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-By Mike Butkus
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Art book finished
By Petar Meseldzija
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It has been a long and exhausting journey, but my first art book The Art of Petar Meseldzija has finally been wrapped up and sent off to the printer. The release date is scheduled for August 20th.For the last 6 months I have been working very hard to put the book together, and I must say that I would never achieve my objectives without help I received from a few people who kindly offered their assistance and expertise. First off all, Dragan Bibin who helped me design the most important features of the book; Dragan Polovina who helped me finish the digital maquette of the book; Rian Gemei from Dark Dragon Books who did the actual job of wrapping up the book; my lithographer Marcel Salome from Re-Art who skillfully reworked all the digital files and by doing so "switched on the lights" in the paintings; and last but not least, Greg Manchess who very generously agreed to write the introduction, a very insightful and a wonderful one, which, to be honest, still makes me blush when I read it.
But of course, all this wouldn't be possible without Amin Gemei, the publisher, who said "yes" when I asked him if he would be willing to publish my art book.This hardcover, 160 pages book, with the text in English, will be first presented in August at the comic convention in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. In September, I will be presenting it at the IlluxCon show in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
In case you want to know more about the book, here are a few links:Dark Dragon Books
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Top 10 Questions Artists Ask Art Directors
-By Lauren Panepinto
Hey Everybody! Thanks for the hellos & warm welcomes! I have been following Muddy Colors for a long time, and I've always been really thankful that such a great site exists for our community. Since coming to Orbit, and working in the "geek" publishing world full-time, I've been so blown away by how nurturing the SFF art community is, and I've loved becoming more and more involved. The greater art world just does not have the level of available mentors, the enthusiastic teachers, the intimate cons, and the "helping others is not hurting myself" attitude most fantasy artists hold. Consider yourselves so very lucky.
After that amazing intro from Dan, you all have a little background on who I am, and I thought a good first post would be a little roundup of the questions I most often get asked by artists. There's been some great blog posts lately on this topic, but artists keep asking, so here we go:
(in no particular order)
1—Where do you find artists?
It's pretty random...outside of the icons of the industry, people you just know, here's my top sources for new artists: Spectrum Annuals, ImagineFX magazine, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Cons, the hotel lobby at Illuxcon, agent emails or mailings, artist postcards, recommendations from other artists, recommendations from other art directors. Once I was giving an informational interview to a student from SVA at a sushi bar, and the guy on the other side of me eavesdropped the whole time, and then at the end said, hey, I'm an illustrator, can I give you my card?
The best way is a recommendation from another AD. We talk. A lot. That works for you or against you. Consider yourselves warned.
2—Do you read all the books? Do I have to if I'm doing an illustration?
Ideally, if it's the first book in a series, or especially if it's a new author, then I absolutely read everything I can. The problem is, I'm often designing a cover way before the manuscript is finished. In some cases I get a few chapters. Sometimes a summary. More is always better, because the more of the universe and tone you pick up, the more accurate the art will be. I'm a geek at heart, and it kills me when a cover isn't accurate to what's in the book. Often I talk to authors directly for details (see next question).
When commissioning an illustration, I always pass along as much of the manuscript as I have, but I also will always have worked out roughly what scene we want illustrated, and I will put as much detail in from the book or straight from the author as I can. I don't depend on the artist to have to read the manuscript.
3—How involved are your authors?
They are very involved. And I think this is something that I think is very unique to Orbit. Most publishing houses keep all author communication funneled thru the editor. And there's a lot of good reasons for doing so. Authors can be a bit crazy. That's their baby you're illustrating! But at Orbit we have a bit more of a small team guerrilla mentality. Art sits in the middle of Editorial and Marketing and Publicity, so we're all working on things simultaneously, and overhearing everything develop. The author is contacted by many different people on the team, including art. Some authors have a lot of ideas, some aren't visual thinkers at all and just trust you to figure it out. Either way, there's so much world building and pure imagination in SFF that I feel it's really nice to get the author's point of view in right at the beginning. Even if you don't end up using their specific ideas, they feel like they're part of the process.
4—Where do you get all your crazy leggings?
Black Milk Clothing.
5—How much time do I get from initial pitch to final art needed?
This varies greatly. Orbit is on a 2-season-a-year schedule, so I get about 50-60 covers twice a year, but things are popping in and out constantly. So ideally I love to give an artist 8 weeks. It's generally closer to 6. 4 weeks I consider pushing it, and there's always crazy insane projects that need to be turned around in 2 weeks. However, if you are a newer artist, there's no way I'm risking a project that needs to be turned around in under a month. And if an artist does get asked to work on a crash, and they can't schedule it in, no hard feelings at all.
6—What's the best part of your job?
Paying amazing artists I love to make amazing covers that I hope end up as show pieces in their portfolio. The collaboration process, whether it's an illustrated cover, a photo shoot, etc. is what keeps me energized. Those amazing projects when you have an author you love write a book you're really into, and get the perfect art for it, and the editors are floored, and the author cries with joy when they see it (it happens), and it totally makes the bestseller lists.
7—What's the worst part of your job?
When you're caught in the middle of warring factions. Art Directors are like the mediators at the UN. When everyone gets along, it's fabulous. When the author, the editor, and the publisher all want different things, it's the worst. That's when covers get killed, or muddied up into oblivion.
8—Why do illustrations get killed?
Luckily it happens very rarely at Orbit. If I am trying to convince editorial to be risky and do something they're not on board for I generally commission just the thumbnails/concepts from an artist. Then we either continue or not. And I am very careful to show all the progress on a piece of art to the editors, publisher, author, and keep everyone in the loop, so we can adjust during the process. But things can go off the rails. I've never had to kill an illustration because the illustrator didn't do their job. Reasons have included: The manuscript coming in after the art is done and it being radically different than was expected, and that affects the target audience, which can mean you need a different style of art. Or the author (this was Iain Banks, so he could do this) can decide that they no longer want to show the awesome equatorial girdle planetary city you've spent weeks figuring out with an artist, and decide they want a "metaphoric" cover instead so fans can imagine the city in their head.
9—What's your pet peeve with artists?
It's generally tied to bad communication. Sometimes it's vanishing—not answering emails in the middle of a job, or emailing the day something is due that you'll need more time. (If you give us a little warning, ADs can almost always massage the schedule a little, but we get cranky if we don't know till the last second, because then it makes us look like we aren't doing our jobs.) The other frequent communication problem is only reading half the email. It sounds silly, but I can't tell you how many times I get half the revisions I've asked for in an email. Do people just get tired? Glaze over halfway thru? I go out of my way to bullet point things, or number lists, but still, happens all the time.
10—How can I work for Orbit?
1) Be the best there is at what you do. Which means either being reallllllly skilled, or having a really unique vision or style.
