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Forecasting the Future of Video

I recently saw several interesting forecasts about the cable industry. The research firm SNL Kagan predicts that broadband-only homes in the US – those that don’t subscribe to traditional linear cable TV – will increase from 23.3 million in 2018 to 40.8 million by 2023. In another forecast Parks Associates predicts that the number of worldwide OTT subscribers – households that subscribe to at least one online video service – will grow to 310 million by 2024.

These kinds of forecasts have always intrigued me. I doubt that there is anybody in the industry that doesn’t think that cord cutting won’t keep growing or that the market for services like Netflix won’t keep growing. What I find most interesting about these total-market forecasts is the specificity of the predictions, such as when Kagan predicts the 40.8 million number of broadband-only homes. I suspect if we did deeper into what Kagan says that they have probably predicted a range of possible future outcomes and were not that specific. But I also understand that sometimes putting a number on things is the best way to make a point in a press release.

What I’ve always found interesting about future predictions is how hard it is to predict where a whole industry is going. If I look back ten years I could find a dozen experts predicting the death of traditional landline telephones, and yet not one of them would have believed that by 2019 that landline penetration rates would still be around 40%. I imagine every one of them would have bet against that possibility. It’s easy to understand the trajectory of an industry, but it’s another thing to predict specifically where an industry will land in the future. It wasn’t hard ten years ago to predict the trajectory of the landline business, but it was nearly impossible to know how many landlines would still be around after ten years.

That doesn’t mean that somebody doesn’t have to try to make these predictions. There are huge dollars riding on the future of every telecom industry segment. Companies that invest in these industries want outside opinions on the direction of an industry. If I was developing a new OTT product like Apple is doing, I’d want some feel for the potential of my new investment. I’d want to gather as many different predictions about the future of the OTT market as possible. The above two predictions were announced publicly, but corporations regularly pay for private market assessments that never see the light of day.

To show how hard it is to make such predictions, I want to look a little more closely at the Kagan prediction. They are predicting that in five years there will be 17.5 million more homes that buy broadband and don’t buy a traditional TV product. There a number of factors and trends that would feed into that number:

  • It looks like first-time households of millennials and generation Z don’t subscribe to cable TV at nearly the same levels as their parents. Some portion of the increase in broadband-only homes will come from these new households.
  • While final numbers are still not in for 2018 it appears that there will be around 2 million homes that cut the cord last year and dropped cable TV. Is the future pace of cord cutting going to be faster, slow or stay the same? Obviously, predicting the future of cord cutting is a huge piece of the prediction.
  • It’s becoming a lot more complicated for a household to replace traditional cable. It looks like every major owner of content wants to put their unique content into a separate OTT service like CBS All Access did with the Star Trek franchise. The cost of subscribing to multiple OTT services is already getting expensive and is likely to get even costlier over time. Surveys have shown that households cut the cord to save money, so how will cord cutting be impacted if there are no savings from cutting the cord?
  • The big cable companies are creating new video products aimed at keeping subscribers. For instance, Comcast is bundling in Netflix and other OTT products and is also rolling out smaller and cheaper bundles of traditional programming. They are also allowing customers to view the content on any device, so buying a small bundle from Comcast doesn’t feel much different to the consumer than buying Sling TV. What impact will these countermeasures from the cable companies have on cord cutting?

I’m sure there are other factors that go into predicting the number of future homes without traditional cable TV and these few popped into my mind. I know that companies like Kagan and Parks have detailed current statistics on the industry that are not available to most of us. But statistics only take you so far, and anybody looking out past the end of 2019 is entering crystal ball territory. Five years is forever in a market that is as dynamic as cable TV and OTT content.

We aso know from past experience that there will be big changes in these industries that will change the paridigm. For example, the content owners might all decide that there is no profit in the OTT market and could kill their own OTT products and cause an OTT market contraction. Or a new entrant like Apple might become a major new competitor for Netflix and the demand for OTT services might explode even faster than expected. I don’t know how any prediction can anticipate big market events that might disrupt the whole industry.

Understand that I am not busting on these two predictions – I don’t know enough to have the slightest idea if these predictions are good are bad. These companies are paid to make their best guess and I’m glad that there are firms that do that. For example, Cisco has been making predictions annually for many years about the trajectory of broadband usage and that information is a valuable piece of the puzzle for a network engineer designing a new network. However, predicting how all of the different trends that affect video subscriptions over five years sounds like an unsolvable puzzle. Maybe if I’m still writing this blog five years from now I can check to see how these predictions fared.  One thing I know is that I’m not ready to take any five-year forecast of the cable industry to the bank.

Runaway Retransmission Fees

rabbit earsCBS just announced that they are making over $1 billion per year in retransmission fees. These fees are a big culprit in the continually steep price increases for cable TV.

Retransmission fees are the fees that the major over-the-air networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) charge to cable companies for the right to air their content. These fees have been allowed in FCC rules for decades, but it’s been in the last ten years or so that the networks woke and up started charging cable companies to carry their content.

There are two slightly different ways that these fees work. The majority of the CBS stations around the country are owned by somebody else and are referred to as affiliate stations. CBS charges these affiliates a fee each year – which the industry calls reverse compensation – to give each station the right to carry the CBS programming. CBS and the other major networks increase these reverse compensation fees every year, and each affiliate station has little choice but to then pass those costs on as increased retransmission fees to cable operators.

CBS also directly owns 14 TV stations in major cities as well as two smaller stations. In these stations CBS directly charges the retransmission fees to the cable companies.

I call these fees runaway in the blog title because there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight for the size of these fees. At the end of 2015 CBS had estimated that these fees would grow to $2 billion by 2020. But they just now upped their estimate to $2.5 billion. To hit those targets from today’s $1 billion revenue figure means we’ll be seeing big increases in cable rates. And if CBS is raising the fees this much you can expect the same thing from the other major networks. This is verified by estimates from SNL Kagan who now estimates total retransmission fees in 2020 of $10.6 billion.

