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[scorsesedepalmafan]

“Apprehend them! Imprison them. Everything. On your way. Now, I want them dead or alive. Go.” 

Alfred Molina as Jeremy Burtom in The Impostors: best moments

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[motorcitycrusader]

Breath. Feel. Love. Give. Free. Know, In your soul. Like your blood knows the way. From your heart to your brain. Knows that you’re whole. And you’re shining! Like the brightest star! A transmission, On the Midnight Radio!

Stephen Trask, “Midnight Radio,” Hedwig and the Angry Inch    

[crazy-noonoohead]

A year ago today, I saw Matt McGrath go on for Jim Parsons in The Boys in the Band. It was his first and only time doing so, and I'm still so happy I could be there that night. The following is all the differences I noticed in their portrayals. To clarify, I am NOT saying I liked one better than the other. I'm simply pointing the differences out.

*Jim's lip syncing in the opening scene was more for himself, while Matt's felt more like a performance.

*While most of the actors are around the same age in real life, Matt reads a bit older to me, which affects the dynamic of the friend group.

*All Jim needed was the one drink to "get hostile." Matt's decline was more of a slow burn, as he got meaner with each drink. Both of these choices were extremely effective for me, and this was the biggest difference I picked up on.

*Jim's breakdown at the end read to me as an immediate panic attack while Matt's seemed to come from a place of guilt. Again, more of a slow burn.

That's all I came up with. Short, but super effective list. I hope to see Matt on stage again soon! And I still miss this show every day.

[perfectnonfreedom]

Matt McGrath

1911

[indizombie]

The authors are calling on governments to change their model of spending on large fires. Right now, the study says that planning and prevention receives less than 1% of funding while firefighting takes over half of the available budget. "We need to invest more in fire prevention, in full management, also in allowing fires to fulfil their ecological roles," said Prof Paulo Fernandes, from the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal, one of the report's authors. "But then, when things get hot, their response will be to deviate from the policy that's supposed to be in place. In places like California they talk a lot, but then in terms of action, they put the money always in the same place, in firefighting."

Matt McGrath, ‘Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires’, BBC

[indizombie]

Even though the study only makes projections on extreme events, the authors believe that lesser incidents of wildfire will also increase as land use changes and populations increase. This could have significant implications for climate change as the extra burning will increase the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere. But the change in frequency will vary depending on a number of local factors. The world is likely to see more fires in Arctic regions because climate change is having such a major impact in the region. However in Africa, where about two thirds of the world's wildfires now occur, there are likely to be fewer fires in the coming decades as a growing population is clearing more forest areas for farmland. "In Africa, the number of fires is decreasing, because of the change in land use and the intensification of agriculture," said Dr Glynis Humphrey from the University of Cape Town. "Our percentage of area burned is actually decreasing, and our fires are becoming smaller and smaller, because of the reduction in fuel load."

Matt McGrath, ‘Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires’, BBC

[indizombie]

The study defines extreme conflagrations as fires that are extraordinary or unusual - but this definition can differ markedly depending on your location. "If you imagine a peat fire in the Arctic, it's spreading at centimetres an hour. It's not necessarily a raging inferno, but it's unusual and spreading over immense areas because there's no one there to do anything about it," said Dr Sullivan. "A fire like this in the peatlands is an extreme fire, but it's not what you would envisage as being an extreme fire if you lived in California."

Matt McGrath, ‘Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires’, BBC