2) Make sure I know who you are. (see question #1)
3) Be a good communicator. This has been said before across the internet, (thanks, Neil), but I stress it. You have to be good, and/or on time, and/or pleasant to work with. 2 out of 3 will get you work. 3 out of 3 will get you more work than you can handle. Generally I'll work with a less perfect artist if I know they are easy to work with way before I'll work with a perfect artist who's a pain in the ass.
I think each of the above could probably be their own blog posts, and I'm also missing a ton of important topics. I look forward to tackling such issues as social media and marketing for artists, the no spec work controversy, gender issues, getting artists paid and what goes wrong...tons of ideas. But if you have anything specific you want me to write about, or questions you have, definitely leave comments & I'll add them to the list!
Nice to meet you all! I'm super-excited to be here!
Welcome, Lauren Panepinto!
Muddy Colors would like to introduce you to our newest contributor, Lauren Panepinto.
Formally trained in Graphic Design, Lauren has a Bachelors of Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, NYC. After school, she quickly went on to design book covers for St. Martin's Press and Doubleday Publishing Group. With years of experience, her enthusiasm and expertise quickly rocketed her to the top of her game, where she now holds the very esteemed position of Creative Director for Orbit Books.
I am extremely honored, and humbled, that Lauren accepted our invitation to join Muddy Colors, as she has long been on my 'wishlist' of contributors. I feel Lauren is a great choice for the blog not only due to her extraordinary skill as a designer, but because she can also provide our readers with two extremely valuable points of view.
Firstly, as the Creative Director of Orbit books, Lauren can give as us some insight into the illustration process from an Art Director's point of view. I am a firm believer that the ultimate goal of commercial illustration is to produce a great cover... not just a great painting. And to achieve that, a skilled Art Director is absolutely essential.
Secondly, as a woman, Lauren can provide us with a much needed feminine viewpoint, which for some reason seems to be surprisingly rare in this genre.
As an Art Director, Lauren commissions a lot of illustration... but she also produces a lot herself! In fact, some of my absolute favorite covers of the past few years have been Lauren's covers for the Joe Abercrombie books (seen above).
Lauren is also responsible for one of the most clever covers I've ever seen, which she created for the Dystopian novel 'Parasite'. When I saw this cover on the shelves, it literally stopped me in my tracks.
Lauren is also responsible for one of the most clever covers I've ever seen, which she created for the Dystopian novel 'Parasite'. When I saw this cover on the shelves, it literally stopped me in my tracks.
I hope you will all join me in welcoming the inimitable, Lauren Panepinto.
For more info on Lauren, check out her interview with Sam Weber HERE.
And her interview about 'How to Contact an Art Director', HERE.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Bad Guys of Oz
-Greg Manchess
It's been a fun but strange process to develop my own particular twist on the Wizard of Oz. Starting from an assignment used at the Illustration Master Class to visualize the story with a steampunk slant, I painted a semi-accurate twist on the original theme.
The result became a cover for Spectrum 17, and led to much curious interest in the tale from my perspective. I followed up with a design of the Bad Guys of Oz: the Wicked Witch, her henchmen, nasty trees with bad apples, and of course, flying monkeys.
Here are a variety of the sketches I used to fit the characters together, much like the good guys from the first painting. I gathered plenty of reference for the costumes, trees, and monkeys, and then redrew them all to fit my needs.
The painting was sold at Galerie Daniel Maghen last year during the opening for "The Book Show." From that sale, I landed a private commission to redo the first painting, but with a slightly different approach. Playing with that sketch, I explored more of my visualization of the witch, which led to the following thumbnail sketches.
As the vague ideas grew into more concrete imagery, I followed one of them and produced a rather large piece for this year's show about favorite movies. This new original debued at Spectrum LIVE 2 in May. I'd gone beyond the original movie's look, but still held on to its influences from my childhood.
With the universal interest in All Things Oz, I feel that I can explore Oz with my own take on it and still stimulate the fun of the original. I have a couple more pieces planned, and at some point, I may do a string of paintings that all relate to somewhere over the rainbow.
Wicked Witch of the West, oil on linen, 24 x 36
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
New Oil Paintings
-By Justin Gerard
I have recently took on 2 private commissions for some larger format oil paintings and today I'd like to share my initial stages from them with you.
For those of you who have followed along these last few years, you will probably know that finding a good working method in oil (that doesn't turn me into a werewolf or raise the dead) has been somewhat challenging for me these past few years. I wanted to find a way that would allow me to work with many thin layers, somewhat like watercolor; but that did not involve solvents or harm the archival quality of the painting.
It has only been in the past year that things have finally begun to really make sense to me, and that I have finally become comfortable taking on larger oil paintings.
The first of these is for Greg O'baugh, and the scene may he is commissioning, may look familiar to some folks...
Yes, this is Smaug. Greg actually purchased the original watercolor of Old Smaug at Illuxcon a few years back. Since then he has asked if I might be interested in repainting this one, and this time in oil, without the aid of any of my digital trickery.
Usually I would be very apprehensive about something like this. Wether traveling, painting or reading, I usually don't like to retread the same ground twice. There is still so much to do and explore and learn that seeing a place twice seems like a wasted opportunity. But this image is different. This one is a challenge, and one that I have always wanted to do as an oil painting.
For many years I have been secretly convinced that I can't do traditionally what I can do digitally. And no matter how many of you have told me in exasperation to JUST DO IT, I have always had great reservations. So now this is a chance to finally give this one the treatment it deserves.
I hope to share more of the work-in-progress shots as this develops and I look forward to hearing what you think when you compare the two separate approaches.
The second image is also Tolkien themed and is being commissioned by Dan Perkins. It is of the Ents marching up to break the dam above Orthanc and will be 30" x 50" on panel.
If the characters in this digital color comp look familiar, it is because they are mostly from my 2012 Sketchbook. The 2012 sketchbook was done chiefly as studies for a series of larger oil paintings like this one that I hope to keep producing over the next few years.
Part of the reason that these scenes are painted so much larger than my other work is because of the lack of solvents. The only medium I will be using with the oil paints, is walnut alkyd oil, (and that only sparingly.)
I hope you will follow along and when these are finished let me know what you think about the conversion from watercolor and digital to oil.
Next: The Color Phase and a no-solvent, fast-drying palette
Monday, June 24, 2013
Cintiq Tips, Part 1 of 2
By Paolo Rivera
|I totally doctored this official Wacom photo.
I just upgraded from the Cintiq 12WX to the 13HD, so I thought it might be a good time to share some of the tips, tricks, and general practices I've developed over the last year and a half of digital drawing. I held out for many years before making the digital leap, but I'm glad I finally did. My apologies in advance to those not in the digital drawing camp — this is going to get pretty technical for 2 posts.