To put that number into perspective, there will roughly be around 90 million cable households by 2020. That means by then that the average retransmission cost per household will be $10 per month. But that average hides the real story. A lot of satellite subscriptions don’t include network channels, or if they carry some they come from one of the major markets like New York City or Chicago. I’ve always figured that the satellite guys are getting a greatly reduced price for those channels, which would benefit both them and the big station that sells bulk subscriptions. There are also many places in the country where the cable systems don’t carry all four networks, or they again carry some remote station at a reduced cost. When you consider all of that I’m guessing that the real cost per household for urban cable systems will be around $15 per household per month.

For years now the major networks have been saying that they deserve to get as much revenue as the most expensive cable networks – and that means ESPN. ESPN now costs over $6 per household per month. If the four major networks climb that high that will be $25 per household per month just for the four major networks. The irony is that most households can receive these networks for free with “rabbit ear” antennas.

But the FCC cable rules require that cable systems carry all local networks that can be received by people with rabbit ears. And that means that cable customers cannot opt out of receiving or paying for these channels in a cable subscription. The only way for a household to avoid these fees is to drop traditional cable packages completely.

A number of cable companies have begun to isolate the retransmission fees on customer bills and call it something like “local network charge.” But I don’t think the cable companies have done a very good job of explaining the retransmission fees to customers.

There are more households every year thinking about dropping cable, and for many of them the primary issue is price. As cable subscription prices keep climbing much faster than inflation my guess is that the cord cutting phenomenon is going to accelerate. There are OTT services now like Sling TV that will sell customers a high quality set of rabbit ears that can be easily incorporated with their content. There are a lot of households that will be happy to avoid paying for local networks if somebody can make it easy for them to do so.


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PUSD Lottery Process
Poway Unified School District is very proud of its schools and programs that ensure career and college readiness for every student.  There are situations that can occur upon enrollment into our schools or programs that necessitate a transparent lottery process to determine placement into a seat.  Some of these situations occur at schools that are near capacity in certain grade levels, or schools where special programs/pathways are offered for which interest is high. To ensure consistency of practice, the following overall practices are district-wide as part of any lottery process:
   and PUSD Board Policy/Procedures 5116.1 prioritizes enrollment of PUSD employees, both certificated and classified contracted employees, at the site.
  • Information meetings are held for the community so that attendees will:
    • Gain understanding of the program and/or need for a lottery to be used.
    • Hear all timelines, priority criteria, and date(s) of the lottery draw.
  • Parents confirm interest by filling forms made available so that parents/guardians may express interest in being considered for enrollment via a lottery process.
  • The lottery is held on the date specified and is witnessed by the principal, staff from LSS and IT. A wait list is generated of those not enrolled via the lottery draw.  Each draw will be videotaped.
  • Communication includes website language, feeder school outreach, email notification if enrolled through the lottery, and personal communication from administrators if not enrolled.
  • Staff from Ed Tech and LSS attend site meeting after lottery draw to participate in placement process.
Academy Programs - for schools that offer programs with extended learning time to students and families.  Currently, Los Penasquitos Elementary School offers an academy with an orientation day and longer school day for students in grades 4 and 5.  Black Mountain Middle School offers an extended school year and school day to support students in core academics of ELA and math.  Meadowbrook Middle School offers an extended school day to provide an additional elective for students to explore. The following process will be used for students interested in applying for a seat in an Academy Program:
  • Include language on the school(s) and district website that provides information about the program and explains the necessity of lottery.
  • Hold parent information meetings and provide interest forms.
  • Information for students who submitted an Academy interest form is entered into our lottery system.
  • District staff from IT and Learning Support Services (LSS) works with the site staff to identify rules for the lottery to prioritize:
    • PUSD employee who works at the school site in alignment with CA Education code.
    • Siblings of students concurrently enrolled in the Academy.
    • A percentage of the draw from feeder schools and a percentage of the draw from outside of the feeder schools within PUSD.  At MB and BM, 85% of the draw comes from elementary feeder schools within residence of the site and 15% outside of the feeder schools. The percentages at Los Pen may vary dependent upon student enrollment.
    • School staff will communicate any other site specific lottery rules at the Information Night. This information is available upon request of the site principal.
  • On the specific date of the lottery, the school principal, staff from Technology and Innovation and Learning Support Services meet at the district office and conduct the lottery draw using the PUSD Lottery System.
  • School staff notifies parents about the results of the PUSD Lottery System.
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Fort Collins Utilities will be sponsoring and hosting the sale of backyard compost bins and accessories and celebrating the 18th Annual Xeriscape Garden Party.

Compost helps reduce waste that fills landfill, helps existing soil, and can help you save money on trash bills. Composting also can "reduce greenhouse gas emissions, grow healthy plants and help landscapes use less water," according to a City of Fort Collins press release.

You do have to place an order, which you can do here. The deadline to place your order is May 31.

Orders will arrive and must be picked up starting at 10:30 a.m. and no later than 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at the City Hall north parking lot off of Maple Street.

The Xeriscape Garden Party will be next door in the south parking lot starting at 11 a.m.

There will be host experts with presentations on the best ways to compost.according to a City of Fort Collins press release, residents will learn where to place bins, what to add and how to use the finished compost.

The event features expert advice, live music, food trucks, demonstrations, interactive activities and prizes. You can RSVP here.


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2019 Employee Resource Fair

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Date(s) - Tue, Oct, 01
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Houston Hall Bodek Lounge

HOLD the DATE for the 2019 Employee Resource Fair and Volunteer Fair:

Tuesday, October 1, 2019
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Houston Hall, Bodek Lounge

Vendor and Volunteer Organization Registration: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Form/ERF2019

Attendees who are not setting up a table at the Fair do not need to register. Registration promo codes are available for volunteer organizations. Please contact us at ppsa [at] lists [dot] upenn [dot] edu

