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Published : 25th August 2003
The last two Fridays I went to London's National Film Theatre and saw a lot of examples of hi def from all three relevant camera manufacturers and various formats - also witnessing 2k and 4k projection (clean, clean, super clean) –
During the week I also got involved in a couple of shoots one on Varicam and one on the Panavised Sony. I saw projections of a lot of stuff from lots of different sources, but one thing stands out: It's so, so, so damn clean !
It's a new standard of viewing: it's like listening to a CD instead of vinyl. There's no noise of a needle scraping away at plastic...You're in an operating theatre, an airport lounge, a suburb with lawns and white fences and no people present. Whatever we saw, be it shot with news or sports aesthetics, verite documentary, or pseudo 35mm drama - it was clean, clean, clean.
Even when the DP was trying to invoke atmosphere - smoke in the air (which always seems to show up bad in this medium because we see clearly that it's smoke), shoot underexposed print normal, desaturate - whatever - the cleanness of the medium screamed - "don't believe me" ! And then there's the issue of everything actually taking on the semblance of the 35mm look (minus 35mm artefacts). So the progressive scan actually delivers "film distance". Now every DP helped by the post process is inferring high production values - without actually delivering them - except in rare cases. What happens when it's only your department that's reaching 35mm values because there isn't the budget for other departments to match your inherent advantage ?
Oh, and there were clips from star wars as usual and it looked like the packaging you get round a burger, or plastic wrap on a new toy. (Christopher Lee still being buried alive - this time in a CGI coffin).
I showed a piece that was period - somehow it didn't buy, I mean it was great looking, the actors did their stuff, wardrobe, costume etc etc and the lighting was nice... but, but, but.... A cold chill ran down my back.
For the odd commercial I don't think there's a problem, the doc or drama series on tv should get away with it too, because when that occasional shot sticks out saying that it is in fact video then the medium will make it ok. But for a sustained drama in the cinema... ?
It's like we dive into a pool but the salinity of the water won't let us dive very deep...Help me here: Are we really going to have to overprint film scratches to get over this intermediate stage ? That can't be the way it would be like using valium. I'm convinced that the essential problem is that the materiality of the medium is somehow prohibiting entry into the viewing experience. For me cleanness in this medium is a problem. Is it just that because it's so new we're not being clever enough yet ? Is there someone out there with a bit of alchemy that can melt bytes down.
Is there's some solution that's just out of vision ? Maybe I just OD'd on too much of the stuff... It all looked too easy to achieve the semblance of craft - and that cold chill is still there.
Terry Flaxton
Were the things you viewed projected Digitally or transferred and projected on Film??
B. Sean Fairburn
LA DP
I think you're overreacting a bit, Terry. Surely any improvements in image quality from a purely technical standpoint are welcome. We can always find ways of degrading an image if necessary for creative purposes.
If we get beyond the "textural" difference between film and digital projection for a minute: There have always been two opposing principles at work in filmmaking. One is the notion that film should be a clear "window" on reality, and the larger and sharper the image is, the more immersive the viewing experience, the "you are there" feeling that processes like Cinerama, Todd-AO,
ShowScan, IMAX, etc. have tried to create.
The opposite principle is that the ways in which film is NOT like human perception -- like being 2-D, having grain, etc. -- all help the processes of creating the willing suspension of disbelief because these artefacts help mask the artificiality of the image (the use of sets, actors in makeup, 2-D special effects like matte paintings, etc.) We rely on a certain amount of "smoke & mirrors" to sell the image as being real and not fictional, in order to tell fictional stories.
A typical movie might actually employ both ideologies at various points – a 3-D-like, immersive, highly detailed "you are there" feeling at one moment and a 2-D, diffused, flattened, painterly look another time (just compare one of the super wide-angle shots in a 65mm film like "Oklahoma!" or "2001" to one of the more traditional long-lens close-ups in the same movie.)
So while most everyone agrees that the 1280 x 1024 pixel limit of current DLP projection technology is inadequate to hold detail on a big screen without being aware of the pixel grid pattern, I'm sure some will think that a 2K or 4K projected image will seem too clean & sharp.
Personally, I'm all for it, anything that gets closer to the quality of a first generation 35mm print or even starts to achieve the quality of a 70mm print. And as for weave, jitter, etc., most IMAX projection, which is film, is rock-solid -- and certainly I don't miss the jitter when watching IMAX (in fact, it would be highly annoying.) I personally don't feel that more artefacts like jitter and dust & dirt flying by are adding to my emotional immersion in the movie going experience.
I don't have a problem with the notion that movie projection someday might get sharper, more steady, less dirty, etc. Of course, I also think that film projection is "warm" while digital projection is "cold", just as one feels that way with good analogue should versus digital sound. When I saw "This Is Cinerama" at the New Neon Theatre with 5-track surround sound coming from a 35mm full coat mag, I was amazed at how could it sounded, and how less "brittle" is sounded compared to modern digital recording and playback. It had a certain amount of hiss, but otherwise, it was technically flawless. I can see someone complaining about digital projection - ONCE it gets good-enough -- in the same way about digital sound. But as for the notion that if an image is too sharp, clean, etc. to make actors standing in WW1 costumes look realistic, that's partly a problem of conditioning in the viewer plus simply quality-control. "Lawrence of Arabia" is set in WW1 and is a super-sharp, clear, detailed image and yet we don't feel that it lacks believability because of that.
However, we might have had the photography, art direction, costumes, and make-up had not been top-notch enough. But I do agree that shooting such a period setting in an all-electronic means (digital capture and digital projection) starts to be so far removed from what we are used to, plus we our visual ideas of what the early 20th Century looked like are formed by photographs, that it feels "wrong" to us (or some of us.) But I wonder if we would have the same reaction to period settings from a pre-photography era (like the Roman Empire) shot and projected digitally.
David Mullen
Cinematographer / L.A.
>Help me here: Are we really going to have to overprint film scratches to get over this >intermediate stage ?
I have many many thoughts and little time today so I'll spare you all.
Meanwhile I hope you'll allow me this observation: When I first heard CD's one of them was "Abbey Road" and although "super clean" as you put it, it really did bother me, it didn't sound "right" in fact sterile (the plastic packaging in your metaphor).
The next I heard was the "Rainy Day" side of Jimi Hendrix "Electric Ladyland" and I remember thinking THIS is great because all of his feedback distortions and noise (relax, Dale were audible *as distinct* from surface noise one might typically hear on vinyl).
More later, gotta prep to shoot fireworks (a very analog medium )
-Sam Wells
>For me cleanness in this medium is a problem. Is it just that because it's so new >we're not being clever enough yet ?
Allow me to use television as an analogy. Strange analogy, but hear me out. Prior to about 1984, all film television programs were delivered on film, and those prints were telecined for air. In 1984, Lorimar did an experiment with "Knots Landing" and posted it completely on videotape. Other shows followed, and other studios followed. The thing was, "Knots" had been finished on film for a number of years prior to that change. The look of the prints was the look of the show. When the change to video post happened, the show began to be transferred directly from the camera negative. The look, needless to say, encompassed much of the "cleanliness" you're now seeing in theatrical projection of video acquired material - more detail than we were used to, less contrast in some areas and more contrast in others (i.e. different gamma), different colorimetry (in many ways closer to the real-life colors), and more clarity than we had ever seen on film prints.
My first reaction, and that of a lot of other people, was that the video posted shows looked "cheap," that they lacked the "richness" of the prints. Over time, two things have happened. One, the approaches taken in post have improved, and two, most people have simply gotten used to the "new" film-on-television look, and come to appreciate some of its advantages.
This is all a rather long winded way of saying that personally, I think it's inevitable that there will be more and "better" video acquisition, and that it will eventually become the accepted aesthetic. Hell, it already is among the video game generation.
Mike Most
VFX Supervisor
IATSE Local 600
In response to Sean Fairburn's question:
"Were the things you viewed projected Digitally or transferred and projected on Film??
Everything that was projected, was projected digitally - except, ironically, one thing I brought originated on HD and transferred to 35mm (that had been scratched). The irony here is - I've been pushing the idea that video could be lit well for years.
I'm going to think on the other messages - the list gets to the UK
after 12am so my brain is pulp - thanks guys
UK DP
> Sean - everything that was projected, was projected digitally -
Terry This might sound like an over simple response but it is absolutely True.
What you Saw looked like Video because it was Video.
Good HD when done well and transferred to Film Looks like Film because it is Film. It gets back all the "Dirty" little artefacts that you associate with Film but it has less dynamic range especially in the Highlights.
Sounds pretty Basic but it is sometimes just that simple. I have tested this quite a bit and I am Amazed by it. Like being baptised in the chemical bath as the images are transformed into a new creation now on Film.
I am also never satisfied with anything I have seen yet that starts and stays in the Digital world that claims to posses such Qualities they are never authentic and its easy to see.
Well, maybe I over reacted and I take the points that were coming back to me - thanks guys again. I saw a lot of digitally projected HD and it was a shock in its intensity and cleanness. I mean I work with the stuff, and there's a lot that I could respond with, but I'm seriously into mulling this one over. David you said: "We can always find ways of degrading an image if necessary for creative purposes".
And there's the rub because I don't want to just gloss it over (or rather simply degrade it) I want to crack the issue, articulate what's going on to myself, start to try to find the truth of this one.
To add my two-pence worth to David's excellent reply, I have followed this HD versus Film debate for a long time and can't help but compare it to what happened in music making in the beginning of the eighties. With the advent of the Yamaha DX7, using wave modulation FM technology, music producers suddenly had the opportunity of reproducing orchestral sounding music from a simple box.
In fact Alyson Moyet's first album, Alf, was almost entirely DX7 generated. It had the musician's union in uproar and everyone was counting the days to the demise of the live band. Yet, 20 years down the line, live musicians are still out there with their instruments and orchestras are still conductor led. Of course things have changed, but producers and composers choose to use a mix of sounds, samples included, to make music and the quality of that music still depends on the composers and musicians, not the box they use.
Whenever I get asked how I would deal with one format choice or the other, and lets face it, its very seldom the cinematographer's choice which format will be used, I always reply "celebrate your medium". With other words, if the requirement is for video, make it good video, if it is for film, make it good film.
Don't compare apples and oranges, enjoy each for what they are and can give. As with the DX7, we are led to believe that this new magic box will replace film, it won't happen. We just need to find what works to our advantage in all media and use these benefits to our advantage. I know what I prefer, but I still think "Festen" was a great movie, regardless of the way it was shot. I have used every medium available apart from IMAX and have never thought "if only this were...." Don't be afraid of over sharpness or different gamma, use it!!!
Roger Simonsz


