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STLAS's "Life in the Theatre" Is a Reflection for Theatre Lovers
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged a life in the theatre, david mamet, john contini, review, st louis, st. louis actors studio on December 14, 2019|
A Life in the Theatre
by David Mamet
Directed by John Contini
St. Louis Actors' Studio
William Roth, Ryan Lawson-Maeske
Photo by Patrick Huber
If you've ever been involved in theatre at any level, St. Louis Actors' Studio's latest production will have something to which you can relate. A Life in the Theatre is David Mamet's two-hander focusing on two actors at different stages in their careers, continuing STLAS's season of two person plays. Here, with two excellent performers in the leading roles, this is a show that serves as an insightful glimpse at the theatrical life, for actors and for anyone who loves this art form.
This isn't a long play, running at roughly 85 minutes and with no intermission, but makes its point well in that short running time. Its a series of vignettes, essentially, following the interactions of two actors who frequently work together. Robert (William Roth) is the older, more seasoned performer and John (Ryan Lawson-Maeske) is the younger actor whose career is on the way up. Through the course of the evening, we get to see their backstage interactions as well as portions of some of their plays, including a World War I drama, an office drama, and others. As the show goes on, there are successes and mishaps, including several that many who have worked on a play will recognize. There are missed technical cues, forgotten lines, mistimed entrances, and more. Also, we see the changing dynamics of the relationship between the two characters, as John experiences new successes and Robert is reminded of the swift passage of time and deals with jealousy as well as mortality. Mamet's script is insightful and frequently humorous in a knowing sort of way, demonstrating the timelessness of theatre and the acting profession, and how the art goes on even as the performers age and change. It's a witty show with moments of cynicism and poignancy, but ultimately it reinforces the old adage that "the show must go on".
It's an intriguing character study in which the characters are "types" as much as they are individuals. The two are played with flair by STLAS veterans Roth and Lawson-Maeske. Roth gets to make the most of his range as Robert starts out with a sense of projected overconfidence and then gradually loses that and grows more and more unsure and unstable. Lawson-Maeske is also winning as the young performer gaining experience and learning to deal with success as well as managing his relationship with his colleague. The two share a strong on-stage rapport as well, that turns into something of a "frenemies" situation, occasionally crossing the line into combative, and both performers excel in these moments, and in the more comic moments as well.
The staging by director John Contini is well paced, and Patrick Huber's set is versatile and well-realized, allowing for various easy scene changes that change the perspective from backstage to on stage. There's also a range of appropriately suited costumes by Andrea Robb, and excellent sound design by Contini and lighting by Huber. Even in its staging, this is an excellent glimpse of the life of a performer in its various aspects.
This is a show for theatre lovers, and especially for anyone who has worked on a production. If you know theatre, you should know a lot of what's portrayed here. A Life in the Theatre is an apt title, since even though it depicts particular characters, there is something universal about this art, and the life of a performer. It's well worth seeing, and remembering.
Ryan Lawson-Maeske, William Roth
St. Louis Actors' Studio is presenting A Life in the Theatre at the Gaslight Theater until December 22, 2019
Intense "Little Foxes" at STLAS Highlights Strong Acting
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged john contini, lillian hellman, review, st louis, st. louis actors studio, the little foxes on October 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
by Lillian Hellman
Laurie McConnell, Bridgette Bassa, Kari Ely, Richard Lewis, Ryan Lawson-Maeske, Chuck Brinkley
St. Louis Actors' Studio's new season's theme is "Blood Is Thicker Than Water". It leads off with a 20th Century classic, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. It's a play I'd heard a lot about but had never actually seen before. Now, I'm glad this is the first production I've seen. It's an intense, emotionally fraught play characterized by some truly remarkable performances by a cast of superb local actors.
The story is apparently semi-autobiographical, inspired by members of playwright Hellman's own family. Set in the American South at the turn of the 20th Century, it offers a glimpse into wealthy Southern society at the time, both as a portrayal and as a scathing critique, as the inner workings and relationships among members of a wealthy extended family serve as a reflection of societal expectations, traditions, and injustices of the era. The central figure is Regina Giddens (Kari Ely), an ambitious woman whose fortunes have been determined largely by her financial dependence on her scheming brothers Ben (Chuck Brinkley) and Oscar (Bob Gerchen), as well as her mild-mannered, ailing husband Horace (William Roth). When the brothers arrange a deal with wealthy Chicago businessman William Marshall (Richard Lewis) to build a cotton mill, they pressure Regina into investing along with them but she needs to get Horace to agree, which means she has to send her young daughter Alexandra (Bridgette Bassa) on a train to Maryland, where he has been receiving treatment for his heart condition, to bring him home. Meanwhile, Oscar schemes to arrange a marriage between his immature son Leo (Ryan Lawson-Maeske) and Alexandra as a way of securing Horace's money. Alexandra, for her part, doesn't like Leo very much and seems to be closer to her aunt, Oscar's gentle but mistreated wife Birdie (Laurie McConnell), who was born into a wealthy landowning family and who the abusive Oscar married for this reason. Trapped in a loveless, frequently violent marriage and a highly restrictive society, Birdie clings to music and drink as forms of comfort. The haunted Birdie serves as a contrast to the steely, strong-willed and ruthless Regina, who will use any means necessary to get what she wants.
Hellman pulls no punches in this devastating play, depicting the schemes, machinations, greed, brutality, and racism of Regina and her brothers–and the society in which they grew up and aim to thrive–with sharp characterization and caustic dialogue. The liberal use of racial slurs by the characters is difficult to listen to at times, but it's reflective of the times and the characters and society. It's difficult to watch the casual racism of most of the characters clearly demonstrated in their attitudes toward the family's household servants, Addie (Wendy Greenwood) and Cal (Dennis Jethro II), although this too is realistic. The household dynamics are on clear display, and the nature of the various relationships is made clear in the script as well as in John Contini's thoughtful direction. It's clear, for instance, before anything needs to be said, the brutality of the relationship between Oscar and Birdie, as well as Horace's contempt for Regina, Alexandra's closeness to Birdie and Addie (Wendy Greenwood), and Addie's thoughts about the various family members, positive and negative. Regina's scheming is also evident, both in the script and in Ely's crafty, measured performance. The story is intricately plotted, structured in three acts and with the tension building and with a series of devastating moments.
This is both a well-plotted story and a rich character study, and all the actors perform their roles with impressive ability. Ely, as mentioned, is a commanding presence as the scheming Regina, with Gerchen as the cold, brutal Oscar and Brinkley as the equally ambitious but more diplomatic Ben also convincing. There are also strong performances from Roth as the kind but sickly Horace, and Bassa as Alexandra, who shows a great deal of character growth as the story develops and she learns what her family is really like. Lawson-Maeske is appropriately eager and clueless as Leo, and Greenwood is especially strong as Addie, as well, particularly in her scenes with Bassa and Roth. The biggest standout, though, is McConnell, in a truly stunning, multi-layered and heartbreaking performance as Birdie. A gentle woman whose fond memories of her family are clear, as well as her increasingly obvious disillusionment and loss of hope, Birdie's story is made especially convincing by McConnell, who is always excellent and is at her best here.
In addition to the excellent cast, this show displays impressive production values as well. STLAS's Gaslight Theatre is a challenging space in terms of how small it is, but this company has continually made the most of that space, and they seem to have outdone themselves this time. Patrick Huber's mult-level set is stunning, representing a well-appointed 1900-era Southern mansion with clarity. The costumes by Megan Harshaw also suit the characters well. There's also excellent work from lighting designer Patrick Huber, sound designer Contini, and props designer Jess Stamper. All of these elements work together well to maintain the atmosphere, tension, and drama of the play.
The Little Foxes at St. Louis Actors' Studio is not to be missed. Whether you are familiar with the works of Lillian Hellman or not, this is a must-see show. It's a reflection of the excellence of this company as well as the outstanding cast of local actors who have brought these characters to life. Although many of the characters in this play are unlikable to say the least, they are vividly portrayed here. The running time is fairly long–it's three acts with two intermissions, and it's riveting from start to finish. There's one more weekend to see it. Don't miss it.
Laurie McConnell, Bridgette Bassa, Kari Ely, Wendy Greenwood, Richard Lewis, Chuck Brinkley, Ryan Lawson-Maeske, Bob Gerchen
St. Louis Actors' Studio is presenting The Little Foxes at the Gaslight Theatre until October 14, 2018
Not-So-Quiet Desperation On Display in STLAS's Riveting "American Buffalo"
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged american buffalo, david mamet, john contini, review, st louis, st. louis actors studio on December 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »
William Roth, Leo Ramsey, Peter Mayer
Photo by John Lamb
Desperation is on display in David Mamet's modern classic play American Buffalo, and it's not Thoreau's "quiet desperation" either. In fact, the characters in this highly charged three-person play can get rather loud. With a powerful script and equally powerful acting, this production is a highlight of the year in St. Louis theatre.
The setting is a resale shop in Chicago in the 1970's. Donny Dubrow (Peter Mayer), the owner of the shop, talks with his young protege, Bobby (Leo Ramsey) about an initially unnamed project they're working on. Soon after the arrival of their friend, Walter "Teach" Cole (William Roth) we find out exactly what's being planned. Donny had apparently sold a valuable "Buffalo" nickel to a customer for much less than it was worth, and he wants to get the nickel back by any means necessary, or more specifically, to steal it back. Teach, however, has strong opinions about Bobby's being involved in this job, and is determined to take Bobby's place. That's really the basic plot. Of course more happens and there are some rather devastating developments, but what is front and center here is the world Mamet has created, and these intricately flawed characters and their complicated relationships, with each other and with a few associates they constantly talk about but are never shown, as well as with the world around them. The language is thoroughly believable and effective. Each character has distinct rhythms of speech. The strong language for which Mamet is known is not as shocking today as it may have been when the play was written, but it's still effective and perfectly suited to the characters who inhabit this story.
