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Exactly one year ago today I shot the picture above.
Its all to do with where the jet stream is. Now I know something about meteorology, being a landscape photographer it tends to go with the territory. I'm no expert though. However I do know that the jet stream, which influences our weather more than anything else shouldn't be here.
It is way too far south and is forecast to stay there for another week at least. Consequently we are stuck in the blue (cold) airflow you can see on the map. Today its forecast to not get above freezing where I live, with more leaden grey skies that have characterised this winter.
Now I like winter light, the sun low in the sky can create dramatic images. That is if the sun appears. The winter of 2012-2013 has been awful. Cold and above all dull, which is far worse. I've shot very little this year, probably about 1/3 of what I normally would. All this in contrast to the beautiful early spring we had last year. That was warm and dry, and there were all sorts of dire warnings about droughts. Those of us who been around for a while tend to take those with a large pinch of salt and after that wonderful spring we were treated to one of the wettest summers on record.
So is this global warming / climate change or just the normal fluctuations of UK weather? Well I don't know, and I'm not sure anyone else can say with certainty if that is the case. What I do know is that if you live in this country you have to exercise patience if you earn your living shooting outdoors. Looking on the bright side, I've got all my backlog of images edited, I've scanned a lot of my transparencies and I've written lots of posts for this blog. However I'd have gladly swapped all of that for some sunny days.
Cold springs can often mean warm summers, and I certainly hope that will be the case. But then attempting any kind of long term forecasting here seems to be impossible. The long term predictions for the last five summers have been way off and I've pretty much stopped taking any notice of them.
As a country we do have this reputation of banging on about the weather interminably, but then anyone who comes to live here from elsewhere usually understands why pretty quickly. We do get a lot of it! We are spared the horrors of tornados, eathquakes and tsunamis but regular flooding now seems to have become part of everyday life and if water becomes the most precious in demand rescource as some predict then we are set to become the richest nation on earth, since we currently have enormous amounts of it!
I'm hoping that this follows its normal pattern and that as soon as doom and gloom predictions take over our climate decides to stick two fingers up to us and completely change around. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this coming summer consists of sub-tropical temperatures and a complete absence of rain. In many ways the UK climate is predictable only in its unpredictability and over the years its proved itself to be a law unto itself. Which I suppose in a way is a good thing.
All you people who live in warm sunny climates must get really bored with all that light.(NOT!) However here in the UK we're made of strong stuff and can sit out the bad weather prepared to capture that fleeting light with our cameras. No country for landscape wimps certainly. So the next time you like one of my images and the light I've captured, do remember that it was probably a long wait for that to happen. Maybe not quite as long as I'm having to wait currently certainly, but here its a fact of life.
Finally Charlie Waite, one of our foremost landscape photographers, said this in a interview once. You just know he's a UK photographer.
"And I spent a lot of time just looking up at the sky out of the window. So I already was very patient and could wait days for what I wanted. So no, no. I think I'm qualified to do what I do because I can hang around for so long…….anyway my name is Waite!"


'Sadgati' for UP shall follow soon under watchful eyes of Prime Minister Modi!
Historic Victory of LS 2014 is back here again as UP 2017 with a high decibel, deafening bang. Not only the country but also entire world is thundered with the loud bang which shall reverberate for a long time to come.
UP had created history in LS 2014, now they have repeated in UP 2017. They deserve all the salutes and plaudits.
Vutures of Islamic-Secularism (led by Samajvadi GoondaYadavs) and Vampires of loot / corruption / murders / rapes / statues have been retired to their respective graves for others to live and die in peace in their own country. Now UP shall have an opportunity to work and prosper to wipe out all blemishes of past.
Finally, UP attained 'Sadbuddhi' at last, at the instance of two Gujaratis who left their home-state, came over with the sole mission to open their eyes wide shut and retrieve the nation a la Sardar Patel. Both worked so hard… unparalleled in history of this country.
Natvarlal 420 of Delhi politics is now stripped naked before himself !! Punjab has been so wise to defeat him decisively. Congis are certainly better than AAP. And they are also better than Badal-BJP Combo too, under the circumstances !!
I congratulate Goans too as they did not allow even a single seat to the Natvarlal 420 of Delhi. Very matured of them.
UK….. Devabhumi shall now be back to Devas and Devis for sure.
Manipur too has revealed remarkable political awakening. Signs of tremendous churning are loud and explicit. They too, are yearning to break free of old, rotten taboos and breathe in fresh air of prosperity.
March 11, 2017 is a remarkable day in country's history.
A day to be remembered as much as May 26, 2014.


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The Glassworker launch in Pakistan by Usman Riaz
In Pakistan, animation is a medium which has not been explored the way it has been explored around the world. That is about to change. Usman Riaz is a young talented artist who is all set to change the entertainment experience in Pakistan.
'The Glassworker' is a hand-drawn animated film written and directed by Usman Riaz. It will be Pakistan's first fully hand drawn animated film. Usman Riaz along with the team at Mano Animation Studio hope to lay the foundation that paves way for artists to collaborate on local and international ventures.
At the event, Usman Riaz took his audience through the journey and inception of "The Glassworker", alongside the international experience he had with Steven Spielberg and Walt Disney Studio. He also discussed about the overwhelming support he received from multiple people.
At the event Imran Aslam and Tina Sani were also present. Tina Sani applauded and appreciated the young Riaz by mentioning him as inspiration for Pakistanis and budding talents around the world.
Students from different universities like FAST, SZABIST, Karachi Universities and IQRA were also present there. Everyone seemed very excited to experience such a fresh breeze of art in Pakistan. The entire hall gave Usman Riaz a standing ovation after his conclusion. Professionals from different walks of life and bloggers from entertainment and other areas were also present and asked numerous questions to Riaz and his Mano Animation Studio team.
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Researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have found a way to measure how many "hot charge carriers" – for example, electrons with extra energy – are present in a metal nanostructure. The team also includes researchers from Purdue University in Indiana and the University of Liverpool in the U.K.
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U-M researchers have found a way to measure the energy of individual electrons that are considered hot charge carriers. // Image courtesy of the University of Michigan
"If you wanted to employ light to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, you can use hot charge carriers because electrons that are more energetic can more readily participate in the reaction and drive the reaction faster," says Edgar Meyhofer, a professor of mechanical engineering at U-M, who co-led the research. "That's one possible use for hot carriers in energy conversion or storage applications."
The findings also confirm that thinner metals are more efficient at using light for generating hot charge carriers. Light can drive the motion of electrons on the surfaces of materials such as gold and silver, creating waves known as surface plasmons. The waves, in turn, can generate hot charge carriers.
The researchers compared the usual distribution of charge carrier energies to air at room temperature. The molecules in air do not all have the same energy; their average energy is reflected by the temperature. The energies of negatively-charged electrons and positively-charged spaces between electrons ordinarily follow similar distributions within a material, but in materials that support surface plasmons, light can be used to give extra energy to some charge carriers as though the material were much hotter – more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The team created the hot charge carriers by shining laser light onto a gold film 13 nanometers, or 100 or so gold atoms, thick, with tiny ridges spaced so the atoms would resonate with the laser light and generate the surface plasmon waves. Then they measured the energies of the charge carriers by drawing them through gatekeeper molecules into a gold electrode – the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope.
The key to the experiment was the gatekeeper molecules, which were synthesized by the Liverpool team as well as a private company. The molecules allow only charge carriers with certain energies to pass. By repeating the experiments with different molecules, the researchers figured out the energy distribution of the charge carriers.
"Electrons can be thought of as cars running at different speeds on a highway. The molecule acts like an operator – it only allows cars travelling at a certain speed to pass through," says Kun Wang, a postdoctoral fellow in Meyhofer's group.
The researchers also compare it to a prism that separates the spectrum of electron energies rather than the colors in light. Wang spent more than 18 months working with Harsha Reddy, a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at Purdue, on how to make the idea work.
"This idea of molecular filters was something no one else in the field has realized in the past," says Reddy, who works in the lab of Vladimir Shalaev, a professor of electrical and computer engineering who led the contribution from Purdue.
Once they had developed a successful method, Wang and Reddy repeated the experiments with a second gold structure, this one about 6 nanometers thick. This structure generated hot charge carriers more efficiently than the other.
"This multidisciplinary basic research effort sheds light on a unique way to measure the energy of charge carriers," says Chakrapani Varanasi, program manager of the team's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative funded by the Army Research Office. "These results are expected to play a crucial role in developing future applications in energy conversion and photocatalysis and photodetectors, for instance, that are of great interest to the Department of Defense."
With the new method now demonstrated, the team believes others can use it to explore and optimize nanostructures. This is important in applications such as converting sunlight to chemical energy because the number of hot charge carriers affects how well a catalyst can direct light energy toward a chemical reaction.
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Q: Which IPC signals are mapped by default to the keyboard on a macbook? Which of the posix IPC signals are mapped by default to keyboard combinations on MacOS on a macbook keyboard?
The MacOS manual lists the signals, but not keybindings.
For instance these appear to be widely known:

