or under the exceptions required by law. You can obtain the restriction of processing when you contest the accuracy of your personal data, when the processing is unlawful but you oppose the erasure of your data, when the processing of your data is no longer needed but you need them for establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and when you object to processing pending the verification of the reasons of your request.
- Receiving your data and transferring it to a party other than Lanvin (right to data portability). You can ask to receive your data that we process based on your consent or on the basis of a contract with you in a standard format. If you wish, where technically possible, we can transfer your data directly to a third party indicated by you.
- Decide what you want to do of your personal data after your death.
You can exercise the rights described above by accessing My L or writing to our Customer Care or writing to the address of the data controller.
In order to ensure that the data of our users are not subject to breaches or unlawful use by third parties, before accepting your request to exercise one of the rights indicated, we will ask you some information to be sure of your identity.
We protect your personal data with specific technical and organisational security measures, aimed to prevent your personal data from being used unlawfully or fraudulently. In particular, we use security measures which ensure: the pseudonymisation or encryption of personal data; confidentiality, integrity, availability of your data and the resilience of processing systems and services; the ability to restore personal data in case of data breach. Furthermore, Lanvin undertakes to regularly test, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data has been carried out unlawfully, you can lodge a complaint with one of the competent supervisory authorities.
In Italy, the complaint can be addressed to the Guarantor for personal data protection. More information on how to present it is available on the website of the Guarantor for personal data protection, at www.garanteprivacy.it. In France, you can refer to the website of the Guarantor for personal data protection, at https://www.cnil.fr/.
The constant evolution of our services may involve changes in the characteristics of the processing of your personal data described up to now. Consequently, this Privacy Policy may be subject to changes and additions over time, which may also be necessary with regard to new provisions regarding the protection of personal data.
We therefore invite you to periodically check the content: where possible, we will try to inform you promptly of any changes made and their consequences.
The updated version of the Privacy Policy, in any case, will be published on this page, with indication of the date of its latest update.
The processing of your personal data is carried out by Lanvin in full compliance with the provision provided by Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation, the french data protection law , the measures of the French supervisory authority (http://www.cnil.fr ), and, if applicable, of the competent foreign supervisory authorities.
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All Format Export Issues and FBX plug-in failed to install
Daz4 Pro. Win7 64. 12G. Dell Precision T3500 Quadro.
Bought Daz a year ago with hopes to use Daz models in my other applications iClone Zbrush Lumion. I'm amazed at the fact that a year later, the same old export errors have not been fixed. Yes I've read the most recent relevant posts here.
I still can't export Obj without the no-texture problem. I still can't export Collada dae without that dreaded error message. So I tried exporting using FBX, and installed Autodesk convertor as a tedious workaround. Exporting FBX failed, turned out that I don't have the plug-in.
So I found the FBX plug-in and attempted install and guess what, the FBX plug-in "failed to find the install path". Yes I tried both 3.x 64bitwin and plain win versions. My Precision system is super stable.
After a year and another round of errors and fact-finding frenzy, I still cannot export Daz models. This is simply crazy.
To top all of the above, documentation on export settings (why those check boxes exist and what purpose) is non-existent. This means checking and unchecking 20 times ten thousand variables before you can be sure this method doesn't work.
Please help. Please. Let me know this is not a waste of my money and time.
prixat Posts: 1,200
Lumion looks interesting, I've just registered and downloaded it.
I'm not sure what can be done with the free version. Can you pose a figure in Lumion?
Here's Helix from a Poser runtime, loaded in DS4.5 and exported as FBX, then imported into Lumion:helix-in-lumion1.jpg1280 x 720 - 173K
rek_2158272 Posts: 0
I'm a bit curious about what error message you get when exporting to .dae? I ask because I have exported to collada myself without receiving any error messages, and imported to Blender without issues. Admittedly, these have been relatively simple rigged, not textured, models.
Can you post a screen shot of the options you are choosing when exporting as OBJ and the issues you are experiancing?
Thank you.
Thanks so much for your responses.
Prixat, good to see a successful Daz character import into Lumion, complete with textures too. Did you manage to import full-resolution? I got the free Lumion with import and overall features fully-functional. Need to confirm pipeline feasability before committing $1500.
My problem is I can't even get Daz's own FBX plug-in to install! So I can't test the FBX route. Not sure if this is a D4 vs D4.5 issue - does FBX plug-in even work for Daz4Pro?
Rek, the error message exporting to ANY dae (custom/ generic COLLADA/ unity) is shown below in attached pic.
I was trying to export Genesis model with clothing into Lumion. Lumion users tried importing Daz Genesis with clothes on but failed with all standard formats including DAE. One managed with a workaround using U3D via a 3rdparty Convertor with some missing faces issue.
Tedious workarounds like this is simply unacceptable for prosumer products that claim USER-FRIENDLINESS as their main selling point.
Making Lumion-Daz pipeline a smooth one will not only make Lumion suddenly many times more attractive, it will create an INSTANT MARTKET for Daz models among existing Lumion users, who have been craving for better quality human models with animations for more than a year now.
Mattymanx, I tried exporting OBJs into Lumion using ALL 14 conversion choices (for 3DSmax to Maya Modo etc). The result, all export geometry correctly, without maps. A naked white OBJ figure with no eyes or colors is all Daz is capable of? I have tried all map export variations, the 14 conversion types also auto-assign and cover all map settings variations. This sounds like Daz failed to create a texture folder.
What do you guys think? I totally appreciate the help from the expert users. Still, where is the Daz tech support? Do they even have one? Is there a point of me paying for a full price DazPro and $7.95 a month for the last 12 months?
It is ridiculous that a character-generating program that claims to export in COLLADA, FBX failed to do so. Even their OBJ do not pack the maps properly. It is even more absurd that similar customer complaints have existed for a year, yet remained unaddressed officially.daefail.JPG362 x 109 - 14Kfbxfail.JPG545 x 214 - 24KPost edited by Mythmaker on
rek_2158272 Posts: 0
The images doesn't show inline, but I assume the error with reference to the log file is what you get when exporting to dae?
