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When Winning, Nitpicking Playcalling an Exercise in Futility
Arkansas is guaranteed a bowl bid somewhere with three games left and questioning playcalling is a waste of time
Andy Hodges
All Hogs
Playcalling is the most over-rated thing in football.
Execution of the plays called is the most under-rated.
And if you don't know who called the play, go sit over at the kids' table and let the adults talk for a bit.
With spread offenses, the quarterback has to make decisions on what to do most of the times after the bowl is snapped. The offensive coordinator or head coach is sitting there waiting like everybody else.
One of the time-honored traditions of Arkansas football is criticism that falls into a certain order:
1. Head coach followed closely by the coordinator.
2. Quarterback who apparently has always had a backup a vocal group thinks should be playing (usually silenced when he actually plays).
3. Athletic director (that is a mystery for over 60 years that has yet to be resolved).
With the Hogs' Lunatic Fringe it's always about what went wrong, even if it ended up being right. That's when the lucky phrase gets used.
Last week against Mississippi State is a perfect example.
On a fourth-and-1, Hogs quarterback KJ Jefferson rolled to his right looking for Treylon Burks, who got tangled up with a Bulldogs' defensive back and fell down.
Jefferson threw the ball into the ground, more or less in the direction where Burks was laying down.
There's a little more to the story because apparently Sam Pittman wasn't expecting it, either.
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"I was on the headset telling Briles 'get the first down ... GET THE FIRST DOWN,'" Pittman said after the 31-28 win over State. "Obviously he'd shut me off by that time because he's rolling out."
Pittman was urgently wanting a first down because the Hogs were trailing and time was running out in a hurry. They had to have a touchdown.
"He knows that means run the ball," Pittman said, "and he must've ..."
Pittman was smiling the entire time. That's because it worked out with a huge officials' call.
"I didn't know if it was on them or us," he said. "But I sure was hoping and somebody upstairs said they got a holding call. I figured at that point we had a pretty good chance to score."
They did. It worked out for the Hogs and brought to mind a story former Alabama offensive coordinator Mal Moore ignored Bear Bryant's instructions as long as he could about running a reverse.
"Run the reverse," Bryant told Moore, who said he knew when he was out of options on a playcall. "This big old end from Houston was give-out and we ran the reverse into him and they ended up on the ground at (Bryant and Moore's) feet."
Then Bryant did what coaches have done for a century or so.
"I meant the other way," he told Moore.
After the play is over we all know if it was a good call or not. It's impossible to measure almost because almost doesn't matter.
All that DOES matter is winning, which the Hogs did against the Bulldogs on Saturday.
Just enjoy the ride to whatever bowl game Arkansas lands in.
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UK business confidence tumbles as Omicron spreads
British business leaders' confidence "tumbled" in December as the Omicron coronavirus variant broke expectations that the pandemic was almost over, while most directors plan to pass on rising costs to consumers, according to a lobby group survey.
The Institute of Directors' economic confidence index – the percentage of directors who say they are optimistic about the UK's economic outlook for next year minus those who are pessimistic – fell to minus 17 in December, from minus six in the previous month.
Kitty Ussher, chief economist at the IoD, said the "already fragile" business confidence in the UK macroeconomics had "taken a turn for the worse" in December when the Omicron variant changed consumer behavior and shattered hopes that the pandemic was behind it. ".
The figure, which is based on interviews conducted between 13 and 30 December, thus fully capturing the impact of the distribution of Omicron, was lower than plus 27 per cent in June and was the lowest score since November last year, when the most of the country was in lockdown.
The IoD is a non-partisan political organization, with approximately 20,000 members from most sectors, including general managers of large corporations as well as directors of start-up companies.
The survey also showed that about three-quarters of the directors said they expected costs to increase in the next 12 months, with a similar ratio saying they would increase prices in whole or in part to offset the increase in costs. Only 6 percent of respondents said they would increase investment in areas designed to increase productivity to tackle rising costs.
"We are now seeing widespread evidence of inflationary pressures entrenched throughout the economy with little hesitation on the part of business leaders to pass on increased costs," Ussher said.
The figures reinforce the expectation that UK inflation will rise further above the Bank of England's 2 per cent target in the coming months. In December, the bank increased interest rates from 0.1 percent to 0.25 percent – its first upward move in more than three years – to tackle inflation, which rose to a decade-high 5.1 percent in November.
The plunge in confidence is likely to hit business investment, Ussher noted, as companies "are less likely to invest when the climate feels uncertain".
About 31 percent of directors still expect investment to be higher next year, in line with economists' expectation of a recovery in business investment, reinforced by the super-deduction tax incentive to spend on plant and machinery.
However, the ratio was two percentage points lower than in November, with a rising percentage of directors expecting investment to be lower next year.
It matters because "we need that investment for the economy to grow," Ussher said. Investment is a key driver for productivity growth.
More encouraging, however, is that directors' confidence in the prospects for their own organization has remained steady, with about 54 percent feeling optimistic about their company's prospects for the next 12 months in December, compared with 15 percent feeling pessimistic. This is similar to the values recorded in November 2021.
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Online source November 25, 2020
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's Minister of Information, has again lashed out on international news broadcaster CNN for exposing the true events of what happened at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20 when Nigerian Army personnel attacked peaceful protesters with live bullets, killing over 12 persons in the process.
CNN had released the second part of an investigation on the incident, which further implicates the Nigerian Army in the killing of peaceful protesters.
In response, the Nigerian Government described the report as fake news without providing evidence of its own claim.
Reacting to the second part of the investigation, Mohammed while speaking on NTA on Wednesday morning said CNN was desperate and peddling fake news.
He said, "It shows that they are desperate. The so-called recent development has been seen before. There is nothing new. If there is anything new, it is a contradiction of CNN's position.
"What we are asking CNN is that where is your evidence? The military has been consistent. CNN contravenes the basic principles of journalism – fairness, and balance.
'They did the story without contacting the federal government for its own side. They relied on second and third parties narratives.
"They (CNN) were caught spreading fake news and they are trying to escape. We are accusing them of basing their stories on videos sourced on social media.
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My sister's house in Omaha was Command Central.