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*ctrl-c -> SIGINT

*ctrl-t -> SIGINFO

*ctrl-z -> SIGTSTP

But I've not found definitive documentation for a full list.
An equivalent question for ubuntu can be seen here

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A very dry and warm growing season meant early flowering. Large rainfall events in the first half of January provided welcome relief for many vineyards, especially our dry-grown. Vineyards that were looking dry bounced back with healthier looking canopies. The rain, in conjunction with mild January temperatures, slowed down the rate of ripening. As a result, vintage started just slightly earlier than normal.
This is the kind of wine for people who love the blockbuster styles, but want it tempered back. After 14 months maturation in new and used American and French Oak, we are rewarded with a bright lifted floral nose with plum and underlying clove spice. The palate is medium to full bodied with dark berries, mocha and a dark chocolate textural finish.
The warm and dry conditions continued through February. The result was a very short and condensed vintage period with some of the best quality fruit the Vale has seen in years. Fruit concentration and expression across all varieties is strong, showing a broad spectrum and depth of flavour and natural acidity.


Digital holographic information is compressed for storage of 2D- or 3D-objects amplitude and phase distributions, fast transmission, analyzing and displaying of these data. In this paper features of application of wavelet transforms for off-axis digital holograms compression are considered. The combined technique based on zero and twin orders elimination, wavelet compression of the amplitude and phase components of obtained Fourier spectrum and further additional compression of wavelet coefficients by thresholding and quantization is analyzed. Numerical experiments on reconstruction of images from the compressed holograms are performed. The comparative analysis of applicability of various wavelets and additional quantization of coefficients is performed. Obtained results demonstrate possibility of 180 and more times compression using iterative and noniterative methods of coefficients quantization and threshold zeroing less 80% of wavelet coefficients.
• based on wavelet transforms [12-19], including cosine transform [14-15], fresnelet  and others.
Lossless compression can be also used as additional techniques. However if file have a significant amount of gradations, these methods do not give considerable results [10, 20-22].
Majority of papers devoted to compression based on wavelet transforms are aimed to the estimation of achieved compression ratios values. In a number of papers (such as ) results of comparison of several wavelet transforms were given. Specifically in paper  comparison of Gabor wavelet and fresnelet compression is considered. However results of comparison of other wavelets, despite its huge quantity were not presented. In  compression of holograms based on wavelet transforms with additional compression of wavelet coefficients was given. Reconstructed images after Haar wavelet compression were shown. Uniform quantization of coefficients was used, but other quantization methods were not applied. The most widespread methods of compression of digital holograms based on holograms quantization, holograms wavelet transforms, and also standard images compression methods are considered and analyzed in . However results of reconstruction quality comparison were not given. In the paper  cases of application of several wavelets in compressive digital holography are considered in detail, but there is no assessment of methods of direct truncating of wavelet coefficients.
For the case of off-axis [24-25] digital holograms, frequency filtering of twin and zero orders [26-27] can be applied too. In case of compression of off-axis holograms significant compression ratios can be achieved through saving only informative diffraction order. Thus it is possible to reduce requirements for necessary memory size and in some cases also improve quality of image reconstructed from compressed by described filtering hologram. Application of this filtering method allows to reduce the useful holographic data size considerably. Currently compression of off-axis digital holograms is used for the tasks of microscopy, metrology, fast 3D-object reconstruction, interferometry, and etc. [7-8, 28-30].
In the paper  results of compression of off-axis holograms by combined method based on frequency filtering of undesirable diffraction orders (twin and zero orders), separation of amplitude and phase components of Fourier spectrum of filtered hologram, wavelet transform of amplitude and phase components, threshold zeroing and quantization of wavelet coefficients as additional compression of wavelet coefficients in case of low threshold values (60-70%) are presented. Aim of this paper is further estimation of quality of reconstructed images from the compressed off-axis holograms. Frequency filtering, different wavelets and additional processing of wavelet coefficients are also applied. As methods of additional compression threshold zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients and its quantization are applied. Results of reconstructed image quality are given.
• additional compression of wavelet coefficients by quantization and thresholding .
The most popular methods of additional compression are used: threshold zeroing and different iterative and noniterative quantization methods. Earlier in literature only part of the specified stages was considered [2-3, 23] but for the tasks of compression of inline holograms. Since 2002 in the majority of papers separation of Fourier spectrum of filtered hologram to real and imaginary components is used (for example, [1, 9]). However in this paper we used separation of amplitude and phase components of Fourier spectrum of filtered hologram as in the papers of 1960-1980-s, though it can be less optimum.
For the analysis of wavelet stages of compression 14 methods on the basis of various transforms are realized: in particular Haar, Daubeshi, Meyer, biorthogonal, reverse biorthogonal wavelets, coiflet and symlet with different parameters. Methods of additional compression of wavelet coefficients are used also: in particular its threshold processing and iterative and noniterative quantization.
Examples of application of wavelet transform (in case of 3-level wavelet transform) to standard image and to synthesized digital hologram are shown in Fig. 1. At wavelet decomposition  there are approximating coefficients (A) which contain the main components of initial image, and also horizontal (H), vertical (V) and diagonal (D) coefficients of transform which contain information on intermediate values of the initial image. In Fig. 1(a,e) are shown horizontal, vertical and diagonal coefficients for 2 level of wavelet decomposition and all coefficients for 3 level decomposition in high left part of image.
In the case of standard amateur images, wavelet transform compression methods allow to reach high compression ratios with minimum losses of quality . As a result of compression based on wavelet transform decomposition of the initial image on arrays of the approximating coefficients and related coefficients of specification is used. Coefficients of this approximation allow to consider dependences between values of a signal (intensity) in the next pixels. In case of standard images (amateur images) compression is aimed on digital processing of brightness gradients since it is possible to describe it's by a small number of coefficients.
Coefficients of wavelet transform of grayscale image and synthesized digital hologram: horizontal (b, f), vertical (c, g) and diagonal (d, h) ones, same coefficients for 3-level wavelet decomposition (a,e).
However holograms like actually interference patterns with a large number of small details with different brightness are described by large number of the coefficients. There is significant correlation between adjacent pixels in digital images and less correlation in digital holograms, so decomposition of digital images is more effective than decomposition of digital holograms. Thus, in case of compression of digital images by methods based on wavelet transforms much higher compression ratios, than in case of compression of digital holograms, are achieved. In case of compression of digital holograms by such methods, additional thresholding and quantization of wavelet coefficients, and also entropy coding - the subsequent processing of coefficients by "lossless" compression methods can be applied.
In the paper two types of holograms were used: the registered optically digital holograms of coin  with up to 2048 × 2048 pixels and also synthesized digital holograms with up to 2048 × 2048 pixels. In the case of synthesized holograms different binary and grayscale objects with sizes of 64 × 64, 128 × 128, 256 × 256 pixels were used. Conditions of numerical experiments were chosen equivalent to ones that can be implemented at recording of digital off-axis Fresnel holograms. Wavelength of light was equal to 532 nm, hologram pixel size was 9 μm × 9 μm. Distance from the object to the hologram plane ranges from 0.4 to 1.5 m. Object's images were positioned in the left part of full object field. The phase of object field is randomly distributed from 0 to 2π over all pixels. Thus the object radiates diffusely. For reconstruction of images from digital holograms the method of Fresnel diffraction direct calculation can be applied.
In Fig. 2 full object field (2048 × 2048 pixels) reconstructed from experimentally recorded digital hologram of coin and objects reconstructed from this hologram before and after filtering are given. In Fig. 3 digital holograms fragments (size of 128 × 128 pixels) before and after filtering are given.
In this paper further analysis of application of the combined methods for off-axis holograms compression is performed. In this analysis various wavelets, various parameters and its combinations for methods of additional compression of wavelet coefficients, such as threshold value, the method of quantization of wavelet coefficients and also the number of bits at quantization are used.
Object field reconstructed from hologram (a), corresponding object image (b), object image after frequency filtering (c).
Fragment (128 × 128 pixels) of original (a) and frequency filtered (b) digital hologram.
(2) where F ζ , η – original object image; G ζ , η – reconstructed object image; m, n – quantity of rows and columns of pixels of these images; ζ, η – indexes of rows and columns.
In Fig. 4 fragments of field in the hologram plane without additional compression of coefficients (a), with threshold zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients without quantization (b) and 80% thresholding and quantization of wavelet coefficients for 3 (c) and 6 (d) bits are shown.
Several popular methods of quantization are applied for compression of wavelet coefficients of the amplitude and phase components of Fourier spectrum of holograms. Example of obtained dependence is shown in Fig. 5 in case of zeroing of 80% of coefficients. Phase was compressed by 3 methods, amplitude was compressed by the same methods, as phase in 1-3 cases. In 4-5 cases was used logarithmic k-means and uniform quantization for amplitude, uniform and nonuniform logarithmic quantization for phase.
Fragments (128 × 128 pixels) of result of reconstruction of the compressed wavelet coefficients in the hologram plane after reverse wavelet transform of compressed wavelet coefficients of amplitude and phase holograms components, its consolidation in Fourier domain and reverse Fourier transform in cases without additional compression of coefficients (a), threshold zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients without quantization (b), 80% thresholding and quantization of wavelet coefficients for 3 (c) and 6 (d) bits.
The best methods for compression of wavelet coefficients of phase component are vector ones, such as dynamic kernels (or k-means ) and method of uniform quantization in case of more than 4 bits. Method of k-means clustering allows more accurately quantize the amplitude signals than the simple scalar ones. The worst results are achieved in case of using logarithmic k-means clustering for both components of Fourier spectrum of hologram. In case of quantization for 3 bits and less the worst results are obtained by using also k-means method with logarithmic transformation, simple k-means clustering and combination of k-means method with logarithmic transformation for phase component and uniform quantization for the amplitude one. The best results for 4 bits and more are achieved in case of using k-means clustering and combination of k-means method with logarithmic transformation for phase component and nonuniform quantization for the amplitude one.
