text: Past, Present, and Future of Social TV: A Categorization Pablo Cesar1 and David Geerts,2 1 2 CWI: Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica CUO, IBBT/K.U.Leuven Science Park 123, 1098 XG Parkstraat 45 Bus 3605 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3000 Leuven, Belgium email@example.com, email@example.com Abstract— Social Television constitutes a fundamental shift in social media solutions with streaming video. Some examples how people interact and socialize around television content. include the integration of Twitter9 updates during live video Websites are starting to combine streaming services with social streaming [19] and Facebook 10 applications that allow networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Media commenting while watching video content (e.g. ClipSync11). software like Boxee allows users to recommend and share Several similar applications are recently being created for the favorite television programs, and friends can jointly watch iPhone/iPad, which acts as a secondary screen [4], so the television remotely as demonstrated by Motorola's Social TV. commenting and communication do not take valuable space The purpose of this paper is to provide a structured overview on the television set (e.g., TV Chatter12). of current developments in this emerging field. Current Computer-Mediated communications are becoming an offerings can be categorized based on the social purpose: indispensable part of our daily interactions. Until now, high content selection and recommendation, communication, community building, and status update. The framework quality videoconferencing has been restricted to the office proposed in this article is useful for better understanding the setting, mainly in the form of carefully architected shared current situation and for identifying future developments. meeting rooms. Current developments in networking bandwidth and computing power available in the home Keywords- Social Interactive Television, CSCW, Video enable studying the applicability of this technology to the Conferencing domestic setting, where Skype TV 13 and CISCO's home Telepresence14 are pioneers. In parallel to the integration of I. INTRODUCTION social networking into the television environment, in the last In recent years social networking and social interactions few years there have been successful efforts in providing a have changed the television landscape, generating a semi- direct communication link between separate households chaotic situation which research, industry, and entrepreneurs watching television together. are still trying to fully understand. Web applications with All these developments can be called social TV, allowing video content (e.g. YouTube 1 , Current TV 2 ), networked remote viewers to interact with each other via the television televisions and set-top boxes (e.g., NetTV3, Google TV4, set, smartphones, tablets or the PC. It is however not a new Apple TV5), and online TV widgets (e.g., Connected TV6 concept, as it has been explored since the start of this century from Yahoo! and Verizon's Fiber Optic Television7) are – in academic and industrial research labs by creating several or, will be – radically transforming how people watch and prototypes. Features include remote talking or chatting while interact around television content. watching television, commenting television content, content- Strategy reports 8 and a broad selection of new aware buddy lists that show what a user is watching, and commercial services show the relevance of the current shift sharing and recommending video clips. towards a more social-aware television experience. It reveals The breadth of existing solutions and approaches might as well the commercial interest behind integrating successful be daunting to newcomers. The intention of this paper is to summarize previous and current efforts, categorizing their most salient features. The resulting framework is a valuable contribution for better understanding the present. Moreover, 1 http://www.youtube.com/ it provides a tool for evaluating and discussing future 2 http://current.com/ developments in the field. Social TV is part of a broader 3 http://www.philips.nl/net_tv 4 http://www.google.com/tv/ 5 9 http://www.apple.com/appletv/ https://twitter.com/ 6 10 http://connectedtv.yahoo.com/ http://www.facebook.com/ 7 11 http://www.verizon.com/fiostv http://clipsync.com/ 8 12 Futurescape.TV: "How Facebook, Twitter, and connected http://www.tvchatterapp.com/ 13 television transform global TV advertising, Pay-TV, EPGs and http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-tv/ 14 Broadcasting" at http://www.futurescape.tv/report-social-tv.html http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2010/prod_010610c.html trend of introducing multimedia in a home environment, concepts: activity, device/network, modality, presence, warranting a detailed study of its past, present, and future. synchronization, and strength ties. The first topic, activity, is This paper is structured as follows. The next section the primary categorization parameter since it determines overviews in a structured manner past and present efforts what the goal of the interaction is. Based on the survey, we regarding social TV. Based on a detailed survey of systems, have identified four major activity categories: Section III presents the basic framework that we believe 1. Content selection and sharing: information by other covers the main threads being followed. Finally, Section IV peers is used for making appropriate decisions on provides a detailed discussion on the next challenges, the what to watch. The user might also want to send to future, and predictions. his/her peers full programs or edited versions of the programs. II. SOCIAL TV PAST AND PRESENT 2. Communication: direct communication via chat, The term social TV seems to be a tautology. Since its audio, or video with other peers while watching inception television watching has been a social activity that television [20]. gathers millions of people around their television sets. 3. Community building: commenting about a television Families used to watch television together in the living room, program with a large community. making television a social medium in the small – family – 4. Status update: making available to others what you and in the large - society. Later, societal pattern changes are currently watching. (e.g., nomadic behavior) and technology innovations (e.g. cable TV, low-cost television sets) have fundamentally For each category there are a number of aspects that transformed how television is watched. Currently, several determine how the activity is performed; in each activity households have almost as many television sets as rooms and some of the aspects are more salient than in others. The the TV offering is so broad that it is not uncommon that different aspects that we have identified include: different people did not watch the same television program A. Device/network: what is the device and network in use? last night, with some exceptions15. Some solutions focus on the Web, while others target a The last decade has witnessed an incremental interest in television environment. Mobile devices and secondary what we call Social TV, with a number of systems offering screens are becoming very popular lately. synchronous communication means between people B. Modality: in case there is a direct communication watching television in different locations. Some examples between different users, how are they communicating? include Social TV from Motorola [15], ConnecTV from The options include text, audio, and video. TNO [2], and AmigoTV from Alcatel-Lucent [7]. In parallel C. Presence: how are other users represented? Options with these systems other