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Room Conversation

January 21, 1977, Bhuvaneśvara
Rāmeśvara: ...how nicely they are printed and that they are from America. Otherwise these books...
Gargamuni: In libraries they have no budget for religious books. They only want technical books.
Rāmeśvara: They're not interested in religion.
Gargamuni: But because our books are printed so nicely and coming from America, and they are seeing the foreign sādhus, oh, they become so, "Oh, yes, we must take." But actually they have no budget for any religious books.
Prabhupāda: That is good. The so-called religious books, they're presenting—all bogus hodge-podge. (laughter) Humbug imagination, that's all. There is no fact. Just like Ramakrishna Mission. What religion they have got? Anyone? This religion, that religion, Jainism, Sikhism, this "ism," no nothing. Simply bogus propaganda.
Gargamuni: All the libraries, they say, "We have too many religious books, too much religion."
Rāmeśvara: And the government is so much afraid of offending one religion, so they have become secular. But there only is one religion. There is only one religion.
Prabhupāda: Yes. One religion, this is sarva-dharmān parityajya [Bg. 18.66], to become surrendered to God. That is religion. And they're useless. That is our religion. We are teaching surrender to God, but they have no idea that there is God. They have forgotten that "There is God, and He can talk with me. I can talk with Him." They cannot believe all these things. "Even if God is there, He cannot talk. He has no mouth, He has no leg. Nirākāra, impersonal." This is their position.
Rāmeśvara: In America there are surveys, public opinion surveys.
Prabhupāda: Just see. God has to be created by public survey. Just see how degraded.
Rāmeśvara: But anyway, these surveys show that religious sentiment in America is increasing.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is proof. You are the proof. There is no doubt. They are intelligent. Intelligent and there is no poverty. In other countries, on account of poverty, they are thinking, "First of all we must be materially prosperous. Then we shall think all this nonsense God." This is then... This propaganda is going on, "What you'll, can do by God. First of all we must have sufficient to eat, sufficient to drink." And this is their philosophy. How they can...? There is a Sanskrit verse that daridra-doṣo guṇa-rāśi-nāśaḥ: "If somebody is poverty-stricken, all other qualities become useless." And nowadays the education is for money. One has passed D.H.C., Ph.D., but if he does not get an employment, then what is the value? He's begging from here: "Sir, will you give me some service?" That's all.
Rāmeśvara: Actually you wrote that, that the educational system simply turns man into a dog going from door to door, begging for some...
Prabhupāda: This is... Why the Indian professors are going outside?
Gargamuni: Brain-drain, they have called.
Prabhupāda: Because they cannot get here suitable job.
Rāmeśvara: No salary.
Gargamuni: I read in the paper that India lost $850,000,000 by the brain drain because all of its intelligentsia is leaving.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: They're going to Europe and America.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: Especially America.
Prabhupāda: No, Canada also. Canada, I have seen in the university. Almost majority of the professors, they are Indian. Yes. All over the world they like Indians. They take small salary. For them it is high salary, but for Europe, America, it is cheaper. And they're intelligent, so they give service. I was given this permanent residence...
Gargamuni: Yes, in Canada.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Seeing my books. That Consulate General in Montreal, he, when he read my The Teachings of Lord Caitanya, he immediately became attracted.
Gargamuni: You spent only twenty-five dollars, and we spent so much on lawyers.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Twenty-five or thirty-five dollars.
Gargamuni: We were hiring lawyers in New York.
Prabhupāda: The lawyer was taking monthly at least three hundred dollars and postponing. That's all.
Rāmeśvara: Naturally. So he can continue getting money.
Prabhupāda: He would phone Rayarāma, "Will you kindly send me $150 today." And he has to send. And he was simply postponing date. That's all.
Gargamuni: He would call on the phone.
Rāmeśvara: I heard that you once said, "Lawyer means liar."
Prabhupāda: Yes. (laughs)
Rāmeśvara: I'm going to go get that survey to show Prabhupāda. It's printed...
Prabhupāda: The Bankim Babu, Bankim Chatterji, a famous novelist, he wrote a book, one comic book. Trial is going on, so the witness charged the... First of all the judge charged that "I see you are witness in every case." He was a professional. So, "You are speaking he is sixty years old for the last five years. You do not increase your age?" (laughing) "No, sir. A gentleman has one word. He does not change his word. And do not think me that I am either a lawyer or a prostitute or a newspaper editor."
Gargamuni: Oh. Because they're all liars. Yeah.
Prabhupāda: "My word is one. I do not change my word."
Gargamuni: So a newspaper editor, a lawyer...
Prabhupāda: And a prostitute. (laughs) He classified them in one category.
Gargamuni: Especially these newspapers. When you give an interview, they always print something else.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: They never print exactly what one says.
Prabhupāda: They're not honest.
Gargamuni: No.
Rāmeśvara: This was printed in the Los Angeles Times on January 21. No, January 2nd.
Prabhupāda: I think this opinion printed you send to all newspapers editors.
Rāmeśvara: That book that he printed?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: That book can be expanded with more references.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. When I reprint it I'll do that.
Gargamuni: Those European reviews.
Prabhupāda: With a covering letter: "Sir, there is much agitation about Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. You'll kindly read this following pamphlet, and you'll understand the value of the movement." And it is good that you have given the heading, "The Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement."
Rāmeśvara: So this is a study published in Los Angeles Times on January 2nd. It says, "The year 1976 could mark the beginning of a new religious revival in America, judging from recent Gallop surveys of public opinion. The surveys found: 1) For the first time in nearly twenty years there was an increase in church attendance"—first time in twenty years—"with 42% of all adults in America attending church or synogogue in any typical week." Once a week 42% of the adult population, almost half. "2) The proportion of Americans who believe that religion is increasing its influence on American life has tripled since 1970." In other words the public thinks that religion is now influencing American life. The number of people who think like that has gone up.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is due to this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement.
Rāmeśvara: I think so.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Rāmeśvara: Then number three—this is very significant—"A substantial number of Americans have developed an interest in the inner, or spiritual, life." They make a distinction between religion and spiritual.
Prabhupāda: Actually religion means spiritual.
Rāmeśvara: But they say religion means going to church once a week. That's their religion.
Prabhupāda: Oh, that's...
Rāmeśvara: But spiritual is something different. So they say "A recent survey indicates that a projected six million people are participating in the Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation. Five million are practicing yoga in one form or another." Mostly for health. "Three million in the charismatic movements." That is like the cults. "Three million in mysticism, and two million in Eastern religions." That's a lot of people they have estimated are participating in Eastern religion.
Prabhupāda: Eastern Indian.
Rāmeśvara: Mostly us, and some bogus so-called gurus.
Hari-śauri: Those charismatic movements, that's like the Jesus Christ movement. The Catholic preachers call that charismatic.