Quality of reconstructed wavelets versus 3-level wavelet decomposition in case of different wavelet coefficient gradations. Phase of filtered hologram's Fourier spectrum was compressed by 3 methods; amplitude was compressed by the same methods, as phase in 1-3 cases. In 4-5 cases was used logarithmic k-means and uniform quantization for amplitude, uniform and nonuniform logarithmic quantization for phase.
In Fig. 6 results of reconstruction of experimentally registered  digital holograms, compressed using Haar wavelet are presented. 80% of coefficients are nullified on threshold and in addition compressed by noniterative (uniform quantization on the level, Fig. 6b,d) and iterative (method of dynamic kernels, Fig. 6a, c) methods of quantization. The obtained data are compressed in 140 (a, b) and in 73 (c, d) times.
Reconstructed object from the hologram compressed by wavelet Haar with iterative (a,c) and noniterative (b,d) quantization to 3 (a,b) and 6 (с,d) bits in case of threshold zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients.
Obtained results demonstrated that in case of compression including filtration of undesirable orders of diffraction, separation of Fourier domain of the hologram into phase and amplitude components, wavelet transform of both components, further threshold zeroing of wavelet coefficients and its quantization, the best quality of reconstruction of the compressed experimentally registered digital holograms is achieved with quantization for high quantity of wavelet quantization levels.
In case of threshold zeroing of 70% or less wavelet coefficients, the best results of quantization are achieved using iterative methods. However in the case of zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients visually quality of reconstructed images at compression by iterative and noniterative methods almost does not differ. Thus, in this case at quantization to 4 and more bits noniterative methods become more applicable. Noniterative methods considerably surpassing iterative ones on time of processing. From the point of view of the best quality of reconstruction and maximum of compression ratio threshold zeroing of 70-80% wavelet coefficients is also optimum. In case of threshold zeroing of 80% wavelet coefficients quality of reconstructed from compressed hologram image is less than in case of 70% zeroing coefficients but compression ratio is higher. At further increase in quantity of the nullified wavelet coefficients (more than 80% coefficients) quality of reconstructed images begins to get significantly worse.
Thus, the combined methods of compression of digital holograms based on frequency filtering and various wavelet processing are analyzed. Experimental comparison of results of reconstruction in cases of using different parameters of the combined method is performed. Numerical experiments were conducted in case of experimentally registered digital holograms with 2048 × 2048 pixels and synthesized digital holograms with up to 2048 × 2048 pixels.
Compression of experimentally registered holograms to 190 times (in case of saving of 10% of initial information at filtering of diffraction orders, 2 gradations or 1 bit per pixel and threshold filtering of 80% wavelet coefficients) is obtained. Depending on required quality, time interval of hologram processing and quantity of gradations, it is possible to select suitable methods of quantization for additional compression of wavelet coefficients. For obtaining better compression ratios, lossless algorithms or methods with losses of information can be applied additionally.
This work was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) №16-07-00389.
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What's buzzing
What's buzzing at the 2019 Oscars
By Mark Gray 9:52pm PST, Feb 24, 2019
Surprising win, endearing speech
Let's be honest — there was no shortage of drama surrounding the Academy Awards before the show even started. Let's recap: Kevin Hart was initially announced as the host, then dropped out after some of his old homophobic quotes resurfaced. For what seemed like months, several names were rumored to be replacing the comedian (Billy Crystal? The Rock? Whoopi Goldberg?). But in the end, the show went on without a host — for the first time in 30 years. That was also a move that was questioned. So what did a host-less Oscars look like? From red carpet news and trends to the most memorable, thrilling and uncomfortable moments onstage and off, Wonderwall.com is recapping all the buzz from the 91st Annual Academy Awards — which saw "Green Book" take home the coveted best picture prize — on Feb. 24, starting with… Olivia Colman's delightful reaction to winning. Talk about an upset! "The Favorite" star Olivia took home the Oscar for best actress, beating out the odds-on, er, favorite, Glenn Close for her work in "The Wife." "You are my idol, this is not how it was meant to be," the British actress — who will soon be seen as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's "The Crown" — told Glenn from the stage (always a good sport, Glenn laughed). Appearing genuinely shocked by the win, Olivia said it was "genuinely quite stressful" to be up there accepting the prize then said she'd give "a massive snog" (that's a kiss in Brit-speak) to anyone she forgot to mention. She went on to thank her parents and her children in the incredibly endearing and utterly lovely speech, indicating that she hoped they were watching "because this isn't going to happen again." In closing, Olivia — who noted she used to work as a cleaner — said she hoped she inspired others to keeping dreaming big: "To any little girl who's practicing her speech on the telly, you never know!"
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Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler weren't the night's emcees, but they sure acted like 'em. The women came onstage to present the award for best supporting actress near the top of the telecast but essentially delivered a short monologue. "There will be no hosts, there won't be a popular movie category and Mexico is not going to pay for the wall," Maya informed the audience. The "Saturday Night Live" alums also joked about Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "A Star is Born" pipes and teased that a cheese sandwich from the ill-fated Fyre Festival would be provided for everyone under their seats. Why are these women not hosting?!
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A swoon-worthy ending to a beautiful speech
Months before "Bohemian Rhapsody" came out, Rami Malek said that he feared "career suicide" if he messed up his performance as Freddy Mercury, the late and legendary singer of Queen. There's no need to worry anymore. On Feb. 24, Rami took home the award for best actor. After hearing his name, he kissed girlfriend and co-star Lucy Boynton repeatedly before taking the stage where he thanked Queen, his co-stars and the filmmakers, joking, "I may not have been the obvious choice but I guess it worked out." He also got personal, mentioning his late father and family before talking about himself as a child: "I think about what it would have been like to tell little bubba Rami that one day this might happen to him, and I think his curly-haired mind would have been blown. That kid was struggling with his identity." He had a message for other children like him, saying, "We made a film about a gay man and an immigrant who was unapologetically himself." In closing, the usually private Rami thanked his girlfriend: "Lucy, you are the heart of this film. You are beyond immensely talented. You have captured my heart."
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Best actor winner Rami Malek and his Oscar fell off the stage at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre at the end of the Academy Awards telecast — photographers snapped a few photos following his unexpected tumble — and was briefly checked out by paramedics after being helped up to a seat in the front row, People magazine reported.
Gaga phone home
Lady Gaga has a "Telephone" call to make! The "A Star is Born" best actress and best original song nominee — who delivered an emotional speech about the importance of hard work and getting up when you've been knocked down as she accepted the music prize during the telecast — told E! News during its red carpet pre-show that she's going to call both of her grandmothers if she wins any awards. "I'd have to call both my grandmas at the same time, a conference call," she said. Keep the phone lines open, Grandmas Gaga!
Exsqueeze me?
We're not worthy! Mike Myers and Dana Carvey reunited onstage at the Oscars, and we couldn't handle it — and neither could the crowd or the band Queen, who gave the duo a standing ovation! The comedians, who starred in the comedy "Wayne's World" (after originating the characters Wayne and Garth on "Saturday Night Live"), naturally presented the vignette of the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" (the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" played a big part in "Wayne's World"). For old times' sake, the duo even joked about not "hurling." Probably safe to say that no other presenters will top that!
An icon's first Oscar win
Four words: Spike Lee, Oscar winner. The famed director finally won his first Academy Award, taking home the statue for best adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman." It was his fifth nomination. Upon reaching the stage, he jumped up and hugged Samuel L. Jackson, who presented the award, wrapping his legs around the actor. During his acceptance speech, Spike spoke about the history of racism and slavery and the sacrificed his own family made to help him become a filmmaker. He then went political, telling the crowd to mobilize for the 2020 presidential election. "Let's make the morale choice between love vs hate. Let's do the right thing," he said, adding, "You know I had to get that [reference to my old movie] in there!"
Breathtaking, intimate performance
The performance of best original song nominee "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" was one of the most anticipated moments of the show, and it delivered. Big time. While the music for the song began to play, Bradley Cooper took Lady Gaga's hand and they walked from their seats up the steps to the stage. Bradley took the microphone to sing the first verse. Gaga stared at him — the two never broke eye contact — before sitting down at the piano to play and sing her verse. Bradley eventually joined Gaga on the bench to sing the final chorus. The performance was gorgeous and understated and filmed in an incredibly intimate way, with the camera focused on the two with the audience in the background. Once it was over, the crowd gave them a standing ovation and Bradley and Gaga smiled at each other, embraced and took a bow. Bradley, who admitted to being "nervous" beforehand, then smiled and pretended to wipe sweat from his forehead in relief.
Baby news reveal
Surprise! Krysten Ritter chose the Oscars red carpet to debut her baby bump and reveal to the world that she's expecting her first baby. The "Jessica Jones" actress — whose show was just canceled — donned a red lace gown while proudly showing off her growing belly. Krysten has been dating War On Drugs guitarist Adam Granduciel for five years.
First Oscar win
Regina King is batting 1,000 at the Oscars. The "If Beale Street Could Talk" star won the best supporting actress Academy Award near the top of the telecast, earning a standing ovation from the audience. It's her first Oscar and her first nomination. The feeling, she said, "is a little surreal." She explained, "James Baldwin birthed this baby, Barry [Jenkins], you nurtured her, you surrounded her with so much love and support," she said upon accepting her award. Regina told her mother, "I'm an example of when support and love is poured into someone… Thank you for teaching me that God is leaning in my direction."
What a gentleman!
Chris Evans was the consummate gentleman at the Oscars — and viewers using social media were loving it, with many commenting on his sweet gesture. When Regina King got up from her seat to accept the best supporting actress Oscar and her dress appeared to snag on something, the Captain America actor, who was sitting next to her, got up, gave Regina his arm and escorted her up the first few steps to the stage so that she wouldn't pull a Jennifer Lawrence and trip in front of the cameras.
Well-deserved déjà vu
That's two for Mahershala Ali! He took home the best supporting actor Oscar in 2017 (for his work in "Moonlight") and he did the same on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, winning this time for his performance in "Green Book." It's the fastest an actor has won the same Oscar twice since Tom Hanks did it in 1993 and 1994. During his acceptance speech, Mahershala dedicated the award to his grandmother. "I would not be here without her," he said.
