Peter Kernwein posted a photo:
Jarenlang leefde Ingrid van Benten (62) uit Dirksland in een werkelijkheid die voor veel mensen nauwelijks voorstelbaar is. Vanaf haar achtste werd ze door haar moeder geprostitueerd. Ze vertelt haar verhaal om kinderen die vandaag nog altijd slachtoffer zijn een stem te geven. “Dit moet stoppen.”
Slecht onderhouden woningen en tuinen, parkeerproblemen en geluidsoverlast: bewoners in Rozenburg zijn de gevolgen van overbewoning in hun dorp zat. Een online petitie tegen het opkopen en splitsen van huizen voor arbeidsmigranten wordt breed gesteund. “Het dorp raakt zijn samenhang kwijt.”
Raheem Sterling is in Engeland aangehouden op verdenking van rijden onder invloed van drugs. De 31-jarige aanvaller, die tot het einde van afgelopen seizoen onder contract stond bij Feyenoord, botste donderdag met zijn auto tegen de vangrail op de snelweg M3. Dat melden Britse media.
Stereo Solstice has added a photo to the pool:
It's been about 3 years since I've uploaded anything but I'll start putting some work up here again. This one is from a long time ago. The tide was a long way in which forced me further back from the pylons. It made for a different sort of composition from what I usually take at this location :)
DanÅke Carlsson has added a photo to the pool:
When my mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, one remark in Jilly Cooper’s romp made me realise how much my happiness is tied to her wellbeing
As a longtime Jilly Cooper fan, I lapped up the TV adaptation of Rivals. There were so many fantastic moments: Maud O’Hara arriving at her own party dressed up to the nines, riding on a camel; David Tennant, as TV mogul Tony Baddingham, smashing up the Corinium Studios set when his arch enemy Rupert Campbell-Black scores a key point in their rivalry. My most memorable scene, however, had nothing to do with shoulder pads and parties. First, some backstory.
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in January 2025, though for the previous few months it had become clear to me that she had some form of dementia. It came on fast, triggered by a bowel illness. Suddenly she sounded confused on the phone, though it was hard to tell even this because she stopped calling so often. She and I had been accustomed to speaking daily, phoning just to chat, check a recipe, gossip – but now she stopped initiating those calls. Her WhatsApp messaging became so erratic on a family group chat that my cousin offered to go round after work to check Mum’s phone for a virus.
Continue reading...Russia’s recent assault killed two people, injured 90 more and significantly damaged many of the capital’s museums
For four years, Vitalina Martynovska and her team had been working on a complete transformation of Kyiv’s National Chornobyl Museum.
The new sleek displays were designed to tell a fresh story about the reactor explosion of 26 April 1986 – the most serious nuclear accident in history, a factor that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and an event that continues to shape Ukraine’s identity today.
Continue reading...The 2,700-mile route covering the entire English coastline is almost complete. We walked less trodden sections big on scenery and history
Day one Circular walk of Lindisfarne (4 miles)
Day two Budle Bay to Bamburgh to (5 miles)
From Akkadian and Babylonian to ‘ancient, morbid and toxic’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 The UK’s video recorders were reset in 1997 in advance of what?
2 Which tree is described by the Woodland Trust as “ancient, morbid, toxic”?
3 Which Midwest university has the biggest sports stadium in the US?
4 Henry and Edward are the title characters of what 1886 novella?
5 Which Hollywood star couldn’t abide wire hangers?
6 In 1413, whose body was moved from King’s Langley Priory to Westminster Abbey?
7 Which races are held over the 37-mile Snaefell Mountain Course?
8 Which soft drink was originally launched as Pickup’s Appetiser?
What links:
9 Cecily stained glass; Meiping vase; Rodin’s Thinker; Temple Pyx fragment; Wagner garden carpet?
10 The King and I; Boy on a Dolphin; My Fair Lady; West Side Story?
11 Fátima; Guadalupe; Knock; La Salette; Walsingham?
12 Sumerian; Akkadian; Babylonian; Assyrian?
13 Bayern’s Müller and WBA’s Brown; middleweight Graham; Air Marshal Harris?
14 I Am Maximus; Tiger Roll; Reynoldstown; Poethlyn?
15 Archaea; Bacteria; Eukarya?
Javier Bardem and his co-star are brilliant as the duelling pair at the heart of a dread-packed psychological drama – where evil lurks in plain sight
The 1991 revenge thriller Cape Fear boasts many famous moments. A teddy bear rigged with fishing wire. A drowning man speaking in tongues. But the image I cannot shake is the back of a sailboat, piloted by a lawyer who is being hounded by Max Cady, a rapist he once sent to jail. The boat is called Moana. It makes sense – throughout Polynesia, moana means “ocean”. However, watching now, I can’t help but wonder if the Rock is going to appear and save the day with his magical pec tattoo.
