Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker brought along all of their Mouseketeers for a day at Disney—and there’s adorable photo proof!
Kourtney took to Instagram on April 20 to show off some pictures from her birthday celebration at Disneyland, which occurred on April 18. The photo album included a whole lot of family fun with two group shots of Kourtney and Travis alongside Alabama Barker, 16 and Landon Barker, 18, (who Travis shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler) Atiana De La Hoya, 23, (who Shanna shares with ex Oscar De La Hoya) and Reign Disick, 7, who Kourtney shares with ex Scott Disick.
Kourtney and Scott’s two oldest children—Mason Disick, 12 and Penelope Disick 9—were also on hand, though they missed the family portrait.
The post also featured a snapshot of Reign with a stuffed animal, a closeup look at a Mickey-shaped treat, views of the park, Kourtney’s Minnie and Mickey Mouse-themed birthday cake and a photo of Kourtney and Travis hugging one another close in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle.
The film premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 12, 2022.
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Laura and her seven-year-old son, Cody, drive to a remote home in California to flee from her abusive ex-husband. The family is threatened by the possibility of his return as well as the presence of a monster lurking in a nearby lake.
In the pre-League Pass days of minimal cable channels and a national TV “schedule” that made it seem as though the NBA had five teams (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia) playing a round-robin, the exploits of Alex English and the Denver Nuggets could feel fictional. Newspapers said there was a guy named Alex English leading the NBA in scoring at about 28 ppg. And that he had a teammate, Kiki Vandeweghe, who was second. And their team’s games usually ended with a score like 137-129.
That’s how I learned about the Hall of Famer English, and even though I was a kid in the ’80s, he and the Nuggets were overlooked by adults back then, too. Just ask an NBA fan of any age this question: Who scored the most points in the 1980s? Even if they know Michael Jordan’s career started too late and that Magic Johnson was too pass-first, they have a host of household names to offer up. Moses Malone. Larry Bird. Dominique Wilkins. George Gervin. All-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 6-7, 190-pound English outscored all of ’em. English used his elite mid-range game, willingness to run the floor and all-around efficiency to score 21,018 points in the decade (Moses was second at 19,082).
The above would be interesting to SLAM readers at any point in the magazine’s history and to be sure, Alan Paul did a piece on English for SLAM 21 back in 1997 that pointed this out. Sadly, the scope of the eight-time All-Star’s achievements and the lack of credit they’re given have renewed relevance in the wake of the NBA selecting a mostly glorious 75th Anniversary team that did not include English.
Besides being wowed by Nuggets box scores in the paper and enjoying the occasional game on TV against my local Knicks or Nets, my love for English was enhanced by the fact that my late grandfather recognized him on a plane once and asked for his autograph. I still treasure the little scrap of paper that says “Best Wishes Ben Alexander English.”
Speaking on the phone from his native Columbia, SC, the University of South Carolina legend and current member of the school’s Board of Trustees chuckles at my autograph memory (“We were certainly flying commercial back then!”) and proves to be a charming and engrossing subject.
SLAM: You played for the Bucks and Pacers before you went to Denver. What’s the short version of what happened at your first two stops? It looks like you were putting up numbers from the very beginning of your career. I would have thought Nellie [longtime Bucks’ coach Don Nelson-Ed.] would love you?
ALEX ENGLISH: I got drafted by the Bucks in the second round. Wayne Embry was the GM and Nellie was an assistant coach. I had a make-good contract, which meant I had to make the team to get the contract. I signed for $55,000 with a $10,000 bonus if I made the team. That was a lot of money back then! I made the team and had a decent rookie year. I mostly played behind Bob Dandridge. The next year they traded Dandridge to the Bullets but drafted Kent Benson, Marques Johnson and Ernie Grunfeld. [Johnson and Grunfeld] played my position. I was the sixth man [English averaged 9.6 ppg in just 18.9 mpg.—Ed]. Nellie was the head coach by then and we made the playoffs. The NBA standard contract was getting ready to change. I was a restricted free agent—I could go anywhere I wanted but my current team could match. At midnight on the first day of free agency, [Pacers’ coach and GM] Slick Leonard signed me to a three-year deal: $135,000, $155,000, $175,000. I signed that contract. The Bucks had the opportunity to match and I’d have to stay. Wayne says Don said it was too much for me. So they let me walk. I had a good year and a half in Indiana but then they had the chance to bring George McGinnis back home so Slick Leonard traded me to Denver for him.