While Gustavo Dudamel conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a somber mood hung over the Oscars. Of course, that was expected, as the musicians performed during the annual Academy Awards "In Memoriam" segment. Images of Stan Lee, Margot Kidder, Burt Reynolds, Penny Marshall, Albert Finney and many others flashed across the screen (though, according to some unhappy tweeters, other notable names we lost in the last year — including Verne Troyer, Sondra Locke, Carol Channing and Stanley Donen — were not included). These people are gone, but they left impressive legacies that won't be forgotten.
Where was would-be host Kevin Hart on Oscar night?
Kevin Hart was hoping to be a knockout as the Oscars host this year, but it turns out he took a beating instead of manning the stage. Kevin, you'll recall, was initially tapped to host the show but stepped down in December 2018 after some of his old homophobic tweets resurfaced. So what was he doing on Oscar night instead of hosting? He was boxing! Just after the Academy Awards started, Kevin posted a video of himself on Instagram getting in a boxing workout. "When you feel like u have nothing left is when you find a way to push & give more….Always grinding. #HustleHart …. Shoutout to @hollywoodhino for always pushing," he captioned the posted, tagging boxer Hino Ehikhamenor. Maybe he can fight to host next year's show?
Pink ladies
Lots of stars were thinking pink for the 2019 Oscars. Maya Rudolph wore a floral pink gown. Kacey Musgraves arrived in a tulle confession by Giambattista Valli. Angela Bassett struck a pose in hot pink Reem Acra. And Gemma Chan wore a voluminous dress by Valentino Haute Couture. But they weren't the only attendees in pink… Keep reading for more stars in the color of the night…
…and a pink gentleman!
Linda Cardellini, Helen Mirren and Jason Momoa and wife Lisa Bonet also arrived at the 2019 Oscars wearing various shades of pink.
The Academy Awards got off to a rocking start. As was announced a few days prior to the Oscars, Queen and Adam Lambert opened the telecast. Before the performance, Adam told E! News that it was "surreal" to play at the Oscars (they delivered a well-received medley of hits). "I lived in Los Angeles for 17 years and to open the Oscars, I never would have dreamed this is possible," he said. "Queen and I have been working together for six years and been traveling the world and we're performing this song in celebration of [the film] "Bohemian Rhapsody" — everybody worked hard and we're celebrating together."
A huge night for women
Just call the 2019 Oscars "ladies night"! The Wrap reported that a record was set on Feb. 24 as it was the winningest Oscars night ever for women. Females took home 15 awards when all was said and done, besting the previous record of 12 from both 2007 and 2015. Incidentally, the record year comes one year after only six women won Oscars compared with 33 male winners. Who run the world? Girls!
Parody pair
Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry turned on the comedy while presenting the Academy Award for best costume design… with a hilarious parody of best picture nominee "The Favourite." Melissa in particular took it to another level, wearing a dress that was an homage to the outrageous costumes of the movie (the dress even had a train of bunnies). She also had a rabbit puppet front and center. Despite their outrageous looks, the duo never broke character while speaking of the "serious" nature of costume design. Well-done! (And by the way, "Black Panther" costume designer Ruth E. Carter took home the Oscar in the category.)
Historic piece of bling
Lady Gaga wore a piece of Hollywood history to the Oscars. The double nominee arrived in a black Alexander McQueen gown and the Tiffany Yellow Diamond around her neck. People magazine reported that the gem, which weighs a whopping 128.54 carats, was discovered in South Africa more than 140 years ago by Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Lewis Tiffany. Gaga, People further notes, is the first star to wear the priceless gem since Audrey Hepburn famously donned it in publicity photos for the 1961 classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Best foreign language dig
You knew that someone was going to take a veiled dig at President Trump, right? Before presenting the best foreign language film Oscar alongside Angela Bassett, Javier Bardem said in Spanish, "There are no borders or walls that can restrain ingenuity and talent." The crowd clapped loudly, knowing that a real-life battle rages on over the president's unwavering desire to build a wall along the U.S./Mexico border. (By the way, "Roma" won the prize.)
Most talked-about red carpet look
Broadway and "Pose" star Billy Porter — who's been a champion of gender-fluid style both onscreen and off — delivered one of the most talked-about looks on the 2019 Oscars red carpet when he stepped out wearing a tailored black velvet tuxedo ballgown designed by Christian Siriano. "Shutting the carpet down In a Siriano velvet tuxedo gown!" the designer tweeted, adding, "what an honor it was to create this moment!"
Suited up
Trend alert! Several female stars ditched dresses in favor of menswear-inspired looks on the 2019 Oscars red carpet. Amy Poehler donned a black suit by Alberta Ferretti. "Crazy Rich Asians" actress Awkwafina arrived in a shimmering lavender suit from DSquared2. "Eighth Grade" star Elsie Fisher continued her award season suit run in a gorgeous Gucci ensemble. Melissa McCarthy arrived in tailored black trousers topped with a white bodice and a glamorous cape by Brandon Maxwell — epic!
Enter Keegan-Michael "Poppins" Key. The actor dropped into the show in the most literal way, descending from the ceiling while carrying an umbrella. He feigned having trouble putting his umbrella down. Naturally, he introduced Bette Midler's performance of "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns." Bette announced on Twitter last week that she'd be performing. "So, (drum roll) ladies and gentlemen, I will be chanteusing (that's singing) on the Oscars on Feb 24… the nominated song from 'Mary Poppins'…'The Place Where Lost Things Go'…so excited!!" she wrote. Her delivery earned Bette a standing O.
Best accessory
And the best accessory of the night award goes to…. Diane Warren! While chatting with Ryan Seacrest during E! News's Oscars red carpet pre-show, the famed songwriter revealed that she's attending the Academy Awards with an action figure of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her pocket. (Diane, by the way, wrote the Oscar-nominated song "I'll Fight" for the documentary "RBG," which chronicles the life of the great legal mind.) Journalist Amy O'Connor tweeted this photo of Diane showing off li'l Ruth.
A pointed dig
Hey, look, the best cinematography award was handed out during the actual Oscars telecast! Why is that a big deal? Well, earlier this month, the Academy announced that it would give away a few awards during commercial breaks, including the best cinematography prize. That decision was blasted by many in Hollywood as disrespectful to the talented nominees. Tyler Perry, who ultimately presented the Oscar to "Roma" cinematographer Alfonso Cuaron, delivered a little dig from the stage: "It is an honor for me to present this award live and not during commercial break." (We told you there was a lot of drama surrounding the lead-up to the show!)
We've heard of weighted vests, but this is ridiculous! Glenn Close attended the Oscars wearing a gold dress that weighed 42 pounds, she told Ryan Seacrest during the E! News red carpet pre-show. Let that sink in: a 42-pound dress! Many on Twitter, meanwhile, thought Glenn resembled an actual Oscar in the metallic look, which was designed by Wes Gordon at Carolina Herrera. "I see Glenn Close is trying to win the award for looking most like an Oscar statue," one person tweeted. Another wrote that she was "dressed as a statuette." The "The Wife" star was nominated for best actress, so maybe the dress was a sign of things to come? (It wasn't: Glenn was bested by Olivia Colman for best actress.)
Laura Harrier made an earth-conscious statement on the 2019 Oscars red carpet: The "BlacKkKlansman" beauty wore a pale blue dress made entirely of sustainable materials, something she's doing as part of the Red Carpet Green Dress Challenge. The dress, by the way, is a custom Louis Vuitton gown (she's an ambassador for the brand). Her jewels are by Bulgari. According to the Red Carpet Green Dress Challenge, each piece of the dress must either made from sustainable materials including organic, recycled or repurposed fibers. "Sustainable living is important to me so it's very exciting that I'll be able to apply that sensibility to the dress that I'll wear to the Oscars this year for 'BlacKkKlansman,'" she told People magazine. Also wearing a sustainable dress to honor the challenge? "Dumplin'" and "Bird Box" actress Danielle Macdonald, who wore a stunning red gown by Christian Siriano.
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Home » Movies » Movie News » Tahira Kashyap Khurrana announces another collaboration with Guneet Monga on b'day
Tahira Kashyap Khurrana announces another collaboration with Guneet Monga on b'day
Talking about the collaboration, Tahira said: "Guneet is an incredible collaborator, a maverick in making special stories seen and heard. I have immense respect for her in the way she trusts a director's vision and lets the story fly. I had the most beautiful experience while working on our short film and I think both of us sort of made a pact in an unsaid way of collaborating on many things together in future. Our energies were so synced and I am elated that the vision we had is now becoming a reality and we are coming together with a film that we both truly believe in."
Additionally, the two have also collaborated earlier on Indian Women Rising, a cinema collective to support and empower Indian female talent in the film industry.
Guneet, whose docu-drama 'The Elephant Whisperers' has been recently shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards, further added: "Tahira is a really good writer with a deep understanding of human relationships. She is able to convey these intimate connections through her nuanced writing. As a production house, we were drawn to Pinni (Short Film) because of the subtext alongside a truly empowering story. Her view of this world and her understanding cuts across classes. Tahira's approach and sensitivity is what I truly find fascinating."
"We are looking forward to collaborating with Tahira as a writer and director on her next feature, and we hope this is the start of many more features together," she concluded.
The yet-to-be-titled film will be made under Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment.
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Ex-British Airways CEO poised to lead airline trade group
FILE - In this June 2, 2014 file photo, Willie Walsh, chief executive officer for International Airlines Group, speaks during a panel discussion of the 70th International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Doha, Qatar. The International Air Transport Association said Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, that Alexandre de Juniac will leave as CEO and director general next March 31. The group's governors plan to recommend de Juniac be replaced by Walsh. A resolution naming Walsh to the job is expected to be presented at the airline group's annual meeting this week. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
GENEVA (AP) — The CEO of the main trade group for global airlines will step down next March, and organization officials are supporting a former British Airways CEO to replace him.
The change in leadership comes as airlines confront their worst financial crisis ever because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated air travel.
The International Air Transport Association said Monday that Alexandre de Juniac will leave as CEO and director general on March 31 after leading the organization since 2016. The group said de Juniac, 58, a former Air France-KLM chairman and CEO, indicated several months ago that he planned to step down.
The trade group said its board of governors will recommend that his replacement be Willie Walsh, a former CEO of British Airways and its parent, International Airlines Group. A resolution proposing Walsh's appointment will be presented to the transport group's annual meeting this week.
Walsh, 59, planned to retire as IAG's chief last March but delayed his departure until September because of the pandemic.
Since the virus outbreak, de Juniac has advocated government aid for airlines and COVID-19 testing of all international travelers as a way to lift travel restrictions.