I prefer the smaller Cintiq because I don't like drawing big. It's one of the few things that my art school teachers chided me for that I never came around to (I understand their point, I just had different goals). Plus, I feel like the 24HD version would dominate my work space — I like to leave room for other, more traditional modes of creating art. Lastly, I just don't like moving my arm that much. If you sit and draw full-time, every extraneous movement can start to add up.
|Avengers 34 Digital Composite (step-by-step)
As for placement, the small size allows me to keep it in front of my computer, hanging off the edge of the desk. (The 13HD's new stand doesn't allow the same degree of overhang, but I like the new angle.) Essentially, it operates as a second monitor, so the only thing that ever graces that screen is the drawing.
Since I have 2 monitors, I use 2 windows for the same project. Under Window > Arrange, you'll find the "New Window for..." option. After moving this window to the Cintiq, I can switch between the 2, depending on the task at hand.
|my Cintiq screen at actual resolution
The trick to using both screens seamlessly is the "Display Toggle," which transfers the cursor from one screen to the other. (If you do this while grabbing a window, it will send it to the other screen.) By assigning this function to the upper button on the pen, I can use my drawing hand to switch between screens. (More on button assignments next time.) Also, under your computer's display settings, you should be able to specify the orientation of the 2 screens to each other so that the cursor travels between them in a close approximation of real space.
Daredevil #9, Page 9 Digital Sketch. 2012. Photoshop.
Speaking of work spaces, Photoshop enables users to position palettes and save arrangements according to taste. I use 2 distinct modes. "Layout" is for work that doesn't require direct drawing. This includes coloring, post-production corrections, and graphic design (and any non-graphic work). While I'm still using the Cintiq to navigate about the screen, I'm not looking at it (much like an Intuos tablet), and so all my palettes are on the main screen. My "Cintiq" work space moves the application bar and a handful of palettes — tool, layers, color, and swatches — to the Cintiq. Those are the ones most useful for drawing and painting, but they're small enough to leave room to work. (If more room is needed, pressing F6 clears away the color palette, and Tab removes them all.) A nice consequence of the HD upgrade is that even though the screen is roughly the same size as its predecessor, there's more room to draw because the palettes take up less space in high-definition.
|breaking in the new Cintiq 13HD
My favorite drawing trick was assigning the "x" key to the bottom button on the pen. This alternates between the foreground and background colors which, when sketching, I always set to black and white (by pressing D). As a result, I can draw easily with either color without resorting to the eraser. In the next post, I'll talk more about button assignments and tools.
|digital painting from my Iron Man 3 poster
Sunday, June 23, 2013
-By Todd Lockwood
Back in November, illustrator Jim Pavelec invited colleagues Randy Gallegos, Mike Sass, Aaron Miller, and me to participate in a panel discussion at Illuxcon regarding the fantasy illustration market. Jim wanted the panel to be a forum for ideas on how we could affect positive change in the industry. We met the morning before to hash out some ideas, and took our thoughts to that panel.
If you want to give it a listen, visit this link on Vimeo, or on the Drawn Today podcast.
In the first half, we talked about the state of the industry. It's a bit grim.
I've been a professional illustrator for 32 years, the last 19 years of which I spent in the fantasy industry. Magic, D&D, and publishing provide nearly all my income. I've been lucky, but over those 19 years I've seen wages stagnate for many artists—in some cases, even falling from what they were 19 years ago.
Randy Gallegos pointed out on CGHub:
"(A) $500 commission in 1994 would need to be $785 in today's dollars to have the same buying power. But that same commission is generally still $500 (or less) today. Put another way, that $500 commission today has the same buying power as $318 in 1994."
Meanwhile, work-for-hire contracts have become the norm, preventing young artists from building a catalog of images they can profit from throughout their careers.
Add inflation to the factors at work, plus higher tuition for art students, and the truth for aspiring illustrators is daunting.
Not only artists are hurting, of course. Publishers are taking a beating. But artists seem to be last in line to get paid when the money runs out.
It's not due to evil, scheming clients; the real world has simply become tougher. The economy took a hit. E-publishing is making traditional paper publishing difficult; books sales are down. Globalization and the Internet have put artists all over the world in competition with each other. I'm frequently amazed that fees haven't dropped through the floor. Competition is fierce; the "dream" of working in these fields compels some younger or just-starting illustrators to undercut prices just to get a foot in the door. Even working professionals too often feel forced to take what they can get.
It might be assumed that the most talented artists will always find work, and certainly there are clients who will pay more for the best. Social Darwinism happens. But success is more complicated than that. I know that my "Big Break" came about because I was in the right place to meet the right people at the right time. I'd like to think that I was also the right person for that plum job at TSR, but it could have been any of a great number of artists more talented than me. So I know luck matters too. A lot.
And there's the other really important factor that can impact our survival—networking and community. Simply put, I wouldn't be where I am without the assistance of people I met along the way. Success doesn't happen in a vacuum.
The art and publishing Community helped me along.
Which brings me to the second half of the discussion.
What if there was a place that artists and clients both could go to get a picture of the current state of the industry? The idea didn't even have a name in the discussion at Illuxcon, but it evolved into PACT—the Professional Artist/Client Toolkit.
PACT will be a tool to help freelance fantasy, sci-fi, and comic book illustrators negotiate a better living wage for themselves. To learn more about it, visit the Indiegogo page, and see the Member Benefits section.
There's a lot there to take in, and I'm not going to reiterate it. In short, the idea was simply to create a website that would serve as an "information aggregator for illustrators"—a place where artists could rate their experiences with clients in a fair and anonymous venue, and have access to tools tailored to work in this industry, like sample contracts, and reviews of companies through a process designed to be fair and broad-based.
As it evolves, PACT is looking for ways to offer more benefits to the clients, too.
From the Indiegogo site:
"The site will be constructed by Tecture, a fantastic Chicago based web development company. They are real pros, which means nightly on-site back up and weekly off-site backup, as well as monthly maintenance. With Tecture in our corner we will be able to grow the site in any direction we need, and you will not have to worry about security, crashes, or an amateurish looking site. But, professionalism costs money (which is kind of the entire point of this endeavor), so the majority of the funds raised through the [Indiegogo] will go to pay for the building and maintenance of the site."
The whole idea is still taking shape. Once the website is funded, there will be a beta period where members can post their ideas and concerns. The more active and broad-based the membership is, with artists, art fans, and potential buyers combined, the more useful and successful it will be.
This is an all-or-nothing venture. At the end of the fund drive PACT will either get built, or it won't and we'll move on.
It's not a guild, it's not a union, it's not a place where freelancers go to exact revenge on companies, but "a place where we can learn to be more professional, to promote an appreciation and more respectful attitude toward the work we do, and encourage companies to treat us in a more professional and economically viable way."
It's community, coming together to look out for each other, something that the people in this industry have always been good at.
I hope you will give it a look, pitch in, and share the links.
Thank you,
Todd Lockwood
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Mapping Smoke
-By Tim Bruckner
I'm working on a statue that has several stylized smoke elements. Although I've posted before about working with clear resins, designing and developing the smoke sections for this statue presented some different issues I thought might be interesting and helpful.
