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LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) -- Police are crediting two good Samaritans with helping pull a man to safety from a burning car.
Police received a report shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday of a single-car accident resulting in a fire.
When police arrived, they found Earl Wickline of Londonderry trying to put out the fire with an extinguisher he'd gotten from a neighborhood resident. Police say Wickline, along with Apryl Norris of Londonderry and three police officers eventually pulled the driver out of the vehicle.
The driver was flown by helicopter to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
His condition was unavailable and his identity hasn't been made public.
Portland rally protests tar-sands pipeline
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Hundreds of people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal.
Protesters gathered downtown, then marched to the city's waterfront for a rally that included speeches from Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan and others who said allowing heavy oil from western Canada to cross northern New England poses serious environmental risks.
Environmental groups say plans are in the works to bring oil by pipeline from western Canada to Montreal and then to Portland.
Driver's license push for Mass. immigrants
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts immigrant advocates are set to gather at the Statehouse on Tuesday to ask lawmakers to back a bill that allows all state residents to apply for a driver's license, regardless of their immigration status.
Massachusetts law currently requires immigrants seeking a driver's license to prove that they are in the country legally. Immigrant advocates say changes will ensure that drivers on state roads are trained, licensed and insured.
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition has worked with two Democratic lawmakers to introduce the Safe Driving Bill to address the fact that unlicensed immigrants need to drive children to school and relatives to hospitals.
Mass. opens tax season, touts online filing
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts has officially begun to accept state tax returns.
The Revenue Department says it has created a "one-stop" page on its website where residents can get tax information and electronically file their returns for free.
Officials say more than 3,200 people have already used the WebFile system since it opened last Wednesday.
The IRS has delayed the opening of the federal tax filing season until Jan. 30.
The state says the vast majority of its 3.5 million taxpayers filed electronically last year, reducing the cost to the state of processing paper returns and guaranteeing quicker refunds.


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Winning a tournament title is one thing. Doing it in back to back years with a new crop of players in a short amount of time is an even tougher challenge.
Yet the Taft varsity girls soccer team was able to pull it off Saturday when they won the Platinum Division of the Corcoran Tournament.
"I think the girls played with heart and courage," said Taft coach Abel Pedro.
"Most of them had injuries prior to the games but managed to go on. The game is the best teacher and this was a big cram with three games in one day in a span of seven hours. And for them to come out on top shows the true grit this team has."
With the sweep, the Lady Wildcats are currently 6-3 on the young season.
The road to the title was not easy after the Lady Wildcats had to face last year's gold division title winner Monache in the first match.
"The game did not fail to deliver," said Pedro.
Monache struck first with a goal in the 12th minute of the first half. Two minutes later, Bethany Fitzsimmons scored the equalizer. Scoring disappeared until the 28th minute of the first half when Monache found the back of the net.
Taft tied up the score in the second half when Fitzsimmons tied the goal on a penalty kick. The match went to penalty kicks where Fitzsimmons, Leslie Tostado and Yeraldin Barrera each scored a goal while Monache was held to two.
Taft had an easier time in their second match when they defeated Orosi 6-0.
Fitzsimmons led the charge by scoring five goals with four coming in the first half and one in the second. Mendoza had the other goal of the match for the Lady Wildcats while Noemi Leon Astorga and Kathy Rubio each had two assists.
The Lady Wildcats faced another nail biter but like the other two matches, Taft came out on top with a 1-0 victory over Washington Union.
Kennedy Sorensen had the lone goal for Taft in the final minute of the match while Mendoza had the assist.
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Luther won its third game in a row and most importantly its Iowa Conference opener, defeating Loras 63-54 in the Regents Center. Trailing 24-25 at halftime, the Norse blistered the nets for 60 percent in the second frame en route to the victory. The win also snapped the Duhawks five-game win streak, as well as a nine-game win streak over the Norse dating back to Jan. 23, 2008.
Defensively, Luther held Loras to 38.5 percent from the field and won the battle of the boards 36-28.
Four Norse tallied double digits led by Nellie Nelson who posted a game high 20 points. Mullen Wacker, who was 10-of-11 from the free throw line, recorded a career high 14 points off the bench. Taylor Johnson and Meagan Koepnick chipped in 12 and 13 points respectively. Johnson led all rebounders with eight and also dished out a game high five assists.
Loras was led by Brit Kent with 11 and Niki Rivera with 10. Kelly Rogowski and Kaitlin Phillips both chipped in eight.
The win gives Luther an overall record of 9-3 while Loras fell to 10-2.
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William Nylander, an eighth grader at Everett Meredith Middle School, earned second place at the Delaware National Geographic Bee on April 5.
Maps have always held a special appeal for William Nylander.
"Me and my brothers would use them to play childhood games and stuff," the 14-year-old Townsend resident said. "We would pretend we were flying around the world or villains going from this town to that town."
The eighth grader at Everett Meredith Middle School said those games fostered a life-long interest in geography that culminated Friday in a second-place finish at the Delaware National Geographic Bee, held this year at Alfred G. Waters Middle School near Middletown.
After outlasting 53 other middle school students from throughout the state, Nylander and Kevin Orzada, an eighth grader at the private Independence School in Newark, each missed one of the three questions that made up the championship round, resulting in a series of single-elimination questions in which the final two contestants were required to write down their answers.
Both teens answered the first tie breaker correctly.
The final decision came down to the question, "Walvis Bay, one of the largest ports in Namibia, was ruled by what country until 1994?"
Orzada correctly answered South Africa, while Nylander guessed Portugal.
"I almost changed it to France, but it didn't matter because neither one was right," said Nylander, who finished in fourth place as a sixth grader and 13th place as a seventh grader. "I wouldn't say finishing second this year is bittersweet, because my goal was to make it to the top three, so I'm really pleased."
Nylander's mother, Wanda, said she's immensely proud of her son, and not just for his performance on Friday.
"Even in preparing for the event, he's gained so much knowledge of the world, and not just where places are, but the cultures, the ethnic groups, the languages – so much," she said. "And it increased his overall interest in learning in general because it's created new areas of interest and inspired him to learn about other things."
Nylander wasn't the only local student to earn a strong finish at this year's state geography bee, which was sponsored by National Geographic and Google.
Bear resident Saman Verma, a sixth grader at MOT Charter School, also was a top ten finalist.
"I think I did great," Verma said after being one of four contestants eliminated by a question about Ponce de Leon's discovery of the gulfstream. "I mean, I did my best. I was nervous and the questions were really hard."
Other students who made it to the finals included sixth grader Margaret Coons of Wilmington Friends School, sixth grader Tomasz Mroz of Henry B. duPont Middle School, seventh-grader Sean Burg of George Reed Middle School, seventh-grade home schooler Marshall Smith, eighth grader Miguel Hurtado of All Saints Catholic School, eighth grader Dominic Morrell of Central Middle School, and eighth grader Charles Quimby of Tower Hill School.
Delaware winner Kevin Orzada will next compete in the preliminary roads of the national contest in Washington D.C. on May 20.
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If you've been reading Unframed or following LACMA on Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter, then you've been hearing a lot about Stanley Kubrick. As of yesterday the massive exhibition of the filmmaker's body of work is now open to the public. The show includes annotated scripts, stills, promotional materials, costumes, set materials, and much more from all of Kubrick's films—realized and unrealized. It is a feast for Kubrick fans or anyone interested in getting into the mind of a creative genius. This is a specially ticketed exhibition, so we recommend you reserve your times and tickets in advance. Don't forget: members see this exhibition for free, and they also get free tickets and exclusive member previews of Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy—also a specially ticketed show—opening next weekend. If you want to see these exhibitions, it makes sense to become a member!