Very descriptive message. :) Have you checked the log file to see what it says? (I don't know where the log file would be located, tho. Sorry)
I was also wondering if you get the error regardless of which model you are exporting to dae? Like if you create a new file, delete Genesis from it, add a primitive and export that. Do you still get the message? Or if you export a file with a character not based on Genesis?
niccipb Posts: 483
Hi mythmaker...
Sorry to hear your having problems...
You can find the log file in Help > Troubleshooting > View Log File
Some basic info to help others try to assist you... what is your exact version of DS 4? Export settings...Colladae...FBX...Object
Unless you are using one of the very early releases of DS4Pro, the FBX exporter has been built in to the main installer and is activated by your Pro Serial Number... so you shouldn't need to install it seperately...
Also there were issues (bugs) with Colladae import/export and FBX in some versions of DS4.0...
As far as the material export for object files, well that's touchy with allot of programs... different programs prefer the maps be located certain ways and written to the .obj and .mtl in specific ways, and then another program may not like that at all...
I know Colladae and Object are suppose to be standard formats, but apparently some interpret those standards differently...
And I agree... fiddling around with export and import options is a real pain when you don't know what they do... for myself, the settings I choose are dependent on what program I'm importing or exporting to, so they change often... I create presets for each program once I find the right settings...
nicci... :)
Found the log file.
Error exporting file: C Exception: Memory Access Violation - Attempted to read memory at address 0x4f89fa48
Tried exporting a V4 hair in DAE, no error message, in Lumion it appears as a file and a blank object.
It is very frustrating. Nonetheless thanks again guys and gals for the help.Post edited by Mythmaker on
What version of DAZ Stdio 4.5 do you have installed? 220.127.116.11 or earlier?
Is DAZ Studio 32bit or 64 bit?
What version of the FBX Exporter are you trying to install?
Where on the hdd is DAZ Studio installed? Program Files folder or elsewhere?
Using FBX Export or OBJ Export I was able to export Aiko3 with a character morph, skin and pose intact. For OBJ Export, DAZ Studio writes the file path to the image maps in the MTL file. If they are not collected then the file path leads to where they are in the Runtime. All this is done in the latest version of DS45 - 126.96.36.199
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One of the tricks I commonly use when exporting to OBJ, is to make a folder for that export, then making sure the 'Collect Maps' option is checked in the Export dialog, export everything to that folder. That way the obj, mtl and texture files are all in the same location. Then, when importing it into something else, there's usually no problem finding the textures.
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I tried another test with FBX, this is V5 and some v4 armour autofitted and an tiny bit of animation.
It still loses the pose and no animation came across. The same file keeps its pose in Cinema.
...but the clothing items worked and the textures look good.
By resolution, do you mean the mesh polycount?
In Cinema the import is the visibly faceted base mesh and I have to apply subdivision. I actually prefer this as it lets me keep the control within Cinema.
The imported figure has no noticeable faceting in Lumion and I didn't have to do anything.armourv5a.jpg1280 x 720 - 141K
You may want to find out what version of FBX Export/Import that Lumion uses and see if DAZ has the same one available since there are different FXB export options
Mattymanx, I've just updated to 4.5pro latest build. FBX plugin is now working with exporting to Lumion as per prixat's pic. Eyelash problem indicates potential hair transparency problem.
I'm giving up on exporting Daz to WYSIWYG render applications at the moment. If someone makes a WYSIWYG lighting stage plugin for 3delight that will be so awesome. Meanwhile I will attempt to do my final scenes in DAZ with 3delight. Contemplating spending on a GTX card. My quodro1800 is showing its age I think.
Mjc11016 thanks for the Obj tips. I anticipate issues with importing Sketchup OBJs and COLLADAs and materials/textures into Daz. Just installed the Autodesk FBX convertor hopefully that will resolve that problem.
Next is figuring out UVmapping issue between DAZ and Zbrush...
Thanks again for all your help!Post edited by Mythmaker on
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Next is figuring out UVmapping issue between DAZ and Zbrush...
Thanks again for all your help!
I believe Zbrush flips them 180...
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Sigma showed off a pair of forthcoming models on the show floor at Photokina today, highlighting improvements and upgrades in their two series of cameras.
Two new models – the SIGMA DP2 and SD15 – build heavily on Sigma's previous imaging efforts, providing a second series model in the case of the DP2, and an upgrade to Sigma's existing DSLR in the case of the SD15.
Sigma "normalizes" DP camera with 41mm lens
On the compact camera side, the SIGMA DP2 is the latest camera from the manufacturer to use the sensor from a DSLR (in this case, the SD14/SD15's 14.1 megapixel Foveon X3) in a fixed-lens compact.
Built constructed around the same body used for the DP1, the DP2 replaces the original model's wide-angle optic with a normal perspective 41mm f/2.8 lens that also gains a stop of speed when compared to the DP1's f/4 glass.
For DP1 critics, the biggest news from this announcement is almost certainly the DP2's inclusion of a new imaging engine: TRUE II. The suggested benefits – better JPEG processing and faster operational speed – may make the new model more appealing all around assuming they actually come to pass.
In addition to sharing most of its components (including its screen and pop-up flash unit) with the DP1, the DP2 will apparently share space in Sigma's lineup with the current model: in discussing the new camera, Sigma booth reps emphasized that the DP2 is not a replacement for the former version, but rather, a concurrent model with slightly different features.
New SD model with improved processing, LCD
Two years after its last entry into the DSLR business, Sigma is showing off the future of the brand's system cameras today with the official announcement of the Sigma SD15.
Successor to the SD14 and the fourth DSLR from the manufacturer, the SD15 utilizes the same controversial 14 megapixel Foveon X3 sensor called up for the last Sigma model. As with the DP2, the primary image pipeline upgrade appears to be the addition of Sigma's TRUE II imaging engine in this case, promising faster camera operation and smoother, richer images.
The SD15 also sports a 3.0 inch LCD – a nice upgrade compared to the previous model. Otherwise, the SD15's physical construction looks similar to the SD14's setup.