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Home » Music » Teddy Geiger and Emily Hampshire End Engagement After 7 Months: Report
Teddy Geiger and Emily Hampshire End Engagement After 7 Months: Report
Musician Teddy Geiger and Schitt's Creek star Emily Hampshire have reportedly split.
Geiger, 30, and Hampshire, 37, have ended their engagement and "will not get back together," the New York Post's Page Six reports.
Reps for Hampshire had no comment on the news, while a rep for Geiger didn't respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
The pair documented their relationship heavily on Instagram, posting their first photo together last August and confirming their engagement in November. The two appear to no longer follow each other on Instagram.
Hampshire was Geiger's first public girlfriend since she transitioned, after coming out as transgender in October 2017. The couple regularly appeared together on red carpets, from the Toronto International Film Festival to the Grammys.
"When she asked me if I wanted to spend the rest of our lives together I said… YES … INFINITE YES," Geiger wrote on Instagram announcing their engagement."
"My millennial girlfriend is now my millennial #fiance & I feel like the luckiest girl in the world," Hampshire said in her own post.
Geiger has written many hits for Shawn Mendes, along with songs One Direction and Maroon 5. She was nominated for a Grammy earlier this year for Mendes' song "In My Blood." She had a Top 40 hit in 2006 with her song "For You I Will (Confidence)," and released the album LillyAnna this past November.
Hampshire plays motel clerk/owner Stevie Budd on the Canadian comedy Schitt's Creek. She won the Canadian Screen Award, Canada's equivalent of an Emmy, for the role for the last four years.
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Movie Review -- 'The Force Awakens' Brings the Star Wars Nostalgia Full Force
Posted by Matthew Deery on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 12:00 AM By Matthew Deery / December 17, 2015 Comment
When I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens at an early Tuesday screening, I was overcome with a rush of emotions when the first note of the John Williams score erupted to open the iconic yellow Star Wars scroll. I couldn't believe I was watching another Star Wars movie -- I can still remember forever ago when the announcement of a new chapter broke -- and here I was, actually watching Episode 7. I promise this review will not contain any plot details or spoilers about the film -- I'm not that guy. The past couple of days have been pretty "tough" for me not being able to say anything about the film, to discuss its secrets with anyone. It's a cool and "elitist" feeling knowing that I'm one of the few hundreds of people around the world who has already seen this highly, highly anticipated film, when just days from now millions and millions will flock to theaters to consume the flick. But I need to talk to somebody about it, ok? I'm getting a bit stir crazy. There are a lot of old faces that make this chapter feel like a welcome addition to the Star Wars franchise. Han and Chewbacca are back, as are Leia and Luke -- but the best and most prominent characters in this film are the fresh faces. Daisy Ridley's character Rey, John Boyega's Finn and the adorable spherical droid BB-8 are the three new heroes seeking to escape the grasp of the latest well-funded evil enterprise in the universe, the First Order. Both Rey and Finn are young, ambitious, somewhat flawed, but lovable characters who embody many of the qualities of the other Star Wars characters we love. These new faces will surely attract new demographics of fans considering Finn is a black male and Rey is a woman (not the norm of leading faces in tentpole blockbusters) -- these choices are likely calculated for the above reason and to breathe some new life into the franchise that spun a bit off course when George Lucas steered the ship on his own for Episodes 1-3. The best new piece of this puzzle is Adam Driver's villain, Kylo Ren. Despite his limited screen time, every moment he appears, his character commands attention. This masked menace is full of mystery and is quite the contrast to villains we have seen in the past within this universe. My favorite thing about Ren is his voice, which fits his evil to perfection. The Force Awakens is undoubtedly more of a team effort than what we saw in Lucas' last Star Wars outing, with J.J. Abrams bringing on as much help to craft this tale as he could -- this is a very crucial point to quality filmmaking: collaboration. He enlists the help of Return of the Jedi scribe Lawrence Kasdan to pen the script for Episode 7, a move that helps create a solid foundation for this film to stand. The script creates worthwhile characters, is smart, exciting, laced with humor and has plenty of quality action to keep your blood flowing. Overall, the film has more great pieces than shortcomings -- below in a spoiler section I discuss specifically what I didn't like about the film, but since it's a bit too revealing of details, I left that out of the general review. Come back and read that after seeing Episode 7. The Force Awakens is a worthy addition to this universe and thankfully works much better than the three latest missteps (in my opinion) that Lucas crafted. There are new, exciting characters to carry the torch on and plenty of intrigue as to what comes next in "a galaxy far, far away." So, how long until 2018?
GRADE: 8/10
Spoiler Section (spoilers to follow, duh)
I'll just jump right in -- what really bothered me about The Force Awakens is how unoriginal it was in long stretches of the proceeding. It opens with a heroic member of the rebellion storing crucial data in a lovable droid that the "evil empire" desperately seeks to uncover. The details are different in some regard, but the premise is the same as Episode 4, A New Hope. This film also brings in another Death Star type destructive weapon, the Starkiller, this time with a slightly different twist. I thought the concept of the weapon and how it steals energy from a nearby sun was cool, but I really disliked how the final sequence almost mirrored A New Hope (with some differences of course).
The heroes have to destroy a certain area of the Starkiller, which is pointed right at the planet that plays host to their Rebel base, to save themselves before the weapon is fully charged. The rebels are up against the clock, which is obnoxiously narrated in the control rooms of both the Rebel and First Order bases. Instead of having lots of drama like many other aspects of this film, this whole portion of the final action sequence is very predictable and dare I say, boring. Maybe boring isn't the right word, but tired could be a better fit. These opening and closing pieces are staples in the film's bedrock, yet both are strikingly similar to A New Hope -- there is a fine line between constructing an homage, a wink to a previous chapter, and ripping plot points and directly inserting them into the film. One could argue that this is cyclical, the universe coming full circle -- but I'm still convinced they could have done a better job at crafting a more original storyline in these crucial parts while still nodding to the older films. I'm sure many will beg to differ and welcome the similarities because it "feels like home," but I just thought for a project filled with original pieces, they could have done better than "find that droid" and "we have to destroy the weapon before it destroys us." Photos courtesy of: Disney
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Gabriel documents his adventures with plants in his Instagram feed, @ThePlanthunter.
His travels began long ago, when as a child, he moved with his parents to New Caledonia.
was an experience that has shaped him and his ideas to this day.
Armed with a camera instead of secateurs, Gabriel identifies plants in his explorations, to further study them when he gets back home.
enriching his projects and creating truly mesmerising urban environments.
"Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men.