solutions for asynchronous include traditional buddy lists, ambient solutions, and communications in the form of content recommendation and more extended buddy lists as provided by popular social TV content sharing have been proposed (e.g., Ambulant networking sites such as Facebook. Annotator [5], CollaboraTV [18], and Watch-and-Comment D. Synchronization: Does the social interaction take place [3]). Lately, together with the success of social media and synchronously (while watching) or asynchronously? social networking, a number of products that combines TV E. Strength tie: what is the network reach of the shared content with social networking are appearing (e.g., TV activity? In some cases closed network reach is Chatter, Starling TV16, Miso17). provided, usually including friends or family, while in Each of these developments focuses on social other cases a more open reach is available and strangers interactions around television content, but in different ways are able to communicate with each other. and with different goals. Even though there have been some previous attempts to categorize Social TV (Chorianopoulos We believe this framework is complete enough for [6] and Harboe [11]), we believe they did not consider the describing past and present solutions towards Social TV. The broadness and complexity of the current situation. The next step is to see how the categorization behaves for a intention of this paper is to provide a framework that paves selected number of systems. We will describe each of the the way for the next generation of Social TV systems. four activities in more detail, giving examples of specific systems and applications representative of that category. III. FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL TV A. Content Selection and sharing The first step towards a valid framework is an in-depth study of past and present solutions. Based on a survey of Due to the wide range of alternatives, content selection over thirty systems, this paper identifies a number of key has been considered as a cornerstone of interactive television categories for differentiating social TV systems. The systems. Since the first commercial interactive television framework described in this article is based on the following solutions, the EPG helps viewers decide what to watch, sometimes providing video recording capabilities. The EPG is a table-based application showing the schedule of different 15 channels, mimicking traditional TV listings in magazines http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super- and newspapers. On the other hand, one can find on the Web bowl-xliv-most-watched-super-bowl-of-all-time/ 16 http://starling.tv/ 17 http://gomiso.com/ a variety of playback video streaming services such as functions. Similarly, the first commercial social webTV BBC's iPlayer 18, Netflix 19, Apple TV, and Hulu 20. Such applications Joost25 and Lycos Cinema enabled users to text systems tend to provide more efficient and open mechanisms chat with each other while watching online TV or movies. for content selection, since old broadcast thinking models do More recently, the web based application Watchitoo not only not need to be followed. In this direction, the recently enables chatting, but also talking and even announced Google TV is causing expectations as a videoconferencing while watching the same content. Most of convergence environment between the Web and the these applications support only synchronous communication, television world. While the previous examples mostly although CollaboraTV also included asynchronous concentrate on time-shifted content, real-time broadcasting communication by letting users leave comments at specific services (e.g., Facebook21 Live, Justin.tv22) are becoming an moments during a television show. In all cases, presence alternative. Unfortunately, most of the content selection and features such as a buddy list are available so users can easily streaming solutions lack social features – Hulu, iPlayer, see who is available for communicating with, and if they are Facebook, and Justin.tv being exceptions. Social-aware watching the same show or not. selection systems use information by other people in order to Most of the existing social TV applications that offer help in deciding what to watch. As demonstrated by social direct communication possibilities, are limited to a (smaller) media research, useful information includes ratings, group of family and friends. The rationale behind this is comments, recommendations, and insights from the social probably the fact that these people do not have the option to network that can be directly used by the viewer or by a physically watch TV together (anymore), and social TV recommender system. allows them to (re)create a social co-watching experience. Some of these systems, such as Hulu, allow social Nevertheless, some applications do offer strangers the option interaction in the form of content sharing. In this case the to communicate directly. Joost e.g. offered a 'channel chat' video – or a link to the video – is the communication means allowing strangers to interact on a channel where the content between people. Boxee23, iPlayer, and Watchitoo24 provide was not synchronized. The non-synchronized content made it content sharing functionality, acknowledging that direct however difficult to find common ground with strangers to recommendations are more effective and personal than talk about the same things while watching, so it is doubtful if computed recommendations. In most cases, the user can also this combination would lead to successful communication. recommend only the interesting parts of the video. Ambulant These and other applications embody a category of social Annotator [5] provides extensions to the model that allow the TV applications where directly communicating with each viewer to easily edit and enrich the television content while other is the core social feature. While other social features watching, and to share the results with targeted groups. are usually supported as well, such as sharing which program For content selection and sharing, the network and device someone is watching, it is the synchronous communication in use are not salient features. Services within this category that characterizes these applications the most. As a are available in the Web, in the television environment, and consequence, social TV in this respect should optimally on mobile phones. Presence information is not key since support the communication process, e.g. by providing there is no synchronous communication between the users. different levels of communicating like emoticons, text chat Content sharing is an asynchronous activity that tends to and voice chat [10]. reach social networks beyond the close ties. Nevertheless, direct recommendations that involve content editing such as C. Community Building clipping is restricted to close ties, due to the effort and Community building refers to the activity of sharing intimacy of such action. The most salient feature of this thoughts, comments, and impressions about television category is the interaction means: the actual video or a link programs with a large community. Followers of a specific to it. show normally comprise such community. In some cases games (e.g., NBA Real Time Fantasy26) and other immersive B. Communication activities are provided by the television channel or by A number of social TV applications support direct individual followers of the show. In the past, successful communication between its users. Early TV based research approaches included the use of telephone calls for deciding systems like Alcatel-Lucent's AmigoTV or Motorola's the outcome of a show – Big Brother or the Eurovision song Social TV allow users to talk with each