The real "show" here isn't the plot, really. It's the characters, and they are exquisitely well-drawn and, in this production, just as exquisitely portrayed. The relationships are also clearly defined. The wary friendship between Donny and Teach, the father/son-like dynamic between Donny and Bobby, and the not-so-thinly veiled suspicion between Bobby and Teach, are all clearly on display here in this lucidly directed production. Mayer is able to find a glimmer of desperate hope behind the defeated world-weariness of Donny, and his protectiveness of Bobby is readily apparent. Ramsey portrays a real sense of determination and affection for Donny in his portrayal of the somewhat naive but determined Bobby. Roth, for his part, emphasizes the underlying rage in the part of the swaggering, confrontational Teach. All three actors interact with a believable sense of relationship and personal history, and the energy in their confrontations is palpable. It's a remarkable feat of acting from all three.
Another intensely impressive aspect of this production is the creation of the characters' physical world. Set designer Cristie Johnson and props designer Carla Landis Evans have brought Donny's junk shop to such vivid life that every time I walked past it on the way in and out of the theatre, I just wanted to stop and stare at the sheer level of detail, as every item in the well-stocked shop seemed to have a story of its own. The authenticity is complete down the the display cases, the realistic shop windows, and the well-worn linoleum on the floor. Evans' costumes also perfectly outfit the characters and anchoring them into the play's established time and place. There's also stellar lighting work from Dalton Robinson and excellent sound design from director John Contini. The Gaslight Theatre is small, but STLAS continues to impress me with how much they can do with the stage area, creating a space that's so meticulously detailed and entirely believable as the setting for such a fully realized production.
American Buffalo is a well-crafted work from one of America's most celebrated modern playwrights. It's volatile, raw, revealing, and not particularly hopeful, but it gives us a world and characters that are achingly authentic. At St. Louis Actors' studio, such a work has become something of a master class for top-notch acting directing, and design. That description might make this sound clinical, but it's not. This play is real, and on clear, emotional display. It's intense, it's devastating, and it's not to be missed.
William Roth, Peter Mayer
St. Louis Actors' Studio is presenting American Buffalo at the Gaslight Theatre until December 18, 2016.
STLAS's "The Gin Game" Is a Showcase For Masterful Acting
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged donald coburn, john contini, review, st louis, st. louis actors studio, the gin game on December 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Gin Game
by Donald Coburn
Peter Mayer, Linda Kennedy
St. Louis is a great theatre town, and we have a host of first-rate theatre companies with some top-notch talent. St. Louis Actors' studio is one of those fine companies. The latest entry in their current season, The Gin Game, highlights the talents of two of St. Louis's more renowned and remarkable performers.
The story takes place at the Bentley Home for Seniors, and revolves around the relationship between two of its residents, Weller Martin (Peter Mayer) and Fonsia Dorsey (Linda Kennedy) as the two get to know one another over a series of games of gin rummy. It's a fairly simple premise, but there's a lot more to this story than two people playing cards. Charles Coburn's excellently crafted script uses the card games as an opportunity to reveal important aspects of the characters, as well as to make some subtle and not-so-subtle statements about society's attitudes toward the elderly. The relationship dynamic is extremely well developed, as well, as the initially good-natured games develop a combative quality that tells us a lot about these two people and how they relate to each other, themselves, the other residents of the home, their families, and the world around them. It's generally comedic in tone, but the mood gets more and more serious as the play progresses, expressing elements of regret and bitterness that lend drama to the characters' witty exchanges.
The acting here is as excellent as the script, doing justice to the top-notch writing. Mayer's Weller is alternately charming and acerbic, with a temper that reveals itself more in the succession of gin games. Kennedy's Fonsia is warm, friendly and seemingly shy at first, although she soon displays a strength and competitive quality that surprises both Weller and the audience. The chemistry between the two is superb, as a tentative friendship grows into a more sparring type relationship where each one is, in his or her own way, vying for control. Mayer and Kennedy portray this relationship with expert precision, displaying a strong sense of comedy and drama as the story requires. The final moments of the play are powerfully effective, leaving an impression that is likely to keep the viewer thinking for a while after the lights go up. It's a commendable feat for both performers, portraying a broad range of emotions and maintaining the pace of the play and bringing the characters to vivid life.
The set, designed by Cristie Johnston, is appropriately detailed, representing the somewhat neglected porch of the retirement home and setting the mood and atmosphere of the play well, in addtion to Carla Landis Evans's props, which also contribute to the overall "lived-in" atmosphere of the set. Evans's costumes fit the characters well, and Dalton Robison's lighting is equally evocative and excellent. I'm continually impressed by the production values of STLAS shows, considering the small stage they have to work with. That space is put to excellent use here, providing the ideal showcase for this well-written play and masterful performances.
The Gin Game is a celebrated play that has been revived several times on Broadway, including a production that's currently running. At STLAS, the performances of Mayer and Kennedy are worthy to be celebrated. A sharply written, Pulitzer Prize-winning script and those excellent performances make this production a truly memorable and not-to-be-missed theatrical event.
The Gin Game is being presented by St. Louis Actors' Studio at the Gaslight Theatre until December 20, 2015.
STLAS Presents an Intense, Must-See "Woolf"
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged edward albee, john contini, review, st louis, st. louis actors studio, who's afraid of virginia woolf on February 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
Betsy Bowman, William Roth, Michael Amoroso, Kari Ely
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an American theatre classic that I had never actually seen on stage before. I have to admit now that I'm feeling much more like a theatre geek than a critic writing this review, because ever since I heard that St. Louis Actors' Studio, one of St. Louis's better small theatre companies, was going to be producing this show, I've been looking forward to seeing it. I didn't get to see it opening weekend because I was out of town, although when I finally did get over to the Gaslight Theatre to catch this production, I discovered it was well worth the anticipation. With strong, dynamic staging and a top-notch cast of veteran St. Louis performers, this is a production worthy of the play's illustrious reputation.
This is a brutal play to watch, no question. It delves into the lives and emotions of its four characters with deft precision, baring all the raw emotions and challenging the preconceived notions and perceptions of its characters. Set in a university town, professor George (William Roth) and his brassy wife, the university president's daughter Martha (Kari Ely), start out with seemingly good-natured bickering as they discuss a party they attended earlier that evening. Eventually, Martha announces that guests will soon be arriving–a new young professor, Nick (Michael Amoroso) and his wife, Honey (Betsy Bowman). When the younger couple eventually arrives, the evening starts with a semblance of politeness but then gradually descends into chaos, madness and despair as George and Martha take turns challenging and berating their guests and one another, and ultimately deeply held secrets are revealed and the characters' motives and natures are explored.
This play explores the emotions and lives of its characters with precision. There's a lot of sharp, biting comedy as well as gut-wrenching drama. This is a well-known, oft-performed play for a reason. It deals with universal issues of hope, failure, expectations and regrets, and it provides an ideal opportunity for actors to explore a full range of emotion. As staged at STLAS by director John Contini with dynamic energy and palpable tension, the whole proceeding is riveting, as emotions are laid bare and confrontations ebb and flow, leading to a devastatingly honest and powerful conclusion.
The cast is simply surperb. Ely gives a master class as Martha, with a fully committed, raw and deeply affecting performance that's alternately brash, flirtatious, histrionic and defeated. Roth matches her moment by moment as the seemingly mild-mannered George, who can be both self-deprecating and surprisingly cruel. Amoroso is strong as the occasionally cocky, occasionally self-doubting Nick, and Bowman, in a difficult role as the outwardly ditzy Honey, infuses her portrayal with an underlying deep sadness that is thoroughly compelling. There's spark, danger and energy in the chemistry between these performers, and particularly Roth and Ely as a couple who challenge one another out of deep-seated pain and regret, although the ghost of affection is still there as well.
Patrick Huber has designed an excellent set for the small STLAS space–a detailed representation of a cluttered, careworn professor's home. The muted colors of the set suggest the serious and sometimes dreary tone of the play. The 1960's setting is well-reflected in Teresa Doggett's costumes, and Huber's lighting is intense and effective as well.
This is one of those plays that is basically required viewing for serious theatre fans, and I'm very glad that my first experience seeing this play live was through this outstanding production. So far, the theatre season in St. Louis has been relatively strong, and I've seen some very good plays. This production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? however, is about the closest to a flawless production as I've seen all year. It's a truly remarkable piece of theatre, and there's only one weekend left to see it. I highly advise not missing this first-rate production from St. Louis Actors' Studio.
Kari Ely, William Roth
Insight's Charming New Production is All About Family
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged insight theatre company, joe dipietro, john contini, over the river and through the woods, review, st louis on July 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
by Joe DiPietro
Insight Theatre Company
Ariel Roukaerts, Matt Pentecost, Tom Murray, Jerry Vogel, Tommy Nolan, Maggie Ryan
