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Re: A staged reading of my play on classical music
This is excellent. Even a 50 seat off-off-off is better than sitting in a drawer. And they liked you, they really really liked you! Very pleased for you, Poco.
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(poco) Sforzando
Just when you thought it was safe to go out, the YouTube of my little play about Chopin's Minute Waltz has been finally posted to YouTube. Enjoy! The script is short enough to quote complete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysf2h-TGDg&feature=youtu.be
THE MINUTE WALTZ, a 1-minute play
Characters (1F, 2 either)
The pianist: About 15 or 16.
His (or her) friend: Same age.
The pianist's little sister: As young as possible.
Plus: Someone to play the four audio clips.
Setting: The pianist's living room. An actual piano is not necessary, though a little toy keyboard and chair would be nice.
Time: Today.
The Music: Four audio files are supplied that can be played through the theater's sound system.
Production History: Produced as part of Gi60: The International One-Minute Play Festival, Brooklyn, NY, June 10-11, 2016.
The pianist: Steven Fazzolari
His friend: Caroline Rosenblum
The pianist's little sister: Safira LaRosa
AT RISE: CLIP 1: The PIANIST is playing the opening of Chopin's Minute Waltz for the FRIEND, who interrupts after six or seven seconds.
FRIEND Stop!
PIANIST What "stop"?
FRIEND Too slow!
PIANIST What do you mean too slow? Perfect tempo.
FRIEND It's 140 bars, which means by my calculations if you're gonna play the whole Minute Waltz in one minute, you gotta play it twice as fast.
PIANIST That's ridiculous.
FRIEND Try again.
(CLIP 2: PIANIST plays somewhat faster.)
PIANIST Better?
FRIEND At that pace, still ninety seconds. Computer?
(CLIP 3: The computer plays twice as fast as PIANIST'S first tempo.)
PIANIST (Interrupting:) That's stupid! It's all wrong! Nobody can play it that fast!
FRIEND You could if you were a better pianist!
PIANIST I'm an excellent pianist!
FRIEND Not if you need two minutes to play the Minute Waltz!
LITTLE SISTER (Entering and immediately exiting:) You dummies! It's not a MINute Waltz, it's a MinUTE Waltz.
FRIEND Oh.
PIANIST Oh.
FRIEND Who knew?
PIANIST In that case:
(CLIP 4: PIANIST plays the ending at his original tempo.)
FRIEND Bravo, bravo, bravo!
(END OF PLAY)
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."
http://www.youtube.com/v/oysf2h-TGDg
Best one minute of theater I can recall seeing!
Quote from: Scarpia on September 23, 2016, 09:01:13 AM
Actually, it was 1:20. They took slow tempos.
Excellent punchline. I laughed along with the audience.
Sforzando, playwright (topic renamed)
I haven't updated this thread for a long time. A fair amount of news, so I'll do it in a sequence of short posts.
First, a bit more news about the Staged Reading fiasco. (This post edited to include this as well, an email from me to the theater's AD and director - of course never answered:)
I never expected to be writing anything like the following. Instead I was hoping to write an effusive letter of thanks to everyone at [Theater] for presenting last Sunday's staged reading of my play Capriccio Radio as we have been planning for the past six months.
This event did not take place, for reasons that have not been communicated to me. But whatever your reasons, if they had been presented tactfully I think I have the maturity to have accepted them with good grace.
It is no doubt pointless to go through all the details by now. But I chose to approach [Theater] because you seemed like a less bureaucratic organization, open to new ideas, dynamic, and willing to risk (as you put it) "putting rare productions center stage." And whatever the merits of my play, it is similar in type to other challenging work you have mounted like [some names here].
May I remind you also that my initial request to [DH] was for a private reading of my script where I could see how it plays at no risk to [Theater]. The idea for one or more public readings originated with [DH], who as late as July 14 notified me that "We are still moving forward!" And then after the July 24 rehearsal was cancelled, [MR] told me to expect "an update on where we stand with the show." That never happened; instead, the July 31 reading was cancelled without notice or explanation, and I had the embarrassment of telling everyone I invited not to come.
I am at a loss to understand your behavior after I have done all I could to support your theater, subscribe, and attend your shows — not to "get something" from you, but because the quality was often quite high — and this is the treatment I receive.
After leading me on for six months, there were any number of ways you could have handled this situation with greater diplomacy. You are both very talented and I hope you have great careers in the theater ahead. But part of being a director is to know how to treat people fairly, and in this case you have both fallen far short.
How you proceed at this point is up to you. You have my word I will not mention this subject again. But I would like to believe that when [DH] said back in February he "loved my play," at least then he was being sincere.
Then about a month ago, I finally ran into one of the theater's owners (JB), the one friendliest to me, who as it happens is leaving the theater himself because he doesn't like their policies. He assured me the theater liked the play, but had trouble casting it in time. (So why not allow more time? did they really think actors would be just waiting around with nothing else to do?) I was told that another of the owners (PR) was supposed to send me a letter (never happened), and JB agreed the theater's conduct was outrageous.
Last time I emailed JB on another matter, he told me the director (MR) assigned to my play "swore" he sent me an email. JB asked for a copy (and hadn't gotten one). I never got MR's email either. Whom do you believe?
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 05:54:19 PM by (poco) Sforzando »
Re: Sforzando, playwright
When my Shakespeare play was being performed in September, I invited a budding playwright of my acquaintance to attend. A talented young man whom I won't identify by name, he has a lot of accomplishments for age 23 - medical researcher, artist, cyclist and triathlete, and founder of his college's literary magazine. And while from time to time we've had a few issues, at his best he is also one of the most charming, charismatic, and generous people I have ever met, as well as being a devout Modern Orthodox Jew.
Our meetings inspired me to write a long 1-act play about a devoutly Jewish college student (who otherwise has little in common with my high-spirited friend above) and his struggles to survive in the modern secular world. My student is a talented piano major, and he has conflicts with his roommate who can't understand his need to keep kosher or save himself for marriage, with his father who is divorcing his mother and leaving the faith to take up with an Episcopal girlfriend, and with the sexually alluring young woman with whom he has been paired to perform the Kreutzer Sonata. I submitted the play to Manhattan Repertory Theater and it was accepted immediately (sounds better than it is: it's a pay-per-play theater where it's easy to get in so long as you pay the entry fee) for performances on March 7 and 12. Good news is that my director of choice agreed to direct, and I hope some of you can come.
Next: I submitted a short farce I wrote three years ago (set in a Chinese restaurant) to a 1-act play festival in New York, where it was accepted immediately. (No entry fee, but I have to produce and cast the thing myself.) About 30+ plays in the festival, which has audience voting and the favorites go into a "finals" night with small cash prizes for the winners. The play gets five guaranteed performances (various dates between Jan 12-28), and no sooner was it accepted than it was also selected for a 1-act festival in New Jersey (of 8 plays) in the month following.
Took a while to find a director, but I eventually teamed up with a guy who really likes it. Also took some trouble to find a cast that could make all the dates both in NY and NJ. But one guy who couldn't do the NJ dates has a theater in NY of his own, and he suggested the possibility of doing the play this summer, possibly with some other pieces of mine.
Last piece of news. A theater in NY runs a contest every year based on a theme, where last year was the President Plays. Six 10-minute plays are selected, and each gets two staged readings on the same day. Last year I was a finalist, with a little play about a naturalized citizen from Venezuela who is convinced he is eligible to run for President, even more eligible than Nixon or LBJ. A nice thing is that the theater supplies the director and cast, with no expenses for the playwright, and as it happens my director was the daughter of composer Lukas Foss, a wonderful woman who at 50 could pass for 30.
That is background. This year the theme was anything related to the month of January, and I immediately thought of adapting Chaucer's bawdy and ribald Merchant's Tale, where old man January and his lovely young wife May represent stages in a human life, and he is cuckolded by a hot young stud. It was going kind of flat until I saw a short play by my Jewish friend (above) all in verse, and I decided to write my own adaptation in verse. All of a sudden, it sparkled. I put more care and work into that adaptation than into half a dozen "original" things I've done, and I had high hopes. Well, I made the semifinals (top 10 out of 75+ entries), and who knows why I didn't get into the final six - maybe their committee didn't want adaptations, or my piece didn't mesh with the other plays selected. But even so, the curator for the contest said the theater might want to stage the play in the future. So not all bad news, and I've already sent the play elsewhere, including to a contest where the theme is (shhhh!) sex.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2016, 09:30:35 AM by (poco) Sforzando »
How splendid that there is such abundance of news. Carry on!
Had a nice 1-hour phone conversation with my director for "A Kreutzer Sonata" (that's the play about the Jewish student who is paired with the foxy chick to play the Beethoven Kreutzer), and the nicest news is that he really likes my play - calling it "dramatic, entertaining, and heart-warming." Who would have thunk it, "heart-warming" from an old curmudgeon like Sforzando.
Meanwhile, my artist-playwright friend from posts above is designing the logo for my production. In the words of my director: "I like the design, good use of contrast and gets the idea of the play across in a clear, colorful way." The design is under my friend's copyright, but I'll link to it once it's posted on the theater's website.
Splendid. Carry on!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 29, 2016, 07:28:10 PM
Thank you. BTW, does anyone know if I can globally rename the title (subject) of this thread?
A staged reading of my play on classical music
My thought is, you can change the title in the OP, and that will govern fresh replies. Replies to existing posts with the prior thread title won't reflect the change, but it will cycle out eventually.
Tried that. Doesn't work.
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Let us do some math, shall we? The cost of consoles
Posted by Scott Michaud | Aug 7, 2011 | Editorial, General Tech | 23
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There is a lot of discussion over how expensive the PC is compared to the consoles. I have heard from a number of former PC gamers who switched to the console to escape the large cost of ownership. I have also heard from a number of console gamers who claim that they cannot afford a three-thousand dollar gaming behemoth to just launch the typical PC game. Suffices to say, my head has exploded more times than causality allows for.
Is your PC bleeding gushes of money?
Let us clarify something straight out of the gate before tl;dr kicks in: the true cost of a console is not the price you pay for the box itself. For proof, look at Sony: the cost of the $499 PS3 at launch was $805.85 according to CNET. That means that for each PS3 they sold they lost $306.85. You may think, "Pfft, that's fine. They'll make it up later." Nope, it was mid-2010 before Sony made any money on each PS3 sales. They were bleeding for 3 years.
