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Rudolf Steiner's Curriculum for Waldorf Schools - 5th Edition
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This book is a new edition of this in-depth exploration of the curriculum of the first Waldorf school, expanding on the original 'Lehrplan'. Divided into sections, the book outlines Steiner's comments on schools and lessons in general, as well as many details on his thinking on specific issues ranging from different age groups to classroom decoration and arrangement. This clear study of Steiner's ideas on education and child development is an important book for all Steiner-Waldorf teachers.
From Nancy (previous edition):
Taken as a living document, Karl Stockmeyer's collection of various things Rudolf Steiner said about the curriculum for Waldorf education, particularly because they are juxtaposed by his commentaries and reports of things that were done at the Stuttgart school, is a thought-provoking source of inspiration to anyone teaching the grades and high school. Karl Stockmeyer served as a teacher and administrator at the original Waldorf School in Stuttgart during Steiner's time and continued on after Steiner's death in 1925. His compilation of Steiner's thoughts on the curriculum is perhaps the richest and broadest source of both inspiration and direction available on the subject.
Although the English translation is fairly stiffly rendered, at least to an American English speaker's ear, the liveliness of the thoughts and descriptions that are conveyed transcends that minor difficulty, making this exciting reading for anyone with an interest in further the aims of Waldorf education. It is small wonder that it has been at the side of so many teachers throughout the years.
This edition replaces Rudolf Steiner's Curriculum for Waldorf Schools - 4th Edition
256 pages, 8 1/4" x 9 1/2", 2015.
Foundations of Human Experience
Rudolf Steiner
(earlier English translation titled Study of Man)
Foreword by Henry Barnes
Introduction by Nancy Whittaker (Parsons)
Translated by Robert F. Lathe and Nancy Whittaker (Parsons)
Add a reviewThis course on education contains some of the most remarkable and significant lectures ever given by Rudolf Steiner.
Because these lectures were given to teachers, however, they have suffered the misconception that they are useful only to teachers. Any teacher who wants to teach in a way that encompasses the whole child certainly needs a functional understanding of what Steiner presents here, but these lectures will also greatly benefit parents, psychologists, counselors, or anyone else involved with developing children.
Steiner gives his most concise and detailed account of human nature in these lectures, which are absolutely essential for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Steiner's spiritual science. Those who are willing to work through this work will discover here a new, powerful, convincing, and profoundly phenomenological "anthropology" of human spiritual psychology.
In these lectures, Steiner laid out for the first time the principles that form the basis for renewing the art of teaching. The Foundations of Human Experience is the most important text for studying and understanding the human developmental and psychological basis for Waldorf education
Foundations is Rudolf Steiner's crowning articulation of the threefold human being, a portrait of spiritual/physical relationships and interworkings and is essential knowledge for anyone wishing to truly understand the heart of Anthroposphy. The self-knowledge that can result from an understanding of this book is also essential for anyone seeking to undertake spiritual development or to work in service of the development of others.
Although we can physically see children only after their birth, we need to be aware that birth is also a continuation. We do not want to look only at what the human being experiences after death, that is, at the spiritual continuation of the physical. We want to be aware that physical existence is a continuation of what higher beings have done without our assistance. Our form of educating can have the correct attitude only when we are aware that our work with young people is a continuation of what higher beings have done before birth.
—Rudolf Steiner
Note: As we translated these fourteen lectures, we strove to render each thought clearly and completely in language accessible to anyone wanting to learn. To understand Lecture 2, you will need a working understanding of the terms and definitions of the nine-fold human being as presented in Chapter 1 of Theosophy. Beyond that, we believe that no other technical information is necessary to fully comprehend this book.
Language Teaching in Steiner Waldorf Schools - 2nd Edition
Insights from Rudolf Steiner
Johannes Kiersch
Translated by Norman Skillen
Add a reviewLanguage Teaching in Steiner Waldorf Schools details the pedagogical basis for the teaching of modern languages in a Steiner Waldorf School. It discusses Steiner's view of the nature of language in relation to child development and also addresses the practical classroom questions of curriculum and teaching method. In addition to those teaching modern languages, anyone interested in the ideas underlying Waldorf education will find it fascinating reading.
This edition replaces Language Teaching in Steiner Waldorf Schools – 1st Edition.
144 pages, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 2014.
Practical Advice to Teachers
This was the afternoon seminar presented along with Foundations of Human Experience in the morning and Discussions with Teachers in the early evening - all intended to prepare the new teachers to educate children in the original Waldorf School in Stuttgart, Germany. This particular series is an immensely practical presentation of the "hows" of teaching. In it, Steiner gives one example after another of how to bring the intent of the Waldorf School to life in children's minds and hearts. Whether you are a teacher or not, this presentation opens door after door of understanding of the way children receive the world - and offers unlimited inspiration of ways to bring this understanding to life for the children in your care.
Discussions with Teachers
For two weeks prior to the opening of the first Waldorf school, Rudolf Steiner gave an intensive seminar to prepare the teachers to educate children in harmony with the development of their body, soul, and spirit. Discussions with Teachers records the discussion sessions that were held in the late afternoon every day. The tone is spontaneous and relaxed. Steiner does not prescribe specific methods, but introduces topics and situations, giving guidelines and practical assignments that are discussed in the next session. This edition also includes (for the first time in English) three very important lectures on the curriculum given the day before the Waldorf School opened.
Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner Vols. 1 and 2
Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Robert F. Lathe and Nancy K. Parsons
Regular Price: $49.95
Add a reviewWe keep these volumes on permanent discount because we believe they hold the greatest potential for the health of the Waldorf school movement of anything available. Complete, unexpurgated, clearly translated into American English, there is no other source that gives such a thorough and accurate presentation of the realities and intent of the first Waldorf School. Myths are exposed and fondest hopes supported. Rudolf Steiner is allowed to live as a human being among other human beings. We believe that these transcripts are nothing less than extraordinary evidence that, in fact, the truth shall make us free.
Republican Academies
Rudolf Steiner on self-management, experiential study and self-education in the life of a college of teachers
Francis Gladstone
Softbound booklet
Add a reviewRepublican Academies is a collection of Rudolf Steiner's insights for Waldorf schools on self-management, experiential study, self-education, and cooperative working. The book includes extensive excerpts from Steiner's speeches and writings and explores his views on college life (the full faculty of teachers in a school), outlining some of the history and development of the Waldorf philosophy throughout the beginning of the twentieth century.
Steiner's practical experiment in "republican self-management" at the Stuttgart Waldorf School now has its legacy in more than a thousand Waldorf-inspired schools around the world.
The Care and Development of the Human Senses
This small book has for years been treasured by Waldorf teachers and others interested in the nature of human sensory perception and how education can foster and develop it. Aeppli's in-depth presentation of Rudolf Steiner's ideas on the nature of the twelve human senses as he saw them and their role in education continues to resonate with practical applications and inspiration.
- A general conception about the significance of the sense-organism
- Perception and thinking
- The threefold nature of the human organism
The Human Sense-organism
- The origin of the sense-organs
- Number and grouping of the senses
- The four lower senses
- The four middle senses
- The four upper senses
- Relations between the lower and upper senses
The Development of the Sense-organism
- Human development
- Individual development
- The loss of the sense-organism
- Possibilities for an enlivening and ensouling of the sense-organism
The Cultivation of the Sense-organism through Education
- Stages of 'object lessons'
- The cultivation of living thinking
- The cultivation of the will-senses
- The cultivation of the feeling senses
- The cultivation of the cognitive senses
- The cultivation of the sense of sound
- The cultivation of the sense of language
- The cultivation of the sense of thought
- The cultivation of the ego-sense
Human Values in Education
The underlying thesis of these lectures, volume XX in the "Foundations of Waldorf Education" series, is that true education must be based on knowledge of the whole human being and that such knowledge cannot be attained without love. On this basis, Steiner presents his understanding of every aspect of child development — bodily, psychological, and spiritual. At the same time, he shows that, to prove worthy of their calling, teachers must begin a process of inner development. In Steiner's view, it is human beings who give value and meaning to the world. Modern education, however, is gradually undermining this meaning. These lectures demonstrate that education can heal that lack of meaning and restore the meaning of humankind for the world.
