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What's Your XC Team's Traditions?September 15, 2011
The races are about to begin. Your team hasn't let up all summer. Mentally, you've already tackled each trail, hill, and corner. Individually and as a team you're ready to run. We want to know how you're going to get amped for that first starting gun?
Cross Country Season is Here. We Know You're Ready.September 12, 2011
You know when the weather turns cool and crisp that cross country season is finally back. With the fall comes a chance to show how hard you've worked through the heat of the summer.
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PUMA's Own Adams State Wins 3rd Straight NCAA XC ChampionshipDecember 08, 2010
On December 4th the PUMA sponsored Adams State Grizzlies won the NCAA Div II Cross-Country Championships. It was the Grizzlies third consecutive national title and continues their long-standing tradition of success. Congratulations Adams State. Enjoy your well-deserved break back in Alamosa!


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I will never check a bag again. Sorry, but every time I've ever had a connecting flight they have lost my bag that I have checked. I can't tell you how many holidays I spent wearing my Dad's 1978 style clothes because the airline lost my checked bag.
LIKEWISE... as one of the few light travelers in the world (my backpack that's it), too many of you bring too much crap on vacation. I am amazed when I have to stand in the check-in line (very rarely) and I see these morons checking bags larger than they are. And don't get me started with the carry on passengers. Being one myself I cannot deny that free carry ons are essential for me, but I also get perturbed when I see 80% of the carry on passengers bringing suitcases that are obviously over the size limit, and are bulky... thus holding up the lines, taking up too much room yada yada. Don't hate the game here. Hate the player(cheater).
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In the next edition of our series on Junior Eurovision fans #together, we meet Alice from Russia!
The winners of the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Tolmachevy Sisters, had their first rehearsal today in Copenhagen.
The Jury Final of the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest has just ended. The national juries will be casting their votes based on tonight's performances of our 12 contestants.
Just now our dazzling Dayana from Russia finished her second rehearsal. The rehearsal started with some technical cecks and then Russia could start their performance.
Last up for today, but by no means least, were Russia!
Some hours after the International Children's Day it was time for Russia to pick their contestant for this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Out of 18 eager young stars, it was Dayana Kirillova (11) who took home the ticket to Kyiv!
Following the running order of the 2012 Junior Eurovision Song Contest it was time for Russia and Israel to get up on stage at the HMH Arena for their second round of rehearsals.
Song number five comes from Russia. And singing this year from Russia we have the experienced Lerika who represented Moldova last year, and that shows on her professional performance on the HMH stage.
It's less than ten days for our favourite date in the calendar: Junior Eurovision Day! This year's Song Contest takes place the 1st of December so we've decided to introduce our stars for you to get to know them better. Meet our star from Russia, Lerika.
The Steering Group of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Heads of Delegations of the participating countries of the forthcoming 2012 edition are gathered here in Amsterdam where the draw for the running order is just taking place!
Russia has made their choice for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest and you will not believe who it is!
Katya Ryabova was the last one to rehearse yesterday and the first one to do so today in Yerevan, Armenia. She has turned up her confidence today and thus looks even more professional on stage.
Katya Ryabova was the last one to rehearse today for the first time. She showed off her Junior Eurovision Song Contest experience with her professional first attempt.
Katya Ryabova has already taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, back in 2009. Now she will have her second attempt to win the trophy - will it be Yerevan that'll give her the top placing?
Today, at the traditional Heads of Delegations meeting, the running order draw for this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held. So, now we know who will perform at which place!
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In the days before the printing press, the only way for a teacher to disseminate ideas was the lecture: teacher talked, students listened, and perhaps some of them learned. With the invention of moveable type and cheap paper came the added possibility of spreading one's word as an article or book. This new technology sparked many teachers to learn to write so that they could take advantage of the new medium. Five hundred years later came the ability to record sound, and an additional means of reaching new audiences. A short while later, video arrived on the scene. Then PowerPoint, then the web site, then the podcast, all in relatively rapid succession. Each new technology provided the teacher with a new channel to reach students. And a new skill to learn.
So today the conscientious teacher might prepare a lecture on the topic of the day, then publish it as an article, and record it as an audio file. Next, create some PowerPoint slides to support the lecture, then create a web site full of information and hyperlinked cross references. And to please the mobile learners, prepare a podcast, preferably with explanatory images.
Each of these formats, of course, requires the teacher to purchase a new set of equipment, learn a new authoring technique, and publish through a different network. Lectern, microphone, keyboard, computer, PowerPoint, video camera, data projector, iMovie, GarageBand, iPod, CD, and DVD take over the faculty offices. Cables, connectors and adaptors snake their way down the corridors of academe.
In preparing my own lectures and publications, including this weekly article, I have learned to consolidate and combine these efforts and technologies in such a way as to allow me to create once, and yet publish in many forms. This article describes a workflow that allows you to take a single idea and develop it simultaneously as a lecture, as a slide show, as an enhanced podcast (which can also play as a video), as plain text, and as illustrated booklet.
Follow these steps.
The best candidates for this workflow are presentations of single ideas or concepts, that might take 15 minutes to deliver as a lecture. If your talks are organized into hour-long pieces, it's wise to break these up into shorter chunks that are easier for your students to work with. The shorter pieces can be sequenced into a longer series if necessary.
If you have not done so already, think through your idea, teach it a few times in the classroom, and discuss it with colleagues. Try a variety of examples and metaphors to see which ones work best. Because you are going to publish as a slide show and as an illustrated podcast, consider visual images and examples for each step, which work well in these formats.
Now that you have developed your idea, and delivered it a few times, write it down. In prose, with complete sentences. This will add some discipline to your talk, and help you economize your words and examples. And also tighten up your organization. Write in the style of a conversation or informal lecture, rather than for a print journal or essay. The same phrases you used in your best oral delivery, with a bit of editing, will work well here.