She has two dogs, two cats, a gecko, some fish, and a turtle . . . well, the turtle was alive when we arrived. . . we think. Kiran had a blast with all their pets -- but especially this nearly hugged-and-kissed-to-death kitten. He stopped just long enough (kind of) to have his photo taken with his great grandmother and cousins. We visited the Henry Doorly Zoo while we were there, and we'll go back for sure.
My sister's family has an annual pass. If I lived in Omaha, I'd have one too. This peacock was showing off for a female, but we enjoyed his display as well. My brother-in-law was able to recreate something similar in the front yard last night.
And we had nothing to do with the dead turtle. Just in case you were wondering.
I love Your 4th photos too!
as always, I love your blog! the glimpse into your life is so loving and sweet!
Love the first photo of Kiran and the kitten...adorable. The photo of Great-grandmother is a memory maker.
Clever you, peacock and fireworks...same pattern.
How very special for Kiran!! His smile lights up the screen as much as the fireworks!!
What a beautiful photos! Looks you all had a nice time together!
Hi Leslie - thanks for popping over to my blog. Yes - I have started the course on collage - Elizabeth tells me you do superb ones (I met her on a recent visit to New York). Do please keep in touch.
Just stopped in to see what the boy and the dog are up to.
Your family photos.....and that includes the previous dog ones are so wonderful and full of love. I am so glad Atticus is doing well.......now, will you please come over and take care of MY bloat from the weekend.
looks more Boy than Baby.
Loved the pictures of Kiran with the kitten.
I think you would make a million dollars if you were to make a calendar of Kiran and his various chums -they make one really happy.
Kiran and the kitten ...OMG...I could kiss them both to pieces.
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever have photos that look this good. Then I just print these out, and I do!
Your grandson is going to have the BEST childhood photo album, Leslie. You take such awesome portraits of him. And he's becoming quite the little man, isn't he? Does he look alot like his father? And yes, the photographs of the peacock plumes and the fireworks are very similar and very cool.
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A few years ago, Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for a Winter Haven man convicted of burglary and sentenced to 20 years on the grounds the trial court erred in allowing testimony from an alleged victim who had been deemed incompetent to stand trial on two pending charges she herself faced. She was reportedly the only witness to testify for the state in the Florida felony case, according to The Ledger newspaper.
Defendant testified the alleged victim had hired her to break into her home in order to frame a woman married to one of her former boyfriends for the crime. Alleged victim claimed not to know defendant, but she had nonetheless sent him a Facebook "friend" request in the weeks leading up to the alleged burglary. His DNA was found near a window where the alleged break-in occurred. She also told investigators early on that she believed her ex-boyfriend and his wife had committed the crime.
Defendant challenged her competency to testify, citing the recent incompetency finding in two pending criminal cases against her. The judge denied this motion, saying she was alert and oriented, after alleged victim gave her name, age, address, employment and also indicated she didn't know why she'd been found incompetent. On review, the 2nd DCA panel noted the judge never probed her understanding of the nature of the oath of truth taken or of her understanding of her moral obligation to tell the truth. The inadequacy of this proceeding meant the judge failed to understood the key witness understood her responsibility to tell the truth, necessitating a new trial.
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Underestimate, or guess low for your income.
Overestimate, or guess high for your expenses.
Add miscellaneous items into your expenses, and maybe add 5-10% of your current expense total as miscellaneous to cover things that unexpected.
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How to unlock your Microsoft devices
By: Mark Robinson – 16 July 2016At the start of the year Microsoft introduced the first official Windows 10 unlock app for phones and tablets.
The app has been downloaded more than 50 million times and it now supports more than 1.2 billion devices, which makes it one of the biggest apps in the world.
However, Microsoft has been unable to provide any update to its Windows 10 app for the past few weeks.
The company released a security update for its latest operating system on Friday, and it was released as a download at 10am AEST.
However, it wasn't until Monday that Microsoft released an update for the Windows 10 Mobile operating system.
Microsoft is still waiting for the mobile update, which was originally expected to be released at the end of August, to arrive.
Microsoft has not released any new details on the security update or the update's rollout.
A spokesperson for Microsoft said in a statement to The Irish News: "We are in the process of releasing the Windows Update for Windows 10.
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We have not yet confirmed the update will include the Windows update for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.
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If your home is on the market, have you checked the pictures the agent posted on the MLS? If you haven't, you need to immediately! When homes are placed on the MLS, syndication distributes the pictures and property information all across the world wide web. That means if the pictures of your home are bad, EVERYONE IN THE NATION IS SEEING THOSE PICTURES! I mention to my clients that selling their home is like finding a date when you were a teenager. Your home must look good and smell good. Looks always come first because visual appearance is everything. If someone doesn't like what they see, they will instantly move to the next home. Advertising in our world today is all visually based. What pleases the eye will sell! For example... this picture is entirely too dark. You can't make out features in the room and it was taken at a bad angle. Would you be happy if this were your home?
Which home catches your eye first? The good picture above highlights the colors and details in the landscaping. Naturally the bright colors attract your attention whether you like the style of the home or not. In other words, even if you didn't like the home, the picture would catch your eye. That's called marketing! Making people look even if they're not interested.


Kingfisher plc using EPIC/TICKER code (LON:KGF) has had its stock rating noted as 'Unchanged' with the recommendation being set at 'SELL' today by analysts at UBS. Kingfisher plc are listed in the Consumer Services sector within UK Main Market. UBS have set their target price at 205 GBX on its stock. This would indicate that the analyst believes there is a downside of -8.3% from the opening price of 223.6 GBX. Over the last 30 and 90 trading days the company share price has increased 14.4 points and decreased 36.5 points respectively. The 1 year high for the share price is 366 GBX while the year low share price is currently 202.7 GBX.
Kingfisher plc has a 50 day moving average of 229.72 GBX and the 200 Day Moving Average price is recorded at 270.24. There are currently 2,110,113,288 shares in issue with the average daily volume traded being 8,986,224. Market capitalisation for LON:KGF is £4,676,011,174 GBP.


Your future together now lies ahead of you. You have already taken the first step – by choosing each other and beginning to plan your wedding. The happiest day of your life is so precious that every last detail should be something special.
In choosing your wedding rings, you are making a decision that will last a lifetime – by providing you with our Wedding Ring Guide, we want to help you select your dream ring.
Your wedding ring – as the enduring sign of your love – will be with you forever. This is why it makes sense to choose your rings together. Long before your wedding day, familiarize yourself with all the options, take your time, and be guided by your instinct in selecting the design you like the most from the host of different models available.