Steiner also discusses the practical, day-to-day operation of the school. He talks about styles of teaching, teacher conferences, parent-teacher meetings, and how Waldorf education is related to the anthroposophic movement.
This book, while serving as a good introduction to Steiner's ideas on education, also represents the fruits of four years experience in the Waldorf school.
- Introduction by Christopher Bamford
- The Need for Understanding the Human Being
- Incarnation of the Human Being in a Physical Body
- Walking, Speaking, Thinking
- The Three Stages of Childhood
- Teachers' Conferences in the Waldorf School
- Parent-Teacher Meetings
- The Temperaments and the Human Organism
- Diet and the Four Temperaments
- Styles of Education
- Education and the Anthroposophic Movement
German source: Der pädagogisch Wert der Menschenerkenntnis und der Kulturwert der Pädagogik (GA 310).
Towards Religious Education
Rudolf Steiner on Religious Teaching and the School Services
Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Johanna Collis
Comb Bound
Add a reviewThis book is a comprehensive collection of Rudolf Steiner's thoughts and ideas on teaching religion in Waldorf schools. The carefully compiled collection documents the beginning and development of "Free Christian Religion Lessons" and "Services" as they were originally conceived and will be of great value for all teachers of religion.
Balance in Teaching
Rudolf Steiner
Four lectures given on Stuttgart, September 15, 16, 21 and 22, 1920 (GA 302)
Add a reviewBalance. Again and again Rudolf Steiner emphasizes its importance in education: The balance between eye and ear; between perception, comprehension, and memory. Balance in Teaching offers a wonderful teacher's tool for understanding the psycho-physiology of education, for recognizing problems, and for knowing what to do about them.
The Spiritual Ground of Education
These lectures are exceptional among Rudolf Steiner's many lectures on Waldorf education for their breadth, depth, daring and accessibility. They were given at Mansfield College, Oxford, England, to an audience that was one of the most prestigious Steiner ever addressed.
In this setting Steiner begins by stating that Waldorf education is based entirely upon spiritual scientific knowledge of the human being. He speaks openly and directly about the spirit as "the reality of hidden depths," and he gives numerous examples of this reality and how to become aware of it. he examines the nature of the human being as a threefold organism: the question of education as an "art" and teachers as artists in education; as well as the actual organization of a Waldorf school. He ends by showing, with anecdotes and examples, the importance of teachers, the core of any pedagogy, as exemplars of a way of life: "A heart that is open to changes in life - its unexpected and continuous freshness - must be a Waldorf teacher's basic nature and mood."
Soul Economy
Body, Soul, and Spirit in Waldorf Education
Rudolf Steiner
Sorry - currently out of print
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Steiner begins this important series of lectures by placing Anthroposophy as the foundation for understanding the principles behind Waldorf education. In the talks that follow, he describes an education based on the human being as a continually developing being of body, soul, and spirit. Out of this perspective, Waldorf Education depends on the teacher's ability to observe and respond to each stage of a child's development.
Steiner shows how Waldorf education emphasizes the efficient use of children's inner energies, a method he calls "soul economy," based on knowledge of the whole human being in body, soul and spirit. He shows us how we can nurture children through their natural stages of development, giving them just what they need at the right time. These detailed and accessible lectures give parents and teachers the keys to a much-needed renewal of education, for our children and their future.
Topics include: health and illness, children from before the seventh year through adolescence, physical education, esthetic education, and religious and moral education.
Knowledge, Teaching and the Death of the Mysteries
Dennis Klocek is one of the finest teachers and most deeply insightful people I know. This book, transcripts of 6 lectures given in 2000, is everything I've come to expect from Dennis, including deeply inspiring.
Beginning with an overview of many of the trends in mainstream educational approaches - all of which attempt to "solve" the mysterious aspects of nature by offering information that explains them. This tends ot make awe and wonder diminish in the soul of the student. In contrast, Waldorf methodology is designed to help students penetrate the mysteries of life while still keeping the experience of the mysterious intact. From here, he goes on to articulate how it is that Waldorf approach accomplishes the dual goals imparting knowledge while preserving and fostering a sense of awe and wonder.
He identifies five different learning periods, illustrated through physiology and psychology to form pictures of the teaching/learning tasks and concerns appropriate for each age group. Topics include:
- the life of the senses and the arising of instinctual patterns as the basis of temperament
- the birth of the free etheric forces and the capacity to form voluntary inner pictures
- sentient body/sentient soul and the developmental challenges of adolescence
- awakening in the dream - the challenge of adult education
Seeing Hearing Learning
A fascinating in-depth look at the physiology of eye and ear as it relates to child development, learning and human awareness of the surrounding world. With that as a foundation, Schwartz then goes on to discuss the relationship of their development to the methods of Waldorf education.
The Renewal of Education
Lectures to Public School Teachers in Basil, Switzerland April 20 - May 16, 1920
Rudolf Steiner
Add a reviewFollowing a lecture requested by the department of education in Basel, Switzerland (published in Spirit of the Waldorf School), sixty members of the audience invited Rudolf Steiner to return and deliver a complete lecture course on his approach to education. This work is the result. Like other lectures by Steiner to public audiences, these are accessible and practical, and they provide a real overview to his ideas for renewing modern education.
This lecture course is newly translated for this series. It covers a broad range of subjects: from the threefold nature of the human being to the teachers' responsibility toward their students' future; from arts such as music and eurythmy to the problems involved in training teachers; and from zoology and botany to language, geography, and history.
This is one of my favorite of Steiner's education courses - all the more so as it was delivered to public school teachers.
Education, Teaching, and Practical Life
These lectures by Steiner in 1921 and 1922 are newly available in English and constitute some of his most enthusiastic and detailed discussions of the goals of his pedagogy (Waldorf Education). In them he describes a way of educating and teaching children and youth by educating the entire person: body, soul, and spirit. Such an education can be carried out only if the educator is aware of the evolutionary metamorphosis that proceeds from spirit to soul and from soul into the physical. Steiner makes it quite clear that to deliver this education one must understand this as well as the developmental stages of human beings.
These lectures are filled with gems of wisdom and insight.
Education as a Force for Social Change
These impassioned, radical lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner one month before the opening of the first Waldorf School - following two years of intense preoccupation with the social situation in Germany as World War I ended and society sought to rebuild itself. Steiner recognized that any solution to the life-gripping problems of the day must address not only economic and legal questions, but also that of a free spiritual life. For Steiner, only a proper nurturing of the virtues of imitation, reverence and love at the appropriate period in a child's development can create mature adults who are inwardly prepared to fulfill the demands of a truly healthy social life. Only this nurturing can develop out of children adults who are capable of assuming the responsibilities of cultural"freedom," social "equality," and economic "brotherhood."
Also included are three lectures on the social basis of education as well as a lecture to the workers of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Factory (following which they asked him to form a school) and a lecture to public school teachers.
The Essentials of Education
Karl Stockmeyer, a founding teacher of the first Waldorf School, wrote of these April 1924 lectures: "Seventeen hundred people listened to him, and the prolonged, generous applause from this great crowd at the end of every lecture was deeply moving; while at the end of the last lecture the applause became an ovation that seemed as if it would never end."
The Essentials of Education, together with its companion The Roots of Education (given 3 days later), present a remarkable synthesis of Waldorf Education for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in education. This is one of my favorite books about Waldorf Education.
The Roots of Education
When he gave these lectures, Rudolf Steiner had only eleven months left to live. The first Waldorf School had been founded five years before, and the intervening period had seen Steiner active in every aspect of school life. Now, in a sense, it was time to bring the ripe fruit of this work before the public. Together, The Roots of Education and its companion lectures, The Essentials of Education provide a stimulating synthesis of the Waldorf approach. These lectures still take my breath away.
Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy (vol. 1)
This book and its companion volume 2 are anthologies of Rudolf Steiner's many public lectures on education, many of them never before published in English. Because his presentation is so clear and straightforward, without oversimplifying, we feel that both these volumes can be valuable to those just beginning to learn about Waldorf education as well as offering new insights to those with more experience.
Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy (vol. 2)
Public Lectures 1922-1924
Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Roland Everett and Robert F. Lathe and Nancy Parsons Whittaker
Add a reviewThis book and its companion volume 1 are anthologies of Rudolf Steiner's many public lectures on education, many of them never before published in English. Because his presentation is so clear and straightforward, without oversimplifying, we feel that both these volumes can be valuable to those just beginning to learn about Waldorf education as well as offering new insights to those with more experience.
The Child's Changing Consciousness
As the Basis of Pedagogical Practice
Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Roland Everett
We regret this book has gone out of print.
Add a reviewIn 1923, Dr. Steiner gave these lectures to Swiss public school teachers, most of whom were unfamiliar with Anthroposophy. Because he assumes no previous knowledge, these are ideal lectures for someone approaching Waldorf pedagogy for the first time. Steiner goes into the basis of his educational philosophy, giving many examples and anecdotes to convey his meaning. The curriculum thus emerges as the commonsense conclusion of practical experience.
Understanding Young Children
Excerpts from Lectures by Rudolf Steiner
Compiled for the Use of Kindergarten Teachers
Add a reviewAt last in a modern translation, this has long been one of the best resource books available for contemplating the needs of young children. Originally compiled for use by Waldorf Kindergarten teachers and available only through teaching organizations, this re translation is now available to anyone who cares for or about young children and wants to learn more.
Observations on Adolescence
The Third Phase of Human Development
Rudolf Steiner
Edited by David Mitchell and Christopher Clouder
Add a reviewThis book is a collection of comments and writings that Rudolf Steiner made about adolescence. Here in one volume is practically every significant comment or observation of Rudolf Steiner about adolescence ever recorded. Especially valuable now that Education for Adolescence seems to be destined to remain out of print indefinitely.
Education for Adolescents
Dr. Steiner's insights into the world of the teenager can inspire an enthusiasm for working with adolescents that develops into a quite new, powerful love for them. This love is the precondition for the positive relationship between adults and adolescents necessary if the teenager is to find his or her way to a healthy, responsive adulthood.
The Genius of Language
When the teachers of the original Waldorf School pleaded with Dr. Steiner to give a course on language, he agreed and produced these lectures on very short notice indeed. Steiner demonstrates how history and psychology combine to form different languages and how ideas, images, and vocabulary travel through time in different cultural streams. He speaks of how our language-forming power has dwindled, but says that the inmost kernel of language - the penetration of sense into sound - is still available today. He also speaks of the differentiation of language according to geographical conditions, as well as folk culture, and of the possibility of wordless thinking. Anyone who loves words will love these lectures.
The Light Course
First Course in Natural Science: Light, Color, Sound - Mass, Electricity, Magnetism
Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Raoul Cansino
Add a reviewRudolf Steiner's course on light, which includes explorations of color, sound, mass, electricity, and magnetism, presages the dawn of a new worldview in the natural sciences that will stand your notion of the physical world on its head.
This "first course" in natural science, given to the teachers of the new Stuttgart Waldorf School as an inspiration for developing the physics curriculum, is based on Goethe's approach to the study of nature.
Acknowledging that modern physicists had come to regard Goethe's ideas on physics as a kind of "nonsense," Steiner contrasts the traditional scientific approach, which treats phenomena as evidence of natural laws, with Goethean science, which rejects the idea of an abstract law behind natural phenomena and instead seeks to be a rational description of nature.
Steiner also refutes the mechanistic reductionism practiced by scientific positivists. He emphasizes the validity of human experience, pointing toward the revolution in scientific paradigms going on today that reclaims ground for the subject - the human being - in the study of nature.


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Embracing the travelling life
Trip Start
Trip End
Before I could start the day I needed breakfast. Happy to say it was included and ecstatic that Hostel Estoril provided the best breakfast in Argentina. (Some of their competitors were so bad, I wondered if prisoners were fed better). The delights included sugar glazed croissants, coffee, hand squeezed orange juice, French stick bread with butter and jam, cornflakes, eggs and Dolce De leche. The latter is sweet milk chocolate spread and is incredible! However my diet would suffer with all this sugar; to that I say 'you only live once.'
I decided to go out for a stroll to see my new surroundings but with the temperature exceeding thirty five degrees, it took a while to get acclimatized. A Portugal shirt was worn and the reason I have included this detail will be covered shortly. The Spanish architecture going to Plaza De Mayo was incredible. From the detailed pavements to the brickwork; pictures do not do it justice. After a while, I rested on a bench in Plaza De Mayo which had a few hand made signs on white sheets behind it. What was written was unknown to me at the time. It is quite amusing to me now. I was told later that these were protest signs stating: jobs for Argentinians and opposing foreigners taking their jobs. Remember, that I was wearing a Portugal shirt. So picture me in that, in sunglasses, looking good and just reading a travel book in front of that sign. The place was as busy as Trafalgar Square or La Ramblas. The people who saw me must have thought I was mad or protesting their signs. I found out about the signs as I was catching some sun on the roof and just taking in where I was. It was a good hour before anyone came up on the roof and I enjoyed every minute of it.
To mark my first full day I had to introduce something special. A few of you will not what I mean, to those that don't; a customized Argentinean shirt. What is so special about this you ask? Well it is retro and it is designed from their most successful era. Oh and the coup de gr�ce; on the back it reads 'Hand of God'. (If you are unfamiliar with it, research it, others no need to pause, read on). Being from England and supposedly looking like a Brazilian it is unusual to say the least. Needless to say I love this shirt as do all Argentinians.
Later that evening we dined at Plaza Asturi restaurant where I had my first steak. It did not disappoint. With the gang we enjoyed Argentinean wine, sardines, bread and Limoncello shots. Boy was I satisfied. I did imagine that would conclude the evening but heading to the hostel roof we started drinking. A curious figure came up and sat by himself. His name was Ben (Australian) and as we were nearby the hammock area, I casually bellowed him over. What stood out was he was dressed in a shirt and his mutton chops (side burns). As a great groomer, I have to say it was done well. The beers went down easily and we dragged him out to a Drum and Bass Club on Reconquista in the early hours. I felt we corrupted this poor chap. Anyone know how to dance to Drum and Bass? Me neither but it is a good work out.
After dancing for a while, it was time for sightseeing. Wandering around taking pictures at 5 AM? Yep. The highlights were Iona (Australian) asking an Argentinean shopkeeper in Spanish, 'do you speak Spanish?' and a group picture in front of El Obelisk.
What followed was some of us got back to the rooftop and continued drinking until 7 AM. The next day or two hours later, I got up and had breakfast. Not much sleep, eat, drink, sightsee, party, repeat cycle. This would be the pattern for twelve days straight. Relevant notes; no one else achieved this nor tried. I look back and wonder how I did it. During this time I met Nacho (Argentinean worker) for the first time. This was the first occasion I would witness 'machismo' in Latin America. His pursuit of women was single minded and ruthless. I am not 'dogging' him but it was full on and interesting. Again fluent in English and a good guy, just a shame he likes to wear a Chelsea shirt.
Embracing the new lifestyle, wearing flip flops (jandals, scandals, thongs), whilst not being on a beach. Today's plan was heading to Palermo and Recoleta Cemetery, with the intention of seeing Evita Peron's grave. Getting there was a metro ride and a short walk. The cemetery was huge and the tombs were designed and generally maintained well. They were similar to Rome's version but not as well designed. Being so large our group of twelve managed two hours of exploring and then we were bushed. Ice cream was on the agenda and never tasted so good in heat like this.