It starts with a rough clay. I built a simple wire armature mounted to a piece of wood and began laying up clay, developing shape and movement. I have to be mindful of the support the section will need when cast in translucent resin. All castable resins are Thermal Cure resins. When the two parts are mixed together they create heat to turn to the liquid into a solid. The manner in which they cure makes them susceptible to high or prolong heat, resulting in softening and warping. Clear resins are even more sensitive to heat because they don't' have a binder or filler like opaque resins to. So, in designing the smoke section, I have make sure I've created a support system to prevent distortion if exposed to heat over time.
Once the clay is done, I'll make a silicone waste mold from which I'll cast a wax. Now the real work begins – mapping smoke motion. That their stylized, there's a greater emphasis on the units being more decorative. The smoke needs to feel as if its in motion, spiraling inward, over and around. I lay out a general motion map on one side and then reference that as I work the opposite side. I want to make sure that the shapes of each side work against each other. When cast in translucent resin, those opposing shapes will create a sense of movement as the viewer moves around the piece. Its also important to vary the depth of the motion lines. When working with clear or translucent resins you need to cut deeper into the sculpt than you would ordinarily to break up the light and dark patterns. A deep cut will result in a lighter, more transparent effect. A heavier section with appear darker and more dense. So, referencing front and back makes for a balance of shape, cut-ins and density.
With the wax done, I'll make a Master Mold of RTV (room temperature vulcanized) silicone rubber. I'll cast several test castings to gauge how much die to use for the effect I'm after. When I've got the right balance of opaque and transparent dyes, I start casting parts. I want the smoke to have a dull, lusterless look, so, after casting and cleaning the parts, I'll sandblast the resin to add a little "smoky" feel to the finish.


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It looks like we shall have our cake and eat it too. The initial content from ISI looks impressive and will set the bar for mods.
Looking forward to many years of enjoying rFactor2 and additional content from ISI and the creative and generous mod community.
Agreed with both above
Let's hope that we modders keep the bar as high as the released content, if not better.
HistorX.net - Historic FIA GT for rFactor
lol how do u know hows the tyre model of iracing 2? It isnt out!
I love in sims the feeling that includes ffb of course,the cockpit views and how cockpit moves during driving/bumbping etc,physics,tyre model..
I play most of time nkpro and if i have money i jump for some races in iracing.
So,my questions are:
Can u compare the rfactor2 ffb with nkpro? (In nkpro i get the most information in my wheel so i love its FFB comparing to everything outhere)
Will we feel the touch from road?
Will ffb be at least same or better than nkpro?
One dev said that he cant play rfactor 1 cause in 2 the feeling is way better and im asking how better it is...Is it just better from rfactor 1 or is it so good that feels right like nkpro?
Im asking that cause i feel in nkpro feels more right(from any sim) so thats why im telling compare to nkpro.
I dont like rfactor 1 cause of physics and ffb(these are the things that are important to me).
Oh! And hi to everyone this is my first post
What can we expect from rFactor 2 in the night time department ? What ISI is planning on this ?
Looks like any new question is rendered to take some information from ISI about new engine. Doesn't matter that ISI didn't answered to any.
If there will be HDR implemented any kind of flares, glows etc is easy to generate.
In rFactor 1 a texture was doing the job. If Iracing has the same system it would explain that.
However the quality of the texture makes a great impression regarding how well the car lights the track.
And i dont know how they did the reflecting cones and the white things on the white line but it's remarquable.
Good then we shall have nice night mode in rF 2
It's hard to tell from that video (since it's from inside the car facing forwards, any such materials will be lit either way) if it works like this, but I think that's what you'd want. And technically it's not really much more work than what's there, so hopefully an effect along these lines is in rF2.
Will the number of pit crew members be user adjustable or will it be determined by the mod (IndyCar has 6 (LF tire man, RF tire man, LR tire man, RR tire man, fuel man, air-jack man), NASCAR has 4 (front tire man, rear tire man, fuel man, floor jack man), and F1 has 15 of more (three men per tire, two jack men, fuel man).
F1 doesn't have Fuel men, refueling during races was banned from 2010.
I just hope the pit crews are done properly - shuffle into position if the car isn't stopped on the marks, push it back if it's too far away, sometimes have trouble getting the hose(s) connected, drop wheels, fall over, gesticulate rudely at the driver if he drives into them, hobble away if/when injured, get into fights with rival crews, etc. No point having it at all otherwise.
I could really careless about what pit crews looks like or what is going on in the stands for that matter. IMO that stuff takes away from the real reason I sim race...I want the most work put in the physics and netcode to give the most realistic experience and feel. I turn pit crew visuals and many other visuals off/down because they contribute nothing to running or winning a race. The pit crews could be modeled after the guys in that Dire Straits' video "Money for Nothing", just my opinion mind you
So my opinion is that your opinion is stupid.
simracing is not only about turning steering wheel or pushing pedals. It is not even about winning a race (winner is only one; what about others?)
Simracing means simulating racing events including with everything related.
Of course you are free to disable sky, trees and back to '80, driving on black screen with white lines. But I want to feel like being on real race track.
I am here to drive not role play. SHOW ME THE INTERFACE. the interface is why I run rFactor over LFS and the GTR series. It's still a little confused but once you get the hang of it you can load the game and be in a car driving in UNDER 20 seconds.. And that is with track load times.
We should still be talking about the hardcore mechanics of rF2 not wind on the grass bloomy visual effects or "extra" things like pit crew anims and insane rules even real racers don't abide by.


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Museum seeks art docents
San Jose Museum of Art is seeking volunteer docents for its Let's Look at Art program.
Docents are given art education classes, which they can share with children in Silicon Valley.
Last year, the program reached some 31,000 students. Training starts on Jan. 8. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 408.291.5393.
Art glass studio has holiday sale
Silica Valley Glass Studio is holding an open studio and holiday sale on Dec. 22 and 23 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 99-B N. Almaden Blvd.
There will be glass blowing demonstrations both days; gift items include ornaments, vases and pumpkins.
O'Connor's NICU upgraded
California Children's Services has raised O'Connor Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit designation to allow the hospital to provide a full range of care for severely ill neonates and infants.
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THE ASX and its boss, Elmer Funke Kupper, are expected to receive a big blow in a couple of months when the Council of Financial Regulators - the umbrella body for Australia's main financial regulatory agencies - releases a report on clearing and settlement. It is tipped to call for an end to the ASX's clearing monopoly.
It follows the loss of the ASX's other golden goose: its share trading monopoly after Treasurer Wayne Swan granted Chi-X a licence for an alternative exchange. Since Chi-X opened a year ago, it has snared 7.5 per cent of market share.
