Until termination of the personal representative's appointment, a personal representative has the same power over the title to property of the estate that an absolute owner would have, in trust however, for the benefit of the creditors and others interested in the estate. (Thanks to for pointing to the original YouTube clip, and Kottke. Title 18-C, 3-711 Powers of personal representatives in general. Also check this competition to create a companion video for Powers of Ten, sponsored by design blog Core77, the Eames Office, and Herman Miller. All you do is zoom way out and zoom way in - the universe is just a matter of perspective.įor more, check out “Powers of Ten” on Wikipedia, and the official “Powers of Ten” website. Once we reach 10 24 meters (the size of the observable universe), the camera then begins a faster zoom-in…and goes beyond the original scene, into the microscopic scale and beyond.įor me, “Powers of Ten” is an educational touchstone - it’s a film I was shown several times in science classrooms, and to this day, I find it captivating in its simplicity and power. As we zoom out, we see the earth, the solar system, the galaxy, and so forth. Created in 1968 for IBM by Charles and Ray Eames (yes, of Eames Chair fame), the film has a very simple premise: start at a static scene, then start zooming out, at one “power of ten” per ten seconds - for example, from 10 2 meters to 10 3 meters. You want to move the decimal point 5 places to the right. If you’ve never seen the classic short “Powers of Ten,” I’ve got a treat for you. The power of 10 tells you how many places to the right to move the decimal point. The order of magnitude can be any integer. Then, represents the order of magnitude of the number. ![]() To work out the order of magnitude of a number, the number is first expressed in the following form: where <, or approximately. Here's what I wrote in 2009 about a (now taken-down) YouTube clip of the film: Generally, the order of magnitude of a number is the smallest power of 10 used to represent that number. If you haven't seen this classic film from 1977, please take a few minutes to enjoy it. Finally, the Eames Office has an official YouTube channel (albeit with only one video for now) hosting a version that will not be taken down. You should now have a grid with 100 boxes of equal size. Connect the marks so that you have 10 vertical lines on the page and then 10 horizontal lines. Use your tape measure or other measuring device to do this. ![]() Today marks day 74 of load shedding in South Africa since January 1, 2022. Now, divide your paper into 10 equal parts by moving around the paper and making a mark every 10 centimeters on the edges of the paper. I've written about "Power of Ten" before, but the videos have been taken down due to copyright claims by the owners. Eskom is hoping to end its crippling load shedding in the next 10 days but the risk of power cuts will remain until there is more capacity available to the grid, according to Eskom Group Chief Executive Officer, André de Ruyter.
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