Made to suit your individual preferences, gold rings take 7-10 days, and platinum rings 15-20 days from the time of ordering. You and your partner are made for each other, yet you each have your own personal style. So don't hesitate to select different wedding rings that best express your individual taste. Try and find a common element: use the same form, the same surface finish or the same color, for instance.
To a large degree, the form defines the character of any ring. You can choose a straight and simple line or a heavily embossed one from a total of eight possible profiles.
While the outside form determines the look of the ring, the inner form affects the way it sits on your finger and how comfortable it is to wear.
Your wedding ring should be comfortable yet firm enough that you hardly notice you are wearing one, but not loose enough to slip off your finger. The width also determines the style and fit of your ring. Combined with the form, the width of the ring can have a delicate and subtle effect or a strong and striking impact.
As a general rule of thumb, you should choose a wider band if you have large hands or long fingers, while the opposite naturally applies if you tend to have smaller hands and shorter fingers.
With its deep luster and pliability, gold has long been the preferred material for crafting precious jewelry. This is how simple rings made from the finest gold came to be symbolic of a couple's wedding vows. Because it is very soft in its purest form, however, gold is generally mixed with other metals.
The noble material comes in various alloys, with a millesimal fineness of 333 = 8 carat, 585 = 14 carat through to 750 = 18 carat. The colors are created by mixing gold with copper or palladium: cool white gold, rich yellow gold and sensual red gold. On request, wedding rings can also be made from white gold with an added rhodium coating to give them a high-gloss finish and protect the surface from scratching.
A combination of several gold colors is becoming increasingly popular. Multicolored rings are produced at Saint Maurice by the sintering method. This high-tech procedure has the advantage over the conventional soldering method that the metals combine seamlessly with one another in the vacuum created under high temperatures, with no need for any joints. Multicolored rings made of gold and high-gloss steel are still soldered by the conventional method.
Platinum, as the most precious of all metals, is 30 times rarer and many times more expensive than gold. Its special qualities make expert knowledge and skill essential to the process of crafting platinum jewelry.
The shimmering white color and luster of platinum – unlike white gold – are attributable to the natural properties of the material. Platinum alloys consist of 95% platinum and a mere 5% of other metals. The soft yet resilient material is extremely robust, even when subjected to the harshest conditions. Because any scratches on the surface are not caused by any loss of material but merely by material displacement, platinum rings retain their value for a lifetime.
No precious stone can match the brilliance and luminosity of diamonds. The properties of a diamond encapsulate the very essence of love: a diamond is pure and nothing can destroy it; it is of indescribable beauty and very precious; it shines incredibly brightly and lasts an eternity. Various settings are available for incorporating a diamond into your wedding ring. Smoothly embedded with a flush edge, pavé set or dispersed around the ring like the stars of the night are but three of the many options. You choose the type and size of the diamonds to suit the shape and form of your ring. You can also have stones added at a later stage to add further highlights to your ring. There are four crucial criteria by which the quality and value of a diamond are judged. They are called "The four Cs" – carat, cut, clarity and color.
Carat – carat is the weight measurement of the diamond. A carat can also be divided into 100 "points". This means a 0.50 carat diamond equates to a stone with 50 points or a "half-carat" stone.
Cut – the cut gives a diamond its distinctive brilliance. The light is reflected from one facet to another and then reflects back through the upper face of the stone.
Clarity – the brilliance of a diamond is determined by the reflection of light. If the passage of light is disturbed e.g. by inclusions or a lack of purity, some of the light will be lost. The purity of a diamond is determined by the extent to which it is free of such inclusions.
Colour – the closer the diamond is to colorless, the higher it is graded. The rarest and whitest diamonds are referred to as "high fine white" (HFW/D, E) or "fine white" (FW/F, G) but most diamonds are white or tinted white and graded from "H" to "L".
By working on the surface of the ring, some very different effects can be achieved. High-gloss, polished surfaces reflect the light, while velvety matt surfaces tend to draw attention to the form of the ring. Adding structure to the outside of the ring by hammering the surface is another popular finish that can be applied by our goldsmiths.
Your ring will gradually change over time. The matt finish will become polished over the course of time and, conversely, the gloss of a polished finish will lose some of its intensity. These signs of wear add a personal touch to the ring. If, however, you prefer the original finish you chose when you first ordered your ring, it can of course be restored as often as you wish.
Engraving a ring is the ultimate way to personalize any wedding band. Most couples choose the name of their partner and their wedding date, or perhaps the date they first met. Saint Maurice uses pantograph lasers to engrave your ring with whatever you choose, in the language, font and style of your choice.
By using this state-of-the-art technology, a host of different motifs or even a copy of your own handwriting can be engraved on the inside of the wedding rings. It is also possible to engrave the outside of a Saint Maurice ring.
As the symbol of your commitment to each other and lasting memento of your wedding day, your wedding ring will be with you for a lifetime. So it is worthwhile investing in something special. The materials used and the way it is made have the greatest bearing on the price.
The impressive variety of wedding rings available makes it possible for you to choose wedding rings ranging in price from as little as €200 to as much as €3,000 or more.
Saint Maurice wedding rings are made in Pforzheim, the traditional center of German goldsmiths. They are cut from inductively heated metal tubes, and this seamless production method makes them much more versatile than other rings. The simple ring shapes are then turned on high-precision CNC machinery into the desired design and hand-finished by expert goldsmiths and diamond setters. With the greatest of care and an exceptional feel for the quality and properties of the raw materials, our staff will create superb testimonies to your love for each other.
Every Saint Maurice wedding ring "made in Germany" is delivered with an individual quality certificate. The Saint Maurice trademark, the millesimal fineness of the alloy and the number of carats, if diamonds are included, is engraved on the inside of the rings. The St Maurice promise of quality is our guarantee that every wedding ring meets all the necessary quality standards to make it the perfect wedding ring.


Total superannuation assets increased relatively slightly in the September 2018 quarter.
The number of new SMSFs being started has reached a new low, with only 5,580 funds set up in the September 2018 quarter according to the latest ATO statistics.
The total number of SMSFs continues to grow – there were 596,059 as at the end of September 2018 – but growth is slowing. Each of the last four quarters has made a new low for SMSF establishments.