Kubrick isn't the only director on hand at LACMA: tonight Paul Thomas Anderson will be in the Bing Theater for a conversation with Elvis Mitchell. The pair will discuss Anderson's entire body of work, from Hard Eight up to There Will Be Blood and The Master. The evening will include screenings of two films that influenced Anderson: John Huston's San Pietro and Let There Be Light. This event is sold out but there will be a standby line forming at 6:30pm.
On Saturday we are pleased to host the Los Angeles Good Food Festival and Conference. There will be panel discussions in the Bing Theater all day, featuring farmers, restaurateurs, food activists, and more, as well as tours of LACMA's collections. Check out the detailed slate of panels and more info on the tours. For related Good Food events around L.A., check the Good Food website.
For November our free Andell Family Sundays will use Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective as its inspiration. Check out Price's colorful forms with your family and then make your own sculptures together.
In addition to Price and Kubrick there is much, much more to see, including Drawing Surrealism, Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ, Ed Ruscha: Standard, and Daily Pleasures: French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection. Check the full list of exhibitions on view.
One more note: as with every weekend we begin and end with free concerts. Tonight Jazz at LACMA enters its final month of performances for the 2012 season with the RAW Sugar Jazz Quintet. On Sunday, wind down your weekend with a free performance from flutist Susan Greenberg, cellist David Garrett, and pianist Junko Ueno Garrett at our free Sundays Live chamber music series.
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Boston rallied briefly against Kennedy (7-7-2-2-6, 100) in the seventh -- Manny doubled and Youkilis tripled (Pena's grounder scored Yook) -- but that was it. Three more GIDP for the Red Sox -- in the 2nd, 4th and 5th innings -- made a total of 8 in a span of 12 innings.
Toronto lost, so we remain 9 GA of them, but the Orioles (10 GB), Yankees (10.5) and Devil Rays (11.5) all won and took one step closer to the kings of the hill.
Schilling in the afternoon game on Thursday.
Tim Wakefield (4.24, 106 ERA+) / Joe Kennedy (3.30, 130 ERA+)
Not since Sept. 4, 2004, had Wakefield been pounded for eight earned runs before his last start, on Friday night. But Wakefield's control deserted him against the Yankees, who touched him for five hits and six walks and scored eight times in 3.2 innings. Wakefield's ERA has ballooned from 1.79 to 4.24 in four starts since May 15.
Kennedy bounced back from a seven-run beating at the hands of the host Orioles to put together his strongest start of the season Friday night against the visiting Twins, holding Minnesota to a run on six hits over eight innings while throwing a season-high 110 pitches. As has often been the case this year, though, the A's offered little offensive support, so Kennedy, who has allowed one run in six of his 10 starts and has allowed more than three runs only once, was stuck with his fifth no-decision.
Catcher Jason Varitek and outfielder Manny Ramirez can't wait to grab a bat against Kennedy. Varitek is a .538 hitter against the A's left-hander, with a pair of doubles and a triple. Ramirez is 9-for-17 (.429) with five doubles and five RBIs against Kennedy.


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Let's just call it delish bowl. I've seen these before on Tastespotting and thought how wonderful and colorful. What a way to brighten up the senses with all these colors beaming in front of you. I do eat a lot of sushi here and am not the greatest at creating that perfect roll. So I found this much easier. Plus you can add whatever you fancy, no matter the size. Right now I'm going through an avocado craving--so far lasting now into two weeks, and as I type this I want to make another sushi bowl with fresh uni. Oh that sounds so good. Finding fresh uni on cape cod is hard, you wouldn't think so since cape cod is on the ocean. But it is. The last place I had really fresh and tasty uni was in NYC. What would you add to your sushi bowl? I love to hear what type of sushi others love-I'm always up for trying new sushi.
How to assemble this sushi bowl?
sticky rice studded with toasted seseame seeds
sliced avocados
finely shredded carrots
raw salmon (or hamachi, uni mmm uni!)
pickled ginger (I ate way more ginger that what is shown)
(not pictured soy sauce and chopsticks)
feel free to add whatever you fancy
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So when something like this...
Is the inspiration for this...
Source: Grim Hollow Haunt
And leads to something like this being stolen from Grim and mass-produced and sold by Grandin Road...
It just feels really really amazingly wrong.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Case Of The Yucks
So when something like this...
44 comments:
- Anonymous said...
At first I thought "well that could be a coincidentally similar prop that guy made" . . . and then I looked at the rest of his pictures! Wow. The big outlets ripping off home haunters isn't too shocking, though.
- August 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- crudedoodle.com said...
it's funny that stuff like this never goes UP in detail or style. It's always a cheap knockoff. wtf.
- August 29, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- Terrormaster said...
I'm finding this happening more and more in the haunt community and it's quite disturbing. I shared this post over at Google+ with the following:
As an artist I understand some of us are influenced by others work. Some of us even duplicate them from time to time for the learning experience and to get a perspective. But when stuff like this happens it really sickens me. Unfortunately it seems to happen a lot in the haunt community and quite frankly I wish it would just stop.
It's ok to imitate others in the community. Often times we learn something new and a lot of times we can evolve a concept into something different. But PLEASE do NOT copy others work and try and play it off like it's your own original idea. Give credit where credit is due. Cite the source material, give the original artist credit. And by all means do NOT go selling your work if its a copy of someone else's work.
- August 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Rot said...
And I should add that Grim had credited my ghost as his source back when he blogged about his version of my Cloaked Ghost...just reminding that the final resting place of a haunter's photos (blog, personal site, forum album) should have a source material link if the idea came from elsewhere.
- August 29, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- GoneferalinID said...
Who would pay $79 for that? The "originals" probably cost much less and look way better.
- August 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- pensive said...
This issue hits home for me because I went to law school specifically for this reason, then got distracted by the need to make money. You can file a copyright for $35 with the US copyright office, but it really doesn't do you much good unless you spend the money to litigate when someone violates it. It is a terrible system.
I definitely come from the school that everything is influenced by something, but I must admit that when I go through my file of inspirational images I have not always jotted down where an image came from. This frustrates me, because I LOVE giving credit where credit is due and giving props to the artists who inspire me. It's a cognitive dissonance based flaw that I'm working on.
I love that you post things like this, Rot. You rock.
- August 29, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Mr. Chicken said...
I actually made a presentation last semester in college on how cool it is that one piece of art (Halloween props, in particular) can inspire and evolve in another haunt. However, that coolness is long gone when credit isn't given to the original artist, and trying to profit from another's creative vision is just wrong.
- August 29, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Joel said...
I'd be interested to see other examples of this sort of thing; I'm sure outlet props "inspired by" home-haunters' creations are more common than the average person would really bother thinking about. The Halloween decoration/prop industry has an advantage of a collective of creative individuals who may or may not have their creations legally protected, making them ripe for use as "inspiration."
For example, I know that Universal Studios Florida representatives attend haunt trade shows looking for new pieces for Halloween Horror Nights (their annual haunt event), which is a great way for prop and effects makers to get mass exposure for their products; although most haunted house-goers at HHN don't notice, those with their eye on the industry will likely recognize a certain prop in a house as not being a Universal original.