SLAM: That trade was during your fourth season. In year five of your career, Doug Moe becomes the Nuggets’ head coach. In my mind, that’s when your career started.
AE: Well, I was putting up good numbers in Indiana, that’s why the Nuggets wanted to trade for me. I was [an] all-around [player]: rebounded, blocked shots, passed the ball. Averaging about 16 points a game, maybe 8 or 9 rebounds. But, yes, what happened in Denver was Doug Moe. He was the best at up-tempo offense.
SLAM: You guys were the highest-scoring team in the NBA in the ’80-81 season even though Donnie Walsh started the year as the head coach and Moe was an assistant. In Coach Moe’s first full season, ’81-82, the Nuggets averaged 126.5 ppg! Still the most in NBA history.
AE: It was Doug’s system. We played at a breakneck pace, and people couldn’t keep up with us. Once we got in shape, we were unstoppable. We had Dan Issel and we got Kiki Vandeweghe, too. They talked about us being a “high-powered offense.” It was just natural to us. That was what we did. One thing we knew was that other teams feared us. Teams knew they had to be ready to roll as soon as they got to the arena to play us.
SLAM: Was playing on those teams so much fun?
AE: Fun doesn’t even begin to describe it. I couldn’t wait to play every single night. It was almost like a dance. Like making ballet. That was my art. Every night was a different game, so we were making different art every night. I miss it so much.
SLAM: Do you have a favorite memory as a Nugget?
AE: Wow, there were so many wonderful moments. That was a good squad with good people. I miss that camaraderie. We did things as a team—parties, cookouts, all that stuff. That’s the thing I miss about being in that setting. And it showed on the floor. We all accepted our roles. If we didn’t do what was expected, we felt bad about it. My team relied on me to get 26 points a night, pass the ball, block a few shots, get 6 or 7 rebounds. TR Dunn knew we depended on him to lock up Clyde Drexler and Michael Jordan as best he could. Fat Lever knew we were expecting near a triple-double. Bill Hanzlik was gonna play defense and frustrate the other team. And Coach Moe was there the whole time. He gave us the tools and leeway we needed.
SLAM: You rarely missed a game and led the NBA in scoring for the ’80s. You were still left off the 50 Greatest list in ’96 but were elected to the Hall of Fame in ’97, which was the first year you were eligible. The NBA had a chance to make include you with the 75th Anniversary team this season, but you were left off again. How did that make you feel?
AE: I felt slighted. It’s been like that throughout my career. Look at the record in my Nuggets’ career. All those playoff appearances. Reached the Western Conference finals. I was an all-pro three years [English was second-team All-NBA in ’82, ’83 and ’86.-Ed]. The scoring. And then they don’t tend to look at the other things. I’m the all-time Nuggets leader in points and assists. I blocked shots. Got steals. To see how I was treated…I rarely watch NBA games anymore because I’m so disappointed to not be in that group. When I look at who they chose, not to slight anyone, but I know what I did. To be slighted like that, it soured my taste for the League.
SLAM: After an amazing decade in Denver and one season in Dallas, you retired from the NBA and spent a season playing for Napoli in the Italian league.
AE: I’m a world traveler and I always wanted to live in another country. Unfortunately, I played for a team in Naples that wasn’t what it could have been, but I still wouldn’t change that experience for the world. Eating the food, meeting the people there.