Crisp mornings… warm, sunny afternoons…cool evenings….what a wonderful time of the year! Kids are back in school, vacations are all done and life takes on a regularity again (if there exists such a thing). It's also a time to catch up with good friends after busy summers, whether getting a coffee together or having an intimate dinner party during these sweet autumn days.
As April is finally here and the promise of Spring is visible all around the Toronto area, the signs of new life are all around us. Springtime cookie baskets are now coming hot out of the oven to welcome a new year of life unfolding.
We are renewed by our work of making better cookies for all our clients and are truly blessed to be able to serve in this way. Most of all, we are happy to be making smiles in each cookie delivery we send out. One gift at a time we have the opportunity to make a difference and that is truly awesome!
To celebrate Spring, we thought it would be a great idea to showcase our freshly baked cookie gift baskets.
While you will not find any chocolate bunnies in these gift baskets, you will find some of the most delicious cookies you have ever tasted! And best of all, they are 100% Deliciously Vegan.


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Brian J. Murphy
SAG-AFTRA & Music Industry Fighting Antiquated State Law Regarding Artists' Personal Service Contracts by Encouraging Support for FAIR Act Legislation
In our article, "Streaming Has Created a Showrunner Problem," we discussed how the streaming of motion picture content and the binge-watching model of dropping all series episodes at once has not only changed the way Hollywood writers typically create. It has also negatively impacted other workers in the entertainment and media industries. Among other impacts, according to SAG-AFTRA this trend has led to a significant increase in the amount of time actors are "held" for multiple years under employment agreements for series productions. In a joint effort to combat burdensome contract and employment terms, SAG-AFTRA and multiple music artist associations are encouraging their members to support legislation in the California Assembly called the Free Artists from Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act.
California workers are protected from being locked into long-term employment contracts by a California Labor Code statute which provides that employment contracts cannot last more than seven years. However, that so-called Seven Year Statute was created over 150 years ago and according to SAG-AFTRA no longer provides adequate employee protection to address the continued rise in streaming of motion picture content and the binge-watching content delivery model.
The delivery of music over the plethora of digital music streaming platforms currently available is bringing increasing profits to record labels while potentially causing harm to recording artists. Recording artists must now contend with contracts that permit labels to not only take a percentage of record sales, but also of all other revenue generating enterprises of the band. Making matters worse, recording artists were expressly excluded from the Seven Year Statute in a 1987 amendment, leaving them particularly vulnerable to potential liability for damages should they work for another music label or even themselves.
The FAIR Act
The FAIR Act would modify the existing Labor Code provisions to better align with how film, TV, and music are produced and distributed today. The bill would limit the length of time that production companies and recording labels could hold creative artists in contracts that keep artists off the job market and unpaid for long time periods. As just one example, the bill would require production of subsequent television and streaming platform series seasons within 12 months after the actor's services are concluded for the prior season. In addition, the FAIR Act would afford recording artists the protections of the Seven Year Statute. You can read the FAIR Act, AB1385 here.
Federal Trade Commission Filing
Here are excerpts from the coalition's public comments submitted to the FTC in support of the FAIR Act:
"Overly broad exclusivity clauses and unilateral options, exercisable in the employer's sole discretion, allow employers to unreasonably restrain actors' ability to work. These restrictive covenants are increasingly oppressive and keep actors off the market and unable to work for excessively long periods of time. They restrict actors' abilities to work, compete, and build their careers. For all practical purposes these pernicious provisions are non-negotiable and unmodified for everyone but a handful of the biggest stars.
"Underrepresented groups will be disproportionately disadvantaged by this practice. Being held off the market — and therefore off-screen — for years, during the period when they would statistically have the most opportunities, will destroy earning potential and career building. It prevents opportunities and limits exposure at the most critical juncture in their careers.
"These restrictive covenants lack a pro-competitive justification in today's market. There is no market harm if an actor works on another series, commercial, or movie during hiatus periods. There is market harm by unilaterally and unreasonably restricting work for actors, to the sole benefit of increasingly powerful, vertically integrated, global entertainment conglomerates."
The public comments, filed jointly with the Music Artists Coalition and Black Music Action Coalition, say:
"Unconscionably long contract terms are rampant in the industry, aided by an exemption to California's Seven Year Rule, which keeps musicians and actors from accessing the Rule's protections. The Rule, which prevents any personal service contract from being enforced beyond seven years, is one reason California is a haven of worker mobility that helps it become one of the great economic powers in the world. Musicians are singled out — to the economy and the publics' detriment — as this anti-competitive law and Major Label practices deflate the movement of labor and stifle creativity in the workforce.
"Musicians sign record contracts for a chance at success in music. But for most musicians, record contracts are not a means to success but rather a mechanism Major Labels use to exploit their labor. While Major Labels contend that only 1 out of 10 artists recoup on their advances (sums given to artists before a record is released that are entirely recouped by the label before an artist is paid any royalties), this claim is immaterial: Major Labels do not provide many artists with access to the market.
"Musicians are routinely denied the chance to complete their contractual obligations and are thus severely or entirely restricted in the movement of their services and economic opportunities. One way artists are rebuffed is when labels 'shelve' an album, refusing to release a record entirely. Another is by releasing songs as 'singles' instead of on albums. In both instances, the label prolongs the term of the contract because record contracts for a specific number of albums, as opposed to a term of years or a total number of songs, and in California, because the Seven Year Rule excludes musicians.
"Three multinational, foreign-owned, multibillion dollar companies (collectively, the 'Major Labels') control over 65% of the market across the world. While artists today make pennies on the dollar compared to past generations, Major Labels have launched massive IPOs, riding skyrocketing margins, huge stakes in the top streaming companies, and ownership of their own publishing companies to huge profits and executive compensation. These and other historic predatory practices are still rampant today, where Major Label record deals ensnare young artists, many of whom are from underserved communities and are people of color.
"The restrictive and anti-competitive practices of the recording industry belong in a bygone era. An exemption like that in California's Seven Year Rule gives the labels safe harbor to mistreat musicians. Our international allies have taken notice: the U.K., the third-largest music market by revenue in the world, has engaged in an anti-competitive investigation into the practices of the recording industry. Restricting the free movement of labor and services, and clamping down on creativity generally, is antithetical to American ideals and norms. The record labels already have a leg up–they do not need or deserve to have the law and leaders look the other way in the face of unfair contracting."
