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As magic and ephemeral as they may seem, soap bubbles are a magnificent example of precise mathematics, physics and chemistry at work. Part One of this video lesson will explore the science that explains soap bubbles, as well as the application of this knowledge to other areas, such as architecture and biology. We first introduce the concept of surface tension. We then derive how minimal area surfaces correspond to minimal potential energy. This gives the possibility to discuss the meaning of minimum potential energy in physics. With this knowledge, we can understand some properties of the geometry of soap bubbles and verify our findings with our own hands. Prerequisites for this lesson include a familiarity with the concepts of force, potential energy and mechanical work, and the lesson can be completed in a 50-60-minute class period. The following materials are needed: deformable metal wire (e.g. a tin wire); water; bowls; soap solutions with different concentrations of soap; and glycerin. Most of the class activities between the breaks involve dipping different frames in a soap solution and getting different shapes. In this way, the students are guided through the concept of surface tension and area minimization. In Part Two of this video lesson, students will learn where the colors of soap bubbles come from and also learn what soap bubbles and telescopes have in common. The students will first make a connection between light and waves and will then go on to explore various characteristics of waves through a series of classroom activities. Materials needed for Part Two include: a few ropes or latex tubes or slinkies, each a few meters long; a large transparent disk/pan with water; flashlight; transparent jar full of water; soap, water, glycerin or corn syrup or sugar; black coffee mugs or make frames with black cardboard. The second part of the lesson can be completed in one classroom period.
Paola is a postdoctoral fellow at MIT. She is a theoretical astrophysicist, playing with mathematical toy-models that try to explain X-ray observations of accretion disks around compact objects and of clusters of galaxies. In her free time, she contributes to making scientific knowledge publicly accessible.
This site, sponsored by the Fun Science Gallery, presents a series of laboratory experiments that mainly concern surface phenomena and colloidal systems.
This site, sponsored by SciFun.Org, presents an experiment that allows students to examine the properties of soap bubbles closely by floating them on a layer of carbon dioxide.
This site presents a Time Warp Discovery Channel video on Soap Bubbles.
|The Science of Soap Bubbles Part 1 (English, QuickTime)
|The Science of Soap Bubbles Part 2 (English, QuickTime)
|The Science of Soap Bubbles (Portuguese Subtitles, Part 1, mp4)
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I m going to present it to my students, really nice presentation, i hope my students will enjoy it. Thanks
Hi Paola! Very nice video! A
Hi Paola!
Very nice video!
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Hello! I just watched this
I just watched this lesson, as I'm about to do paper about soap bubbles.
This was very informative and interesting to see, there are a lot of the experiments that I will try myself.
Thanks very much!


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I've been asked a bit about routines and regularly schedule activities (especially because I have a routines and weekly routine overview page in the Starter Pack and List & Planning inserts). Here are a few ideas that may inspire your own list and I would love to hear what you have on yours!
A few things that I think are important with these routines…
Make sure you schedule things in that are making you get closer to where you want to go. Leave room for flexibility and spontaneity but having regularly scheduled activities build momentum and provide check-ins and milestones to stay on course.
It is easy to get carried away with all the little things that seem important at the time but don't really enhance your life or work. This is why it is so great to consciously schedule things in that allow you to grow towards your goals, are necessary self care activities or keep you on track and focused.
If you don't always cross them all off, don't beat yourself up. They are only a guide and you can always reschedule, tweak, start a fresh again or throw them all out the window.
Remember, this is your life! You choose what you do with it. Enjoy 🙂
Most of your daily tasks will be dictated by your main role.
Here is a list of some of the things I have on my daily schedule and some of them are general ideas. I don't always do them all, but if I'm able to do it most of the time I know my life is the better for it!
- Gratitude list – 5 things you are grateful for
- Journalling – write at least one page of life-changing or mundane thoughts (or do your insight-inducing Morning Pages)
- Start the day with your WHY. What is your high level, soul-burning, heart-lifting reason for you to do what you do? What keeps you going in the face of challenges? Write it out in a paragraph or two and read it before you start your work everyday.
- Read your goals
- Plan your day including your 3 MITs (most important things to do today) and launch into them.
- One-minute of silence (or more if you can!)
- Fresh green juice
- Write 500 words
- 10-minutes minimum of heart-pumping activity
- 5-15 minutes of decluttering home
- Tracking things for the day (minutes exercised, water drank, weather, mood etc)
- Review the day and check in with the next few days
- Clear desk ready for a fresh day tomorrow!
I ended up moving a lot of my weekly activities to the fortnightly list as it felt very restrictive to do them every week.
- Week in review
- Weekly plan with the week's 3 MITs
- Books to read
- File paperwork
- Do admin activities
- Close off all unfinished business for week
- Go through notes, scribbles, ideas etc and move them to appropriate places
- Love check in connection (Jack Canfield presents an idea in his Success Principles book to nurture your relationships. No matter how well things are going, put some time aside each week with your partner to see how thing are going. It is a non-aggressive way to bring up any small niggles and address them before one of you explodes and blows it out of proportion!)
- Chores and cleaning
- Date night with The Man
- Artist Date – solo excursion to refill your creative well
- Planning with partner – appointments, schedules and ideas so you're on the same page with what is upcoming
- Family Time – since all my family live on the other side of the country or opposite end of the world, I try to schedule in time to Skype or call them regularly. While I probably speak to them more often, it is easy for time to fly by and realise you haven't spoken to your Dad in a month (or is that only me?!)