Sometimes though, I've seen things at the event that seemed explicitly "inspired by" others' work. Take this piece of artwork from a past Halloween Horror Nights year: http://malicepsychotik.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/hhn-15-1.jpg I don't have a photo handy, but these props were set up around the entrance to the park, and reminded me a lot of this costume from Gore-Galore: http://www.gore-galore.com/products/_Wraith_Full_thumb.gif In this particular case, it's my understanding that Universal and Gore-Galore do have a professional relationship, and I happen to know a Universal prop artist who is friends with one of the guys at Gore-Galore. I'm sure things are on the up-and-up, but this kind of cross-over, intentional or not, is surely rampant in an industry with such a dichotomy of DIY and corporate contingents.
On a related note, this guy from the Muppet Christmas Carol used to spook me pretty good:
- August 29, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Ha! I saw that in a catalog I got and I just started laughing. Such a horrible copy.
It is obvious that it is a knock-off, but of course there is no credit given....
- August 29, 2011 at 4:06 PM
- Marrow said...
Oh no. THAT is dreadful.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- Shotgun_Mario said...
I as well save images left and right and then archive them in a folder labeled 'references'. If I want to go back and find an image that I don't remember where it came from, I try reverse-image searches.
If you go to google images, there's a little camera on the right side of the search bar, if you click on it, you can upload an image (or post a URL) and it will scan through google images looking for the same image or similar images and give links back to where the same/similar images are online.
Tineye was the first to do this, but google has the huge database already, so it works slightly better.
hope this helps anyone!
- August 29, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- joy said...
I am sorry. You are so talented, so creative. I hate to see anyone get taken advantage of.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
It is total BS. As a graphic designer it hits home way too close for me.
Unfortunately, the holiday has gotten so popular and designs are so redundant that anything original gets snatched upon, shortcutted, homogenized and ultimately half-assed for mass consumption as soon as it becomes known. I mean...there's only so many ways to do a ghost or a witch before at least a couple of them start resembling one another, but...but, as in this case it is so blatant and such a pathetic knockoff it becomes all the more infuriating.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- pensive said...
It happens in other areas as well. I purchased some items from an artist on Etsy and then the next season a major fashion house had something almost identical in their collection. People who pay attention to such thinks kept looking at me oddly, since I am a Honda sort of girl...
Knockoffs can go up the economic ladder as well as to the cheaper side.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Mantan Calaveras said...
That mass-produced prop looks really cheap. It shows none of the care instilled into the original works that it is derived from. For me, that's the most offensive thing about it.
I'm not a big believer in intellectual property rights, but it rubs me the wrong way to see these uncaring corporate types stealing from this open community of passionate artisans.
Especially knowing that corporations would be quick to sick their lawyers on anyone trying to profit from one of their IP's. it's so two-faced.
- August 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- wicKED said...
I hate that happened Rot. They say imitation is the truest form of flattery, but making money from it cheapens it completely.
In accord with your recommendation, I would like to recognize your influence on my props, yard haunt, and even the way I celebrate Halloween over the last 4 years I have been following you. You are an inspiration to all Halloween enthusiast world wide.
(I even started blogging because of you)
Keep up the dark work!
- August 29, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- Joel said...
Yeesh. Just saw it in the Grandin Road catalog. $79, indeed. Deplorable and downright uncool. :(
- August 29, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- Rot said...
Mantan, not really sure where you're coming from saying that you're not a big believer in intellectual property rights.
- August 29, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- GoneferalinID said...
Your 2007 haunt is what got me started and I'm doing my version of it this year. You'd better bet I'll reference you. I was actually thinking of making a small sign with your web address and the Haunt Forum address as well if anyone is interested in learning about it.
I wonder if companies like Grandin Road, Spirit, etc have to pay for licensing for things like Michael Meyer's masks, Jason props, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre related goods?
- August 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- JHMDF said...
Well that sucks.
- August 30, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- Adam said...
Wow rot... that reaper is AMAZING! Both are just incredible. I think you two should get together and seriously sue grandin road. Its not just a tip of the hat, its plainly and obviously STOLEN.
- August 30, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- "Strublay" said...
As a college student who has had the idea that stealing ideas with out credit as the biggest sin since murder pounded in to her head, I am astonished. Not only was it stolen, it was badly recreated. Thats FUBAR man, FUBAR.
- August 30, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- Joel said...
Goneferal, they definitely need licensing to use those characters' likenesses, and those film companies can be very specific about what's done with their characters! A few years back at Halloween Horror Nights here in Orlando, I was in a Friday the 13th-themed house, which featured multiple Jason actors. The house had to be laid out specifically so that no two Jasons could be seen simultaneously (kind of a no-brainer). Cast changes are usually a fun chance to startle waiting guests who don't expect twenty ghouls to file past them; but that year, all of us wore black hooded robes to conceal our costumes, and had to quickly pass the guests so they wouldn't catch a glimpse of Jason outside of his themed area. New Line Cinema was very specific about Jason's appearance, down to the color of his undershirt ( and we couldn't have skin showing that wasn't "scarred") as well as the appearance of Freddy Krueger and Leatherface, who also appeared at the event that year.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- ShellHawk said...
Unreal. And suing is almost pointless, because they have way more money to spend on lawyers and can just wait until your money runs out. They can start by claiming that the Grim Reaper isn't intellectual property and go from there, which is why they can get away with it.
I too, have had a few things stolen, from my art down to a few of the things I do on my podcast. It sucks, no matter what it is, and it is very bad form.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
Usually when companies steal they change something up - that prop is pretty dead on. Are you sure Grim didn't sell his design to them?
- August 30, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- ShaoGhoul said...
The best thing we can do in this instance is to educate and keep slapping these breaches of morality in the spotlight.
As for the haunt community, there are quite a few props and original ideas which have become mainstream, and as such have helped to propel home haunting to new heights...PVC candles, FCGs, monster mud reapers, Pumpkinrot Scarecrows ( ;) ) different types of animations and such...haunters may put a new spin on them but they are never sold for profit, or claimed to be one's own.
In fact, I've come across an extraordinarily few number of home haunters who have tried to rip off other artists. The ripping off primarily occurs within the big-name companies such as Grandin Road, as seen here.
Like many, the cheapness of this reproduction is what irks me the most. $79, when you could make one for under $10? I too am often disappointed with the quality of Halloween products sold in mindless mass production, and that is one of the many reasons I turned to making my own props. What these companies do...it's just wrong. Taking advantage of this incredibly open community whose growth depends upon the sharing of ideas between haunters...and then claiming these ideas as their copy-righted own and pawning them off for way more than their worth...sick!!
- August 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- Rot said...
That was the first thing I thought of. That the lantern was even in the same hand. So I shot Grim the link back when I first saw it and he acted surprised and said he was unaware of this product.
So I'm hoping he was being honest about it.
- August 30, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Dave Lowe said...
For what it's worth, you can't really blame Grandin Road for the design. They are just a distributor. Many of their same items can be found elsewhere such as Michaels,sometimes just packed differently.
The actual manufacturer of the prop should be found out.
- August 30, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- "Strublay" said...
Boycott Anyone? I know that none of us would spend our money on objects from this company(because we can make them), but maybe we can influence our families and friends away from the company. I know it's a feeble response to a bad situation, but I think that might be the only recourse the haunt community has.
- August 30, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Marrow said...
One of the first things I did when I read this was politely email Grandin Road. I said I was interested in buying the ghost, and wanted to know what company it was made by. Still no reply.
- August 30, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Ken said...
This just sucks. Amazingly wrong indeed. I just posted a link to this blog on Grandin Road's facebook page. I hope many of their customers see it and complain.
- August 31, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Johnny said...
Cheap looking. Doesn't look half as good as either the original or Grim's.