Presumably, other specs (including the SD14's rather dated 5-point AF and 3 fps continuous shooting) will also remain the same, but it's hard to say for sure until a full launch is made.
Specs, Pricing, and Availability
On that note, Sigma's press release and booth information about both the DP2 and SD15 are more "concept announcements" than "product launches" at this point, providing few specifics beyond the basics for the SD15, especially.
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Marine Corps Reserve units with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Africa have been attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit for the past four months training for an upcoming deployment to Uganda. The reserve forces will be training the African military forces in peacekeeping tactics, and were practicing Wednesday with a group of Somali-American role players to learn how to overcome the obstacles associated with cultural differences. Don Bryan/The Daily News
The Somali-Americans were assisting the reserve Marines — who are currently attached to the 22nd MEU — with their upcoming deployment to Uganda, Africa, by role playing as the African forces the Marines will be training.
"This is definitely essential (training)," said Sgt. Nathaniel Hutt, an active reserve Marine with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based in upstate New York. "There's going to be some little cultural obstacles and language barriers that we're going to have to overcome (in Africa).
"Having the actual role players here makes it easier because it shows us exactly what we need to do and what we might run into when we get down there."
The Somali-Americans spent two days with the Marines, pretending to learn how to shoot rifles, fix cars and stop riots. It gave the Marines a chance to learn how to work with an interpreter to talk to the Somalians, because even though the role players speak English, they were told to speak in their native tongue just as they would do if they were home.
The Somali-Americans acting as role players are U.S. citizens who have immigrated to America or those who are trying to get their citizenship to stay in America. They were contracted through the Defense Training Systems to role play as the African service members the Marines will be training in Uganda.
Richard Arnold, a land controller with the Defense Training Systems, said his company typically provides Afghan-American citizens for the Marines to practice with before deploying to Afghanistan, but they've also used Iraqi-Americans and Filipino-Americans depending on where a specific unit will be deploying.
"This gives them the most realistic training they can get before entering the country," Arnold, a retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant, said. "The way we drive our role players for the scenario is to make it as realistic as possible. They'll use traditional clothing — they stay in character — and stay in their traditional language, which forces the Marines to use the interpreters."
"I wish I had this training when I was still in the Marine Corps," Arnold added.
Arnold said the Somali-Americans were happy to do their part in training the U.S. service members, because it helps them feel like they're giving back to a country they've grown to love.
"They're some of the most patriotic people I've ever met," Arnold said. "They just want to give back to the country, and this helps them feel like they're doing their part."
Most of the Marines being trained Wednesday were from the same battalion as Hutt, but some were pulled from different reserve units across the Eastern Seaboard to help facilitate the Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa. Their mission once they get to Africa will be to train the Ugandan People's Defense Forces in peacekeeping missions and maintaining a stable state.
Capt. Campbell Kane, company commander for Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, said the biggest challenges for his Marines when they get to Uganda will undoubtedly be the cultural difference and the language barrier they'll have to face.
"It's really hard to realize sometimes as the average-day American how different your culture is going to be from another person's culture, especially when you're in their country and especially in a country like Africa, which is very different from most Western countries," Kane said. "The Marine Corps itself is a culture within a culture ... So take that and get us trying to work with other foreign militaries and it's a challenge for us."
Kane said having the Somali-Americans role play for two days was an invaluable training experience for his Marines.
The reserve units have been training at Camp Lejeune and attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit for the past four months. Although the MEU will not be going to Africa with the MAGTF, MEU officials said it was beneficial for both parties if the MEU helped the reservists with their pre-deployment training.
"It gives us an opportunity to oversee a subordinate unit and facilitate their training, which is what we will be doing starting this summer when we composite as a full-size MEU and begin our own pre-deployment training in preparation for our deployment in early 2014," said Capt. Stewart Coles, 22nd MEU spokesman.
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Syria's government Friday for continuing to kill innocent civilians despite its commitment to pull all soldiers and heavy weapons out population centers by April 10.
Ban said in a statement that the situation in Syria was rapidly deteriorating, affecting more than 1 million people, with an alarming number of refugees streaming into neighboring countries.
"The 10 April timeline to fulfill the Government's implementation of its commitments, as endorsed by the Security Council, is not an excuse for continued killing," Ban said, adding that such actions violate the consensus position of the Security Council.
On Thursday, the 15-member council issued a Presidential Statement calling on Syria to fully implement Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan's six-point proposal to resolve the year-old uprising against the government of President Bashar Assad.
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The Yes Man Poster is here
no explanation needed..........it's perfect!........
ABSOLUTELY NO KIDDING! It's not because it's a Jim Carrey movie, but honestly ... this is the funniest poster I have seen in years!!! (and the best poster for a JC movie since Snicket)
I would be that happy too (like Jim in the poster) when the movie comes out before Christmas!
P.S. It's one of those posters you can't help but look and then giggle! Bring on the trailer!
"Snakes! Why it had to be snakes?"
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Didn't take too long before that topic came up...
Myself I just feel like running into his arms giving him a huge hug!
This has to be my favourite Jim-movie poster to date - I love his contagious smile & how blissfully happy he looks on it; love sure does have that effect on you!
~ "Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth"~ / Jim Carrey
Really a fantastic poster.
A bit similar to a few other posters.
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In Sunday's 55-20 win over the Oakland Raiders, Ravens defenders channeled their inner Dikembe Mutombo, swatting six of quarterback Carson Palmer's passes at the line. All that was missing was the finger-wagging.
"It's something that [defensive coordinator] Dean Pees has been harping on us all week," linebacker Paul Kruger, who knocked down one pass and intercepted another, said Sunday. "We've been practicing it. It's a credit to the coaches, to just making sure we had all the little things in our minds, that really paid off today."
The Ravens knocked down eight passes, and six came from defensive linemen or outside linebackers as the Ravens eschewed their usual space-eating defensive tackles for a more nimble defensive front. Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs and rookie defensive end DeAngelo Tyson each batted down two passes. Kruger and outside linebacker Courtney Upshaw, who spent a lot of time with a hand on the ground, swatted one each.
Entering Sunday's game, the defensive linemen and outside linebackers had knocked down just seven passes in eight games.