So where does Sony and Microsoft make their money? Firstly, Microsoft has that cash-cow Xbox Live that they have been milking for a substantial time now. You may consider $60 per year to be chump change however after 4 years that tallies up to 240$. I want you to consider the following: Xbox Live every 4 years, or a Radeon HD 6950 (Bundled with Dirt 3) for four years without paying a cent more? (Actually, okay — you pay 3 cents more at $59.99-per-month{{edit: year, typo}}). It is also pretty much given that not only will your games look better than on a 360 by a long shot, you will also still be able to physically play games in four years' time. You might be turning the quality settings to medium or low near the end of your card's life cycle, but hey: at least you have the option for quality settings. Also, just because a console claims to run a game at a specific resolution does not mean it actually is. For instance, most Call of Duty games on the consoles are actually rendered at approximately 600p but are up-scaled to their listed resolutions. To claim an upscaled 600p is 1080p would be like claiming a DVD upscaled is the same thing as a BluRay.
And this leads to our next point: You can buy a three-thousand dollar computer. You can also buy a Porsche. You do not need a Porsche to drive to work, but there are some distinct advantages to owning one that make it viable for a portion of the market. The rest of us can be perfectly happy driving to work with a Hyundai or a Chevy. Besides, it's cheaper than paying a taxi. For good examples of cost efficient PCs, check out our constantly updated Hardware Leaderboard. Technically a license of Windows is not included, which is the one kink in PC gaming openness. Ideally we would be all running Linux or a similarly licensed OS not just for cost but also for longevity. Videogames will struggle as timeless art so long as the platforms they run on are not timeless. Unfortunately even in the PC gaming sphere there is no guarantee that the platform will just be torn out from under your dependent art. But, at least the PC platform is not designed to be disposable like the consoles. It is the lesser of two evils, and baby-steps to an ideal future.
A moment of silence for your wallet.
So how much money are we talking about? I personally summed up how much I spent on the first Xbox in $10 per game license fees and $60 per year Xbox Live fees which came to $520 excluding the cost of the system itself and accessories which need to be replaced each generation for no sensible reason. Keep in mind; I was not a very extreme gamer purchasing only five games per year on average. Had I been PC exclusive, however, that would have been $500-some-odd dollars over the price of the system and accessories itself that I would not have needed to pay. The truth of the matter is over the long run you pay more to be a console gamer than a PC gamer unless you physically choose to pay more for your PC. Also, do not forget: due to the existence of proprietary platforms, if you own multiple systems because your games are only available on one or another, you are even further worse off.
There will be a follow-up article to this in the near future discussing what you are paying for with consoles – spoiler: it is, in general, not desirable.
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Anonymous on August 7, 2011 at 11:58 am
You dont need a $3000
You dont need a $3000 behemoth to play a game either.Thats only if you want to be the futuremark king.I play every pc game out there,and every game to come on my $700 machine.
rougal on August 7, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Nice info and good point from
Nice info and good point from the editor. Game consoles are definitely cheaper than high end gaming pc. The main point here is that after 3 years a console is still capable of playing newer games, but a pc after 3 years you would definately upgrade at least the graphic card to enjoy smooth gaming. Personal preference is the key here.
Scott Michaud on August 7, 2011 at 5:55 pm
The thing is, that's not
The thing is, that's not really true. The 8800GT, for instance, was launched in October 2007. Battlefield 3 is one of the most intensive games coming out in October 2011 and it will still run on a videocard that was $200 4 years ago.
That said, you probably would *want* to upgrade your videocard every 2-3 years to have them run games on higher settings. The point is, you're holding it to different standards than the consoles. But just from a "can it run?" standpoint: for less than the cost of Xbox Live fees over four years you can buy a videocard that can run basically any game out there for four years. (And have it play better than on the consoles as well)
So if you don't pay Xbox Live fees, you can essentially upgrade a decent non-gaming computer into a gaming computer for 4 years for free.
Anonymous on August 7, 2011 at 10:23 pm
A SLI or CrossfireX solution
A SLI or CrossfireX solution like dual 6950s could have you playing games at medium-max settings for years to come.
If you spent say—400 or 500 dollars on graphics…and went with a dual card solution, you have almost gauranteed yourself 4-5 years @ max settings…I know people with the high-end 4000 series (3 generations ago) that are still runnign todays games @ 1080p at a respectable level.
Jeff on August 7, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Who spends $3000 on a PC? I
Who spends $3000 on a PC? I built a top of the line system for $1200 and it's got the works: i7 2600K, water cooling, Radeon HD 6950 2GB, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD, nice case, nice mobo, Blu-ray drive. If you spent more than me, I think someone suckered you into a bad deal.
Aquineas on August 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm
SSD, Higher end graphics
SSD, Higher end graphics card(s), more RAM, Raid… Those things add up. Once you've gone SSD, you'll never go back. It's like the difference from booting from Floppy to booting from hard disk, which probably won't mean anything to you, but trust me, it's a big difference 🙂
Kokain on August 10, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Another thing people's mind
Another thing people's mind can't interpret is that a PC with Windows is not just a gaming machine. I have 8800GT and I play Crysis 2 DX11 no problem, before that I had FX5500 and I played Painkiller/San Andreas no problem, and another 15 years ago I had RivaTNT and I played Quake 3 without a problem. As somebody pointed out unless you want to show off some stats on 3DMark you don't need 3000$ machine. Also you know who buys 3000$ PC? Bums like the op who don't know how to put things together.
By the way thumbs up if you are writing these comments from your console?
………….Yeah I didn't think so!
Anonymous on August 16, 2011 at 11:08 pm
@ Kokain
you have an 8800gt
you have an 8800gt and play crysis 2 dx11 no problem? yeah your a moron.
Completely agree. Give me a
Completely agree. Give me a PC any day of the week over a console, unless I happen to be playing Madden (which for some inexplicable reason doesn't seem fun to me anymore anyway).
patfactorx on August 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Every gaming computer I've
Every gaming computer I've had has cost less than $1k and I play most of my games at max settings.
I'm running a Gateway AMD Phenom II x6 that I dropped a GTX 460 into for my current system. ($850)
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Anonymous on August 7, 2011 at 5:55 pm
You can't return PC games. On
You can't return PC games. On the other hand, you can rent two console games out at a time from Gamefly for $22 a month.
Most stores you cannot return
Most stores you cannot return console games either — except as a straight-exchange for the same one (1 Black Ops = 1 Black Ops) in the event it is damaged. Now… you cannot sell PC games used while you can for console games and *that* is a major problem that is working its way into the console space as well.
The price of the PC and
The price of the PC and consoles do not compare to cost of the games. But that cost isnt really important. Its the price you have to pay to play games. However, of the the two platforms, consoles have the advantage in dealing with crappy and only pushed out for business reason games. Not sure if youre familiar with Gamefly, its same business model as Netflix in the U.S. Reason i switched to consoles was because i bought too many $50-$60 games that i was utterly dissapointed with. So i switched to console where there is no excuse for poor quality because its only one platform for everyon. Ive rented so many PS3 games via mail from Gamefly. Let me rephrase that. Ive returned so many crappy PS3 games that had no right of being published. If it were any other industry, youd be able to get your money back. Returning the game instantly and giving it the lowest rating possible. The publishers can see that feedback. PC games are made to be super hyped and pushed out to the new kids that reached the right age when it shipped. Like how car dealerships work in the US. Always too many new customers that repeat business means nothing.
I was aware of GameFly for a
I was aware of GameFly for a while. We have a similar service in Canada called "Game Access". The point is that there is no reason why that should not apply to the PC as well AND there are upcoming developments on the console (such as potentially product keys and "the final boss is DLC for first-owners only") that will hinder that too. The fight is with DRM, not with PC Gaming.
Also, shovelware is much moreso a problem on the consoles. Think holiday gifts from non-gamers. They often try to get away with as little as possible especially when the gift recipient is typically not a gamer (young child, etc.) — they don't know any better. See: Franchise tie-ins… especially Nickelodeon.
I've got all the best
I've got all the best games….BFBC2 — Metro 2033 —Fear 1,2,3, portal 1,2 –counter-strike 1, cz, and source. This isn't even 1/10th of them. Did i EVER pay $60 for a game? Never….not one single time.
You console gamers pay $60, or $50 if your lucky in the first year of the game.
3-6 months after launch, with pc games, the game is already being discounted and packaged.
adster on August 7, 2011 at 10:58 pm
How did you figure $10/game
How did you figure $10/game paid for your Xbox games? Isn't that pretty low?
Scott Michaud on August 8, 2011 at 2:44 am
10$ per game on a console
10$ per game on a console goes to the console owner (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo).
In other words, every time you buy a game for the system you own, you need to pay ~10$ to Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo on top of the actual cost of the game for the grace of them letting the game run on their console.
On the PC, game prices are approximately 10$ cheaper because there is no-one to collect the 10$ from. (Except the occasional greedy publisher just jacking up prices and pocketing the rest on their own "to recover piracy costs"… but they're just dumb.)
So when I was counting 10$-per-game… I was counting how much extra I paid for playing it on a console than I should have had I played it on a PC.
ddg4005 on August 8, 2011 at 3:36 pm
I would say the real cost of
I would say the real cost of consoles is the lack of backwards compatibility for many games. Sony is better than Microsoft on this but the fact is that you can't migrate most of your old games to a new console. That said, I'm running games that shipped for Windows 95/98 twelve years ago natively in 64-bit Windows 7.
Consoles are a dead end for games in terms of cost and compatibility. Just sayin'…
Mind my spoilers, but that is
Mind my spoilers, but that is a good portion of what the next article will be about and was briefly mentioned earlier. Timeless classics on a disposable platform? Good luck with that, art preserving organizations. It's especially bad since there are a lot of circumstances where preserving the art might in fact be a felony.
Mindscrew on August 10, 2011 at 6:01 am
Sony isn't better; They
Sony isn't better; They dropped legacy support on the PS3. Whereas with Microsoft, every Xbox game that I've bothered to try has worked on a 360.
Fandango on August 11, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Every time somebody close to
Every time somebody close to me buy a console they feel the need to contact me so I can come over and crack it. It's all fun and games until you realize the prices per game are way higher and most time not worth it. Hell I don't pay for any of my games unless they are really, really competitive online and generally awesome. Example: Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Painkiller and so on.
By the way as Kokain said there is far more things you can do on a computer than play games which immediately out weights the cost of the console.
But who cares anymore. Gaming is dead! Quit wasting your time on inferior controls and console ports.