Write in chunks if you can, a paragraph at a time, with a subhead for each. This works better for the type of multi-mode communication that you are creating. It also helps to provide chapter titles for your podcast, an essential feature for its ease-of-use by students. Edit your writing for style and flow; consult Strunk and White for guidance, rather than the AP, MLA, or APA. Ask a colleague to read it and suggest improvements; a student as well. Read it aloud and make sure it flows in that mode, and can be spoken in 15 minutes or less.
Slide show.
Next you will prepare a slide for each paragraph of the piece you have just written. And as you do this, you will take into consideration the other publishing formats, and prepare your slides accordingly. Here's how to do it:
Now deliver this slide show, with oral narration, in the classroom a few times. Print your text and read from it if necessary (but by now you should have it pretty much in memory). Revise as necessary as you learn from this experience.
From the slide show, it's easy to develop your work into a podcast. If your slide-lecture is short, and you want to publish it quickly, Use Method 1, and simply record your narration into the slide show and save it as a podcast; if it's longer, and you want to spend more time making a professional podcast, use Method 2, and make a GarageBand podcast instead.
Method 1: Quick recording. Follow these steps, using Keynote:
Now double-click your podcast file to see and hear it. This file can be:
...and played on your students' computers, iPods, and other devices.
Method 2: Professional Editing with GarageBand. Follow these steps:
Now you've got the audio elements completed. Listen to what you've got: an audio podcast. The next step is to enhance it with illustrations.
Now you have all your illustrations loaded. Leave no space between your images in the podcast track. To review the synchronization, follow these steps:
Now you are ready to publish your GarageBand project as a podcast.
Illustrated booklet
Not everyone learns best through lectures and podcasts. You can help them by publishing your work as an illustrated booklet, in PDF form that travels easily over the web. It's a two-step process:
This file contains the illustrations and text, page by page, a format that for many students makes learning and review easier. It's a small file, plays on all computers, without special software, and can easily be added to your course on Blackboard, Moodle, or iTunesU.
Online Companion
Want to take it a step further? Publish an online companion to your work, something that students can follow along in the classroom as you speak, or use for review. See Student Companion in this series for ideas and instructions.
Follow this workflow to prepare your presentation once, and publish it in many forms.


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"When black Americans finally recognize the harm of the progressive agenda, I'm betting they will be the nation's most conservative people, for who else has been harmed by progressivism as much?" Progressives offer empty promises promises while delivering tragic failures. Regretfully, too many victims of the progressive scheme refuse to accept reality. They remain duped into voting for progressives while disregarding obvious evidence. Among the mesmerized zombies who vote for liberal-Democrast are millions of black Americans. Let's not give up, however. Let's reach out to all of our fellow Americans. Let them know they are always welcome to join conservative groups.


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High School Site Not a Hazard!
A firm preparing the preliminary environmental assessment on the proposed site of the Castaic high school at North Lake has concluded that "further investigation of the site is not necessary." While the report found that Benzene was detected in one soil gas sample at a concentration above the laboratory detection limit, the sample was below the laboratory reporting limit.
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Looking for the nicest group of men and women in the state? Try the Utah High School Activities Association's board of trustees. If you have a request, those folks will do their best to accommodate it.
Collectively, they're like a shopping mall Santa Claus, but with actual power.
Which is how we ended up here, on the fast track to six classifications for 101 high school football teams, starting in 2013. A pocketful of Class 3A school administrators and coaches successfully pleaded to play schools more like them, as the class has been dominated by urban schools for years.
So schools such as Delta, Juab and Millard are now happy, and Class 5A and 4A representatives are mostly indifferent. But this decision matters, and may be a mistake. Among the reasons was this from Bingham coach Dave Peck.
"Some of those [classifications] have only 12 schools," he said last week. "That's more like a region championship than a state title."
True, especially when you consider Timpview had to be better than seven teams just to win Region 8 last season.
The move caught the eye of RivalsHigh columnist Dallas Jackson, one of the leading experts on high school football in the country. He criticized the added classification and pointed out that 29 schools — nearly 30 percent of all the teams in Utah — have played for the five state championships over the past five seasons.
The spirit of high school athletics is not to put everyone in a position to win or even to be competitive. Remember, "it's how you play the game"? That trope suddenly doesn't seem so important.
Ultimately, a championship doesn't mean as much if teams play only others like themselves. That's why Butler reaching the NCAA men's basketball championship game in consecutive years resonated so deeply. After all, there wouldn't have been "Hoosiers" if Hickory didn't get to play that team from South Bend.
It should take something special to achieve a state championship — and a sweeping act of policy doesn't qualify.
At the root of the problem here is the realignment structure the UHSAA approved in 2010. Schools will realign every two years based on current enrollment numbers. This was done to ensure that fluctuations could be addressed quickly. Growing schools wouldn't be held down and shrinking schools wouldn't be forced to compete against the heavyweights.
Instead, the board of trustees seems content to use the two-year clause to create wholesale changes that don't truly benefit anyone — save for the board of trustees, which constantly tries to deflect criticism from all directions.
It's a tough job and the UHSAA needs to be lauded for its creativity and ambition. But in 2013 we'll have 6A in football, and the board is already investigating the merit of adding the extra classification in all sports in 2015.
Two years is not enough time to build rivalries, nor to establish the sense of community that high school sports demands. I'm not sure it's even enough time for drivers to learn the bus routes.
It's all enough to make me long for the days of two classes — A and B. Who knows? Maybe that's what Santa will bring me next year.