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September 6, 2022 by Emily
"The Rings of Power" series premiered on Prime Video on September 1
It appears that Elon Musk isn't a fan of Amazon Studio's new TV series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power", and he made it very clear on his latest tweets.
The 51-year-old Tesla billionaire said on Monday, September 5, "Tolkien is turning in his grave."
He then followed up with, "Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice."
Amazon has invested $1 billion in this series inspired by the world of J.R.R. Tolkien. This would make it the most expensive TV series ever made. Former executives say Amazon shall use the show as a measuring stick to see if Amazon Studios is a worthwhile venture for the company.
Early indicators bode well for the TV series and Amazon Studios – the show premiered on Friday, and around 25 million viewers tuned in to the first two episodes. Critics gave the show generally positive reviews, setting up Amazon for success.
"The Rings of Power" takes place 3,000 years ago, before Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" films. Clearly, it is not a continuation of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movie trilogies.
The series is primarily based on the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, which include discussion of the Second Age, and Tolkien's grandson Simon consulted on the development of the series.
According to Variety, Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos was personally involved in bringing the show to Amazon.
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Bonding Rituals For Better Teamwork
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About a year ago, my wife and I started a tradition called Movie Monday. It's exactly what it sounds like. We watch a movie every Monday with friends and fam.
But there's more to our little tradition than just that. Every week we try to pick the movie based on something that's relevant to whatever's going on in the world:
Is it the start of winter? Ok, let's watch some sort of cold-related movie.
Is it's someone's mom's birthday? What's her favorite movie?
Movie Monday falls on May 4th this year? Easy. Star Wars.
Memorial Day? Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind!
Here's what's interesting about Movie Monday, though. When the world shut down over the Covid-19 pandemic, we could no longer have people over for it. So we started watching Movie Monday films in our own homes at the same time. Which may sound ridiculous. We don't even see each other anymore. But at this point our group ritual is so natural—and I'd dare say important to us—that we've transitioned to remote movie watching without a hitch.
So now, every Monday at 8pm we get in a chat thread, make sure everybody has the movie queued up, and count down: 3, 2, 1, PLAY! And then we each watch the movie at our own houses.
Watching a movie at the same time as someone who's somewhere else in the world might sound pointless. But we love it.
That's because Movie Monday is not just about watching a movie. It's a ritual. Movie Monday is our thing. And the fact that it's our thing makes it more satisfying, and more fun, than just the thing itself.
Formative Experiences: How Humans Build Bonds
This may sound obvious, but here's the truth: Doing activities together bonds us together. That's the essence of what a group ritual is.
The definition of a group ritual is simply this: An act that people regularly repeat together the same way.
It doesn't need to be ceremonial or official at all—though it can be.
The basic rule, in other words, is that a ritual has to be done consistently. Beyond that, rituals can vary a great deal depending on what you're trying to accomplish with them.
But some activities are more likely to cause a group to bond than others.
If you go fight in a war together, you're going to develop a stronger bond with someone than if you work at a pizza place together.
The amount of bonding that two or more people develop when sharing an experience depends on two variables: Stress and Meaning.
An activity that is low stress and low meaning, such as going to dinner and talking about the weather, will result in less bonding than an activity that is low stress and higher meaning, like going to dinner and sharing deep, personal stories about your lives.
And those will create weaker bonds than something that has high meaning and high stress, like going through boot camp together.
In a business setting, it can often be hard to find meaning in the day to day activities we do together as a team. Ideally, we're working toward a powerful, meaningful shared purpose that we're able to keep top of mind. But sometimes we're just negotiating budgets, or figuring out how to keep the servers up.
Yet, for teams where much of the group activity isn't inherently full of meaning, it is possible to create meaning for the team itself—to remind ourselves that we're part of something bigger together, and that that matters.
And that's where group rituals are powerful.
A ritual doesn't have to have specific meaning itself—say, like Movie Monday—in order for it to create meaning for the group that does it together. That's because rituals themselves help create a shared sense of identity and trust. And that is inherently meaningful.
So when I'm asked by leaders about what they can do to improve their team's "alignment," one of the first things I'll usually recommend is to create some rituals.
The Power Of Group Rituals For Creating Alignment & Meaning
Psychologists have long studied what rituals do to our brains—and the effect is powerful.
For individuals, having personal rituals helps reduce anxiety or get you in the headspace for doing something. Baseball players who tap their foot three times before stepping up to the plate might think they're being superstitious. But what they're actually doing is preparing their brains to focus and perform. The consistent action of the personal batting ritual helps a player to slip into the same mental zone every time.
This works whatever the motion is, so long as the ritual is consistent.
For groups, the brain science of rituals is even more fascinating.
For one, the same anxiety-reduction factor we get from personal rituals also occurs in groups. When a group does some same thing over and over, the repetition of the event helps to quell negative emotions and replace them with calm—even if the thing the group doing is weird or scary. Rituals are powerful in part because they distract us from negative emotions. (This explains how people in cults can feel comfortable doing even bizarre or disturbing rituals.)
But more importantly, rituals can help team members do what great teams need them to do: trust each other and put the group's interests above their own.
Group rituals help us to feel safer around each other. And that leads to smoother teamwork. Studies show, for example, that groups of people who've never met before who do a group ritual before tackling a challenge tend to perform better—and more importantly they like each other more afterward. (I suspect these strangers perform better in part because they communicate less cautiously…)
Now that we've covered the science, it's time for the hard part.
If we want to get the benefits of group rituals—without the pushback that comes with trying to inject cheesy shit we learned from a blog post with a stock photo of multi-racial models putting their hands in a circle—it pays to understand a few nuances about the different types of rituals, how they go wrong, and what's going to make sense for your particular team.
Oh God it's that stock photo again
There are 3 types of group rituals: Sacrifice, Synchrony, and Coordination
Rituals of sacrifice are things you do consistently that reinforce individual suppression. They're actions you take to show that the group is more important than you.
Examples include the following:
Wearing a uniform (sacrificing your individual dress)
Shaving your head (sacrificing your individual look)
Bowing or kneeling to a leader (sacrificing your stature)
Abstaining from things (sacrificing your appetites)
Attending ceremonies as a show of devotion (sacrificing your time)
Unless the individual would do these things on their own, for their own sake—e.g. you would wear that maroon prep school sweater every day anyway—behaving or dressing or spending your time in a certain way for a group's sake is a ritual of sacrifice.
These rituals are quite on the nose. They reinforce the idea that the group is greater than the individual... by squashing the individual. And whereas this is powerful from a psychology standpoint, if an individual is resistant to the ritual of sacrifice that a group asks of them, it can lead to the opposite of a bonding effect: resentment.
The second category is the ritual of synchrony.
These are rituals where the group all does some same thing at the same time. For example, a high five or a fun handshake is a ritual of synchrony. You and your team member "synch" the same motion—and usually you'll synch the same emotion while you're at it. (A high five requires a certain level of enthusiasm to be truly synchronous.)
Chants, cheers, marching, and other repeat group activities
Slapping the sign in the tunnel on your way out before a ball game
Observing holidays together
Watching movies together (so long as it's done repeatedly and in the same way)
And any ritual of sacrifice that is done in unison is a ritual of synchrony, too. (E.g. if you all wear the uniform, shave your head, etc., at the same time, it's both a ritual of sacrifice and synchrony.)
Research shows that synchrony rituals cause people to tend to feel closer to each other. And they also make it easier to do things that might be difficult or painful. The fact that Movie Monday is our ritual makes it easier for any individual to agree to watching a movie that they'd rather not—or to do unrelated things, like help one of the people in the Movie Monday group move apartments.
Finally, there are rituals of coordination.
These are repeat activities where you're not mirroring the same actions as everyone in the group, but you are doing something together that has a consistency and regularity to it.
Games, sports, and other activities that you play regularly
Cooking together, or otherwise creating something together
Working on something together the same way, at a consistent time. (E.g. every day after dinner, I wash the dishes, while you put them away.)