- Creative time – I love to paint and cross-stitch, but it is hard to find the time normally, so I'm scheduling in time with myself to do something I love, but is not necessarily 'important'
- Video time – I have an intention to do more videos and once again am creating the time for it.
- Month in review
- Monthly dreams including 3 MITs for month and transferring all dates and plans into your pages
- Beauty/Pamper session (yay!)
- Process all info from previous month and put them in their places
- Life Planning session – review and add to your life vision
- Check in with goals, master to dos and projects
- Catch up with friends
- Do finances – receipts, budgets, tracking income
- Tidy up car
You may then also have 6 week, bi-monthly, quarterly, 6 months, annual and ad hoc schedules and routines.
What else do you have on your regular list? Share with us below and inspire others to craft routines they love!
Life is crafted, craft yours,


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Every year, families look forward to attending the many community Easter egg hunts that are offered. The children how they use all their energy to run for those hidden eggs and when they find an egg, their face lights up with a glowing smile.
Then comes Easter Sunday. How all of us enjoy seeing Easter baskets filled with jelly beans, colored eggs, and chocolate in all varieties.
Set aside all the treats for a moment, to realize that Easter is special because it is a Christian observance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his resurrection days later. It's one of the oldest observances within the Christian church.
From young on, we were taught in our parochial school that Christmas and Easter are like bookends. Christmas introduces us to the human life of Jesus Christ, and Easter brings together the final purpose of his life on earth. Everything about Easter gives us a calm, soothing, fresh thought of a new beginning.
Looking up at the cross, we can't help but see a tree that once was rooted and became a wooden cross that Jesus was nailed.
We can't help but see a crown of thorns, three nails, one in each his hands and one in his feet.
We can't help but see a humble man, who took our sins upon Himself and died for us, because of the love he had for each and every one of us.
We can't help but see a humble man, who performed works of creative brilliance no other man could possibley attain.
Over and over, we hear about the numerable parables of Jesus. He constantly showed reverence for nature and his surroundings. He spent much time in quiet natural settings or on the sea.
There wasn't anything that could make Jesus act contrary to compassion, not a busy schedule, or social stigma. He just did what compassion required, whenever and wherever.
In many healings, people cried out to him in need. This act of kindness was simple for him. By listening, and a touch, he offered them hope and wholeness. It never entered his mind to laugh at them and walk away when they were hurt, disabled, or sick. He helped them gently in all areas to become whole again.
He also inspired others to follow his steps, and encouraged his example to live on in the hearts of others.
His love for mankind encompassed the world by what he taught and left behind for us to carry on in his footsteps.
When your world comes tumbling down, let Jesus be the rock on which you stand, for he is our anchor throughout our life.


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Prime Minister Alexander Stubb (NCP) has confirmed that Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP), a 31-year-old first-term Member of the Parliament from the constituency of Häme, has been nominated as the new Minister of the Environment.
"The National Coalition has the portfolio of the Minister of the Environment for the first time in a long while," Stubb began his press conference on Wednesday. "We believe sustainable development, growth, can be combined with sound environmental policy-making."
"I nominated Grahn-Laasonen as the Minister of the Environment and the National Coalition parliamentary group approved her unanimously."
Grahn-Laasonen estimated that her new portfolio is important due to its possible repercussions for future generations. Environmental protection and responsible energy and climate policy-making, she added, are "big things for me and the National Coalition".
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This year, dead zone is same size, or even slightly larger than in previous seasons, Report
There's Nothing average about This Year's Dead Zone Forecast
The newest dead zone projection shows the Environmental Protection agency is far short of a major goal it set 15 years ago to reduce the zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2001, the EPa pledged to reduce Mississippi River pollution, which is destroying aquatic life in the Gulf.
, the Gulf Restoration Network pointed out in a press release Friday.
The National Oceanic and atmospheric administration forecasts a 5,898-square-mile low-oxygen area devoid of marine life, — about the size of Connecticut. Last year's dead zone was considered above average; it was forecast to be 5,483 square miles but measured 6,474 square miles.
"Of the hundreds of similarly polluted areas in the world, the dead zone off the Louisiana coast is the second largest," the Network said.
although this year's forecast is the dead zone will be average size, it still far exceeds the EPa's national goal of having reduced the zone to 1,930 square miles — a goal that's not going to be met because the amount of coming down the river, primarily from agricultural fertilizer, has not been reduced.
"In 2001, state and federal bureaucrats set a goal of reducing the size of the dead zone to 1,950 square miles by 2015," said Matt Rota, the Network's senior policy director. "Well, here we are at 2016, and we are over three times that goal."
The EPa announced in February 2015 it would simply move the goal posts, pushing the deadline to 2035. However, this announcement did not include any specific, new strategies for reaching the target, the Network said.
The dead zone is created when nitrogen flowing down the Mississippi feeds tiny plants, which fall to the Gulf floor when they die. The decomposition of these plants uses up oxygen in the lower water column. When the oxygen level gets low enough, the area is classified as hypoxic — commonly known as a dead zone — because the area can no longer support marine life.
"There's been no reduction in the amount of nitrogen coming out of the river," said Eugene Turner, professor at LSU's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and one of the scientists working on dead zone forecasts.