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NPError		NPP_NewStream(NPP instance, NPMIMEType type, NPStream* stream, NPBool seekable, uint16* stype);
NPError		NPP_DestroyStream(NPP instance, NPStream* stream, NPReason reason);
int32		NPP_WriteReady(NPP instance, NPStream* stream);
int32		NPP_Write(NPP instance, NPStream* stream, int32 offset, int32 len, void* buffer);
void		NPP_StreamAsFile(NPP instance, NPStream* stream, const char* fname);
void		NPP_Print(NPP instance, NPPrint* platformPrint);
int16		NPP_HandleEvent(NPP instance, void* event);
void		NPP_URLNotify(NPP instance, const char* URL, NPReason reason, void* notifyData);
NPError		NPP_GetValue(NPP instance, NPPVariable variable, void *value);
NPError		NPP_SetValue(NPP instance, NPNVariable variable, void *value);

#pragma export on
// Mach-o entry points
NPError NP_Initialize(NPNetscapeFuncs *browserFuncs);
NPError NP_GetEntryPoints(NPPluginFuncs *pluginFuncs);
extern void NP_Shutdown(void);
// For compatibility with CFM browsers.
int main(NPNetscapeFuncs *browserFuncs, NPPluginFuncs *pluginFuncs, NPP_ShutdownProcPtr *shutdown);
#pragma export off

typedef void (* FunctionPointer) (void);
typedef void (* TransitionVector) (void);
static FunctionPointer functionPointerForTVector(TransitionVector);
static TransitionVector tVectorForFunctionPointer(FunctionPointer);

// Mach-o entry points
NPError NP_Initialize(NPNetscapeFuncs* browserFuncs)
{
    browser = browserFuncs;
    return NPERR_NO_ERROR;
}

NPError NP_GetEntryPoints(NPPluginFuncs* pluginFuncs)
{
    pluginFuncs->version = 11;
    pluginFuncs->size = sizeof(pluginFuncs);
    pluginFuncs->newp = NPP_New;
    pluginFuncs->destroy = NPP_Destroy;
    pluginFuncs->setwindow = NPP_SetWindow;
    pluginFuncs->newstream = NPP_NewStream;
    pluginFuncs->destroystream = NPP_DestroyStream;
    pluginFuncs->asfile = NPP_StreamAsFile;
    pluginFuncs->writeready = NPP_WriteReady;
    pluginFuncs->write = (NPP_WriteProcPtr)NPP_Write;
    pluginFuncs->print = NPP_Print;
    pluginFuncs->event = NPP_HandleEvent;
    pluginFuncs->urlnotify = NPP_URLNotify;
    pluginFuncs->getvalue = NPP_GetValue;
    pluginFuncs->setvalue = NPP_SetValue;

    return NPERR_NO_ERROR;
}

// For compatibility with CFM browsers.
int main(NPNetscapeFuncs *browserFuncs, NPPluginFuncs *pluginFuncs, NPP_ShutdownProcPtr *shutdown)
{

    browser = malloc(sizeof(NPNetscapeFuncs));
    bzero(browser, sizeof(NPNetscapeFuncs));

    browser->size = browserFuncs->size;
    browser->version = browserFuncs->version;