As with the other two categories, people come out of rituals of coordination feeling closer to one another. But coordination also helps to build confidence between people. And as I explored in Chapter 3 of Dream Teams, psychology research shows that the more a group ritual has a "play-like" feel to it, the more likely members who are wary of each other initially will start to trust each other.
To some degree, each kind of ritual accomplishes the same thing: bonding a group. But the three types of rituals each serve a slightly different primary purpose:
Rituals of sacrifice reinforce the importance of putting group over self
Rituals of synchrony make people feel like part of something together
Rituals of coordination help people have more confidence in each other
How To Design A Group Ritual That Works For YOUR Team
Though research shows that group rituals reliably help bring people closer, there is one important caveat: rituals can also make groups more cliquish toward outsiders. Studies show that when sub-teams within a company create strong rituals, they start to see themselves as part of a different team than the other sub-teams within their company.
If you think about it, this is essentially what has happened with humanity in general. We're all the same species—all part of the same big team. But in our different tribes we have developed different cultures with different rituals. And over the millennia we have split into many, many different factions who see other groups as not part of our team. (Humanity's divisions are more complicated than this, but "the way we do things" plays a big part.)
Because of this, it's important to create group rituals that include everyone in the "superordinate group" we're trying to bond. Sure, your engineering team can have its own rituals… as long as the whole company has good rituals, too. Otherwise the engineers may slowly start to see the salespeople as part of a different team.
On this note—and because of all my research on the benefits of cognitive diversity—my recommendation in general is for teams to avoid rituals that have the potential to step on the individuality of any member, too.
A weekly happy hour at Tom & Jerry's every Thursday after work is a great ritual… except for that team member who has kids that need to be picked up from school. Ideally, you'd want a ritual that doesn't make that person have to choose between being a good parent and being a good team member.
That's why for the most part I recommend being wary of rituals of sacrifice unless the thing being sacrificed is really low stakes. And even then, if you can frame the activity as a ritual of synchrony instead, that will take pressure off. For example, instead of having a rigid dress code (ritual of sacrifice), let people dress however they want to express themselves… but Friday is the day everyone wears the company color, orange. Sacrificing what you wear once a week, in the service of synchrony, will be more likely to be a bonding experience than a potential source of griping.
Research indicates that the quirkier a ritual—or really, the more unique it is to just your group and no other group—the more likely it will have a powerful bonding effect on the group.
So here's my basic formula for an effective team ritual:
A great team ritual = something our group does that's our thing, which we do repeatedly, and consistently, and which doesn't step on people's individuality.
After that—and before answering the question of "what should we do for our ritual"—comes the question of "when?" What's the right time to inject a ritual in your team's life? And how can you do that without making things weird?
when And How To "launch" a ritual with your team
Even though rituals of synchrony and coordination themselves are low stakes, actually starting one can make you a little vulnerable. Proposing a group start a ritual can be putting yourself out on a limb.
To avoid that, I have some advice:
Instead of holding some sort of formal meeting to launch a ritual, try slipping it into the team's day-to-day events organically. Do it as a one-time thing first, gauge the reaction, then repeat.
Once you get it rolling, consider calling it a "tradition" instead of a ritual, if you think any of your team members may resist the latter.
Insert the ritual at a key moment when a group is already transitioning from one activity to another:
At the start of things you're already planning on doing (e.g. at the start of every certain kind of meeting or activity)
At the end of things you're already doing
At the start and end of weeks and days
When it's a holiday or occasion of some sort
Or, insert the ritual when you can reliably have a reminder or trigger. This makes rituals not feel as forced.
The more naturally a ritual can start to fit into a group's activities, the easier it will be for people to get on board with it, enjoy it, and experience the benefits.
For example, one of my favorite rituals at my old company, Contently, grew organically out of something I did on a whim:
Every quarter, we would hold a company all-hands meeting called The State of Contently, where all the team leaders would brief the company on the state of things.
This itself was a ritual. But one day I decided I wanted to celebrate some people who'd been particularly great examples of our company's only value: "Be awesome to each other." So I bought some random items from the thrift store as makeshift "trophies." At the end of the meeting, I made an awards speech about the company value and the three people who I was surprising with the trophies. I made them come up to the front and take a photo with their prize, and everyone cheered.
This impromptu awards show was a hit. So I did it at the next quarterly all-hands. By the third time we did it, I was calling it "The Awessies," and it had become a ritual people looked forward to. Every step of it was exactly the same, from the speech to the selection of random silly trophies.
The Awessies became an example of both synchrony and coordination rituals. One week before each all-hands, I began asking people to nominate, someone who they'd spotted being awesome to someone else. Everyone started participating in this tradition (coordination!), and then at each Awessies ceremony everyone was synchronized in the same series of events: hearing the speech, cheering for the winners, and so on.
You don't have to give speeches and buy prizes to create a great team ritual. A group ritual can be as simple as cheering every evening when the health care workers get off their shifts—or watching a movie every Monday!—or as elaborate as a quarterly award show. As long as you do it regularly make it your thing, that's all that matters.
Post Script: A few Examples of Team Rituals That I've Seen Work
Some of the most reliable elements of team rituals include food, stories, speeches, and celebrations—but the important thing is to do something uniquely your own, even if you are remixing these kinds of tried-and-true elements.
If you're in a leadership position and are looking to spark ideas for a ritual for your team, the following are all things I've seen work:
Start each week with a group chat thread where you ask people to weigh in on a question that's on your mind.
Every time a customer sends a nice comment in, send an email to the team celebrating it. Or even better, once a month put the best customer comment on a cake, and eat it together!
Kick off every offsite with a Bruce Lee quote, or a pump-up song, or a childhood story (I've seen lots of variations of this; the point is it has to become recognized as a thing you do).
Start all large group meetings with a breathing exercise (only works for certain types of teams in certain industries, but I've seen it work awesome).
Invent a company salute. Or gang sign. Or a special high five.
Once a quarter, do a "desk swap" where everyone sits in someone else's digs for a week and gets to know some new neighbors.
Post a different poll on the coffee machine every week, and let people put their name (or tally mark) down as the week progresses.
Have a tradition of weekly "random coffee dates" where at the start of the week everybody in the company gets assigned a random person to go have a coffee with on Wednesday, where you're supposed to chat and get to know each other's stories. (This works with remote teams as well; bring your own drink and fire up your webcam for a 30-minute get-to-know-you.)
Have a regular "Jeffersonian" round table, where you pick a list of non-work questions and host a single conversation about them with a group. (Best done over dinner!)
Post a "Daily Dispatch" in the team's chat thread every day before you go home, updating everyone on how your day went (not a formal report—more of a "here's how things went today").
Have a 5-minute Monday morning stand-up meeting where you rally the team for the week, and always include something you're particularly grateful for, and a shout-out to one person for doing something that's gone unrecognized.
Every Wednesday, take your immediate team to lunch somewhere, and after you order your meals, go around the table and have everyone say one thing they're currently excited about and one thing they're worried about (great for building trust and vulnerability in addition to bonding).
Every Friday—or once a month—host a 10-minute "lightning talk" with a guest speaker from inside or outside the company, followed by an AMA.
Throw a weekly breakfast for the team, or happy hour (during the last hour of work, so anybody who needs to get home on time still can) that you kick off every time with a similar routine.
Get a statue or trophy that you award to one person each month for something unexpected. Have them sign their name on it and keep it at their desk, then take it back and award it to someone else the next month.
Host a monthly or quarterly book club (make sure the way the books are selected and what you do at book club has ritual elements, so it's unique and you do the same thing every time).
Have an annual story night where you retell the history of the team or the company every year (and let people tell their favorite stories, too).
Always order the same some sort of unique dessert in honor of people's birthdays (the quirkier the better, for ritual value).
Celebrate nontraditional holidays. Even better: invent your own holidays!
As you can tell, the possibilities are endless. Hopefully this list—and the principles above—can inspire some little rituals that are truly your own!