The Mississippi River Collaborative has warned the EPa for nearly a decade that relying on states to develop and enforce pollution protections does not clean the water. In 2012, members of the collaborative filed a lawsuit against the EPa for its refusal to set and enforce numeric standards for nitrogen and phosphorus pollution as required by the Clean Water act. The EPa continues to fight the litigation.
Last year, Louisiana released a draft report to outline how the state would help reduce the amount of nitrogen in the Mississippi River as part of a larger effort to reduce the dead zone. The plan primarily relies on future diversions of water from the river into the marsh, where plants are expected to help remove the nitrogen.
However, critics say that plan doesn't go beyond what's already being done and doesn't have specific goals or timelines. Louisiana contributes very little in the way of nitrogen — only 1.7 percent of the total the river carries to the Gulf. Most of the nitrogen comes from agricultural areas upriver.
Nevertheless, Turner said, the state could do more at both the federal and local levels to help upriver communities with their nitrogen-reducing efforts.
"The state's leadership on this is absent," he said.
The dead zone is measured in late July and results are released in august through work from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
The forecast is done through NOaa funding to researchers at numerous universities and government agencies, including LSU, LUMCON, the University of Michigan, Texas a&M University, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences/College of William and Mary, North Carolina State University and the United States Geological Survey.
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1 Samuel 17:46, Two Miracles and a Trampoline
Rud Istvan, playing the arrogant physicist par excellance at Curry's Climate Stand and DotEarth sent his "devastating critique" on the new Hansen, et al paper off to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions stepping right into Dsquared's parlor on the nature of "devastating critiques"
@whinecough paradigmatically, it involves holding up something as a Fatal Flaw [tm] which was actually mentioned by the authors
— Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest) July 31, 2015
Archer's comment shows how lax the climate science community has become about it's 'Facts'. Archer, a Hansen paper reviewer, says the Eemian showed abrupt SLR the way Hansen models for the Holocene with CAGW, which gives the paper strong support. And then goes on about further support from WAIS observations such as Hansen co-author Rignot's recent findings.
Archer is sadly and quite provably mistaken on both counts.In particular Istvan does the rant on about a paper by Michal O'Leary, et al on "Ice sheet collapse following a prolonged period ofstable sea level during the last interglacial"
The two papers finding abrupt Eemian SLR are both geologically flawed. The Australian (O'Leary et.al.) paper that Archer refers to and which Hansen discusses extensively is so flawed it comprises a fairly clear case of academic misconduct. The flaws and the probable misconduct in the misrepresentation of its figure 3 are exposed in illustrated detail with references in essay By Land or By Sea in ebook Blowing Smoke. Incorporated herein by referenceAlong the Western Australian coast O'Leary, et al measure a sudden (like 100 yrs or less) ~5 m sea level rise roughly 118 kYr ago based on coral deposits. They attribute this to a collapse of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet. The issue of rapid Eemian rise is of continuing interest not only for Hansen et al. but, for example, Pollard, deConto and Alley who model sea level rises of 5 m in 100 years from disappearance of Antarctic ice shelves alone. However, as the stormy night in Scotland, this is not what interests us
Some, not Eli to be sure, might ask the bunnies to invest $7.99 in Rud's self published book but he has provided the argument on a certain blog. After significant heavy breathing Istvan's Argument (IA below) is that tectonic activity could have pushed the land down to account for the apparent rise. Indeed there was one location where this appeared to have happened, although nothing like the rapid sea level rise of 5 m that O'Leary found, and a considerable part of the O'Leary paper is spent dealing with this issue
So what is the shorter IA?
A single New Madrid like 'event' in the vicinity sometime between then and now could sufficeNow some, not Eli to be sure, might think that this would leave some trace in the geological record, but wait, it is not that alone, as Richard Telford contemporaneously pointed out at Quantpaleo
The authors write that the higher late last-interglacial shoreline is found across the southwest coast, but it is best represented along the 150-km-long Miocene Quobba Ridge, and it is here that all their dated corals are from. Istvar argues that an intra-plate earthquake analogous to the the 1811 New Madrid event could have displaced the shoreline on the Quobba Ridge. Istvar forgets the obvious. Firstly, this shoreline can be found across the region, not just in this one area. Secondly, if we invoke a large earthquake to lower the land at Quobba Ridge in the middle of 5e by 6m, this will disrupt the early 5e shoreline by 6m. As this shoreline is now approximately level, we need to invoke a second earthquake after stage 5e to raise the land back up again by 6m.
What is Western Australia, a giant trampoline?and in same vein at the last (and unanswered) comment at Climate Etc.
If you argue that tectonic activity at 119ka BP displaced the land by 6m, you need a second bout of tectonic activity after stage 5e to raise the land again so that the early stage 5e shoreline is ~flat.
One massive intra-plate tectonic event is unlikely (it would need to be much larger than the New Madrid event). To have a second event that reverses the effects of the first event is implausible. The first event would have release all the stress, how could stress with the opposite sense have accumulated (and not overshot)?


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But if you have the time, I highly encourage you to make a batch of flavorful harissa paste, a wonderful and incredibly versatile North African condiment, that can be used in a myriad of ways, in the kitchen. The base of the paste is made with dried chilies. Below is my favorite recipe.