other using voice, contest are good examples – but lately many television while CollaboraTV or 2BeOn [1] implemented text chat channels are providing specific Web pages with Facebook and Twitter updates. TV Chatter and Starling TV are two recent examples of community building, where comments related to a television 18 program are gathered and agreggated. In most of the cases http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv such aggregation is done via an external channel, with no 19 http://www.netflix.com/ effect on the program. Some exceptions exists like NM2 [21] 20 http://www.hulu.com/ where comments of the viewers were used for interactively 21 http://www.facebook.com/FacebookLive 22 http://www.justin.tv/ 23 25 http://www.boxee.tv/ http://www.joost.com/ 24 26 http://www.watchitoo.com/ http://www.nba.com/fantasy/ affecting the storyline of a drama series and Current TV's show. By showing off the badges earned, users also present "Hack the Debate" that showed Tweets onscreen during the themselves as avid fans of specific shows. televised debates of the last USA presidential election. The mobile phone and laptop are the most commonly IV. SOCIAL TV FUTURE used devices, since it is more convinient to use than a Based on the framework provided above, this section television remote control. A salient feature of this category is discusses in detail a possible future for Social TV. The most the network reach, where large audiences of strangers obvious set of services are those that directly match the congregate around a television program. Text tends to be the proposed framework, and build on currently existing or most common communication modality. Even though the emerging applications. In terms of content selection and comments are synchronized with the show, synchronization sharing, good examples are social EPG's and targeted is not a key feature because time-shifting is common and advertisement. Social EPG's can include recommendations people might add/read comments whenever they want. based on friends' TV watching patterns, as well as communication features and status updates. As similar D. Status update applications are already in development [12][16], and do not While early social TV systems usually offered status differ greatly from the already described systems, we will not sharing (e.g. "I'm watching Breaking News on CNN") as further discuss this. one of its social features, more recently many applications A more challenging venue to try to predict the future of have been launched which offer status sharing as its core social TV is by looking at trends in related areas (e.g. content feature. Applications like Miso and Tunerfish allow users to creation, communication technology, and social networking) indicate the TV program they are watching by 'checking in' and see how they could lead to applications that fit into the to that program, much like checking in to locations with proposed categories of our framework. When taking this location-based applications such as Foursquare 27 and perspective, we see three different interesting directions: Gowalla28. Users that check into a specific TV program a lot, Mash-up and connected TV, other activities in the living earn badges. Apart from indicating the TV program a user is room, and new Social TV program formats. watching, these applications usually also provide the option to write a short, twitter-like, status update. Similar to Twitter, A. Mash-up and Connected TV users can follow other users, so they receive the status Convergence of domains such as IPTV, the Web, and the updates and other information from these users. The mobile world is still in its infancy. Even though some programs users are currently watching, the associated status prototype solutions have demonstrated the benefits [17], update, as well as the badges earned, are broadcast to these there has not been much deployment. Based on a number of friends and 'followers', creating a sense of competition. current standards, in the future we can expect domain Many of these applications are web based and have a convergence providing shared experiences independently of mobile counterpart, making it easy to change status while the location, the network, and the device [12]. We believe watching TV. However, it is also possible to have a TV that further development on social networking will act as a widget on a connected TV with the same functionality. The bridge between currently fragmented environments. We main communication modality for this category of expect that in the future the boundaries between the applications is text based. Although the network reach television, the Web, and the mobile world will be minimized includes friends, especially when linked to Facebook, the allowing people to have universal sessions independently of Twitter-like structure of followers makes it easy to include the domain. Still, there are some challenges to realize such strangers in the network as well. What these applications are vision. There is a need for adequate protocols for defining usually lacking, is a presence feature. As communication is universal sessions and signaling within sessions, for cross- not a core function, it is not really necessary to know if other domain synchronization between nodes, and for breaking the users are online or not. The interaction is therefore also current boundaries between over-the-top solutions and mainly asynchronous, as there are no direct communication managed environments. possibilities other than short status updates. Another direction we foresee is cross-domain content Although direct communication is not possible with these sharing. If the boundaries between domains can be crossed, applications, as we just stated, they do allow users to viewers could share content independently of the network in communicate with short status updates. Similar to the use. Even more interestingly, we advocate for truly mash-up previously discussed category, however, it is the sharing of TV. Some research in this direction is already starting [14], what one is watching which is the core feature of these but we can imagine just-in-time compilation of television applications. So instead of seeing direct communication as programs as a reality. The compilation will be based on the the main social TV component, social TV in this respect is social network, on other people's edited versions, and on the about creating a sense of commonality in what you're user preferences. watching, much like when you knew the whole neighbourhood was watching the same television show, and B. Other Activities the next day at school or at work people would talk about the This paper has focused on social interaction around television content. 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I've been involved in the professional music business since 1970, but incredibly, still enjoy playing the drums anyway. I consider it very fortunate that my Indianapolis grade school had a full band program and indoor plumbing as well. At age 12 the music nun yanked me from piano lessons to play drums in the orchestra because no one else had exhibited any natural proclivity toward becoming the scapegoat in the school's traditional losses at district band contests. Falling in love with the drums immediately, I demonstrated my interest and gratitude by ripping off drumsticks from the school, using them at home to break the heads on a pair of Emenee bongos...
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Stable Cottages (kent)
Cottage | 4 bedrooms | sleeps 8
|Key Info
The property is set in a beautiful country location, conveniently located with easy access to all motorways and ports. Situated 15 minutes from historic Rochester. London, Canterbury and the coast are all 45 minutes away.