Rāmeśvara: "To estimate the average church attendance in 1976, surveys..." Oh, this just tells you how they took the survey. "So analysis of these figures shows that church attendance is up among all major population groups. The Catholics are better attendees than the Protestants. Women go more often than men." Women go more often than men in America. "Southerners and the Mid-Western"—from the South and the Mid-West—"they attend more frequently than they do in the East, and far more than those living in the West." So this says that people in the West, like California, they're the least religious. People in the East, like New York and Pennsylvania, they're a little more religious, and people in the Mid-West and the South, they're the most religious according to this survey. "Those who are under thirty years of age are less likely to go to church than those who are thirty and over." Younger people... Same trend, giving up...
Prabhupāda: They come to us.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. They come to us. "Whites and nonwhites attend with equal frequency." Not that the white people are more religious; black people are less. "People with a college background are more likely to go to church regularly than those who never went to college, but people who never went..." In other words, they're saying if you went to high school but you did not go to college, the chances are you will not go to church as much as if you went to college. But if people went to grade school and then they left without going to high school or without going to college... That means they left at, say, fifteen years old. Then they have the best chance for going to church. That means the less education you are given in America, the more religious.
Prabhupāda: That is everywhere.
Rāmeśvara: But it's very interesting that they are saying that so many millions of people are practicing yoga or interested in meditation or the Eastern religions or mysticism-millions of Americans. And formerly, I remember, in the 1960's, it was a new thing. Actually when you came, that was the beginning. Before you came to America there was a little bit of interest in some concoction which they call Zen Buddhism.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Rāmeśvara: Little bit of concoction. But practically no one had every heard of yoga or anything. It was just beginning to get popular when you came to America. It coincided with your visit. So it seems that there must be some...
Hari-śauri: Some kind of a bug there, an ant.
Prabhupāda: (indistinct)
Rāmeśvara: So it seems that there must be some...
Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa's plan.
Rāmeśvara: ...effect. By just your coming to America, the whole place is transformed. Sometimes we think that when you look at these dates that Lord Caitanya came to the world, it coincides with a period in the Western world called the Renaissance. During this period of the Renaissance there was the highest development of art and literature and so many other cultural things. So we sometimes wonder there must be some...
Prabhupāda: Does it mean that before that, the Europeans were uncivilized?
Rāmeśvara: They were, actually considered themselves to be in the Dark Ages. They call it the Dark Ages. And then, all of a sudden, there was what they call the Renaissance, where man's intelligence became greater, expanded. He became interested in finer things.
Prabhupāda: Not man, but the Westerners.
Rāmeśvara: Yes, Westerners.
Prabhupāda: Intelligent stock was there in India,
Rāmeśvara: Yes. So it's very amazing that the period in Europe called the Renaissance coincides with the appearance of Lord Caitanya.
Prabhupāda: Fifteenth century.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. So we're thinking that it must be because He came into this world, then everyone was blessed.
Prabhupāda: Pāpī tāpī jāta chilo, hari-nāme uddharilo. That is the beginning. And He enthused Indians, "Take this knowledge and distribute." Bhārata bhūmite haila manuṣya janma yāra [Cc. Ādi 9.41]. That is Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
Rāmeśvara: That was the period when all the Europeans became very interested in traveling all over the world, and they discovered America, and they were very interested in coming to India for the spices. There was a great interest in India. Actually they say this man Columbus, he landed in America because he was looking for India, trying to cross the ocean, and he found this land America blocking his way.
Hari-śauri: That's how those islands became the West Indies, because he was looking for India, and he went West, and he hit some islands, and they call them the West Indies. Then later they went to America.
Prabhupāda: West Indies are South America.
Rāmeśvara: The Caribbean. Cuba, Nassau, Puerto Rico.
Prabhupāda: The southern part.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. South of Florida. So his main motive was how to find India, to get the wealth of India.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: So it seems all over the world there was a greater interest in education, in art, and in India at the time when Lord Caitanya appeared.
Hari-śauri: The church was its strongest as well in Europe at that time, religion, very strong.
Prabhupāda: Christ also went, came to India.
Rāmeśvara: That is not believed in the West.
Prabhupāda: That is to keep their prestigious position.
Gargamuni: Many scholars... There's a place in Kashmir where they say his samādhi is there.
Rāmeśvara: There is a period of years which no one can account for.
Prabhupāda: No, even from Christian religion it is proved how uncivilized were the Westerners. "Thou shall not kill." Now, how uncivilized they were. Even they take it the human killing, it is meant, not animal killing. So what kind of society it is?
Hari-śauri: Don't kill human beings.
Rāmeśvara: Well, that's accepted, that it's very uncivilized in those times.
Prabhupāda: And the result was that Christ was killed first. Who advised not to kill, they were so civilized that "Kill him first." So this is the proof. Why he said, "Thou shall not kill"? That means the society was so ravaged that they're killing one another.
Rāmeśvara: It was their sport to see men fight each other until one of them was killed. Their wrestling was based on fighting until someone was killed.
Gargamuni: They would take Christians and put them in the arena.
Rāmeśvara: That was their sport, entertainment, just like wrestling in India, but in the Middle East in Roman times the wrestling was fought until somebody had to be killed. That was their entertainment. They wanted to see them die. Even today, actually, all the entertainment in America and the Western world is based on violence. They have bull fighting. They want to see the bull tortured and killed. And they have chicken fighting and they have...
Prabhupāda: Dog fighting.
Rāmeśvara: And even the most popular sport in America now is football. It is more popular than baseball, and it's based on men jumping on each other. While one team is carrying the ball, every... A very violent sport.
Hari-śauri: And boxing also. So many different sports.
Rāmeśvara: They are fascinated by pain and fighting.
Prabhupāda: Torture. They like to see that somebody is tortured by another.
Hari-śauri: All the movies are becoming increasingly more violent. And on TV.
Rāmeśvara: Yes, actually there is... I was just told. There is one movie now which is breaking all the records for attendance. It is called "The Omen," and it is about a prophecy in the Bible called the Antichrist. This idea is that the Devil comes from hell to the planet earth, and he impregnates one woman, and then his son is born. So the son is called Antichrist, son of the Devil. And he is very powerful with mystic power, very evil, and he takes over the whole world. So there's a movie now about this, and it's breaking all the sales records. And in the movie they have all sorts of ghastly things happening. This is what people like to see. They like to be scared. Horror movies are also very popular. People go to the movie, and they come out, and they have nightmares for a week. It is so frightening with special effects, and that is... They are paying money to be frightened.
Prabhupāda: While sometimes the movies that are demonstrated in the plane, I close my eyes. I do not like to see them because that impression carries. It is a very disturbing fact to me.
Hari-śauri: Yes. It's very disturbing. Those night flights are horrible. You can't sleep or anything.