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt bats down that many in a quarter. OK, that's an exaggeration. But we saw in the Week 7 loss to the Texans the value of tipping passes and turning them into interceptions. That's what Kruger did on his, snuffing out a pass to a wideout in the flat and halting his pass rush to put his hands in the air. Kruger's hands won't be confused with the soft set of mitts on tight end Dennis Pitta, but he was able to secure the pick.
Coach John Harbaugh said Monday afternoon that there was a sense of pride when he saw that his defensive coordinator's teaching point was finally starting to hit home with his players.
"It was more of an emphasis," Harbaugh said. "We've been trying to get that for a while and there's a lot of things that get build into it -- assignment things and technique things. And to see that happen as a coach, whenever things start to kind of fall in place that way with a technique and you get the results or the production like you do with the batted balls, it's a pretty rewarding feeling."
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For a defensive front that has struggled to sack the quarterback, the swatted passes are one thing Harbaugh certainly won't wag his finger at, though Mutombo might wag his as a sign of approval.


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As Ronald J. Knapp says in his book Beyond Endurance, although he can imagine what it's like to lose a child, he "can draw away from it and the 'experience'…[and it] becomes a simple exercise of the mind, a large step away from the real world…But persons who have actually lost a child cannot pull themselves free…They must face this grueling, gut-wrenching reality every hour, every minute, every second of every day. There is no place to run, no place to hide (18)." (https://onewomansperspective02.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/book-review-beyond-endurance-when-a-child-dies-by-ronald-j-knapp/)
People can imagine what it's like to lose a child, but, in the end, they can go home and hug their children. Those of us who have lost a child cannot. Good essay, though!
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Essential's Columbia
Today it was time for my first try at Essential's Columbia from Maggie Glezer's "Artisan Baking".
Essential's Columbia
I hadn't gone there before, so first a trip to the store to get non-diastatic malt syrup and toasted wheat germ. I mixed the levain midnight the night before using my Glazer French style firm starter. It was plenty ready the this morning at 8AM, but my schedule included a meeting with a client from 1-2:30 so I waited until 10AM to put the final dough together. Kitchen was at 72F, doubled by 3PM, folded and put it back one more hour. Then pre-shaped, 15 minute bench rest, and shaped and placed into wooden banneton. Completed its proof by 7:30PM at which point I slashed and baked as per instructions.
I had just a little trouble releasing one of the loaves from the banneton (see the "stray" slash on the left loaf) and did not slash quite deep enough (I think). The crust was not as dark red/brown as in the book, but it came out pretty well, and tastes great, with a nice moist, slightly chewy crumb. I am pleased.
Columbia Crumb
Dough for Challah (Rose Levy Beranbaum's New Traditional Challah) just went into the fridge for finishing tomorrow. First time for that one too. If I like it, I'll make it again for break-fast on Saturday evening, along with the cool Challah rolls that mariana showed us. If I don't like it, I have my own "old" Challah recipe as a backup. This will be a busy baking weekend!
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Purim 2009
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Another layout for Purim, this time for 2009 - the second year in Denver . According to my SIL's letters they described it as: "The first year we had Israelis costumes & the second year Americans costumes..."
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In what they say is a first, a group of technology vendors has teamed up to add heart and lung sounds to an EMR. The current effort extends only to the drchrono EHR, but if this rollout works, it seems likely that other vendors will follow, as adding multimedia content to patient medical records is a very logical step.
Urgent care provider Direct Urgent Care, a Berkeley, CA-based urgent care provider with 30,000 patients, is rolling out the Eko Core Digital Stethoscope for use by physicians. The heart and lung sounds will be recorded by the digital stethoscope, then transmitted wirelessly to a phone- or tablet-based mobile app. The app, in turn, uploads the audio files to the drchrono HR.
Ordinarily, I'd see this as an early experiment in managing multimedia health data and leave it at that. But two things make it more interesting.
One is that the Eko Core sells for a relatively modest $299, which is not bad for an FDA-cleared device. (Eko also sells an attachment for $199 which digitizes and records sounds captured by traditional analog stethoscopes, as well as streaming those files to the Eko app.) The other is that the recorded sounds can be shared with remote specialists such as cardiologists and pulmonologists, which seems valuable on its face even if the data doesn't get stored within an EMR.
Not only that, this rollout underscores a problem just been given too little attention. At present, what I've seen, few EMRs incorporated anything beyond text. Even radiology images, which have been digital for ages (and managed by sophisticated PACS platforms) typically aren't accessible to the EMR interface. In fact, my understanding is that PACS data is another silo that needs to be broken down.
Meanwhile, medical practices and hospitals are increasingly generating data that doesn't fit into the existing EMR template, from sources such as wearables, health apps and video consults. Neither EMR developers nor standards organizations seem to have kept up with the influx of emerging non-text data, so virtually none of it is being integrated into patient records yet.
In other words, not only is it interesting to note that an EMR vendor is incorporating audio into medical records, at a modest cost, it's worth taking stock of what it can teach us about enriching digital patient records overall.
Eventually, after all, patients will be able to capture — with some degree of accuracy — multimedia content that includes not only audio, but also ultrasound recordings, EKG charts and more. Of course, these self-administered tests and will never replace a consult by a skilled clinician, but there certainly are situations in which this data will be relevant.
When you also bear in mind that the number of telemedicine consults being conducted is growing dramatically, and that these, too, offer insights that could become part of a patient's chart, the need to go beyond text-based EMRs becomes even more evident.
So maybe the Eko/drchrono partnership will work out, and maybe it won't. But what they're doing matters nonetheless.


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The Body Mass Index — a number, calculated from your height and weight, used by doctors to identify potential weight problems — is a flawed screening tool. Numerous studies have pointed to its limitations in the past, but an investigation published in PLoS ONE this April suggests that the use of BMI by physicians to assess "body fatness" (that's the CDC's term, not ours) has given rise to a gilded view of America's already troubling obesity epidemic.
