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Stage Rigging Handbook is written in an at-a-glance outline form, yet contains in-depth information available nowhere else.
This second edition includes two new parts: the first, an expanded discussion of the forces and loads on stage rigging components and the structure supporting them; the second, an examination of block and tackle rigging. The remaining four parts contain numerous revisions.
Explaining his purpose, Jay O. Glerum points out that four main principles constitute the core of this book: know the rigging system; know that it is in safe working order; know how to use it; keep your concentration. Glerum applies these principles to all the major types of stage rigging systems, including block and tackle, hemp, counterweight, and motorized. He describes each type of rigging and then thoroughly reviews the operating procedures and ways of inspecting existing systems.
To provide background, Glerum opens with the basic theory of applied physics as it relates to rigging. Step by step, he explains the calculations required to determine safe working loads for various components. Glerum’s many anecdotes help the reader translate theory into reality.
Glerum then turns to four separate and detailed treatments of the main types of theatrical rigging. His thorough descriptions include drawings that identify each separate component of the rigging. He points out the advantages of each system, detailing everything from the mechanical advantage and the effects of wear on rope to the best ways to tie off the pin rail and to store weights. Because stagecraft often has been handed down orally from one stagehand to the next, incorrect—as well as dangerous—assumptions exist in the trade. Glerum provides a ready reference for everything from how to tie a knot to how to effectively communicate a warning for a runaway set.
Glerum also discusses special problems such as cutting fiber rope, terminating wire rope, attaching drops and framed scenery, using trusses and bridles, dead hanging, tripping, guiding loads, and other topics. He also covers recordkeeping, with tips and pointers on how to establish an inspection log.
Customer Reviews:
Outdated.......2005-08-02
This book must have been the rigging bible...in 1970. There is very little mention of motorized rigging and modern trussing used in the majority of stage, concert and corporate events. I would strongly recommend NOT buying this book unless you're looking for a historical document of how rigging was performed 35 years ago.
A Must Read For High School Techies!.......2002-09-03
Stage Rigging Hand Book is a great book for anyone responsible for rigging. It covers very important topics and safety issues. Working in one of the biggest and best high school theatres in the state of Virginia, I can say that this book is a major help on any rigging job and is an indispensable book when safety is concerned (and when is safety not involved?). If you are a TD at any high school with a rigging system you must have this book.
Nothing Better.......2002-06-24
As an instructor in the Canadian College system, I have found this book best sits within easy reach. I am constantly using it as a teaching tool for my students and myself. I had the priviledge of attending a master class with Jay in 2001 and would recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity. When teamed with Harry Donovan, you will find no better pair to flood your mind with all that is entertainment rigging.
An Amazing Book.......2001-08-19
Jay O. Glerum has written a book filled with history and practical hard-to-find information every theatre tech should have in his/her library. This book is rich with clear illustrations and photos for just about every rigging situation you will encounter. It has chapters on "Loads and Reactions" "Block and Tackle Rigging" "Hemp Rigging" "Motorized Rigging" and much more. There's a very useful chapter on cutting and knotting rope. I was particularly impressed with the sections on "Special Problems" and "Recordkeeping". As today's threatres move more and more toward mechanized scene changes and motorized light rigs, a solid understanding of rigging techniques is more important than ever. Whether you are a novice or have years of experience ... whether you are an independent or on staff, Jay O. Glerum's "Stage Rigging Handbook" will improve your knowledge and give you a wealth of information. I highly recommend this book.
A Must for any Flyrail!.......2000-12-27
As an IATSE stage rigger, I have worked with people like Eddie Blue and Aaron Hutsch, and I have yet to work with a flyman or rigger who doesn't use and own this book. Glerum's methodical approach to everything rigged, from sand bags and tension pulleys to loft blocks and chain bags makes the complicated art and physics involved with theatrical flying and baton loading easy to understand, and in-depth enough for the novice or master rigger. A must have for anyone persuing a theatrical or IATSE position.
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S.A.F.E. Play Areas: Creation, Maintenance, And Renovation
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* Implement best practices for supervision, age-appropriate design, fall surfaces, and equipment selection and maintenance to ensure playgrounds comply with risk management plans. * Use the CD-ROM to train employees and conduct your own playground inspections using six reproducible checklists. * Learn the why and how of playground safety by covering both research studies and practical applications, including case studies based on real-life incidents.
For children, playgrounds and play areas are a recipe for fun--or perhaps an accident waiting to happen. Playing without fear or tears provides many benefits to a child's development. Yet every year, hundreds of thousands of children suffer serious playground-related injuries that require emergency medical treatment.
