Until a few years ago Mount Everest was that one those places where only the toughest of the toughest went and conquering the world’s tallest peak were celebrated. But over the years, any number of climbers have summited Everest and the numbers only keep growing. Nepal, which is one of the poorest countries in the world encouraged climbers from around the world to take an expedition to Mount Everest as it brought in some much-needed revenue for the country.

The record number of climbers crowding the world’s highest mountain this season has left a government cleanup crew grappling with how to clear away everything from abandoned tents to human waste that threatens drinking water.

Everest has so much garbage — depleted oxygen cylinders, food packaging, rope — that climbers use the trash as a kind of signpost. But this year’s haul from an estimated 700 climbers, guides and porters on the mountain has been a shock to the ethnic Sherpas who worked on the government’s cleanup drive this spring.

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Isabela Moner dans “Dora et la Cité perdue” (en salles cette semaine), Philippe Lacheau dans “Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon”… Retour sur 12 célébrités qui ont incarné des personnages de séries animées au cinéma.

1. Philippe Lacheau est Nicky Larson
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Fan du Club Dorothée dans son enfance, le réalisateur de Babysitting décide de consacrer son nouveau long métrage à la série animée culte des années 90 et met en scène Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon, dans lequel il prête lui-même ses traits au détective dragueur.

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Max Verstappen’s race weekend got off to a disappointing start in Baku on Friday, completing a limited number of laps out on the track before an oil leak sidelined him for the remainder of the morning session.

Although he was able to post the seventh fastest time in the afternoon after his car was repaired, Verstappen admitted that the loss of track time in the morning had inevitably put him on the back foot this weekend.

“Yes of course, if you don’t do that many laps in the first free practice – only three and they’re not on the limit – you miss a little bit of car set-up.

“From a driver point of view you also more few laps to get comfortable so that’s why the second practice was not perfect for us.

“We definitely have some work to do, but I’m not shocked – it’s okay. We still need to find a bit, but I think we have some very clever engineers up there to solve the problem.”

Verstappen said that he was enjoying the track overall, with its mix of slow tight corners and long fast straights.

“It’s quite okay to drive. Just sometimes the run-off areas are a bit tight. I went wide in turn 3 and I had to reverse twice to get out of it again, so that’s not ideal. But in general the track itself is quite fun to drive.

“Some kerbs are coming off I heard. I think out of turn six, I saw Sebastian went over the kerb and the kerb came up so we need to have a discussion. Maybe the exit of the pit lane is also not ideal so maybe open it up a bit. We’ll see.”

One thing that was noted by all teams was how much extra time drivers could make if they got into the slipstream or ‘tow’ of a car in front doen the two kilometre long straight. However Verstappen didn’t expect to see teams being able to make much use of this in qualifying.

“That would always help but the problem is you don’t have so much time in qualifying, so if one guy has to give up one lap then it’s maybe a chance he doesn’t make it to the next round of qualifying so it will be tricky but for sure it gives you three or four tenths.”

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nebraska state champion Papillion-LaVista took over the top spot in this week’s NFCA Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll after two-time defending state champion East Coweta lost twice in the Georgia Class 7A elite eight at the South Commons Complex in Columbus, Ga.

The (36-0) Monarchs ascended to the throne for the first time, ending East Coweta’s run of nine straight weeks at the No. 1 spot. Papillion-LaVista captured its second Nebraska Class A championship in the last three years two weeks ago. It was the Monarchs’ fifth consecutive appearance in the state final.

East Coweta (33-2), meanwhile, suffered as many losses last week — two — as it has had in the last two previous seasons combined. After edging Parkview, 4-3 in 10 innings, last Thursday, the Indians were shocked by eventual Class 7A titlist Mountain View, 1-0 in eight, later that night. An 8-2 loss to Peachtree Ridge on Friday closed their season and ended a three-year run during which they went a remarkable 101-4.

Wesleyan (31-2) slipped one spot to fourth after falling to Georgia Class A private champion Mount de Sales twice last week. The Wolves lost 4-2 in their elite eight opener and then 2-0 in the title contest, after winning three games to earn the rematch.

Elsewhere, Columbine (25-2) moved up to No. 5 after capturing the Colorado state 5A crown, beating two-time defending titlist Legend in the quarterfinals on Friday; No. 6 Westfield (24-2) claimed the Georgia Independent School Association tournament; and Banks County (31-3) is now 19th after winning the Georgia state Class AA championship.