The cottages provide a perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life but at the same time are situated close to motorways and ports. Set in 20 acres of farmland overlooking the Thames Estuary.
There are fabulous facilities including a heated indoor swimming pool and steam room, a mini-gymnasium with a running machine,rowing machine and weights. The family live on site and look forward to welcoming your stay.
|Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days)
|Car advised, Wheelchair users
|Nearest Amenities
|5 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Gatwick 60 km, Nearest railway: Rochester 10 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|Pets welcome, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Sauna, Internet access, DVD player, Sea view
|Shared indoor pool
|Central heating, TV, CD player, Pool or snooker table, Table tennis, Games room, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 2 En suites
|Single beds (4), Double beds (2), Cots (2), Dining seats for 8, Lounge seats for 8
|High chair
|Shared indoor pool, Shared garden, BBQ, Climbing frame, Swing set
|Wheelchair users, Secure parking
|Further details indoors
Full oil fired central heating included in the price, all electricity, bedding and towels included. Doorways are wide enough for a wheelchair and all cottages have ground floor bedrooms.
There is a disabled shower in the pool room. There are no steps at the property. The fully tiled bathroom with shower over bath has ample cupboard space. The property has many attractive features such as oak staircases and beams.
|Further details outdoors
We have electric gates for extra security and there is ample parking for cars. There is a gas barbecue and a games room with table tennis, pool table, football table and children's play corner. We also have a climbing frame and other outdoor toys for children.
If you like walking we have many footpaths through the countryside and are also very close to the Saxon Shore Way. The RSPB reserve is just around the corner in High Halstow including the largest Heronry in Europe. We do provide a selection of Wellington boots for people to borrow!
We do allow dogs by prior arrangement but we do ask that they are kept on a lead at all times, only walked in the 'dog walking area' and cleaned up after. They are not allowed in the bedrooms. There are many walks outside of our boundaries on public footpaths.
|Further details
This cottage is one of 6 on this site. The cottages vary in size and rental rates. Please contact the owner for further details. Pets are welcome by arrangement only.
The South East England region
We are close to Historic Rochester which has a Castle, Cathedral, Museum and High Street, and an hour's drive will take you to many more gardens and National Trust properties or the coast. Canterbury being 45 minutes away and London an hour.
Kent boasts a beautiful coastline, unspoilt countryside and various historical attractions making this a holiday destination that can satisfy all tastes. There are miles and miles of walks through woodland, vineyards and fields, as well as galleries, shopping opportunities and a variety of restaurants and cafes.
There is so much do do in Rochester. Historic Rochester has Victorian Charm, great Architecture and Historic Interests. You can visit the Castle, Cathedral and the Guidhall Museum.
You can explore Rochester in the footsteps of Charles Dickens. Seeing the buildings he wrote about including the Six Poor Travellers house, Restoration House and also his treasured Swiss Chalet.
Rochester boasts a wide choice of independent speciality shops, ample places to eat and drink and a farmers market every 3rd Sunday in the month at Corporation Street car park.
Chatham is famous for the Historic Dockyard dating back more than 400 years. There is also Dockside outlet centre nearby.
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27 May 2014
"Wonderful family accomodation"
We stayed at Stable Cottages while attending a wedding at Cooling Castle. The unit was well equiped and very clean. The complex offers a variety of activities for all ages. We were a group of 3 family… More
11 Jan 2014
"Home from Home"
We stayed at Stable Cottages over Christmas and couldn't have been more pleased. From the box of chocolates and bottles of mulled wine that awaited us, to the welcome and helpfulness of the own… More
12 Jan 2013
"Clean, Well Provisioned & Welcoming Accommodation"
My family (2 adults & 3 teenagers) stayed in a 2 bedroom cottage over the Christmas period. Needing somewhere almost midway between family in Essex & Kent, this was an ideal location. The cottage was clean and had everything necessary for a full week. The provision of swimming towels as well as everyday towels was great, as was access to the washing machine and dryer. The kitchen was well stocked and even had a travel adaptor for my European mixer - I made a pavlova for 10 in the oven that turned out just as at home, so no skimping on size there. Would certainly recommend for people who need a base in Kent. Debbie most helpful & came to say hello & make sure everything was OK as we had arrived late in the evening, and her directions were clear and accurate. Cottage is at the end of a lane, part of which is unmade but the condition of the road is perfectly fine for all cars.
28 Sep 2012
"Great for kids"
We stayed here with our two year old and another couple. The accommodation was well equipped, clean and comfortable. The games room was fabulous, offering plenty to keep our toddler - and the men - en… More
31 Aug 2012
"Great for families of all ages - comfortable and clean accommodation"
This was our second holiday at the Stables. Our first stay was last year in August 2011 when we stayed for 7 nights, we decided that wasn't long enough so this year we stayed 10 nights and still… More
14 May 2012
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We were attending a wedding at Cooling Castle Barns and needed accommodation for 2 nights. Stable cottages was exactly what we needed as there were 8 of us plus an infant. The cottages are located dow… More
we apologise for the holes in the road, this was due to the huge amount of rain we have had this year. The road was repaired on Sunday and I hope if you return you will not see it in that sorry state again!
The bathrooms do have showers over the baths but unfortunately there is not the room for a seperate shower. We do however have two walk in showers in the pool room (which is very warm) that many of our less abled visitors have used.