- August 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- bean said...
Ken, I'll be interested to see if they let it stay on the page.
- August 31, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- bean said...
Actually, I don't even see it there.
- August 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- pensive said...
shotgun mario-
thanks so much for the google images tutorial! i had no idea, and backtracking through my wormholes is going to be much fun.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE that this discussion is so lively. makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside that so many people are incensed about this.
- August 31, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- M.A. McCann said...
"Original" and "unique" are hazy words in this hauntin' world. While direct knock-offs are disgusting, similar themes are inevitable. None of us were the inventor of ghosts, goblins, witches, ghouls, devils, or demons, and many of us draw on a mostly finite, overlapping stack of inspirations to create. Acknowledging and crediting each other when and where credit is due is respectable and reinforces the camaraderie in our community, but we can only follow the credit so far back.
My point is that certain similarities are going to manifest themselves in a hundred different ways, because certain motifs are so entwined with Halloween. But motif alone is not grounds for finger-pointing and accusations of theft. Do I think that the manufacturers of disposable, factory-made plastic junk scour our photostreams and websites seeking to rip someone's design? Absolutely. But my fear is that the idea that haunters are ripping off other haunters, especially when a haunter tries to sell their props, will gain a little bit too much momentum. Guy X may have made a skeleton first, but Guy Y's skeleton isn't necessarily a rip-off even if Guy Y acknowledges the inspiration to do a skeleton came from Guy X. As Joel pointed out, anytime I see anything that resembles a cloaked ghost, whether it be Grim's, Rot's, or some tacky prop in a shop, I immediately think of The Ghost of Christmas Future.
I guess what I'm really getting at is that noticing a blatant knock-off is much different than looking for stolen ideas, because we all know that if you're really looking for something, you're bound to find it.
- September 1, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- Rot said...
This really isn't a matter of motif theft. No one is claiming that they own the rights to a Ghost, or a Witch, or a Scarecrow.
Though I think that there's also too quick a habit of haunters to distance themselves from the people they are emulating. I think if your haunt resembles another haunter's display, then that really needs to be noted when presenting your photos.
In the case of this Ghost prop, there is no doubt that the inspiration for the mass-produced version came from Grim Hollow's Ghost. Lantern and chain in the same skeletal hands. The hood in the same bulbous fashion. The Cloaked Ghost existed long before the yard haunt, but this particular version is clearly the inspiration for this mass-produced faceless Spectre prop.
So we're not talking about people taking ownership of something as generic as a ghost. We're talking about the instances of a blatant rip off. For example, if a one-armed Pumpkin-headed Sentinel creature appeared on the market, I'm sure I'd still hear from people "Well you didn't invent pumpkin-headed monsters!" And I didn't. But what I DID create was something original in a particular shape and design using a popular Halloween icon.
Here's another example. If someone modeled their Haunt using the techniques of Stolloween, I'd certainly expect a mention on their site as to the source material inspiration. I think too often in haunting that necessary little step gets conveniently omitted. And don't even get me started on the moral implications involved if a person who learned to build pumpkins the Stolloween way started selling his or her pumpkins. Is it legal? Absolutely. Is it right, absolutely not. In my eyes, at least.
But I'm pretty sure I'm in a vast minority on that issue.
- September 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- NoahFentz said...
I googled "faceless reaper" and came up with alot of online catalogs selling this product. Can't tell you who was the first one to have it on the market though. I did notice by one vendor that it is manufactured by Party Destination.
When Rot first post the pics of the cloaked ghost it did remind me of the reaper from the movie "The Frighteners" The way it moved always creeped me out...
- September 1, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Rot said...
I need to be SUPER CLEAR about this.
My issue here isn't that a company is making a cloaked ghost. My Cloaked Ghost was made because I've always loved the Old School ghost with a cloak. My issue, and ONLY issue, is that this company clearly has based their design on a haunter's design - Grim's. Not mine.
The secondary discussion is all about the previously discussed point that if a prop you're making wouldn't have existed had you not seen it on someone else's site, then you need to credit the source.
To me, that's pretty basic stuff.
- September 1, 2011 at 7:23 PM
- Marrow said...
Well then, you really ought to credit Edward Gorey on your new tinies page.
Just saying.
- September 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Rot said...
Change made.
Thanks, bro. : )
- September 3, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Heather said...
Total blatant rip off! Although, no one could replicate the hand made detail lovingly put into a homemade creature.
All this will do is make home haunters more secretive about their work whereas before most are helpful and happy to share their techniques.
Quite sad, it actually really shows what is wrong with the world today.
It's all about the almighty dollar over what is right. :(
- September 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- NecroBones said...
Yep, I've had that discussion with other haunters before-- give credit where credit is due, and don't pass it off as 100% original when you know it's not.
But we will of course all be influenced by one another and great ideas will be copied and catch on.
I just don't know where the happy medium is.
- September 8, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Grim said...
Just catching up on this post, thanks for posting this. I can assure everyone that I didn't sell this idea to whoever is mass producing it, and wasn't aware of it until Rot sent me a message about it. In a way, it kind of irritates me that they are making money off of this ghost, but at the same time it makes me kind of proud that something I made has made it to the level that someone would want to steal it. Rot's Cloaked Ghost will always be one of my all-time favorite props, and was the inspiration for my ghosts.
I gave those ghosts away a couple of years ago by the way... and I am happy to say that they are still haunting, only in a different yard.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Busy Friday Of NASCAR TV
There will be lots of TV coverage from Homestead and beyond before the Camping World Trucks race on Friday night. The full TV schedule is on the left side of this page.
Latest news is that Brad Keselowski was fined 25K by NASCAR for his comments about the new Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) system being developed for Sprint Cup Series cars. Keselowski's opinion was that the entire thing was a sham promotion and not effective in changing the sport in any way other than increased cost to teams.
"We made it clear to him that these kind of comments are detrimental to the sport and we handled it accordingly with him," said NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp in a media statement.
That just might be a topic for Mike Massaro and Ricky Craven on a special edition of NASCAR Now on ESPN at noon. This show follows an hour of Camping World Truck Series practice over on SPEED. Craven has been on the money with his comments and this has really been a breakout season for him as an analyst.
ESPN2 hosts back-to-back Nationwide and Sprint Cup practice sessions at 1:30 and 3PM next with Marty Reid and Allen Bestwick leading the TV teams. SPEED is next and keeps the TV ball right up through the truck race at 8PM.
One highlight of the day is the return to the air of the NASCAR on FOX trio of Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds for Sprint Cup Series practice. After this long off the air, you know Waltrip is going to have a lot to say.
This post will serve to host your comments on the Friday daytime TV coverage. Feel free to add your comment on the production, personalities or content. If you have a question, post it in the comments and we will get it answered ASAP. This is a big weekend for the sport, we certainly appreciate your comments on the TV coverage.
42 comments:
- Bill said...
Isn't it odd that NASCAR always fines drivers who make truthful comments.
It will be a "Joy" to hear Mike, Larrell and Darry in the both tomorrow and Saturday, provided a sock can be stuffed in Waltrip's mouth.
- November 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM
- Darcie said...
It's common knowledge that this silly fuel injection system won't change the racing one darned bit. NASCAR silencing their drivers will not change the public's opinion. Heck, as long as NASCAR has an Etch-A-Sketch rule book, fans will continue to leave the sport, EFI or not.