In June last year, one of the world's biggest clearing houses, LCH.Clearnet, set the cat among the pigeons when it applied to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for an alternative clearing-system licence. ASIC and the Reserve Bank are finalising recommendations on whether it should be opened up to global competitors. But final approval rests with Swan.
The boss of LCH.Clearnet is believed to be coming to Australia in December and will be hoping for positive signals on when it might be granted a clearing licence. It is believed there would need to be agreement on certain conditions, including conducting all clearing in Australia, not overseas.
It fits with the government's policy to create greater competition in financial markets, as well as fulfil its promise to overhaul clearing regulations after it rejected an $8.4 billion takeover bid by Singapore Exchange largely because of the ASX's clearing and settlement monopoly.
The Treasurer rejected that takeover proposal on the basis that clearing and settlement were the backbone of the financial system and it couldn't afford the risk of its transfer offshore.
From the government's perspective - and that of market operators - changing the structure for clearing fits into its strategy to promote a greater focus on Asia and provide opportunities to integrate. The Asian Century white paper is part of that long-term ambition.
For instance, Chi-X argues that the Oxera report prepared for a directorate of the European Commission found that increased competition and market integration in Europe had a profound impact on price and service. It concluded that ''on average across the financial centres, the CCP clearing cost for equities has declined from €0.37 a transaction to €0.10, a reduction of 73 per cent between 2006 and 2009''.
In a submission to the Council of Financial Regulators, Chi-X argued that concentration risk posed by a monopoly clearing and settlement provider was significant and was best tackled through competition. ''Many jurisdictions have learnt the lesson of 'too big to fail' in a brutal and unforgiving way.
''Australia is fortunate to be able to mitigate concentration risk in clearing by introducing competition in this area as a compliment to competition in trading,'' it said.
The arrival of Chi-X has resulted in a reduction in fees and arguably better service from the ASX. This was no better illustrated than a note released to clients on September 13 giving a progress report on its cash market settlement services. ''The current service and fee structure has been in place since 2006. It reflects a 'one-size-fits-all' offering that no longer aligns with customer needs in Australia's more complex and diversified market … ASX is introducing a more transparent fee structure to align charges with services provided and to ensure that customers are better informed about the services for which they are paying.''
But not everyone sees it that way. The ASX has argued vigorously against a second clearing system on the basis that the rest of the world is moving to consolidate its clearing houses. In a paper to ASIC, it said: ''Any change to the structure of clearing and settlement will increase operational risk.''
It estimates that additional costs to the market of a dual clearing-house structure could be up to $30 million a year, with potential fee savings of only $15 million to $20 million a year, excluding any additional credit-risk costs.
Interestingly, an analyst report released by UBS on October 9 said: ''In our view, recent consultation by the Council of Financial Regulators appears driven by a predetermined policy position favouring clearing competition. This ignores the negative sum outcome from market competition and the complete absence of proper cost/benefit analysis. It is clear that (1) agency costs overwhelm any fee reduction potential (no such thing as 'zero cost' implementation) (2) claimed benefits are largely an illusion (European experience), and (3) unintended consequences are inevitable.''
The stakes are high and the next stage is for the Treasurer to make a decision, which some believe could happen soon after the release of the financial regulators' report. Interestingly, ASIC recently issued a consultation paper outlining a list of rigorous proposals to give it more power in the event of ''cross-border'' clearing and settlement operators in Australia.
If Swan gives the green light to LCH, and the feeling is that he will, it will no doubt prompt investment bankers to freshen up their files on potential mergers for the ASX. Singapore missed out due to the monopoly on clearing and settlement. If this is restructured in a way that satisfies the government, it could open up a whole host of possibilities of alliances.


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Medica appears fine after getting hit in helmet
First baseman exits as precaution after second HBP of night
PITTSBURGH -- First baseman Tommy Medica left Saturday's 2-1 win over the Pirates in the eighth inning after he was hit on the back of his helmet by a pitch.
Medica, facing Pirates' reliever Jared Hughes, was hit with a 1-1 fastball in the back of the helmet as he was able to turn away from the pitch.
Medica remained on his feet and was even seen smiling while being attended to by Padres head trainer Todd Hutcheson.
He left the game as a precaution, and pitcher Jesse Hahn replaced him as a pinch-runner with the team leading, 2-1.
"He's doing well … I think we caught a break there," said Padres manager Bud Black after the game. "He was evaluated by the Pittsburgh team doctor and he checked out fine. They're going to keep him here [PNC Park] for a while tonight, but the early signs are he's fine and he'll be able to go back to the hotel."
Yonder Alonso, who didn't start the game, replaced Medica at first base in the bottom of the inning.
Medica entered the game hitting .275 and was 0-for-2 with a run scored. He was hit in the foot by a pitch in the first inning when the Padres scored two runs.
Medica spoke with reporters after the game.
"I'm a little light-headed but it could have been a lot worse," Medica said. "It's one of those things where they said that symptoms can still happen in a few days."
Medica said the pitch cracked the back of his helmet.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Week Ahead: 'Fiscal Cliff' Worries Bubble to the Surface
As we all are well aware by now, the 2012 presidential election is over, and President Obama will remain in office for the next four years as House and Senate retain the same respective majorities. With that overhang eliminated, the near-term focus of stock market has now shifted to the fiscal cliff, and whether a deal can be struck to avert the potential sequestration and tax hikes that are associated with it.
In the mind's eye of the stock market, that means more than a fair amount of uncertainty remains. As most, if not all, investors recognize, nothing prompts stock-market anxiety and volatility more than uncertainty. It appears the stock market has contracted a quick case of winner's remorse, thanks to this recipe of items that need to be dealt with. The day after Election Day, all of the major stock market indices fell sharply lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling more than 350 points at session lows to cross well below the 13,000 line. The S&P 500 -- my preferred market index, given its wider breadth of companies -- fell 2.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 2.5%. ...866 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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When we first saw this recipe at Miss FitBliss, we knew you would love it. Here Joslyn gives you a quick guest post and link to the recipe. Enjoy!
I can be an extremely selfless person, even to my own detriment. I'm the first one to come sprinting out of nowhere to fall on the sword for a complete stranger, and the last one in line at a buffet – just to make sure that everyone gets their fill before me. It's instinctual, it's inexplicable, it's annoying. When I looked around my kitchen last week, I realized that the majority of the food that I make and prepare daily is for my husband. Much of this habit is due to the fact that it's a lot more fun to prepare juicy lasagnas, cheesecakes, and muffins than it is to prepare a salad.
But when this realization hit me, I resolved then and there to start to make small changes toward accommodating myself in the kitchen more often. These crackers were first in line to accomplish this goal. They are completely gluten-free and packed with protein from amaranth and almond flours. And although the baking and prep process was a bit of a challenge, the outcome really made it worth the work. Here's the link if you want to give them a try: http://glutenfreecooking.about.com/od/pizzasflatbreadswraps/r/gfcrackers.htm


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All your supplies will be within easy reach with this handy and handsome desk organizer. It provides 3 feet of various-size cubbyholes to hold papers, envelopes, and other supplies. You can make yours longer or shorter to fit your desk. Eliminate the drawer, if you like, or make more drawers.