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Saving the Tropical Forest Carbon Bank
Forest family photo of World Leaders at COP26 in Glasgow (Photo: Karwai Tang / UK Government, COP26, Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
At the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow more than 130 countries representing 90 percent of the world's forest cover pledged to end net forest loss by 2030. Rhett Butler, editor in chief of the environmental news agency Mongabay, joins Host Bobby Bascomb to provide some perspective on the declaration.
BASCOMB: Well, tropical forests are critical to the world's carbon budget and ensuring a livable climate. And at the recent COP26 in Glasgow more than 130 countries pledged to end net forest loss by 2030. The countries that signed on represent roughly 90 percent of the world's forest cover and 85 percent of tropical forests. The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use, as it's known, includes roughly 19 billion dollars in related funding commitments. Rhett Butler is editor in chief of the environmental news agency Mongabay, which focuses on tropical forests, and he joins us now to give us some perspective on the declaration. Rhett, welcome back to Living on Earth!
BUTLER: Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.
BASCOMB: Well, halting deforestation in that much of the world's tropical forests. I mean, it's a wonderful goal. But, practically speaking, how could they go about that?
BUTLER: One of the ways that a lot of conservation groups are recognizing is critical for reducing deforestation is recognizing local land tenureship. So, helping indigenous local communities secure land rights because there's plenty of research to show that these communities have the lowest deforestation rates in their traditionally managed forests. And so, if we look at like where forests exist today, a large share of those forests are in territories that are stewarded by indigenous local communities. So, a lot of groups are now rallying around the idea that helping strengthen land rights is a key mechanism for reducing deforestation. Beyond that, forest monitoring, it's got a lot better. So, we're able to see where deforestation and forest degradation is occurring now. So, we no longer have ignorance as an excuse for not taking action. And then there's some groups that have been pushing more for payments for ecosystem services. So, the idea of looking at the carbon value of those forests and then paying countries to, to preserve them.
The Amazon Rainforest, an important carbon sink at risk of deforestation. (Photo: Diego Perez, USDA Forest Service, NASA, public domain)
BASCOMB: Well, as we said, roughly 130 countries have signed on to this declaration, including Brazil, which is home, of course, to the majority of the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon. But deforestation rates in Brazil have been marching steadily upwards for the last decade or so. And even more so since Jair Bolsonaro became president almost three years ago. So, what do you make of Brazil signing on to this pledge to halt deforestation?
BUTLER: So, it's a big deal that Brazil signed it, there are some caveats, though. So, there's been an emphasis on net zero deforestation, which means that clearance of national forests could still happen, but it could be quote-unquote, offset by plantations. So that's a significant loophole. And then Brazil's leadership has been focusing on illegal deforestation. So illegal deforestation is, you know, a subset of overall deforestation. But what's been happening in Brazil under the Bolsonaro administration, is that deforestation that was, you know, once illegal is now being legalized. So essentially, environmental laws are being relaxed. So, it's kind of like a shifting baseline.
The devastating results of deforestation. (Photo: Dikshajhingan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
BASCOMB: So, focusing on illegal deforestation doesn't do you much good when you keep changing the laws to make deforestation legal.
BUTLER: Yeah, exactly. And then also when you're not enforcing the law.
BASCOMB: Well, at the other end of the spectrum is Indonesia, which is also signed on to this declaration. And as I understand it, Indonesia has been really effective at reducing deforestation rates. Can you tell us about that? And what are they doing right there?
BUTLER: Well, so yeah, Indonesia seen a big drop in deforestation over the past five years from a pretty high baseline. So, if we compare the first half of the decade to the second half of the decade, deforestation fell by about a million hectares, we're talking primary forests, which is a lot. So why is it happening? So, there are a few things. So, there's both factors that are, that are within Indonesia's control, and there are macro economic factors that are sort of outside of Indonesia's control. So, within the things that Indonesia could control, in the early 2010s, they established a moratorium on converting certain types of forests for plantations. So, the oil pump plantations and wood pulp plantations. And so that moratorium has been renewed every, every few years, and remains in place. And so that is probably a factor in the reduction, deforestation. Sort of factors outside of Indonesia's control have been the price of palm oil. So, until about the past year, palm oil prices have been sort of declining, relative to the, the historical highs where they've been, you know, in the first part of the decade. And so, since palm oil is the most profitable form of land use in a lot of these tropical forests in Indonesia, if the price is falling, then there's less incentive to actually clear forest. And so that's, that's also a factor.
Palm oil plantations are common in Indonesia and a major cause of deforestation of tropical forests. (Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, Wikimedia Commons)
BASCOMB: Well, this new declaration is accompanied by about $19 billion in funding commitments. How might that be spent in an effective way, do you think?
BUTLER: I think a lot of that money is probably gonna go towards mechanisms that were previously applied, which hasn't really worked that well so far. But the fact that it is a significant amount of money is, you know, is important. So given this large push around securing land rights and recognizing land rights of indigenous peoples, I would expect to see some of that money going to funds that would then be reallocated towards those efforts, especially in geographies where there are large tracts of forests that are stewarded by indigenous people. So especially like in the Amazon and Congo basin, and even parts of Indonesia. So that money will go into technological systems. So, we have decent monitoring now, but the carbon accounting around land use emissions is still pretty poor, there are a lot of gaps, and some countries aren't exactly being transparent in terms of what they report to the UN versus what's actually happening. So, I'd expect to see some of that money allocated towards kind of the accounting and monitoring. And then I think a lot of the money is just going to go towards, you know, conventional conservation initiatives. So, you know, these are typically initiatives that are implemented by either governments or NGOs, which include both protected areas, but then also conservation measures that are outside protected areas. So, working towards more sustainable landscapes, restoration projects, so that would be both allowing degraded areas to recover naturally, but then also doing tree planting and afforestation. So, I think those are all where this money will probably be applied.
BASCOMB: Now, you mentioned earlier the New York Declaration on Forests, which was endorsed at a UN Climate Summit in 2014. Can you compare that for us to this more recent pledge in Glasgow?
The Amazon Rainforest is densely covered and collects an immense amount of carbon from the atmosphere. (Photo: Phil P Harris, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5)
BUTLER: Yeah, I mean, so the New York Declaration on Forests was both more limited and more expansive in scope. And so, I'll clarify what that means. So, there was a smaller number of national governments that signed the agreement. So, it was 39, endorsed the declaration, but then there were sub-national entities about 20. So sub-national entity would be like a state or province that signs the declaration, whereas the national government does not. And then there were also companies, NGOs, and indigenous communities that signed it as well. It was a smaller group of national governments that signed it, but it was a broader array of society and groups, institutions that signed the agreement. That said the, the amount of land that was covered by that declaration was much smaller. So, the New York signatories, it was about 1.5 billion hectares of tree cover, whereas the Glasgow signatories represent about 3.5 billion hectares. So, it's more than twice. The New York Declaration aimed to halve deforestation by 2020 and end it by 2030. The Glasgow declaration aims to quote-unquote, halt forest loss by 2030. So those targets are aligned.
BASCOMB: Rhett Butler is founder and CEO of the environmental news agency Mongabay. Rhett, thank you so much for taking this time with me today.
BUTLER: Thank you so much for having me.
Mongabay | "Do Forest Declarations Work? How Do the Glasgow and New York Declarations Compare?"
Mongabay | "What Countries Are Leaders in Reducing Deforestation? Which Are Not?"