SLAM: You had a stint as President of the NBA Players Association while you played and after your season in Italy, you returned to the States and worked for the PA, right?
AE: Yes, I’d planned on working for the NBPA and I did that under Charles Grantham. A lot of stuff they have in place, I put there. The player programs, AIDS education, money management and degree completion, rookie transition program. Those are programs I put in place that are still there now. The high school camp the PA runs, we put that together. I wanted the PA to get a connection to the players before they get to the NBA. The guys who are still running it—Tim McCormick and Purvis Short—those were my guys. I’m proud of all that work.
SLAM: After you left the PA, you did some work with the NBA and then transitioned into coaching.
AE: Yes. I found out the NBA was going to do a developmental league and wanted to put a team in Charleston, SC. I petitioned for that job and got it. I moved to Charleston as the head coach of the Lowgators. We were the subject of the first sports reality show [Down Low, Life in the D League, from ESPN. Google it!-Ed]. It was revolutionary. My team lost in the championship. After that first year, the Hawks asked me to be an assistant coach. Then I coached with the Sixers and Toronto.
SLAM: Let’s talk about all your connections to the women’s game, from the WNBA to South Carolina to the fact that your daughter, Jade-Li, is now leading the women’s basketball division at Klutch Sports.
AE: I was in New York when Ange-Marie Hancock put the template for the WNBA together years ago. You look at how much it’s grown…last year’s WNBA Finals was so exciting.
Overall, the game is so pure. It’s like [how] it used to be with men. There’s the mid-range game, post-ups, an emphasis on getting position. The women look for three-point shots but it’s not the total game. Fortunately, for me, I’ve gotten to see some of the best right here at South Carolina. A’ja Wilson. Aliyah Boston. All the other women who have been here. We have the greatest women’s coach there is in Dawn Staley. I’m just a big supporter. We’ve got two top-10 high schoolers right here in this city and the fan support here is off the charts. That’s from watching Dawn. One of the girls [HS senior Ashlyn Watkins-Ed.] is signed with Dawn. The other is in the 11th grade—Milaysia Fulwiley—and I’m telling you, she is a game changer. Like the same way Magic changed the game. Hopefully she signs here, too.
Ben Osborne is a former SLAM Ed. and is now Head of Content for Just Women’s Sports.
The Time Traveler’s Wife is an upcoming science-fiction romantic-drama television series based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger,
The Time Traveler’s Wife is a love story that follows the marriage of Clare and Henry, which is complicated by time travel.
In February 2021, Rose Leslie and Theo James were cast as the series leads.[4] In April 2021, Desmin Borges and Natasha Lopez joined the main cast.[5] Filming began on the series in May in New York and ended in October with some filming also taking place in Chicago.
The Time Traveler’s Wife Series is scheduled to premiere on May 15, 2022.
Watch “The Time Traveler’s Wife” Series Official Trailer 2022
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What People Talk About This Series?
One Commentor said “Theo and Rose are killing it. This will be the adaptation the book deserves, Audrey Niffenegger is a consultant on this“
Another Commented “I’m really excited to see Rose and Theo take on the roles of Claire and Henry, since I’m used to seeing them as Ygritte and Four, respectively. Their American accents are so on point.“
When the final horn sounded in a 114-107 Celtics win last night, Boston completed a 17-point comeback that tested their ability to stay focused on the goal at hand: winning. Al Horford, the eldest player on the roster, had some choice and encouraging words to give to his teammates in green and white.
“We took their [the Nets] punch; we talked about that, right? Remember we said they’re going to come out and hit us? We took their punch, we stayed with it, and we did what we had to do — protect the home court. Good job — We got a long way to go.”
Brooklyn jumped out to a double-digit lead at the 5:54 mark of the first quarter, 18-8, after Kevin Durant sank two free throws. That lead eventually ballooned to 17 with 1:47 seconds left in the first half.