For advice on how you can protect your creative rights across a wide range of purposes, or in structuring and negotiating the terms of your next agreement call the office of Brian J. Murphy, Attorney & Counselor at Law, at 310–473–3500. You can also complete our online contact form, and we'll be in touch with you soon.
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Economics of forest restoration
The IPCC's 6th Assessment Report unequivocally states that anthropogenic activities have accelerated global warming at an unprecedented rate. Consequently, the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves, cyclones, intense precipitation, and droughts have been increasing, affecting the lives and livelihoods of people globally. Limiting human-induced global warming requires limiting cumulative emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Forest restoration is expected to help limit global warming. Evidence suggests that in lower- and middle-income countries, such restoration is biophysically feasible for up to 2 billion ha of forest area. But this is not without economic and institutional challenges.
This study intends to understand the economics of forest restoration as a carbon mitigation option and its distributional impacts on gender and marginalized groups in four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
Funding : International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada.
Duration: February 2022–January 2025
The project is led by Mani Nepal, Programme Coordinator, SANDEE, ICIMOD, as Project Leader (Principal Investigator). Two SANDEE advisors, Jeff Vincent, Professor at Duke University, and François Libois, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, are involved in the research.
Bangladesh: Research team lead by Raquibul Amin, Country Representative, Bangladesh Country Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Dhaka
Nepal: Naya S Paudel, Project Coordinator and Institutional/Policy Analyst, Forest Action, Kathmandu
Pakistan: Hina Aslam, Ecologist, Research Fellow, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad
Sri Lanka: Erandathie Pathiraja, Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Title Journal
Opportunity Costs of Forest Conservation in Nepal Frontiers in Forest and Global Change
15 Dec 2022 –19 Dec 2022 | SANDEE
Review and planning workshop and field visit
28 March 2022 | SANDEE
16 May 2022 | SANDEE
Consultative meetings with partners and advisors


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Greater Manchester News
This is why Greater Manchester is the fitness capital of the north
No wonder we're called the Northern Powerhouse...
Annie Gouk
Ever noticed how everyone in Manchester looks like a Greek Adonis? There's a reason for that.
A look at official labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics reveals that Manchester has some of the highest proportions of fitness facilities in the country.
There are around 40 fitness facilities in the area, which can include businesses such as gyms, sports courts, swimming pools and personal trainers - far more than the 10 seen in 2010.
Number of gyms in Greater Manchester
When compared with the population that means there are around eight fitness facilities per 100,000 people in the city - well above the national average of five - so it's no wonder everyone looks like a sculpted work of art.
In fact, Bolton had even more fitness centres per head with nine for every 100,000 of the population, making it the fitness capital of the North.
Number of gyms per 100,000 people in Greater Manchester
Other areas in Greater Manchester, such as Tameside and Bury, fared less well with only five fitness facilities each.
That left the areas with two and three facilities to work out in per 100,000 people respectively - some of the worst rates in the UK.
And here's where the top places for fitness are around the UK, outside London
Top 10 areas for fitness outside London (Gyms per 100,000 people)
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Springs are unique and vulnerable habitats, which have always been rather out of focus of the scientist interest. Nevertheless, they frequently host very diverse and species-rich assemblages with high proportion of species more or less adapted to their unique environment and can act as biodiversity hotspots in some areas. The Western Carpathian springs are helocrene springs and represent wide variety of different habitat types, from mineral rich sparsely-vegetated or bryophytes-rich covered helocrenes to acidic peaty sites. Such diversification allows the creation of highly diverse assemblages, in which Chironomidae usually dominate in both species richness and abundance. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of chironomid assemblages inhabiting the unique environment of spring fens and factors driving the metacommunity structuring and populations of individual taxa. We examined chironomid assemblages of 62 small, treeless helocrenes sites, which are highly isolated from each other by the terrestrial environment constituting dispersal barriers such as the east-west oriented mountain ridges and valleys. The sampling was performed to cover mesohabitat heterogeneity of study sites. Two main mesohabitats were sampled, the plot with flowing water and coarser substratum near water source (the lotic mesohabitat), and water-logged soil with standing water (the lentic mesohabitat). Study sites hosted nearly 100 chironomid taxa, both mesohabitats were inhabited by chironomid assemblages similar in number of species and abundances and the local environment was proved to be the main driver of compositional changes in chironomid assemblages as expected. Moreover, the significant spatial structure of assemblages was found at the lentic mesohabitat, while biotic interactions described by the abundance of Gammarus fossarum and taxa richness and abundances of predators did not significantly contribute to compositional changes in assemblages at any mesohabitat. Nevertheless, taxa-specific responses revealed populations of many taxa significantly affected by biotic interactions, especially at the more stable lotic mesohabitat, which is in concordance with suggested greater importance of biotic interactions at stable environment. Our results emphasized the importance of multilevel approach in community ecology for proper distinction between different mechanisms of metacommunity structuring. Biotic interaction such as competition can result into the same community patterns as environmental filtering, thus the involvement of detailed analyses of species requirements and interactions is necessary.


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RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149, 307, 323, 324, 326, 427, 447-- Murder - Unlawful assembly - Common object - No specific role attributed to respondent Nos.2 to 10 and other accused persons - No specific injury attributed to them - None of eye witnesses has stated any overt act against respondents and accused persons - Held, prosecution failed to prove its case..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326-- Grievous hurt - Conviction - Reduction of sentence - Validity - Accused did not challenge conviction before High Court but only prayed for reduction of sentence in view of compromise arrived at between parties - Held, in view of the fact that offence charged u/s.326 is non compoundable and also in..........