11 May 2012
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Stayed for a week in May at one of the 4-bedroom properties.Property is well equipped, with two bedrooms on the ground floor for the less abled.Very dog friendly with a dog walking area on the doorste… More
27 Apr 2012
"Excellent spot for our weekend away"
Our group of friends had a weekend away from London. Stable cottages exceeded almost all of our expectations. The location is great - turn off the road and follow a driveway for nearly a mile to the… More
2 Nov 2011
"The best place to enjoy your holidays with children"
Everything was easy from the beginning.We are from Spain and booked in the internet .The great advantage is having the owners so near, they are very kind and willing to help you. The property is very big and safe at the same time. Children have a lot of things to do and adults can enjoy peaceful moments.The location is perfect to explore county Kent and ,of course, London. The amenities are great to relax and have fun. What I liked best was that I felt at home despite being abroad. Maybe what I liked least was to drive even to buy some bread but that is how things are if you live in the country.The houses are very cosy and you find everything you can need.
30 Oct 2011
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My daughter was planning on getting married at Cooling Castle Barn in Rochester and as we live in Southampton I needed to find a cottage locally so that she would have somewhere to stay the night before the wedding and to get ready. I found Stable Cottages through a web search and contacted Debbie one of the owners by phone over a year before the dates I required. From the outset she was extremely helpful when I explained why I needed the cottage and assured me that it would not be a problem for photographers,hairdressing and make up ladies as well as bridesmaids and bridal cars.to turn up at the property. She also gave me information about local kennels for our dogs for the duration of the wedding weekend and agreed that after the wedding we could keep out dogs at the property. We kept in contact over the months of waiting and she always responded promptly to any questions that I had The week before arrival I was told which cottage we would be staying in and the code for the entry gates therefore allowing us to proceed straight to out cottage on arrival .The property was immaculate the best that I have every rented. My daughter was able to spend the night with all her family and bridesmaids in a relaxing and homely setting. During our stay both Debbie and Jason were there to provide any help needed.
The setting was outstanding, perfect for anyone wanting to visit London but not wanting to stay in the city
On our arrival home we discovered that my husband had left his glasses behind I contact Debbie and they were back with us by lunchtime the next day! You really can't ask for more than that..
All in all it was 'Just what we needed' and I would recommend this it to anyone, you will be sure of a warm and friendly welcome
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The Brussels sewers are a gigantic subterranean network which counts, only on the municipal territory, more than 320 km of sewers and 30 km of collectors. The museum is open to group visits, by appointment. Individual visits are not possible.
This network is indispensable to an effective evacuation of waste water.
The Service of the Sewers of the City of Brussels answers the numerous questions people worried about the environment may ask.
The Service is equipped with an exceptional tool for this purpose: the Sewers Museum.
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"Barrage," a musical group that features an international, multi-talented cast performing an eclectic mix of music, dance and song will perform at Rockford College's Maddox Theatre February 4 at 7 p.m.
The group has entertained at venues around the world, combining music with contemporary world influences, layered vocal arrangements, and pulsating modern beats and rhythms in what is billed as a "high octane fiddle-fest." The concert is sponsored by the Music Academy of Rockford College.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the Rockford College box office in the Clark Arts Center, phone 815-226-4100.
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Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of May's Indie Film Month. "Enemy" is currently available to view On Demand.
There's no denying Jake Gyllenhaal is a heartthrob, but meeting the actor in person, it's also clear that the 33-year-old is first and foremost an artist. It's evident in his recent choice of roles, and in the passionate and thoughtful way he speaks about his craft.
Gyllenhaal has always been one to take on challenging roles in provocative fare, dating back to his breakout role as a troubled teen in "Donnie Darko." In the years that followed, the actor worked with a series of notable directors including Sam Mendes ("Jarhead") and David Fincher ("Zodiak"). After experiencing a minor setback with "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," his first bid at a blockbuster franchise, Gyllenhaal returned to the dark character studies he made his name on. His latest, "Enemy," from his "Prisoners" director and good friend Denis Villeneuve, is currently available to watch On Demand.
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The Toronto-set thriller centers on Adam Bell (Gyllenhaal), a university professor who, while watching a film, happens to notice that one of the actors onscreen possesses a striking resemblance to his own. Bell becomes consumed with his doppelgänger -- an actor by the name of Anthony Claire (also played by Gyllenhaal) -- and decides to seek him out. Worlds collide, and, of course, chaos ensues.
Indiewire sat down with Gyllenhaal in New York to discuss his second film with Villeneuve, their unique working relationship, and this new stage in his career.
I walked into "Enemy" without having read the book on which it's based. I watched it as a straight up thriller until that final shot that upended everything I had seen up that point. I left this film feeling not played, but dumb. Did you get the film upon the first read?
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I knew what Denis was going for. All I need is like an anchor, conceptually, emotionally, and he explained to me what he wanted the movie to be about. You know, he wrote a bit of a manifesto and he said, "Before you read the script, this is what I want the movie to be about. I want it to be about intimacy, struggle with identity, searching for your own and how that gets mixed up with being intimate, romantically, sexually, all those things."
I love that idea of someone being split. Trying to kind of find their way and commit to in the end... a real relationship with his wife, who is pregnant with their child. You know, that's to me what the movie was about. To me, that was the beautiful hopeful ending, that I thought, "Okay, that's where he's moving towards." Now the irony of it is, and I don't know if this is a spoiler, the end is cyclical because no matter what we commit to in what we decide we want our lives to be, there's always the biological, psychological aspects that will torment us at times. You know, there's always that snake. The snake doesn't go away, you know what I mean? It's always in the corner of the woods, you just need to know where it is, so you don't step on it again. You can walk around it. And I think that's the idea of the movie to me. There's a lot of other shit there too.