Erie (16-7) returned to the rankings this week at No. 21 after outslugging Golden, 13-9, in Saturday’s Colorado state Class 4A final.

State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the NFCA Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll. Teams are chosen based on performance, roster quality and strength of schedule. Five states — Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri — play a fall fastpitch schedule, while Iowa recently completed its summer season.

NFCA Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 31, 2019

Rank

Team

2019 Record

Previous

1

Papillion-LaVista (Neb.)

36-0

2

2

East Coweta (Ga.)

33-2

1

3

Collins-Maxwell (Iowa)

27-1

4

4

Wesleyan (Ga.)

31-2

3

5

Columbine (Colo.)

25-2

12

6

Westfield (Ga.)

24-2

5

7

Assumption (Iowa)

41-2

8

8

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Broken Arrow (Okla.)

37-2

9

9

Rock Canyon (Colo.)

22-2

6

10

Holy Family (Colo.)

25-2

7

11

Sequoyah (Tahlequah, Okla.)

42-3

10

12

Elkhorn (Neb.)

30-5

11

13

Silo (Okla.)

38-3

14

14

Golden (Colo.)

24-3

15

15

Loveland (Colo.)

22-3

13

16

Grand Junction Central (Colo.)

22-4

16

17

Binger-Oney (Okla.)

30-3

17

18

North Gwinnett (Ga.)

27-3

18

19

Banks County (Ga.)

31-3

22

20

Kiowa (Okla.)

40-4

19

21

Erie (Colo.)

16-7

NR

22

Chatfield (Colo.)

19-4

21

23

Prairie View (Colo.)

19-6

20

24

Beatrice (Neb.)

32-6

23

25

Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.)

25-5

25

Dropped out: Skutt Catholic (Neb.)

Après être apparu à la fin du premier opus, Woody Harrelson sera bien de retour dans “Venom 2”, dans le rôle du super-vilain Carnage.

Le supervilain Carnage est confirmé pour Venom 2 ! Collider a pu rencontrer le directeur de la photo Robert Richardson qui va mettre en images les nouvelles aventures d’Eddie Brock sous la direction du réalisateur Andy Serkis. Richardson a confirmé que le comédien Woody Harrelson serait bien de la partie et reprendrait le rôle de Carnage, qu’il tenait dans la scène post-générique du premier Venom. Il affrontera donc Tom Hardy, qui rempile dans le rôle d’Eddie alias le symbiote.

Cletus Kasady dit Carnage devait initialement avoir un rôle plus imposant dans Venom premier du nom, mais s’était finalement retrouvé en scène bonus à la fin du film. Dans cette séquence, Eddie allait interviewer un détenu qui lui déclare : “lorsque je sortirais, ce qui arrivera, je vais faire un carnage”. Il s’agit comme Venom d’un porteur de symbiote.

Le directeur de la photo Robert Richardson a déjà travaillé avec Serkis sur Breathe, sa première réalisation. Il avait également exercé son art dans Platoon, Casino, Shutter Island, les Kill Bill, World War Z, Les Huit salopards et Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

Venom 2 sera coécrit par Tom Hardy avec Kelly Marcel, qui officiait déjà sur le premier volet. Le film fait partie du “Spider-verse” prévu par Sony et il est décorrélé de Marvel Studios et des Avengers. Le divorce récent entre Disney et Sony quant à l’utilisation de Spider-Man n’impacte pas le projet ni son avancée.

Le premier “Venom” avait rapporté 856 millions de dollars :

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Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows explains how his team deals with the FIA’s restrictions on F1 radio communications, but admits “it’s impossible to make a complete list of what you can say and what you can’t say”.

The governing body implemented the fresh clampdown ahead of the current season in a bid to put more decision-making power back into the drivers’ hands.

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The topic was back in the spotlight last weekend in Baku where both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton suffered engine settings problems

Although Mercedes could see what was wrong on their W07s, the two-time Constructors’ champions could not tell their drivers, which left Hamilton fuming after the race.

“For 2016, it’s much more restrictive than previous seasons, certainly on engine modes, gearbox modes, start procedures,” Meadows said in the latest instalment of the Silver Arrows Show on YouTube. “That’s why you’re seeing so much variation at the start and in performance.