Rāmeśvara: Even this movie that we have just been involved with called "Audrey Rose," about reincarnation, in order to make it popular, they have made it very, very frightening. In order to get people to come, they have to have that element of terror.
Prabhupāda: Oh.
Rāmeśvara: So they concoct different arrangements. Because people are willing to spend money to torture their own minds. No one is happy. They are very disturbed when they leave the movie theater. They are frightened. And at night they cannot sleep peacefully after seeing such movies. And they are paying money to go to these things.
Prabhupāda: And again they will take tranquilizer. Just see (laughing) how thankless task. Create something disturbing and again try to... Yesterday some men came, the Communistic temple.
Gargamuni: Oh, yes, especially in this state.
Prabhupāda: I gave him good thrashing. (laughter)
Rāmeśvara: That is their mercy, that you even bothered to talk to them.
Prabhupāda: But they could not argue. I stopped them arguing. One man, one boy, he asked me, "Why God has created this world?" And "Why don't you ask your father why he has created you? Then you'll understand." I told him like that. "Go and ask your father why he has created you."
Rāmeśvara: Of course, nowadays that is an accident, not planned. If you ask a father, "Why you have made your son?" he will say, "By mistake. I did not want him. I was simply wanting sex."
Prabhupāda: But God cannot make mistake. Then He becomes imper... He cannot be good. And not all fathers... According to Vedic civilization, the father creates the son purposefully with some ceremony, garbhādāna ceremony. It is not secret job. Putrethi kriyate bharyā: "One is married to create a good son." That is the purpose. And Bhagavad-gītā says, dharmāviruddha. "Aviruddha, which is not against religion, that kind of lust I am." So how it can be accident? If there is garbhādāna ceremony and son is essential, then how it can be accident?
Gargamuni: Even in the big, rich families, when they want son they perform some pūjā.
Prabhupāda: Yes. No, no. According to Vedic system, everything is so... When the woman is pregnant there are so many ceremonies. When we were children, and I was in the middle, I saw my other, two, three brothers and sisters born. So there was some ceremony. We were eating with mother in that ceremony. That ceremony was because my mother was pregnant. Sad-bhakṣā. Sad-bhakṣā. There are ten kinds of ceremonies, before the birth and after the birth, daśa-vidha-saṁskāra. So many religious ceremonies my mother was observing, and all the expenditure my father was giving. Every month, two, three ceremonies, very nice ceremonies. We were children; we were eating. So we...
Gargamuni: A brāhmaṇa priest would come?
Prabhupāda: Eh? Brāhmaṇa priest would come. There would be pūjā. There would be nice feast. Now those things are gone.
Rāmeśvara: They never existed in America.
Prabhupāda: During our wife's time they were not... And what about our daughter's time? Now, generation by generation, giving it up.(?)
Rāmeśvara: Now they're simply thinking of ways, the scientists...
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Rāmeśvara: ...how to kill the baby or how to stop the baby body from developing. Different methods for birth control. Then they'll create heaven on earth.
Gargamuni: No, here they have forced sterilization.
Hari-śauri: Vasectomy.
Gargamuni: You can't have more than three...
Prabhupāda: No, why don't you stop? In spite of so many measures for checking population, the population is increasing. How it is? Some years ago I read in a paper that three men are increasing every second or every minute.
Rāmeśvara: They cannot control their sex desire. And some of these methods are imperfect.
Prabhupāda: No. Sex desire cannot be controlled by ordinary man. That's a fact. But they have invented so many things to stop increase of population. Why population is increasing? That is the point. They are killing and more... They're taking contraceptive tablets and so on, so on, a vigorous arrangement for stopping birth or checking increase of population. Why every second or every minute throughout the whole world three men are increasing? That they cannot stop. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam [Bg. 13.9]. It is indeed troublesome, but you cannot stop it. Either birth or death or disease or old age, you cannot stop. You want it. Everyone wants. Who wants to become old man like me to run on with a stick and with so many inconveniences? But I have to become old man. Who can stop it? Similarly, birth, death also, or disease... You may be proud that "We have invented medicine for cancer and...," but you cannot stop disease. That is not possible. What is their answer?
Gargamuni: "We are trying."
Prabhupāda: That every rascal will say, "I am trying." So that is not science.
Hari-śauri: Well, in India they say that before, it was not compulsory, but now it's compulsory in India that you can't have more than two children, and then, after two children, you must have this sterilization.
Prabhupāda: Why India? The other countries, they are also trying to stop.
Hari-śauri: Well, in other countries they say there's no need for such population control.
Gargamuni: Yes. In one... I think is was in Germany they had something only one percent increase of population.
Hari-śauri: Some places they're actually trying to increase, in some places.
Gargamuni: Yes. In Australia.
Hari-śauri: In Australia they've only got thirteen million people in the whole country, and it's bigger than America. And in Canada also, they only have a few million. And in Russia they don't have such a big population for the size of the land. But because they've set up these national divisions, then in one place they're killing the population...
Prabhupāda: No... Vedic process is that unless you create nice children or you can give them protection from death, don't create children. Brahmacārī. Remain brahmacārī. That is sensible, that "Why shall I beget children like cats and dogs if I cannot take care of them properly?" That is very gentlemanly. What is this? I create and kill? Most uncivilized. Don't create. That is civilized man. "If I cannot take care of them properly, I'll not create children."
Gargamuni: They're not educating the population in brahmācārya.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: Therefore these beggars are there.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is gentlemanly, that "Why shall I take responsibility of family if I cannot maintain them properly?" That is very gentlemanly. That is civilization. "And I accept so-called family for sense gratification; I cannot maintain them and kill them"—what is this? Is that civilization? They should be ashamed to be called civilized men. Here is civilized way. Preach this because the Vedic civilization is real civilization. "You are not civilized. You have killed Jesus Christ who instructed, 'Thou shall not kill.' So you should be ashamed of your present civilization. It is... Brainwash is required."
Gargamuni: (laughs) Say that, yes. We're brainwashing, washing their brain.
Prabhupāda: Yes. And all these rubbish things we are finishing. "Yes, it is brainwashing, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12], cleansing the core of the heart, all mistaken ideas." Speak in the court like that. "And see how we are being appreciated by scholarly section. Here is our book. Read if you have got time and see the opinion. It is really brainwashing, but for the good. Everything requires cleansing—for good. If bad impression, bad ideas, are washed, why do you protest? Let it be done. Give us freedom. It is brainwashing, but for the good, washing for good. Just like you wash your cloth. Do you think it is bad? Dirty cloth, if it is washed nicely with soap and water, who will protest against that? 'Oh, why you are cleansing your dirty clothes?' That is another foolishness. Everyone, every gentleman, every civilized man, washes his clothes with soap and water to become more refreshed. So we are giving this civilization... Actually it is brainwashing, but for the good. And see our example. The boys and girls whom you are charging, 'Brainwash,' just see after brainwashing, how gentleman they have become. They have become moralist. They have become God conscious. They are clean outwardly. Their fooding is so innocent and so nutritious. So why do you check it? Bring your plate and our plate. Now judge. Which is better? You taste. Halavā, puri, samosa, kachori, vegetable—one plate; and boiled meat with salt and black pepper... So taste now which is better."
