Critical reception
Which critic ranked Tiny Bubbles in the top 10 episodes?
Nurse Jackie
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Critical reception. The premiere of "Nurse Jackie" was met with generally positive reviews from critics. "Entertainment Weekly" gave the first episode a B+, stating "Edie Falco brings a genial forcefulness to Nurse Jackie." "New York" magazine called the Showtime series "smart, acrid, alternately sharp and sentimental" and "the best series yet in the cable channel’s ongoing meditation on the nature of addiction ... and the setting for a truly breakthrough female character". James Poniewozik from "Time" magazine ranked Nurse Jackie's episode "Tiny Bubbles" (106) as 5th on his "Top 10 Episodes of 2009" list. Reception was not entirely positive, with "Variety" noting, "The series increasingly feels like all style and limited substance – a star showcase that's less 'triumphant return' than 'Nice to have you back, but...'"
"Tiny Bubbles" is a song written by Martin Denny and Leon Pober. It was released in 1966 by Don Ho. The song was also recorded by Wayne Newton. It charted on both the pop (#66 on the Hot 100) and easy listening charts, which caused its album, also called "Tiny Bubbles", to peak at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is widely considered to be his most famous song. Nearly three years later Evie Sands' "Any Way That You Want Me" tied "Tiny Bubbles" for longevity among 1960s hits failing to reach the Hot 100's top 50 (at 17 weeks). 
The spray-dried instant coffee contains nearly no oil, just tiny particles (coffee solids), some molecules responsible for flavor and taste, and caffeine. When dissolved, spray-dried coffee forms a simpler and more stable colloid relative to traditionally brewed coffee. This enables creation of the characteristic thick frothy layer at the top of the coffee. This layer appears similar to crema, the foam found in espresso, but is much thicker and the composition is different. It can be characterized mainly as a three phase colloid where tiny bubbles are held together by the coffee solids. The absence of oil (or the significantly lower oil content compared to traditionally brewed coffee) makes the system more stable and the bubbles do not collapse with the same ease as in crema. Soon after the foam is created, a process of thickening takes place where water molecules are constantly pushed out of the frothy mixture. The water is pushed out due to drainage occurring due to pressure differentials along the foam septum. Higher viscosity will retard the phenomenon, and that is the reason that the addition of sugar will create a better foam. The phenomenon continues until bubbles come very close together and the foam almost solidifies. This process can take between 2 minutes to 10 minutes and depends strongly on the agitation process during mixing. As the bubbles come closer together they will slowly start to coalesce and create bigger bubbles. According to the Laplace equation, variation in bubble size will result in faster collapsing of the bubbles since the bigger bubbles will consume the smaller ones. Hand-mixers create smaller and more uniformly sized bubbles. The smaller bubble size reduces the bubble pressure gradient and forms a much longer lasting foam. The presence of oil (a hydrophobic agent) can significantly accelerate the collapsing process localized reduction in the foam elasticity, resulting in the creation of a lighter foam with average bubble diameter larger than 4 mm. This is the reason it is not possible to make a good frappé in many countries, unless one can find spray-dried coffee (which is actually generally less expensive than freeze-dried instant coffee). The utilization of a hand mixer makes possible the creation of finer bubbles which increases the time that the foam can last. The best frappé coffees are often held to be those with the smallest bubbles and a thickness of about 1.5 inches to 2 inches (30 mm to 50 mm) of foam. 
The episode ranked ninth in "Entertainment Weekly"s list of top 10 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes in September 2007. 
Elephant and Piggie is a book series for early readers by Mo Willems. The series, which debuted in 2007 with two books, is done in a comic book style, and features two friends: an elephant, Gerald, and a pig, Piggie. The books are written in conversational style with Piggie's words appearing in pink letter bubbles and Gerald's appearing in grey letter bubbles. The books often address issues of friendship. Books are added to the series on a roughly quarterly schedule, with two books occasionally released on the same day. "There is a Bird on Your Head" and "Are You Ready To Play Outside?" won the Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009. Two books in the series have been listed on "Time" magazine's Top 10 Children's Books of the Year: "Today I Will Fly" in 2007 (ranked #2) and "Elephants Cannot Dance!" in 2009 (ranked #5). 