- November 18, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm no fan of Brad, but technically, he was right on. TBI (throttle body injection) was introduced in 1984 on the Corvette. My new '84' had it. It worked well, but it was phased out when GM went to TPI (Tuned Port Injection) in 1985. The hot new injection system is GDI (gas direct injection) that was introduced several years ago by GM and others. Candidly, I never understood why Nascar went to this new system developed by McLaren. Then again, lots of things Nascar does make no sense to me. Instead of spending tons of money on 'fuel injection', I wish Nascar would hire someone with 20/20 vision to slowly drive around its tracks looking for poorly located hard walls. In a pinch, they could talk to Jeff Gordon. He's been able to find them the last few years. I apologize for the sarcasm, but I get really tired of Nascar fining drivers for voicing their opinions. It doesn't help that Nascar couldn't conclude the obvious when Vickers plowed into Kenseth last week. It really gets old.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:57 AM
- Jonathan said...
Cant wait im sad this is the last week of racing but going to watch every secound I can!!!!!!!!!!!
- November 18, 2011 at 4:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
I read on Mad Mikie that old carburator something like $600. New fuel injector something like $25,500 and can only be purchased from nascar. Again, as we all know, this is something the race fans wanted. MC
- November 18, 2011 at 5:01 AM
- larry said...
Truth is not important to nascar; real racing is not important to nascar...MONEY is important to nascar.
I will ignore the hype this weekend and check to see who won after the race.
Nascar has finally pushed me out as a fan.
- November 18, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Detrimental to the Sport"? Are you kidding me?
Expressing an opinion that differs from NASCAR is 'detrimental'?
That DOES IT. I'm watching NFL this SUnday.
- November 18, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'd like to add a few comments to my post at 3:57 am. To be fair, there is a lot of money in the current induction systems. The carbs are heavily tweaked within the rules. It's an art to configure the cam that controls the engagement of the accelerator pump on the secondaries that affects fuel mileage. That 30 year old throttle body set up they're going to uses a computer to control the fuel mixture. McLaren developed the package and it supposedly works quite well. I suspect the $25,000 number isn't far off. For comparison purposes, a complete Nascar brake system today costs as much. Even if the throttle body works just fine, my question is, why do it? Everything these teams do costs tons of money. Apperently Nascar hasn't noticed that Red Bull may be gone and Roush/Childress have dropped a team. The move to ethanol was just as suspect. Nascar apparently doesn't understand that some folks won't like you no matter what you do. The last thing Nascar wants is people like Brad correctly telling them that their Baby is ugly. Oh well....
- November 18, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- James said...
For an organization that reminds us of its "country roots", freedom of speech is more fineable, than Brian Vickers on track actions! CREDABLITY a word seldom associated with TODAYS NASCAR.
- November 18, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Greg said...
Why would anyone listen an interview with any NASCAR driver or team member.
They are not allowed to have an honest opinion and must follow the approved talking points.
We get to listen lists of the sponsors names instead of a drivers true feelings.
Anyone else think Tony will have a change of opinion about ESPN this week?
- November 18, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- AncientRacer said...
If Bwad keeps this up he may force me to begin liking him a bit.
In the meantime, I have by strategy convinced my sometime employer that my precence in Miami is critical to achieving world peace so I shall not be dependent upon the World Wide Leader this weekend. I really WANT to see this race, and now I can.
- November 18, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Vicky D said...
Last year it was Denny Hamlin being fined now Brad. Does Nascar want all the drivers to be robots? Winning robots for sure, but robots no less. After awhile all the driver's interviews start sounding the same and if I hear another driver say his team worked really hard I'm going to be sick!
- November 18, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- OSBORNK said...
Brad is right about this so called fuel injection. Why replace obsolete technology with obsolete technology? Throttle body fuel injection is almost like a floatless carb. GDI (gas direct injection) is the latest technology and about 3 or 4 generations past the obsolete crap NASCRAP is mandating. Most of the people who developed throttle body injection have probably retired or died by now. NASCAR and the manufacturers have long justified their activities by claiming it was a proving ground for new technology and then they go from obsolete to obsolete with the fueling system?
- November 18, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Greg said...
Right on Vicky D. I am sure all the teams work hard.
But that is one of the approved NASCAR comments allored.
- November 18, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
So Nascar is 0 and 3 in "secret" fines staying secret. What a load of crap. Just say you fined the dude so your credibility wont be hurt as much.
You want drivers to fight, yet you fine them for their confrontations. You want drivers to race hard and have rivalrys, yet you fine them when they wreck eachother. You want drivers to not be corporate sock puppets, yet you fine them when they speak. The people in charge have no idea what on earth they are doing. I guess thats what happens when you make up rules on the fly.
- November 18, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- 52 yr. fan said...
NA$CAR and Kerry Tharpe are taking
fans as idiots by attempting to silence drivers for being honest.
Brad only repeated what REAL fans
of the sport know. We all know
that the Beach Boys are taking money from the ethanol lobby and
must do something to make the sport look green.
We watch in spite of not because of.
- November 18, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Fed UP said...
Wow..nascar is so on the ball. I hear tell that the next generation of engines will allow you to pour water in it to cool it down! Nascar needs to jump on that idea! After all, its only the original technology that Henry Ford used back in the early 1900's.
Nascar wanted the car manufacturers out of the sport, perhaps its time to do so. How can you do R&D when the parent organization is asking you to do technology from 30 years ago?
Always a reason to like Brad! Go Blue!
- November 18, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Ziggy said...
[shaking head]
ESPN - poor decision to broadcast live a great show @ 12PM. At least you could squeeze in a replay somewhere, after all 91% of us still have a job.
That TV booth will take on the look of musical chairs for the next 3 days. Better have some extra batteries ready for the clicker.
Only thing detrimental to NASCAR is NASCAR itself. Where's David Stern ??
- November 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Ah yes, another shut up and do what we tell you fine brought to you by NASCAR.
It's a shame that NASCAR can devote more energy to improving things regarding the races rather than silencing the drivers.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- mrclause said...
Well here's yet another fine that will go into the so called Nascar charity fund that NASCAR gets to take off it's tax bill as half the fund gets paid out and the other half goes to salaries, benefits, expenses. Sorry it cost you Brad but if it's any consolation, you are right.
Brad can't speak out from a competitors position or an owners position, but NASCAR has no problem with biased TV announcers that are little more than highly paid hucksters and shills. Oh that's right, they are huckstering and shilling the NASCAR gospel of bring in the money and speak no ill of the regime. Sometimes I wonder how many times a day Tharpe, Darby, Pemberton,Helton, fall to their knee's and pray facing the ivory tower and Lord Brain Dead.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Dot said...
How can the EFI cost $25K? Is this like congress and the $600 hammers? Good grief. Why didn't the owners balk at this?
What does the E fuel do this new (to nascar) fuel system? Roommate told me that E fuel wears parts out faster.
Kez getting fined by nascar is typical. I'm surprised he didn't know that you lose your freedom of speech once you become a nascar driver.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
NASCAR thought that 83 and 17 car was a racing deal? With the front tire of the 17 smoking as they gained or held there speed? Turn a blind eye to that, but listen to each drivers comment for any thing that might hurt your sensitive little feelings. Then fine the driver the price of the part that he is complaining about. Perfect at least in your world! If NASCAR was a nation it would be considered a dictatorship and the military that they are so proud of would be figuring out how to liberate it's people! Or at least give them freedom of speech!
- November 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Vince said...
Dear NASCAR,
After following this sport since the mid 60s, this could be my last year as a fan.
I'm fed up with your constant inconsistant enforcement of the rules, especially the "boys have at it" one. No fine or suspension for Vickers running Kenseth into the wall last week? Seriously?