But very simply, Denis said, "This is a movie about being a man in a relationship. and the fear and the relief in a certain type of commitment."I was like, "Ahh, i love that idea!"
All of what you're saying is so heady. As an actor, I'd imagine that in order to play these two characters, you had to let all that cerebral stuff go to just live in the moment.
Well, Denis always thought he wanted it to be about two people. I always had this idea that it was about one. So we were constantly having that conversation. But to me, to play it, you need those concepts. Like going to the children's section of the library and going like, "OK, this scene at the end where Sarah Gadon's character tells me to stay, is an admittance of some sort of truth that I was, at the beginning of the movie, incapable of being able to admit." And so I think to play that, it was about being close to her and feeling ashamed, and there were a lot of things about feeling love -- I think those things kinda came into play.
Every day was an experiment in those kinds of emotions. And when I acted with myself, Denis set aside three days for the first time we meet each other to really discover that. We would discover during the day what was going on. We would start on one side and we would shoot that side, and I felt a little more comfortable playing Adam, the professor character, because he was more of a solid guy and so I'd play that.
We would just play man.
I witnessed the hilarious, 'bro-ish' rapport you and Denis have at the film's world premiere in Toronto. Do you need that kind of levity on the set of a film like this in order to go to the dark places the film requires of you?
Not necessarily. You need to be in sync with your director and where they are and how they deal with their feelings around something. With Denis, he's really playful, really loving and that allowed me to step back and be off stage with him behind the monitor and then go on stage. So no, I don't think you need that. I don't need that. But it was there and I just took it. If he was super duper serious, like that's how he wanted it to go, then I would be serious.
You made "Prisoners" following this first collaboration. Did you two hit it off the bat immediately?
We did, we did. He's just one of those types of people. He's very loving, very open. Really loves actors. Really is not afraid of actors. Really loves their choices, always encouraging. But also as a human being. We've always just gotten along, he and I. He's not really afraid of certain truths and I'm not either. And we keep throwing them back in forth at each other like good friends do.
We met up and meeting him was my decision to do the movie. Even more so than the material and the subject matter. The relationship with the filmmaker is 50% of what you do and that relationship is in the movie. It's the energy in that movie. Particularly if you're the lead of their movie, that relationship, you can feel that as an audience member. That's why we went back to the well with "Prisoners," the relationship was the first thing. It was an artistic exploration. That's a little indulgent, but it was. It was like, "You wanna go play again? Wanna go check this out?" And I was like, "Yeah."
In both "Prisoners" and this, you have so much going on beneath the surface -- they're performances that stick with you. It's no coincidence they're my two favorite performances of yours. You seem to be digging deeper than ever before in your work. Is that due to what Denis asks of you, or did you just come to a realization of sorts?
Yeah. I feel a desperate need to bring that to everything that I do. And I feel that every interaction that I have, be it in the interaction that we're having now, or I go out on the street, whoever I see, whoever I meet, in my life, my friends, the people I love, my family... each on of those things in between each project I do is an accumulation of an experience and I want to put all those things, even if it correlates to the movie I'm doing or not. It's all inside me, it's how I grow. So, I don't want deny that stuff and then go and make a movie. I want to take all that stuff with me and put it into the experience I'm having. And that's a decision I made, I started to realize, "That moves me. Oh, I detest that. Oh..." Whatever it is, and bring it in to the performances. I think you get to a certain age where you start doing that and you're no longer feeling that.. I don't know (Laughs).
So I'm seeing more of you in every performance now.
I think so. I think so... I mean, I've become a lot more obsessed with the specificity of characters and like you said, my work, the choices I make, also being on stage was a really big evolution for me. Getting back on stage last year, I will again next year, to me, being a part of... I don't know... I just feel more alive in what I'm doing.
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Abigail Deveraux
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Who played Abigail Deveraux over the years
Kate Mansi (March 2, 2011 - present)
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* Abby's birthday has changed from October 19, 1992 when she was aged to 16 in 2004. She celebrated her 18th birthday April 2006.
Current: Student
Past: Office help at Max Brady's garage.
Past: Student
Abigail Johanna Devereaux is the only daughter to Jack and Jennifer Devereaux. She was named after Alice Horton's mother, Abigail and Jack's mother, Josephine. Abby was brought up very well by her parents and is a good, sweet girl.
After Abby's birth, she came down with aplastic anemia as a result of drinking polluted well water. When Jack discovered that he was responsible, he left town. Abby developed leukemia but a bone marrow donation from Austin Reed saved her life. Jen had been dating Peter Blake at this point, and Abby started to associate him with her father. When Jack came back, Abby and her mom moved to Africa for a few years. They lived in Ireland for a while as well and moved back to Salem after finding Bo Brady there (her honorary 'Uncle'). Jack soon followed and Abby hoped that the two would get back together. After relationships with Brandon Walker and Colin Murphy, Jen and Jack found their way back to each other and married. Abby was devastated when she heard her father had been murdered by the Salem Stalker (Marlena). Jen had to take Jack off life support and Abby blamed her for this, turning to her grandfather Vern for comfort. She was happy to find she was to have a little baby brother when Jen found she was pregnant and started to come around when new friend and boarder Patrick Lockhart made his appearance in Salem.
Abby was sent away when her mother went on the search for Jack, who was alive again but presumed dead. Jen and Abby saw many rough times before Jack came back to them. She had a new baby brother, Jack jr., and a new friend in Chelsea Benson Brady. Chelsea turned out to be a bad influence on Abby and she went through more rough times.
