```Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 brings word that Marcia Lucas, part of the editing team for both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, has died at age 80 after a battle with metastatic cancer.
Married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, Marcia is remembered by The Wrap as "a powerful asset in the early days of the Star Wars series, helping shape its voice and identity long before it became the massive global franchise..."
She won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work on the original "Star Wars" movie, an award that came four years after she was nominated for editing George's previous film, "American Graffiti." She additionally edited his debut feature, "THX 1138." Beyond these collaborations with her then-husband, Marcia worked as an editor with other acclaimed filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. She was credited as sole editor for Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," and served as supervising editor for "Taxi Driver" and "New York, New York."
Marcia served as part of a three-person crew editing both "Star Wars" and "Return of the Jedi." On the first film, she worked alongside Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew and was personally responsible for editing the Battle of Yavin — otherwise known as the iconic "trench run" sequence near the end of the film. For "Return of the Jedi," Marcia shared credit with Sean Barton and Duwayne Dunham.
"If only Lucas had people like her on the prequels instead of sycophants who worshipped him as a God..." argues this 2015 blog post noting an article calling her "the secret weapon behind Star Wars — including this anecdote from The Secret History of Star Wars :
The [Star Wars] Death Star trench run was originally scripted entirely different, with Luke having two runs at the exhaust port; Marcia had re-ordered the shots almost from the ground up, trying to build tension lacking in the original scripted sequence, which was why this one was the most complicated (Deleted Magic has a faithful reproduction of the original assembly, which is surprisingly unsatisfying).
She warned George, "If the audience doesn't cheer when Han Solo comes in at the last second in the Millennium Falcon to help Luke when he's being chased by Darth Vader, the picture doesn't work."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.
Married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, Marcia is remembered by The Wrap as "a powerful asset in the early days of the Star Wars series, helping shape its voice and identity long before it became the massive global franchise..."
She won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for her work on the original "Star Wars" movie, an award that came four years after she was nominated for editing George's previous film, "American Graffiti." She additionally edited his debut feature, "THX 1138." Beyond these collaborations with her then-husband, Marcia worked as an editor with other acclaimed filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. She was credited as sole editor for Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," and served as supervising editor for "Taxi Driver" and "New York, New York."
Marcia served as part of a three-person crew editing both "Star Wars" and "Return of the Jedi." On the first film, she worked alongside Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew and was personally responsible for editing the Battle of Yavin — otherwise known as the iconic "trench run" sequence near the end of the film. For "Return of the Jedi," Marcia shared credit with Sean Barton and Duwayne Dunham.
"If only Lucas had people like her on the prequels instead of sycophants who worshipped him as a God..." argues this 2015 blog post noting an article calling her "the secret weapon behind Star Wars — including this anecdote from The Secret History of Star Wars :
The [Star Wars] Death Star trench run was originally scripted entirely different, with Luke having two runs at the exhaust port; Marcia had re-ordered the shots almost from the ground up, trying to build tension lacking in the original scripted sequence, which was why this one was the most complicated (Deleted Magic has a faithful reproduction of the original assembly, which is surprisingly unsatisfying).
She warned George, "If the audience doesn't cheer when Han Solo comes in at the last second in the Millennium Falcon to help Luke when he's being chased by Darth Vader, the picture doesn't work."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.
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Op metrostation Slinge in Rotterdam is vrijdagavond een steekpartij geweest, waarbij twee gewonden zijn gevallen. Dat melden 112-fotografen. Het gebeurde op één van de perrons.
Vrij veel zon en tot de avond droog. Er staat een zwakke tot matige noordenwind en de middagtemperatuur komt zaterdag uit op 25 graden.
As East Bay communities raise concerns about civil liberties and immigration enforcement, the license plate camera company is seeking support from its customers -- law enforcement officers. [...]
Brian Hofer, executive director of Secure Justice, a privacy and civil liberties group, said Flock's training reminds him of public relations strategies used by other surveillance technology vendors. [...]
"You wine and dine them, take them on golf trips, teach them how to write grants, and then you give them a job after they retire," he said. "Then, they go and sell contracts to other police departments, and who are they going to listen to? Other police who have used this technology." [...]
Hofer said he thinks Flock, like ShotSpotter, is seeking support from law enforcement officers in reaction to the dozens of jurisdictions that have canceled their contracts with the company. Since August 2021, 88 of Flock's contracts have been terminated, according to Secure Justice's most recent tally. As of publication time, that includes 45 since the beginning of the year. (Terminations also include non-renewals and non-awards, if there was a competitive bidding process.)
"At the rate that they're losing contracts, this is a big piece of evidence that they're panicking," Hofer said.
To date, Flock has contracts with more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide.
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niggyl :) has added a photo to the pool:
From the shores of Lake Burbury, Eldon Peak (1440m) dominating the skyline.
Eldon represents the south western corner of the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park.
Lake Burbs was created C.1991 by the damming of the King and Princess Rivers for hydroelectric generation purposes. Previously the King River fed Macquarie Harbour through Kelly Basin.