"Tengo famiglia!" That's an oft-repeated phrase in Joe DiPietro's very family-focused comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, the second show in Insight Theatre's 2014 season. This is a show all about the importance of family and how a person's family helps shape one's own personal identity, and how different generations of a family can learn from one another. It's a funny, heartwarming and charming story told very well by Insight's excellent cast.
Nick Cristano (Matt Pentecost) is a marketing executive from Hoboken, New Jersey, who still has dinner with all four of his grandparents every Sunday.For his proud Italian-American grandparents, the most important things in life are the "three F's"–family, faith and food. Although they can be overbearing and occasionally embarrassing to Nick, they clearly care about him in their unique and frequently loud manner, with lots of food cooked by maternal grandmother Aida (Tommy Nolan), music and mild bickering from maternal grandfather Frank (Jerry Vogel), and lots of stories of the "old days" and personal questions from bubbly paternal grandmother Emma (Maggie Ryan) and boisterous paternal grandfather Nunzio (Tom Murray). When Nick surprises his older relatives with his announcement of an exciting job promotion that will require him to move to Seattle, they become determined to do everything they can to make him stay, including setting him up with a friend's young, single niece, Caitlin (Ariel Roukaerts). Although this seems like something of a sitcom setup, it's a little more complicated than that, as Nick and all four of his grandparents learn lessons about the importance of family, individuality and above all, real communication.
The overall atmosphere here is one of a large, loving a loud family whose most important need is to communicate their love for one another in ways that both generations will understand. The setting is extremely well-defined, as Chris Regelsen's detailed set evokes the homey atmosphere of the maternal grandparents' house, and Laura Hanson's costumes suit the characters well. The use of classic Italian-flavored pop music like Dean Martin's "That's Amore" to set the tone also adds to the experience. Although most of the action takes place in the 1990's, that early era of the 1940's and 50's is a clear influence on the lives and personalities of the grandparents, which the music helps make clear. It also helps build a bridge between grandparents and grandson in the play's most memorable scene.
The characters are well-written and vividly portrayed by the excellent ensemble cast. Pentecost plays the exasperated young Everyman with ease, and he works very well with his four very colorful castmates. including Vogel as the stubborn Frank, Nolan as the sweetly overprotective and always cooking Aida, Ryan as the enthusiastic and maternal Emma, and Tom Murray as the energetic storyteller Nunzio, who shares a heartwarming, bittersweet scene with Pentecost in the second act that is one of the highlights of the show. Roukaerts has a lot of warmth and energy in her two scenes as Caitlin, as well, but the real focus here is on Nick and the grandparents, so the Caitlin character sometimes seems extraneous. It would be very easy with a show like this for these characters to come across as one-not caricatures, and it's a great credit to this cast that nobody falls into that trap. It's a strong, easily relatable cast that brings real warmth and dimension to the characters.
Although the family portrayed here is Italian-American, and there are a lot of specific situations that those with Italian heritage will certainly relate to, the message here is also universal. I think a lot of people have that experience, as Nick has here, of having to get to know relatives they always thought they knew well. It's listening, and sharing stories rather than simply viewing someone as a collection of idiosyncrasies that is important, as Nick learns in the positively delightful scene in which he and his grandparents sing and dance to the song "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby". The grandparents, in turn. have to learn that Nick is an adult who needs to be able to make his own choices in life, and both generations are reminded that family is family no matter how close by you live.
There's a lot of breaking the fourth wall, in which the characters talk directly to the audience and recall moments from their past. This works well for the most part, although it becomes a little too much in the play's epilogue. Still, even with its few minor flaws (mostly in the writing, not the production itself), this is a thoroughly winning production with a great cast and excellent staging by director John Contini, who displays a personal understanding of the subject in the director's notes in the program. It's not a big or flashy show, although its fully realized characters give it a larger-than-life tone much of the time. This very strong cast has been brought together to present a very credible family dynamic and some very real warmth and emotion, in addition to a whole lot of laughs. I'm left with the impression that I was really able to get to know this family, and it's a pleasure to have met them.
Tom Murray, Matt Pentecost
Crazy Funny
Posted in St Louis Theatre, tagged dramatic license productions, john contini, larry shue, review, st louis, the nerd on May 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
by Larry Shue
Dramatic License Productions
Jason Contini, Taylor Pietz, B. Weller
Sometimes comedy is just comedy. It doesn't have to have any deep meaning or sharp social commentary, although some comedies do. Comedies can be complex or simple, as deep as a canyon or as light as a feather. Regardless of tone, however, the ultimate purpose of a comic play is to make its audience laugh, and Larry Shue's outrageous and fast-moving The Nerd does that, and does it well. One of two popular and hilarious comedies that serve as the late and gifted Shue's artistic legacy (the other being The Foreigner), The Nerd is full of broad humor, strong performances and sharply paced action. This latest production from Dramatic License Productions, performed in their converted storefront space in Chesterfield Mall, provides all the expected laughs and then some.
The plot is relatively simple, set in 1980s Terre Haute, Indiana and revolving around mild-mannered architect Willum Cubbert (Jason Contini), who is preparing to celebrate his 34th birthday, assisted by his semi-serious girlfriend Tansy (Taylor Pietz) and their best friend, acerbic theatre critic Axel (B. Weller). Willum's life is comfortable, if not especially fulfilling as he deals with Tansy's plans to move out of town for a job, and working on a lucrative-but-frustrating job designing a hotel for a particularly demanding boss, Warnock "Ticky" Waldgrave (John Reidy), who has been invited to Willum's birthday party along with his nervous wife (Nicole Angeli) and unruly young son (Hayden Benbenek). The birthday plans, and Willum's life in general, are disrupted in spectacular fashion with the arrival of Rick Steadman (Mike Wells), who is credited with saving Willum's life years before when both were serving in the Army in Vietnam. Rick is unusual, to say the least, with an off-the-chart degree of social awkwardness and distracting habits like practicing his tambourine at all hours, making the birthday guests uncomfortable with his strange stories and unusual party games, and completely imposing on Willum's good manners and hospitality by moving in and basically taking over Willum's life. Confronted with the dilemma of how to get rid of Rick without hurting his feelings, Willum is forced to examine his life in various areas and ultimately make a choice between living according to his own convictions or living primarily to please those around him.
Although this isn't a particularly deep play and it majors on outrageous characterization rather than intricate plotting, it is reasonably well-structured, with efficient use of foreshadowing as well as some clever jokes about theatre critics that I found especially ironic, being there to review the show myself. Shue has done a good job of placing a few hints to the play's somewhat surprising conclusion throughout the script, as well, and director John Contini and the excellent cast have managed to keep up the pacing and deliver all the jokes with utmost outrageous effect. The detailed and characterful set by Kyra Bishop and the well-suited costumes by Lisa Hazelhorst (particularly Rick's goofy getup), along with the great use of some old standard songs before and during the show, helps to set and maintain the whimsical atmosphere.
The casting is excellent across the board, although the focus of the play is on Jason Contini's determined nice-guy Willum, Weller's charmingly snarky Axel, and Wells's magnetically infuriating Rick. Contini plays the exasperated "everyman" role proficiently, while the increasingly wacky Wells commands the stage with geeky gusto, and Weller quietly steals several scenes with his precisely delivered witticisms and perfectly controlled curmudgeonly charm. These three carry most of the action while the rest of the players lend strong support. Pietz in particular plays well alongside Contini and Weller, and Reidy as the stuffy Waldgrave, Angeli as his high-strung wife have some great moments, as well, with young Benbenek displaying some strong slapstick abilities as the Waldgraves' initially bratty and increasingly terrified son, Thor.
The Nerd is another good example of the quality work that can be found in theatre companies all around the St. Louis area. I've noticed that there seems to be an inherent reluctance among those who live in the city (myself included) toward making the long trek to Chesterfield because the city already has a lot to offer in terms of arts, restaurants and nightlife, and a theatre company based in a mall does sound kind of strange at first. Still, the professional atmosphere and overall quality of the productions at Dramatic License, and this current production in particular, makes the trip very much worth the extra effort.
John Reidy, Nicole Angeli, Mike Wells, Jason Contini
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Striker Danny Welbeck has been called into the England squad for the first time following the withdrawal of Aaron Lennon.
The Football Association confirmed on Monday night that Lennon had been released back to Tottenham as a precaution after he experienced discomfort in his hamstring at the end of a training session ahead of the friendly with Ghana.
Initially it was suggested there would be no replacement. However, coach Fabio Capello has now changed his mind and drafted Welbeck, a Manchester United player currently on loan at Sunderland, into the squad.
Welbeck has enjoyed an outstanding season at Sunderland and had been tipped for a full international call before now.
He made a goalscoring appearance for the England Under-21 side in their crushing win over Denmark on Thursday but was one of the players released back to his club by coach Stuart Pearce.
With Liverpool's Andy Carroll earmarked for a start against the Black Stars and Tottenham duo Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe also in Capello's squad the move looks very much like the Italian covering his back in case of further mishaps.
However, the experience will serve Welbeck well ahead of a likely place at this summer's European Under-21 Championships.
Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry has been handed the armband for Tuesday's game, describing it as a "great honour".
"I'm well aware that there are a lot of players not here and, in different circumstances, I obviously wouldn't be captain," he said. "But, personally, I can't let that take it away from me. I'm going to be leading my country out.
"As disappointed as I was on Saturday not to be playing (against Wales), it's going to be a great honour to lead England out."