Having a lack of sleep is bound to affect you at some point. There were no problems bar an occasional yawn. So around 8p.m. I went to the roof to meet everyone coming for dinner. Only two people were there, so I sat down at their table. As they were engrossed in a conversation I let them finish. I waited and waited and waited. Between a mix of sheer exhaustion, boredom and enduring rudeness, I passed out. I came too after a few minutes only to do the same a few more times. Around thirty minutes had passed and I was struggling to keep my eyes open. The two people in question were aware of me sleeping as I caught their glances. However unperturbed they carried on. I felt no need to bring it up. My mindset: if I am not good enough for you on face value, you are not welcome in my reality. To combat tiredness I started to drink to keep myself occupied. The highlight was getting George (from Greece), out for the evening. He was studying the Tango dance routines and very much kept to himself. However he was a 'salt of the earth' guy and it was nice to see him let his hair down.
The evening meal was at La Cabrera. This is the best restaurant in Buenos Aires and certainly the most expensive I have been to. We headed there via Metro and walked the remainder. Upon arriving at the restaurant, our group of twelve was too large to accommodate. Their second restaurant which was not far away held more hope. We walked there and waited thirty minutes for a table. In the meantime I spoke to a couple from New York in line with us. They heard an American accent and thought it was me. (When I hear Americans are some of the worst travellers I roll my eyes. Those who I have met are generally great and I share a great deal in common with them). One of our Americans, Mike was flirting with the Concierge. He has taste, she was hot. A little while later everyone in line has a glass of champagne. Whether or not it was Mike's charm, it was a good thing. Either way it made her smile and possibly improved relations between their respective countries.
We were told the private room was the only option for our large group. It cost one hundred Pesos. So worth it. I had a Milanese Lomo (Tenderloin) which had bread crumbed cheese on it and four appetizers involving olives, tomatoes and feta. I loved it and to top it off the wines were excellent. A great, great night that involved some of us drinking and looking at the stars until the early morning from our rooftop.


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People who don't read novels — a group that may include half of the adult population, if you believe the horror stories — aren't really put off by all those pages. Five hundred? A thousand? Who cares, and who's counting? It's the words that scare these non-readers away, especially the big ones not found in everyday conversation. "I love words, but I don't like strange ones," Will Rogers once said, summing up this attitude. "You don't understand them, and they don't understand you."
Of course, the general public might be surprised if they actually read what passes for literary fiction these days. Many graduates of prestigious writing programs have apparently used their time in the ivory tower mastering the nuances of trailer trash slang, text messaging jargon and a style of semantics that makes Larry King look like Demosthenes by comparison. They are, in the parlance of today, just "keeping it real."
Then there are writers such as John Banville, who represent everything the bookophobes fear. He uses what we used to call "five dollar words" when I was a youngster — although I'm not sure whether they have depreciated to buck or inflated to C note with the passing years — and, in general, shows a fastidious care with his sentences that few of his peers can match. Will Rogers would not approve.
In Banville's The Sea, winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2005, every page is dotted with words such as assegais, horrent, cinereal, knobkerrie, prelapsarian and mephitic. Where others would mention the quiet, he refers to the "flocculent hush." Our author — or is it the narrator? — especially likes medical terminology, so the reader confronts references to adipose tissue, erythema, climacteric, strangury, eructations and the like. Clauses such as "the declivities of my shoulders on either side of the clavicle notch" or "the taut concave integument below his breast-bone" are par for the course. And a garden description won't deign to mention a shrub, but will call attention to "Lupinus, a genus of the Papilionaceae."
If Banville can't find a term sufficiently esoteric, he invents one. When I looked up "avrilaceous" on the web, I was surprised to learn that the only author to use this term is John Banville. I guess that is what happens when you exhaust all the existing five-syllable words in the dictionary… you get to create some new ones.
The Sea reminds me of that other exacting wordsmith of the literary realm, Vladimir Nabokov, who wrote his first nine novels in Russian, but when he switched to English, proved he knew it better than the native speakers. Also like Nabokov, Banville is skilled at capturing that fussy, almost neurotic inward tilt to the psyche that imparts to a narrator a certain solipsistic élan. Max Morden, the petulant widower who guides us through The Sea fits the bill with precision. "The tea bag is a vile invention," he announces in a typical aside, "suggestive to my perhaps overly squeamish eye of something a careless person might leave behind unflushed in the lavatory." You get the idea.
After his wife's death following a long illness, Morden decides to escape… back into the past. He leaves his home behind and sets up residence in a seaside boarding house where he had pursued a furtive romance as a youngster decades before. The setting inspires both Proustian recollections of the past and mordant reconsiderations of his present plight, mixed together artfully in a rich and often shocking memoir.
Not everything adds up in our narrator's self-disclosures. At one point he uses the term "we medical men" — but Morden is not a doctor but a failed art historian, if we can believe his own account. Another passing comment, tossed out but never explained, lets out that Max is not his real name. Does our main character have something to hide? Perhaps. Yet it is hard to accuse him of any cover-up, because the sins and indiscretions he frankly admits to during the course of his memoir are more than serious enough, and presented by him without the slightest apparent tinge of guilt or regret.
I can easily imagine this book infuriating readers, and not just those who don't like big words. Academics and highbrows of various stripes are often more easily offended than the working class folks who get their stories from TV and movies, and Banville makes no attempt to placate their sensibilities. My copy of this novel came from a second-hand store, and I can tell from the scrawled marginalia left by the previous owner, that Max Morden — and perhaps John Banville — met with moral disdain, if not disgust.
Yet I can't help approving of a book — and, yes, an author — that takes language so seriously, and fearlessly pushes characters into even the darkest recesses of their own psyches. This is not a story for the faint-hearted, but so be it. In the midst of a mainstream culture that is all too often glib and noisy, The Sea is as refreshing as… well, as a flocculent hush.
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Pellet calculator is an easy tool to forecast your pellet consumption.Set Start date and End date period.
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A very touching new mini-documentary shot in and around Philadelphia features a series of engaging and moving discussions about not only trans identity, but the problem with society's obsession with the "gender binary," period. Read more »
REVIEW: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Why is it that when the world learned of Steve Jobs' death in 2011, complete strangers who never even knew him were overcome with tears?
This is the question director Alex Gibney poses to the audience at the beginning of Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, amidst shots of people leaving flowers at Apple stores, holding up virtual candles on their iPads, and mourning the loss of a man who seemed, before his cancer, invincible. Read more »
A New Documentary Asks Do I Sound Gay?
"I never have to come out to anyone. I say, 'Hello,' and it's a done deal."
That might be my favorite line from the trailer of the new documentary, Do I Sound Gay?, which features Margaret Cho, Tim Gunn, Don Lemon, Dan Savage, David Sedaris and George Takei, and asks the pretty profound question: Is there such a thing as a "gay voice"?
Philadelphia's Martin Luther King High Football Team to Be Featured All Week on ESPN
With all the news surrounding Mo'ne Davis and the Taney Dragons, there has arguably been no better time for Philadelphia youth in sports. Maybe that's why ESPN has chosen to run "Hell Week" all week during Sports Center.
The documentary spotlights an annual camp where football teams from across the country gather to train for their next season. Each year Dick's Sporting Goods teams with Tribeca Digital Studios to offer a behind-the-scenes look at individual teams and athletes as they push through a week of preparation, and this time around the spotlight is on Philadelphia's Martin Luther King High School football team, the Cougars.
Horror Movie: Kids for Cash
In high school, odds are you knew (or were) a merry prankster like Hillary Transue. The one who was whip-smart, quick with a quip and hostile to authority. In July 2006, when Transue made a mock MySpace page tweaking her school's assistant principal, she expected to be sent to his superior's office. If she was lucky, she'd get detention; if not, maybe suspension for a day.
Instead, the 14-year-old with dancing blue eyes was sent to Luzerne County's juvenile court, where Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. found her guilty of "harassment." She was sentenced to three months at a juvenile detention facility. After a one-minute hearing, she was handcuffed and escorted from the courtroom while her mother watched, dazed. Before the hearing, Mrs. Transue was advised that bringing a lawyer would be perceived as adversarial, and seemed unnecessary for such a minor crime.