Fuji X-T5, Fujinon XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8, 1/1250th sec at f/10 ISO 200. ~50mm
Weer voor Rotterdam ⛅ - 30-05-2026 07:15 CEST
In één oogopslag:
• 17.9°C · Gedeeltelijk bewolkt ⛅ | Min 16.9°C / Max 28.0°C | Kans op neerslag 7%
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 16.9°C, Max 28.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↘️ -2.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ← 75°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 08:00: 19.4°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.0 km/u (1.4 m/s), richting: ← 89°
• 09:00: 20.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 96°
• 10:00: 21.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1021.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 114°
• 11:00: 23.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1021.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ← 105°
• 12:00: 24.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1021.0 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 90°
• 13:00: 25.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1020.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ← 83°
• 14:00: 26.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 86°
• 15:00: 27.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 94°
• 16:00: 27.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ← 112°
• 17:00: 27.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 170°
• 18:00: 28.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.6 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 213°
• 19:00: 26.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• zondag 31 mei: Min 18.8°C, Max 23.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 9%, 🧭 1013.9 hPa ↘️ -5.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: → 275°
• maandag 01 juni: Min 16.2°C, Max 23.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1014.8 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.0 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: → 269°
• dinsdag 02 juni: Min 14.9°C, Max 20.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 62%, 🧭 1007.9 hPa ↘️ -6.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.1 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°
• woensdag 03 juni: Min 14.5°C, Max 18.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 37%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ↗️ +1.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.3 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 245°
• donderdag 04 juni: Min 14.1°C, Max 17.9°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 12.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 1006.5 hPa ↘️ -3.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.1 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
• vrijdag 05 juni: Min 12.7°C, Max 17.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 44%, 🧭 1011.2 hPa ↗️ +4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.1 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 208°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 17.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 18.3°C (+0.4°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 58°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 11.9 km/h (3.3 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 50%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.1
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:30 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:49
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 67 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 31.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 39.9 μg/m³
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In één oogopslag:
• 17.9°C · Gedeeltelijk bewolkt ⛅ | Min 16.9°C / Max 28.0°C | Kans op neerslag 7%
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 16.9°C, Max 28.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↘️ -2.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ← 75°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 08:00: 19.4°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.0 km/u (1.4 m/s), richting: ← 89°
• 09:00: 20.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 96°
• 10:00: 21.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1021.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 114°
• 11:00: 23.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1021.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ← 105°
• 12:00: 24.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1021.0 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 90°
• 13:00: 25.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1020.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ← 83°
• 14:00: 26.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 86°
• 15:00: 27.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 94°
• 16:00: 27.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ← 112°
• 17:00: 27.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 170°
• 18:00: 28.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.6 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 213°
• 19:00: 26.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• zondag 31 mei: Min 18.8°C, Max 23.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 9%, 🧭 1013.9 hPa ↘️ -5.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: → 275°
• maandag 01 juni: Min 16.2°C, Max 23.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1014.8 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.0 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: → 269°
• dinsdag 02 juni: Min 14.9°C, Max 20.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 62%, 🧭 1007.9 hPa ↘️ -6.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.1 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°
• woensdag 03 juni: Min 14.5°C, Max 18.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 37%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ↗️ +1.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.3 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 245°
• donderdag 04 juni: Min 14.1°C, Max 17.9°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 12.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 1006.5 hPa ↘️ -3.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.1 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
• vrijdag 05 juni: Min 12.7°C, Max 17.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 44%, 🧭 1011.2 hPa ↗️ +4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.1 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 208°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 17.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 18.3°C (+0.4°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 58°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 11.9 km/h (3.3 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 50%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1021.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.1
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:30 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:49
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 67 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 31.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 39.9 μg/m³
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WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR/AFP) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump is nog steeds in uitstekende gezondheid. Dat zegt zijn arts in een verklaring die vrijdag door het Witte Huis is uitgegeven.
"President Trump verkeert nog steeds in uitstekende gezondheid met een sterke hart-, long-, neurologische en algemene fysieke conditie", aldus Trumps arts, kapitein Sean Barbabella. De arts voegde eraan toe dat Trump "volledig geschikt is om alle taken van opperbevelhebber en staatshoofd uit te voeren." Wel adviseert de arts Trump om af te vallen. De 1,91 meter lange president weegt met nu 108 kilo ruim 6 kilo meer dan vorig jaar.
De 79-jarige Trump onderging afgelopen dinsdag zijn jaarlijkse medische routinecontrole. "De president is helemaal bij wat betreft alle nodige preventieve controles en vaccinaties", aldus de verklaring. Trump schreef zelf dinsdag al op Truth Social dat "alles PERFECT in orde is".
Blauwe plekken
Toch wordt er in Amerikaanse media geregeld gespeculeerd over Trumps gezondheid. Zo zou op recente foto's een vlekkerige uitslag in de nek te zien zijn. En vorig jaar doken beelden op van gezwollen enkels en een gekneusde hand die met make-up zou zijn gemaskeerd.
Over de blauwe plekken op zijn gekneusde hand meldt de verklaring dat dit komt door "veelvuldig handen schudden in combinatie met het gebruik van aspirine ter preventie van hart- en vaatziekten".