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Precise tabulation of the maximally-skewed stable distributions and densities
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A new dating service with a matchmaking questionnaire focuses on Mayberry -- and soon Goober is filling out the questionnaire erroneously. watch
Andy and Sam want to find a girlfriend for Goober and convince him to try a computer dating service. watch
In Clarkston, a trap for unwary motorists from the city, Tony brushes Edgar Crawford's car. Crawford pretends serious injury and his wife Thelma, begins to scream. Arrested and put in a cell with a drunk, Tony won't allow Roger to call Jeannie for help. She learns What happened when Roger phones Dr. Bellows. The drunk is incredulous when Jeannie blinks up food and finally whisks the cell back home. Tony orders her to change everything back, but to speed up Dr. Bellows. Crawford arrives at the trial in a wheelchair and Cashman, Tony's attorney, practically joins the DA, Farrow and Judge Miller in convicting him. Tony finally takes over his own defense. Jeannie speeds up Bellows' car and succeeds in turning the trial into a shambles. Tony realizes Crawford is the only one who can prove his innocence. When Jeannie blinks, Crawford's wheel chair smashes into a wall. Crawford dumps up, proving he's in perfect shape, as his wife chases him out of the courtroom. With Jeannie's help in speeding up his car, Bellows arrives, handcuffed to a traffic cop.
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Tony's newspaper fails to arrive and Jeannie blinks up a copy, but gets the wrong date from Roger. Roger leaves with the sports section and Tony chokes on reading the headline, "Astronaut Breaks Leg in Accident." To protect Tony, Jeannie blinks up a plastic bubble, and puts him into slow motion. At the base, Dr. Bellows confers with Comdr. Ross about the next day's flight. Tony clutches the newspaper and voices concern for Roger. Dr. bellows scoffs at premonitions as ignorant superstition. To back up Tony, Jeannie causes a series of minor mishaps. When Tony becomes wedged between two cars, she changes his leg to iron. Roger finds his paper has all that day's race results and heads for the track. Tony feels this is dishonest and follows with Jeannie. Watching Roger pocket his winnings, two touts, follow his choice, but Jeannie changes the winning number. After they tear up their tickets she changes it back. Later, Dr. Bellows announces a delay in the test flight. He is stunned when Tony fills in the details of an accident to Comdr. Ross, who broke his leg, but asks for a tip on next day's races. Jeannie blinks up an advance newspaper for Roger but it's for next year. Roger grabs the stock page, with Tony in hot pursuit.
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One man is being treated after a shooting in Longview on Friday afternoon.
According to Gregg County Constable Robby Cox, a man was shot in the leg near the intersection of Lorin and 14th Streets.
No one has been arrested in this case.
Longview Police are still on the scene investigating this incident.
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A "sweetheart" locket showing a handsome Victorian couple with lightly tinted rosy cheeks. She is wearing a cameo; he is wearing an amazing bow tie? with stickpin. There appears to have been a third woman (notice the gloved hand!) who didn't make the final portrait.
The back of the case shows silver under the gold vermeil. I believe that the wear to the back of the case was created as people tried to open the back - which does not open...
The photograph is a tintype that is in excellent condition. The portrait is a 1/9 plate size image and in a nice union case made of leather covered wood. Inside the case has a velvet lining and a gold metal frame and glass. The case hinge is partially separated. The case is about 2 7/8 inches x 2 3/8 inches by 5/8 thick when closed.


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Monday night, a crowd gathered to mourn 43-year-old Sabrina Bragg. She was gunned down Saturday morning. Her case is another unsolved murder in Louisville.
A friend of Sabrina Bragg's family sang an uplifting song during a vigil for Sabrina Bragg.
At least 75 people gathered at W 16th and Madison streets, lighting candles and setting up a memorial to lift up the family of 43 year old Sabrina Bragg, affectionately known as "Pinky." She was shot and killed around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
"We got lots of support and I appreciate everyone showing up, means a lot to me and my family," said James Bragg, Sabrina's older brother.
Police haven't made an arrest in her murder, and the family is calling on the community to hand over her killer.
"It's not right for a woman to get killed like that, it's not right," said Mona Kent, who knew Sabrina's mother.
"It's a lot of violence around now, there's too much violence, we should all live our lives," said Bill Mask, a friend of Sabrina.
Sabrina's death is part of a larger problem in Metro Lousiville. Her homicide is number 65 this year. Which means about six people a month are murdered.
"It's outrageous. It seems like every weekend there's someone getting killed someone getting shot," said Mask .
He has a point. During an 8 day stretch in October, there were four homicides. During a week this month -- three homicides. Some of them, still open cases.
Bill Mask remembers a time when people didn't have to live in fear.
"My wife doesn't want me to go to the store after dark. I'm 60-years-old. Why can't I go to the store without fear of somebody taking my $2, $3 or something like that?" he said.
24 of the 65 homicides this year are open cases, killers still on the loose, like Sabrina's.
"I know about street vengeance, I know about street justice. I don't want to advocate that," said Chris 2X.
Which is why the plea at this vigil, is for someone to confess.
"We need people to speak up and show that the citizens of these communities ain't going to stand for it. if we hear something we're going to speak out and get justice done," said James Bragg.
If you have any information about Sabrina Bragg's murder or any other open case, you can call the anonymous police tipline at 574-LMPD.


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Children and their family or carers become involved in the Children's Hearings System if the child is getting into trouble with the police, there are concerns that they are being abused, they are taking drugs or alcohol, or they are not attending school.
The Children's Hearings System makes decisions on what to do to help children, to protect them and to address their behaviour.
Here you will find information that you may need if your child or a child or young person in your care has been referred to the Children's Reporter.
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Manassas Park city officials have designated two cooling centers for residents seeking shelter from mid-week soaring temperatures.
r on 99 Adams St. and the city's Department of Social Services offices inside city hall at 1 Park Center Ct. will both be open to residents who need an air conditioned place to stay, city officials said Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Temperatures will be between the middle to upper 90s but the heat index will make it feel like anywhere between 100 or 105.