You can use Harissa Paste to rub on meats and poultry before grilling, make a vinaigrette out of it, serve it with eggs, stir it into soups or sauces for added depth, or even in yogurt, sour cream, or hummus for a flavorful dip. Harissa aioli is great with crab cakes, seared scallops or with fries. Use it any way you would hot sauce, imparting a deep flavorful smokey heat to anything you are cooking. The best thing about it is –it keeps for weeks, months, in the fridge, if you store it in a lidded jar, and top it with a thin layer of olive oil after each use. The oil act as a barrier keeping it fresh, and as the harissa paste ages, it tastes better and better, flavors melding, harmonizing and becoming more complex. So give it a whirl sometime! It's something I always try to have on hand, because with it, I can do so many things, easily and quickly.
Make the Quick Pickled Onions, and put in the fridge to cool, while preparing the rest.
Slice your melty cheese. In this recipe I used Mahon, a semi soft melty cheese, which can easily be substituted with cheddar, provolone, or jack.
Grill you burgers on Medium High heat, sear well, cook to rare or medium rare, turn off heat, place cheese on top and close lid ( or place in a warm oven- and cook to desired done-ness). Toast buns at the same time, right on the grill.
And assemble your burgers….bun, a layer of aioli, burger with melted cheese, more aioli if you like, pickled onions, arugula, and bun top. That's it!!
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2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ C finely diced onion, shallot or scallion
½ -¾ tsp kosher salt
½ tsp cracked pepper
3-4 T Harissa Aioli -see recipe below
¼ C quick pickled red onions-see recipe below
6 slices crispy bacon -2 slices per burger
3 brioche buns-store bought or see recipe below
1 C baby arugula
3 oz. Mahon cheese sliced ( or any melty cheese- jack, provolone, cheddar, edam, gouda)
1. Make or purchase Brioche Buns -see recipe below
2. Pre heat grill to medium high.
3. Make quick pickled onions, refrigerate. ( see below)
4. In a med bowl, using your hands, combine ground beef with onion, garlic, salt and pepper, just to combine, being careful to not over mix. Form patties, set aside.
5. Crisp bacon slices, set on paper towel.
6. In a small bowl, whisk mayo with harissa paste, or spices. Set aside.
7. Slice Mahon cheese.
8. When grill is hot, grill patties to medium rare or medium. Toast buns at the same time.
9. Top with cheese and close lid turning heat off , letting it melt- (or place in a warm oven, topping with cheese, to allow it to melt).
10. Assemble. Once cheese has melted, assemble. Spread aioli on the buns, place burgers, bacon, more aioli, arugula and pickled onions and then the bun top. Serve immediately.
Harissa Mayo Recipe
½ C mayo
1-2 T harissa paste (or use dry spices :1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp chipotle powder or chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, pinch salt and pepper)
Stir in harissa paste or spices into the mayo in a small bowl, set aside.
Pickled Red onions
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
generous pinch of salt
1 tsp whole peppercorns
5 whole cloves
1/2 large red onion, peeled, and thinly sliced into rings
Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small pot, for 1 minute. Remove from heat and chill.
Light Fluffy Brioche Buns
From Comme Ça
Time: 1 hour, plus 2 to 4 hours' rising
3 tablespoons warm milk
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs
3 cups bread flour
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened.
1. In a glass measuring cup, combine 1 cup warm water, the milk, yeast and sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, beat 1 egg.
2. In a large bowl, whisk flours with salt. Add butter and rub into flour between your fingers, making crumbs. Using a dough scraper, stir in yeast mixture and beaten egg until a dough forms. Scrape dough onto clean, unfloured counter and knead, scooping dough up, slapping it on counter and turning it, until smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes.
3. Shape dough into a ball and return it to bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1 to 2 hours.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using dough scraper, divide dough into 8 equal parts. Gently roll each into a ball and arrange 2 to 3 inches apart on baking sheet. Cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel and let buns rise in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours.
5. Set a large shallow pan of water on oven floor. Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center. Beat remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water and brush some on top of buns. Bake, turning sheet halfway through baking, until tops are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
Yield: 8 buns.
Harissa Paste -make 1 ½ Cups
4 oz dried chilies – (an assortment mild, med, hot, smoked)
6-8 garlic cloves
1T cumin seeds 2 tsp caraway seeds
1 T coriander seeds
3 T olive oil
1 ¾ tsp kosher salt
1 T fresh lemon juice
1 tsp smoked paprika
Bring chilies to a boil in a large pot of water, turn heat off, cover, let sit 1 hour or overnight. Toast spices and grind them When rehydrated, remove seeds and stems. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse until desired consistency. To store, place in seal-able jar and drizzle olive oil over top after each use, to preserve. It will last 1-2 months in the fridge.


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It was ugly. It was beautiful. And in the end, the better team won in ELA's JBAM Game of the Week, thanks to Nathan Jawai's blocked shot on Dejan Musli's potential game winner with the clock under two seconds.
Barcelona moves to a perfect 9-0 and has clinched first place in Group D; but with only two wins and one week left, Leo Westermann, Dejan Musli, Vladimir Lucic and Partizan need a win in Bamberg and a calculator if they want to advance to the Top 16.
Dave Hein of heinnews.com and the Taking the Charge Podcast joins us from Germany to talk about today's classic, and what the atmosphere will be like next week in Freak City when the boys from Belgrade come to town.
Follow Nick Gibson (@euro_adventures), Sam Meyerkopf (@hooplikedrazen) and Dave Hein (@heinnews) on Twitter, and subscribe to the Euroleague Adventures Podcast on iTunes for free.