Written by the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) staff, S.A.F.E. Play Areas: Creation, Maintenance, and Renovation is a resource for facility managers, administrators, and play supervisors in any playground or play area. This all-in-one guide explores the four components of the thoroughly tested, easy-to-implement S.A.F.E. model: * Supervision--adults must be trained in appropriate active supervision techniques. * Age-appropriate design--children of varying age groups need equipment designed for their specific developmental characteristics. * Fall surfacing--the type and depth of ground materials must be adequate for cushioning falls. * Equipment--plastic, wooden, and metal equipment must be maintained, repaired, and replaced.
For each component, the authors first examine the research to show why it's a critical part of safety. Then they explain how to put that knowledge to practical use. The book also explores the history of playground safety and debunks 10 common myths about what makes a good or safe play area.
The book includes a CD-ROM that offers a presentation package of slides for use as a quick refresher course in supervision, design, surfacing, and equipment maintenance for experienced employees or as foundational training for new employees. The CD-ROM also contains the six reproducible forms from the book in PDF format for easy printing. The forms can be used in assessing the safety of play areas, which is crucial for school, community, and youth administrators responsible for ensuring that play areas comply with their risk management plans. Also included is a student injury report form that school staff can use for documenting playground injuries to students. This form can also be modified for use in child care settings.
This book and CD-ROM package makes it easy to understand and use the S.A.F.E. model, which is based on current research by the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS). The NPPS works with playground equipment manufacturers and national youth organizations to disseminate current information on selecting and maintaining playground equipment, and they offer best practices in play area supervision. As a leader in promoting play area safety since 1995, the NPPS has trained risk management and play area supervisors in schools, recreation and park departments, youth organizations, and child care center administrators nationwide.
Injuries can be prevented. S.A.F.E. Play Areas: Creation, Maintenance, and Renovation can show you how.
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Penguin and his rambunctious young friends are off to the playground, running so fast that they knock each other down. Is that right? No, that's wrong! They should walk so that no one gets hurt. At the seesaw and slide, the silly mishaps continue, with pals like Elephant and Chimpanzee playing dangerously (in funny ways), then safely. Hippo bounces a ball off of Penguin's head (BOINK!), and Rhino throws sand in Lion's fur. But by the end of the day, the friends have learned the rights and wrongs of playground play, and they even pick up their toys before heading home!
Customer Reviews:
Nag nag nag.......2007-01-03
Imagine a lecture from your least favorite aunt-- the one who lacks any imagination or sense of humor. That's this book. Only the dullest child won't be bored after the first four pages. Throw in some poor grammar, total predictability and moderately mediocre art and you have a book no library or school should inflict on children.
Zany guide to playground safety and fun........2006-12-10
Margery Cuyler's PLEASE PLAY SAFE: PENGUIN'S GUIDE TO PLAYGROUND SAFETY receives Will Hillenbrand's fun drawings as it tells of too-playful playground animals who forget how to play safely. They create all kinds of problems as a result, and kids will get a laugh out of the zany guide to playground safety and fun.
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Clifford's Pals (Read with Clifford)
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Clifford and his pals just can't stay out of trouble! The silly dogs decide to pass the time by playing around a construction site. Bad idea! They cause all kinds of mischief and finally realize they should play somewhere safer and more fun. This title is one of eight Clifford classics being reformatted for Summer 2005!
Customer Reviews:
Not a good message for kids..........2007-03-09
I usually enjoy Clifford and the positive messages that typically come out of the books. I was deeply disappointed in this book and the negative message it sends to children.
1. Clifford succumbs to "negative peer pressure" not to look like a "coward" so he knowingly goes to a dangerous construction site to play with his "pals."
2. Clifford and his pals intentionally cause trouble at the site, putting themselves and the construction workers in harm's way.
3. The dogs run away from the construction site without an apology or any appearance that they were sorry for their deliberate destructive, dangerous and disobedient behavior, other than "they will never play at a construction site again."
I agree with another poster here that this is one of the worst, if not THE WORST, Clifford book I have ever encountered. Deliberate disobedience without consequence, danger without concern for others, and doing whatever you "must" to "fit in" with peers is not becoming of this otherwise well-done and positive character for children.
Worst Clifford Book- don't waste your money!.......2001-03-12
Don't get me wrong... I like Clifford books, but this one is contrived and pointless. Clifford's supposed "pals" break the law, and then when they are captured, they convince big loveable Clifford to help them break out. I am a kindergarten teacher, and this is one of the ONLY children's books that I refuse to read to my kids-- it sends the wrong message. Please spend your money on something with a more positive message!