By comparing the BMIs of 1,400 people against more accurate, X-ray measurements of their body fat, the researchers found that BMI correctly predicted obesity just three-fifths of the time, and that women were especially prone to misdiagnosis. According to Discover Magazine, the researchers propose addressing misdiagnoses by "changing the BMI obesity threshold (now at 30) to 24 for women, 28 for men. They also advise people to consider a body fat scan and a blood test for the hunger-suppressing hormone leptin."
"Shifting those currently considered overweight into the obese category would clarify the magnitude of the issue of obesity," write the researchers — albeit with staggering results. "By our cutoffs," they note, "64.1% or about 99.8 million American women are obese."


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Tailgates are being oiled, grills are being stoked, mischievous mascots are up to no good, pom-poms are being pommed, cheerleaders are wearing as little as possible, drunken fat dudes are painting themselves in their team colors and I still hate your favorite team. Welcome to the Behind The Shades edition of the 2009 NFL Prediction Blog.
For the true football fanatic, the time between the end of the SuperDuperBowl and the first Thursday night game in September is almost sheer agony. Sure you have the "intrigue" of the NFL Draft (Will Mel Kiper's hair move ? Will Chris Berman use the entire dictionary & a thesaurus to boot ? Will someone get left in the green room long after everyone else is gone ? Has anyone learned how to dress like an NBA draft choice ?) followed by training camp (Who is holding out ? Who is fighting who in the drills, sidelines & bars ? Which unheralded rookie will be the flavor of the week after a breakout 4th quarter in the first preseason game ?) followed by your Fantasy Draft (Which team name is the worst ? Who is going to be picked first ? Who is going to pick the first player who was either arrested or found dead over the offseason ?) but those are all just time fillers until Hank Williams, Jr asks us all "Are you ready for some football ?". Over the next few pages, because I have a lot of educated opinions & facts to spew, I am going to tell you exactly how the season is going to lay out, unfold & progress. In the many years that I have been offering this service I have yet to be wrong, so with that caveat in place, why don't we have at it ? The first kickoff is getting closer by the minute.
Now in my world the sun is orange with tints of blue and God looks a lot like John Elway. With that qualifier in place I am once again going to predict that my Denver Broncos will run roughshod over the AFC West and the rest of the NFL on their way to a perfect 16-0 season and another SuperDuperBowl title in Miami. I will give you all a minute to call your bookies in Vegas so you can get your $$$ down as quickly as possible before the odds plummet. Now that you are back let me explain. I am a true fan. I am a true orange & blue fan. I go into every week of the season believing my team will win. I never think they will lose until the clock hits 0:00 and the final gun sounds. So 16-0 sounds perfectly rational to me at this point. Hearing Roger Goodell announce next spring "With the first pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos select…." sounds more realistic but that too is somewhat flawed in that my stupid Donkeys have already traded away their # 1 pick in the this year's draft so all our losing will come to naught.
In the real world, the sun is yellow and in the AFC Worst it is tinged with blue lightning bolts. The Chargers, loathe that I am to say it, are obviously the cream of this curdled crop of football teams. Their late season run (combined with my donkey's collapse) confirmed that this team has the tools to win the division again. LTD is going to be a man on a mission as he tries to prove to his detractors that he isn't old, injured or done. If he does falter, the Bolts do have Darren Sproles but there is a question as to whether he can actually live up to the week to week workload. Luckily for both of them, San Diego does have Phillip Rivers at QB and yes, I would trade Eli Manning again today for him. The Broncos are a team in shambles & disrepair. The whole crybaby saga between Jay Cutler & new coach Josh McDaniels was enough to make anyone sick and now star wideout Brandon Marshall is trying his hardest to get in on the act too. The Donkeys still have a suspect defense thanks to drafting yet another running back. Combine that with either Kyle Orton or Chris "Splenectomy" Simms at starting QB and it is going to be a long season in the Mile High. In Kansas City, the Chiefs faithful are already being tested as their new QB, the walking talking touchdown tossing Ken doll's stand in - Matt Cassel, is already getting banged up. Maybe the chiefs should let him sit out the opener in Baltimore just to be on the safe side. They aren't making the playoffs this year anyway so a loss that keeps your franchise qb from being decapitated isn't going to hurt. They also just fired their offensive coordinator and the new head coach, who's name escapes me and really is irrelevant anyway, is taking over his duties which is never a good portent for the future. As for the Raiders, well when I went to Oakland to talk to Coach Tom Cable about his chances this year, he threatened to punch me out so I left. Suffice to say, the raiders would have trouble beating Notre Dame.
Over in the AFC Least, Bill Belicheat could probably find a way to steal 10 wins for the Patricheats if he had Boy George at quarterback so I fully expect them to run away with the division now that the walking talking touchdown tossing Ken doll is back from his season ending knee surgery and has married a real life Barbie. There is nothing in the division that should be able to stop them. Especially since Belicheat is above the rules. Down in Miami they are going to be wildcatting it again this year (for those who don't know, the Wildcat Formation is this year's featured flavor of the month and even Grandpa Odin up in Minnesota has split out wide in a preseason game) but I don't think that C-H-A-D chadchadchad is going to be catching anyone by surprise this time. The Fish would have a better chance in the division if they got one of their new owners (Hello Serena !) and lined her up as an outside pass rushing linebacker in a 3-4 defensive scheme. The J-E-T-S jetsjetsjets have a new coach, a new quarterback and 2 disgruntled running backs. Combine that with a first round pick who is already bringing back memories of Blair Thomas & Johnny "Lame" Jones with his lack of preseason production. The J-E-T-S jetsjetsjets will get plenty of press in NYC but the back page of the Post will still belong to Eli & Company. The Bills added T.O. for one year this past offseason because no one else was willing to touch him. I personally wouldn't touch him with a Hazmat suit. He really is the classic example of subtraction by addition. Add in the 3 game suspension that Marshawn Lynch has to serve to start the season and the Bills are going to be lucky to be playing catch-up all season long.