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René Lacerte, CEO and Founder
René Lacerte is a fintech entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Bill.com, one of the nation's leading business payments networks. At Bill.com, he works with some of the nation's largest banks and accounting firms to redefine how business payments are made. René founded Bill.com in 2006 after recognizing that business owners needed a way to simplify payments so they could focus on their business.
He is a fourth-generation entrepreneur and has over 20 years of experience in the finance, software, and payments industries. Prior to Bill.com, René founded PayCycle, the first and largest online payroll solution which was acquired by Intuit in 2009. Early in his career, he spent five years at Intuit, growing its bill payment and credit card businesses and launching Intuit's first connected payroll product.
René was an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year national finalist and the Northern California winner in 2017. For seven years in a row he has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the accounting industry by Accounting Today. He is a graduate of Stanford University, where he received an M.S. in industrial engineering and a B.A. in quantitative economics.
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John Rettig, the Chief Financial Officer at Bill.com, brings more than 20 years of strategic finance and operational leadership experience in both private and public companies to the company.
He most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Exponential Interactive, Inc., a leading digital media company with 750 employees and operations spanning 26 countries. Previously, John served in senior finance roles at high growth companies in the ecommerce, software, and Internet spaces, including Reflect.com, a Procter & Gamble personalized beauty spin-off;
Achieva.com/Kaplan, Inc., a leading e-learning company; and E-Global Network, Inc., a software infrastructure company building payments systems. He also served as Senior Director of Finance for Excite@ Home, the broadband access and Internet portal created by the $6.7B merger of @Home and Excite, Inc. John holds a B.S. from St. Mary's College.
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Raj Aji brings more than 20 years experience representing payments, e-commerce and enterprise technology companies. As Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Bill.com, Raj is responsible for legal, regulatory, and compliance matters affecting the company, including commercial transactions and intellectual property.
Prior to joining, he led the legal and compliance team for Intuit's payments business. Before Intuit, Raj was the SVP and General Counsel at Obopay where he was integral in forming commercial relationships with global banks and telecoms, and deploying mobile payment services in seven countries spanning three continents.
Raj previously served as the Managing Attorney for Cisco in Asia and the General Counsel at Xoom.com, where he managed the company's IPO and secondary offerings and the $4 billion merger of Xoom.com, Snap LLC, and NBC's Internet assets to form NBC Internet. He was previously in private practice with law firms.
He earned a J.D. degree from the University of California Berkeley, School of Law and a B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Bora Chung, SVP of Product
Bora Chung is an experienced fintech product executive with a strong innovation and design background. As the Senior Vice President of Product at Bill.com, Bora brings her international expertise in product development from her previous roles at eBay, Apple, and PayPal to drive the company's product strategy, user experience innovation and roadmap execution.
Previously, she was the Chief Product Officer at eBay Korea leading engineering, product and UX/UI design teams for the country's leading ecommerce company. While at eBay, she also held the roles of VP of Payments and VP of New Product Development. Prior to that, Bora worked as a Director at Apple where she led worldwide payments and financing programs for online stores, emphasizing emerging market growth. Earlier, at PayPal, she held leadership roles within product management and business unit teams covering cross-border transactions, international expansion, and checkout products. In 2015, Fast Company included Bora in its list of The Most Creative People in Business. She holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in economics from Harvard University.
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Tom Clayton is a seasoned technology leader that has built numerous tech companies. As Chief Revenue Officer at Bill.com, Tom leads all sales, marketing, and strategic partnerships. Prior to Bill.com, Tom was an early executive at Houzz, the world's largest home renovation platform, where he built all of the company's international operations from scratch. Previously, he was the CEO of Bubbly, a social media messaging service backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel, and others, building it into a leader in mobile social media across Asia, with over 200 million users. Prior to running Bubbly, Tom was GM of the Mobile Business at BEA Systems, an enterprise software company acquired by Oracle for $8.5 billion.
Tom has been an active mentor, advisor, or board director for over a dozen startups across Asia and the US over the past two decades. He has written for many tech blogs, including: TechCrunch, The Next Web, Forbes, Wired, Huffington Post, TechInAsia, and e27.
Prior to Tom's professional career, he was an amatuer boxer and won the Bronze Medal in the U.S. NCBA National Championships. Tom holds a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.
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Andy Cohen is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Bill.com. He is an accomplished executive with 25 years of experience successfully growing businesses.
Prior to joining Bill.com, he founded and sold Caring.com, the nation's leading online destination for those caring for aging loved ones. Andy grew the company to a profitable venture generating $24 million in revenue with a team of 150 people. Before founding Caring.com, he held various sales and marketing leadership positions at SuccessFactors, Intuit, Instill, Peapod and SC Johnson Wax, where he grew businesses from start-up to tens of millions of dollars in revenue. He earned an M.B.A. in marketing from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and a B.A. in history from Stanford University.
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Josh Goines is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Bill.com. He leads the strategy and execution of Bill.com's collaboration with key ecosystem partners, such as Intuit, JPMorgan Chase, and American Express. Josh has more than 20 years' experience establishing and growing innovative new businesses related to payments and mobile technology, most recently serving as the Senior Director of Global Partnerships at PayPal. During his tenure at PayPal, he spearheaded the transformation of PayPal's customer experiences to offer greater choice in how customers pay when using PayPal. He also led the strategy and execution of partnerships with key payment networks and financial institutions including Visa, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, and Capital One.
Josh holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in economics and Spanish from Claremont McKenna College.
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Jacqueline Hendy is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Bill.com. She is a strategic human resources leader who has deep experience in building HR infrastructure, implementing talent management strategies and leadership coaching.
Before joining Bill.com, Jacqueline was the founder and principal of the J2 Consulting Group, which focused on strategic HR initiatives. Prior to that, she led the global talent management function for Equinix and the HR department at PayCycle, Inc. She has also held leadership roles at Genus, AIXTRON, AG and Intuit. Jacqueline holds a Master's degree in public administration with an emphasis in human resources from San Jose State University and a B.A. in sociology from Cal State, Fresno.
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Miguel Lopez, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Bill.com, is a skilled operations leader with a proven track record of scaling rapid-growth organizations, and building teams that delight customers and maximize productivity.
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Vinay has an M.S. in electrical engineering, B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in computer science from Rice University.
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Prior to Bill.com, she held leadership roles at numerous Silicon Valley companies and was instrumental in helping them scale from early stage to post-IPO. At Medallia, she built the marketing team and go-to-market strategy from the ground up. At VMware, she led the corporate and worldwide marketing teams and oversaw key initiatives that supported the company's hyper growth to a post-IPO, multi-billion dollar market leader of cloud software.
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Local leaders Joe D. Hall and Bryan H. Potter were inducted into the Elk City Leadership Hall of Fame during half-time of the Elk City football game on Friday night. The two now join a group of movers and shakers who have leadership qualities that exemplify what it means to put Elk City on the map.
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The airline TUI won three awards at the Real IT Awards (RITA) in London, on 17 May 2018, for the significant service improvements achieved by installing its Self-Service Bag-Drop application at Gatwick Airport. Materna Integrated Passenger Services (IPS) developed the automated check-in and bag-drop systems on behalf of TUI and implemented the self-service project with Gatwick Airport (LGW). As part of Gatwick Airport's check-in transformation, Materna IPS has already carried out several major installations in recent years.
At the Real IT Awards, held in London on 17 May 2018, the airline TUI received the Winner Award for Service Improvement in the Project Awards category, which recognizes outstanding innovative projects, and was ranked second in the project of the year (less than 250 thousand GBP). With the LGW self-bag-drop project, developed and jointly implemented by Materna IPS, TUI has been able to achieve significant improvements in business operations and customer experience, and to improve service quality by providing more opportunities for its customers. In addition, TUI received the Runner Up Award in the overall RITA 2018 category.
Among more than one hundred submissions, TUI was nominated alongside other big names such as Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Royal Mail, and Heathrow Airport. Every year, renowned companies and decision-makers from various industries participate in the Real IT Awards.
Check-in and bag-drop with Materna systems
In order to provide its customers with convenient self-service in Gatwick, Gatwick Airport commissioned the supplier Materna Integrated Passenger Services (IPS) to develop individual self-bag-drop kiosks and install 10 units in collaboration with participating airlines. The TUI project was delivered as part of the expansion of the Airport Zone B / C by Gatwick Airport together with Materna IPS. Materna IPS has been operating in airports and airlines for over 15 years, delivering self-service solutions that comply with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) CUSS standard.
The Materna kiosk solution installed for TUI offers a complete self-service bag-drop. The easy-to-use kiosks, which comply with the strictest security regulations, enable TUI passengers to label and drop-off their luggage with just a few clicks on the touch display with its intuitive menu. The modern systems include integrated reading, scanning, weighing and printing devices.
Susanne Kennedy, Customer Experience Manager, TUI: "We are delighted to receive the award at the Real IT Awards and thank Materna for the good work, support and dedication to the project - it was a true game changer for our airline. Customers love the Self-Bag-Drop Service, and more than 100,000 customers have used the kiosks so far. We are proud to offer them a truly convenient airport experience with less than two and a half minutes of transaction time."
Check-in transformation at Gatwick airport
In 2015, London Gatwick Airport carried out its first large-scale installation in the North Terminal involving 28 Materna kiosks with the aim of dealing with all passenger scenarios as well as meeting all the needs of the airlines. In the second phase of Gatwick's check-in transformation, 48 self-service bag-drop kiosks were installed in April 2016. The self-bag-drop units, based on a common use platform, are designed to be used by customers from various airlines, giving Gatwick's airlines greater flexibility and efficiency in passenger handling. Since then, data from the airport show that in 95% of cases, passengers queue for less than five minutes at check-in. Gatwick, London's second largest airport with more than 43 million passengers a year, currently has the largest self-service bag-drop area in the world.
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As a leading IT service provider, Materna employs more than 2,000 people around the world and generated sales of 254 million euros in 2017. Materna covers the entire service spectrum of a full-service provider in the premium segment: from consultation and implementation through to operations. Its target customers include IT organizations and user departments in companies and the public sector. Materna is organised in six business lines: IT Factory, Digital Enterprise, Government, Communications, Mobility and cbs, their subsidiary for SAP from Heidelberg.
Under their brand Materna ips (Integrated Passenger Services) and as one of the most renowned suppliers for airports and airlines around the world, Materna delivers solutions for automated passenger handling at airports. In addition to the European market, Materna's Integrated Passenger Services portfolio also has a focus on the North-American market with its own subsidiary in Orlando, Florida. Materna also has a strong focus on the Asian market.
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An elusive alleged big-time drug dealer was arrested at the island of Balicasag in Panglao at dawn on Saturday after years of evading police by constantly moving from one residence to another in Tagbilaran, Panglao and Sierra Bullones.
Panglao Police chief Sr. Insp. Geronimo Conarco tagged the arrested narcotics dealer, Perla "Marissa" Palaca, 45, as a "drug queen" in Tagbilaran City.
According to Conarco, Palaca was overseeing large drug operations in Tagbilaran City and was operating a drug den near City Hall.
Conarco coordinated with Tagbilaran City police chief Supt. Patricio Degay as Palaca could not be found until authorities finally gathered information indicating that the alleged big-time drug personality relocated to the tourist island of Balicasag.
"Drug queen ng Tagbilaran kanang babae. Luyo sa New City Hall nagpuyo tapos mi balhin sa ubos na may mahogany tapos mibalhin nasad og puyo sa likod sa Vest Pension House sa Tamblot," said Conarco in a text message to the Chronicle.
Palaca was arrested through a buy-bust operation carried out by the Panglao police in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency at Purok 7 in Balicasag Island at around 5 a.m.
Operatives seized from Palaca shabu contained in four heat-sealed plastic sachets. The confiscated drugs were estimated to be worth P33,000, police said in a report.
Police however have yet to gather hard evidence linking Palaca and Dumpit, said Conarco.
According to Conaraco, he has been after Palaca since he was the police chief of Sierra Bullones from 2015 to 2017.
Palaca, a native of Sierra Bullones, also allegedly established a large drug operation in her hometown before relocating to Tagbilaran City.