Clifford's Pals!.......2000-06-02
Join Emily Elizabeth and Clifford the big red dog as they go to a construction site with some dog friends. Clifford is so big he plays with the wrecking ball and gets his nose stuck in a huge pipe but he also gets a chance to save his friends. Oversized antics are fun! My three children love Clifford because he is huge and yet cuddly. The books are always friendly and appealing.
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Customer Reviews:
Beware.......2007-09-27
This book is not a tutorial on safety plays, showing step-by-step procedures for handling them. Rather, it's a collection of hands that involve safety plays, and you have to figure out what the safety play is and how to work it. You do learn something out of the book, but you don't learn what you might think you're going to learn.
36 hands - some very good others fair.......2007-02-15
The hands cover a selection of problems, from card combinations, to avoiding loss of trump control, over ruffing, and other problems.
Its not focused only on "safety plays" like how to play A9xx opposite KJxx for one loser.
Overall, I liked most of the problems, and some were devious! :-)
I don't think I got good value for the money because there was lots of wasted space and pages, repeating the hand. The book could have contained 50 - 72 hands in the same space/size. If the price was $6 it would be more reasonable.
Worth reading, if its in the Library.
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Play It Safe: Keeping Your Kids and Youth Ministry Alive
Jack Crabtree
Manufacturer: Victor Books
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Kids love to point out all the naughty things that bear is doing!.......2006-04-12
My kids loved to have this book read to them again and again. They enjoyed pointing out all the naughty things that bear was doing. I think it also reinforced their belief that their own teddy bear ventured out and got into trouble when they were not looking! Now I am reading it to the grandkids and they are enjoying it just as much! This book is timeless!
On the Road.......2005-02-10
Cute.
Not too cute, but just the right amount of cute in this funny, beautifully illustrated, award-winning book about a boy who goes bike-riding with his imagination.
Our young, nattily dressed (great hat!) hero takes out his training-wheeled green and red bike, with his stuffed teddy bear. Somehow, that bear becomes a gigantic real bear, and the humongous real bear rides his own tiny little yellow bicycle along side the boy.
The wise boy explains (and the illustration show) traffic rules that he follows whenever he rides (and there are some useful ones: watching for opening doors, looking both ways, etc.). The bear does not follow the rules. He gets into accidents and mishaps, but his size and the author's good taste keep him from any trips to the hospital. Author McLeod and illustrator McPhail manage to show the danger without scaring us, and, indeed, with a bit of humor.
This is an enormously appealing little book. The symmetrical structure contrasting the boy's cautious, safe ride, versus the bear's slapstick miscues. This organization and the single sentence in each two-page example clearly explain each imp0rtant rule of the road. The illustrations by the renowned McPhail are warm and welcoming, soft and soothing, yet funny. You don't have to know how to ride a bike to enjoy this masterpiece of simplicity and imagination.
My kids and I love this book.......2004-06-06
I got this out of the library two weeks ago, and my two children, ages 4 and 2, have made me read it to them at least twice a day. They really like the story of the boy who goes for a bike ride and brings along his teddy bear. However, the teddy turns into a real bear who definately does not follow the rules of the road. We all laugh at the scenes of the boy acting sensibly (stopping when others are walking in front of him, maneuvering around garbage cans and open car doors) and of the bear plowing ahead and into all of these things. It's sweet and funny, and can also double as a safety lesson for beginner bicycle riders.
Clever story, beautifully illustrated.......2003-02-19
My twin boys (22 months) continue to laugh hysterically at this book and somehow I haven't gotten tired of it yet. Wonderful illustrations with a very nice close. A bit of cartoonish violence(bears on bicycles running into mailmen) might put it in the not-for-everybody category, though.
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While educators want their students to grow into thoughtful and curious people, the overriding objective of corporations is to maximize their own profits. From that fact alone we can predict what is likely to happen to the nature and purposes of our schools when business becomes involved in the education of our children. This unique and timely anthology chronicles the extent of that involvement, along with the troubling consequences it has already brought.
Author Alfie Kohn and professor of education Patrick Shannon have assembled a provocative collection of articles, including
- an analysis of the racial implications of voucher programs
- vivid accounts of how schoolchildren are targeted by advertisers
- descriptions of how corporate propaganda is insinuated into classroom curriculums
- an expose of the political connections enjoyed by giant textbook and test publishers
- a critical look at the process whereby teachers are turned into grant writers.
This book builds a convincing case against those who see children as "customers" or "workers"and those who would turn learning into a business. As Kohn notes, "[Corporations] are not shy about trying to make over the schools in their own image. It's up to the rest of us to firmly tell them to mind their own businesses."
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