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The 3/4-inch-thick parts of the organizer are made of preprimed, finger-jointed pine. This material is as easy to work with as solid pine, but it has less tendency to cup because it is made of multiple pieces that interrupt the grain pattern. There are no knots to bleed through the paint, and the preprimed surface allows you to paint without priming. For a different look, you can use knotty pine or hardwood, such as oak, with a clear finish.
About 6 hours for construction, plus finishing time
Tape measure, framing square, combination square, hammer, nail set, four bar clamps, table saw or circular saw with rip guide and crosscutting jig, router with 3/8-inch piloted rabbeting bit, dado set for the table saw or 1/2-inch straight bit for the router, hand miter box or power miter saw
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Painting pine is difficult because the knots are likely to bleed through paint and make a stain -- sometimes even after a coat of shellac-base stain-stopping primer. Knot-free clear pine is becoming more expensive.
Finger-jointed pine stock -- short clear sections of pine joined end-to-end with finger joints -- provides a solution to this problem. Because the product is usually painted, it's often sold preprimed.Building with Oak
Perhaps you want your organizer to match that nice oak desk. You can easily find 1/2-inch-thick and 3/4-inch-thick oak boards as well as oak quarter-round at home centers and lumberyards. Construction is the same, but you'll need to predrill 1/8-inch holes so you don't bend the finishing nails when you drive them into the hard oak. Sand the whole project with 80-grit and then 150-grit sandpaper before applying a clear finish.
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Electronics — May
By Tim Clark
Back To The Future
|An electronic plotter for paper charts combines today's technology with the tried and true.
Strolling down an aisle smack in the center of the electronics hall at
the Miami International Boat Show in February, I caught sight of a paper
chart flat on the counter of a notably uncluttered booth. How odd it seemed,
there in the sea of parti-colored LCD monitors and logo-festooned dome
antennas. As I left the main current of show-goers and neared the booth,
I noticed a gentleman skating an oblong disk this way and that across
the chart's surface. He looked like a virtuoso psychic soloing on
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Good day,
I have an HTML code like

Some content inside

in my DB and I want to echo it.If I use, for instance,
<?php $var = '
Some content inside
' //a content retrieved from the DB;
echo htmlspecialchars($var);?>
it will echo '
Some content inside
' inside the wrapper div.
How should I use htmlspecialchars() when echoing similar HTML code?
Hi there,The htmlspecialchars() method is used to convert special characters to HTML entities.So if you want to display as HTML, you can echo it directly(e.g. "echo $var").
So, if I have something like '
Some content inside
' inside my DB and I want to echo it inside some div, I can simply echo (echo '
Some content inside
')?
But what if I have a textarea where the user is allowed to enter .;:'"{}[]$%#@!^&*()-_+=|<>?~, should I sanitize that code before outputting it?
htmlspecialchars is used when you want your text to be displayed as it is in the browser. So if your text string in the db is
Some content inside
, then usage of htmlspecialchars depends on what you want to achieve:
Actually, if you want to go deeper you should note that any text that is not a tag or attribute name should go through htmlspecialchars first, so in your example, Some content inside should have already been passed through htmlspecialchars before putting it the db. How you do it depends on your setup - if a user is entering pain text in a field and your application is putting this text into a generated html code then you should pass the text through htmlspecialchars. It's just that in this example there are no special characters to escape so there's no difference. But if someone entered Some content inside about B&B then your final string in the db should be
Some content inside about B&B
. If all this html is entered by a user then it is the responsibility of this person to write html properly and escape special characters by hand.
<textarea name="var"><? echo htmlspecialchars($var) ?></textarea>
Thank you @Lemon Juice for the reply.
One more question. It's nor related with this topic, but how can I display hyperlinks inside textarea (if possible)?
I've already figured out.Textarea is designed to display text only.
Also keep in mind you should be using strip_tags with your output of this data (and possibly when storing it). You need to limit what HTML elements the user can use. script tags, links, images, etc are all openings to XSS attacks on your site. You should prevent those tags at all costs.
There is a special mode for textareas that enable rich text editing, then you can have links, images, colours and all kinds of formatting. It can get pretty complicated to provide a workable and cross-browser implementation so very often it's easiest to use a ready-made solution like TinyMCE.
I wouldn't really advise anyone they should do it - it really depends on the requirements. If text is escaped properly when output then XSS attacks won't happen. What I see is that tag stripping is overused (because people apply it by default) and the result is that many comment systems will corrupt user comments because they will stripp what was an integral and valid part of the message. You never know what writing style someone will use and they may very well use some <sigh>html-like techniques</sigh> to illustrate a point or even they may input real html - why would you want to strip that? Sure, it's a good idea to filter out invalid content but in this case security is achieved with htmlspecialchars() when outputting.
Sorry, I should have prefaced, that if the poster decided they wanted to output the div so it gets parsed and rendered, then strip_tags would be a good candidate to help alleviate any XSS attacks.
Plus strip tags won't alter the text in between the tags, so the text remains, it simply removes the tags so the XSS opportunity is gone.
$output = 'This is my site **<sigh>wish it were better</sigh>**';
echo strip_tags($output);
This is my site **wish it were better**
So yes, it wiped out <sigh> too, but honestly, I don't care! My goal is to protect my users and my site, if I tell you the following HTML elements are allowed, and you use non-existing ones... Too bad. (just my 2 cents)
Could you please give me some example of doing it?I have tried making div with 'contentEditable' set to true, but it has some disadvantages.
Thanks for the reply.I also think that using strip_tags() adds more security to your applications, especially when this function supports tags as a second argument that when specified will be bypassed.
If the poster is keeping all content as html in a div and a span in the db then I think it's obvious they want to output it so it gets parsed and rendered. That's where htmlspecialchars comes in to alleviate any XSS attacks without any tag stripping.
Well but here you are talking about a very specific requirement where you want to allow a selected range of html tags entered by the user and you are informing them about it. I was talking about a general use case where the user is presented with a simple text input for a comment (or any other piece of information) - when I see something like this I expect the content I wrote to appear on the site like I intended. The <sigh> tag may not be crucial to the content but I may want to use another tag, which is the gist of what I have to say and silently stripping it ruins my message - the automated script will not know.
I've seen many times pages where users posted a comment several times trying to write what they wanted to write each time failing because the server stripped some of their content behind the scenes and finally had to resort to hacks like inserting spaces or other characters to work around the "safety mechanisms". I find this behaviour ugly that's why I don't like advising anyone to use strip_tags by default just because it will make their site secure - no, escape the output properly with htmlspecialchars to protect the site, and if you have any special requirement like allowing users some html (and informing them about it) then apply tag stripping.