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In no particular order.
1. It allowed me to engage with a wonderful author and to write the Chapter 1 opening vignette for a New York Times/Wall Street Journal/Amazon best-selling business book. Dr. Stephen Covey and Bono 'open' for me. Multipliers by Liz Wiseman is available HERE.
2. It gave me the opportunity to help a Pulitzer prize winning author with research for his story on The SeaWitch in TIME magazine with a link HERE.
3. It has allowed me to remain connected to the Navy's cryptologic community, which I love. The community dissolved and was reconstituted.
4. It earned me an invite to speak at a Women In Defense forum and to contribute ideas to numerous professional publications.
5. It has allowed others to freely express their frustrations on a variety of topics important to them.
6. It allowed me to expand the network of Sailors of all paygrades that I mentor and with whom I share lessons learned.
7. It allowed me to collaborate with the former CNO on avenues to gain recognition of the Navy as a TOP 50 Employer in the United States.
8. It allowed me to keep alive the memory of some stellar Sailors.
9. It has allowed me to write every day, which I love.
10. It has connected me to some great Navy veterans and many others who proudly serve today.


text: We've just purchased our first Original Designers Workbook from the Design Museum shop. We see this being a useful addition to our day to day work; this book of graph paper will be great for drawing quick layouts and plans. The ODW also ticks the environmental box too, as it's printed on 100% recycled paper. The Designers Workbook was designed by Brian Copeland the founder of Graphic Clinic. Incidentally Brian is the man who's responsible for our identity and website. Keep up the good work Brian.


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VOD Will Take On Web-Like Feel
Cable's video-on-demand platform will add more Internet-like capabilities, such as rapid searching through titles and use of playlists that pass between mobile devices and the set-top box, as it builds on the scale and progress to date, a top Time Warner Cable executive said last week.
"We started out with very humble beginnings but we've really come a long way," Time Warner Cable senior vice president of on demand product management Bob Benya said during a keynote at the Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News OnDemand Summit last Wednesday (June 9).
Benya traced VOD back to the earliest pay-per-view movie negotiations, through developments like Time Warner Cable's 150-channel Quantum PPV system in Queens, N.Y., and the Full Service Network in Orlando, Fla., that introduced servers and advanced set-top technology in the mid 1990s.
Now, VOD is widely available across cable's footprint and generating millions of transactions per month. Work is under way to massively increase the number of available titles and make it easier for consumers to navigate through them, Benya said.
Part of the effort involves storing the videos centrally then distributing them via fiber interconnections to edge devices.
"That gives us the ability to massively scale to hundreds of thousands of titles. It becomes almost like a Web model in terms of how content will flow over our network," Benya said.
To navigate through broader choices — say, 100,000 titles, up from 10,000 today — cable operators are studying "advanced server side search," Benya said. The idea is to store titles, jacket art and other assets centrally, instead of at the set-top device, and build intelligence into the network to let consumers draw on that data quickly.
In addition to helping subscribers make VOD choices, more merchandising opportunities should emerge as a result. "You're going to be hearing a lot more activity in that [navigation] space," Benya said.
Cable also wants to be able to add "recommendation engines" into the mix, a capability that has boosted sales by the likes of Amazon.com and Netflix.
The Web will also grow as a tool for consumers to sort through VOD choices, create playlists and have those playlists be linked between, for example, smart phones and the set-top device in the home, he said.
"When you sign in, we know who you are and we can pass that playlist to your unique set-top box," Benya said. "So now your on-demand experience is a personalized experience, not just for the household but for individual users.
That's a logical extension of the Web site into cross-platform territory."
Local VOD also must grow as a "real differentiator for us going forward," Benya said. High-school sports and independent films are likely categories there.
Benya — who also is co-chair of the Cable & Telecommunications Associations for Marketing's Advanced Cable Solution Consortium, which also met here last week — downplayed satellite-TV providers' "near VOD," which involve downloading video overnight.
He also said "over-the-top" providers such as Netflix and Hulu have questionable long-term business models.
He credited the industry system whereby Rentrak collects VOD data and makes it available quickly as a foundation that will enable more ad support for VOD.
And he said centralized applications such as the Start Over and Look Back features that Time Warner Cable and others are introducing will further benefit the VOD platform. An extension of those would be the networked digital video recorder — or Remote Storage-DVR — that Cablevision has pioneered.
"We can scale up our platform, we can improve our navigation, we can make our marketing better," Benya said. "We can use the power of the Web. We've got our two-way network. There's a lot of great infrastructure we can leverage.
"We just need to get out there and get the job done and I think we can take all these pretenders on full force."


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Read could return for Flyersby Adam Kimelman
VOORHEES, N.J. -- Matt Read, who hasn't played since Feb. 20 because of torn muscles in his rib cage, took part in the Philadelphia Flyers' morning skate and looks like he'll return to the lineup.
The original diagnosis was for Read to miss six weeks, but if he does play Thursday against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins, he'll have missed two weeks and one day. He left the lineup after a hard hit by the Penguins' Chris Kunitz in the first period of that Feb. 20 game.
"Just getting better every day," Read said. "I look forward to getting back into lineup. It's gone day to day right now. It's getting better."
Read said he still has soreness when he shoots the puck.
"I've still got to do some treatments, some stretching and see how I feel," Read said. "It's really not my decision, it's [coach Peter] Laviolette and [general manager Paul Holmgren] if they want me out there."