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ATTN: Due to the heavy rains, the EAA 347 Fly-In has been moved to October 17th.
A great many fly-in's occur in the late summer or fall, so, oil up your lawn chair, clean out the cooler, and start planning! There are many ways to find out about them: the big shows are almost always advertised in the newspaper, and even on billboards. Many of the intermediate sized fly-in's can easily be found on the Internet. But you might have as much fun going to a small fly-in at a local airport.
For anyone who knows my background, knows that my heart is definitely with the good folks at the local EAA chapter, located near Angleton. They are having a fly-in on October 10, 2009, and you're all welcome to drive in and participate. Like most small fly-in's, the local club provides burgers and hot dogs along with some iced tea and lemonade, because sure as shootin', it'll still be hot in October!
If you own and/or fly planes, you are encouraged to fly-in…. but, if you're just an aviation enthusiast, then you're also welcome to drive-in and see what's what. There's even a rumor than a Leon Hale look-alike will be there!
Here's the flyer for the EAA 347 fly-in. I heartily encourage all to attend!


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Lemeshki () is a rural locality (a selo) in Bogolyubovskoye Rural Settlement, Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 441 as of 2010. There are 7 streets.

Geography
Lemeshki is located 30 km southeast of Suzdal (the district's administrative centre) by road. Bogolyubovo is the nearest rural locality.

History

According to legend, this village was made up of peasants of different places, resettled here by landlords, of which there were five in the village. The church was first built here by the landowner Stepan Andreevich Feofilatiev in 1692 and consecrated in the name of the Ascension of the Lord. A priest, a sexton, a sexton, a sexton and a maid were assigned to it. The landlord for the parish allocated 10 quarters of arable land and 10 hayfields. In 1726 at the request of Alexander Theophylatyev the old wooden church was transferred from the village Oslavskoe and from it in Lemeshka another warm church was built, which was named after Nicholas the Wonderworker. At the beginning of the 19th century instead of these two churches there was built a stone church; warm side chapel was consecrated in 1808 and the high altar in 1824. In 1857 a stone bell tower was added to the church. There were three altars in the church: the cold one is in the name of the Ascension of the Lord, the vestibules are in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow". In 1893 the parish included the village of Lemeshki and the villages of Kvashnin, Grezin, Sobolikha and Nov. Bykova, which according to the church records had 519 male and 549 female inhabitants. In the village of Lemeshka was a public school, maintained at the expense of zemstvo.