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Q: Doing something when a condition is met I am attempting to solve a set of coupled differential equations using ParametricDSolveValue. I want a point, where a condition is met, to be marked on the corresponding plot.
The condition I want the integration to stop at is when:
ROCHE[2000] >= papsis[t]

where
ROCHE[dens_] := (0.65*RSUN*PROPCONST*(MWD/(0.6*MSUN))^(1/3))/(dens/3000)^(1/3);

and
papsis[t_] := a[t]*(1 - e[t]);

The integration is as follows:
My code:
LSUN = 3.83*10^26;
MSUN = 1.989*10^30;
MWD = MSUN;
year = QuantityMagnitude[UnitConvert[
     Quantity[1, "Years"], "Seconds"]];
km = QuantityMagnitude[UnitConvert[
     Quantity[1, "Kilometers"],
     "Meters"]]; timelimit =
   year*2*10^9; Myr = 1*10^6*year;

PROPCONST = 1.27;

c = QuantityMagnitude[UnitConvert[
     Quantity[1, "SpeedOfLight"],
     "Meters/second"]]; \[Rho] = 2000;
MAST[rast_] := (4/3)*Pi*rast^3*\[Rho];
RSUN = 696340000;
AU = QuantityMagnitude[UnitConvert[
     Quantity[1, "AstronomicalUnit"],
     "meters"]];

L[t_] := (3.26*LSUN*(MWD/(0.6*MSUN)))/
    (0.1 + t/Myr)^1.18;

dadt = (-(1/c^2))*((RAST^2*L[t]*
      (2 + 3*e[t]^2))/(4*MAST[RAST]*a[t]*
      (1 - e[t]^2)^(3/2)));
dedt = (-(5/c^2))*((RAST^2*L[t]*e[t])/
     (8*MAST[RAST]*a[t]^2*
      Sqrt[1 - e[t]^2]));

prsol = ParametricNDSolveValue[
   {Derivative[1][a][t] == dadt,
    Derivative[1][e][t] == dedt,
    a[0] == 2*AU, e[0] == 0.5}, {a, e},
   {t, 0, timelimit}, {RAST}]

Is there any way of doing this in Mathematica? Sorry, I'm very new to the language.

A: Use Evaluate. Otherwise, because WhenEvent holds its argument (prevents them from evaluating; see HoldAll), it won't see the a[t] and e[t] in papsis[t].  It has to replace the symbolic expressions a[t] and e[t] with their computed values, and they have to be present in the text of the condition for this to happen.
prsol = ParametricNDSolveValue[{
   Derivative[1][a][t] == dadt,
   Derivative[1][e][t] == dedt,
   WhenEvent[Evaluate[ROCHE[2000] >= papsis[t]], "StopIntegration"],
   a[0] == 2*AU, e[0] == 0.5}, {a, e}, {t, 0, timelimit}, {RAST}]

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Robert Kennedy Stenard, 89, of Shelter Island and Garden City, died on February 13, 2012 in Huntington, New York.
Born on November 17, 1922 in Brooklyn, Bob was a resident of Shelter Island for more than 30 years and concurrently a resident of Garden City.
Bob passionately enjoyed life and will be forever loved and long remembered for his smile, his readiness to help and his wide range of interests and expertise. He was a world traveler; he loved photography, boating, woodworking and gourmet cooking. He pursued his many interests with pleasure and was delighted to share them with his friends and family.
Bob was a veteran of World War II, having served with distinction in the 345th Squadron, 98th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Force, as an armorer gunner aboard B-24 Liberator aircraft. He flew more than 50 missions, logging more than 1,000 combat hours, and received seven medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and the Purple Heart.
Bob received his bachelor of civil engineering degree in 1952 from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, his license to practice professional engineering in 1956 and an M.B.A. in 1961 from The City College of New York.
Among Bob's accomplishments, he was former president of Chicago Heater Company; owner of Whitney Antiques; holder of a captain's license from the U.S. Coast Guard; collector of 18th-century American furniture, Sandwich glass, 17th- and 18th-century clocks, books, maps and silver. He was a member of a wide range of service groups such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, the Professional Antique Dealers Association and the U.S. Power Squadron.


Description: Learning a foreign language has a special place in the ideological preparation, since the task of language learning as a means of communication are inextricably merged with the task of studying the social and cultural life of humanity. The article examines the main directions of development and ways of improving the humanitarian potential use of a foreign language to meet the challenges of ideological work in the non-language universities.
Krylenko, I.M., Makohon, O.A. and Novik, S.A. (2016), "Vykorystannia humanitarnoho potentsialu inozemnoi movy dlia vyrishennia problem ideolohichnoi roboty u nemovnykh vyshakh" [Potential use of humanitarian foreign language to solve the problems of ideological work in the non-language universities], Scientific Works of Kharkiv National Air Force University, Vol. 2(47), pp. 216-219.