However, as Horford said, Boston ‘took their punch’ and outscored Brooklyn 69-45 the rest of the way, using a combination of tough-nosed defense and meticulous offense.
Horford and the Celtics head into Game 3 at Barclays Center up 2-0 on the Nets, with tip-off slated to start at 7:30 PM EST on Saturday.
The Staircase is an upcoming American true crime drama streaming television miniseries. The eight-episode Max Original limited series, created and written by Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn, is based on the 2004 true-crime docuseries of the same name created by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade.
The series stars Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, a writer convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), who was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their home.
Release Date
The series is set to premiere on HBO Max on May 5, 2022
Watch The Staircase 2022 (miniseries) Official Trailer
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What People Talk About This?
One commenter said “The documentary was great. It was a fascinating look at how the lawyers work behind the scenes. I’m really looking forward to this new series.“
Another one said “After watching The Staircase doc series on Netflix, I still have no idea what to think of Michael and the role he played in this incident. Will be interesting to see Colin Firth portray him.“
And another one said “I need to get HBO max just for this!“
“At a time when the people of the UK have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainians, the government is choosing to act with cruelty and rip up their obligations to others fleeing war and persecution” says HRW report. Credit: UNOHCR
by Baher Kamal (madrid)
Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 21 (IPS) – In what looks pretty much like an ‘operation clean sweep’ aiming at getting rid of more and more migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by shipping them far away, the process of ‘externalisation’ of millions of victims of wars, poverty, climate crisis and political persecution, is now growing fast
In fact, in a short period of time, reports by major human rights organisations have revealed how the US and Europe, in addition to Australia, are increasingly sending migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to other countries, regardless of their human rights records.
Take the case, for example, of the United Kingdom, which plans to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda, a proceeding that Human Rights Watch (HRW) has classified as a “cruelty itself.”
In a report by Yasmine Ahmed and Emilie McDonnell, the two human rights defenders said that shirking its obligations to persons seeking asylum at its shores, the UK government has on 14 April 2022 signed an agreement with Rwanda to send asylum seekers crossing the English Channel there.
“Under the new Asylum Partnership Arrangement, people arriving in the UK irregularly or who arrived irregularly since January 1, 2022 may be sent to Rwanda on a one-way ticket to have their asylum claim processed and, if recognized as refugees, to be granted refugee status there.”
Victims of ‘their’ wars
It should be noted that many of the shipped migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are victims of long wars launched by US-led coalitions with the intensive participation of the United Kingdom’s military forces.
Such is the case, for example, of the war in Afghanistan (which lasted 20 years); in Iraq and in Libya, let alone Syria (now entering its tewlveth year), and the huge Western weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fuel their continued bombing on Yemen (so far for over seven years).
Cruel, ineffective and likely unlawful
The Human Rights Watch report said that the UK is arguing that offshoring asylum seekers to Rwanda complies with its international legal obligations.
“However, offshore processing is not only cruel and ineffective, but also very likely to be unlawful,” add Yasmine Ahmed and Emilie McDonnell.
“It creates a two-tiered refugee system that discriminates against one group based on their mode of arrival, despite refugee status being grounded solely on the threat of persecution or serious harm and international standards recognizing that asylum seekers are often compelled to cross borders irregularly to seek protection.”
UN “firmly” opposed
The deal reportedly made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to the Central African nation of Rwanda, are at odds with States’ responsibility to take care of those in need of protection, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on 14 April 2022.
In an initial response, UNHCR spelled out that it was not a party to negotiations that have taken place between London and Kigali, which it is understood were part of an economic development partnership.
According to news reports, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has said the scheme costing around $160 million, would “save countless lives” from human trafficking, and the often treacherous water crossing between southern England and the French coast, known as the English Channel, UNHCR explained.
“UNHCR remains firmly opposed to arrangements that seek to transfer refugees and asylum seekers to third countries in the absence of sufficient safeguards and standards,” said UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs.
Triggs described the arrangements as shifting asylum responsibilities and evading international obligations that are “contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention.”