Hari-śauri: But for a hog, halavā...
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Hari-śauri: A hog would rather eat stool.
Prabhupāda: And bring that also: "Before the hog, you give him stool and halavā; he will prefer to take the stool." So let it be extremely exposed. We are fighting. Let them be exposed. What is the wrong there?
Gargamuni: We should, in our attack...
Hari-śauri: They're criticizing us. We should point out their defects.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Hari-śauri: That attack is the best form of defense.
Gargamuni: "You're a drunkard, you're a smoker, and you're doing all these things." We should turn the tide and expose them.
Prabhupāda: There are many opinion that "This movement is... Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam will save the human society." There are many opinions like that. That's a fact.
Gargamuni: And many parents have said that "My children have been saved." Hayagrīva's...
Prabhupāda: No, these books especially. There are many opinions—"It will save the human civilization from going to hell."
Gargamuni: One scholar, Asutosh Mukherjee, he said this, "These books will save the world." In that review...
Rāmeśvara: Yeah, right. He said from the... Nice words.
Hari-śauri: Seems only the Indian scholars have got that vision, though. Only the Indian scholars have appreciated that these books have a chance for saving the whole humanity.
Prabhupāda: Yes. And that is our mission. We want to save.
Rāmeśvara: Here. "The set edition of the Bhāgavata series we hope will serve as a boon to the English-knowing world for its abiding values and ennobling thoughts of spiritual perspective to give the correct lead to mankind in the midst of sickening contemporary problems."
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is our mission. Who has written that?
Gargamuni: That's Dr. Krishna Gopal Gosvāmī.
Rāmeśvara: Head of the Department of Sanskrit at Calcutta University.
Prabhupāda: He has got good experience because university students they have become so rascal. In the university they don't care for professors, teachers. Don't care.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. Then the professor and the head of the Department of Bengali and the dean of the faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Calcutta says, "The world, tormented by psychic troubles like avarice, hate, and other baser qualities of the mind, will never escape from utter annihilation of the soul unless it finds refuge in His Divine Grace. I have particularly read some portions of this English translation of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, and I think this book is capable of saving mankind from the clutches of māyā. I have no doubt that the ISKCON will lead the world to the path of divine grace."
Gargamuni: He's a very big scholar, too. He's a Ph.D.
Prabhupāda: No, all of them Ph.D.'s. All...
Rāmeśvara: And here, Dr. Jagadish Sharma. He's the author of nineteen books, a very well-learned man. He says, "The work done by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda toward the revivalism of Hindu culture and civilization is unsurpassable. His Holiness has done a great service to Indian culture by reinterpreting the concept enshrined in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This edition of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam will go a long way to help the scientists in rediscovering phenomena of the universe which is yet to be discovered. The thoughts of this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam radiate to anyone who sees it. This book helps to brighten the gloomy and dark clouds which are covered by the nuclear fear and the apprehensions of society."
Prabhupāda: So let the judge read this opinion, read this book.
Gargamuni: Yeah, these men are famous men of India. This Jagadish Sharma is the most famous man in Punjab.
Prabhupāda: He is young man?
Gargamuni: Jagadish Sharma?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Gargamuni: I have not met him. I don't know. But he's very famous.
Prabhupāda: Young men means about forty.
Gargamuni: Yeah. I think he's around forty or forty-five.
Rāmeśvara: But then the best one is by Dr. Mukherjee, former Chief Justice. He writes that "This book is an intellectual, a cultural, and a spiritual landmark in this world. The beautiful printing and photographs evoke the spirit of the work. It is a book which should be in the library of every reader who values the essential glories of human life..."
Prabhupāda: This is the judgment of the Chief Justice. He's not ordinary man.
Rāmeśvara: "...and the ultimate destiny of this universe." Then there is that other quote. This is also very important, by the Deputy Director of the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Gargamuni: That Subhramaniam.
Rāmeśvara: He's a big man. And this is the national government.
Gargamuni: No, the central. Lok Sabha is like the Parliament.
Prabhupāda: Lok Sabha is Parliament. Lok Sabha means Parliament.
Rāmeśvara: Congress of the National Government.
Gargamuni: Yes. No, no, no. Central government. Yes, what you say is national.
Rāmeśvara: "This is a rare opportunity for people and leaders of every country, every race, and every community in the world to know and understand the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. I would say that this encyclopedia of spiritual knowledge is more important and fundamental than the encyclopedia of any other branch of knowledge and should therefore find a rightful place not only in the public and private libraries, big and small, not only in educational and other institutions, but also in every household, and above all, in the hearts and minds of every man and woman."
Prabhupāda: And he is not ordinary man. He is...
Rāmeśvara: No. He is the Deputy of Lok Sabha Secretariat. You should write more... I have to go over this with you to get more descriptions of each place. Central Government.
Gargamuni: I have... Oh, right. I have the full reviews too.
Rāmeśvara: And like if it says Sardar Patel University, where is that?
Gargamuni: In Gujarat.
Rāmeśvara: I just have to add a few things.
Hari-śauri: Will you be going for a walk this morning, Śrīla Prabhupāda? It's quarter to seven. If you want to go now, we could go.
Prabhupāda: Hm. So let us go.
Hari-śauri: Prabhupāda wants to go for a walk.
Gargamuni: Oh. I don't know the area, so I don't know where to go, but Gaura-Govinda probably knows the parks. That place where we get the water? There's a little park there.
Hari-śauri: He said there's a couple of parks up near the lake too. That's where he wanted to go yesterday morning.
Gargamuni: Yeah, I don't know. He doesn't know himself, I don't think.
Rāmeśvara: What is this editor of Kalya?
Gargamuni: Kalyan? He's passed. H. P. Poddar.
Prabhupāda: He was very famous man.
Rāmeśvara: He's the editor of Gītā Press?
Gargamuni: Yes, but he's passed away.
Rāmeśvara: So you'd write... You have to write "the late." I have to go over every one of these with you. He said that "It is a source of great pleasure for me that a long-cherished dream has materialized and is going to be materialized."
Prabhupāda: He was speaking to me that "Swamiji, I was thinking of presenting such Bhāgavatam, but I could not. But you have done." Therefore he said "cherished dream."
Rāmeśvara: "I thank the Lord that due to His grace this publication could see the light."
Gargamuni: He's a Prime Minister.
Prabhupāda: I first of all approached him for publishing my book. So he said that "I have no arrangement for publishing nice English book." So he recommended Dalmia to help me publish it. So my first expenditure was six thousand rupees. So he gave me four thousand. In Dalmia Trust, he was one of the members, this Poddar. So he immediately rubbered that, that "Give Swamiji for the first publication." But I did not know that it would be six thousand rupees. I thought maybe four, five thousand. So he gave me four thousand, I think. So balance, two thousand, I repaid after selling the books.
Hari-śauri: You had to get a loan? A loan for that two thousand, or...
Prabhupāda: Loan means printer. I had no other... (end)

Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/conversations/1977/jan/bhuvanesvara/january/21/1977-1

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The consequences of sun worship command extra attention during Skin Cancer Awareness Month in May, and the latest data show there is much education still to be done.

Doctors tell more than 1 million Americans each year they have skin cancer, by far the most common of all cancers. One in five people is expected to develop some kind of skin cancer in his or her lifetime.

Most cases are a direct result of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, according to the American Cancer Society. Both the common basal and squamous cell skin cancers tend to be found on sun-exposed areas, and incidence is tied to lifetime sun exposure. Melanoma, more deadly but less prevalent, also is tied to sun exposure.

Of additional concern is that melanoma rates have been rising an average 1.4 percent each year for the last 10 years, according to data released in April by the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program.

SEER analyzed cancer statistics from 1975 through 2012, the most recent year for which data are available. The total incidence rate for melanoma for 2012 was 22.87 per 100,000 people, up slightly from 2011 and dwarfing the 7.89 rate in 1975, the study’s first year.

“These latest figures reflect the need for sustained education when it comes to the dangers posed by skin cancer,” said American Society for Dermatologic Surgery President George J. Hruza, MD, MBA. “ASDS is committed to remaining at the forefront of informing the public about ways to minimize their chances of developing skin cancer. It is a responsibility we take to heart.”

To raise awareness about the need for men to adopt sun-protective behaviors and the dangers of indoor tanning, ASDS is distributing two videos nationwide in observance of Skin Cancer Awareness Month. The new videos supply insight into some of the risk factors for skin cancer.

“Most skin cancers are preventable,” said Hruza. “We believe these videos have the potential to convince people across the nation to make modest lifestyle adjustments that could save their lives. Taking the time to share these videos will make a meaningful contribution in the fight against skin cancer.”

ASDS member dermatologists – experts in the health, beauty and function of skin – recommend a three-fold preventive approach of protection, early recognition and diagnosis, and screenings.

Protection and prevention tips include:

• Reduce sun exposure. Minimize time in the sun, especially when the sun’s UV rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Remember that indirect sunlight also can be dangerous.

• Apply sunscreen. ASDS member dermatologists recommend applying a sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 30 and a broad-spectrum lip balm a half hour before exposure to the sun and reapplying both regularly when outside.

• Wear appropriate clothing. A white T-shirt only provides the protection of an SPF 4 sunscreen, so darker colors or tightly woven fabrics – such as silk and polyester – are safer options. A wide-brimmed hat can reduce exposure of the scalp, forehead, neck, ears and eyes by 70 percent.

• Avoid sunburns. An individual’s risk of developing skin cancer doubles with five or more sunburns in a lifetime.

• Stay out of tanning beds. People who use them at least once a month increase their risk of skin cancer by 55 percent, according to studies, and the numbers are more ominous for people who begin such tanning regimens in their teens or 20s.

Screening, detection and diagnosis tips include:

• Know the warning signs. Marks of suspicious skin lesions and moles include asymmetry, jagged or irregular borders, color variations, diameter larger than a pencil eraser or changes.

• Examine skin regularly. Look especially for any new black-colored moles or changes in the size, shape, outline, color or feel of existing moles.

• Know risk factors. People at higher risk include those with fair skin and blond or red hair, have a family history of skin cancer or of blistering sunburns, spend or spent a lot of time outdoors, undergo indoor tanning or have many moles.

• Seek medical help. People who discover suspicious lesions or are concerned about a mole or lesion should consult a dermatologist.

ASDS offers a wealth of information about skin cancer, including do’s and don’ts, treatments, myths and the Sun Safe Soccer and Sun Safe Surfing programs. Visit

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Want to keep a beautiful lawn? We highly endorse aerating, lightly thatching, and over seeding your lawn annually in the spring months. You may wonder why, given that our ryegrass lawns don’t build thatch. The big deal here is new & improved grass cultivars.

This three in one package works wonders

Lawn aeration helps to dry out wet soils, helps water to penetrate the soil better, and gets fertilizer down into the soil where it is needed. You may already be aware of these things. But aerating the lawn is only the beginning.