At the end of the 19th and early 20th century the village was part of Bogolyubovskaya volost Vladimirsky Uezd, Vladimir Governorate.

Since 1929 the village was part of Bogolyubovsky village council of Vladimir District, since 1965 - the center of Lemeshinsky village council of Suzdalsky District.

References

Rural localities in Suzdalsky District
Vladimirsky Uyezd

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Professor Carlene Firmin  (born 1983 or 1984) is a British social researcher and writer specialising in violence between young people, and founder of the MsUnderstood Partnership. She is a professor of sociology at Durham University.

Early life and education
Firmin attended St Michael's Catholic Grammar School in  Barnet, London. She has a B.A. in philosophy from Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, and an M.Sc. in social policy and planning from the London School of Economics. She has a professional doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire for which her thesis was "Peer on peer abuse: safeguarding implications of contextualising abuse between young people within social fields" (2015).

Career
Firmin was senior policy officer at Race on the Agenda (ROTA), and founded the GAG project (Girls Against Gangs, or Girls Affected by Gangs, or Gendered Action on Gangs). She has held positions of  assistant director of policy and research at Barnardos, specialising in youth justice and sexual exploitation of children; principal policy adviser at the Office of the Children's Commissioner; and head of the secretariat for the Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Groups and Gangs.

Between 2011 and 2014 she wrote a regular column "Girl in the Corner" in The Guardian.

In 2013 she founded the MsUnderstood Partnership, a joint project between Girls in Gangs, Imkaan and the University of Bedfordshire. The project "aims to improve local and national responses to young people's experiences of inequality".

Firmin was until 2021 a senior research fellow in the Institute of Applied Research of the Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire. In September 2021 she became a professor of sociology at Durham University, one of only 40 female black professors in the UK and one of the youngest ever appointed.

Awards
Firmin was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year Honours for "services to girls' and women's issues", and was the youngest black woman to have received this honour.

References

External links

 Contextual Safeguarding: Re-writing the rules of child protection (TEDx Talk, 2019)

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Living people
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of Bedfordshire
Academics of the University of Bedfordshire
Academics of Durham University
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Members of the Order of the British Empire
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What she wasn't
Joanna Biggs: 'The Vanishing Half', 13 August 2020
by Brit Bennett.
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"... year she meets Reese, who has also left an identity behind. Back in Arkansas, he was Therese Anne Carter, but in late-1970s California he takes photos, goes to the gym, takes illegal hormones, grows his blond stubble. Jude falls in love with him imperceptibly, recognising her feelings not long after walking in on him changing and glimpsing the ..."
Alan Hollinghurst, 19 November 1981
by Michel Tournier, translated by Anne Carter.
Collins, 452 pp., £8.95, September 1981, 0 00 221448 2Show More
The Death of Men
by Allan Massie.
Bodley Head, 249 pp., £6.50, October 1981, 0 370 30339 3Show More
by Toni Morrison.
Chatto, 309 pp., £6.95, October 1981, 0 7011 2596 9Show More
"... in France six years ago under the title of Les Météores, but it arrives in this country, in Anne Carter's convincing and sometimes virtuosic translation, with none of the trumpeting which announced his earlier triumphs, Friday and The Erl King. All his publishers have managed to come up with is an ambiguous commendation from Genet: 'An ..."
Anne Enright: Lessons from Angela Carter, 17 February 2011
"... I met Angela Carter in the spring of 1987 when I was a student and she a tutor on the MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. My work had over the course of the previous winter gone from bad to worse. I was 24, I had no idea how to live in the world, let alone write about it; and the self who was supposed to produce some kind of narrative by the end of the year seemed increasingly fugitive and fragmented ..."
Angela and the Beast
Patricia Craig, 5 December 1985
by Angela Carter.
Come unto these yellow sands
Bloodaxe, 158 pp., £12.95, October 1985, 0 906427 66 5Show More
by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer.
Hamish Hamilton, 285 pp., £9.95, October 1985, 0 241 11643 0Show More
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler.
Arrows of Longing
by Virginia Moriconi.
Duckworth, 252 pp., £9.95, October 1985, 9780715620694Show More
"... Angela Carter's Black Venus is Baudelaire's Creole mistress Jeanne Duval, whose hair the poet once likened to a sea of ebony, among other things; his enchantment and her disenchantment figure in the story, the first in an inspiriting new collection of eight by an inveterate scrutiniser of the whole romantic box of tricks ..."
All Reputation
Hermione Lee: Eliza and Clara, 17 October 2002
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch
by Anne Enright.
Cape, 230 pp., £12.99, September 2002, 0 224 06269 7Show More
by Janice Galloway.
Cape, 425 pp., £10.99, June 2002, 0 224 05049 4Show More
"... good novel Foreign Parts, and uses a quite different kind of prose here from her earlier work. Anne Enright moves out and away from Dublin, though Eliza Lynch's Irishness, and her childhood in the 'bitter town' of Mallow, do call her home. Both take on the fiction writer's tussle with history and biography, shaping these real lives to their own ..."
Gentleman Jack from Halifax
Elizabeth Mavor, 4 February 1988
I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840
edited by Helena Whitbread.
Virago, 370 pp., £7.95, February 1988, 0 86068 840 2Show More
"... her journal was, after all, less private than it might have been, and certainly less private than Anne Lister's. Anne Lister was the elder daughter of a Yorkshire squire who had fought in the War of American Independence. The deaths of four brothers had left her an heiress in her own right, and by the early years of the ..."
Terry Castle: Moving House, 27 August 2009
"... little TV clip from 1976 – shot during a visit to San Francisco by future First Lady Rosalynn Carter, then campaigning on behalf of her husband, Jimmy Carter, who was elected president that year – in which a beaming Rev. Cecil stands shoulder to shoulder with his deranged colleague, both of them warmly applauding Mrs ..."
Had I been born a hero
Helen Deutsch: Female poets of the eighteenth century, 21 September 2006
Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre
by Paula Backscheider.
Johns Hopkins, 514 pp., £43.50, January 2006, 0 8018 8169 2Show More
"... Cavendish, whose 'wits were turned with solitude and freedom', the obscure and melancholy Anne Finch, Elizabeth Carter, 'the valiant old woman who tied a bell to her bedstead in order that she might wake early and learn Greek', and of course her own creation, the mute inglorious poet buried opposite the Elephant ..."
But You Married Him
Rosemary Hill: Princess Margaret and Lady Anne, 4 June 2020
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
by Anne Glenconner.
Hodder, 336 pp., £20, October 2019, 978 1 5293 5906 0Show More
"... Lady Anne Glenconner has lived her life 'in the shadow of the crown'. She is a friend of many members of the royal family and was, for thirty years, a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret. Her memoir, however, is written in the shadow of The Crown, 'the popular Netflix series' in which she was played by Nancy Carroll with Helena Bonham Carter as Margaret ..."
The Buffalo in the Hall
Susannah Clapp: Beryl Bainbridge, 5 January 2017
Beryl Bainbridge: Love by All Sorts of Means, a Biography
by Brendan King.
Bloomsbury, 564 pp., £25, September 2016, 978 1 4729 0853 7Show More
"... Creatures. It is one of the few things Bainbridge had in common with her contemporary Angela Carter, who in the 1980s wrote a screenplay about the murder. An early version of Bainbridge's novel was turned down by several publishers, mainly because the heroines were such 'repulsive little creatures'. It looks explosive in a different way now. The ..."
Farewell to the Log Cabin
Colin Kidd: America's Royalist Revolution, 18 December 2014
The Royalist Revolution
by Eric Nelson.
Harvard, 390 pp., £22.95, October 2014, 978 0 674 73534 7Show More
"... come in 1980, when an opportunity seemed to open to topple the sitting president, a weakened Jimmy Carter, from the Democrat slate. Kennedy took 11 states in the primaries, but Carter was buoyed by incumbency and saw off the challenge. Since 1980 members of the extended Kennedy family have held state positions in or have ..."
Iain Sinclair: Thatcher in Gravesend, 9 May 2013
"... was told. 'If you were an elderly eccentric woman with bad skin, you had particular problems.' Anne Neale, known as an 'ill-tongued' woman, sent for trial in 1675. Such superstitions lingered even after the building of this neoclassical edifice said to imitate the Parthenon. In 1990 the first Poll Tax hearings had the town hall in an uproar that ..."
History's Revenges
Peter Clarke, 5 March 1981
The Illustrated Dictionary of British History
edited by Arthur Marwick.
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Who's Who in Modern History, 1860-1980
by Alan Palmer.
Weidenfeld, 332 pp., £8.50, October 1980, 0 297 77642 8Show More
"... Who or Debrett (Henry VIII, 2nd s of Henry VII, qv, S 1509: m 1st, Catherine of Aragon; 2nd, Anne Boleyn; 3rd, Jane Seymour; 4th, Anne of Cleves; 5th, Catherine Howard; 6th, Catherine Parr etc). The authors have made their own compromise, which, as the price of retaining connected prose, offers a highly selective ..."
A Common Playhouse
Charles Nicholl: The Globe Theatre, 8 January 2015
Shakespeare and the Countess: The Battle That Gave Birth to the Globe
by Chris Laoutaris.
Fig Tree, 528 pp., £20, April 2015, 978 1 905490 96 7Show More
"... in Shakespearean associations, invisible but well attested. Down an alleyway running south off Carter Lane lies New Bell Yard. Now dominated by the glass-fronted atrium of the Grange St Paul's Hotel, this was formerly the site of the Bell Inn. In the 1590s its landlady was a Mistress Greffine or Griffin, and among its frequent guests was a Stratford ..."
Blush, grandeur, blush
Norma Clarke: One of the first bluestockings, 16 December 2004
Hannah More: The First Victorian
by Anne Stott.
Oxford, 384 pp., £20, September 2004, 0 19 927488 6Show More
"... success. She was ambitious for literary fame, and adored the theatre. Bouncy and excitable – Anne Stott describes her at the age of 18 as 'a practised and persistent attention-seeker' – she wrote pastoral verse drama for performance by schoolgirls and helped produce plays at Bristol's Theatre Royal, but her sights were set on London. Quite how ..."