The following are lists of the most recognizable signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, which is a more serious condition.
Heat Exhaustion
- Heavy sweating
- Muscle cramps
- Weakness
- Headache
- Nausea or vomiting
- Paleness, tiredness and dizziness.
Heat stroke
- An extremely high body temperature (above 103° Fahrenheit when taken orally)
- Unconsciousness
- Dizziness, nausea and confusion
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The Bahá'í House of Worship in New Delhi, India, popularly known as the Lotus Temple because of its flowerlike shape, is a Bahá'í House of Worship and also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent. It has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.
Like all other Bahá'í Houses of Worship, the Lotus Temple is open to all regardless of religion, or any other distinction, as emphasized in Bahá'í texts. The Bahá'í laws emphasize that the spirit of the House of Worship be that it is a gathering place where people of all religions may worship God without denominational restrictions. The Bahá'í laws also stipulate that only the holy scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith and other religions can be read or chanted inside in any language; while readings and prayers can be set to music by choirs, no musical instruments can be played inside. Furthermore no sermons can be delivered, and there can be no ritualistic ceremonies practiced.
All Bahá'í Houses of Worship, including the Lotus Temple, share certain architectural elements, some of which are specified by Bahá'í scripture. `Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of the founder of the religion, stipulated that an essential architectural character of a House of Worship is a nine-sided circular shape. While all current Bahá'í Houses of Worship have a dome, this is not regarded as an essential part of their architecture. Bahá'í scripture also states that no pictures, statues or images be displayed within the House of Worship and no pulpits or altars be incorporated as an architectural feature (readers may stand behind simple portable lecture stands).
Inspired by the lotus flower, the design for the House of Worship in New Delhi is composed of 27 free-standing marble clad "petals" arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides. The nine doors of the Lotus Temple open onto a central hall slightly more than 40 meters tall that is capable of holding up to 2,500 people. The surface of the House of Worship is made of white marble from Penteli mountain in Greece, the very same from which many ancient monuments and other Bahá'í Houses of Worship are built. Along with its nine surrounding ponds and the gardens, the Lotus Temple property comprises 26 acres (105,000 m²; 10.5 ha).
Since its inauguration to public worship in December 1986, the Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi has, as of late 2002, attracted more than 50 million visitors, making it one of the most visited buildings in the World. Its numbers of visitors during those years surpassed those of the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal. On Hindu holy days, it has drawn as many as 150,000 people; it welcomes four million visitors each year (about 13,000 every day or 9 every minute).
This House of Worship is generally referred to as the "Lotus Temple". In India, during the Hindu festival Durga Puja, several times a replica of the Lotus Temple has been made as a pandal, a temporary structure set up to venerate the goddess Durga. In Sikkim a permanent replica is of the Hindu Legship Mandir, dedicated to Shiva.
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Cut spaghetti squash in half lengthwise; discard seeds. Bake squash, cut sides down, on a lightly greased baking sheet at 400° for 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes. Combine ground chicken, green onions, parsley, 2 Tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese, and salt. Shape into 24 (2-inch) balls. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Scrape inside of squash to remove spaghetti-like strands (about 6 cups). Cover and chill squash and meatballs up to 24 hours. Cook garlic in hot olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Add pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and meatballs; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 10 minutes. Microwave squash, covered with plastic wrap, at HIGH 3 minutes. Stir basil into sauce; serve over squash. Top with Parmesan cheese.
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As any mom can tell you, life seems to be more of balancing act than achieving work-life balance. Trying to keep all the balls in the air and doing it well can be exhausting. Back to school time can add greatly to the stress of keeping it all going.
Then again, I am sure everyone has a time of year that just knocks them out. Each year I get a bit better at preparing for it. I have learned that I should not schedule meetings for that first week back or take on any major projects. A little advance prep goes a long way in getting through the weeds in any job. No matter what you do, you can always do something to make it better. Here's some pointers to mull over to try and improve things.
The key to surviving reoccurring busy times is to identify the crunch time, plan for it and stick to the plan. It is ideal if you can allow yourself two or more hours a week to check in with all other projects to make sure nothing important is being missed. Hopefully you might even get a day or two before the next busy season hits.
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Rizzo has over 10 years of experience monitoring bluebird nest boxes and spoke with residents about the traits, behavior, conservation, diet, and nesting season of blue birds. Eastern Bluebirds are primarily found east of the Rockies. Admired for their lovely coloring and distinctive song, the eastern bluebird is the state bird of both New York and Missouri.
The presentation was part of a host of activities and events held for residents. The Laurels is a personal care home that blends the services and security of traditional residential life with the pride and privacy of living in a personal apartment. The caring, nurturing environment is for individuals aged 62 and older who may need help with personal care, but still want to live independently. Trained, supportive staff is on hand 24 hours a day to ensure that all services are available whenever they are needed.
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See the cast of Atelier Meruru, which includes many familiar faces from Atelier Totori, in the latest trailer.
Now 20, Gino reunites with Totori as a powerful playable character in Atelier Meruru. Unlike other characters, Meruru's royal status doesn't make Gino bashfully hold back.
Early magazine leaks for Atelier Meruru explain the PlayStation 3 game has ten playable characters.
If you've seen any videos or screenshots from Atelier Meruru you probably noticed Rorona, the star in Atelier Rorona, is a child. Why? This has nothing to do with Atelier Totori, but may be a bit of a spoiler so read on only if you don't care about that kind of thing.
Come now, Meruru…isn't that a bit excessive?
This one shows off little bits and pieces of the new shop, combat, as well as Meruru, Totori and Rorona interacting with each other.