Lightly thatching the lawn combs out old and dead vegetation. It also helps to break up the plugs that came up while plugging the lawn.This removes the eye sore of clods of dirt on top of your lawn. The crumbled up soil also gives a tooth for the grass seed to root into. That’s a good thing.

If your lawn has worms, specifically large worms that bring up worm castings, the light thatching will pulverize them and level the lumps.

We typically use a thatcher with spring tines rather than blades. These don’t tear turf the way blades do. They also pretty much can’t damage sprinklers and walkways.

Over seeding adds new grass plants to the lawn which replaces plants that have died. This is our main objective. Additionally, we typically use better grass cultivars than were previously available. (The turf grass growers down in the Willamette valley come out with better cultivars every year.)

Most lawns today consist mostly of ryegrass, especially if they were installed within the last 20-30 years. Even older lawns have a lot of ryegrass in them which proves they have been over seeded. Ok, what’s different about ryegrass?

Ryegrass does not spread vegetatively like bluegrass or fescue grasses. Thus, if a grass plant dies, there is nothing to replace it. If not replaced your lawn will become thinner as time passes. In other words it just goes down hill.

In good condition you can scarcely tell that anything was done

If the weather is nice, you could come home and not notice that anything was even done. The process can be just that clean. Of course we can’t guarantee that since we have no control over the weather and other factors.

Is there a downside?

Just one, cost. This procedure is somewhat labor intensive and uses special equipment plus materials. It can easily run several hundred dollars. But if you want to keep your lawn in prime condition, consider doing this service often—preferably annually.


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Greek yogurt is a great way to add some extra protein and lighten up your classic tuna salad! It does have a slightly different taste and texture than tuna salad with mayo but it’s still delicious.

Greek yogurt does add a little bit more tang than mayo does so you definitely need sweet relish to balance it out. You could also add some chopped apples or dried cranberries as well to provide more sweetness for balance. Sunflower seeds are another great idea to add some crunch if you’re adding the tuna salad on a bed of lettuce or salad. Leave a comment and let us know what you’re favorite additions to this recipe are!

Healthy Tuna Salad With Greek Yogurt

This lightened up and protein packed tuna salad is an easy meal to throw together!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4

  • 16 ounce canned tuna
  • 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt unsweetened
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon dill
  • 1/4 cup relish
  • 2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup red onion
  • 2 celery stalks

  1. Finely dice: the celery and red onion.

  2. Mix: all ingredients in a bowl.

  3. Serve: in lettuce wraps, in a salad, or on cucumber slices for some alternatives to the classic tuna salad sandwich with bread.

Tuna Salad with Greek Yogurt #keto #lowcarb


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This bright and cheery bowl of green goodness is perfect for taking full advantage of asparagus in its prime season.

This recipe is part of our Seasonal Vegan Meal Prep Series with one meal plan for every season. Each plan helps you meal prep most of your week in under 90 minutes.

Vegan Lemon Spring Buddha Bowl

Keyword buddha bowl, spring, vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes

  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • 1 head of broccoli
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1.5 cup cashew cream
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 4 cup cooked rice

  1. Thaw: the frozen peas in a bowl or in the kitchen sink while you cook the rest of this recipe.
  2. Preheat Oven: to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
  3. Chop: broccoli into florets and trim the ends off of the asparagus. Add to the baking sheet.
  4. Drizzle: vegetables with avocado oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Bake: for 15 minutes, remove the asparagus and let the broccoli cook for 5 more minutes or until tender or crispy enough for your taste.
  6. Mix: the lemon juice with the cashew cream.
  7. Store: add vegetables on top of the rice and store dressing separately. Top with dressing before eating.
Vegan buddha bowl meal prep with asparagus and peas and cashew cream sauce


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How to Paint a Basic Sunset | Acrylic Painting

How to Paint a Basic Sunset | Acrylic Painting

Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville
and New York. We’re gonna start by using our 1.5 inch flat
brush and the yellow paint for the sun. First thing we’re gonna do is establish the
horizon line on the canvas. It’s a good idea to stay away from the very
center of the canvas. Its more intereting if your just above or
just below the center point of the canvas. So, i’m going to start about an inch below
and i’m go ahead to put a line going straight across the canvas. I like my sun to be somewhere on the left
hand side of the canvas so i’m just going to pick a spot and draw my sun in. I’m going to take my yellow paint and i’m
going bring some of the yellow paint out in the sky are. What i’m going to do is pick up a little bit
if the red on the brush and I’m gonna start blending it right into this yellow paint. You want to do flat strokes going straight
across and as you get next to your sun just try to make a nice straight line coming around
the sun, blending whatever color is on your brush into the sun. I’m not trying to push down to hard on the
brush. I just want to the colors to kinda naturally
have a streak to them. Next thing im going to do is i’m going to
take some of this straight red paint and i’m going to let the colors get gradually darker
and darker as I go up to the top portion of the canvas and i’m going to blend it down
into the paint I alrady have on the canvas. I’m going to come straight across. Once again I want it to be a little bit streaky
and irrigated so i’m going to let some of those other colors kinda shine through. Now i’m going to take my red paint and going
up a couple of steps and i’m going to introduce a new color. This is a magenta red and it will just give
us a nice warm blend. The next thing i’m going to do is take this
magenta red up a little bit further and i’m going to blend my purple tones into this magents
red. This is the purple paint and i’m coming down
from the top, just on the upper inch to inch and a half and I’m also going to try to fill
in all rest of the white spots on the canvas. Letting these colors just gradually go from
one to the next and thats how you you do your basic sunset.

80 thoughts on “How to Paint a Basic Sunset | Acrylic Painting

  1. I learned so much from this I had a project in art that needs painting and this really helped tnx allot 😀

  2. Love this video! Already getting my paint and canvas ready 🙂 but what do you think would look nice for the rest of the painting? (The lower portion that she still left blank on the canvas)

  3. Very excellent. I needed to learn how to paint a sunset, I'll be entering an art show soon and every sunset I tried to paint didn't turn out so well. This was very helpful 😃

  4. Some people dont realize this videos supposed to be teaching you how to blend the colors she doesnt have to paint the entire painting :/

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