COMING SOON: New Documentary Explores "Kids for Cash" Scandal in PA
A new documentary exploring the headline-making "kids for cash" scandal that took place in Luzerne County, Pa., in 2007, is opening this weekend in Philadelphia. A synopsis of Kids For Cash from the film's website:
Lamb of God Documentary Gets World Premiere at the Troc
Looks like thrash metal band Lamb of God has chosen the Troc to world-premiere their upcoming documentary, As the Palaces Burn. A nice honor, but not hugely surprising. The band recorded their first concert video/album, Killadelphia, at the Troc in 2004.
Two Films For Philly Movie Fans at This Year's Sundance Festival
This year's Sundance Festival is in full swing out in Park City, Utah, where two Philly-centric films are enjoying some much-hyped screen time.
Mad Men star John Slattery makes his directorial debut in the film version of former Philadelphia Daily News columnist's Pete Dexter's 1983 novel God's Pocket. The black comedy takes place in a fictional South Philly neighborhood called God's Pocket, where a construction worker named Leon is killed in a tiff when a co-worker conks him on the head. Leon has such a miserable reputation around town that everyone involved swears it was an accident. His mother — played by Slattery's delicious Mad Men booty call Christina Hendricks — is suspicious, so she sends her husband Mickey, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, out to search for clues.


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The rack was no problem to install. It's easier to open the back hatch when the bikes are not there. Sometimes I worry that I'll back into something because I can't see it when the bikes are not on it...so I forget that it's back there. WE decided to take it off fi we're not hauling the bikes.


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Several of Clemson's commitments had big nights Friday during high school football action, and TigerNet has the stats for many of them. *T.L. Hanna linebacker Ben Boulware Ben Boulware *Grayson RB Wayne Gallman Wayne Gallman *Grayson DL and RB Robert Nkemdiche Robert Nkemdiche *Tyshon Dye Tyshon Dye *Jordan Leggett Jordan Leggett *Jayron Kearse Jayron Kearse *Dorian O'Daniel Dorian O'Daniel *Demarcus Robinson caught two touchdown passes -- including a spectacular 95-yarder. He also scored the Trojans' other touchdown with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown to ice the victory. Overall, he caught four passes for 131 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win over rival Perry. *Jadar Johnson Jadar Johnson *Ryan Jenkins Ryan Jenkins 2014 Commitments *Miami Central RB Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook *DeShaun Watson DeShaun Watson *Jae'lon Oglesby carried 38 times for 134 yards and a touchdown. Daniel earned its first win of the season, 21-6 over Greenville. *Dylan Sumner-Gardner had 9 tackles.
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Loganville, GA
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Loganville, GA
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Elberton, GA
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Holly Hill, SC
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Sean Peyton is now ticked off at him regarding the new overtime rule. (See article below).
This guy thinks he is an autocrat. He's extremely secretive, sneaky and just tries to do whatever the hell he wants and not always in the best interest of the game.
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I clocked it as a hoax as soon as it came in. We've been getting regular hoaxes from a male who gives various addresses around a dodgy council estate in the East End. He's cleverer and more calculating than Banana Man – he never gives the same address twice, so we can't simply tag the location as one we do not send to, he uses different mobile numbers and call boxes, so we can't recognise him by the number, and he gives outlandish yet plausible diagnoses – "I've stabbed my wife", "My girlfriend has overdosed and isn't breathing" and, on this occasion, he told us he'd been shot, howled in pain, then dropped the phone as if passing out.
I knew it was going to be a hoax. But I couldn't treat it any differently. I sent the only ambulance in the area that didn't have a patient on board, which was on its way to a 60-year-old man who was having a suspected heart attack, and a manager from another sector, as ours was already on a job. (It is protocol to always send a manager to firearms calls.)
The crew and manager waited for fifteen minutes round the corner whilst the police checked out the location and found some confused, sleepy people who had definitely not been shot. Everyone was stood down, and the crew continued to the man with the suspected heart attack. Fortunately, the FRU had been able to deal with him in the meantime and his condition was stable. If things had worked out differently, our hoaxer really would have been a murderer.
I heard you gb that call, like the way you phrased it! "Claiming to have been shot" in a voice which told us all you thought it was rubbish…
Bit of tone of voice tells us a lot on the other end on the radio!
That was exactly how it was written on the ticket. Also see "Caller states…" which really means "Caller states he has chest pain/difficulty breathing/two broken legs, call taker does not believe a single word of it".


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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Magic Fingers MacDoogal
I recently participated in Sam Hiti's Fistacuffs competition in a tag team along side talented bastards Alicia Traveria and Zach Taylor. Our team was "The Handicapables." Above is my contribution: Magic Fingers MacDoogal. MacDoogal is a fearsome opponent with his wicked-magical fingers, magic hat, and horde of demon bunnies, but above all else he is a gentleman. Head on over to the FACA blog to see how we did!
Monday, November 05, 2007
Workin' the Space Warehouse
I hit up Wurstfest this weekend. There's nothing quite like meat on sticks, pastries, beer, and polka to let you know you're alive.
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Japan's Abe Calls for Restraint in Asia Military Spending
Isabel Reynolds and Takashi HirokawaJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said increased military spending in Asia threatens the region's economic growth and called on countries to curb defense outlays at a time of heightened tension between his country and China.
"The dividend of growth in Asia must not be wasted on military expansion," Abe said in a keynote address yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "We must use it to invest in innovation and human capital, which will further boost growth in the region."
Abe yesterday compared Japan's relationship with China to that between the U.K. and Germany in 1914 before World War I, saying the European countries also had strong economic ties but still went to war, the Globe & Mail reported today. At a meeting with a small group of editors at Davos, Abe called China's fast-growing military budget a cause for alarm and said he didn't want an inadvertent conflict, the paper said.
China is flexing its military muscle in Asia as it asserts claims to disputed territories and resources, while Abe has been trying to loosen restrictions on Japan's Self-Defense Forces imposed by the country's pacifist constitution. China expanded military spending 10.7 percent to 740.6 billion yuan ($122 billion) in 2013 and Abe plans a second consecutive rise in Japan's defense budget.
Territorial Dispute
Asia's two largest economies are locked in an ownership spat over a chain of tiny islands in the East China Sea, over which China established an air defense identification zone in November. Abe's visit the following month to a war shrine seen by nations such as China as a symbol of Japan's past militarism added to tensions. The two countries haven't held a summit since Abe took office in December 2012 and China said Jan. 21 it would not consider a meeting at the Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo today that Abe's comments about WWI "absolutely" did not mean the premier thought a war with China was possible, citing his call in the speech for dialog.
"The prime minister's words underscore the importance of peace and prosperity in Asia," Suga said.
China attracted new criticism from Japan as well as the U.S. when it introduced fishing rules requiring foreign vessels to seek permission before entering waters off its southern coast, part of which are claimed by Southeast Asian nations.
Maritime Power
President Xi Jinping has called for China to be a strong maritime power. In 2012, China commissioned its first aircraft carrier and has plans to build at least two more by 2025, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. In December the carrier, the Liaoning, returned from its first training mission in the South China Sea, where China has been at odds with the Philippines over control of the Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground.
"Military budgets should be made completely transparent and there should be public disclosure in a form that can be verified," Abe said in the speech. While he did not mention China directly, both Japan and the U.S. have repeatedly criticized a lack of transparency in China's military outlays. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates Chinese military spending at 1,049 billion yuan for 2012, almost 50 percent more than China's official figure.
'Hands Together'
Abe called for the creation of a mechanism for crisis management and a communication channel between armed forces to help build trust. "This can only be achieved through dialogue and the rule of law and not through force or coercion," he said.
Japan and China have agreed in principle to set up a system to avoid unplanned marine clashes but it has never been implemented. Patrol boats from Japan and China have frequently tailed each other around the disputed areas of the East China Sea.