Rwanda’s “appalling human rights record”
Furthermore, Rwanda’s appalling human rights record is well documented, the two human rights activists went on. In 2018, Rwandan security forces shot dead at least 12 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo when they protested a cut to food rations. Extrajudicial killings
According to the Human Rights Watch’s report ”Rwanda has a known track record of extrajudicial killings, suspicious deaths in custody, unlawful or arbitrary detention, torture, and abusive prosecutions, particularly targeting critics and dissidents.”
In fact, the UK directly raised its concerns about respect for human rights with Rwanda, and grants asylum to Rwandans who have fled the country, including four just last year.
“At a time when the people of the UK have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainians, the government is choosing to act with cruelty and rip up their obligations to others fleeing war and persecution.”
Greece: Migrants stripped, robbed, and forced to Turkey
Just one week earlier, Human Rights Watch on 7 April 2022 reported from Athens that Greek security forces are employing third country nationals, men who appear to be of Middle Eastern or South Asian origin, to push asylum seekers back at the Greece-Turkey land border.
“They then turn the migrants over to masked men, who force them onto small boats, take them to the middle of the Evros River, and force them into the frigid water, making them wade to the riverbank on the Turkish side. None are apparently being properly registered in Greece or allowed to lodge asylum claims.”
There can be no denying that the Greek government is responsible for the illegal pushbacks at its borders, and using proxies to carry out these illegal acts does not relieve it of any liability, said Bill Frelick, refugee and migrant rights director at Human Rights Watch.
“The European Commission should urgently open legal proceedings and hold the Greek government accountable for violating EU laws prohibiting collective expulsions.”
Human Rights Watch interviewed 26 Afghan migrants and asylum seekers, 23 of whom were pushed back from Greece to Turkey across the Evros River between September 2021 and February 2022.
The 23 men, 2 women, and a boy said they were detained by men they believed to be Greek authorities, usually for no more than 24 hours with little to no food or drinking water, and pushed back to Turkey.
“The men and boy provided first hand victim or witness accounts of Greek police or men they believed to be Greek police beating or otherwise abusing them.”
Greece uses of migrants as police auxiliaries in pushbacks
Sixteen of those interviewed by Human Rights Watch said the boats taking them back to Turkey were piloted by men who spoke Arabic or the South Asian languages common among migrants.
“They said most of these men wore black or commando-like uniforms and used balaclavas to cover their faces. Three people interviewed were able to talk with the men ferrying the boats. The boat pilots told them they were also migrants who were employed by the Greek police with promises of being provided with documents enabling them to travel onward.”
Reacting to this, Bill Frelick, refugee and migrant rights director at Human Rights Watch, said that at a time when Greece welcomes Ukrainians as ‘real refugees,’ it conducts cruel pushbacks on Afghans and others fleeing similar war and violence.
“The double standard makes a mockery of the purported shared European values of equality, rule of law, and human dignity.” (To be continued).
Nottinghamshire 50 for 0 trail Durham 230 (Dickson 54, Patterson-White 5-54) by 180 runs
Stuart Broad has shunned this game as what has the makings of part preparation, part election campaign ahead of the start of England’s Test summer, but Nottinghamshire prospered in his absence as they produced what was probably their best bowling day of the season. A surprise defeat against Glamorgan last week underlined that even such short-price favourites for Division Two can come a cropper and to dismiss Durham for only 230 in favourable batting conditions was an excellent response. They will expect to top 400-plus in reply.
Following their bore draw against Leicestershire last week, Durham’s keenest observers had feared more mental torture on what one observer described as “the turgid side of the square”. The pitch did appear to be just as placid and unresponsive, but they collapsed on it anyway, Sean Dickson’s pre-lunch half-century, replete with offside drives, the only innings of substance in a flaccid batting performance. They have also lost Liam Trevaskis, who needed a concussion substitute after he was twice hit on the helmet late in the afternoon session by the Australian quick, James Pattinson.