Eventually, Jack was found to be alive and the family was reunited. Jack became ill shortly after his return and almost died, before a miracle drug saved him. After, Jack and Jen moved to England with the baby and Abby stayed behind with Aunt Maggie. She now resides with her aunt and cousin/friend Nick Fallon, and is in love with Max Brady.
Abby is set to leave for Europe to visit her parents this summer. She wound up going to boarding school while away but returned in March to Salem, to stay. She met Chad by chance at Java, who was with Johnny, and assumed the boy was his son. She doesn't take kindly to 'boys getting high school girls pregnant' so they got off on the wrong foot. Once she apologized, they seemed to get along until he revealed he's a DiMera and then she judged him again. She got to know him a little and apologized for pre-judging. She and Chad have been friendly since, though he dislikes how she keeps judging his family. She is going in for a hospital intern this summer and is having issues as a cause of missing her brother JJ and worrying about her mother and father's divorce. Abby is now a hospital intern and is interested in Chad, but having issues accepting that he's a DiMera. Abigail has come a long way in a short time and has accepted Chad for who he is. They've created a loving relationship. Jack returned from Afghanistan, and she learned he was held hostage for a very long time. She was hurt and angered that he left them to follow a story, but after a while she seemed to forge a decent relationship with her father. When Chad accidentally kissed Melanie at the Halloween dance October 2011, thinking Mel was Abby, Abby became upset. Things seemed to go downhill after that and when she was reacquainted with Austin Reed. She became attracted to him. She couldn't stop thinking about him, though he only saw her as a friend. She and Chad broke up, after realizing that they didn't belong together, and Abigail learned he and Melanie were into each other. Abby was hurt and felt betrayed. She leaned on Austin for support and later became his teaching assistant. She fell for him and became obsessed. One night he got drunk and she pretended they had sex. He was beside himself for "cheating" on Carrie, but eventually it was learned that nothing happened. Abigail admitted she was lying. She was ashamed of herself but ultimately got back on the horse and started dating Dr. Cameron Davis. Things went slowly and one night he took her to her room for sex and she backed down. They broke up and she divulged to her mother and Gabi that she's a virgin. She didn't want Cameron to know. They eventually started dating again and she was at the point where he could figure out her "secret." Cameron eventually did find out and didn't care. She thought he'd be the one she'd lose it to but Chad DiMera returned to her life and made it known he was into her. She was torn between the two guys and eventually Chad faked a brain tumor with Cameron who then decided to let Abigail go. She and Chad dated exclusively and made love right away, and all the while, he kept the fake tumor from Abigail. During a speech he was making at Sami and EJ's engagement party, Marge Bernardi shot him. EJ was forced to tell Cameron the truth about there being no tumor in order to save Chad's life.
EJ Wells DiMera (January 2014)
Cameron Davis Dated in 2012 and February 2013.
Josh (dated)
Max Brady
Chad Peterson Woods DiMera Dated, broke up December 2011; dated fall 2012.
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Harper Deveraux (paternal adoptive grandfather - deceased)
Camille Deveraux (paternal adoptive grandmother - deceased)
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Abigail winds up at the park thinking about kissing EJ. Jordan finds her and tells her the sports complex job was taken. They discuss Rafe. Jordan says she was able to talk to Rafe as friends and forget about their problems. Abby sees that as a positive sign. She goes and Clyde shows up. She asks him to return to Poplar Bluff but he's sticking around to see how things go with her and the 'po-lice man'. He tells her he was introduced to Kate Roberts. Does she know her? Jordan walks off without answering and Clyde says, "Bulls-eye."
Abby returns to TBD to explain why she pulled away from their kiss but EJ walks in and looks around and she pauses. Ben seems upset.
Abigail unintentionally locks her and Ben in the supply closet at TBD. Abby's cell phone has no reception so they assume they'll be there a while. "I have something to show you," he says. He hands over a can of tuna and a can opener. She laughs, not expecting the tuna. She finds more food and they whip up a picnic lunch. Upstairs, Theresa tells Paige that she can really only count on one person - herself. She trashes her parents for judging her. Paige is sorry but doesn't feel that way about her mom. Back downstairs, Abby and Ben dine, drink, and eat cookies. They discuss Jordan and Rafe's break-up and hope that things work out for them. Abby brings up his father and Ben asks her not to ruin the mood. They clean up and start making out. Abigail flashes to getting hot and heavy with EJ in the hospital closet. Back upstairs, Theresa asks Paige to heed her warning about JJ. Paige isn't buying her warning. Theresa repeats that as soon as she gives him what he wants, he'll be "looking for a new set of panties to nail to his wall." Theresa leaves and Daniel and Parker drop by Paige's table. Dan overheard the conversation and tells Paige not to let Theresa undermine what she and JJ have. JJ arrives. JJ takes Paige aside and lets her know Eve stopped by the house. Paige sighs. He tells her Theresa didn't out them.
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from the text:
"Bergmann and Sams are quick to point out that simply transferring a boring lecture to video will not transform anyone's teaching in a way that dramatically benefits students."
so true
Allan Tsuda's curator insight, August 26, 5:17 PM
It's happening faster than a lot of people realize. Interested in seeing "results" in student learning growth between the "have and have not" countries. Hopefully the gap will close.
Sieg Holle's curator insight, August 29, 9:21 AM
Moving toward the age of "learning" abundance despite the opposition inevitable.....
Aris P. Louvris's curator insight, August 30, 4:46 AM
Μία αρκετά τεχνολογική προσέγγιση που αξίζει να διαβαστεί
Nik Peachey's curator insight, August 5, 6:33 AM
This looks a bit date and has to be downloaded and installed (Windows only) but could be a handy tool for English students.