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304(Part I), 326-- Culpable homicide or voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon - Proof - Appellant alleged to have took out knife and dealt its blows on waist of deceased - Deceased died on account of infection after seven days of incidence - Held, conviction of appellant altered from S.304(Part I) to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 326, 307, 449-- Murder - Conviction - Appeal - Suspension of sentence - Death occurred by fire arm injury - Specific roles attributed to applicants/appellants No.1 and 2 - Held, sentences of imprisonments cannot be suspended - Application dismissed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 326-- Attempt to murder - Voluntary causing grievous hurt by dangerous means - Nothing in evidence that appellants caused injuries with an intention to kill him - Doctor not declared the nature of injury No.1 `dangerous to life' of injured - Held, conviction liable to be altered from u/s.307 to u/s.326..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326-- Voluntary causing grievous hurt by dangerous means - Imposition of sentence - Appellants No.1 & 3 has undergone about one year and six months of imprisonment respectively - They are not previous convicts - They have already suffered agony of litigation for a period of sixteen years - Held,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 320(8), 326-- Attempt to murder - Causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons - Proof - Appellant fired a single shot which hit victim's abdomen - He did not repeat injury - Medical opinion is vague - Absence of any corroborative evidence - Held, no offence punishable u/s 307 IPC is made out - Act of appellant..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 326-- Attempt to murder - Causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons - Reduction in sentence - Appellant acquitted of charge framed u/s 307 IPC and convicted u/s 326 IPC - Appellant is real uncle of complainant - He has already undergone substantive portion of his sentence of imprisonment for a period..........
GAUHATI HIGH COURT
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 9, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326, 300-- Identification of accused - Father of deceased stated that he could identify members of extremist group but he could not identify who caused death of his son - More so, even when he was allegedly beaten by extremists he could not identify who has beaten him - Held, it is very difficult to come to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326, 325, 324, 452, 148, 149, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482-- Cross case - Compromise - Offence u/ss 148, 323, 326 and 452 read with S.149 IPC and offence in cross case u/ss 148, 324, 325 read with S.149 IPC - Parties amicably settled their disputes - They belong to the same village and also related to each other - Complainants to not want to pursue the..........


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WUSTL Athletics Remains First in Division III Directors' Cup
The Washington University in St. Louis Department of Athletics holds the top spot with 693.50 points in the final winter 2011-12 Division III Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings, as announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) on Thursday.
This marks the second time in school history Washington University has held the overall lead heading into the spring sports season. Washington U. sat in first place in 2007-08 with 693.50 points en route to its highest finish in school history – second, 899 points.
Source: Washington University Athletics


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This is not Lukashenko's fault, but your fault, you gentlemen and ladies politicians in the West!
More and more people are now coming to the EU via Belarus. EU states react with barbed wire and military operations. Refugees freeze to death in the border area. The EU denies them their human right: to apply for protection because there is war and terror in their country. Lukashenkov, the president of Belarus, is not responsible for this situation (Poland is, because it is involved in the wars). It is the responsibility of you Western politicians. The war on terror, waged by the West in order to directly appropriate the raw materials of the Global South, must be ended. Within the framework of the International PeaceFactory Wanfried, we want to build up a nationwide and international network. We invite you to help us achieve this. Within the framework of our campaign: "Fix our countries, Fix our world, human dignity for all!" we stand up for the fixing of a foreign and refugee policy that corresponds to Western values, the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Without our personal political commitment, the spiral of war, death, expulsion, flight, right-wing extremist threats to democracies will continue to spin faster and faster.
More and more people are now entering the EU via Belarus. EU states react with barbed wire and military deployment. Refugees freeze to death in the border area. The EU denies them their human right: to apply for protection because there is war and terror in their country. Lukashenkov, the president of Belarus, is not responsible for this situation (Poland is, because it is involved in the wars). It is the responsibility of you Western politicians.
You have broken international law, which forbids war and stipulates in the UN Charter that conflicts should only be resolved by peaceful means. You have chosen the path of war: It has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and plunged states into chaos, where people no longer have any prospect of a decent life.
Why did you do it?
Alain Badiou, the French philosopher, says: You want to secure the control of raw materials directly for your corporations again, as in colonial times. You may not want to or be able to colonise directly, but you can destroy the states. By cooperating with militias, you can then get hold of the raw materials at cheap prices to pay for the weapons needed for the war. Badiou says this is hell for the people in these regions. Don't they have a right to escape this hell?
The us geographer, David Harvey, says that with its war on terror, the USA wants to bring the resource-rich region, the Middle East or West Asia, the world's petrol station, under its control. They see this as an opportunity to permanently secure their global supremacy against possible emerging challengers to their dominance, such as Japan and the EU in the past and above all China today. To this end, under the label of revenge for 9/11 and the war on terror, they have bombed an entire region into death, destruction and chaos, destroying the developmental progress made decades after independence from the European colonial powers. Is it not legitimate for people to flee from there and move to where it is still possible to live in dignity without the constant threat of death?
The US political advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said that the young people who are now educated and connected via the internet are a danger to the USA, especially in poor countries. Their desire to live in dignity would only be at the expense of the people and countries at the top of the world income pyramid, especially the USA. These young people could no longer be controlled: Hence his recommendation: it is easier today to kill a million people than to control them. That is the way to get rid of the discontent. Don't these people have the right to escape death?
The former leading NATO officer, Gen Wesley Clark, criticised that the USA had a strong army and used it to militarily enforce interests in the control and exploitation of oil. He revealed that the wars, which have always been presented to us as reactions to alleged human rights violations, were and are prepared for the long term:
The West is trying to make its core regions of Europe and the USA or Australia and Israel and the Gulf monarchies inaccessible to the refugees for whom it is responsible.
It can portray the refugees or now Lukashenkov, who does not stop them, as perpetrators to its populations and thus divert attention from its perpetration.
Since many are not informed about the background and aims of the war on terror, they cannot see through the manoeuvre.
We, who stand for human rights, should educate people. Some who give us a lot of knowledge about this are the US-American Scott Horton and the ESX-US-soldier Danny Sjursen. Here are links to their texts and videos
Scott Horton's demand is right: The war on terror, waged by the West in order to directly appropriate the raw materials of the Global South again, must be ended. For this, we need majorities in Western societies and Western politics that can enforce this against the proponents of war. We need an international peace conference at which ways out of the war must be found and the perpetrators of the war must be obliged to pay for a comprehensive programme to rebuild the countries they destroyed. The handling of the refugees, like the wars, show that the West breaks the right Western values when they go against its interests. Its politicians use them to justify their wars, to criticise their breach in other states and thus to distract from the fact that they are permanently breaking them. If you want people to stop having to flee, you should campaign now for an end to the war on terror.