    // Since this is a mach-o plug-in and the browser is CFM because it is calling main, translate
    // our function points into TVectors so the browser can call them.
    browser->geturl = (NPN_GetURLProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->geturl);
    browser->posturl = (NPN_PostURLProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->posturl);
    browser->requestread = (NPN_RequestReadProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->requestread);
    browser->newstream = (NPN_NewStreamProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->newstream);
    browser->write = (NPN_WriteProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->write);
    browser->destroystream = (NPN_DestroyStreamProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->destroystream);
    browser->status = (NPN_StatusProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->status);
    browser->uagent = (NPN_UserAgentProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->uagent);
    browser->memalloc = (NPN_MemAllocProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->memalloc);
    browser->memfree = (NPN_MemFreeProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->memfree);
    browser->memflush = (NPN_MemFlushProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->memflush);
    browser->reloadplugins = (NPN_ReloadPluginsProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->reloadplugins);
    browser->geturlnotify = (NPN_GetURLNotifyProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->geturlnotify);
    browser->posturlnotify = (NPN_PostURLNotifyProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->posturlnotify);
    browser->getvalue = (NPN_GetValueProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getvalue);
    browser->setvalue = (NPN_SetValueProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->setvalue);
    browser->invalidaterect = (NPN_InvalidateRectProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->invalidaterect);
    browser->invalidateregion = (NPN_InvalidateRegionProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->invalidateregion);
    browser->forceredraw = (NPN_ForceRedrawProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->forceredraw);
    browser->getJavaEnv = (NPN_GetJavaEnvProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getJavaEnv);
    browser->getJavaPeer = (NPN_GetJavaPeerProcPtr)functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getJavaPeer);

    /*
    // These functions are not yet supported in CFM browers like Netscape.
    // In the future, the versions of the vectors should be checked before accessing symbols.
    browser->releasevariantvalue = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->releasevariantvalue);
    browser->getstringidentifier = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getstringidentifier);
    browser->getstringidentifiers = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getstringidentifiers);
    browser->getintidentifier = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getintidentifier);
    browser->identifierisstring = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->identifierisstring);
    browser->utf8fromidentifier = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->utf8fromidentifier);
    browser->createobject = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->createobject);
    browser->retainobject = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->retainobject);
    browser->releaseobject = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->releaseobject);
    browser->call = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->call);
    browser->evalute = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->evalute);
    browser->getproperty = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->getproperty);
    browser->setproperty = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->setproperty);
    browser->removeproperty = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->removeproperty);
    browser->setexception = functionPointerForTVector((TransitionVector)browserFuncs->setexception);
    */

    pluginFuncs->version = 11;
    pluginFuncs->size = sizeof(pluginFuncs);
    pluginFuncs->newp = (NPP_NewProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_New);
    pluginFuncs->destroy = (NPP_DestroyProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_Destroy);
    pluginFuncs->setwindow = (NPP_SetWindowProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_SetWindow);
    pluginFuncs->newstream = (NPP_NewStreamProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_NewStream);
    pluginFuncs->destroystream = (NPP_DestroyStreamProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_DestroyStream);
    pluginFuncs->asfile = (NPP_StreamAsFileProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_StreamAsFile);
    pluginFuncs->writeready = (NPP_WriteReadyProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_WriteReady);
    pluginFuncs->write = (NPP_WriteProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_Write);
    pluginFuncs->print = (NPP_PrintProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_Print);
    pluginFuncs->event = (NPP_HandleEventProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_HandleEvent);
    pluginFuncs->urlnotify = (NPP_URLNotifyProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_URLNotify);
    pluginFuncs->getvalue = (NPP_GetValueProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_GetValue);
    pluginFuncs->setvalue = (NPP_SetValueProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NPP_SetValue);

    *shutdown = (NPP_ShutdownProcPtr)tVectorForFunctionPointer((FunctionPointer)NP_Shutdown);

    return NPERR_NO_ERROR;
}

// function pointer converters
// JMM notes universal notes via http://www.opendarwin.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev

static FunctionPointer functionPointerForTVector(TransitionVector tvp)
{
#ifdef __ppc__

const uint32 temp[6] = {0x3D800000, 0x618C0000, 0x800C0000, 0x804C0004, 0x7C0903A6, 0x4E800420};

    uint32 *newGlue = NULL;

    if (tvp != NULL) {
        newGlue = (uint32 *)malloc(sizeof(temp));
        if (newGlue != NULL) {
            unsigned i;
            for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) newGlue[i] = temp[i];
            newGlue[0] |= ((UInt32)tvp >> 16);
            newGlue[1] |= ((UInt32)tvp & 0xFFFF);
            MakeDataExecutable(newGlue, sizeof(temp));
        }
    }

    return (FunctionPointer)newGlue;
#else
    // Just use the function pointer on other architectures
    return (FunctionPointer)tvp;
#endif /* __ppc__ */
}

static TransitionVector tVectorForFunctionPointer(FunctionPointer fp)
{
#ifdef __ppc__
    FunctionPointer *newGlue = NULL;
    if (fp != NULL) {

newGlue = (FunctionPointer *)malloc(2 * sizeof (FunctionPointer));

        if (newGlue != NULL) {
            newGlue[0] = fp;
            newGlue[1] = NULL;
        }
    }
    return (TransitionVector)newGlue;
#else
    // Just use the function pointer on other architectures
    return (TransitionVector)fp;
#endif /* __ppc__ */
}

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Lee Ritenour has established himself as one of the world's leading jazz guitarists with a series of accessible albums over three decades. Heavily influenced in his early days by the relaxed styles of Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Barney Kessel, he now has his own distinctive sound and fluid style. Lee has put out over 40 albums in his career featuring straight ahead jazz, fusion, Latin, and contemporary styles and his list of session work is long with more than 3,000 sessions. Some of Ritenour's most notable performances were with Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Pink Floyd. Ritenour has unveiled his latest album "Smoke n' Mirrors", inspired by his travels to South Africa. The CD was reviewed on Guitar Jam Daily.
Ken Volpe and Lee Ritenour connected on The Jamcast and discussed the current state of Jazz, creativity in the younger generation, how his musical career has changed throughout the years, and how he has reinvented himself.


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White Man Drove Car Through Group Of Protesters For Antwon Rose
The man has been identified and charged.
On June 19, Officer Michael H. Rosfeld fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose, which has sparked protest all over Pittsburgh. Sadly, during one of the protests, a man drove his car through a group of protesters. The incident was caught on camera.
See Also: The Disturbing, Growing Trend of Police Fatally Shooting Suspects In The Back Without Consequence
According to CBS Pittsburgh, on June 22 at around 11 p.m., a man "was caught on video driving his vehicle through the crowd. One person suffered ankle and back injuries. Another person was struck in the legs, but that person said they were not seriously hurt." The man remained unidentified until now. Thankfully, protesters wrote down his license plate number. He is 58-year-old Gregory Wagner and he was charged with three counts of recklessly endangering another person and other traffic violations. Wagner will have a preliminary hearing on July 11.
This week, Officer Michael H. Rosfeld was charged with the criminal homicide for the shooting of Rose. During a traffic stop, officers, including Rosfeld, reportedly claimed they were investigating a nearby shooting. The driver, Rose and one other person were in the car. The driver was arrested. The other passenger escaped, but was arrested on June 26. Rose allegedly ran as well and was shot in the back three times. Investigators confirmed Rose was not involved in the shooting incident the cops were investigating.
Rosfeld was reportedly sworn in 90 minutes before the shooting.
While the family of Rose is satisfied with the criminal homicide charge, they are also seeking a conviction.
Our condolences to Rose's family and friends. We hope they receive justice.
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Q: Has Batman ever gotten magical powers? We know Batman has gotten superpowers of one kind or another, from Lantern rings, to enhanced capacities, to a super pill to the use of the Mobius chair... but has he ever gotten any supernatural abilities or purely magical powers before?
I'm speaking here of post-Crisis or modern Batman;  that time he was turned into a genie doesn't count (because the "funny book" 40s and 50s were weird).
In an Elsewords story, he was once bitten by Dracula and turned into a vampire, but that's all I remember. I know he studied escape artistry with Zattana's father, but I don't think he was imparted with any actual magical skills.
Are there any in-canon stories where this happened? What were those powers, and how long did he have them for?