I'm fed up with NASCAR fining drivers for speaking their minds.
I'm fed up with the crappy COT that is no longer a stock car.
I'm fed up with the lousy coverage of the races we get every weekend from ESPN & FOX.
I'm fed up with guys like the Waltrips and Wallaces insulting my inteligence every weekend.
I'm fed up with 1.5 mile cookie cutter, no passing follow the leader, fuel mileage tracks.
And most of all, I'm fed up with France, Helton, Tharp, Darby, Pemberton and the rest of the clowns that are currently running NASCAR. You've taken what was once a great sport and run it into the ground. Hope you enjoy counting your money.
A pissed off FORMER FAN.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
just a word on 'freedom of speech'...
Congress shall make no laws to take away your right to speak freely. Your employer can do what they want. If I go on ABC tonight and tell the world my company's products don't work very well, my company will fire me. Just sayin'....
Not saying they're right, but other leagues fine coaches & players who criticize the league & the officiating. And NASCAR has already warned them. Brad knows this. That isn't to say he was wrong...sounds like he speaks the truth.
- November 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Roland said...
ESPN must really be out of filler material. They are showing a thing about the Bonneville Salt Flats during the rain delay for Nationwide practice.
- November 18, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Anon 11:20 - maybe they should try doing a better job then to avoid the money drain that has been caused by the mismanagement of NASCAR since Bill Jr stepped away from it.
there are an awful lot of dissatisfied customers (fans)and that is NEVER good for business.
- November 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
Almost all the trucks entered look to be racing tonight except the RSS Racing parkmobiles.
It would be really lousy to bump out teams that will race, in all three series this weekend.
- November 18, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Bill said...
"Oh, I'm so excited, happy and thrilled that I won the race. I want to thank my team. They work so hard. I want to thank my sponsors, my teammates and my owner. They're so great."
"The car was great, the tires were great, the pit crew was great, the fans were great, the track was great, the weather was great, my firesuit was great, my water bottle was great, my seat was great, the steering wheel was great, the troops overseas are great, I'm great, you're great and America is great."
The preceding was the NASCAR template for post-race speeches, co-written by Michael Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson. Deviation from this template by any driver will result in a fine.
Have at it, boys!
- November 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Charlie said...
From reading the comments and reading things on the internet I think Nascar has been more detrimental to the sport then Brad K.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- OSBORNK said...
I bought a new car last month and it has a 3 month subscription to Sirius radio with it. I have been listening to NASCAR radio on it. Nobody on the radio will ever get fined because apparently nobody is allowed to be anything but a cheerleader when they call in or are in the studio. I have never heard this much disinformation since the last presidential election. NASCAR radio on Sirius is the biggest piece of "stuff" I ever heard.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD thanks for tipping us off that the Waltrips will be taking over Speed channel this weekend. We now will know enough to stay far away from Speed.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Vicky D said...
Charlie at 3:11 - YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
- November 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
ESPN's resident drama queen Jamie Little passing off news as "breaking" when it's been reported for weeks. IMHO she's the weakest link on their coverage
- November 18, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
The problem with Nascar is France. How can one human being do so much damage to such a great sport? Driver should be allowed to speak their minds, this is America for crying out loud! Plus, the scripted babble at the end of each race is ridiculous.
ESPN's coverage is horrible, and maybe by reading comments on this blog ESPN will make some changes. Who knows? Does ESPN really care? I hope so.
The really sad part is that instead of keeping the fans Nascar has, and adding to the fan base, they are losing loyal race fans daily. Race fans spend alot of money at a Nascar race. We, the fans, invest in Nascar by attending the races.
The Waltrip's, what can I say? Do I want to listen to them all weekend, NO! Irritating doesn't begin to describe my emotions regarding them in the broadcast booth.
On the positive side, we have a race to watch this weekend! Excluding all the negative stuff, we get to go racing! And that, makes me smile!
Enjoy the weekend race fans!
- November 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- Everytime I find out where it's at they move it said...
It's always good to tune in and
Hear Mikey. Because if you can put
with that....you can put up....
- November 18, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- ChrisK said...
If Cup practice is rained out DW will be able to talk for 90 straight minutes without any track activity getting in the way! I'll pass.
- November 18, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
With Truck qualifying rained out, the lineup is set by the new, confusing rules. Jayski hasn't posted the lineup yet, the the Go or Go Home teams in and out of the show should be:
15 Dusty Dillon - WIN
57 Norm Benning - 24 Attempts
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb - 19 Attempts
20 Ross Chastain - 17 Attempts
38 Mike Garvey - 15 Attempts (PARK)
98 Dakota Armstrong - 7 Attempts
68 Clay Greenfield - 7 Attempts
51 German Quiroga - 6 Attempts
74 Mike Harmon - 6 Attempts
21 Ty Dillon - 4 Attempts
09 Bryan Silas - 4 Attempts
Will Not Qualify:
27 Dennis Setzer - 4 Attempts
45 TIM GEORGE - 3 Attempts
70 Jeff Agnew - 3 Attempts
76 Derek White - 3 Attempts
24 ELLIOTT SADLER - 2 Attempts
14 Brennan Newberry - 1 Attempt
44 FRANK KIMMEL - 0 Attempts
Some big names missed the field.
- November 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is my third post on this thread. I think Vince (10:45 am) did a nice job of summarizing the feelings of a lot of us old timers. My comments have been on the technical side. One factor that drives the costs of Nascar equipment is that the quantities to be used is very low. The development costs have to be amortized over a very small number of cars and teams. With the EFI system, the fuel mapping software and computer is very complex and expensive to develop. You have roughly 40 teams using it. How many EFI systems will be in existence a year from now?? 200? 300? That's why this stuff is so frikin' expensive. I saw on a News website where Nascar is taking bows for all their 'Green' iniatives. Just great. Nascar really has its thumb on the Sport, doesn't it?
- November 18, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
Jayski finally posted it. I have to fix 2 mistakes.
#24 Elliott Sadler is in the race, apparently becase his win at Pocono last season.
#20 Ross Chastain is out because the truck was a post entry.
Everyone else remains the same. SPEED will have a fun time explaining how NASCAR got this lineup.
- November 18, 2011 at 6:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
And the Chair,am rose and said, today,
"We went for 50-something years and never had a system to fine anybody for disparaging remarks in the sport," France said during a news conference Friday. "We're the only sport on the planet that had that. So we simply in the last couple of years changed that policy because we thought we needed to.
Two responses:
1. Monkey See. Monkey Do.
2. Huh?
- November 18, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
So, the final update today is that the truck race is on time tonight right now, but rain is still drifting through the area.
Truck Series blog will be up at 7PM!
- November 18, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- saltsburgtrojanfan said...
Let me second your comment, I agree with what you said 110%
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I created a project called "OpenMokoder" which should help to develop Qt4 projects for freerunner. You only need to copy your sourcecode or use the included sample project run the script and you can easy compile, debug, crosscompile, package your project with Trolltechs QtCreator. QtCreator is a very good lightweight Qt IDE with features like embedded Qt Designer, Code completion, debugging, svn, ...