While Meruru and Totori can alchemize swords and rockets, Mimi relies on attack skills that are just as powerful (if not more so) than summoning a giant Puni.
Gust has one more gift for fans that pick up the Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 premium box. The limited edition package also includes a Meruru charm.
Stores in Japan are running a new Atelier Meruru trailer, which shows the titular character, Totori, and chibi-Rorona. This video, kindly recorded by a fan and posted on YouTube, shows "Rorona" introduce herself as Rorolina Frixell.
Gust released two new videos for Atelier Meruru today.
A returning character from Atelier Totori shows up in Atelier Meruru as a playable character.
Gust packed a crystal paperweight with limited edition copies of Atelier Rorona and Atelier Totori. Atelier Meruru, the next and last game in the Arland series, also includes a crystal paperweight.
Gust added a maid who sings buffing songs as a party member and a world building system.
First video shows Meruru exploring the world and running past a fort that was a pile of dirt in the beginning of the game.
Gust's next Atelier game picks up where Atelier Totori left off. Now 19, Totori has an apprentice, Meruru who is the star of Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3.


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Canada Joins Trans-Pacific Partnership
Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the announcement by Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) members of their support for Canada joining the trade negotiations. "Opening new markets and creating new business opportunities leads to jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for all Canadians," said Prime Minister Harper. Canada will proceed to enter the talks at the earliest opportunity.
Countries party to the negotiations are: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
Government Invests in P.E.I
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced today renewed governmental support for 23 projects in Prince Edward Island. The funding is channeled towards projects that promote arts, culture, and official languages and consequently stimulate the economy in Prince Edward Island.
"By supporting culture in Prince Edward Island, we are delivering on our commitment to strengthen our economy, boost tourism, and support our heritage" said Minister Moore.
Impact of "Dutch Disease" on Canadian Manufacturers Smaller Than Feared
The continuing global energy boom that began in the early 2000s has brought significant economic benefits to Canada in the form of strong growth in national income, relatively low unemployment and (until the recession) healthy public finances. But a booming energy sector may contribute to a strengthening of the currency, which in turn cause lower and unbalanced growth in trade-intensive sectors (particularly manufacturing).
There has been relatively little rigorous analysis of the linkages between energy prices, the exchange rate and manufacturing output in Canada. In this study, Mohammad Shakeri, Richard Gray and Jeremy Leonard of the Institute for Research on Public Policy examine these linkages for 80 different manufacturing industries using an empirical model that accounts for changes in global demand and competitive pressures as well as energy-induced strengthening of the dollar.
Major Canadian Cities Hubs of Investment
A new report by the Conference Board of Canada states that most new investment has occurred in large Canadian cities. As members of the newly-incorporated Consider Canada City Alliance Inc, Halifax, Québec City, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver seek to attract new investors to their respective locations.
The report suggests that an FDI attraction strategy involving city-level economic development efforts as well as provincial and national investment will attract significant benefits for the members of CCCA and Canada overall.
U.S. Top Destination for Canadian Businesses
The United States is the most popular market for Canadian business, the BMO Bank of Montreal financial group reports. The study reveals that 68 per cent of Canadian small business owners are looking to expand south of the border, up 12 per cent from 2011.
Commenting on the results, Cathy Pin, Vice-President of the Commercial Banking division of BMO, believes "The good news is that there is an encouraging level of optimism in the Canadian business community."
Record Business Mentoring Event Held in Toronto
The Ontario Centres for Excellence offered 328 Canadians the chance to attend the Discovery 12 Conference, the largest business speed networking event ever held.
In their pursuit of commercializing cutting-edge research, the Ontario Centres of Excellence seek to promote the training and development of Canadian innovators and entrepreneurs by connecting them with key partners such as Ontario's industries, universities, colleges, research hospitals, investors and governments.
Brad Duguid, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development and Innovation, noted "the room was full of creative minds and endless possibilities - a clear demonstration of commitment to building Ontario's innovation economy."
Canadian Firms Recruiting American Workers
A CanWest representative stated that many companies are looking south of the border for workers. CanWest has recruited American workers for more than 5 years in order to meet project requirements. Welders, pipe fitters, iron workers, electricians and industrial insulators are among the most recruited trade groups.
Canadian Cities Offer Income Gains for Migrants
A recently published study by Statistics Canada discusses the immigrant experience to large Canadian cities, using Toronto as a benchmark. The project found that migrants are likely to declare financial gain after moving to metropolitan environment when compared to other urban or rural areas.
The long term experience of young migrants in Canadian cities is largely influenced by the opportunities for rapid learning and effective matching provided through dynamic labour markets. Toronto is a successful model of both initial financial gain and long-term benefits.
Conference Board: Understanding Canada's Role in Global Value Chains
This briefing by the Conference Board of Canada explores how value-added trade measures complement traditional measures, yielding unexpected insights into Canada's real trade dependence, its trade with major trading partners, and on the importance of services to trade.
The value-added trade approach sheds light on Canada's linkages into global value chains, showing them to be predominantly limited to the United States. It also demonstrates the interconnectedness of industries in creating the value of tradable goods and services. These findings have implications for both government policy-makers and businesses involved in trade, as detailed in this briefing.
Rebuilding the North American Economy Together: Driving a New Era in Canada and U.S. Relations
The Urban Transportation Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dalhousie University cohosted the "Rebuilding the North American Economy Together" conference last fall in Chicago.
The event, which was sponsored by CN and supported by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, focused on bi-national economic relationships and business opportunities in the new economy between the United States and Canada. The conference succeeded at providing a comprehensive look into what both Canada and the United States can do to improve North American trade relations.
The conference highlights have been published online.
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Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia Siemens Networks, the joint venture of Nokia Oyj and Siemens AG, will get a capital infusion of 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion) from its parent companies to further strengthen its financial position.