Round 3 of the 2017 Women's WorldTour, and we're back in Italy, in one of the cycling heartlands – the Varese Province in Lombardy. After the gravel roads of Strade Bianche, and the Dutch cobbles and man-made hill of Ronde van Drenthe, it's a race for Classics riders with climbing skills – and even more importantly, descending abilities. And one of the special things about this race is that the junior stars of the future also get to ride on some of the same roads as their elite heroines, before the WorldTour race.
UPDATE! And the last 4 laps – 68km – will be LIVE, with the stream showing part of the race as well as highlights of the Junior race before the elites go fully live.
This year the Trofeo Binda moved, to the day after Milano-San Remo, and I love this, having the first monument and the 3rd round of the 2016 Women's World Tour back-to-back. And while there's still less media from the UCI than when it was a Road World Cup, the race organisers are always amazing, and this year gave us a stream that was a mix of studio talking heads, live streaming from the finish-line cameras at the end of each lap, and highlights from the junior Trofeo da Moreno.
And we have race highlights too – and for anyone who doesn't understand Italian, I've made home-made English commentary to go with them. Here's my collection of things I've found – and there'll be more to come, too. As always, if you anything else, please do share them with me, here or on twitter, and I'll edit them in. I'm going to start with this, because it's fantastic – Wiggle High5 collaborate with Cylance rider Valentina Scandolara, to make a mash-up video – how cool is this?
From the cobbles of the Netherlands, the Women's World Tour takes us back to the hills of Varese, in Northern Italy, for Round 3, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and the UCI-ranked Junior women's race taking place on the same roads, the Trofeo da Moreno.
UPDATE! The race media are saying the Trofeo Binda is LIVE too!
UPDATE AGAIN! It's not actually a full-livestream.
So that's still pretty good – the race passes through the finish-line about 4 times during the race, and they'll have a live-ticker and more information throughout the race, their ticker is always excellent. This worked really well for the Vårgårda World Cup, so it is still an exciting step up.
I'll be doing home-made English-language commentary on my Mixlr too, for the last hour and a half, starting at 15:00 CET/2pm GMT/10am EST/1am AEDT.
These races aren't livestreamed, but they have fantastic social media, they usually have a brilliant liveticker, and traditionally excellent highlights later on the day. And I'm going to continue with my experimental race commentary, this time giving live commentary based on twitter updates – kind of like internet radio coverage. Let's see if it works!
So much racing this weekend! I'm putting this up now, but I'll update it with lots more videos and photo-essays over the week, because there will be so much more.


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French Montana Drops "Writing on the Wall" Single and Video Featuring Post Malone and Cardi B
jessicalm98 October 1, 2019 Tagged Cardi B, French Montana, Post Malone
If you've been searching for the perfect collab to kick off your week, then look no further. French Montana is back and he dropped a new single and music video, featuring Post Malone, Cardi B and Jamaican dancehall producer RVSSIAN.
"Writing on the Wall" is the official introductory single for French Montana's third studio album. The self-titled album MONTANA is projected to release in November. MONTANA's rumored to include a variety of artist collabs that Montana has recently debuted. Talks of the new album have been cumulating since April and will be French Montana's first album since 2017. Epic Records released "Writing on the Wall" in a single and a music video on September 26. French Montana dropped hints on social media for the single and the album as a whole. He also showed his excitement for the single through social media by posting teaser trailers. Montana posted a few photos with Post Malone and Cardi B on his Instagram prior to the release.
Here's a look at some of French Montana's Instagram teasers:
ME AND MY BROTHER POSTY 🤘🏽Go watch NOW!!! Link in my bio
A post shared by French Montana (@frenchmontana) on Sep 28, 2019 at 8:23am PDT
WRITING ON THE WALL OUT NOW !! SOUTH BRONX 🤟🏼 @iamcardib @postmalone prod by @rvssian
A post shared by French Montana (@frenchmontana) on Sep 27, 2019 at 8:56pm PDT
Additionally, French Montana's single has his usual alt-R&B sound and highlights his Moroccan-American heritage. The lyrics talk about Montana's lavish lifestyle: "Egyptian cloth on my body // Diamonds like 6ix9ine hair // Now we comin' through the back // We don't go to the concierge," which we all wish we could take part in. The music video also shows Montana, Posty and Cardi larger than life and makes us want to experience their lavish lifestyle. French Montana co-produced the music video himself, which further shows his creative edge.
We're excited for French Montana's self-titled album to release in November, and if it's anything like the "Writing on the Wall" single, it'll definitely not disappoint.
Listen to "Writing on the Wall" now:
Featured Image: Epic Records
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Truly idyllic, Polemos Buku & Karaloz.
After 3 weeks of sunshine, blue skies & some "brisk' sailing breezes we both agree, 3 weeks isn't quite long enough!
HAPPY SAILING to whoever sails Harlequin next.


Healthyish featured several of The MP Shift's New York projects in their article "Get the Look of NYC's Prettiest New Restaurants." Lilli Sherman writes about The MP Shift's portfolio saying, "That clean, neutral, just-sleek-enough vibe [at De Maria] is the work of Amy Morris and Anna Polonsky, co-founders of the design and branding studio The MP Shift. In what seems like no time at all, they've gotten their hands into some of the most charming spaces in NYC and beyond, adding a distinctive feminine vibe that's both retro and new."


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Regardless of physical benefits, the infusion of oxygen and vitamins to any part of the body is healthy, and they promote cell growth, as well as collagen growth. It also gives skin that's been exposed to pollutants such as tobacco smoke and dirty air, skin rejuvenation a healthy glow, plumping, smooth skin texture, pore refining, lifting & skin tightening, calming sensitive irritated skin, healing & soothing redness in acne & blemished skin.


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I needed this today! I am in the middle of a Writer's Block, and the terrible thing is, the stories are there, but they are so full that I can't seem to get them from my brain to my fingers to paper. Frustrated!!!!!
Oh, honey, I feel your pain. Hope today's post helps!
YES. Love EVERY ONE of these!!!
I would talk to that raccoon ANY DAY!
Every now and then, I have to start blasting too. Nothing good is easy.
Good thoughts and encouragement as always. Of course the main theme: write, write, and write some more. Nag, nag, nag.
Giggle. Good thing too. We writers are easily distracted if we aren't careful and somewhat disciplined. I raise my coffee cup in salute to all who nag. We need your encouragement and support. It's nice that you care.
And, yes, I love the racoon too. Instant giggles.
I love this. It just made my day.
For all you writers, here are words of encouragement from 777 Peppermint Place.
Glad you enjoyed it, Gwynn. Thanks for sharing!
All writers could do with a little encouragement now and then. This is one of these days. Thank you, Linda Yezak!!
It was such a pleasure to do so, Linda. It's a great post!
Fabulous post and inspiring quotes. Now a loyal follower.All the best. Kris.
Thanks, Chris. I see you use a lot of these memes on your site too. They're fun, aren't they?
For me it's a bit of self-motivation and helping others do the same. All the very best. Kris.


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Loren Kroh '64 Named Distinguished Alumni for 2019
The Susquehannock High School Alumni Association Steering Committee named Loren Kroh as its "Distinguished Alumni" for 2019. Kroh will address the graduating class at commencement services and will be honored with a plaque in the High School's auditorium lobby.
Loren is the founder and managing member of Corvus, LLC in York, a startup that developed a system to help improve retention and success rates of post-secondary students. He credits much of his success to his Susquehannock teachers and experiences. "Staff and faculty encouraged students to broaden their experience base, get involved and understand the interrelated nature of disparate activities," he said.
"This engendered a curiosity that served me well as I encountered new opportunities later in life. It also helped me realize that I didn't want to be too limited in the scope of my career choices or jobs," Loren added. He remembered an advanced English seminar in particular. "The best course I ever had anywhere – including one taught by a Noble prize laureate – was an advanced English seminar at Susquehannock. The teacher, Mr. Mensch, encouraged us to understand the broad historical context of the material and apply the principles to the present."
As a Warrior, Loren was a member of Student Council for four years and president of his senior class. He lettered in football, basketball, and track. Loren was also voted "Best All-around" in his graduating class.
After graduation, he attended Bucknell University where he majored in economics. Loren went on to receive his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
He has worked as President / CEO of the York County Economic Alliance (Interim) and the Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts. Loren was Chairman of Academy ArtWorks and Director of the York Technical Institute.
Loren was also a former member of the Harrisburg Area Community College Board of Trustees, York County Alliance for Learning Board of Directors, and Penn State York Entrepreneurship Program Advisory Committee.
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