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A continuation of Scene Work and Intro to Game, this class is a deeper look into the 'Game of the Scene', with a focus on Initiating With Premise, Heightening the Game, and an introduction to Forms.
Introduction to long-form structures. In this course, students will learn how to apply their scene skills to create, unified, cohesive shows. Students will be introduced to the Free Association's approach to The Harold –and learn how to create engaging, hilarious and satisfying shows as a team.
The class will use improv exercises to better understand how to write great sketches! We'll use improv techniques to generate ideas, and apply the basic principles that make a good improv scene to the process of writing.
For FA sketch graduates, Advanced sketch goes further into the craft of sketch writing.
The Free Association, London's best improvisational school, brings it's unique and applicable philosophies to the world of sketch.


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Ammonites were sea creatures which existed 240 to 65 million years ago. They belong to a group of predators known as Cephalopods, whose current living members include the octopus, squid, cuttlefish and the nautilus.
Ammonites survived three catastrophic events before becoming extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period.
They probably lived in shallow pools, and lived roughly two years. They presumably stalked and hunted their prey -molluscs, fish and other Cephalopods, then rapidly extended their tentacles to grab them and devoured them!
Pretty shelled, nightmare demon predators!


Visit Nanbin Road and have world famous Hot Pot. Nanbin Road, a riverside road on the south bank of the river, is an ideal place to see the night scene of Chongqing. Bright and colorful lights are shining on both bank of the river. The reflection on the river and the lights make a perfect image of Chongqing. Besides, Nanbin Road is also famous for the variety of delicious food, such as genuine Sichuan Dishes and Hot Pot. You can appreciate the beautiful night scene while having Hot Pot. It will be such a wonderful night.


You Decide: U.S. = "World Leader" in Transport Infrastructure?
As a nation, we need to continue to be the world leader in infrastructure development. Amtrak, mass transit, light rail, air travel, and our roads and bridges all play a vital role in our economy and our bell-being.
Either Mr. LaHood has never been to Europe or Japan, or he's blowing the usual poison smoke in our faces.
Notwithstanding the scandalous condition of the nation's automotive roadways, this "world leader" claim is truly preposterous and misleading. In fact, if the overclass were within a country mile of permitting any serious debate of transportation policy to occur at this time of Peak Oil and widening Middle East war, it would have triggered a huge scandal,.
But, since perpetuating autos-über-alles is big capital's absolute requirement #1, no such debate is forthcoming. And that's exactly what LaHood's remark is designed to signal to his colleagues in the baby-sitter stratum. "All play a vital role in our economy" means: a) "our economy" (read corporate investors' interests) comes first, and b) there will be no admission that public transportation systems are now any more important to everybody but capitalists. Rest assured, LaHood soothes, we will keep "our" status as the "world leader" in what "we" do, which is ensure corporate capitalist ownership of public transportation decisions.
Not surprising, of course, for a "Representative" hailing from Peoria, Illinois, home of the giant, union-busting, road-building Caterpillar corporation, which, also of course, is LaHood's #1 pocket-liner, just edging out the PR firm that represents Equatorial Guinea's petro-dictator.
Analysts say no U.S. or Asian contender has solved all of the challenges of producing lithium-ion car batteries that are safe, reliable, and affordable.


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This retired Green Beret is making ripples in the nutritional supplement world
Edward Snowden says COVID-19 could give governments invasive new data-collection powers that could last long after the pandemic
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Edward Snowden, the man who exposed the breadth of spying at the US's National Security Agency, has warned that an uptick in surveillance amid the coronavirus crisis could lead to long-lasting effects on civil liberties.
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Whistle-blower Snowden seeks extension Of Russian residence permit, says lawyer
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Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia, is preparing to apply for the extension of his Russian residence permit which expires in April, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Russian media on Febr…
Government can seize all profits from Edward Snowden's book
Edward Snowden won't see any of the proceeds from his new memoir — instead, the US government is entitled to seize the profits, a federal judge ruled Dec. 17, 2019.
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Love All Races: KOHL VS SURMA (What is the difference)?
KOHL VS SURMA (What is the difference)?
1) It is made of is made of galena mineral.There are a lot of misunderstanding about Arab Kohl or Kohl Ithmid. Ithmid is not Antimony Sulphide as many Muslims thought. It was wrongly translated by the Greeks during the ancient Egyptian Rule. In ancient Egyptian language, galena (lead Sulphide) was called Mestem or Stimmi. The word is identical to Greek word Stim or Stibi or Stibium meaning Antimony.
According to "The Encyclopedia of Islam (Bosworth et al., 1986) and in "Medieval Islamic Civilization – An Encyclopedia (Meri, 2006) Kohl Ithmid was in fact only galena or lead sulphide.
Until today, the kohl found in Middle East, North Africa and Iran are made from lead sulphide or ithmid.
2) When applied on the skin kohl should be difficult to be washed off and does not smudge easily. Kohl should feel like it sticks on the skin firmly.
3) Kohl Ithmid is grey colour.
1) It contains almost no galena.It is made from herbs, pearl, zinc oxide and other ingredients. . Surma or kajal usually contains almost no ithmid (or lead sulphide). So if you are looking to practice the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad pbuh, kohl ithmid is what you are looking for.
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This vision emerges from a desire for wholeness and a Healthy Community. In our broader community we have a need for a myriad of services and opportunities for employment, home-caregiver support, drug treatment and personal rehabilitation, support for grandparents raising grandchildren, etc. From a community health perspective, access to preventive care and chronic disease management are compounded by social disparities and social determinants of health. Chief of these are lack of affordable access to care, transportation issues, food insecurity and housing insecurity.
First Baptist Church cannot, and should not, address these issues in isolation. However, it can demonstrate the moral mandate and model collaboration, generosity and commitment to all of God's creation.
As a congregation, we will focus both inwardly and outwardly. Inwardly, we will insure the spiritual growth and health of our members through discipleship, education, worship, prayer, stewardship of our bodies, pastoral care and Bible study to create a healthy congregation (mind, body, spirit). Outwardly, we will reach and care for others through evangelism, individual and community service, education, and a message of acceptance and grace.
The ministries in which we engage will be an expression of what we have discovered about our gifts and resources through our inward journey ("how has God equipped us?"). We will also discover the needs and opportunities for service as we engage the community outwardly ("where is God already at work and what are the needs that call forth our gifts and resources?").
This holistic approach will also be reflected in our care of nature (gardening, landscaping, waste stream issues, etc.), our use of our physical plant, partnerships in the community, attention to creating sustainability of programs and services, and generosity without judgement.