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Companies considering hybrid cloud - moving applications to the public cloud - are finding that the journey is complex. What are the challenges? To accomplish this movement, production workloads need to be easily mobilized, centrally managed and protected to interoperate with, and reap the benefits of, the public cloud. But production workloads today are not easily mobilized - they're "silo-ed."
Workloads are silo-ed by the hypervisor, be it VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xen or Redhat KVM. Workloads simply cannot move between these hypervisors easily. They are also silo-ed by hardware, with "vendor lock-in" to a specific brand of hardware making it difficult to move workloads for applications like disaster recovery and data migration. Workloads are also silo-ed in clouds. Cloud providers often use proprietary infrastructure and tools, making them incompatible with other clouds.
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The hybrid cloud is interesting to IT departments and CIOs worldwide because it allows for cost reduction, bursting, server migrations, disaster recovery, and data portability. Gartner estimates that 70 percent of enterprises will pursue the hybrid cloud by 2015. Unlike the public cloud model, hybrid cloud diverts far more control to the IT department, allowing for greater flexibility and easier manageability of workloads. But how does a hybrid-cloud-based datacenter avoid or remove the datacenter silos?
For the hybrid cloud to reach widespread adoption and remove these silos, we need to see the development and adoption of an underlying infrastructure layer that allows for seamless flexibility of data and applications across clouds, hypervisors, networks and hardware - a cloud fabric of sorts that would enable portability of data across any environment.
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November 28, 2012
First rehearsal was last night. My cast member is already making me crazy. A little help?
I'm directing a local community theatre production. We had our first real rehearsal yesterday and we go up on January 11. I told my actors since we have such a short time for rehearsal, I'm going to ask them to try their roles a certain way and if it works, it'll be really good. If not, we need to very quickly find another way to do it.
All the actors save one were able to take this note and were able to give me back what I was looking for...and if I do say so, the concepts worked very well for the show.
The lone actor who didn't gave me some signals that troubled me.
When I gave my notes, he nodded the entire time for the most part, but when he played the scenes I saw nothing of what I had asked for.
I rephrased my notes and asked him to try again. Still the same.
I frankly started to wonder if he was gaslighting me as I not only did not hear what I was asking for -- I didn't hear any differences between his readings. I also didn't hear anything usable. It was all monotone or if a choice was being made, boring choices.
I intend to take this actor aside and tell him the above (minus the "gaslighting" and probably "boring" language) and ask if my notes were clear, and especially ask if he had a problem with doing it the way I was asking, and invite him to provide other interpretations which we might agree on, or maybe even "help me understand the choices you were making the other night." I can see how I might have come across as steamrolling and even if my interpretation was a good valid one, I know how steamrolling can prompt resistance.
But I wonder if I'm missing something. Another actor after my 5th or 6th time started giving notes -- I stopped that after a few sentences when I realized what was going on. I thought it was very inappropriate and it actually served as a signal to me to move on to other goals. However it also helped reassure me that I wasn't simply failing to hear the first actor's doing what I was asking for.
Have any of you encountered a situation like this? I don't want to come down on this guy. I prize open communication and good relations in this kind of situation, and hey, he's a volunteer as are we all. When directors have told me, "You're not giving me what I asked for," I don't experience it as an attack. But...I've never worked with this guy. I don't know how he's receiving me. What did you do?
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Can you clarify a little more about this actor's background - how much experience he has with theater? I know that you probably haven't given the full context in this question, but it seems to me like you are jumping to a lot of conclusions about his motivations (that you're being gaslighted, that he feels like you're steamrolling him, etc). It seems possible to me, as someone who did community theater, that this guy just doesn't really know what you're talking about/looking for. The mechanics of turning 'choice' into output is not really something that comes natural to most people. If he's more inexperienced it's possible that he's ashamed to show what he doesn't know. I think you need to be prepared for the possibility that you need to slow it way down with this guy, or if that isn't possible cut him loose.
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Every performer has their limits on what they can do. Is it possible his talents are very limited and he really is doing the best he can? In the meantime, keep your actors from giving each other notes. Notes come from the director (and other relevant production team members) only.
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I am struggling not to jump to conclusions, thanks, and I know it reads as if I already have. Just trying to work out the possible reasons. My head probably goes strange places. I'm not assuming it at all!
This guy is new to me but not to theatre. His resume has several years' worth of shows in roles of varying complexity. I saw him in one and he was presentable, but the show was so poorly directed that nobody (including some who are in my current cast) was able to show what they were capable of.
I've directed shows for several years and I think my concern arises because I've only ever had one actor who didn't seem able to respond to notes. She was a total neophyte and a child to boot...and her performance pulled down every scene she was in and other people still b*tch at me about casting her. :) I need to quickly determine if I need to direct *around* this guy or what his actual deal is.
Should I consider talking to other people -- mutual friends -- who have performed alongside him? That seems fraught with peril.
posted by
on November 28, 2012
I frankly started to wonder if he was gaslighting me as I not only did not hear what I was asking for -- I didn't hear any differences between his readings. I also didn't hear anything usable. It was all monotone or if a choice was being made, boring choices.
It seems hasty after one rehearsal to attribute his performance as intentionally undermining. Were you involved in casting, did you see this lack of affect in auditions? In rehearsal, were you seeing a lack of effort and energy or lack of skill? He may believe that he's giving you what you're asking for, or he's at least trying and failing. You may need to work with him one on one, but you should give him the benefit of the doubt that he's listening and trying.
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on November 28, 2012
Oh, and last response for awhile -- slowing it down seems like a good idea. Others -- even those I've never worked with -- responded instantly and appropriately to the sort of shorthand notes I was giving them. It's unfair to expect that of everyone. Thanks. At least I have less work to do with those others and that gives me time to be patient with this guy.