I don't really have much knowledge about contentEditable, I've always used ready-made rich text editors like TinyMCE - have a look at the examples they have on their site and you will know how to use it. Or search for other simpler rich text editors, there are many of them.
Thank you. The one you are using, does it have any disadvantages/bugs?
Most often I use TinyMCE, occasionally I also used FCKEditor - now under the name of CKEditor. I prefered TinyMCE because FKCKeditor was huge (lots of code) but I don't know how they compare nowadays. FCKEditor's advantage was that it had a free file and image manager plugin while TinyMCE's was paid (but you could use a 3rd party file manager or write your own).
What I find is that such editors are not always a good idea because they give a lot too much power for an average user unless you employ some filtering mechanisms so they cannot push any dangerous or disallowed content in html or javascript. So it depends.
Another disadvantage is that the handling of html formatting is still not perfect and sometimes something doesn't work and the user is stuck unless they know html and can fix the content source by hand - I mean sometimes many nested html tags accumulate over time after the text has been edited many times and it takes someone who knows the stuff to clean it.
Also, people who don't know html often don't know the concept of using
,
, ... tag, paragraphs, lists, style classes, etc. so they may find it hard to edit content properly without creating a mess after some time (once I had to spend time educating my client about how to use the editor). But overall it can pay because structuring complex pages so that the user edits everything in separate fields can be much more time consuming than just throwing a rich text editor at them and telling them how to use it.
Unfortunately, the users that I'm going to work with (the majority) aren't familiar with html format, so I have to find something more 'stable'.However, thanks for such an elaborate answer.
And sorry for any mistakes in the text, as English isn't my first language.


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Giants encouraged by Scutaro's rehab
SAN FRANCISCO -- In his pregame meeting with reporters, manager Bruce Bochy preached that without hope, humans would have nothing at all. When it comes to Marco Scutaro, Bochy and the Giants are beginning to have a lot of hope.
Scutaro (lower back strain) played three innings and hit a double in his fifth game in the Arizona League on Wednesday night. He was slated to play five innings on Thursday, marking the first time he'll have played on back-to-back days. If there aren't any drawbacks in the next couple days, Bochy said, Scutaro will be promoted to Triple-A Fresno on Sunday.
"We'll see how he gets through it today; this will be a big test for him," Bochy said. "If all goes well the next couple days, we could see him in Fresno."
The chances he'll return to San Francisco shortly after that appear to be increasing. The Giants hope he'll be able to return to the Majors before the end of his 20-day rehab assignment.
"That'd be awesome news," Bochy said. "If it's not where he can go out there every day, I think two to three times a week works."
Bochy believes the return of Scutaro, who hasn't played in a Major League game this season, would boost the team's bench. The manager said Scutaro's short swing would be effective in a pinch-hitting role and morale, since he's well-liked and has a wealth of experience to help the younger players.
"He's a popular guy in this clubhouse, so I think the guys would like to have him around, too," Bochy said.
In other injury news, Bochy said first baseman Brandon Belt will be activated on Friday. He broke his left thumb May 9 and has been out since. Ehire Adrianza's rehab from a hamstring injury is also progressing, Bochy said.
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryanhood19. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My condolences to his family. Like many of you, I only conversed with him through the board, but he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. Good natured and appreciative.
May he rest in peace.
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My condolences to his family. Like many of you, I only conversed with him through the board, but he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. Good natured and appreciative.
May he rest in peace.
I feel the same after hearing this sad news as I did after hearing about the passing of Sixth Man. Sad for the person, and for their families and friends, and also for the fact that I never got a chance to meet either one. From all accounts they both were people to be proud of knowing.
Condolences to his family.
I didn't know him well, but it's very upsetting to see a fellow fan pass.
Even though his health had been failing for some time now, I'm still shocked and very saddened to hear this. He was every bit as good a guy IRL as he was on this forum.
R.I.P. John. It was a privilege getting to know you for the short time we did, and I'm glad I got to meet you in person on multiple occasions. You will be missed.
You guys remember that time during one of our forum parties held at the Nora Donato's?
A round of pizzas were either coming out or just had come out, and the manager came in afterward and said someone had just called in and paid for all of our pizza.
We were all looking at each other for a second, puzzled, then we asked, "Who?"
She said something to the effect of, "He said you'd know who he was if I told you the ABA days."
I've only been able to attend one forum party, and it happened to be one attended by ABA days (John). Being somewhat of a newbie, I didn't really get to converse with him on the board much. But I remember being impressed by his service and insightful words. He seemed to be one who chose his words carefully, and when he spoke, you just listened. Praying for his family in this difficult time.
R.I.P sir. Thanks for the contributions you made for this forum, as well as our country
I remember him from my lurker days. Seemed like a really intelligent and great guy.
Condolences to his family.
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One of the most, level headed intelligent, and nicest posters on this forum.
I have missed his contributions in the past couple months, and it makes me sad to know that he lost his battle, but I am sure it was a battle that he fought in a truly heart felt way.
RIP ABAdays.
Once I said something about the pacers that did not include the teams ABA history and he quickly let me know that pacer history did not begin when the pacers entered the nba but then again I wasn't a hoosier then.
He knew some great times.
I am sad. A good man has passed away. The world needs more good people not less.
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Can anyone say what he did in Iraq?
He ran MWR rec facilities...like gyms, tv rooms, etc. Just what I picked up from the 'in Iraq' thread.
I never met the man, only posted a few times with him. It's obvious he's being remembered with love and respect here. The stories from Hicks and sweabs seem to say a lot about the guy. I wish I'd got to meet him.
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Peace be upon him
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Hicks, I was just about to post that story. That was the one forum party I was able to attend. I had forgotten what he said but I remember Peck asking the waitress if she knew where ABA had called from and how wide her eyes were when he replied "in Iraq".
I am not sure if it would be inappropriate to send a card from the forum to the family, but if that is something that the forum wanted to do I would gladly assist with that.
Always sad to lose a member of any community, but like another poster said it reminds us how we have to live every day to its fullest.
Also a reminder to say thank you and/or shake hands any time you see a person in uniform or someone who has served overseas in any capacity.
This is not the first thing I wanted to read when I logged in here tonight. Truly shocking indeed. As many of you know, while I never served with him in Iraq, but I was deployed 3 separate times while he was over in Iraq. That's a span from 2005-2009. The main thing I will remember about him, is that he always made sure that Hicks knew to throw my name on the "ABAdays in Iraq" thread, something that some may not understand but is something that means alot to us that have been deployed. Small things like that equate to huge things in our minds and hearts and keep us very connected with all of you guys.