The Browns and Perriman mutually agreed to cancel their plan to sign a contract, and the Buccaneers have agreed to sign Perriman to the same one-year, $4 million deal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Analysis: Not long after the Browns' trade for wide receiver Odell Beckham was reported Tuesday, rumors stirred that Perriman wanted out of Cleveland after agreeing to a contract earlier in the day. The Browns granted his wishes. Perriman will compete for snaps in Tampa Bay behind Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, while DeSean Jackson (Eagles) and Adam Humphries (Titans) will head to new teams.
Perriman is re-signing with the Browns on a one-year, $4 million contract, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Browns general manager John Dorsey said he wants to re-sign Perriman, who is scheduled to become a free agent, Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports.
Perriman hauled in two of four targets, posting 76 receiving yards during Sunday's 26-18 win against the Bengals.
Perriman caught one pass on two targets for 31 yards and a touchdown during Saturday's 17-16 win over the Broncos.
Analysis: For the second straight week, Perriman made an impact on the first drive of the game when Baker Mayfield found him for a 31-yard touchdown. While the duo has connected on two deep passes in the last two weeks, Perriman's involvement in the offense remains limited. Still, he has shown he has the ability for the big play, and Mayfield isn't afraid to chuck it deep to him. Perriman will look to find the end zone for the second time in 2018 against the Bengals in Week 16.
Perriman caught both of his targets for a team-leading 81 yards during Sunday's 26-20 win over Carolina.
Perriman hauled in both of his targets for 26 yards in Sunday's 29-13 loss to the Texans.
Analysis: Perriman has been targeted in all seven of his games with the Browns this season, though he has only surpassed two targets once. The 25-year-old wideout has eight receptions for 107 yards on the season but doesn't figure to be a key piece of the offense going forward.
Perriman hauled in his only target for six yards during Sunday's 35-20 win over the Bengals.
Analysis: Though Perriman played over half of Cleveland's offensive snaps, he struggled to get involved, as is evident by his sole target. He seems to have leaped over Rashard Higgins on the receiver depth chart, but he's just not involved enough to merit a roster spot in the majority of fantasy formats.
Perriman caught both of his targets for 33 yards during Sunday's 28-16 win against the Falcons.
Analysis: Perriman played only 13 offensive snaps, but he made them count with two catches. He remains buried on the depth chart, though he did out-snap Damion Ratley, which comes as a new development. Barring an injury to either Jarvis Landry or Antonio Callaway, however, Perriman -- who has five catches for 75 yards this season -- shouldn't be considered as a fantasy option.
Perriman caught two of six targets for 36 yards in Sunday's 37-21 loss to the Chiefs. He also rushed twice for nine yards.
Analysis: Despite being on the field for just 35 percent of Cleveland's offensive snaps, Perriman finished third on the team in targets. This comes after a Week 9 game in which he finished without a catch. The former first-round pick has three receptions for 42 yards on the year.
Perriman failed to haul in his lone target during Sunday's 33-18 loss to the Steelers.
Analysis: Perriman played just nine offensive snaps, as he continues to be buried on the depth chart. The Browns signed Perriman in order to provide much-needed depth to their receiving corps, but so far it's Damion Ratley who's being utilized. Perriman's role could shrink further if Cleveland lands a wideout before the trade deadline.
Perriman caught his only target for six yards during Sunday's 26-23 loss to the Buccaneers.
Analysis: Perriman made his debut with the Browns on Sunday, and while he played just 11 offensive snaps, he still managed to come away with a reception. The Browns are desperately struggling at receiver depth, meaning Perriman could begin to see more opportunities going forward. The 25-year-old is in his fourth season and has 44 receptions for 582 yards in his career.
Perriman is listed as active Sunday against Tampa Bay.
Coach Hue Jackson said Perriman could have a significant role during Sunday's game against the Buccaneers, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Perriman is listed as inactive Sunday against the Chargers.
Analysis: Perriman was just picked up by the Browns on Saturday, so it's no surprise to see him left off the active roster the following day. He'll look to get better acclimated with the offense this week in hopes of being able to contribute Week 7 in Tampa Bay. In the meantime, Cleveland will move forward with Jarvis Landry and Antonio Callway as the top options at wide receiver, as Rashard Higgins (knee) is inactive Week 6.
The Browns signed Perriman to a contract Saturday, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Analysis: Perriman, a 2015 first-round pick, spent his first three seasons in Baltimore. He has worked out with several teams since getting cut by the Ravens prior to the season kicking off, but nothing stuck until now. With Rashard Higgins (knee) and Derrick Willies (collarbone) out for Sunday's matchup with the Chargers, Perriman is expected to provide depth at at receiver.
Perriman worked out for the Patriots on Thursday, Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: The 2015 first-round pick was cut by the Ravens at the end of the preseason and released by the Redskins last week. The Patriots are probably just updating their emergency list, as they recently traded for Josh Gordon and will get Julian Edelman back from suspension next week.
Perriman was let go by the Redskins on Saturday, John Keim of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Washingon scooped Perriman up earlier in the week, but his stint with the club will be short-lived. The team has opted to add more running back depth ahead of Sunday's game against the Packers, and Perriman was ultimately the odd man out. The 25-year-old pass catcher spent his first three seasons with the Ravens, but is once again looking for a new opportunity.
Perriman is signing a contract with the Redskins, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Analysis: Perriman appears to be a consolation prize for the Redskins, who were reportedly in the mix to acquire Josh Gordon from the Browns earlier Monday. In any case, the 2015 first-rounder will now try to resuscitate his career with a Washington team that currently has a solid receiving corps headlined by Jordan Reed, Jamison Crowder and Paul Richardson. It's not clear what sort of role Perriman will have out of the gates.
Perriman is working out with the Eagles on Monday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Analysis: A first-round pick in 2015, Perriman has been a tremendous disappointment in his NFL career. He still has some potential that made him such a prized prospect and could be a contributor for Philadelphia if it chooses to sign him. If he does sign with the Eagles he'd likely have a depth role early on with a possibility of working his way up the depth chart.
Perriman was waived by the Ravens on Saturday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Analysis: Selected 26th overall in the 2015 draft, Perriman missed his entire rookie season with a knee injury and caught just 43 of 100 targets the past two years. He began playing special teams in a last-ditch effort to stick around, but there was never much chance the Ravens would keep him unless their wideout depth chart took a major hit from injuries. The 24-year-old did catch 11 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown this preseason, albeit with a couple drops mixed in.
Perriman is receiving work in practice as a gunner on special teams, Kyle Andrews of the Ravens' official site reports.
Analysis: The Ravens are pulling out all the stops to give their 2015 first-round pick a shot at sticking on the 53-man roster. Perriman is unlikely to land any higher than fifth on the depth chart at wideout, but he's at least making an argument to stay on the team with six catches for 99 yards and a touchdown on eight targets through three preseason games. Tim White, Jordan Lasley and Jaleel Scott are also in the mix for the final two spots at receiver.
Perriman hauled in three of four targets for a game-high 71 yards and a touchdown in Thursday's preseason win over the Rams.
Analysis: This was as good as Perriman has looked in recent memory, but it's worth noting that he didn't see the field until the second half. The highlight of his night was a 32-yard touchdown grab where he made an impressive adjustment in the end zone. He still has his work cut out for him in terms of making the 53-man roster, but his main competitors -- Jordan Lasley and Tim White -- were either quiet or injured Thursday, so Perriman certainly gained some ground with his performance.
Perriman caught two of three targets for 19 yards in Thursday's Hall of Fame Game against the Bears.
Analysis: Perriman did make a couple of nice plays in the first half, but it wasn't enough to make up for an interception on a short pass that slipped right through his hands. Even after collecting a $649,485 roster bonus in July, the 2015 first-round pick seems to be on the wrong side of the roster bubble.
The Ravens intend to pick up Perriman's $649,485 roster bonus for 2018 on Saturday, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports.
Perriman is not expected to have his fifth-year option picked up by the Ravens on May 5, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports.
Perriman ended the season with 10 receptions for 77 yards and no touchdowns on 35 targets across 11 games.
Perriman (coach's decision) is listed as inactive Sunday against the Bengals.
Analysis: Perriman has seen 30 or more snaps in each of the last two weeks, as regular starter Jeremy Maclin has been limited by a knee ailment. Maclin was ruled inactive as well Sunday, so it's a bit surprising to see Perriman as a healthy scratch. With both wideouts on the shelf, Baltimore is left with Mike Wallace as their top pass-catching option, while Chris Moore and Michael Campanaro attempt to fill the remaining void.
Perriman (coach's decision) is listed as inactive for Week 13's matchup against the Lions.
Analysis: Perriman will be a healthy scratch for the second time in three weeks, surrendering his spot on the active roster to WR/KR Michael Campanaro. Perriman's playing time had been trending downward anyway, as he saw just 16 snaps in Week 12's win over Houston. He's been active nine games this season, but has gone without a reception in five of them.
Perriman played 16 snaps on offense and was held without a catch on two targets in Monday's 23-16 win over the Texans.
Analysis: A healthy scratch the previous week, Perriman returned to the lineup with his lowest snap count of the season. His utter lack of production this season -- seven catches for 54 yards on 29 targets -- essentially has forced the Ravens to insert Chris Moore as the No. 3 receiver. Perriman likely would have been demoted long ago if he weren't a recent first-round pick. As is, he'll likely have to fight for a roster spot in training camp next year, assuming he's still with the team.
Perriman is listed as active for Monday night's game against the Texans.
Analysis: Perriman, who last suited up Week 9, returns to the mix after a one-game stint as a healthy scratch. To date, the 2015 first-rounder has been limited to seven catches on 27 targets for 54 yards over the course of eight games. Perriman has much to prove before gaining fantasy utility, but perhaps his Week 11 benching will help spark the wideout's production down the stretch.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Perriman will be back in the lineup at some point this season, Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Perriman is inactive for Sunday's game against the Packers.
Analysis: He's a healthy scratch, so it remains to be seen if Perriman's demotion extends beyond Week 11. On Sunday at least, Michael Campanaro is a candidate for added wideout reps, working behind starters Jeremy Maclin and Mike Wallace.
The Ravens, who play against the Packers on Sunday, are expected to demote Perriman, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Analysis: It remains to be seen whether that would lead to the wideout being a healthy inactive Sunday or simply result in Perriman being less involved in the team's attack after seeing work on 46 percent of the Ravens' snaps on offense in Week 9's loss to the Titans. While the demotion may end up being a one-week deal, per the report, on Sunday it could lead to added reps for follow receiver Michael Campanaro, working behind starters Jeremy Maclin and Mike Wallace.
Perriman pulled in three of seven targets for 28 yards in Sunday's loss to the Titans.
Analysis: The third-year wideout broke out of his two-game drought without a catch to record his best game of the season. Perriman had all of four catches for 26 yards entering Sunday. It's clear that Baltimore is trying to get Perriman the ball more, as evidenced by his season-high seven targets Sunday, but the added looks aren't being converted into production efficiently. Perriman and the Ravens will be on a bye this week before returning to action against the Packers.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry takes a trick play and passes the football deep down the field to Breshad Perriman for a gain of 63 yards against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 16 of the 2018 NFL season.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Breshad Perriman spins for a dramatic 31-yard touchdown catch.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield launches a 66-yard pass to wide receiver Breshad Perriman.
Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield lasers pass to wide receiver Breshad Perriman.
The entire Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense is hyped up after big tackle by lineabacker Lavonte David.
Kevin Byard snags the interception after Logan Ryan deflects the long pass attempt.
Chicago Bears cornerback Bryce Callahan interrupted the route between Joe Flacco and Breshad Perriman for a Bears interception.