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Brexit Update 19th October 2017
By LondonNovember 1, 2017Brexit Updates
Top 3 developments
EU leaders poised to declare insufficient progress as EU summit gets underway.
Government's flagship Brexit legislation is delayed by Tory opposition in the Lords.
PM holds hastily arranged working dinner with Barnier and Juncker ahead of summit meeting.
UK Update
"The next Brexit-Line Bill will arrive in approximately three weeks"
The return of the Government's EU withdrawal legislation to the House of Commons (from the Lords) has been delayed this week as ministers struggle to persuade rebel Tory Peers to drop their support for hostile amendments. The Bill had been expected to return to the Commons next week, but the Government is now setting aside more time to respond to the 300 amendments tabled. The Bill is now not expected to be debated in the Commons again until after the Autumn recess on 13th November. Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said it is "taking a bit of time to have proper, thoughtful, well-considered responses". However, the delay is widely thought to be down to a reported Cabinet split over how to deal with the amendments, and how far to back down on key issues. Nonetheless, Government also maintains that the bill is not technically delayed, because a date for the next stage was never set – despite widespread expectation in Whitehall that the Bill would be returned to the Commons straight after the Conference season. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said, "Theresa May cannot unite her Cabinet or her party behind this deeply flawed Bill. There are now serious questions about whether the Prime Minister can deliver Brexit".
May's dinner diplomacy
The Prime Minister flew to Brussels for a 90-minute working dinner with the most senior members of the EU Commission on Monday, in an attempt to win agreement to open trade talks ahead of this week's EU summit. The Prime Minister met with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, his chief of staff Martin Selmayr, and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, alongside her top aide Olly Robbins and Brexit Secretary David Davis. Unlike May's last working dinner, no leaks have emerged about exactly what was discussed at the meeting. However, it is understood to have failed to produce any substantive movement. A joint statement from Juncker and May following their dinner said little more than that "efforts should accelerate over the months to come". There was no agreement – or even hint – that either side would make concessions on the divorce bill in order to progress talks. Speaking about the meeting on Tuesday Barnier said, "I'm ready to accelerate the rhythm, but to speed up, it needs to be two". No. 10 failed to mention the planned meeting last week, and it did not appear in Juncker's diary – fuelling speculation that the meeting is a last-ditch attempt by the Government to make progress before the crunch vote at the EU summit on Friday. Yet, Juncker and Barnier are not the only beneficiaries of the Government's whirlwind diplomacy. Earlier this week the Prime Minister called German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU Council President Donald Tusk, and Dutch PM Mark Rutte. The Foreign Secretary also hosted eight EU foreign ministers at his country estate over the weekend, in a bid to woo European leaders.
OECD warns of Brexit damage
An influential City group, the Unite workers' union, and the European Infrastructure Bank (EIB) have all issued warnings this week about the potentially damaging affects Brexit could have on the UK economy. TheCityUK, the main lobby group for financial services companies, warned that the City requires "urgent clarity" on transitional arrangements, saying, "a transitional deal is of diminishing value… The longer it takes to secure, the less beneficial it is". The Unite union echoed this, saying that the supply chains of manufacturers will be severely disrupted unless a "meaningful" transition deal is in place by the end of the year. The EIB has meanwhile claimed that Brexit could damage the Bank's ability to fund UK infrastructure projects; "project promoters are less interested in what we do because they do not know what kind of legal relationship we will have after Brexit".
The warnings come as the OECD published a report claiming that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. The group say that a "referendum" or "change of majority [government]" leading to the UK staying within the EU" would have a "significant" positive impact on the country's economic growth. The Treasury flatly rejected the OECD's suggestion of a second referendum, issuing a statement which read "we are leaving the EU and there will not be a second referendum". The report also warns that a no-deal scenario would result in investments falling, the pound shrinking in value and the country's credit rating being cut. Chancellor Philip Hammond said he would consider the report, but took the opportunity to reiterate that the UK would benefit from a transition period, saying "by delivering a time-limited transition period, avoiding a disruptive cliff-edge exit from the EU, we can provide greater certainty for businesses".
McDonnell: Labour in talks with Tories to block no-deal Brexit
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said Labour is in talks with Tory MPs to agree a parliamentary veto to prevent the UK from leaving the EU without a deal. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, McDonnell said that discussions were taking place "right the way across the House" – including with Tory MPs.
European Update
European leaders discuss Brexit at EU summit The Prime Minister has met with the EU's 27 heads of state at a summit meeting in Brussels. Today and tomorrow leaders will discuss migration, defence and the digital economy. This evening Theresa May will address the leaders during a working dinner. In the speech she is expected to emphasise the reconciliatory tone used in her Florence speech, as she updates her counterparts on the progress made in the negotiations thus far. Downing Street has accepted that the Council will agree on Friday that sufficient progress has not yet been made in the process; as such, neither the EU nor Theresa May are expected to offer any new concessions. Nonetheless, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with other EU leaders in order to press the case for moving on to the next phase of talks as quickly as possible. Tomorrow Brussels is expected to reject the UK's position gently and encouragingly, as not to further weaken May's position, and thereby undermine her ability to conduct the negotiations.
The message from Brussels to London was clear from the moment leaders arrived; the divorce bill is still the main stumbling block, and it is up to the UK Government to act. This week European Parliament President Antonio Tajani dismissed the UK's €20bn offer as "peanuts". He went on to say the UK's negotiating position was "not realistic". Meanwhile, David Davis has accused Brussels of having a "complete obsession with money". Addressing the House of Commons, Davis said "the simple truth is… they are using time pressure to see whether they can get more money out of us – that is what is going on, as is obvious to anybody". That said, there were some encouraging signs of progress. As she arrived at the summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that enough progress had been made to entertain the idea that the EU could "take the work forward and then reach the start of the second phase in December" – though this still relies on more progress being made in the meantime. Council President Donald Tusk seemed somewhat less optimistic, saying "I don't expect any kind of breakthrough… we have to work really hard between October and December to finalise this so-called first phase".
EU looks set to discuss trade and transition Leaked draft conclusions for this week's EU Council summit show that the EU27 leaders are preparing to discuss amongst themselves an agreed position on transition and trade before the end of the year, in what the EU have called "internal preparatory discussion". Brussels wants to be ready for trade and transition talks, should the UK unexpectedly make sufficient progress before Christmas. Whilst this may be welcome news for London, the documents also reveal that France and Germany have pushed for a tough negotiating position. Berlin and Paris are "perfectly aligned" in their approach to Brexit, and support a tough position. After meetings between Macron, Merkel and EU officials last week the conclusions were redrafted to contain stronger language. The revised draft demands progress on the divorce bill, citizens' rights and the Northern Irish border. The document also includes a reference to the ECJ's continued jurisdiction over the issue of EU citizens' rights in the first paragraph of the document – a clear reminder of the complexity of the negotiations. The pair's refusal to progress talks until greater progress has been made on the divorce settlement impelled May to call them both on Sunday and Monday to discuss the impasse. France and Berlin's steadfast positions have come as a rebuttal to the oft-cited predictions of some Brexiters that the French and German governments would be quick to preserve their access to the UK market; indeed, thus far neither government has offered London solace.
Corbyn's big day out Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn met with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Antonio Tajani today, alongside Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer and Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner. Corbyn said the aim of his visit was to "help move the talks forward". Criticising Chancellor Philip Hammond for describing the EU as "the enemy", Corbyn said "let me be clear, the British Labour party does not see anyone in Europe as an enemy. We see people across Europe as friends. You are our colleagues, our partners, our comrades and our friends". He also called on both sides to move past the stalemate and build a new cooperative relationship, saying "the UK and the European Union must take steps together. There is no need for insults or divisive posturing". He also held bilateral meetings with the Italian, Swedish and Portuguese prime ministers, and attended the Party of European Socialists' pre-Council meeting.
19th – 20th October – EU Summit
14th December – EU Council Summit
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Episodes, Season 10, Episodes Named After a Song
Adam Glass
Serge Ladouceur
About a Boy is the 12th episode of Season 10. It aired on February 3, 2015.
There was something about being there... It felt pure.
This episode summary is an official CW press release. It may contain errors.
DO NOT CHANGE!
Looking to get Dean out of the bunker, Sam finds a case for him and Dean to investigate- people are disappearing into thin air with only their clothes left behind. Sam and Dean suspect fairies or angels, but the truth turns out to be much more shocking- Hansel (guest star Mark Acheson), from Hansel and Gretel lore, is kidnapping people and turning them into their younger selves to placate the evil witch (guest star Lesley Nicol). Unfortunately, Dean finds this out the hard way after he becomes Hansel's next victim and reverts to his 14 year old self.
In Pendleton, Oregon, two men are arguing inside a bar. One man, JP is thrown out, and as a homeless man watches, JP walks towards his car. A mysterious man appears behind JP and there is a flash of bright light, and the homeless man finds only a pile of clothes.
In the Men of Letters bunker, a worried Dean sits in his room researching the Mark of Cain. Sam enters with the news that he caught a case. Dean wants Sam to check it out, but Sam tells Dean that he needs to get back in the game instead of locking himself away Sam knows that Dean can beat this. Bolstered by Sam's confidence, Dean agrees.
In Oregon, Sam and Dean question the homeless man who says that he smelled flowery flowers but no sulfur, and who insists it was the work of aliens. An annoyed Sam and Dean walk away, and then they split up: Sam to check out JP's place and Dean to investigate the bar.
Dean enters the bar and orders a drink. After questioning the bartender, Dean starts talking with Tina, a woman at the bar, about JP. They begin drinking together and reminiscing about crappy childhoods. The man that attacked JP sits listening in the background. Sam calls Dean, as Tina leaves the bar, and Dean watches as the mysterious man follows Tina out. Dean explains to Sam that he may have something so he hangs up and goes outside. Dean hears a scream and when he goes to investigate he finds a pile of clothing. The mysterious man approaches Dean, and with a flash of bright white light, Dean wakes up in a basement and discovers that he is a teenager.
Teen Dean looks like his 14-year-old self, but he has all his adult memories. A 14-year-old Tina is in the room next door, while Dean reassures Tina, they discover JP who is then taken away by the mysterious man. After snacking on cake, Dean finds a way out of the basement, and Teen Tina tells him to go for help while she remains behind as a distraction.
Meanwhile, Sam goes to the bar looking for Dean. Sam questions the bartender who has Dean's jacket and phone. The bartender says he found it by the dumpster, Sam investigates further and finds Dean's boot and the smell of flowers. Back at the motel, Sam is researching flowers in an attempt to find Dean, when Dean knocks on the door. He greets a confused Sam with a "Hi'YaSammy." Dean explains what happened, and the boys head out to save Tina.