Read came off with the rest of the group when the skate ended, and Mike Knuble, the lone available extra forward, stayed out for more skating, leading to the assumption that Read will play Thursday.
Defenseman Nicklas Grossmann also took part in the morning skate after leaving in the first period of the game Tuesday against the New York Rangers with a lower-body injury. Grossmann would not talk about his availability for the game.
Here is how the Flyers' lineup could look when they take the ice against the Penguins:
Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek
Brayden Schenn - Danny Briere - Wayne Simmonds
Simon Gagne - Sean Couturier - Matt Read
Zac Rinaldo - Ruslan Fedotenko - Maxime Talbot
Braydon Coburn - Nicklas Grossmann
Erik Gustafsson - Bruno Gervais
Scratched: Mike Knuble, Kurtis Foster
Injured: Tye McGinn (orbital), Jody Shelley (hip), Andrej Meszaros (shoulder)


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With a 2,600 square-foot interior, the Banquet Room can be customized to accommodate several groups or one large party. Additional space is available on the patio and tent area. The Banquet Room has full dining and bar service, and is equipped with an audio system. The banquet Room and Grill Room may be used together to accommodate a larger group.
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Our staff will gladly assist you with all the catering and accomodations for your special occasion.
Please call 260-637-7406 and ask for the Event Coordinator.
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Tired of reading and want to cut to the chase? Shoot me an email, I'd love to hear from you.
A Little Intro
I started as a graphic designer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004 where I discovered a fascination in design thinking that has led me in constant pursuit of deeper knowledge ever since. Throughout my career I have collaborated on projects with directors of art museums, as well as high school students, and found each partnership formative and valuable. My insatiable appetite for design includes, but is not limited to, design strategy, design methods, design for social change, service design, and design management. From the office, to the Ultimate Frisbee field, I bring energy, dedication, and optimism. I love waking up, fresh air, and listening closely. I constantly pursue personal growth and avoid complacency at all costs.
The Whole Shabang
University of Gothenburg // PhD Candidate, 2012–Present
North Carolina State University // Master of Graphic Design, 2012
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee // B.F.A., Graphic Design, 2008
Early Stage Researcher // Ergonomidesign, 2012–Present
Research on design methods at Ergonomidesign and part of the EU Initial Training Network on Design Management (DESMA)
Freelance Designer // Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, 2011–2012
Collaborated with museum staff on exhibition branding, design and production for collateral
and signage at the newly opened building in downtown Raleigh, NC.
In-house designer // Milwaukee Art Museum, 2008–2010
Worked with the Marketing and Communications team on design and production for all
institutional and exhibition related advertising, collateral, and signage.
Teaching Assistant // First Year Experience Studio, Fall 2011
Taught in a multidisciplinary team to introduce first-year design students to the methods, tools,
and thinking of design practitioners. faculty advisor: Sara Glee Queen
Graphic Design Instructor // Design Camp, Summer 2011
Developed and co-taught a graphic design project for high-school students interested in design
at an intensive week-long summer camp.
Research Assistant // Design for K-12 Education, Fall 2011
Collected and vetted resources for a teacher training toolkit focused on introducing primary
and secondary school teachers to design methods, tools, and thinking.
Research Assistant // Education Meets Practice Initiative, Spring 2011
Aided a research initiative for the AIGA on the resources available to students transitioning
from academia to practice in the field of graphic design. faculty advisor: Santiago Piedrafita
Director // New Sense Studios, 2011 –2012
Led a student-board in strategic planning, and designed workshops, for an organization that
empowers at-risk youth through art and design activities.
Visualizer // Raleigh Innovation Summit, Spring 2012
Synthesized and mapped in real-time a strategic brainstorming session focused on branding
Raleigh as a major hub of entrepreneurial and innovation activity.
Workshop Leader // NC State Bienniel Graduate Symposium, Fall 2011
With a large team of graphic design classmates, planned and ran a graduate symposium aimed
at developing an international network of graduate students in design.
Assistant Author New Contexts/New Practices, Fall 2010
Worked with design industry leaders at the AIGA National Education Conference to disseminate
information generated at a unique authoring conference hosted by NC State.
Graphic Design // Best Buddies Wisconsin, Summer 2010
Designed collateral for annual benefit event hosted by Wisconsin chapter of Best Buddies,
a non-profit that supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Identity Design // Guildess Milwaukee, Spring 2010
Created an identity for newly formed women's art collaborative in Milwaukee.
Identity Design // Menomonee Falls Swim Club, 2008–2009
Rebranded a recently rejuvenated swim program in southeastern Wisconsin.
Identity Design // Black Cat Ultimate, 2006–2007
Identity and apparel design for the UW-Milwaukee club Ultimate frisbee team.
Identity Design // One Racing, 2006–2007
Apparel design for a newly formed competitive triathlon team.
Professional Development
Volunteer // OnRamp, Spring 2010
Volunteered alongside design professionals to foster a creative spirit among high school
students in Milwaukee County, WI.
Member // AIGA, 2007–2008
Member of the student chapter of the largest professional organization for graphic designers in
the United States.
Designer // Chicago Collaborative ,2007 & 2008
Participated in a weekend long design charrette with architecture students to develop signage
for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Design Team // Independent Study, 2007
Worked with a small team to create a promotional campaign and wayfinding system for the
UWM Graphic Design department Fuse store.