Strikingly, for Chester-le-Street in April, five wickets went to the left-arm spinner, Liam Patterson-White, who was born in nearby Sunderland before the family upped sticks for the Midlands and who bowled his 26.4 overs unchanged from before lunch to return 5 for 54 and keep the pace bowlers fresh while he did so.
Scott Borthwick gifted him a wicket, driving at a wide one to be caught at slip, as did Ben Raine, more forgivably, last out as he lofted to long-on. He also had three lbws, with both Keegan Petersen and Matthew Potts deceived low on the back foot. Somewhere along the line he turned one sharply which was the biggest shock of all. On a circuit not exactly renowned for English spin bowling, he is quietly building a decent career.
England’s premier fast bowlers have regularly been bracketed together since they were both omitted from the tour of the West Indies, but they have taken different tacks in this round of the Championship: James Anderson playing for Lancashire where he was outshone by Hasan Ali, Broad choosing to delay his entrance until Worcestershire head to Trent Bridge next week. As a centrally-contracted player, even one currently out of the side, it remains logical for him to prepare with the prospect of four back-to-back Tests in June and July and, in his mind, that is likely to mean only three Championship matches at Trent Bridge and Lord’s.
“At the end of the day, getting back into the England team for me is not about taking lots of wickets in Division Two,” Broad said in his Daily Mail column. “Whether I take 10 or 45 in that first period of the season will not be the main factor for me as a bowler with 537 Test wickets, and good form in my recent international appearances.
“For a bowler like me or Jimmy Anderson, it’s not so much about the numbers, it’s about being fit physically and mentally and ready for the battle and we won’t be in prime physical condition playing every week.”
For the much-criticised Championship, of course, becoming an occasional practice ground because of a non-stop fixture list both at county and international level is entirely detrimental. What could have been an intriguing match-up between Broad and Alex Lees – a contest that could have revealed something about their England qualities – existed only as a pang of regret that it would not take place. Lees also missed the game because of a back complaint. It is not just county cricket that does not serve England, it is England that does not serve England.
This is not to question Broad’s right under current structures to prepare as he sees fit. It is a curse of being so exceptional for so long that Anderson and Broad have automatically created a tension of succession because those who must one day replace them have yet to prove they are up to the job. Seniority brings with it knowledge, craft and strong opinions. It is their very raging against the dying of the light, as well as their skill, that has contributed to their exceptional longevity. And, if they can occasionally be cussed dressing room companions, as has often been intimated, then perhaps a certain amount of irritation is understandable as England have slipped towards the foot of the Test championship. It is down to others to out-perform them. There again, in a disparaged and diminished Championship where exactly do they do it?
Instead of displaying the best of English cricket, Chester-le-Street offered up leading South Africans and Australians by way of compensation. Dane Paterson had anticipated with relish meeting up with former Cape Cobras team-mates, Petersen and David Bedingham, suggesting their knowledge of each other’s game put him at an advantage, and his dismissal of Bedingham soon after lunch, edging one that hinted at inswing but failed to linger on that path, was a key moment in Durham’s afternoon collapse. Dickson, reinventing himself as a Championship opener at the age of 30, had departed the last ball before lunch, as Luke Fletcher took his 600th professional wicket.
The most disturbing moments came shortly before tea when Pattinson, who has a mean short ball, twice clanked Trevaskis on the helmet as he ducked into deliveries. The first blow rang out sickeningly around the members’ stand, but he passed his concussion test and continued; the second blow, which struck him barely above stump height, brought about his retirement from the game. George Drissell, a spin bowler signed in the close-season from Gloucestershire, was a like-for-like replacement. He was greeted by two bouncers, this time from Paterson, and must have briefly mused whether like-for-like replacements really had to withstand like-for-like deliveries.
David Hopps writes on county cricket for ESPNcricinfo @davidkhopps
Check out a new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear,” revealing new details about the upcoming sci-fi action adventure.