The AFC North is going to come down to 2 teams – The Steelers & The Ravens. Cincinnati will only be heard from whenever Chad Ochocinco twitters & tweets which based on his tweet count maybe be more than any of us will ever care to hear about the Bungles. The Brownies are finally going to start their overrated former Notre Dame quarterback, Brady Quinn, who better be better at tossing footballs then he was throwing Subway sandwiches in that ad a few years ago. The Steelers may be defending SuperDuperBowl champs and Big Ben may have stayed off the motorcycles but I don't think they are going to be strong enough to hold off Ray Lewis and his crew of felons from Baltimore. Joe Flacco isn't showing any signs of a sophomore jinx through the preseason and the 3 headed running back they have in RiceMcGaheeMcClain will have football fans remembering the days of 3 headed Broncos running backs. These 3 will be better however. If Ray Lewis can stick to killing people on the field instead of off the field, this team could be headed for Miami in February.
The AFC South will probably be the only division in the AFC that will have some intrigue from top to bottom. Any of these 4 teams is actually capable of winning the division and any of the 4 teams is actually capable of falling completely off the map. Last year the Texans were the Flavor of the Month and then went bad like mayo at a hot bbq in August when fragile Matt Schaub went down yet again. That was okay last year because they had Slingin' Sage Rosenfels as their backup qb but now he's up in Viking land backing up the Ancient One so when Schaub goes down (like now), they are screwed. Andre Johnson is still a man among boys at WR but Steve Slaton will be this year's fantasy football bust. The Jags were supposed to be the other contender last year but they played like Fred Taylor's groin and were never in it. Now that the groin has gone to New England, fantasy owners are happy because it means the UCLA bowling ball that is Maurice Jones Drew will get all the meaningful carries but it really won't matter in the long run because as long as any team has David Garrard as their starting qb, they aren't winning the SuperDuperBowl. The Titans got a surprise last year in that Kerry Collins drank from the Fountain of Youth instead of from the Fountain of Booze and stepped up admirably when Vince Young flaked out. They have a crew of no name receivers, two more than capable running backs in Chris Johnson & LenDale White (who goes after the endzone like he goes after a cheezburger) and a decent defense but they always seem to come up a yard short. The Colts have America's pitchman, Peyton Manning (who has actually shown a hell of a talent for self deprecating humor – we will see him on ESPN or NBC in a few years), at qb and as long as he is upright and can throw the ball downfield to whoever is running under it, the Colts are going to be contenders in the division. I just don't think they have what it takes to get the job done anymore and that this is a team that is on the downhill side of their once promising run.
Over in the NFC Least you have a division full of teams that I just can't stand. Dan Snyder has made the redskins unwatchable with his ego & checkbook constantly getting in the way. Jason Campbell at quarterback also makes the redskins unwatchable. Clinton Portis is only watchable now when he is embodying one of his many different personalities. I do own Santana Moss in one of my fantasy leagues so I guess I do have to watch the redskins on Monday mornings in the boxscores but that is going to be it. The Iggles were probably the least disagreeable team in the division once you got past the fact that they were from Philadelphia. I mean the only good thing about Philly is leaving in my book. The cheesesteaks are overrated and the cream cheese is meh. I prefer Neufchatel myself but that is beside the point and totally irrelevant at this time. The Iggles could always be counted on to screw with the Jints at some point in the season and the wars with the cowpokies were always interesting for the number of fans that got arrested, booked & tossed in the stadium pokie. Then they had to go sign Michael Vick. Woof. I wonder if the Iggles play in Cleveland this year. That would be a fun game to watch just for the reaction of the Dawg Pound. No matter how good Michael Westbrook is at RB, he is going to break at some point and McNabb can't shoulder it all alone – he's too old & broken for that. The less we say about Jerry Jones & the cowpokies the better. The best thing to happen to them over the offseason was Tony Romo dumping Jessica Simpson. As for the cowpokies new stadium, well, we all know that Jerry Jones is compensating for his shortcomings with the size of his video screen hanging over the field. I hope every punter in the league aims for that thing and that they hit it over & over & over again so that Roger Goodell finally has to tell Jerry to pound sand and raise it. I also need to go back to Dallas to visit so I can give the new Texas Stadium the same single digit salute I gave the old one oh so many times in the past. Now I was brought up in a J-E-T-S jetsjetsjets household so I was taught to hate the Giants (Jints) from an early age. Having all my friends as jints fans made it easier and the fact that they stunk made it even easier still. I continued my hatred of the jints through college and into my years in Denver when I got to watch them beat my Donkeys for their first SuperDuperBowl victory. I reveled in their blowout at the hands of Ray Lewis and the rest of the felons known as the Ravens. I had an even tougher time watching when they beat the undefeated Patricheats even though I wanted the patricheats to lose because the thought of having to live with SuperDuperBowl winning fans (who are also almost ALL Yankees fans too) was almost enough to make me ill. I did enjoy last year when Plaxico shot himself in the leg and I am glad that Gaptooth Strahan finally retired. The jints player I can't stand the most is the one that is lionized the most often and that is Peyton's little brother. I really wanted to see the Williams sisters beat them in that oreo commercial. As an aside, now that I think about it, Venus looks like she could be a pretty decent nickelback in an end of the game prevent situation. Have I talked about the jints enough yet ? Can you feel my love for them ? Good, let's move on.
The happiest person in the NFC North to see Grandpa Hornhead (or Odin or whatever name we finally agree on for the qb that just won't retire) was probably the new crybaby in Chicago. Da Bears stole an all-pro caliber qb to go with a strong defense and a solid running game. Too bad he doesn't have anyone to throw to at WR or TE. The Monday Morning Quarterback & Brett Favre Fellatilist (until this season) Peter King of Sports Illustrated actually picked Da Bears to go to the SuperDuperBowl this year. I am picking Crybaby Cutler to break his leg in week 1. Minnesota may have the best RB in the game in Adrian Peterson but the Vikes also have Grandpa Whatever we wind up calling him and you just know that at some critical point in the season, he is either going to break down or throw and interception. The Vikings are going to contend in the Black & Blue and may even make the playoffs but Miami will not be their final destination this year. Green Bay may actually be the most solid team in the division this year. Aaron Rodgers had a year under the microscope and now the spotlights are shining elsewhere in the division. Ryan Grant & Greg Jennings offer more than a 1-2 punch on offense and the defense usually has some dreadlocked defensive back that can hit & make plays. Look for the Cheeseheads to steal the division from the other 2 teams. Notice I didn't include Detroit ? the Lions may have finally gotten rid of that football idiot Matt Millen but it is going to be years before they are even close to being good again. From a fantasy standpoint, Calvin Johnson is truly godlike and the absolute ONLY reason to even watch this miserable team.
