Hollywood accounting (also known as Hollywood bookkeeping) is the term used for the opaque or creative accounting methods used by the film, video, and television industry to budget and record profits for film projects.  Expenditures can be inflated to reduce or eliminate the reported profit of the project, thereby reducing the amount which the corporation must pay in taxes and royalties or other profit-sharing agreements, as these are based on the net profit.  Hollywood accounting gets its name from its prevalence in the entertainment industry—that is, in the movie studios of Hollywood at a time when most studios were located in Hollywood.  Those affected can include writers and actors, but also production companies, producers and investors.  A number of cases of creative accounting have been successfully pursued in court and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in awarded damages.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

A review of The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl term refers to literary thieves of the nineteenth century who exploited the lack of international copyright agreements to publish counterfeit editions in foreign countries.  These buccaneers of the book trade were especially prevalent in the USA, reproducing new works by popular British authors such as Charles Dickens without bothering to pay for the privilege.  Matthew Pearl writes in The Last Bookaneer:  “Bookaneers would not describe themselves as thieves, but they would resort to almost any means to profit from an unprotected book.”  Dickens had a very public battle with piratical American periodicals and satirised their activities in Martin Chuzzlewit, the serial parts of which were reprinted in the very publications he was lambasting.  Bookaneer was coined by the poet and author Thomas Hood in a letter in The Athenaeum of 22 April 1837 under the title Copyright and Copywrong:  “If a work be of temporary interest it shall virtually be free for any Bookaneer to avail himself of its pages and its popularity with impunity.”  https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-boo3.htm

Hibiscus tea, made from dried parts of the hibiscus plant, is deep red in color.  It has sweet and tart flavors, similar to cranberry, and may be consumed hot or iced.  Hibiscus tea is categorized as an herbal tea.  Herbal tea is made from a variety of plants, herbs, and spices.  In many countries, herbal tea cannot be called “tea” since it does not come from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.  Individuals who drink herbal teas should let their doctors know, as some herbs have the potential to interact with medications.  Megan Ware   https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318120#side-effects-and-risks 

New York City is the setting for dozens of the most successful and influential films ever made, so it's no surprise that one of its landmarks ranks as the single most popular filming location in the world.  NYC's Central Park has appeared in 352 films.  This makes it the number one filming destination in the world, outpacing Los Angeles' Bronson Canyon.  The first film to shoot in New York City dates back to 1908, and the park has since appeared in everything from The Avengers to When Harry Met Sally.  The three highest-grossing films to shoot in Central Park made an average of $117 million at the box office, making it the seventh-most-profitable filming location in the world.  Chris Mench  https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/nyc-central-park-worlds-most-popular-filming-destination 

Kuappi:  a restaurant in Iisalmi, Finland.  According to Guinness World Records, it is the smallest restaurant in the world.  The building has a footprint of 8 m² (86 sq ft), of which 3.6 m² (39 sq ft) is indoors.  The restaurant was opened in 1907 as a cabin for VR Group track inspectors to rest in, and it was later moved from along the track to its current place.  It was named Korkki for a long time.  Inside the building is a bar, a television, one table for two people and a toilet.  The interior of the restaurant is fully licensed to serve alcohol and can seat two people in addition to a waiter.  There is also a small terrace outdoors.  In late May 2020, there was an announcement that because of the COVID-19 restrictions only one customer could enter the restaurant at a time in early summer 2020.  The terrace could still seat two customers as terraces were free of customer limit restrictions.  Kuappi is fully licensed to serve alcoholic beverages to customers.  The restaurant serves a variety of food, including salads, hamburgers, fish, chicken, meat and mushrooms.  Famous dishes include fried vendace, hunter's bread and pork schnitzel, and traditional Savonian blueberry "kukko" or chocolate cake for dessert.  Because of the small size of the restaurant, it does not have a kitchen.  All dishes served at Kuappi are actually prepared in the kitchen of the neighbouring restaurant Olutmestari.  See pictures at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuappi 

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Duke Humfrey's Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.  It is named after Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, who donated 281 books after his death in 1447.  Sections of the libraries were restored and expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries, including the addition of a second storey, an east wing and a west wing.  The library currently functions as a reading room.  Duke Humfrey's Library is named after Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, a younger son of Henry IV of England.  He was a connoisseur of literature and commissioned translations of classical works from Greek into Latin.  When he died in 1447, he donated his collection of 281 books to the University.  This was considered a very generous donation, as the university at the time only had 20 books and all classes were taught via oral lectures; prior to Gutenberg's circa 1450 invention of the movable type press, books were hand-copied and were only for the very wealthy.  Duke Humfrey's Library was used as the Hogwarts Library in the Harry Potter films.  See graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Humfrey%27s_Library 

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2550  August 10, 2022