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on November 28, 2012
Nodding is not understanding. Try asking him to play back what you want. Then ask him to talk about how he'd execute that direction. Even if he understands what you want, he may not know how to deliver it. He needs to articulate that in his own words so he can internalize it. That's not acting specific, but it's a reasonable path anytime someone is repeatedly having problems executing.
My guess it that the other actor could see that he didn't really get it and was trying to help him understand. That's really not the best path but watching someone get the same direction over and over is frustrating.
Err on the side of giving him the benefit of the doubt especially in the early going. Gaslighting is a pretty strong interpretation of one bad rehearsal.
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Are you using pop culture references or analogies, or other jargon, to communicate? I've had directors try this with me, and frankly, I wasn't up on pop culture _at all_ (parents limited my movies when I was a kid, didn't listen to music, was never interested in the same things as other students even in college). In that situation, my choices were a) interrupt the director every five minutes to ask for an explanation (I have no idea what "gaslighting" is, will look it up after this), which was annoying and I guess slightly embarrassing, or b) to nod and hope for the best, but never really understand what was going on.
If you direct with Star Trek (original series) analogies, please let me be in your show :)
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Pull him aside (quietly) and work with him on a scene one on one. Or have the stage manager/assistant director (if there is one) work with him based on your notes. If he resists or continues not to respond to notes, he may just be "that guy" who thinks he knows best. And in a volunteer situation like this, there also isn't a whole lot you can do about that. Your energy is better spent on the rest of the cast who are responding to direction. I've spent a good chunk of my adult life working as a performer and stage manager in several productions (ranging from community level to equity houses) and there is always "that guy."
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on November 28, 2012
This is a very difficult situation to diagnose without being in the room, having some idea of what sorts of notes you are giving, what your directorial style is and what you're going for.
Certainly it could be the case that he simply disagrees with your direction for his acting and character. In my field (opera) it is not all that unusual to encounter a situation where a director will ask you to do something that is not congenial with respect to a role you've done many times before. And in these cases, sure, one tried and true technique is to say "yes maestro" and do some version of what you were doing before.
It could also be that this actor is used to working in a more collaborative style and feels like he's not being engaged in the process.
Or it could be that he's either not that talented or not that technically accomplished and this is what he can do.
Or if could be that your notes aren't very good or aren't speaking to him.
Or many other things.
Definitely I would suggest taking some time aside with him and figuring out some way to say that you would like to figure out how to get more of what you're looking for out of his performance. If you gently praise his abilities as an actor and engage him in the process, you're more likely to get buy-in in the event that there might be some resistance towards what you're asking him to do. And, yanno, if it does turn out that he is actively resisting your directing and doesn't seem willing to play ball, I wouldn't hesitate to replace him as soon as you figure out that's what is going on.
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There are a lot of actors who are simply not capable of responding to notes or changing their performance. The way they do it in audition is the way they do it in rehearsal is the way they do it in the movie or show.
I wouldn't assume maliciousness; some of the actors I've known who had this issue were the nicest people in the world. Being able to change a performance based on direction is a HUGE part of what separates good actors from bad ones. Don't assume he is malicious when he is more than likely just not that good of an actor. That said, your job as director is to help him do his best with his talent.
All I can think of is to try to shock him out of it: "Try it as if you were a Lizard Man from planet Googlezork" or whatever. That may a) Take away his inhibitions for a bit and make him feel free to try new things without being judged and, b) If he really is trying to challenge your authority, you'll find out, it'll be out in the open and you can deal with it.
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if he had a problem with doing it the way I was asking
I wouldn't phrase it like this, or even think of it like this btw. If you frame it was a power struggle, you may get his back up and make it worse. Try to think of it as a collaboration, more like "Let's figure out a way together that works."
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Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by
bad acting. I see no reason to assume, at least at this point, that this is anything other than him simply not knowing what he's doing. I agree with others who said to work with him and/or him and his scene partners without the rest of the cast. He might just need more work and time for it to sink in.
It was all monotone or if a choice was being made, boring choices.
It's really hard to say without seeing him, but if this looks like what I think it looks like, I've seen directors have great success by asking actors to do everything BIGGER, like crazy exaggerated big. Sometimes actors think they're expressing all kinds of things but it's all inside their head, and this direction can force it out into the actual performance.
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on November 28, 2012
I have often found that actors sometimes fail to integrate notes until the next day. They just get locked into a performance and they have to sit on the note for a while for it to integrate itself. Particularly in community theaters, actors can have a lot of habits that they build up for years and just extensively rely on, and use over and over, and so that's what they are going to do for the first few attempts.
See how this actor is at the next rehearsal. You may see a very different performance. If not, they may require a little bit of individual attention.
Short rehearsal times are a problem in community theater, as I'm sure you already know. There are always going to be limitations with volunteer actors, and it does not help to have almost no time to iron out those limitations. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just find out what the actor is capable of and then working around that. If this actor doesn't seem capable of taking notes, you may have to find a way to work with what they've got.
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Bunny Ultramod
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I should add that almost all of the problems I have ever had with actors have come from them not knowing their dialogue. It's very hard to get a performance from somebody who is still figuring out what words needs to be said when. If they are not off-book, get them there as quickly as possible. I think you'll see that they take direction much better at that point.
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Bunny Ultramod
on November 28, 2012
Wanted to agree w/ DestinationUnknown - we usually tell people to blow it out, do it as big as possible - because you can reel it back, but it's so. much. harder. to drag that stuff out of people.
Also agree with Bunny Ultramod - in this situation they need to prioritize getting off book.
Good luck!
posted by
Medieval Maven
on November 28, 2012
It's very hard to get a performance from somebody who is still figuring out what words needs to be said when.