The NFC South is going to be a crapshoot again this year and in a good way for football fans. The Atlanta Falcons are the favorite due to Matt Ryan at QB, Michael Turner (everyone's # 1 or 2 fantasy pick) at RB, Roddy White at WR and new offensive toy, Tony Gonzalez, at Tight End. The big question is whether the defense can go all Dirty Bird against the high powered offense coming out of the Big Easy. Speaking of the Saints, Drew Brees is one pass happy MoFo who almost caught & passed Mr. Isotoner Glove's single season passing record and he didn't have Marques Colston for a good part of the year and he is also still stuck with Jeremy Shockey at Tight End. Reggie bush still hasn't proven that he deserve all the outrage for not being picked #1 in the draft a few years back which is probably due to his involvement with the publicity seeking attention whores that are the Kardashians. Pierre Thomas has quietly become a quality back and has made fans in the bayou not miss Deuce & his injured knees as much as they did in the past. The Carolina Panthers are a team that never seems to fall too far by the wayside but are also a team that can't seem to get it finally done either. At least Steve Smith hasn't gone all Tom Cable in preseason this year and punched anyone out on his defense. Julius Peppers leads that group and for a relative bunch of no names, they do know how to hit & play. DeAngelo Williams had 18 TD's last year and there is no reason to think he won't keep finding the endzone this year. Jake Delhomme is still at QB despite how much fans hate him. It seems like he has been in the league a long, long time and that is about all I can say for him. Down in Tampa, QB is one spot where the Bucs have a big question mark. Byron Leftwich is now going to be the starter but Josh Freeman is going to be looking over his shoulder. The rest of the Bucs are a pretty non-descript group which was fine when Jon Gruden was coaching because he enjoyed keeping the spotlight on himself and not his players but now someone, maybe Earnest Graham, is going to have to step up and carry the load for the Bucs to have a chance. They could play spoiler in the division but I think they are going to be looking at a last place schedule next year.
Out in the NFC Worst, the obvious pick is the defending NFC Champs, the Arizona Cardinals but I am not too sure about that. I think Kurt Warner's glass slipper may not fit him as well this year but as long as he keeps upright long enough to chuck it downfield, both Larry Fitzgerald & Anquan Boldin are threats to haul it in and take it to the house. Tim Hightower is legit at RB and beanie Wells could be a nice 3rd down option for now. 9-7 may actually win this division. Word out of Seattle is that Matt Hasselbeck is upright again and with TJ Who'syourmama now at WR & a potentially healthy Edgerrin James at RB combined with the (stolen from Texas A&M and why would you steal anything from an Aggie ?) 12th Man could result in them having a legit shot at returning to the top. In SF the Niners have a coach in Mike Singletary who can probably suit up and still rip the head off the opposing QB. In a street fight I would even give the edge to Singletary over his East Bay counterpart, Tom Cable, with the Raiders. Alex Smith has been an absolute bust at quarterback (he's backing up Shaun Hill for god's sake – bet the Niners can't wait to shed Smith's salary cap hit) and no matter how good Frank Gore has been in the past, he can't do it all for this team. Their only saving grace is that the St. Louis Rams round out this division. Bulger ? Boller ? Does it matter ? All the Lambs can hope for is that Steven Jackson stays healthy and that everyone else in the division sucks. They are a hopeless franchise that won't be the worst in the NFC only because the Lions are still supposedly playing pro ball.
So now that we know how the regular season is going to turn out, how do I see the Post Season unfolding ? Let's take a look….
In the AFC, the real challenge is deciding who the 2nd wildcard team is going to be. I see New England & San Diego getting the top 2 seeds based solely on how they will feast on their divisional opponents and pump up their records. Baltimore & most likely Indianapolis will win the North & South respectively. The two wildcard teams will be Pittsburgh and Houston – just squeezing out the Titans (and making everyone in Houston feel some Oiler Pride – LUV YA BLUE – in the process). Of course the ravens will add some black to that blue in the first round as they kill the Texans and the Steelers will beat the Colts in what is really the beginning of the end for America's pitchman. That would set up the Patricheats hosting the Steely McBeams and the Chargers hosting the Ravens. Now I may be wrong but I haven't been yet so I see Belicheat & The walking talking touchdown tossing Ken doll beating Big Ben & Troy Polamalou (the Head & Shoulders guys with the Michael Jackson voice) up in New England and the Ravens committing a couple of felonious assaults out on the west coast to set up what should be a classic cold weather, bad weather AFC Conference Championship game. Hard to bet against the Patricheats but I would since I see the Ravens lowering the boom defensively and the 3 headed running back combo pounding it along the ground until the kid from Delaware proves that you don't have to go to a big school to be a winner. The Ravens will head to Miami as the AFC Champs.
In the NFC, the picture is a little cloudier. Kind of like the stolen cable we had in our frat house my junior year in college. Trying to pick a Number 1 seed out of this mish mash is kind of like throwing darts at balloons at the carnival, you know you are going to hit something but probably not the balloon you aimed for because the weighting is off. I went into this with one team in mind and came out with another one at the end. Unlike the AFC, none of these teams is getting fat & happy on their divisional rivals but I do see New Orleans & Philadelphia (provided Westbrook stays healthy and Vick doesn't get bit by a dog or the Philly Fanatic) sneaking into the bye week while the Packers & the Cardinals will get to host wildcard games. The Black & Blue Division will spend most of their time beating on each other and I think that in the end, the Falcons will take advantage of that and steal the 6th spot while the Giants will outlast the Cowpokies and take the 5th spot. I see the Pack handling the Falcons as Brett contemplates retirement again from his Mississippi abode and the Giants will end the charade that is the Cardinals. In the next round I see the Saints rouller-ing over the Giants as the ghost of Archie Manning makes Eli do stupid things down on the Bayou while up in Philly, the pack continue their unlikely run. The Conference Championship game will see the revelers on Bourbon Street implode with ecstasy as the Drew Brees finally leads the Saints to the SuperDuperBowl.