“First of all, we need to make sure we don’t blurt something out on the radio to the driver that could get us in trouble.

“If we need to say something that is not within the regulations, we need to speak to Race Control on the pit wall and we’ll make request to [FIA race director] Charlie Whiting.

“Once we realise and understand what the problem is, we need to send him a data sheet of where we are, and speak to various engineers from our side and on the FIA and see what course of action we need to take to fix the problem.”

“We need to show him this is safety-critical or that there is a good chance the car will not finish without these various communications and he’ll make a call.

“[In Baku] we were also speaking to people back in Brixworth and Brackley as well as engineers at the back of the garage and the race engineers, trying to figure out what the issue was between us. Once we understood it, it was trying to communicate that to Lewis.”

Speaking about how Mercedes can prepare to prevent similar problems at future races, Meadows added: “It’s just a better understanding of the regulations and also what you can actually ask because it’s quite subjective at the moment and it’s impossible to make a complete list of what you can say and what you can’t say.

“As you go through the process of the whole weekend and races, the list is updated on a weekly basis. Charlie does not want to hinder. He wants all drivers to finish the race but he does not want us to drive the car for them.”

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In a tragic incident, a young leopard was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve in Mandla district. According to forest officials, the leopard was poisoned by villagers. The carcass was found near Narna pond, a few paces from a cow it had killed, a report in the Times of India said. Officials have sent both carcasses for autopsy and forensic examination. Initial tests say the leopard was poisoned.

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Villagers may have poisoned the cow carcass, knowing well that leopards return to their kill to feed. Officials are trying to find out if compensation was paid for the cattle kill.

7 ans presque jour pour jour après son dernier film, Costa-Gavras, 86 ans, revient à la réalisation avec Adults in the Room. Découvrez les premières images de ce long-métrage qui sortira en salles le 6 novembre.

En 2012, Costa-Gavras s’attaquait au monde de la finance avec Le Capital, pamphlet grinçant sur un univers sans foi ni loi. Cette fois, le cinéaste a jeté son dévolu sur la crise en Europe, plus précisément sur les négociations de l’Eurogroupe de 2015 au sujet de la dette de la Grèce.

Adults in the Room est une adaptation des mémoires du politicien Yanis Varoufakis, Conversations entre adultes. Dans les coulisses très secrètes de l’Europe. Dans ce livre choc, l’ancien ministre grec des finances dézinguait avec force l’Union européenne après son expérience au coeur de celle-ci. Varoufakis a dû se battre avec férocité afin d’éviter à son pays de nouvelles mesures d’austérité en renégociant les termes de l’aide européenne. Le bras de fer entre la Grèce et l’UE avait défrayé la chronique à l’époque.

Costa-Gavras décrit son film comme “une tragédie grecque antique dans les temps modernes. C’est l’histoire d’un pays et de son peuple, prisonnier d’un réseau de pouvoir, le cercle vicieux des réunions de l’Eurogroupe qui ont imposé la dictature de l’austérité à la Grèce.”

Le cinéaste nous conduit dans les coulisses du pouvoir, au coeur de la crise grecque de 2015 qui a secoué l’Europe. Plusieurs grandes figures politiques sont dépeintes dans le film. Alexandros Bourdomis incarne notamment le Premier ministre grec Alexis Tsipras. Côté français, Pierre Moscovici, commissaire européen aux Affaires économiques et financières, est campé par Aurélien Recoing. Le politicien a joué un rôle majeur dans la résolution de la crise grecque.

On retrouve aussi Christine Lagarde, directrice du FMI, jouée par Josiane Pinson, Michel Sapin, interprété par Vincent Nemeth et Yanis Varoufakis, incarné par Christos Loulis. Enfin, l’actrice italienne Valeria Golino prête ses traits à Danae Stratou, l’épouse du ministre grec. Cette plongée dans les méandres d’un pouvoir obscur rappelle par certains aspects les récents El Presidente et Les Confessions. Ces longs-métrages mettent en scène un Etat dans l’Etat où sont prises certaines décisions capitales sans l’approbation du peuple.

Présenté en avant-première mondiale à la Mostra de Venise le 31 août, Adults in the Room sort en France le 6 novembre prochain.

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