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Is the Lake Half Full or Half Empty?
You might have heard that California is in the midst of a four-year drought, looking at the real possibility of year five. I am here to confirm that is true. Over the past year, pictures of Folsom Lake have appeared showing the lake at an alarmingly low-level. It has been so bad that there have been archeological finds unearthed as the lake level fell. There were even bones from a probable homicide uncovered.
Intrepid reporter that I am (?), I recently visited Folsom Lake to verify claims that due to the recent rains, the lake had fully recovered.
While not quite back to "normal", it does look pretty good. The local paper publishes information on the capacity of local reservoirs and river levels each day, as well as snow depths for the Sierra Nevada. Since California's water is very dependent on the depth of the snow pack and the water content of the snow, that is critical information. The snow pack is much improved over last year.
There is one area that has not improved, and that is California aquifer. The ground water in the central valley has been pumped out to the point that the land is sinking. Only recently has the California Department of Water Resources begun to discuss regulation of ground water. Replenishing ground water, refilling aquifers is not just a matter of plentiful rainfall or a healthy snow pack.
Folsom Lake is located near Rocklin, California. I doubt that any city has been more aptly named. Here is a photo of the land formation typical of Rocklin.
Note: Although this area is very close to Folsom Lake, but it has never been IN the lake.
California remains beautiful and somewhat green.
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Human resource professionals have a lot to be frustrated about. They have to fight the perception that HR should be at the beck and call of all employees, and juggle roles as diverse as coach and counselor. If that's not enough, he or she must also be the organizational or interpersonal safety net when there are breakdowns. It's enough to justify blowing off steam every once in a while.
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A manager storms into your office demanding you immediately resolve a grievance about his pay schedule. What are your first thoughts? That he's having a tough day? That he must really need his wages to feed his family? Or that he's a demanding, inconsiderate, so-and-so? If you're like most people, the odds are you'll lean toward the latter.
All of us strive to understand the causes of events around us, particularly other people's behavior. An accurate understanding of these causes helps people make appropriate responses. The problem is that most of us err toward attributing other people's behavior to personality traits or abilities without considering the circumstances.
The more negatively the behavior affects us, the more we are likely to do so. Social psychologists call our human tendency to over-attribute other people's behavior to internal forces – personality or disposition – and under-attribute it to circumstances the fundamental attribution error.
Here's how it works. When we are trying to decide whether or not a person's behavior is because of personality or situational events, we first consider whether the other person's act was intentional. The act is considered intentional to the extent that the person knows that the behavior will produce the consequences observed and the person has the ability to achieve the consequences he or she intends. So, for example, if you believe your hot-headed manager knows that an angry outburst would upset you and could have behaved differently, you are likely to believe his rude behavior was intentional.
Ironically, we tend to attribute our own less-than-admirable behavior to our circumstances. So, if we are the one called on the carpet for complaining in a loud or offensive manner, we are much more likely to justify our behavior by the circumstances under which it occurred.
There are many psychological mechanisms by which thoughtless behavior toward another can be justified. One can do so by appealing to a higher moral value. Or one can rationalize the behavior – calling hurtful remarks 'telling it like it is,' for example. Or one can deny responsibility for the behavior or blame the victim. One can also isolate oneself emotionally or desensitize oneself to the human consequences of hurting others.
How we feel about another person's behavior is largely a result of how we explain it to ourselves. Being aware of the fundamental attribution bias allows us the opportunity to look for situational causes for another person's behavior or, at the very least, can inspire us to ask questions before we jump to conclusions.
A friend of mine, who has been involved with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for 26 years, often refers to the HALT strategy of interpersonal relations; never discuss a sensitive topic when you're hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. Since self-regulation and self-control take a certain amount of psychological and physiological energy, it comes as no surprise that when people are emotionally stressed, mentally drained, busy with other things, or just plain tired, they find it more difficult to overcome a powerful emotional impulse. This suggests the importance of avoiding potential conflict situations when one is busy, anxious, stressed, or physically tired.
People who have stressful jobs are able to reduce conflict and improve their family relationships by taking brief time-outs after returning home from work. Without a time-out, going straight from a stressful working day to family interactions often leads to argument or dispute. But spending part of an hour by themselves enables these stressed-out wage-earners to calm down prior to dealing with their families, and subsequent family interactions are therefore much more pleasant.
However, even when we're rested or relaxed, interpersonal conflict is stressful. The situations in which people most need and want to self-regulate and control their impulses as they struggle to resolve conflict tend to be those in which it is most difficult to do so. These are the situations that elicit hot emotional reactions such as intense fear or anxiety.
To understand the processes that enable willpower in executing one's intentions, two closely interacting systems have been proposed: a hot system and a cool one. The cool system is a 'know' system: it is contemplative, slow, rational, strategic, and emotionally neutral. In contrast, the hot system is emotional, simple, reflexive, fast. It is accentuated by stress, whether in the immediate situation or from chronic stress.
The essential ingredient for keeping calm under pressure is to strategically cool the hot system and its impulsive reaction tendencies and mobilize the cool system in pursuit of the long-term goal. For example, while people need to pay attention to their own feelings and to what the other person is saying during times of conflict, this immediate focus can lead to intense arousal and hot responses that are difficult to control. Get caught in the immediate situation without directing any thought or attention to themselves or their own behavior, their conduct can easily stray from their basic goals and intentions. By maintaining focus on these things but focusing on informative rather than arousing features, one may effectively transcend the aggravation of the intolerable present.
When your anger is in overdrive, time outs can be useful, but not if they are used to stew about what was said, to plot revenge fantasies toward the other person, or to replay every stinging comeback that you wish you had said in the heat of the moment. Neither should a time-out be used as a way to avoid the conflict. Before taking a time out, set a specific time to come back to the discussion and resolve the employee conflict.
Learn to recognize the physical signals that indicate you are annoyed or angry; Does your stomach get tight, do your teeth clinch, do you get flushed?
As you cool down physically, begin a cognitive cool down. Remind yourself of the reason you don't want to lose control, such as wanting to get the problem solved or not wanting to feel guilty; Go back to your original perception of the conflict and look at alternative ways of seeing it.
If you have one person that particularly rings your bell or does the same annoying behavior over and over, plan for your next encounter. Find a way to connect your general goal – resolve the conflict or deal with the person constructively – with a specific implementation strategy – 'when she complains about her manager, I'All suggest the three of us meet' or 'when he spouts off about his performance review, I'll ask three questions before responding. This helps ensure a preferred response by tying a hot trigger event to the intended response rather than the usual one.
Especially in times of rapid change – mergers, downsizings, or rapid growth, the HR manager becomes a company cheerleader – or stress confessor. He or she often helps people sustain morale in the face of an uncertain and vulnerable future. He or she may become the messenger, helping employees and supervisors interpret reorganization pronouncements from the management mountaintop.
1. Strike a balance between helper and manager: work hard to develop a capacity for 'detached involvement', that is, being sensitive to personnel issues and individual employee concerns while resisting the rescuer role. If you're always taking work home – literally or emotionally – your personal/personnel boundary will start to erode.