And speaking of which, Landshark Stadium in Miami will be rocking & rolling as the impenetrable defense of the felonious Ravens meets the pass happy airborne attack of the Saints. The Ravens, as a franchise, have been here before and they know the taste of victory having savored it in the past. The Saints have only been here as fans in the stands but I am feeling as good about them as I am my SuperDuperBowl menu (which this week just got the addition of Tennessee Tailpipes from Fat Annie's Truck Stop on 33rd between 6th & 7th – wow). A lifetime of pain & suffering will finally be lifted as the voodoo witch doctors spread some gris gris on Ray Lewis and the Saints emerge as champions by a final score of 23-17 in a game that America watches until the end and not just for the commercials.
So there you have it. Take it to the Bank. Take it to your Bookie. Take it to Vegas. Print it out and follow along this season as each comment unfolds in real life. Remember, I haven't been wrong yet.
Of course the season starts on Thursday and then all bets are off.
From behind the shades……swampy abides…..
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Kidnapped Texas boy to be reunited with family
A boy who was snatched from his Houston home when he was 8-months-old and moved around Texas for eight years before he was found will be removed from foster care and reunited with his siblings, a judge ruled Wednesday.
State District Judge Mike Schneider ordered that 8-year-old Miguel Morin be placed in the custody of a couple caring for his four siblings, Juanita and Joseph Aguillard. Miguel has been in foster care since authorities found him at the Houston home of his former baby sitter's sister in March. Authorities say Miguel spent most of the time he was kidnapped in East and Central Texas.
Miguel's former baby sitter, Krystle Tanner, and her mother, Gloria Walker, have been charged with kidnapping and injury to a child in his 2004 disappearance. The women have pleaded not guilty and are jailed in San Augustine, about 140 miles northeast of Houston.
Estella Olguin, a spokeswoman for Child Protective Services in Houston, said the ultimate goal is for Miguel's parents, Auboni Champion-Morin and Fernando Morin, and the Aguillards have joint custody of him "so that Miguel can still have a relationship with his parents and stay with his siblings."
Miguel is expected to be reunited with his siblings by Friday after paperwork is completed, Olguin said. CPS and the boy's parents have declined to say why the Aguillards - friends of the family - have custody of the four other children, citing privacy issues.
Authorities say Tanner snatched Miguel from his home when he was a baby and, along with her mother, concealed the boy's true identity for years, moving him from one home to another to avoid detection. After Tanner's March arrest in the kidnapping, her sister called authorities to say Miguel was staying at her home in Houston.
Miguel's parents will be allowed to visit the boy at the Aguillards' home and have requested that Miguel be allowed to visit them on weekends. CPS officials plan to review the Morins' home before deciding whether to approve the request for weekend visits.
Miguel has been told about the true identity of his parents and his siblings, and he has been having weekly joint therapy sessions with his parents. Miguel has also been visiting his siblings at the Aguillards' home and stayed with them during the Christmas holiday, Joseph Aguillard said.
"He bonded with his brothers and sisters from day one," Juanita Aguillard said. "He loves the family."
Miguel's parents, who live in Houston, said after Wednesday's hearing that they were pleased with the judge's decision.
"I'm happy with everything right now," Champion-Morin said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony returned from a two-game absence with 34 points against his former team, and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 112-106 on Sunday night to remain the NBA's lone unbeaten team at home.
Back in the starting lineup after missing two games with a cut on the middle finger of his left hand that required stitches, Anthony twice made baskets in the final 2:08 after Denver had pulled within four points.
Jason Kidd scored 17 points for the Knicks, who bounced back from their worst offensive performance of the season a night earlier in Chicago and improved to 8-0 at Madison Square Garden. Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith each had 15 points.
Ty Lawson had 23 points and Danilo Gallinari had 21 points and nine rebounds against the team that drafted him and later dealt him in the package for Anthony in February 2011.
Anthony decided to play after working out before the game, shooting 10 of 24 while adjusting to playing with the finger covered. He beat the Nuggets for the first time after the Knicks dropped a double-overtime game here last season.
Corey Brewer made the first two baskets of the fourth to give Denver an 88-80 lead, but the Knicks came right back with consecutive 3-pointers by Steve Novak and a dunk by Chandler to tie it. Ronnie Brewer scored the next four points to make it a 12-0 run, and after a basket by Kenneth Faried, Anthony made a jumper and a 3-pointer as the Knicks opened a 97-90 advantage.
Denver from there could get it down as close as four, Anthony nailing a jumper on one occasion and driving into the lane for another to keep the Nuggets away.
Anthony spent the first 71/2 years of his career with the Nuggets, telling them in the 2010 offseason he wanted out. He and coach George Karl clashed at times during their time together, but Karl predicted their relationship would be fine someday and said he hasn't backed away from his belief that Anthony will eventually get to the top of basketball.
"I've said that I feel Melo's going to win a championship someday," Karl said. "He's going to figure out that scoreboard numbers and stat sheets aren't important. It's the team scoreboard and intangibles of the game that make winners champions."
The Knicks gave up more than they wanted to in order to get Anthony, and the Nuggets had better balance and more success afterward. Now the Knicks seem to have found the system and personnel that fit best around Anthony, and Karl said the trade was a win-win.
"They wanted to get back to the top of the mountain and they took a chance on going out and getting one of the top 10 players in basketball. It didn't work for a while but it looks like it's working now," Karl said.
Anthony was only 1 of 6 in the first quarter and the Nuggets hit 11 of 19 shots, yet Denver's lead was only 25-23. The offenses got untracked in the second, New York outscoring Denver 38-33 to take a 61-58 lead at the break. Anthony scored 11 points in the period, when the Knicks made 16 of 17 free throws.
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