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William Giraldi: Busy Monsters
Samantha Nelson
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Busy Monsters
William Giraldi
W.W. Norton
William Giraldi's debut novel is unrepentantly over the top. Meant to represent a collection of memoirs by the book's narrator, it's a highly unreliable account of a man's attempt to win back his fiancée, which leads him across the country on an odyssey that includes encounters with Bigfoot, a haunted hotel, UFOs, and a truly bizarre cast.
Protagonist Charles Homar is a 35-year-old memoirist for New Nation Weekly, a publication that sounds a lot like The New Yorker. He never met a $10 word he didn't want to use. He delivers lines like "I suspect you've bamboozled my onetime gal with Bronze Age confabulations." He's a lover of wordplay like "Upon us: the perfect example of how quickly fond leads to fondle," and is constantly delivering literary references such as tallying "Tom Sawyer the fence" in a housework to-do list.
Each chapter is meant to be one of Homar's published memoirs, chronicling his relationship with Gillian. He starts with how he decided to murder Gillian's jealous ex-boyfriend, explains how he met and wooed her, then falls into panic and despair when she leaves him months before their wedding day to cruise the oceans with a giant-squid hunter in search of the beast that's been her obsession since childhood.
The memoirs are serially published, and wherever Homar goes, he finds that the people he interacts with are caught up with the story so far. That's a clever mechanic on Giraldi's part. Not only does it mean plot points never have to be repeated to new characters, it also allows them to constantly offer advice and criticism not only on Homar's actions, but on his writing style. The whole piece is a critique on the veracity of memoirs in general. Characters point out logical inconsistencies that suggest Homar has been making things up. They also comment, rightly so, that many of his characters not only sound the same, but that nobody talks that way at all. Homar is criticized for the number of stereotypes in his works, including a butch lesbian who wants to box and a biracial girl named Mocha. Homar insists he's only reporting on the facts, but when police want to use his memoir as a confession of attempted murder, he changes his tune and says they're fiction.
Homar isn't a particularly sympathetic character, but he's delightful to follow. The book's antics are entertaining, but the real treat is how much fun Giraldi seems to be having with language. It's a contagious passion that makes Busy Monsters a promising debut.
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