2. Don't be an island: reach out for expert support such as an Employee Assistance Program counselor, especially with seriously disgruntled or dysfunctional employees. For widespread departmental tension consider using a corporate change/critical intervention consultant.
3. Shift gears frequently: beware of becoming a solitary HR number-cruncher or an employee rescuer. Switch hats; don't lose the human touch and make sure you have closed-door time to get your administrative work done.
Most people associate willpower with weight loss or smoking cessation. Keeping cool when temperatures rise, however, is a test of willpower that many HR professionals face on a daily basis. In fact, in the world of work, the ability to control your tongue when you feel like childishly sticking it out, may be the first leap to true leadership.


My images are often the result of careful planning, considering weather and seasons, of strenuous hikes or paddles, chasing the light at odd times of the day. Or, contrarily, of vague ideas and intuitions, spontaneous impulses and split-second reactions to the unexpected. In any case, they are always shaped by the search for the odd and unusual, the recognition of the minor and hidden, the urge to abstract and to depart from labels and reality.
I shoot professional Nikon cameras and their top of the line lenses, resulting in images of superior sharpness and resolution, suited for large prints of highest quality with no visible grain or noise, as well as for professional quality commercial reproduction.
After basic adjustments in the editing stage, similar to the procedures in the traditional darkroom, images are printed on professional inkjet printers, resulting in what is known as Giclée Prints. By printing in high resolutions of up to 2880 dpi (drops per inch) the quality of these prints surpasses by far the results from your regular photo lab. The pigment inks used consist of 9 different colours, including 4 blacks, for the most colour-true reproduction and finest nuances in Black & Whites.
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I only offer a small selection of frame-styles, as displayed in shows and exhibitions, usually in silver-gray and pewter tones – neutral and understated in shape and colour – to accomplish, but not over-power the image.
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Yesterday, the Twitter has announced that will prohibit the publication of political ads in platform of. This move comes in "Against" his policy Facebook, which recently said it will allow policies advertisements, whether they are true or not.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said of his decision: "We believe that the transmission and success of political messages should be won, not bought."
The banning of ads will take effect on 22 November. By November 15, Twitter will be sharing new rules with users. According to Dorsey, there will be some exceptions. For example, voter registration ads will still appear on the platform.
His decision Dorsey comes in against with Mark's policy Zuckerberg, The CEO of Facebook, who recently vigorously defended her policy of his company, stating that it will continue to allow political ads on its platform.
"From a business point of view, it may be easier for us to choose a different path than we take," Zuckerberg said. "Today is definitely a historic moment of social tension and I see its important role company "In a democracy, I do not think it is right for private companies to censor politicians or the news."
Facebook was strongly critical of this attitude. A few days ago, o Zuckerberg he had been discussing with the Financial Services Committee for six hours USA, on a range of topics, including its political advertising policy. According to committee chairman Maxine Waters, Facebook's decision to avoid banning political ads could have negative consequences. The President also said that: ""Facebook's claim to promote freedom of speech is not true."
Dorsey's announcement yesterday showed that Twitter's policy runs counter to Facebook's.
"This is not free speech," Dorsey wrote in a tweet. It concerns the payment for the transmission of political messages.
In addition, Dorsey stated that "political advertising through Internet present new challenges in political discourse: optimizing the exchange of messages through machine learning and targeting specific groups, uncontrollable misleading information, deepfakes ".
In his tweets, he also mentioned Zuckerberg, who claims that Facebook is working hard to remove the "harmful" content:
"Those who follow us know that we have more than 35.000 people involved with it safety and that our budget for this work is billions of dollars a year. And we will continue to invest more in this area. "
Dorsey, however, argued that accepting cash for political ads runs counter to efforts to tackle the problem of 'harmful' content.
"We can't say: We work hard to prevent people from spreading deceit information, BUT if someone pays us to target and force people to see his political advertising; ok… he can say whatever he wants ".
Will the fight between Twitter and Facebook continue? Will Zuckerberg respond to Dorsey's accusations?
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Riverdale Second Season DVD Announced
With Riverdale season two ending next week, it's time to think about binge-watching! Which makes this announcement particularly timely.
Riverdale: The Complete Second Season will hold all 22 episodes on four DVDs. As with the first season, there will be a Blu-ray version through Warner Archive with all the same extras. Both are available on August 7. The DVD set is list priced at $39.99 (same as the first season, but with more episodes this time).
After a slow start, Riverdale has hit its stride, as it's "the #1 show on The CW with women 18-49" and average viewership has grown 60%. (The men are probably watching The Flash.) This season was all about stopping the Black Hood and dealing with troublesome male relatives (Betty's brother Chic and Veronica's father).
The special features, in addition to deleted scenes and a gag reel, are
Caught Between Two Worlds: The Darkness Inside
Making the Musical: Riverdale
Riverdale: 2017 Comic-Con Panel
Riverdale Pop Quiz!
Here's the episode list. (It continues from the thirteen episodes of season one.)
Chapter Fourteen: "A Kiss Before Dying"
Chapter Fifteen: "Nighthawks"
Chapter Sixteen: "The Watcher in the Woods"
Chapter Seventeen: "The Town That Dreaded Sundown"
Chapter Eighteen: "When a Stranger Calls"
Chapter Nineteen: "Death Proof"
Chapter Twenty: "Tales from the Darkside"
Chapter Twenty-One: "House of the Devil"
Chapter Twenty-Two: "Silent Night, Deadly Night"
Chapter Twenty-Three: "The Blackboard Jungle"
Chapter Twenty-Four: "The Wrestler"
Chapter Twenty-Five: "The Wicked and the Divine" *
Chapter Twenty-Six: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Chapter Twenty-Seven: "The Hills Have Eyes"
Chapter Twenty-Eight: "There Will Be Blood"
Chapter Twenty-Nine: "Primary Colors"
Chapter Thirty: "The Noose Tightens" **
Chapter Thirty-One: "A Night to Remember"
Chapter Thirty-Two: "Prisoners"
Chapter Thirty-Three: "Shadow of a Doubt"
Chapter Thirty-Four: "Judgment Night"
Chapter Thirty-Five: "Brave New World"
* First non-movie episode title; instead, it's named after the comic book.
** Not a movie, and not a comic book either.
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Home » Aug. 1, 2011: Ingersoll Rand Names Gary Michel President of Residential Solutions Business
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Aug. 1, 2011: Ingersoll Rand Names Gary Michel President of Residential Solutions Business
SWORDS, Ireland - Ingersoll-Rand plc has announced the appointment of Gary S. Michel, a 26-year company veteran, as president of its Residential Solutions business, effective Aug. 1. He replaces Steven B. Hochhauser, who is leaving the company to pursue other business opportunities.
Since 2007, Michel has been chief executive officer of Ingersoll Rand's Club Car business. In his new role, he will report to Michael W. Lamach, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, and be a member of the company's Enterprise Leadership Team. He also has been appointed senior vice president of the company by the board of directors. Michel will be based in Carmel, Ind.
"Gary is an outstanding, results-oriented leader who has driven growth of our Club Car business during a difficult economic market," said Lamach. "He understands the importance of delivering on customer expectations, and maintaining close relationships with dealers and channel partners, resulting in strong brand loyalty and enhanced brand reputation. His extensive company tenure, proven operational skills, and demonstrated leadership have prepared him well for this new challenge. I am confident that he is the right leader to grow our Residential Solutions business, and I am especially pleased to promote someone who has built such a long and successful career with Ingersoll Rand."
The Ingersoll Rand Residential Solutions business includes the Trane®, American Standard® Heating & Air Conditioning, and Schlage® brands. Its products, services, and solutions include heating and air conditioning systems, indoor air quality solutions, advanced controls, mechanical and electronic locks, portable security systems, and remote home management. Its 2010 revenues were approximately $2.1 billion.
Prior to being named CEO of Club Car, Michel served in multiple leadership roles with the company, including executive director, corporate development; president, road development construction technologies; president, utility equipment construction technologies; and vice president and general manager, utility equipment. He joined Ingersoll Rand in 1985 as an application engineer and subsequently held product, sales, and business management roles.
For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.