Co-Creator and Editor-In-Chief // CITE Magazine, 2007 & 2008
Planned, developed content, and designed a benchmark interdisciplinary design publication for
the Graphic Design department at UW-Milwaukee.
Graphic Design Intern // Cream City Review, 2007 & 2008
Worked with editors on layout and typesetting on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's
literary journal.
Coach // NCSU Men's Ultimate Team, 2010–2011
Assistant Coach // Homestead High School Men's Cross Country, 2007–2009
Assistant Coach // Homestead High School Men's Swimming, 2007–2010


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Posted Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
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Jim's Dark eldar deploy in cover. He had three Ravagers, three raiders and four Venoms with many and varied occupants.
The Khorne lord and the Khorne Spawn in cover awaiting the venom cannon storm.
Iron warriors with the icon of Vengeance they are dug in on the 4 point objective.
The Iron Warrior Havoc squad with autocannons forward on another objective.
Here they come. Luckily the lead Raider immobilizes itself.
The Havoc squad is hit hard but the Champion never liked those guys anyway and stands his ground.
After taking shooting from two thirds of the Dark Eldar army the Khorne lord and Spawn still stand.
The Khorne lord charges up the middle and destroys the raider with a plasma pistol shot. Then assaults the occupants. The lord rolls well and throws eleven attacks and reaps the majority of the squad. The spawn finishes the rest.
The Spawn consolidates to make the Dark eldar move to get a straight shot at the Khorne Lord.
Top of turn two the Dark Eldar surround the Khorne lord but the red venom also immobilizes itself. That was one dangerous spot of ruins. They then unceremoniously gunned him down.
Bottom of turn two the Obliterators drop in and scatter eight inches. They still knock out the Barons raider.
The Daemon Prince of Nurgle arrives but decides that a good wall is what he needs to be standing behind. In hind sight if I field him after the next point jump I will give him at least one psyker level so he can have a little more utility.
Top of turn three, the Haemoculus and his wracks move toward the Iron warrior objective.
The Wyches are about to make a bad mistake, and charge the daemon prince.
The Obliterators are in a bad place.
A little bit later the Obliterators are done for.
Between venom cannons, blasters and liquifiers the chaos marine squad is decimated. The Champion makes hie roll and stays.
The Daemon Prince threw around ten attacks and used the black mace to blow one wych up killing several others. The wyches break and run but the Daemon catches the squad. He consolidates toward fresh targets.
Bottom of three, the Heldrakes arrive and the Daemon prince reaches his high tide mark. He rolls to assault the wracks and ends up with snake eyes. no assault.
Top of four, The Venoms swarm the center of the table.
The Lone champion watches the objective after only rolling a one for difficult terrain last turn.
Concentrated fire drop the daemon Prince on the base of the "Ghost" Heldrake. I had a couple of F-86d Sabre airplane models I planned to use but Jim suggested just using the bases.
Bottom of four, the Cultists finally arrive but only move three inches into the rubble.
Top of Five, the Haemoculus has entered the ruin.
A venom dares the difficult terrain to block the Iron warrior champ from the objective.
The Clockwork Heldrake ends up in a Ravager cross fire and get velocity locked.
One Cultist survive the shooting phase.
The Cultist makes the roll and stands. He didn't like the rest of those guys anyway, they weren't true followers of the dark gods like he was.
Bottom of turn five, The velocity locked Clockwork Heldrake stops an inch short of the board edge.
The Cultist move up to contest the objective, if the game ends. We roll and it goes another turn..
Top of turn six, the hovering Ghost heldrake is caught in a ravager crossfire.
The Haemoculus move up stairs while the true born move in on the last cultist.
They hold their fire and charge in.
The Last Cultist dies on his feet. We roll again for the game to end and go for turn seven.
Bottom of turn seven, the Clockwork Heldrake makes its last hurrah and only kills a couple wracks.
The game ends and Jim takes the win. I can see why everyone complains about the Heldrakes. It gave me a better chance, maybe next game. The Daemon Prince with a black mace is just bad news. Another league player talked about a large tournament he recently played in. He said that every chaos army had either a Daemon Prince with Black mace or a Nurgle biker lord and I can see why. The Khorne lord almost survived the final turn of fire and if I would have left that fifth spawn I dropped to use the points elsewhere who knows what else he might have finished off. I already said next time the league points go up, I will probably add a psyker level or two to the Nurgle Daemon Prince to add more utility.
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I know it might be difficult for some non-vegans to believe, but although I am a vegan I do enjoy doing things "normal" people enjoy from time to time including hosting parties and get-togethers at my home. Even just having a couple of friends over for a casual dinner is something I enjoy. Normally, when people are invited to other people's homes it is considered extremely rude to tell the host what to cook or to complain about the food served. However, because I am vegan and because the food served at my home is vegan, this courtesy is often denied to me. It seems as though showing good manners has become a privilege exclusively reserved for non-vegans.
Perhaps the most memorable disagreement I have ever gotten into about what kind of food would be served at my home happened last year during the holiday season when my fiancé and I were planning a holiday party at our new house for our co-workers. At first, everyone was excited. We brainstormed ideas for party themes and finally agreed that we would have an ugly holiday sweater party where everyone would wear the tackiest, cheesiest holiday sweater they could find. Toward the end of the party everyone would vote on who had the ugliest holiday sweater and that person would win a prize.
