Thanks Ray - I watched a few tagged by Symmetry Magazine. Apologies to have missed the meeting today - was in the depths of practice talks for the ATLAS upgrade review. -- Best regards, Frank Frank E. Taylor CERN MIT ATLAS Collaboration Bldg. 26 - Rm 569 188-3-015 77 Mass. Ave. Route de Meyrin 385, CH-1211 Geneva 23 Cambridge, MA 02139 Switzerland USA Office: +41-22-767-6373 Office: 617-253-7249 FAX: +41-22-767-8350 FAX: 617-258-6923 CELL: 781-484-8776 (USA & Europe) CERN CELL +41 76 487 3563 email: [log in to unmask] web: http://www2.lns.mit.edu/~fet/atlas_mit.html On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, Ray F Cowan wrote: > Hi Frank, Peter, > > At Snowmass the APS made 40 some short videos of folks saying why particle > physics matters to them. Most are fun to watch. A 2-min sampler of > the core statements is at > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOUbuqbf9JM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUD5B6VoXv41fJ-IW8Wrhz9A > > They also selected the "top five" videos and you can view and vote on them at > > http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/contest/why-particle-physics-matters > > The full set of all the videos is at > > http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuf4hejm7rWnVsRcULB6wlrW3k6klOes > > Thank you, > --Ray > > ----- Forwarded message from [log in to unmask] ----- > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:46:28 -0400 > From: DPF messages <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Why Particle Physics Matters > To: [log in to unmask] > > Message to members of the American Physical Society's > DPF,Authorized by Howard Haber,Secretary/Treasurer > ======================================================== > Dear DPF members, > > This is Kathryn Jepsen, the deputy editor of Symmetry, a magazine > about particle physics for the general public published by Fermilab > and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. > > My colleagues and I recently asked scientists to explain--in about > a minute, in their own words--why particle physics matters. Twenty-nine > volunteers from 22 institutions stepped forward to do so on video. > > You can view our top five picks and vote for the best in a contest here: > http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/contest/why-particle-physics-matters > > You can see a compilation of quotes from many of the videos here: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOUbuqbf9JM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUD5B6VoXv41fJ-IW8Wrhz9A > > And you can see the full playlist here: > http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuf4hejm7rWnVsRcULB6wlrW3k6klOes > > We're hoping to encourage as many people as possible to watch these > videos, so please feel free to use any of these videos on websites > or to share them via social media. And we hope this will inspire you > to come up with your own minute-long explanation to the question: > Why does particle physics matter? > > Regards, > Kathryn > > > To stop receiving email of this nature from APS, click on the link below. > http://ultron.aps.org/cgi-bin/scrconf?MID=60063402&UNIT=DPF&ACTION=-1 > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > ######################################################################## > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the LQS-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=LQS-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the LQS-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=LQS-L&A=1