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I am trying to do a Microsoft ASR recovery of an HP Blade server (BL20p G2) where both the Windows 2003 server O/S and the data will be on an HP EVA 5000 SAN, the MSL6030 tape library and the SAN are connected via the Fibre HBA card.
The backup software is CA Brightstor 11.1 with the disaster recover solution.
The problem is that the Blade doesn't have a physical floppy and CD drive, so I am trying to use the iLO virtual drives. It gets to the end of the ASR install of Windows then stops at a DOS prompt because it needs to access the CD drive for Brightstor to continue.
In addition there seems to be a problem configuring the NIC cards, ipconfig reports that there are no cards (despite the fact that there are three) I have downloaded and added the most recent drivers.
1. Attach a USB based CD-ROM drive.
2. Try to get DOS support for the Virtual CD-ROM.
In both cases I believe that you will need a DOS based USB driver. I have tested DUSE.EXE for this and it works rather well. Hunt it down from the web. I have seen versions 4.4 and 4.9. I found a package that even included software to load the DUSE.EXE driver from the command line (DUSELDR.EXE).
Previous efforts to configure/load an IDE drive based CD-ROM (using the oakcdrom.sys file) failed as the virtual CD does not appear to emulate an IDE drive, hence my belief it is emulating a USB attached CD-ROM.
Can't help with the NIC card.
Thank you for your help but according to Microsoft ASR can't be performed through USB, the drives have to true physical IDE drives. But blades don't have physical drives thus my problem.


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Q: How to set different constraints in a Splash depending on the iPhone size? I'm working on a project where one of the requirements is, that the company logo must appear at 10% distance from the top of the iPhone's screen size (if it's an iPhone 5, 568 height, it should be at 57). I can apply a constraint, but as far as I know, it's a fix value and not relative.
I have been checking the "Vary for traits" feature of Xcode, but since all of the sizes I need are wC hR, it's not working in this case.
Another solution would be to apply different splashes depending on the iPhone model, but I'm not sure it's possible.
Any ideas about it? Thx!

A: You can use a placeholder view to create the vertical space you need.
Add a UIView above the logo:

Constrain the top of this view to the top of the root view
Constrain the bottom of this view to the top of the logo
Constrain the height of this view to 1/10 of the height of the root view

A: You can easily achieve that in code as well.
logoImageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

// This will keep your imageView 10% from the top
NSLayoutConstraint(item: logoImageView, attribute: .top, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .topMargin, multiplier: 1.0, constant: self.view.frame.size.height/10).isActive = true

// Additional You will want your imageView to be centered.
NSLayoutConstraint(item: logoImageView, attribute: .centerX, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: .centerX, multiplier: 1.0, constant: 0).isActive = true


I just have my Google+ profile account after got the invitation from Problogger and LiewCF. Currently Google+ is not open to public and new registration can only be made via invitation only. If you don't have Google+ account, you can drop a comment below with your Gmail address and I will invite you to join into my circles.
However, Google+ does not provide friendly or short profile URL like Facebook. Instead it uses long URL with your unique Google+ ID which is really difficult to remember or share with your friends.
With the short URL, you can easily share your Google+ profile URL with your friends or put it on your blog. You don't have to remember your profile ID as the shortend URL will redirect visitors to your Google+ profile page straight away.
Come on guys, Google+ registrations have gone public. Its open to all. Check the site guys.
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GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Fifty-one security personnel and around 400 Taliban have been killed and injured in recent clashes in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Sunday.
Addressing reporters here, Governor Abdul Karim Mateen said the Taliban planned to capture some districts but were unable to implement it.
"Every time when the Taliban launched attack it was repulsed and the insurgent suffered heavy casualties," he said.
Mateen claimed around 400 Taliban have been killed and injured as a result of recent clashes.
Maj. Gen. Shour Gul, commander of the 203rd Tandar Military Corps, said the Taliban planned to overrun Ghazni province but they were unsuccessful.
"The Taliban launched multiple attacks but security forces beaten back their attacks and inflicted them heavy casualties," he said.
Deputy Police Chief Col. Farydon Mashal 19 policemen have been killed and 32 others injured as a result of the Taliban and Security forces clash.
"Military also suffered casualties during recent clashes but they don't give us information in this regard," he said.
Taliban rejected Ghazni officials' claims. The group's Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban did not suffer heavy casualties in recent Ghazni clashes.
He oppositely claimed saying Security forces suffered more during recent clashes in Ghazni.