This plus 10!
posted by
on November 28, 2012
Some people interpret information as instructions.
Some people interpret instructions as information.
Your actor, assuming he has the capacity to perform to your direction, seems to fall into the latter category.
People like this fully understand what they are told but to them your instructions are just additional information to be considered, rather than a demand from you.
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on November 28, 2012
Yes, this happens and you're not the only one. Here are some of the questions I've learned to ask myself in similar situations ...
Is he 100% off-book? Does he understand the actual words in the script? As others have noted, if these things aren't in place, they can really jam up the works.
Does he need time to think about and integrate your notes? Bunny Ultramod is right on: some actors need some prep time between rehearsals to show you the results you want, and piling more notes on them in the meantime will only muddy the waters. See what happens at the next rehearsal, then adjust your tactics accordingly.
Is he comfortable in the staging/blocking? Some folks have a really hard time going all-in if they feel uncertain about what to do with their bodies, or if their bodies are uncomfortable. If the staging isn't working, change it. If you can't change the staging, at least try rehearsing in a different physical position -- lying flat on the floor? moving around however the actor wants to? Just one successful rehearsal run can sometimes give the actor the sense of what it should feel like, and help them improve the following performances.
Is he sick, exhausted, or hungry? Is he stoned or otherwise chemically altered? Just asking -- it can be an actual problem sometimes. Especially if he was fabulous at the audition and is weirdly out of it now, it might be worth taking him aside and tactfully asking him what is up.
Is he being treated decently by the rest of the cast & crew? Does he have a feud with someone in the cast or crew? These things can be tricky and energy-sucking, and you may not be able to get directly involved without causing further problems. Would a general speech about respect/professionalism help? Can you find a trusted proxy (an AD? an SM?) to help smooth things over? Can you call a smaller rehearsal to minimize the number of conflicting parties in the room? Might you just have to suck it up?
Is he exhibiting signs of being anxious, stressed, or tight? Is it run-of-the-mill nervousness (you'll know because it'll probably go away within a couple of rehearsals if you don't poke it too much), or is it something more intractable? How you address this depends on the specifics of the individual & group dynamics. You can try group warm-ups or relaxation methods; you can try asking him to purposely exaggerate his performance ("Play with it! Be ridiculous! Be the biggest ham you can be!") one run-through and then dial it back from there; you can try working with him one-on-one; you can try reassuring him. All these tactics could backfire spectacularly if the chemistry between the two of you is bad. If you find that every interaction with him makes the situation worse, you might get better results by having him work with a trusted AD or SM or even a director friend that you bring in under the guise of "lending another eye" (it's not ideal, but sometimes it's the least worst option). If you feel like you're having general problems with stressed-out actors, check yourself. Are you coming in to rehearsal hungry, angry, tired, or stressed out? Fix that asap. You might also consider dialing back the whole "such-a-short-rehearsal-period-must-produce-perfect-results-the-first-time-through" thing. I have rarely found this approach to be effective; sometimes it actually causes the whole process to take longer (and yields worse results) than it would have if you'd allowed a little more time for actor input in the beginning.
Does he disagree with you about some aspect of the character or performance? In this case, you're going to need to find a way to understand where he's coming from and find a compromise. This may be best done in a conversation; it can also be done in the rehearsal room by playing with several different versions onstage. If he's being particularly resistant to any input by you, you might try the counter-intutive tactic of just saying "You know what? My way doesn't seem to be working. I'd like to see you do it however you want to," and then, when you see his version, just say "That was good, I like it," and don't give any notes. You can always give notes later, but sometimes just letting someone off the leash for a bit breaks through the resistance.
Are you stuck in a single framework for giving notes? Let the actors know you're going to be trying something different, and then try something different: different metaphors, descriptive language from theatre techniques you've tried or heard about, just something -- anything -- different than what you usually do. Have you tried phrasing your desired outcome as a physical adjustment? An emotional adjustment? An as-if? Have you talked about intention, spine, or objective? Have you been giving mostly affirmative notes ("I liked it when you did X!") or mostly negative notes ("It didn't work for me when you did X.")? Try the opposite. Have you been letting the actors play through big chunks before giving notes, or interrupting them with adjustments every few moments? Try the opposite. Have you tried asking your actors what they think? Do so. Have you made any silly noises yet while trying to explain what you're getting at? For god's sake, make some silly noises! If you don't have any different tools in your toolbox, then make something up, or find a book (
), or talk to another director friend who does things in a different way than you. Remember the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
If all else fails and it seems like the actor just doesn't have the capacity to do the role, then direct around him, minimize the damage, and accept responsibility for your mistake. If the situation is so bad that you have to re-cast him, then do it quickly, respectfully, and 100% above-board. Don't take it out on him, because it really is your mistake -- he was (presumably) your choice and you chose poorly. It's not the end of the world -- it happens -- but learn from it. One tip: this isn't going to help you at this stage in the game, but please, the next time you audition anyone for anything, ask them to change their performance in the audition. Even if they come in doing the role exactly 100% the way you want to see it on stage, give them a note and ask them to do it a different way. It's important -- maybe the most important thing in the audition -- because not just looking for somebody who looks the part; you're looking first and foremost for somebody that you can work together with on creative problems. An audition is your best chance to find out if you can work together.
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Many, many thanks to all responders. I do see myself in many of the responses...I know I made mistakes dealing with him during this first rehearsal...*and* in auditions. I'm glad to see there are lots of opportunities to change/fix/work around that.
I'm at a point now where I'm not assuming/thinking he's uncooperative. That's the only situation in which I would recast so I'm happy to move forward looking to help make the best of his performance. I have 7 of 8 people who I know are going to do amazing things with their roles...and who knows, this guy could wind up being the best of them all.
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