The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth alongside his commander and their crew. As Buzz tries to find a way back home through space and time, he’s joined by a group of ambitious recruits and his charming robot companion cat, Sox. Complicating matters and threatening the mission is the arrival of Zurg, an imposing presence with an army of ruthless robots and a mysterious agenda. A new poster and images are also available.
The film features the voices of Chris Evans as accomplished Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear, Uzo Aduba as his commander and best friend Alisha Hawthorne and Peter Sohn as Sox. Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi and Dale Soules lend their voices to the Junior Zap Patrol’s Izzy Hawthorne, Mo Morrison and Darby Steel, respectively, and James Brolin can be heard as the enigmatic Zurg.
The voice cast also includes Mary McDonald-Lewis as onboard computer I.V.A.N., Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Commander Burnside, Efren Ramirez as Airman Diaz, and Keira Hairston as Young Izzy. Directed by Angus MacLane (co-director “Finding Dory”), produced by Galyn Susman (“Toy Story That Time Forgot”) and featuring a score by award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (“The Batman,” “Up”), “Lightyear” opens only in theaters on June 17, 2022.
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What People Talk About the Movie Lightyear
One of the comments said “So it’s Pixar doing Lost in Space, Interstellar, Suicide Squad? Pretty good mix tbh I hope this is as good as it looks!“
Another said “Okay, Zurg in the Toy Story movie series was a decent character. Gotta love his design and how menacing he looked as a toy. The people behind the animated series kicked it up a bit design-wise and his voice made him more terrifying. Now… wow! How scary is Zurg now in the new Lightyear movie!? It’s like he got a major upgrade!“
And another said “I so love how menacing Zurg looks! This looks like a whole different world and perspective on Buzz and definitely a fresh feel, can’t wait for this to release!“
United States House of Representatives member Jared Huffman and 12 other lawmakers have requested the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, assess crypto mining firms potentially violating environmental statutes.
In a letter addressed to EPA administrator Michael Regan on Wednesday, Huffman said he and other Democratic House members had “serious concerns” around crypto firms in the United States reportedly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and not operating in accordance with either the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act. The lawmakers identified efforts to “re-open closed gas and coal facilities” as a means to produce energy for crypto mining operations as a particular area of concern, as well as “energy-inefficient” proof-of-work mining for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Monero (XMR), and Zcash (ZEC).
“Cryptocurrency mining is poisoning our communities,” said the letter. “The rapidly expanding cryptocurrency industry needs to be held accountable to ensure it operates in a sustainable and just manner to protect communities.”
In addition to air and water pollution as a result of energy production, the U.S. lawmakers pointed to “large amounts of electronic waste” due to crypto miners becoming obsolete, and “significant noise pollution” reported around communities with mining operations in New York, Tennessee and Georgia. House members including Representative Brad Sherman — who has previously called for a ban on cryptocurrencies in the United States — and progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signed the letter in support of action against mining firms.
“We request that the EPA evaluate PoW mining facilities’ compliance with environmental statutes, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and engage with the communities when reviewing permits,” said the letter to Regan. “Further, we ask that the EPA investigate and address any harm these existing PoW facilities are causing communities including, but not limited to, ensuring that electronic waste is responsibly disposed of, and noise pollution is abated.”
“As cryptocurrency continues to gain popularity and demand more mining, we must ensure communities are not left with the toxic burdens associated with this technology.”
The energy requirements for cryptocurrency miners continue to be controversial among policymakers in the U.S. and many other countries. Bloomberg reported in March that oil and gas giant ExxonMobil had been using excess gas from oil wells in North Dakota to run BTC miners as part of a pilot program started in January 2021. In addition, a New York state supreme court judge recently dismissed a petition requesting mining firm Greenidge Generation halt operations, saying organizations had failed to prove residents would suffer from an “environmental injury” with the company expanding.
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This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy
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The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