- This tutorial is tested with Om2009 (but should work with SHR/FSO too)
- The installation process is tested with Kubuntu 8.10 (Jaunty)
Install Toolchain
First of all you have to install the toolchain. If you have already done this skip this step. I will just give a summary of how to do that for copy paste the detailed information can be found at Toolchain
sudo apt-get install gcc g++ autoconf automake binutils libtool libglib2.0-dev ccache libxrender-dev intltool libmokoui2-dev libgconf2-dev mtools fakeroot alien check uboot-mkimage libcurl3 libqt4-dev
Unfortunately the libtool since Ubuntu(intrepid) doesnt't work with the toolchain so you have to install the one from Ubuntu(Hardy)
- deinstall libtool from intrepid/jaunty
sudo apt-get remove libtool
- download libtool from hardy (http://packages.ubuntu.com/de/hardy/libtool)
wget http://ftp.sjtu.edu.cn/ubuntu/pool/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.sjtu.edu.cn/ubuntu/pool/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
- and install it
sudo dpkg -i libtool_1.5.26-1ubuntu1_i386.deb rm libtool_1.5.26-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
- download the compressed tarfile containing the cross-compilation toolchain
mkdir ~/sources cd ~/sources wget http://downloads.openmoko.org/developer/toolchains/openmoko-i686-20090323-armv4t-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-openmoko.tar.bz2
- either just extract the tarball, it installs (only) to /usr/local/openmoko
cd / sudo tar -xjvf ~/sources/openmoko-i686-20090323-armv4t-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-openmoko.tar.bz2
- or build a debian package with alien and install it
bunzip2 openmoko-i686-20090323-armv4t-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-openmoko.tar.bz2 gzip openmoko-i686-20090323-armv4t-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-openmoko.tar fakeroot alien -d openmoko-i686-20090323-armv4t-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-openmoko.tar.gz sudo dpkg -i openmoko-i686_20090323-2_all.deb
- Change permissions of toolchain that scripts don't need root rights. REPLACE <your-name> (in general with your username)
sudo chown -R <your-name>.<your-name> /usr/local/openmoko/arm
Configure Toolchain
- Install important packages in toolchain
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/setup-env opkg-target update opkg-target install libpng12-0 libpng12-dev libgcc1 libglib-2.0-0 libgmodule-2.0-0 libgobject-2.0-0 libgthread-2.0-0 libpng-dev libpng3 libxrender-dev libxrender1 libxrandr-dev libxrandr2 libfontconfig-dev libfontconfig1
- Add Angström Repo and QT4.5 libs to toolchain
echo arch base 50 >> /usr/local/openmoko/arm/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/etc/opkg.conf echo src/gz base http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/unstable/ipk/glibc/armv4t/base/ >>/usr/local/openmoko/arm/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/etc/opkg.conf opkg-target update
opkg-target install libgcc1 libglib-2.0-0 libgmodule-2.0-0 libgobject-2.0-0 libgthread-2.0-0 libpng12-0
- install with force depends
opkg-target -force-depends install qt4-x11-free qt4-x11-free-dev
- If not done yet install qt sources on Host
sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev
- Check if qmake is linked to qt4 like this
qmake -v
it should look like this
QMake version 2.01a Using Qt version 4.5.0 in /usr/lib
if it is linked to qt3 do the following:
sudo rm /usr/bin/qmake sudo ln /usr/bin/qmake-qt4 /usr/bin/qmake
Configure Freerunner
If Qt libs are not in the feeds
You should NOT install the whole qt4-x11-free metapackage, because it has dependencies which are not compatible and the Freerunner doesn't boot anymore. Because of this we install the libs without the dependancies:
echo arch base 50 >> /etc/opkg/angstrom-feed.conf echo src/gz base http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/unstable/ipk/glibc/armv4t/base/ >> /etc/opkg/angstrom-feed.conf opkg update opkg -nodeps install libqtgui4 opkg -nodeps install libqtcore4 opkg -nodeps install libqtdbus4 opkg -nodeps install libqtxml4 opkg -nodeps install libqttest4 rm -f /etc/opkg/angstrom-feed.conf opkg update
You may need more Qt4 libs, you can install them the same way.
Install QTCreator
- download binary from:
- easy install via: (Filenames will change)
chmod +x qt-creator-linux-x86-opensource-1.1.0.bin sudo ./qt-creator-linux-x86-opensource-1.1.0.bin
- OpenMokoder is just a set of folders that contain some scripts, templates and the sample project.
- Install subversion
sudo apt-get install subversion
- Checkout (remember these are only scripts you do not have to compile anything)
svn checkout svn://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/openmokoder
svn checkout https://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/openmokoder
- Make all scripts executable
cd openmokoder/scripts/ chmod +x *.script cd .. chmod +x *.script
- If your Freerunner has another Ip than 192.168.0.202 please change it in copy.script start.script and packaging.script in the scripts folder
- For the first try I would recommend to use the included sample project
- Run Script
./CreateProject.script sampleproject
- Now switch to Folder /Openmokoder/sampleproject/QtCreator and open the file SampleProject.pro with QtCreator for example by doubleklick
- If you click on "Projects" on the left of QtCreator U should see something like this. In the new QtCreator 1.1 you have to do a right click on the white area to see the "build settings".
- You can see the 3 customized build options
- Host: Builds the sample project on the host
- Freerunner: Crosscompiles the sample project and scp to freerunner /usr/bin/
- Packaging: Packages the sample project and installs the package on the freerunner
- Connect your freerunner to your Computer (if necessary use: sudo /etc/init.d/networking/restart)
- Choose "Freerunner" as Build Settings and start compiling with ctrl+b
- You can watch the build process if you chose "Compile Output" at the bottom right
- Once the build process is finished the test program should start on the freerunner
- (You must have have run "Freerunner" as Build Settings once before)
- Now choose "Packaging" as Build Settings and hit ctrl+b again
- You can watch the build process if you chose "Compile Output" at the bottom right
- Afterwards the package should be installed on your Freerunner
- You should have a new Icon on the Freerunner Desktop
- The different build steps can be turned on and off
- The BuildStep "Freerunner Autotools" is only needed at the first time or when you add a new file and can afterwards be deactivated then the build process is much faster
The binary for the Freerunner can be found in /openmokoder/sampleproject/src The Host binary can be found in /openmokoder/sampleproject/QtCreator
Custom Project
If you want to compile your own project just put your Project (It must contain a .pro Poject File) into /Openmokoder/src/ and start
./CreateProject.script projectname
Because the projectname you enter here will also be used for packaging it has to be without capital letters Afterwards continue like with the SampleProject
Adding Librarys
- Install the libs to the toolchain and don't forget the libXY-dev packages
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/setup-env opkg-target install libXY libXY-dev
- Add the Libs to the CreateProject.script and autotools.script. search for the line
echo "$1_LDADD = -lQtDBus -lQtGui -lQtCore " >> temp2.txt
- and add the lib, for example
echo "$1_LDADD = -lQtDBus -lQtGui -lQtCore -lXY " >> temp2.txt
- Add the Libs to the QtCreator Environment
Build Settings -> Build Environment -> LDFLAGS add
Adding Data (pictures, ...)
add file to /openmokoder/YourProjectName/data/ on host and modify /openmokoder/YourProjectName/data/Makefile.in for example:
# # misc. data files # dist_pkgdata_DATA = pic1.png \ pic2.png
Afterwards use build setting packaging
Customize Icon
Just change the Icon in /data/openmoko-sample.png but use the same filename otherwise the Script must be modified
Customize Version Number
Don't know how to do that yet feel free to add it here
What does CreateProject.script do ? (draft)
To be done
Successfully tested with...