Everything was going great until someone suggested that we should serve buffalo wings. I kindly pointed out that in my home I only serve vegan food and that vegan buffalo wings sounded like a great idea. The reaction I got was something I could never have prepared for.
There was an instant uproar. People were flabbergasted that I would deny them their right to consume whatever food they chose. Once one person started complaining, the rest followed suit, eager to make sure the others knew their allegiance was with the group, not the lone vegan and her "self-righteous" and "unnatural" eating habits.
In an effort to calm the raging emotions of my co-workers I reminded them that if they didn't want to eat what I would be serving in my home, they didn't have to; they could eat before or after their arrival and no one would force them to eat anything they didn't want to eat once they arrived. They quickly pointed out that they cooked both non-vegan food as well as vegan food when I had visited them in their homes and that it was rude to not compromise for them as well. Although I could see their point, veganism isn't about compromise, it's about having your actions match your beliefs. It isn't about convenience, it's about doing what's right. The difference is clear: I don't prefer to not eat animal products — I object to it on moral grounds from the deepest depths of my core. To me, this isn't about whether I prefer white or wheat bread, red or white wine, or any other arbitrary preference. If it was a simple preference then of course I could compromise. This is why it was so easy for them to compromise and serve vegan food along with non-vegan food in their homes. Furthermore, I never told them not to serve animal products food at their homes when I had visited them in the past (as much as I would have liked to).
A non-vegan is perfectly capable of eating vegan food because vegan food is simply the same food non-vegans eat minus animal products. Vegan food doesn't come wrapped in enigmatic packaging with a lock and label that says "Vegans Only, Non-Vegans Not Allowed". Last I checked, foods such as chips and guacamole, fire-roasted artichoke, various pasta dishes, portabella burgers, and dairy free ice cream could be enjoyed by anyone — vegan and non-vegan alike.
What really amazed me was that these people couldn't seem to allow themselves to go even one meal in their sheltered lives without a single animal product. It was like they had a vegan-phobia. They weren't open to the idea of anything with the word "vegan" in front of it. They'll gladly open wide and shove almost 200 lbs. per year of hacked up, rotting chunks of dead bodies down their throat, but mention something made from plants and that's when they get grossed out. It's so nonsensical, if it wasn't such a serious issue it would be absolutely hilarious.
"Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not enough. You turn against the dead flesh, it revolts you, it must be transformed by fire, boiled and roasted, seasoned and disguised with drugs; you must have butchers, cooks, turnspits, men who will rid the murder of its horrors, who will dress the dead bodies so that the taste deceived by these disguises will not reject what is strange to it, and will feast on corpses, the very sight of which would sicken you." ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I tried explaining all of this to them, including the fact that I wasn't trying to "convert" anyone to my "strange vegan religion", that one vegan meal wouldn't hurt them, and that trying new things was a good thing, but they weren't hearing any of it. My words of reason were drowned out by their shouts of fairness, freedom of choice, the natural order, cavemen, the sentience of plants, how much more protein their bodies needed than mine did, religion, and other commonly used arguments against the validity of the principles of veganism. It turned into an all-out debate between myself versus twenty other people.
The whole thing had spun out of control and what started out as me just trying to plan a nice friendly holiday party for my co-workers (catered and paid for by me) turned into a complete disaster with people calling me "the vegan Grinch", "veganazi" and other cruel things. They were like children in a playground taunting and bullying the odd-one-out. After seeing my co-workers true colors I declared that the holiday party at my home was off and that they were no longer invited. I didn't want to talk to those people anymore — let alone cook for, entertain and clean after them at a party.
It was interesting and saddening to see the people who had previously appeared more understanding of my views recede into the shadows and not try to stick up for me for fear of being ostracized as well. Most people are followers. They allow other people to do their thinking for them. They don't realize that change has only occurred when people disregard this fear of ostracization and overcome it. The status quo will remain the status quo until someone has the courage to change it.
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards out of men." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Thankfully, I don't work with those bullies any more, but I did learn a valuable lesson that day: screw catering to fussy non-vegans. There is no pleasing them — I won't even try. They can take it or leave it, but I'm not going to try to woo them over with reason because they just won't allow themselves to hear it.
Don't want to attend a vegan party? — Don't come to my house. It's that simple. If you don't like what I'm cooking, you don't have to eat it. Don't b*tch and moan because there are no animal products — there are animal products everywhere. You'll be back in your sheltered cocoon of willfully ignorant bliss when it's over. If you don't think you can make it through one night without a single animal product, I highly recommend you make an appointment to see a therapist to work on your phobia, a doctor to check your cholesterol, and a rehab clinic to help you with your addiction.
And to think that I actually believed you would care more about seeing me than about what kind of food I would be serving. Ingrates.


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- Illustration
- Music Production
- Photography
- UI/UX Design
- Writing
Evening All.
Well its been awhile for me since I last sat and just did something for fun. I am a photographer so most of the time my work is all I do at the computer.
I started out many years ago manipulating photos and such and I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
For this project, I went back to some old stock photos I had on file, I'd read a quote online and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to get my creative juices flowing again.
Here is a quick breakdown of the process.
Stock image -
There was a smoke stock too but I've delted that by mistake
Basically with a mix of techniques (some used in the video) and photoshop blending options I came to the the final result. I'm pretty happy with it since Its been awhile
Comments are always welcome, thanks for reading.