Within the framework of the International PeaceFactory Wanfried, we want to build up a nationwide and international network for this purpose. We invite you to join us in this effort. Within the framework of our campaign: "Fix our countries, Fix our world, human dignity for all!" we stand up for the fixation of a foreign and refugee policy that corresponds to Western values, the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Sign up and get involved: Without our personal political commitment, the spiral of war, death, displacement, flight, extreme right-wing threats to democracies will spin further and faster. Our email: info@internationale-friedensfabrik-wanfried.org.
Total failure of the West: the war on terror has not reduced terror but encouraged it (internationale-friedensfabrik-wanfried.org)
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HPE, Nutanix Sign Agreement to Deliver Hybrid Cloud as a Service
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the cloud computing firm Nutanix has now collaborated a partnership to provide the hybrid cloud as a service.
In a statement, the companies said that the offering was aimed at giving the customers freedom of choice to adopt a hybrid cloud strategy.
Nutanix, which has the founders of the Indian origin, said that the solution will also come with its enterprise cloud operating system software and the HPE GreenLake that also provides with the customers a pay as you go IT consumption model that will also help them to lower the cost of ownership as well as to generate a return on investment at a faster pace.
The offering will also provide with a fully managed hybrid cloud infrastructure delivered as a service and deployed in the customer data centers or the co-location facility.
"HPE created the modern on-premises, as-a-service consumption market with HPE GreenLake. Our customers get the benefits of a cloud experience combined with the security, governance, and application performance of an on-premises environment while paying for the service based on actual consumption," said Antonio Neri, president, and chief executive of HPE.
"The partnership will provide customers with another choice to make their infrastructure invisible so they can focus on business-critical apps, not the underlying technology," said Dheeraj Pandey, founder, chief executive and chairman of Nutanix.
The solution is also expected to be available in the market by the end of this tear. As a part of the agreement, Nutanix will also enable its channel partners to sell the SPE servers directly.
Nutanix has also opened up a new customer support center in the Pune.
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Feel the distortion of love and heartache on great 'Exscape'
By Kenny Perez
Published December 5, 2022 at 5:30 AM CST
Every Monday, "Add of the Week" unveils all the new songs going into the 88Nine on-air playlist, with one hand-picked selection put in the spotlight by a member of our music team.
This week, we're adding the beautifully haunting track "Exscape" from Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and producer Montell Fish's recent and raw DIY EP, Her Love Still Haunts Me Like a Ghost.
If you took in the sounds from Fish's 2016 debut project, As We Walk into Forever, you know that love and heartache has inspired his writing for many years. It's hard to believe that at the very young age of 25, this new EP is his seventh release.
Her Love … is the bridge between his critically acclaimed Summer release, JAMIE and the soon-to-be-released duo of CHARLOTTE and MARSHALL. As he told Hypebeast's Sarah Kearns, "All three albums are loosely tied to the theme of grief and the emotions felt throughout the grieving process."
Personally, I'm just excited that we got together as a team and decided to support this hungry, talented and soon-to-be household name (IMO, of course). You can listen to "Exscape" below and on 88Nine by tuning your FM dial in Milwaukee, or streaming worldwide on our website and mobile app.
This week's other adds
"Hayat," Kit Sebastian
"Lonely One," Sure Sure
"Easy On Your Own?" Alvvays
"Nsera" Fatoumata Diawara (feat. Damon Albarn)
"What Are the Odds," Death Valley Girls
"I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am," Arctic Monkeys
"The Only Way Out," Danielle Ponder
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Exclusive Interview: Master Of Rods And Strings Author Jason Marc Harris
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In the 1978 horror movie Magic, Anthony Hopkins is the man behind a scary ventriloquist dummy. But while writer Jason Marc Harris says his puppet-centric novel Master Of Rods And Strings (paperback, Kindle) is a tale of weird horror (and more), in the following email interview, he says that's the limit to how much Magic is in his tale…for now.
First off, what is Master Of Rods And Strings about, and when and where does it take place?
Set in early 20th century Southern France, the story concerns Elias Clermont's goal of mastering the art of occult puppetry. His determination hardens after his sister is isolated and abused by their mysterious Uncle Pavan, who runs a puppetry school. Elias loves his sister, but he is jealous of her prowess as a puppeteer, and he resolves to distinguish himself in the art of occult puppetry to fight against forces that have oppressed him and his family. He changes over time from the imaginative loyal young boy into someone who makes physical sacrifices and moral compromises to achieve revenge and attain the potential he believes he must reach to become a paragon of the highest supernatural arts of puppetry.
I plunked Saint-Simeon (the town I invented as an homage to the patron saint of puppeteers) down west of Valence in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region of south-east central France. The rest of the action occurs in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southern France and includes the city of Marseille, the town of Arles, and an archaeological site near Glanum.
Where did you first get the idea for Master Of Rods And Strings, and how, if at all, did that original idea change as you wrote this story?
I decided to write the story in 2013 (during the MFA program at Bowling Green State University). "I will not deny that I have always been fascinated by puppets" was my first sentence of the story, and I kept that from the first stage of composition. Some material that ended up on the cutting room floor included Elias traveling to America, but the overall trajectory — that he would become obsessed with mastering the art of occult puppetry because of his ferocious longing for power and vengeance and both jealousy and love for his sister — those features were constant.
And what kind of puppet do you have in Master Of Rods And Strings? Is it a hand puppet, a ventriloquist dummy, a Muppet…?
Many types of puppets — marionettes, hand and rod puppets, shadow puppets, junk puppets, and trick puppets — from a range of nations. For example, Elias's Uncle Pavan first presents Gianduja, who is a character puppet from 18th Century Commedia dell'Arte.
But the main puppet that Elias engages with is a "found puppet," an object that a puppeteer can wield regardless of its original function. Elias discovers this shabby doll — discarded from a mental asylum — in an alley amid other debris. He adapts the doll to puppetry by inserting rods into the doll's innards, dubs the puppet Virgil, and then over time during Elias's travels he enhances Virgil with a range of features, such as lynx fangs and badger claws. Elias comes to learn that Virgil has a sentience, and via Virgil, Elias learns more about the old art of puppeteering, when puppetry was a ritual form of communing with ancient supernatural powers.
Why do you think some things that are supposed to delight children — puppets…clowns… — are so easily turned into scary things for adults?