Asked after his speech about his December visit to the Yasukuni shrine, Abe said: "I put my hands together and pledged to create a world where people would never again suffer the cruelty of war."
"Just like the many Japanese leaders who have visited the shrine since the war, I had absolutely no intention to hurt the feelings of China and South Korea," he said.
Overcoming History
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy urged Japan to reconcile with its neighbors in an interview published by the Asahi newspaper today. Reiterating U.S. "disappointment" over Abe's visit to the shrine and concern it could raise regional tensions, she told the paper that leaders who try to overcome history and create a peaceful future should be encouraged and supported.
Japan and China are interdependent for many reasons, Japan's Minister for Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues Ichita Yamamoto said in an interview at Davos Jan. 21. "I really hope our prime minister can have a talk with the leader of China," Yamamoto said.
On the economy, Abe said he planned to make further changes to corporate tax rates this year, after abolishing a 2.4 percentage-point reconstruction levy from the financial year starting in April.
"We must also make the tax system for companies internationally competitive," he said in his speech. He added that the government would review the investment portfolio of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund and adopt a deregulation plan to cut red tape and boost competitiveness.
Abe reiterated a pledge to have women in 30 percent of leadership positions by 2020.


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HowlRound is working with playwright residency sites around the country to track the impact of what it means to have a playwright on staff. At each of the fourteen theaters we have a Commons Producer—a theater practitioner from the local community working with the theater and the playwright to tell the story of each residency and make the learning from this experiment accessible as it's happening. Periodically we will post these residency updates on HowlRound in the hopes that it will be useful to field-wide learning on the question of what it means to employ playwrights inside of theaters.
Melinda Lopez has nearly completed her first year in residency at the Huntington Theatre Company and in the following video series, Melinda talks about her experiences and her goals for the playwriting residency and gives us a taste of Becoming Cuba, her play opening at the Huntington Theatre Company in April 2014.
I began this series with the hope that using an accessible, digestible form of documentation could promote better engagement with the residency while offering a more intimate portrait of Melinda's journey. The Huntington Theatre Company website will also house all the content collected over the three year residency in an effort to familiarize their patrons and subscribers with Melinda Lopez and the work she will be doing as a member of the Huntington Theatre Company staff.
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"It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."
So said Nigel Tufnel in This is Spinal Tap, but only because didn't have a SpyderCube. The SpyderCube is more a cube than a spider, and is used for tweaking the white balance and exposure of your photos. Sure, you could just let your camera set on auto white balance (I do) or tweak it by hand later in your RAW processing software (I do this, too), but the SpyderCube is way more accurate, and has something called a "Black Trap", which we believe, although not mentioned in the specs, is the only thing in the universe from which a black hole cannot escape.
Accurate color in digital photos means that the camera needs to know what color the light is. The traditional way is to throw a gray or white card into the scene, snap a picture and then later, back at the computer, use this known neutral color to set the white balance for the whole batch. The SpyderCube is the same, but with a few added features.


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A bed is a piece of furniture used primarily for sleeping or relaxation. The bed size is determined by the size of the mattress and box springs it will accommodate ranging from crib size to super king. The word beds often refers to mattresses, which come in various styles including memory foam mattresses, traditional spring and waterbeds. Most countries use 4 standard bed sizes: single or twin, double or full, queen and king. There are many common types of beds.
An adjustable bed is often used for someone needing medical attention and can be positioned to take the strain off the body. An airbed is an air inflated mattress that is often available with a firmness control.
A bunk bed is two or more, usually single or twin beds stacked one on top of the other and are common choices for children and dormitories where space is a premium. In many parts of the world, divan beds also double as a type of sofa during waking hours.
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To Robert Main 27 July [1859]1
Down Bromley Kent
July 27th —
Dear Sir
On my return home yesterday I received your note of the 23d & the copies of my article on Geology in Admiralty Scientific Manual,2 for which I am much obliged & remain
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | C. Darwin
The letter is dated '1859', but it is not certain that this is in CD's hand. The year is established by the reference to Main ed. 1859 (see n. 2, below). CD returned to Down from Moor Park hydropathic establishment on 26 July 1859 ('Journal'; Appendix II).
CD refers to Main ed. 1859. CD had contributed the chapter on geology to John Frederick William Herschel's earlier edition of the same work, the Manual of scientific enquiry (see Correspondence vol. 4). Herschel's edition had been published in 1849, followed by a second edition in 1851. The supervision of a third edition was transferred to Main, who was chief assistant at the Royal Observatory and president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1859. CD's copy of his chapter (apparently unrevised) is in DAR 132 (7). It is separately paginated and has the title 'Manual of geology … Extracted from the Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry, third edition, 1859'. The book was published early in September (Publishers' Circular, 15 September 1859, p. 461).
Thanks RM for copies of CD's article on geology in the Admiralty scientific manual [J. F. W. Herschel ed., A manual of scientific enquiry (1849)].
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- Darwin, C. R.
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- Main, Robert
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I am looking for a new Ph.D. student to work on discretization of nonlinear elasticity using geometric and topological ideas. Requirements for this position are a strong background in solid mechanics and some background in differential geometry and analysis. If interested please email me your CV.
In this paper, we present a geometric discretization scheme for incompressible linearized elasticity. We use ideas from discrete exterior calculus (DEC) to write the action for a discretized elastic body modeled by a simplicial complex. After characterizing the configuration manifold of volume-preserving discrete deformations, we use Hamilton's principle on this configuration manifold. The discrete Euler-Lagrange equations are obtained without using Lagrange multipliers.