In the car, Sam is asks how it feels to be 14. Dean tells him that it feels weird, that he liked a Taylor Swift song, he's having random erections and that the Mark of Cain is gone. Sam says he found yarrow, flowers used in rituals, so the boys assume they are hunting a witch. Sam wants to get Dean changed back, but Dean isn't so sure; believing that while not ideal, they've found a cure for the Mark of Cain.
Sam and Dean arrive at the house where Tina is being kept, Dean sneaks in the same way he got out, but Sam is too big to enter that way. Dean is attacked by the mysterious man, but Sam comes up behind him and saves Dean. The mysterious man explains that he is Hansel of Hansel and Gretel, and that the evil witch, Katja made him and his sister do terrible things. When Sam and Dean reveal to him they are hunters, he agrees to help the kill her. However, if Hansel wants to help, Sam first demands to know how to turn Dean back to his proper age. Hansel explains that the hex bag around his neck is the key.
Upstairs, Katja is cooking soup, as Tina is tied to a chair. Hansel and the boys enter the kitchen, and she orders Hansel to take care of the Sam and Dean who think Hansel is on their side. Katja explains that she never made Hansel do anything, and then Hansel knocks Sam down and takes his gun.
Katja explains to Sam and Dean that she loves to eat delicious children, and Sam questions why she changes adults to children instead of taking children. She explains that stealing children has become more difficult since the olden days, and it is much easier to just transform an adult no one will miss than attempt to kidnap a child. She explains that the Grand Coven sent her here to take care of Rowena. While Dean is distracting Katja with conversation, Sam pulls a switchblade from his back pocket and attacks Hansel, Sam then goes after Katja but she easily throws him against the wall. Meanwhile, Dean is being beaten by Hansel. Katja orders Hansel to turn Sam, but when Hansel reaches for the hex bag around his neck, it is gone. Dean has taken it, and he uses it to turn back into an adult. He picks up the witch's knife and kills Hansel, Dean then shoves the hex bag in Katja's mouth, keeping her from reciting any spells and pushes her into the fiery oven.
Afterwards, Sam and Dean explain to Tina that the hex bag was destroyed, but there is a chance they can figure out how to reverse the spell, but Tina sees her renewed youth as a second chance at life, and is willing to make the best of it. The next day, Sam and Dean give Tina a lift to the bus station and all the cash they have, and they depart. Sam and Dean now know that the Grand Coven may become an issue, however, Sam is more concerned about the Mark of Cain. Dean felt he had to change back to save Sam, which Sam understands: Dean saved them –- Dean pulled a "Dean Winchester." After thanking Dean, Sam admits that he wants the Mark gone, but Sam also wanted Dean back. Sam counts it as a win because he has Dean back and Dean didn't "Hulk out." Again, Sam reassures Dean that they will figure it out. Dean agrees, and they drive off while listening to a Taylor Swift song, much to Sam's befuddlement.
Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
Recurring Cast Edit
Guest Stars Edit
Dylan Everett as Young Dean Winchester
Mark Acheson as Hansel
Lesley Nicol as Katja
Nels Lennarson as Bartender
Kehli O'Byrne as Tina
Jason Wingham as JP
Madeleine Arthur as Teenage Tina
Braydon Brown as Teenage JP
Featured Supernatural Beings Edit
Aliens (mentioned only)
Witch (Katja)
It was hinted that the Brothers Grimm may have been hunters, who encountered Hansel and Katja during their time and based the story of Hansel and Gretel on Hansel and his sister's story. But in the end, the Grimms gave the story a 'happy ending.'
Lesley Nicol is well-known for playing Mrs. Patmore, the cook, in the British television series Downton Abbey.
In spite of Dean's love of rock music, he actually liked a Taylor Swift song when he was turned into his 14 year old self.
Dean's love of the Taylor Swift song, "Shake it Off", may be a nod to the Supernatural sanctioned parody created by the Hillywood Show. Or not, as the parody includes many scenes from episodes not yet aired. You can watch the parody here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCZy8cAgBlM
Featured Music Edit
Ashes The Rain and I by James Gang
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
Promotional Pictures Edit
Video Edit
Supernatural 10x12 Promo "About a Boy" (HD)
Navigational Edit
Pilot • Wendigo • Dead In The Water • Phantom Traveler • Bloody Mary • Skin • Hook Man • Bugs • Home • Asylum • Scarecrow • Faith • Route 666 • Nightmare • The Benders • Shadow • Hell House • Something Wicked • Provenance • Dead Man's Blood • Salvation • Devil's Trap
In My Time of Dying • Everybody Loves a Clown • Bloodlust • Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things • Simon Said • No Exit • The Usual Suspects • Crossroad Blues • Croatoan • Hunted • Playthings • Nightshifter • Houses of the Holy • Born Under A Bad Sign • Tall Tales • Roadkill • Heart • Hollywood Babylon • Folsom Prison Blues • What Is And What Should Never Be • All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1 • All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 2
The Magnificent Seven • The Kids Are Alright • Bad Day at Black Rock • Sin City • Bedtime Stories • Red Sky at Morning • Fresh Blood • A Very Supernatural Christmas • Malleus Maleficarum • Dream a Little Dream of Me • Mystery Spot • Jus In Bello • Ghostfacers • Long-Distance Call • Time Is On My Side • No Rest for the Wicked
Lazarus Rising • Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester • In The Beginning • Metamorphosis • Monster Movie • Yellow Fever • It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester • Wishful Thinking • I Know What You Did Last Summer • Heaven and Hell • Family Remains • Criss Angel Is A Douchebag • After School Special • Sex & Violence • Death Takes A Holiday • On The Head Of A Pin • It's A Terrible Life • The Monster at the End of This Book • Jump the Shark • The Rapture • When the Levee Breaks • Lucifer Rising
Sympathy for the Devil • Good God, Y'all • Free To Be You and Me • The End • Fallen Idol • I Believe the Children Are Our Future • The Curious Case of Dean Winchester • Changing Channels • The Real Ghostbusters • Abandon All Hope • Sam, Interrupted • Swap Meat • The Song Remains the Same • My Bloody Valentine • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid • Dark Side of the Moon • 99 Problems • Point of No Return • Hammer of the Gods • The Devil You Know • Two Minutes to Midnight • Swan Song
Exile on Main Street • Two and a Half Men • The Third Man • Weekend at Bobby's • Live Free or Twihard • You Can't Handle The Truth • Family Matters • All Dogs Go To Heaven • Clap Your Hands If You Believe • Caged Heat • Appointment In Samarra • Like A Virgin • Unforgiven • Mannequin 3: The Reckoning • The French Mistake • ...And Then There Were None • My Heart Will Go On • Frontierland • Mommy Dearest • The Man Who Would Be King • Let It Bleed • The Man Who Knew Too Much •
Meet the New Boss • Hello, Cruel World • The Girl Next Door • Defending Your Life • Shut Up, Dr. Phil • Slash Fiction • The Mentalists • Season Seven, Time for a Wedding! • How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters • Death's Door • Adventures in Babysitting • Time After Time • The Slice Girls • Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie • Repo Man • Out With The Old • The Born-Again Identity • Party On, Garth • Of Grave Importance • The Girl With The Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo • Reading Is Fundamental • There Will Be Blood • Survival of the Fittest
We Need To Talk About Kevin • What's Up, Tiger Mommy? • Heartache • Bitten • Blood Brother • Southern Comfort • A Little Slice of Kevin • Hunteri Heroici • Citizen Fang • Torn and Frayed • LARP and the Real Girl • As Time Goes By • Everybody Hates Hitler • Trial and Error • Man's Best Friend With Benefits • Remember the Titans • Goodbye Stranger • Freaks and Geeks • Taxi Driver • Pac-Man Fever • The Great Escapist • Clip Show • Sacrifice
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here • Devil May Care • I'm No Angel • Slumber Party • Dog Dean Afternoon • Heaven Can't Wait • Bad Boys • Rock and a Hard Place • Holy Terror • Road Trip • First Born • Sharp Teeth • The Purge • Captives • Thinman • Blade Runners • Mother's Little Helper • Meta Fiction • Alex Annie Alexis Ann • Bloodlines • King of the Damned • Stairway to Heaven • Do You Believe In Miracles?
Black • Reichenbach • Soul Survivor • Paper Moon • Fan Fiction • Ask Jeeves • Girls, Girls, Girls • Hibbing 911 • The Things We Left Behind • The Hunter Games • There's No Place Like Home • About a Boy • Halt & Catch Fire • The Executioner's Song • The Things They Carried • Paint it Black • Inside Man • Book of the Damned • The Werther Project • Angel Heart • Dark Dynasty • The Prisoner • Brother's Keeper
Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire • Form and Void • The Bad Seed • Baby • Thin Lizzie • Our Little World • Plush • Just My Imagination • O Brother, Where Art Thou? • The Devil in the Details • Into the Mystic • Don't You Forget About Me • Love Hurts • The Vessel • Beyond the Mat • Safe House • Red Meat • Hell's Angel • The Chitters • Don't Call Me Shurley • All in the Family • We Happy Few • Alpha and Omega
Keep Calm and Carry On • Mamma Mia • The Foundry • American Nightmare • The One You've Been Waiting For • Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox • Rock Never Dies • LOTUS • First Blood • Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets • Regarding Dean • Stuck in the Middle (With You) • Family Feud • The Raid • Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell • Ladies Drink Free • The British Invasion • The Memory Remains • The Future • Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes • There's Something About Mary • Who We Are • All Along the Watchtower
Lost & Found • The Rising Son • Patience • The Big Empty • Advanced Thanatology • Tombstone • War of the Worlds • The Scorpion and The Frog • The Bad Place • Wayward Sisters • Breakdown • Various & Sundry Villains • Devil's Bargain • Good Intentions • A Most Holy Man • Scoobynatural • The Thing • Bring 'em Back Alive • Funeralia • Unfinished Business • Beat the Devil • Exodus • Let the Good Times Roll
Stranger in a Strange Land • Gods and Monsters • The Scar • Mint Condition • Nightmare Logic • Optimism • Unhuman Nature • Byzantium • The Spear • Nihilism • Damaged Goods • Prophet and Loss • Lebanon • Ouroboros • Peace of Mind • Don't Go In The Woods • Game Night• Absence • Jack in the Box • Moriah
Back and to the Future • Raising Hell • The Rupture • Atomic Monsters • Proverbs 17:3 • Golden Time • Last Call • Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven • The Trap • The Heroes' Journey • The Gamblers • Galaxy Brain • Destiny's Child •
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Beaverdam family thanks the community for help after house fire
By Ashley Monfort | November 23, 2017 at 6:23 PM EST - Updated August 16 at 1:20 AM
The family was on vacation at Disney World when the fire happened. (Source: Jackson Family)
HANOVER, VA (WWBT) - Having a home destroyed by a fire would be devastating for any family, but it's especially difficult during the holidays.
Despite that, a Beaverdam family says they are thankful because there are people helping them through it.
For 13 years, the Jacksons called eight acres on Country Sky Way in Beaverdam home. But in just a few hours, everything was gone.
"It wasn't real, and then I got here," said Brianne Jackson. "I saw it, and I just hit the ground."
They had only been on a vacation at Disney World for three days, when the pet sitter called with the horrible news - the home had been burning overnight.
Neighbors were also on vacation, so nobody saw the flames. Firefighters still don't know what caused it.
And the loss goes beyond material things, because the Jacksons also rescue animals. Some of them were trapped inside the home, including the family's 13-year-old rescue dog.
"I think that's just what hurts the most," said Jackson. "I just want her back. I don't care about stuff, I just want Gaia."
Despite the heavy loss, Jackson says it's her family, especially her children Will and Claire, and the community that's kept them going.
From the moment they came home, people were already reaching out.
"It took us 24 hours to get home from the time we heard," said Jackson. "And by the time I got home, there was a care package waiting for us with socks and underwear and toiletries and things, and I had no idea. And it's been amazing."
Meal trains, fundraisers and even messages of hope have kept this family going.
"I love my Beaverdam community, my central VA community, my VCU community," said Jackson.
And there are animals that survived including several prized chickens, geese and pigeons - all things that are helping the Jacksons move forward with hope.
"People from all over the world have sent things, and it just means a lot," said Jackson. "I just want to thank everybody!"
If you want to help the Jackson family, head to GoFundMe, MealTrain or YouCaring.
Copyright 2017 WWBT NBC12. All rights reserved.
Ashley Monfort
Ashland police investigating hate symbols leaflets posted downtown
Ashland police officers are investigating several hate symbol leaflets that were posted on businesses on Sunday morning.
Hannah Eason
Over 283,000 Virginians receive COVID-19 vaccine | 943k+ doses distributed statewide
So far, more than 283,000 Virginia residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.
Nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Va. Sunday
Published 5h at 9:43 AM
'It has to change:' Mother of 18-year-old shot and killed by troopers asking for footage to be released
Eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine? Officials say fill out this interest form
A.J. Nwoko
Reminder: DMV is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day