It all depends on context and tradition. A 2014 Telegraph article mentions how pictures of clowns at hospitals are to be discouraged due to scaring kids, yet in in 2020 Forbes presented a study from the British Medical Journal claiming that clowns in-person can make hospital stays more pleasant for kids. The makeup of clowns partly derives from Vice figures in medieval morality plays, so being scary was already built into that tradition there for hundreds of years.
For puppets, there's also the concept of the uncanny valley: there's a certain point at which we become more disconcerted by imitations of the human form the closer they come to resemble us if there's any perceived deviation from expected human behavior or appearance. So, the uncanny refusal of a puppet to drop its smirk or staring eyes may cause fear. For adults, there's also the added set of associations with popular culture like horror films, so by the time you're an adult you're more likely to have been exposed to scary puppets and clowns.
Master Of Rods And Strings sounds like it might be scary. But is it just a horror story?
The earliest draft work was during the MFA program for creative writing at Bowling Green State University (Ohio), and my creative thesis advisor Dr. Lawrence Coates remarked that the narrative was a Künstleroman, which is a story that focuses on the development of the artist, so the novella has that in common with works like William Wordsworth's autobiographical epic The Prelude and James Joyce's Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man.
Master Of Rods And Strings is also an example of a literary fairy tale or künstmärchen.
In some regards, Elias like Faust is experiencing forbidden knowledge, but his fate is not bound to punitive dualistic metaphysics. He is able to explore and grow, though his growth is not narrowly good, moralistic, or heroic. This is a tale of weird horror, after all, but it is also a tale of expanding consciousness and meaning.
Master Of Rods And Strings is your first published book of fiction, though you've written tons of short stories and radio plays, as well as the non-fiction book Folklore And The Fantastic In Nineteenth-Century British Fiction. Are there any writers, or specific stories, that had a big influence on Master Of Rods And Strings but not on anything else you've written?
Thomas Ligotti's "The Clown Puppet" had me pondering the idea of other forces beyond mysterious puppets and mannequins.
I think the fairy tale "The King Of The Golden Mountain" helped shape part of the self-righteousness of Elias's vengeful mindset and the use of magical power to perform that vengeance. In terms of folkloric influences, use the motif found most famously in The Odyssey with the Polyphemus encounter: the trick of using the phrase "no one" or "no man" for a name; there's an echo of that when Elias confronts Desmond, the tormenter from the school later after he has surpassed the skills of his tormenter.
I thought of Stendhal's Julien in The Red And The Black. Both stories take place in France and engage with ambition versus class oppression. I think the bloodthirsty vendettas of Jacobean Revenge tragedies, such as The Revenger's Tragedie and The Duchess Of Malfi, influenced the plot's momentum. A few people pointed out comparisons with Perfume, which I had more than a decade before starting Master, so I'm sure there's influence: an ambitious amoral protagonist perfecting a scent which dangerous consequences vs. perfecting the craft of puppetry with dangerous consequences. Master also has some of the unnerving education manifested in the rapport between the Judge and the Kid in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian: Elias is horrified by the behavior of Uncle Pavan, but he learns from him as well.
What about such non-literary influences as movies, TV shows, or games; did any of those have a big influence on Master Of Rods And Strings? Because the first thing I thought of when I heard what this book was about was that old horror movie, Magic.
That wasn't an influence; I have not seen the film. Also, in Magic, the protagonist is terrorized by his ventriloquist dummy; in Master Of Rods And Strings, Elias is not terrified by his puppet.
One source beyond books is a comic I read as a child, which my father provided from the CSUS library: "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" from Tales From The Crypt (Volume 1, #28, 1951; story by Bill Gaines & Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels). This comic features a man tormented by a monstrous twin growing from his arm. The man is largely overthrown by the will and ferocity of his appendage, and that notion of a person contending with some intimate simulacrum that was more than it seemed — no mere puppet or doll but an entity — was an influence.
So to flip the script, as the kids probably don't say anymore, do you think Master Of Rods And Strings could work as a movie, show, or game?
A film would be effective with the right atmosphere and focus on setting — would not want to see Master Of Rods And Strings lose the French rural aspects and role of folk art with puppetry celebrated as the key area of fame for a child growing up in fabled St. Simeon. A miniseries would be intriguing. Also a graphic novel would be a fun exploration.
I could also see it as an RPG survival horror video game exploring the world of occult puppetry. A bard-necromancer-puppeteer encountering puzzles and formulae while battling in puppeteering competitions and developing the various dances of symbiotic puppeteering conjuration.
If someone wanted to make it into a movie, who would you want them to cast as Elias, Uncle Pavan, and the other main characters?
Ideally, unknown young actors who can emerge from obscurity, just as Elias and Sonja did, and master their craft while chilling their audiences.
As for the more mature characters, in terms of style perhaps Anthony Hopkins with a beard could play Uncle Pavan.
Which is funny since you said earlier that Master Of Rods And Strings isn't like the movie Magic, but Hopkins was in Magic.
Right. Maybe it's because I looked the film Magic up and read how Hopkins played a ventriloquist that it was on my mind, but it's also because Hopkins exudes this sardonic convivial sense of menace with certain roles. Not just Hannibal but in Titus and The Wolfman, and he's got that suave villain mystique going with that beard for sure. I could see him rumpling Elias' hair and saying, "Pick up the strings, my talented boy." Would be very uncomfortable and perfect.
Finally, if someone enjoys Master Of Rods And Strings, what scary story about an inanimate object would you suggest they read next?
"The Book" (1930) by Margaret Irwin, found in Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's anthology The Weird. I hadn't read "The Book" prior to writing Master Of Rods And Strings, but the mental and emotional changes that the main character experiences in Irwin's story are relatable.
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I was getting a tank of gas in Pennsylvania over the Holidays, and snapped this picture of an electronic billboard. It set me to wondering how long before this kind of thing completely replaces the vinyl banner business.
Most billboards are printed on grand format high speed inkjet printers. The machines are 16 feet wide, and many are made right here in Meredith NH at EFI Vutek. But I digress.
The real question to me is when will we see something like this in the smaller end of the market. It will need to be portable, durable, and cheap. Still, it seems to me that those of us in the banner business need to be watching this for it's impact on our business. Some day someone will have a vinyl banner that plugs into your laptop and you can hang it up at the football game to encourage your team, and then change the graphics and give it to your kids to carry in the parade. Here's hoping I can get to retirement age before it happens!
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