Martin Scorsese’s classic was a remake of a 1962 film, which was based on a 1957 novel. Recycling IP can feel depressing, but Cape Fear always stirs the pot. The 60s film, starring Gregory Peck as a morally upright man tormented by a senselessly evil one, had a Book of Job mystery to it. Scorsese’s version introduced sympathy for the devil, and a jaundiced view of its protagonist: a lawyer who buries evidence that might exonerate his client, whom he believes should go to jail. The high-water mark, though, is probably Cape Feare, the Simpsons parody featuring Sideshow Bob. (Best. Episode. Ever.)
Continue reading...Wanneer een staat zich schuldig maakt aan mensenrechtenschendingen, bezetting of annexatie, richten sancties en diplomatieke druk zich doorgaans op die staat. Op de regering. Op de instituties die het beleid uitvoeren. Op de organisaties die ervoor zorgen dat het beleid iedere dag opnieuw werkelijkheid wordt.
Daar krijgen we sancties tegen een paar kolonisten op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. Af en toe tegen een individuele minister. Soms tegen een specifieke organisatie. Alsof de bezetting en genocide het resultaat zijn van een verzameling losse incidenten. Alsof er geen regering bestaat die al decennia hetzelfde beleid voert.
Neem de kolonisten. Die worden vaak gepresenteerd als extremisten die de situatie verder op scherp zetten. Dat beeld heeft één groot probleem: kolonisten kunnen alleen bestaan en doen wat ze doen dankzij actieve steun van de Israëlische staat. Nederzettingen verschijnen niet spontaan. Er zijn wegen nodig, militaire bescherming, vergunningen, subsidies, juridische constructies, landonteigeningen en politieke dekking. Het leger bewaakt de nederzettingen. De overheid financiert infrastructuur. Rechters en ambtenaren leveren de juridische legitimatie.
De kolonist is geen uitzondering op het systeem. De kolonist ís het systeem. Sancties tegen hen zijn zinloos zolang er een regime zit dat maar al te graag meewerkt om die zo min mogelijk impact te laten hebben.
Toch blijft de internationale gemeenschap zich gedragen alsof de nederzettingenpolitiek een soort hobbyproject van een paar duizend fanatiekelingen is. Ook de recente maatregelen tegen Itamar Ben-Gvir passen in dat patroon. Jarenlang waren zijn standpunten bekend. Jarenlang waren zijn uitspraken bekend. Jarenlang was bekend welke rol hij speelde binnen de Israëlische politiek. Pas toen hij belastende zaken openlijk etaleerde – tegen burgers van westerse landen – en daarmee de internationale aandacht trok, kwam er beweging.
Veelzeggend was daarbij dat de ergernis binnen de Israëlische regering vooral leek te gaan over het feit dat Ben-Gvir de buitenwereld een inkijkje had gegeven. De schok zat vaak minder in de inhoud dan in de publiciteit. Dat mechanisme zien we vaker. Het probleem is zelden wat er gebeurt. Het probleem is dat de rest van de wereld het ziet gebeuren.
Israël is een democratische staat. Regeringen worden gekozen. Coalities worden gevormd. Beleid wordt vastgesteld. Begrotingen worden goedgekeurd. Ambtenaren voeren uit. Militairen handhaven. Wanneer datzelfde beleid vervolgens internationale kritiek oproept, verdwijnt die staatsverantwoordelijkheid opvallend snel uit beeld.
Dan hebben we het ineens over kolonisten. Over een minister. Over een soldaat. Over een incident. Alles behalve over de staat zelf.
Dat zou bij vrijwel ieder ander land onmiddellijk als een politieke truc worden herkend. Niemand zou serieus beweren dat de Russische annexatie van Oekraïens grondgebied vooral het werk is van een aantal enthousiaste burgers die een uniform aantrokken. Niemand zou volhouden dat de Chinese behandeling van minderheden losstaat van de Chinese staat. Niemand zou sancties tegen een paar willekeurige Iraniërs presenteren als een passend antwoord op beleid van Teheran.
Alleen bij Israël blijft men hardnekkig zoeken naar individuele schuldigen die de aandacht afleiden van institutionele verantwoordelijkheid.
Dat maakt veel van de huidige maatregelen zo merkwaardig. Ze creëren de indruk van actie, zonder de machtsstructuren te raken die het beleid mogelijk maken. Ze suggereren dat het probleem zich bevindt aan de randen van het systeem, terwijl het juist uit het centrum komt. Zelfs wanneer de internationale gemeenschap erkent dat er iets fundamenteel misgaat, blijft ze doen alsof de verantwoordelijken zich ergens buiten de regering bevinden.
Terwijl die regering iedere dag opnieuw laat zien waar het beleid vandaan komt. En wie erachter staan. En wie er keer op keer voor kiezen om ermee door te gaan.
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```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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