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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

DOCUMENTATION = """
---
cliconf: nos
short_description: Use nos cliconf to run command on Extreme NOS platform
description:
  - This nos plugin provides low level abstraction apis for
    sending and receiving CLI commands from Extreme NOS network devices.
version_added: "2.7"
"""

import re
import json

from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import to_list
from ansible.plugins.cliconf import CliconfBase

class Cliconf(CliconfBase):

    def get_device_info(self):
        device_info = {}

        device_info['network_os'] = 'nos'
        reply = self.get('show version')
        data = to_text(reply, errors='surrogate_or_strict').strip()

        match = re.search(r'Network Operating System Version: (\S+)', data)
        if match:
            device_info['network_os_version'] = match.group(1)

        reply = self.get('show chassis')
        data = to_text(reply, errors='surrogate_or_strict').strip()

        match = re.search(r'^Chassis Name:(\s+)(\S+)', data, re.M)
        if match:
            device_info['network_os_model'] = match.group(2)

        reply = self.get('show running-config | inc "switch-attributes host-name"')
        data = to_text(reply, errors='surrogate_or_strict').strip()

        match = re.search(r'switch-attributes host-name (\S+)', data, re.M)
        if match:
            device_info['network_os_hostname'] = match.group(1)

        return device_info

    def get_config(self, source='running', flags=None):
        if source not in 'running':
            raise ValueError("fetching configuration from %s is not supported" % source)
        if source == 'running':
            cmd = 'show running-config'