text: Opinion MythBusters for music: log on and tune in to stay tuned May 1, 2012 8:30 by Brooke Hemphill 0 Forget Video Hits and Rage, today's kids are programming their own music show. Georgina Pearson goes on set of the ABC3 series Stay Tuned and finds a small crew with a knack for multitasking and a passion for sharing music with the younger generation. TV for tweens is a seriously hard sell. Pitching the who's who of music to an audience of pre-pubescent Bieber wannabes is fraught with danger. So it's just as well ABC3's Stay Tuned has a different agenda, or as it happens, no agenda at all. More than just a music show, Stay Tuned is part of an interactive multiplatform community changing the way the younger generation consume media. Targeted towards a 10-to-15-year-old demographic, the Stay Tuned format is cleverer than it looks. It is 100 per cent audience driven as viewers upload videos of themselves asking questions to the Stay Tuned website. Stay Tuned hosts Joel Phillips and Nicole Singh on set with 30 Seconds to Mars The show's hosts, Joel Phillips and Nicole Singh, then set out to answer a select few by interviewing local and international music artists and industry professionals. Each episode answers one question and is broken into two parts – 15 minutes of content, and 15 minutes of music. Funded by the ABC, with an initial cash injection from Screen Australia, Stay Tuned is created by Sydney production company The Feds. After the launch of dedicated kids' channel ABC3 in 2009, the channel controller identified a timeslot for a music-driven program. The Feds executive producer, Lisa Gray, knew it had to be something special. "Whatever I did, I didn't want to create something really daggy for kids, so we thought a good way to connect to this generation would be to get them to send in questions they wanted answered. It's kind of like MythBusters for music. If you can't find the answer to something online, ask us, and we will find out for you," says Gray. During the development process, associate producer Noni Couell found the range of musical interests of today's kids was diverse. "Because their access to music is vast, many kids have eclectic tastes far beyond what we had when we were young," says Couell. And the passion of some fans is astonishing. "We had a 13-year-old girl say, 'if I buy 12 Justin Bieber singles, I will help make him number one'." The back-to-front concept sets Stay Tuned apart for it is rare to find a television series driven by online. But Gray says it was never about creating a one-dimensional show. "The ultimate goal was to form this online community for like-minded musical interests." This was also taken into consideration when casting. "I was not looking for just your typical hosts. I wanted hosts that were generally interested in music and proactive in the online space. They also had to be great in front of the camera, because this is such a fast turnaround," says Gray. Casting Finding the perfect duo to host the show proved difficult and took three rounds of extensive casting before Singh and Phillips were matched. Ultimately, Gray was looking for the 'school captains' of the Stay Tuned community. For Singh, auditioning was a tense moment. "It was definitely nerve-racking because I had no idea what they were looking for and unless you count my cameo on Backyard Science when I was six, I didn't have any screen experience." Yet this lack of experience was exactly what Gray sought. "We wanted people who could grow with the show and help us mould what the show was about." More importantly, both Singh and Phillips had to slot into the ABC culture. "These guys had to not only fit into our show, but the remit of what ABC3 is about," says Gray. According to Gray, when producing content for ABC3, the sky is the limit in terms of creative freedom. "What has been really nice about this is I am allowed to get orchestras or one-man-bands, or anything I think would be great as opposed to strictly pop artists." And it is perhaps this freedom that makes the show so inherently real as both Singh and Phillips add their views to the mix. "They have been so great in letting us have our own voice in a lot of the elements of the show. What do you think about this question? How do you want to approach this?" says Singh. Series producer Tim Thatcher agrees. "I have so much more freedom. We don't have people saying 'you can't do this'. It is nice to have leeway to create your own ideas." Now in its second season, the Stay Tuned production crew works to a practised routine. Shot on a Sony EX350, over a period of six weeks, the 30 episodes in the series are filmed one per day, leaving little margin for error. But this tight-knit team of 14 takes it in their stride – they're used to a fast pace and often learn the next day's script between takes. Each episode is shot on location with a single cameraman and one sound operator. Thatcher says director of photography Tim Hawkins knows exactly what he is doing. "Tim comes from a background of big shows like My Kitchen Rules and 60 Minutes. He has such a great eye." With such limited resources it would seem the scope for production is restricted. But the series has managed to draw big-name talent including Good Charlotte, Boy and Bear, Tinie Tempah, Ke$ha and Hot Chelle Rae. Thatcher says collaboration is key to delivering with such a small crew. "You have to make sure you get people that are really good at what they do, that can multitask and work well together. Everyone on the crew will run and get coffees or help carry gear. We can all shoot and most of us can write scripts and direct. The difference with working on a small production is you really have to be able to pick up a camera and go and shoot someone, or do a voice over if need be." Of the three executive producers, Gray is responsible for overseeing the production and during the shoot her days are frenetic. "Because it is such a small-budget show, I make a lot of the final decisions. The buck stops with me. I feel like I am putting every year of my 11-year career in television into this production. The hardest part is coordinating the production schedule, the artists' schedule and the delivery schedule, all within the set timeframe." On set Despite careful preparation things do go wrong. Gray relies on her previous experience to keep the momentum going. "All sorts of curve balls can be thrown our way during production. For example, bands we have based a whole episode on have pulled out the night before a shoot for reasons beyond anyone's control. You can't just cancel the next shoot." Indeed the day that Encore plans to visit the set, a last-minute call signals potential disaster – the scheduled act has cancelled with little notice. The shoot, planned for an inner city bar, is canned and the team moves on to prepare for the next day with Grammy award-winning boy band Hot Chelle Rae expected. The biggest challenge is the tight turnaround of post production. "We will have written and shot 30 half hour shows in 30 days and we are editing them every two days. This is a really big job, because if we had the budget and the time we would shoot one episode over three or four days." Post production Arguably the most important part of any television series is the editing process. Running Avid Media Composer in three edit suites simultaneously, Stay Tuned has three editors and one assistant working around the clock. Dan Mansour, editor/post producer, says: "We have literally two days to turn around an episode so it's very quick. You have to be confident in your own decisions." Once the raw footage is sorted, Mansour builds the story in the offline edit. "There is a lot of opportunity to post produce. We can use graphical elements and there is quite a bit of freedom to influence the shape of the story." Once the base of the episode is built, grading and effects are added in the online edit. Sometimes the end result is unexpected. "A lot of this show is built in post. Obviously there is the music and sound effects, but each episode, even after we have shot it, can go in a completely different direction in the edit. I have to keep an eye on all three of those edit suites thinking of ways to make it more quirky or make the jokes pop," says Thatcher. Thierry Bled, ABC's deputy commissioning editor for children's TV, says the unique format has served to boost ABC3's market position not only in the children's television arena but also online. "We think that Stay Tuned is the most original children's show on TV and it connects directly with our audience. It gives us a distinctly entertaining, factual music show – the first of its kind. The website has been a huge success and we have even had a spin off online series called In Tune where The Feds create content exclusive to the web." Gray's hopes extend beyond Australia. "I would love to make this show international. For years I was obsessed with ratings because they were the only way to judge if we were connecting with our audience, but now that we can actually talk to audiences online, we can really engage. Interactive viewing is the future of TV and that is just so exciting creatively." This piece first appeared in Encore magazine. Subscribe to the print edition here or download the iPad edition here. ADVERTISEMENT


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Looking at a 32 gig first generation ipad or a 16 gig ipad 2. Just can't afford the 32 gig ipad 2. Which one should I buy and why?
Since you are dollar bound ... the 32 GB original ipad is $499 at Verizon if they still have them in stock. That is a $100 saving. On the other hand, that is the same price as the 16GB iPad2. Technically the iPad2 is faster, thinner, a bit lighter, and has magnetic on/off (which is really nice, but is not available in the original ipad). The iPad2 will handle some of the new apps that are being developed that need the graphics support that only the ipad2 has. There are ways to get around lower storage. However, you can not upgrade a 16 GB to a 32 GB after the fact. You live with what ever you buy, until you get an entirely different Unit. Magnetic on/off works with the new Smart Cover from Apple ... an extra $40 plus tax.
Totally depends on usage. If you need cameras, GPU speed, or latest OS tweaks, go iPad2. If large music, video library and willing to jailbreak, go iPad1. I don't keep my full library on iPad, so 16GB is plenty. Maybe ask how much memory people use. BTW, cloud music is coming. -- Sent from my Palm Pre using Forums
Realistdreamer your incorrect. When iPad 1 came out there was no reason to go for more than 16gb if you didn't have a huge media libary. Today though apps start to exceed 1gb each, and i guess even more when apps which takes ful advantage of the iPad 2 GPU. As 16gb only leaves you about 14gb for apps, you could easily use 10 of them in 5-10 apps in the future. i would save some money and then go for the 32gb ipad 2 wifi only when you can afford it.
I have an iPad 32gb and thought about getting pad 2 but could only afford 16gb. I have to admit the memory is needed more than quickness, lightness etc…. I've stayed with 32gb and hopefully buy iPad 3 in future.
Ipad 1 is obviously the better bargain. Getting last gen tech is already the better bargain. On the flip side, buying newer tech should make it last longer before you feel the need to replace it. The decision likely comes down to how long you plan on using it before getting it replaced. If you're able to take good care of your ipad and can make it's usefulness last then I'd spend the extra money on the ipad 2. My strategy is buy new initially but then replace with refurbished last gen items after 2-3 years.


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Python, Linux, and Lionel trains
In Control
Controlling a miniature train empire with concurrent Linux processes.
Two hobbies are prevalent in my house: Lionel trains and Linux computers. The train layout isn't a permanent fixture; it gets set up a couple of times a year – usually around Christmas – but it's been known to appear during the summer as well. The last time it appeared, I added a Linux computer to control the setup. Although I still run the trains with traditional throttles, I let the computer play with the rest.
Rather than write one massive control program, I decided to split the design into single-purpose modules that run independently (Figure 1). Each module performs a single task in either the input, output, or control categories. Any given input or output module corresponds directly to a specific piece of hardware. Control modules don't have hardware equivalents but instead provide the logic that links the inputs and outputs. Any number of modules can be run simultaneously.