When I was in Kirkuk, Iraq and while he was also in Iraq, he pm'd me asking me if I could use some reading material. I said yes of course, and then he sent me about 10 books all on Pacers, Colts, and other sports stuff. In every one of those books, I put in black marker "From ABAdays, 2007" on the front cover and then left them in Iraq for others to enjoy. I never talked to him on the phone, never saw him in person but I can tell you that when you are over in Iraq or wherever, to get something like that from someone like ABAdays is one of the best moments one could have. I still remember it today and still couldn't believe this guy was going to take time out of his day to box up some books and send them to me.
But he did because sending those books and buying the pizza's for you guys was the type of guy he was.
I know every time I deploy, I'm going to miss not sharing the "ABAdays in Iraq" title with him.
Rest in peace brother and thank you for every thing that you did.
I did not want to see this thread. This is simply terrible, terrible news.
I never met ABADays in person but conversed online with him many times. I'm not sure you could find another poster here with his even demeanor.
ABADays had a passion for the Indy 500 and Month of May as do I. And how could I not appreciate the little whistling icon every time a Jonathon Bender mention or thread came along?
I knew his health had taken a turn back in December but I kept hoping we'd see a new post from him telling us he'd once again won the battle and was ready for the Month of May at the Speedway.
I'm sure for this year's race he now has a seat better than any seat in the grandstands... He'll be looking down on the track from above.
Godspeed ABADays!
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I remember reading quite a few of his posts from past lurking , and he seemed like a genuinely good guy .. and very knowledgable in any given Pacers/general basketball topics .. ..
Rest in Peace John aka. "ABADays"
You WILL be missed ...
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Rest In Peace
Wow! That's that's truly horrible news. I didn't, offcourse, know him in person, but I do remember a lot of his posts and a few PM's between the two of us.
Always seemed like a very kind person with a BIG and longtime love for the Pacers.
He will be missed, that's for sure, witness the stories in this thread.
May you rest in peace John.
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Rest in peace, friend.
I conversed with him a few times over the forum. Truly great guy. Definitely will be missed.
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Dozens of individuals and organizations meeting at the Second Annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit in Houston issued a joint statement Thursday on the Nikki Araguz case. In case you missed it, Araguz is the transgender widow of firefighter Thomas Araguz III, who died in the line of duty earlier this month. Thomas Araguz's is family is suing Nikki Araguz in an effort to prevent her from receiving death benefits, alleging that the marriage was invalid. Below is the full text of the statement. For a list of signatories, go here.
HOUSTON, Texas (July 22, 2010) — We, the attendees of the Second Annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit, issue this statement to demonstrate our support for Mrs. Nikki Araguz and to call attention to her plight and that of all transgender people in the state of Texas.
Mrs. Nikki Araguz legally married a man, and her marriage has been recognized under the laws of the state of Texas. Nikki's husband, a fireman in Wharton County, tragically was killed in the line of duty, and now other parties are attempting to use the courts to have her marriage legally overturned in an effort to deny her inheritance and insurance.
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Our zone actually hasn't been all that bad since Wisconsin, we are using it less, but more effectively. So yeah, I have no idea why we weren't. Putting us in zone pretty much forces Illinois to chuck up a 3 and it also enhances the chances of Oladipo or Zeller being able to use their length to make a play on the ball and just blow up the whole damn thing. It is why this loss will stick in my craw for a while, maybe the rest of the season if we don't beat OSU on Sunday, it was very easily avoided on both our last offensive and defensive possession.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana coach Tom Crean challenged his team to be tougher than Illinois on Thursday night.
When it mattered most, they were.
Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo repeatedly drew fouls, did much of the damage inside and combined on a late scoring frenzy to send No. 23 Indiana past Illinois 84-71.
''You have to execute under pressure, that's one of the greatest forms of toughness you can have,'' Crean said. ''But you have to be able to play through contact as well.''
Indiana (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten) excelled in both facets, putting Crean one victory from his first 20-win season since leaving Marquette for the Hoosiers in 2008.
The biggest reason for this season's remarkable turnaround, of course, has been the inside presence of Zeller and he was up to his old tricks against the Fighting Illini (16-8, 5-6).
It was clear coach Bruce Weber wanted to outmuscle Indiana's freshman center. Instead, Zeller made nifty move after nifty move and drew foul after foul. He finished with 22 points, five rebounds and went 5 of 8 from the field and 12 of 14 from the free throw line.
''I think if you're going to get physical with him, he's going to respond,'' Crean said. ''The only soft thing about Cody is that he's soft-spoken on the court sometimes, but other than that he's a tough, tough person.''
Zeller had plenty of help, too
Oladipo and Christian Watford had 18 points and Jordan Hulls finished with 15 points and seven assists.
Indiana used an 8-0 run to finally break open what had been essentially a one-possession game for the first 24 minutes. Then the Hoosiers used a 15-6 run to pull away.
For Illinois, it was another devastating blow in a season filled with disappointments. The Illini have lost five of six and have dropped five straight in Bloomington when Indiana has been ranked, a streak that dates to 1997.
''We played our butt off, we played some good basketball, we've done it all year. We're close,'' Weber said. ''We've just got to see if we can connect it all together. Somewhere here, we'll get everybody playing well, get offense and defense clicking at the same time without fouling, without turning it over. That's the key.''
That didn't happen at Indiana.
While D.J. Richardson scored 19 points and Meyers Leonard had 17, Brandon Paul, the Big Ten's No. 9 scorer, connected on just 4 of 11 shots and finished with 13 points.
The Illini committed 30 fouls and had three players, including Leonard, foul out.
''The refs called good fouls, we made some stupid fouls in the first half,'' Richardson said. ''We've got to do a better job attacking the basket. Their guys did a great job of that.''
For nearly 19 minutes, the teams traded possessions and baskets and from the time Indiana blew a 13-6 lead until early in the second half, neither team led by more than four points.
Indiana finally ended the tug-of-war with a quick scoring flurry early in the second half.
Hulls' 3-pointer broke a 46-46 tie. Zeller then drew a foul on a dunk and completed the three-point play to give Indiana a 52-46 lead. After Watford grabbed a loose ball and called time out, Zeller drove in for a layup to make it 54-46 with 15:24 to play.
''We were in the bonus pretty early, so I definitely wanted to attack,'' Zeller said of the Hoosiers' second-half surge. ''Any foul was going to be one or two free throws, so I definitely wanted to be aggressive and get to the free throw line.''
Illinois responded with 3s from Paul and Richardson on consecutive possessions. Paul followed that with a layup, then hit 1 of 2 free throws to get the Illini within 57-55 with 10:58 to go.
With Illinois within 62-59, Zeller and Oladipo changed the equation by drawing fouls.
They combined to make 5 of 6 free throws, starting the late 15-6 run that gave Indiana a 77-65 lead with 4:49 to go.
Illinois didn't get closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
''Our guys came out and played with a ton of intensity,'' Crean said. ''Our guys, they deserved it. It was a hard-fought game and they deserved it because they played hard the entire way.''


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