        flags = [] if flags is None else flags
        cmd += ' '.join(flags)
        cmd = cmd.strip()

        return self.send_command(cmd)

    def edit_config(self, command):
        resp = {}
        results = []
        requests = []
        self.send_command('configure terminal')
        for cmd in to_list(command):
            if isinstance(cmd, dict):
                command = cmd['command']
                prompt = cmd['prompt']
                answer = cmd['answer']
                newline = cmd.get('newline', True)
            else:
                command = cmd
                prompt = None
                answer = None
                newline = True

            if cmd != 'end' and cmd[0] != '!':
                results.append(self.send_command(command, prompt, answer, False, newline))
                requests.append(cmd)

        self.send_command('end')

        resp['request'] = requests
        resp['response'] = results
        return resp

    def get(self, command, prompt=None, answer=None, sendonly=False, check_all=False):
        return self.send_command(command, prompt=prompt, answer=answer, sendonly=sendonly, check_all=check_all)

    def get_capabilities(self):
        result = super(Cliconf, self).get_capabilities()
        return json.dumps(result)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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← A reason why the UUP and the SDLP should leave the Executive and go into full opposition
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Tom Elliot to stand for UUP leadership
Over on Slugger, it has been announced that Tom Elliot intends to stand for leadership of the UUP. He is portrayed as a strong contender for the leadership. From all that I have read and learned about Tome Elliot, he has a power base within the UUP which is very likely to propel him to the top.
Elliot's influence within the UUP was very clear to Conservatives during the early stages of the UCUNF pact. At the beginning of February last year, a member of the joint committee told me that Elliot would be standing as the candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. By the end of March, his candidacy had been announced in the newspapers.
Later in the year, Elliot became prominent over his willingness to have a discussion with the DUP about unionist unity candidates. Elliot first made open comments on the issue to the local Newspapers. After those reports appeared, I made it clear to officials close to Elliot that his remarks were damaging to the UCUNF project. That complaint fell on deaf ears. Elliot later appeared on Hearts and Minds TV and repeated his view that discussions with the DUP should go ahead. I called for the joint committee not to endorse him as a candidate on the ground that he failed to adhere to the principles of the pact.
Later, we learned that at the end of November 2009, the UUP and the DUP held discussions on unionist unity at Schomberg House (Orange Order Headquarters in Northern Ireland).
The Conservatives were unaware of that meeting when they later chaired further talks with the DUP and the UUP at Hatfield House, where the subject of Unionist Unity, joint candidates and the obsession over the prospect of a Sinn Fein First Minister were discussed.
The Conservatives were insisting within a few weeks before the election that they would not agree to a unionist unity candidate. In the end, the Elliot camp got their way and a unionist unity candidate was selected to contest Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
There is no person within the UUP who is more closely associated with sabotaging the UCUNF project than Tom Elliot. Let us be clear. Mr. Elliot never wanted the link with the Conservatives to go ahead. He did his utmost to make sure that it would not continue.
As I write, there are still some Conservatives who naively cling to the possibility that a new deal can be made with the UUP. Surely, it is now time for them to come to terms with reality and move on.
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The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or recombination, is one of the most important results of mathematical analysis applied to the facts of neo-mendelism. It gives accident as well as adaptation a place in evolution, and at one stroke explains many facts which puzzled earlier selectionists, notably the much greater degree of divergence shown by island than mainland forms, by forms in isolated lakes than in continuous river-systems.
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis (1942), 199-200.


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Restored 1962 Corvette Revealed on Fourth Anniversary of Museum Sinkhole
Restoration team members Daniel Decker (left), Dan Garrett (middle) and Derek Moore (right) unveil the restored 1962.
Four years ago, Corvette enthusiasts across the globe held a collective gasp (and in some cases shed tears) when news broke that a 65 foot by 45 foot sinkhole had opened inside the Skydome of the National Corvette Museum, taking eight prized cars with it. Continuing to make lemonade, today the Museum revealed the restored 1962 Tuxedo Black Corvette, placing it back on display exactly how it was prior to the collapse on February 12, 2014.
The '62 had been removed from display in the Skydome one year ago, on the third anniversary of the sinkhole, and the restoration process took place in the Museum's AutoZone Maintenance and Preservation area, where guests could observe the ongoing efforts by Maintenance and Preservation Coordinator Daniel Decker, with the help of NCM staffer Dan Garrett, and Museum Curator Derek Moore.
"We are about the story, we want to tell the story, we want to preserve the story. So, we restored the car to as close as possible to how it was the moment before the sinkhole, the way it was when Mr. Donoho donated the car," said Derek. According to Derek, it was what he would call a minimal restoration. "The frame was straightened a little at the rear, the body pieces or fiberglass components that were damaged or cracked were simply repaired. Only one very small panel on the right side had to have a replacement panel. Everything that we could leave that Mr. Donoho had actually touched, had left on this car, we wanted to essentially leave his fingerprints on the car."
While the car was worked on for almost a year, the total time to perform the restoration took about four months of solid work. "You open the hood and the engine is exactly how he left it. The interior is exactly the interior he had in it, the interior that he so lovingly cared for. We didn't want to take any of that away," said Derek. In fact, a few weeks ago a very old empty sugar packet from Frisch's Big Boy was found under the seat. "We set it aside, finished up the car, and then slipped it right back under the seat where it was."
While David Donoho passed away in 2013 at the age of 76, his friend and attorney of 20 years, Beth Sease, was present to share his story. While David was a simple and unassuming man, according to Beth, Corvettes were one of his two favorite hobbies and he owned three pristine models – the 1962, a maroon 1987 and a 2001. The '62 had been purchased new by David when he was in high school. "He worked at Lily Industrial Paint and had saved up his money for the car," said Beth. "He earned the nickname 'The Weatherman' because his friends would tease him… if he saw a cloud in the sky he would dart out. He didn't want raindrops on his car."
Beth Sease, friend and attorney for car donor David Donoho, places the final piece on the 1962 Corvette.
According to Beth, he would only let a few people perform routine maintenance on the car, and with no wife or children, he had the tough decision on what to do with his prized Corvette. "It took him some time to decide where he wanted everything to go but the thing that troubled him the most was what to do with the '62," said Beth. "He didn't think anybody could take care of it so he labored over that decision for about two years." Beth said he considered several options. "At first, he said 'no one is going to take care of it, I can't think about it being neglected over time. I'm just going to have it destroyed.' So, I said, 'David, we can't do that.' Later he said, 'I'm going to be buried in it.' I don't know how serious he was but I said we couldn't do that either."
Beth did a little homework and reached out to Wendell Strode, Executive Director of the National Corvette Museum, to see if the Museum would be interested in the car. "Wendell came up to see David several times. We had conversations in his living room, and Wendell earned his trust."
The Corvette was donated in 2011. "After the sinkhole occurred I just shook my head – oh my word. He wanted it destroyed and he wanted it under the earth. He got both of his wishes." Beth laughs. "Good thing it was only temporary. Thanks to the Museum it was only a brief burial."
Amidst a crowd of over 70 enthusiasts and visitors, the cover on the Corvette was pulled by Derek, Daniel and Dan, with Beth placing the finishing touch on the Corvette – the C1 emblem.
Beth said that David initially felt no one could care for his 1962 the way he had, but that the Museum proved him wrong. "The legacy David left was preserved by you and his legacy lives on. He would have been proud to have been here today to see the way you have come together, diligently restoring his prize."
The 1962 joins the other seven Corvettes that fell victim to the 2014 sinkhole, being placed on display in the Skydome where they were prior to the collapse. General Motors previously restored the 1992 'One Millionth Corvette and the 2009 ZR1 'Blue Devil.' Five of the Corvettes will continue to be left in the same state they were in from the sinkhole damage. In 2016 the Museum opened 'Corvette Cave In: The Skydome Sinkhole Experience,' an interactive exhibit chronicling the sinkhole story.
The Museum is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky at I-65 exit 28. Open daily from 8am-5pm CT, admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids age 5-12 and $8 for seniors. Children under age 5 are free.