The modules are written in Python and use mmap to communicate among themselves. The files inputs.txt, which represents the current state of the railroad's sensors, and outputs.txt, which has the requested state for the relays or LEDs that activate working accessories, are memory-mapped files. They are both initialized to a single line of 100 zeros.
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Ondine Is supposed to be one og King Neptunes daughters.. I have not been able to use my computer for days,but I seem to be up & running now..so I will be c'mented on all your drawings soon :)
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Successfully complete the first 250 stages in Puzzle mode. Then, go to the selection screen and press A while "Stage Select" is highlighted. The area should now be mostly orange instead of blue, and only the first stage will be available. This is stages 251-500.
Bonus charactersSuccessfully complete the indicated puzzle to unlock the corresponding character:
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Clear Channel To Allow Local Radio Station Managers To, Uh, Actually Manage Their Stations? Maybe!
Well here's an interesting story from the Dallas Business Journal today. (I read it every day, you know.)
Looks like Clear Channel, which owns five area stations (102.1 KDGE-FM The Edge, Mix 102.9 KDMX-FM, 97.1 KEGL-FM The Eagle, Kiss 106.1 KHKS-FM, and Lone Star 92.5 KZPS-FM), is ready to give its local employees a shot at actually doing their jobs and trying to improve their stations, instead of just having them sit around as Ryan Seacrest gets piped in from the coast. Check it:
Managers will have the latitude to choose content and talent for their stations as a way to generate more audience and ultimately advertising dollars.
"Our programming objective is to increase audience size and engagement across all day parts and all platforms," says John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio. "At the same time, we face a particularly difficult economy that makes it extremely challenging for some local stations to invest in developing the highest-quality programming and talent. Despite the difficult economy, we see enormous long-term opportunity in investing in things that immediately improve the competitive situation of our stations."
And yet at the same time, the story points out, Kidd Kraddick is about to pumped into more stations outside of Dallas via syndication. So, really, who knows what the hell is going on? It's just all so maddening...
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Seekh kabab is one of the most popular varieties of kabab. Traditionally it is cooked in a charcoal oven which gives a wonderful texture and flavour to the kababs. But it can also be made easily at home with minimal effort and yet without any compromise on taste. I have given below the recipe of making seekh kabab by frying in oil.
300 gms Boneless chicken (washed and pat dried with a towel such that that no water remains)
2 inch piece of ginger
5 cloves of garlic
1 Big onion chopped
1 small cube of cheese grated
1 ½ tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 ½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp Egg white (approximately)
½ cup Coriander leaves
½ cup mint leaves
Oil for frying
1 tsp Chaat masala
½ a lemon
First heat a pan and sauté the chopped onions. Do not add oil. When they turn golden brown, remove in a plate and allow them to cool. Meanwhile take the cleaned and washed chicken pieces and pat dry with a towel so that no water remains and the pieces are dry. Then take a bowl, add all the ingredients except egg white and mix well. Then grind it into a paste using mincer or mixer grinder. Now add the egg white little by little and mix well. (The egg white acts as a binding agent but too much will make the mixture soggy). Then heat oil in a pan, and line a skewer with oil. Take a small ball of the mixture, and place over the skewer, press to form a cylindrical shape. Slowly pull the kabab from the skewer keeping the shape intact and drop it in oil. Deep fry till golden brown in colour. (It takes only a minute to cook because of the fine hole it has inside.). Repeat the procedure with the remaining mixture. ( Optional : Sprinkle some lemon juice and pinches of chaat masala over the kabab). Serve hot.
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wow...very tempting version...cant wait to try now..
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This post will be really quick. As you may know, openSUSE Paste already supports pasting images. But I found out, that some people don't use it because they've got some other pastebin nicelly integrated. So to help them out, I created simple script that can help them. It is currently available in openSUSE:Contrib repository. You can install it, package name is susepaste-screenshot
. When you run it, it will let you click on any window and then it will paste image of that window. It will also show you the link for your paste (in new X window) and copy it to you clipboard. I know that it is not prettiest thing you ever seen, but it works. For nicer GUI, ask for openSUSE Paste support upstream of your favourite pasting tool 😉
btw. If you prefer not to install it manually, you can get it from gitorious, but that way, you'll have to deal with dependencies by yourself 😉
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Bruno Friedmann says:
Hi Michal, it's certainly the most to have package for people like me, testing and debugging factory.
Can you check on obs to also build it for factory:Contrib ?
Michal Hrušecký says:
Sorry, after publishing article I found small error, fixed it, but broke something else by that. It should be fixed now.
Bruno Friedmann says:
Well the new version get installed, and work.
Just a question about the screenshot usability, it's quite hard to make the selection and see what you will be post
like http://susepaste.org/68715382
the selection zone is not very shown.-
Michal Hrušecký says:
Due to the simplicity of the script, there is no selection zone. That would be why it isn't shown 😀 It will let you to click on any window and will paste screenshot of the whole window. Nothing less, nothing more. Alternatively you can paste your whole desktop, but other choices would require real implementation.
Bruno Friedmann says:
Thx for the precision, now I understand how to use it, and explain how to use it.
Well a simple tool, but the job is done, that's the most essential !
Continue that great boost work !


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Cornmeal-Herb Dumplings
Recipe by Kumquat the Cat's friend
Serve with a vegetable stew, or any stew of your choice. I suggest a Braised Spring Vegetables recipe (see below). This can be made 45 minutes to one hour ahead of time. From a 6/20/2007 issue of the New York Times, posted by Melissa Clark. Try this with Braised Spring Vegetables Braised Spring Vegetables.
Ingredients Nutrition
- salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons mint, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chives, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk, more if needed
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and herbs, butter and eggs in another. Stir the wet into the dry until just combined into a very thick batter. If it is doughlike, add more buttermilk.
- Drop batter a teaspoonful at a time into boiling water. Simmer until cooked through (cut open one to test it), about 15-20 minutes. This will take longer if your dumplings are large. Turn off heat and let dumplings rest in cooking liquid until ready to use, up to an hour or until they start to fall apart.


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While repairing our ship at Footfall, some of our crew stirred up trouble in the local population, which caused us grief. Finding the perpetrator wasn't too much of a problem for our Seneshal, leaving us only with the option of what to do with him. Death quick and easy? Long and painful? Eventually, we decided to garner favour with the locals by handing him over to them for their justice. The little tick should be glad we didn't do worse to him.
With the ship repaired, we continued out to our destination of Magoros, and found there two planets, one icy, one desert, and a ring of asteroids. Visiting the ice planet first, we found the remains on an ork ship crashed into xeno-archaic ruins, and in those ruins the remains of a power grid that was beaming remnants of power to the other planet.
Switching planets, we tracked the beam to the north pole, but couldn't land there due to turbulent air, so settled down and had to walk in (not a particularly pleasent experience for me). Nearing the goal, some kind of ruin, we came across the woman who had attempted to steal from us earlier, now caught up in a squabble with some orks. We were tempted to leave her to it, but then decided it would be good for her to owe us a favour.
There were, however, very many orks. While others took pot shots, I tried to go in an intimidate them with my mighty Navigator-ness [go Lidless stare]. I did quite well with a first glaring, that I tried to do it again... but over-exerted myself and passed out. However, I was only the first of many to do so, with one of my shipmates doing so instead of dying [bye-bye Fate Point]. And, indeed, the woman we came to rescue ended up no more. With all but one of us down for the count, the one remainder drew the orks away, leaving us to be scooped up by the Teleportarium...
[That fight was rather unbalanced. Indeed, the whole adventure hasn't been that good. It's an example adventure, designed to show off various parts of the system. So far it's called for a lore skill none of us have (and can only be gotten if you happen to pick the right background option). It's put us in ship-to-ship combat that nearly destroyed us (with some initial excellent rolls from the GM). And then it put us up against twelve armoured, unnaturally tough creatures. Frankly, TPK was well possible... I hate to see what the final fight/scene will be!]
[But I will say that having now seen the Critical Hit tables, they are very amusing, and remind me of the Rolemaster ones...]
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