(Please add information here if the tutorial succeeds)
* Host Kubuntu Jaunty (9.04) Freerunner Om2009 (testing4) / SHR-unstable * Host OpenGEU Jaunty (9.04) Freerunner SHR-unstable
- Better documentation in the OpenMokoder scripts
- Add Information here what Createproject.script exactly does
- Information about other Distributions as well on the Freerunner as on the Host
- You should be able to connect to your freerunner via SSH else some scripts do not work properly
- Try if
ssh firstname.lastname@example.com
- works
- The best is using public key authentication that you were not asked for the password
missing libs
If the following error message appears while compiling:
libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Just install the missing lib
opkg install libstdc++6
Packaging Problems
if following error message appears in build option packaging:
/usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/om-make-ipkg ../../$1 .: 10: Can't open /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env
Change path in /usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/om-make-ipkg on the host from:


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Many high school seniors are concentrating on future education.
Why? Since many colleges have sent their acceptance letters, some are agonizing over which college to attend.
The Associated Press reports that some students are choosing their college based not on academics or cost, but rather on the school�s recreation facilities. That may be true for some, but I find that a little hard to swallow.
I had a niece who several years back decided between two colleges and for her, the atmosphere was a deciding factor. That is why she limited her choices to Christian-based schools.
I�ll admit that my college choice was a family alma Mmter, but I chose to attend Hanover College in southern Indiana, as it is a fine, well-known and established four-year institution, similar to Hillsdale College. And yes, they do now have a multi-million dollar recreation center that is pretty spectacular.
It is Presbyterian-based and I was able to obtain scholarships as my father was a Presbyterian minister. It was challenging and I worked at the college library to scrape by for books and other expenses.
I thought it was expensive then. Now, it�s just astronomical what a college education costs. According to recently released reports from the College Board, most students and their families can expect to pay, on average, from $167 to $1,132 more than last year for this year's tuition and fees, depending on the type of college.
In its most recent survey of college pricing, the College Board reports that a �moderate� college budget for an in-state public college for the 2012�2013 academic year averaged $22,261. A moderate budget at a private college averaged $43,289.
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Let�s see ... I�m not sure we were even allowed to have hot plates in our dorm rooms. One phone for each hall was something you had to wait in line for (no cell phones in that dinosaur age). As far a TV goes, you went to the lounge for that unless you were lucky enough to bring a small unit allowed in the sororities, but not the dorms. Mind you, times have changed�� this was more than 25 years ago.
We had a nice athletic center with a pool that I often took advantage of and the one available sauna at that time was something you wanted to time out just right so the football team wouldn�t show up to watch you sweat in your suit.
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According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, people with a bachelor's degree earn over 70 percent more on average than those with only a high school diploma. Over a lifetime, the gap in earning potential between a high school diploma and a B.A. (or higher) is more than $1,000,000.
Good luck to all seniors in their choices for the future, whether it�s a four-year college or not. But remember, whatever sacrifices you make for a college education in the short term are generally more than repaid in the long term.
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Once upon a time, there were skinny books. It was possible to write a novel that ran to about 150 printed pages and see it published. This was especially true in the world of genre fiction. In fact, publishers of genre fiction preferred it that way. In those days, virtually all paperback books were the same price, be it 25, 35, or 50 cents, depending on the decade. And if you got the same money for a western at 120 pages as one at 240 pages, publish the shorter one: the profit margin would be higher and people might buy another one.
I don't know which marketing genius first said, "Hey, why don't we charge more for the bigger books? We can spin it so it looks like they're getting twice as much book for a price that's only fifty percent higher." And I don't know for sure if it was Jennifer Wilde (Love's Tender Fury, 1976) who started the trend for romances two inches thick. But it was Tom Clancy who put the seal on it, with thrillers two to three inches thick. Suddenly, 300 pages was barely enough to be considered a real author, and to be a best seller, you were nearly required to produce a story that took 400 pages to complete.
Anyhow, this week at the Book Fair, we got in one of those collections where somebody bought every paperback in their genre, kept them around for a few decades, and then cleared out and sent them to us. There were some westerns, some romances, and a few good science fiction titles. But what they really bought up were the thrillers: cops, spies, and hapless innocents catapulted into violent worlds which they had never suspected existed. And virtually every book came in between 130 and 180 pages.
Having so many books in a single subject area from so narrow a time framed (all roughly 1964 to 1976) raises lots of questions. What can we learn about the political tensions of the time from these volumes? How many of these hip, up-to-date detectives spoke slang that was ten years out of date even in 1968? Which of these spies took their cue from James Bond, and which from George Smiley, and how many tried to do both?
And who the heck WERE all these people?
I have been pricing books around this joint for some time, and even before that, I was reading mysteries. In fact, man and boy, I've been reading mysteries for almost fifty years now. Furthermore, for a time I reviewed bibliographic titles for Armchair Detective magazine. So how can there be so many authors—many of whom are represented by three or four books in this collection—whom I have never heard of?
I pick one not quite at random: it impresses me by having a photographic cover—not common in paperback fiction at that time—and because the blurb on the cover is from The Congressional Record. Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana apparently stated on the floor of Congress that this book would "bring spy-thriller honors back to this side of the Atlantic". It is Requiem in Utopia by Richard Starnes, and features a world-weary man in Sweden, an uncommon setting for Cold War thrillers (but very appropriate in this case because mysteries set in Scandinavia by American writers frequently have world-weary, depressing endings. I think it's the climate. "In Stockholm it never stops snowing," says one of the characters still alive at the end.)
His hero, Max Speed (nice play on words), is not a spy but a reporter, and this may indicate the author is Richard Starnes, a hard-hitting reporter of the Sixties. There seem to have been several writers and reporters named Richard Starnes in the last fifty years, unless they are all the same very busy man. One Richard Starnes did a write-up on the assassination of Jack Ruby which states pretty flatly that you shouldn't claim conspiracy if the facts can be accounted for by stupidity. Sounds like the sort of fellow who'd write Requiem in Utopia.
Somehow, though, he has slipped through the net—the internet, that is. On a world-wide web where I can find out what one of my volunteers paid for her house, I ought to be able to find some place which can at least tell me which Richard Starnes is which, especially if he wrote all those articles and all these books. But there isn't. He belongs to the age of the 160-page book, a bygone age (the cover price on the book is sixty cents.)
Still, how many books are reviewed by Senators? Ought to be worth something. (Note to the Easton Press, in case it runs out of books to reprint in fine bindings: Books Reviewed in the Congressional Record. No one else is doing it, and I know one that's only 173 pages long.)


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TRAINING: I get up and go to Team Practice at Jackson's MMA around 9:30, I hit a strength and conditioning program called Training for Warriors around 2, then I will finish up the night with another practice with coach Greg Jackson, Mike Winklejohn, or I'll get some grappling In. I do a lot of Visualization techniques at night before bed.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in 1993 under Steve Jennum, the UFC 3 champ, and I have been hooked ever since. I train because I like the competition.
What ranks and titles have you held? I hold the 185-lb Victory Fighting Title, and the IFC 185-lb title.
Do you have any heroes? Guys I look up to in fighting are Spencer Fisher, BJ Penn, Matt Lindland, and Anderson Silva
What is your favorite technique? I get a lot of people in triangle chokes, but I like to keep it standing.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It is like going from the minors to the majors. It is all up to me now that I got here to perform well. It is one thing to get to the UFC and it's a whole other thing to stay and make a name. I have what it takes and I'm ready to show it to the world.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I have finished my main classes for a Bachelor's in Business Management and have two prerequisites to finish and graduate. Fighting comes first.
What was your job before you started fighting? I was working at PayPal doing Protection Services on the weekends. During the week I would be training full-time, going to school, and raising my little girl. I quit my job in October of last year to fight full-time.
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