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Syria will pass to the United Nations the names of 1,100 people that it said were killed by terrorists who received arms from neighboring countries, reports the Lebanese television Al Manar.
The reports quotes Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Moqdad (photo above) in Geneva as saying that his country has been facing terrorist threats, and indicated that "in the coming few days we will hand in a list of 1,100 martyrs who were employees and police officers, who were killed by terrorists."
Al-Moqdad further clarified that members of the Syrian security forces have been martyred by armed bands who received weapons from Syria's neighboring countries.
The Foreign Minister attended the session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The official went on explaining that "throughout the last seven months my country has confronted various wars, including a media war as well as media deception and lies, and all sorts of threats."
He recalled the package of reforms that President Bashar Al-Assad had announced, and said that Syria needed more time for implementing it as "reforms cannot be done while Syrians are being killed on daily basis by extremist terrorist groups."
"We have received humanitarian activists and the international committee of the Red Cross, and this indicates that we have nothing to hide," he added.
On the other hand, Iran, Russia, Cuba, and China praised the reforms that President Al-Assad had pledged to implement including lifting the state of emergency and carrying out local elections, while Britain, France, the United States called Syria to end its "criminal acts against civilians".
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Educational institutions like SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL, KINGSTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, FUREN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, FUCHUN PRIMARY SCHOOL, MARSILING PRIMARY SCHOOL and SI LING PRIMARY SCHOOL are near to BEECHWOOD TERRACE.
BEECHWOOD TERRACE is accessible via nearby MARSILING, WOODLANDS and KRANJI MRT Stations.


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Q: Appcelerator Titanium - don't stretch image to ImageView dimentions I have an image of size 1024x1024 and I want to have it a background as an ImageView object. I've set the ImageView height and width to be the size of the device and loaded the image - what happens is that the image shows the entire image squeezed to the given dimensions.
What I would like to see is not the entire image - I want it to scale to show it centered, and the parts of the image that don't fit the screen to not show. What my end result should be just setting the height and the width whatever is disposable will be overflowed and hidden.
How can I set an image not to stretch?

A: What your looking for is a clipped image. This affect is best achieved using a combination of View with clipping turned on and an ImageView.
As an example, we'll use a large image and the code below.
<Alloy>
<Window class="container"  backgroundColor="#000">
    <View clipMode="Titanium.UI.iOS.CLIP_MODE_ENABLED" width="200">
        <ImageView image="/images/Moonset_over_ESO's_Very_Large_Telescope.jpg" height="2336" width="3504"/>
    </View>
</Window>
</Alloy>

Note that we have enabled clipping on the parent View, and are using it to define the actual width we want everything rendered on the Screen. The ImageView is then used with the actual width / height of the image to be rendered. Because we are not setting a top,left,right,bottom properties, the ImageView will render itself centered in the parent view, with its overflow hidden.
This provides the desired effect as shown in the image below.

A: I think you mean the image property of the ImageView and not the backgroundImage. If you use a normal view and set the backgroundImage it will be stretched. From the docs:

Specifying either a width or height property for this view will scale
  its image(s) with the aspect ratio maintained, up to a maximum size
  that does not exceed its parent view.

If you want to center the image you could just place it in a View and set the width/height to the max value (or calculate the aspect ratio and set both values corretly) and it will be centered in the surrounding View
XML
<Alloy>

    <Window >
        <ImageView id="img"/>
    </Window>

</Alloy>

JS
$.img.image = "/images/1.jpg";
$.img.width = 200;
$.index.open();

Image original size: 1080x720. Display inside the app: 200px width not stretched and in the middle of the window (Android, Ti 5.1.2, TiShadow on device)

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You have how many children?!
by Shannon Roberts | June 05, 2019
Big families are increasingly hard to come by these days. But, as I wrote in a recent article, many people would likely be happier with a bigger family than the average two that has become the norm in many countries around the world (and in a number of countries it is now creeping closer to just one. The total fertility rate among OECD country members was 1.7 in 2017).
Lisa Canning is one of those people; but she admits it took liberating herself from the mindset of the small family norm, and worrying less about what others think, to truly embrace how much she herself enjoys each new baby.
Lisa describes herself as "an interior design and lifestyle expert", and lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and their seven children aged nine and under. For the past 11 years, she has run her own interior design business, and she also writes a blog which focuses on interior design, productivity, and motherhood. She has recently written a book entitled "The Possibility Mom", and made appearances on various television shows in the past. She describes herself as a Type A personality who likes to plan.
Given having 7 children is now looked on as fairly 'out there', running a business alongside having 7 children in 9 years sounds even harder! Yet, Lisa says it is likely her and her husband will have more babies.
According to Lisa, her Catholic faith informs this choice, and she has chosen to be very open to life. She views her fertility as a gift and invites God into the decision of when, and how many, children they have. She loves the very powerful feeling of holding her babies in her arms, and also feels that her children have helped her to realise that there is a lot more to life than yourself and your own needs.
That is not to say that she hasn't had her doubts and fears. She wasn't always convinced that she wanted a big family. In fact, it wasn't until after the birth of her 4th child that she figured out how to feel less overwhelmed, hold onto less, and focus more on what felt productive to her and made her genuinely happy.
She describes a 'breakdown' point where she figured out that a lot of exhaustion was wrapped up in comparing herself to other people, while hiding the things that she really loved – and motherhood was one of them, despite sometimes feeling that others questioned her choice to have four children.
So, she went on a journey of realizing that she had to be confident in that. She discovered that motherhood and openness to babies was something which personally made her feel fulfilled and made her happy, despite wanting a big family being an increasingly "unusual" choice.
Lisa found that giving up control was a turning point, and experience has shown her that giving up control has led to some awesome things which she just couldn't have planned on her own. For her, this has meant trusting in God and His plan for her life, and walking in faith.
So how does she give so many children enough attention? She says people forget that you get the love of siblings, not just the love of mum and dad, and she feels the greatest gift you can give a child is a sibling.
Should everyone have 7 children then? Lisa's answer to this is "absolutely not". The decision to have more children is very personal and not a one-size-fits-all model. Instead, it is something that a couple has to talk about and discern very carefully and responsibly. And those considerations will look different for everyone. Lisa says her and her husband have taken it one child at a time.
Lisa is also careful to make clear that she does not do everything on her own. Part of her strategy for life is a decision to have a full-time, live-in nanny to help her to achieve the big family she desires, as well as pursue some of her other dreams. She has carefully re-designed her life to ensure that family life doesn't get too over-whelming for either her or her husband. She is also a big believer in not feeling guilty for getting what you need as a mum – and that might mean getting a babysitter just so you can have some re-charge time. Another interesting thing she says is that having your first child is still definitely the hardest bit!
She wants to change the conversation on what success looks like, with success meaning life designed around what matters most to you. For her, being very intentional with her time and not multi-tasking, but instead carefully boxing work time and 'being present to her family' time, is important. She has gone on her own journey in deciding whether working or staying at home is best, and has decided on a middle ground.
If you're someone coming from a place of fear about whether or not to have another baby, or a feeling of not wanting to let go of control, Lisa's advice is to trust that incredible things can happen when you're stretched. The ultimate question for her is: What would life be like without one of her children?
You can listen to Lisa for yourself here.
Shannon Roberts is co-editor of Demography is Destiny, MercatorNet's blog on population issues.


(Allen County, IN) 10-29-18 -A 17 year old student of Woodlan High School was arrested on Saturday afternoon following an investigation by Indiana State Police Detective Clint Hetrick into allegations that threats were made towards the high school on social media.
The investigation, which began on Friday, October 26th was initiated after Hetrick was contacted by the East Allen County Schools Security Director, Doug Goeglein who reported that a student had received a "story request" via the social media site Snapchat on Thursday night, October 25th which was taken to be threatening in nature.
Three additional messages, two of which were sent to a different student, were sent from the same username on Snapchat during the school day on October 26th. These messages became increasingly threatening towards the high school.
Additional investigation by Hetrick led to him to the student's residence in Harlan, where an interview was conducted with both the student and parents. The student was ultimately taken into custody and placed in the Allen County Juvenile Center on a preliminary charge of Intimidation, a Level 6 Felony.


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As support fades, Microsoft offers Win2000 update
Microsoft offers an update rollup of security fixes for Windows 2000 users as mainstream support ends.
Scarlet Pruitt (IDG News Service) 29 June, 2005 15:38
As the clock ticks on support for mainstream Windows 2000 users, Microsoft Corp. has released a "high priority" update rollup of over 50 security fixes.
Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 was released Tuesday, just two days before mainstream support expires on June 30. The rollup contains fixes that were issued between the release of Windows 2000 SP4 and April 30, 2005. It contains a variety of fixes for files that have not been part of previous updates, so it should be applied even on systems that have been kept up-to-date, Microsoft said.
The rollup is listed as a "high priority" update on the Windows Update Web site, and will be placed under the "critical and service pack" categories. But Microsoft is transitioning Windows 2000 users to a new Windows Update site over the next few months, and the rollup will be listed there under the "critical and service packs" category, it said.
While Thursday marks the end of support for so-called mainstream Windows 2000 customers, the software maker also offers extended support until June 30, 2010 for a fee. All customers will receive free security hotfix support through March 31, 2010, however.
More information on the rollup is available on the company's Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861.
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