Rob Hatfield, M.Ed.'s curator insight, July 14, 5:00 PM
These are excellent teaching and learning resources for your 21st Century teaching and learning environments.
liblist4u's curator insight, July 15, 7:40 AM
Great suggestions for anyone looking for suitable video sites
Rob Hatfield, M.Ed.'s curator insight, July 18, 5:36 PM
I have step by step increase the usage and teaching about Google Docs, Slides, Hangouts and Drive at school. It becomes easier if changes take place a step at a time in your teaching and learning environments.
Mark Fuson's curator insight, July 19, 7:03 AM
I must admit, I've got to get better at some of these. One of the biggest issues with learning something is practice and practice takes time and the willingness to fail. Unfortunately, teachers often are so rushed by their schedules that they can't afford to struggle with something in order to learn it because they have 165 students, 3 different preps, papers to grade, a family life, and curriculum to create. Unless we change these factors, how can a teacher learn new skills in the classroom and why would they try to if experiencing a little failure could negatively impact evaluation?
Kim Lindskog's curator insight, July 25, 2:07 PM
As we think about what it is that we want to help teachers with in relation to Google apps...this might help with the conversation.
tom jackson's curator insight, August 27, 5:45 AM
Yes, Barb's insights are right on target. I have been using EdPuzzle and find it easy to use and providing a complete package for teachers who want to ascertain which students viewed the video, answered the embedded questions, which questions were answered correctly or what did they understand from the video! Highly recommend.
tom jackson's curator insight, August 27, 5:45 AM
Yes, Barb's insights are right on target. I have been using EdPuzzle and find it easy to use and providing a complete package for teachers who want to ascertain which students viewed the video, answered the embedded questions, which questions were answered correctly or what did they understand from the video! Highly recommend.
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Edpuzzle -> Add voice or embed questions to ease your students understanding.
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Free Screen Recorder Video Capture Software
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Swapped Camstudio (loads of adware and capture issues) for this. So far so good.
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I downloaded this and AVG found Malware embedded, beware...
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Fun game combining Learning grammar and gaming tacticus.
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A faculty member can never have too many resources for images.
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Een heel bruikbare lijst om je voortaan geen zorgen meer te maken over het rechtmatig gebruik van foto's/afbeeldingen.
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¿Eres consciente de la importancia de utilizar imágenes de uso libre en tus proyectos? ¿Alguna vez te has parado a pensar en los problemas que pueden derivarse del uso de imagenes de terceros? ¿Sabías que Google Imágenes permite filtrar las búsquedas por el tipo de licencia?
En este artículo nos presentan una selección de estos bancos de imágenes libres de derechos que nos serán de gran utilidad.
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Jets practice free of tension
WINNIPEG — The tension and anxiety were clearly gone from NHLers skating at the MTS Iceplex this morning.
The group, which has been training on its own since the player lockout began on Sept. 15, is clearly eager to start a schedule now that the league and the NHLPA have found agreement on a new 10-year labour deal.
Both sides must ratify it this week and though it's not confirmed, the season is most likely to start Jan. 19.
Winnipeg Jets centre Bryan Little has been a regular at the Iceplex during the 113-day work stoppage.
"I'm really relieved," Little said this morning. "I tried to keep really quiet throughout the whole thing and let the Don (Fehr) and the union take care of business because as a player, you can't really control too much when you're not in the meetings.
"I tried to stay calm. It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride but it's a huge relief. I was a bit like Christmas morning waking up there Sunday."
Asked what he liked about the deal that was hammered out over the weekend, Little said it was the fairness that appealed to him.
"I kind of like that coming down from 57 (per cent) to 50 was a big commitment from us and I kind of like how we met them halfway," he said. "We kind of gave up a lot, what most fans were upset about that we weren't going down to 50-50. I'm glad we got there and it seems like everyone's happy with that."
The end to the dispute almost marked the end of a personal embargo on hockey interviews by new Jets centre Olli Jokinen.
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Today, Jokinen entertained questions for a half-hour after the group of five (which included Little, Toby Enstrom, Jim Slater and Dallas's Ryan Garbutt) was finished.
"It's been a long three months but as an athlete, you stay and in shape and do everything possible to be ready when you get that email or phone call that the lockout is over," Jokinen said. "I personally can say that I'm in better shape than three months ago. Hopefully a lot of guys are feeling that way and we can start playing and getting some wins."
Jokinen has now survived two NHL lockouts and the personal price tag for those is more than $4 million in salary.
"It's good we can put that behind us," he said. "The next time I'm not going tok be around, so the term, 10 years, is good.
"It's embarrassing to be in a position like this, that we're the sport that every time there's a CBA that expires, you know there's going to be a lockout. That's been the case."
The bonus for Jokinen, he said this morning, was discovering Winnipeg.
"I love it here," he said. "I actually asked my wife about a month ago if the season gets canceled, if they want to go back to Florida and we'll put the kids in school there.
"Everybody said no, we want to stay here.
"It's been tough that we had a lockout but at the same time you have to look at the positives out of it and we've made a lot of friends outside of hockey and people have been really nice. People are very friendly over here. It's a great city.
"I didn't have any expectations of coming in. I didn't want to listen to every second person who was saying, 'You're out of your mind signing in Winnipeg; it's cold, it's a bad city.' You hear a lot of negative stuff about the city if you don't live here. But once you live here, you've got everything you need. People love hockey, there are unbelievable schools, people are friendly. What else can you ask?"
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