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Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) è un film del 1975 diretto da Miloš Forman.

È tratto dal romanzo omonimo di Ken Kesey, pubblicato nel 1962 e tradotto in italiano nel 1976 da Rizzoli. L'autore scrisse il libro in seguito alla propria esperienza da volontario all'interno del Veterans Administration Hospital di Palo Alto, in California.

Ha segnato la storia del cinema trattando per la prima volta un argomento molto delicato, cioè il disagio presente negli ospedali psichiatrici statali, denunciando il trattamento inumano riservato ai pazienti ospitati in tali strutture, verso i quali vigeva un atteggiamento discriminatorio, alimentato dalla paura dell'aggressività che a volte, ma non sempre, caratterizza la malattia mentale.

È uno dei tre film nella storia del cinema (insieme a Accadde una notte di Frank Capra e Il silenzio degli innocenti di Jonathan Demme) ad aver vinto alla cerimonia degli Oscar i cosiddetti Big Five, i premi come miglior film, miglior regista, miglior attore, miglior attrice e migliore sceneggiatura non originale.

Nel 1993 è stato scelto per la conservazione nel National Film Registry della Biblioteca del Congresso degli Stati Uniti. Nel 1998 l'American Film Institute l'ha inserito al ventesimo posto della classifica dei migliori cento film statunitensi di tutti i tempi, mentre dieci anni dopo, nella lista aggiornata, è sceso al trentatreesimo posto.

Il titolo
Il "nido del cuculo" (cuckoo's nest) al quale si fa riferimento nel titolo è un'espressione impiegata nel gergo statunitense per indicare un manicomio. Esiste anche una filastrocca che contiene il seguente verso: Three geese in a flock, one flew East, one flew West, one flew over the cuckoo's nest ("Uno stormo di tre oche, una volò ad est, una volò ad ovest, una volò sul nido del cuculo"). Di questa filastrocca non c'è traccia nel film, mentre costituisce uno degli elementi essenziali del romanzo di Kesey. Tale espressione ha un significato simbolico: il cuculo è un uccello che non costruisce nidi, dato che utilizza i nidi di altri uccelli per deporre le proprie uova. Nel caso del film, il "nido" è rappresentato dal manicomio stesso e i pazienti al suo interno sono le 'uova' che la società (il "cuculo") ha deposto per isolarli dal mondo; il "qualcuno" che "vola" sul nido del cuculo del titolo è il personaggio interpretato da Jack Nicholson, Randle Patrick McMurphy, che con la sua presenza smaschera il carattere repressivo e carcerario dell'istituzione.

Trama
Nel 1963 un uomo di nome Randle Patrick McMurphy, incarcerato per aver fatto sesso con una quindicenne, viene ricoverato all'ospedale psichiatrico di stato di Salem per non finire ai lavori forzati. Il dottor John Spivey, primario della struttura, spiega a McMurphy che dovrà essere trattenuto solo per essere osservato e che, nel caso in cui non gli vengano diagnosticati disturbi mentali, ritornerà a scontare la propria pena in carcere. McMurphy viene assegnato al reparto gestito dall'infermiera Mildred Ratched, donna dal carattere freddo, spietato ed aggressivo, che intimidisce i pazienti.

Malgrado sappia di essere sotto osservazione, McMurphy tiene in reparto un comportamento anticonformista, non rispettando le regole che disciplinano la vita dei degenti: fa il verso a un paziente nativo americano imitando una danza tribale, non prende la propria medicina giornaliera (sputandola in faccia a un altro paziente) e gioca a basket da solo ignorando il gruppo. Quando gli viene negato di vedere le partite di baseball in TV, propone di sfondare una finestra con un pesante lavabo, ma nessuno riesce a sollevarlo dal pavimento. Successivamente si improvvisa radiocronista di un'immaginaria partita di baseball, sobilla gli altri degenti a fare rumore e così inizia ad essere preso in antipatia dall'infermiera Ratched. Qualche giorno dopo McMurphy organizza una goliardata: si impossessa dell'autobus a servizio dell'ospedale e lo usa per condurre gli altri pazienti a pescare su una barca rubata, spacciando sé stesso e gli altri per un gruppo di medici dell'istituto psichiatrico. Giocando a carte vince tutte le sigarette dei suoi compagni, costringendo la Ratched a razionarle. Ne nasce un violento parapiglia e McMurphy si scaglia contro un infermiere, anziché rimanere indifferente, come fanno tutti ad eccezione di un altro paziente e del nativo americano, il corpulento sordomuto Bromden, che McMurphy ha iniziato a soprannominare "Grande Capo". A seguito di ciò il protagonista viene creduto aggressivo e sottoposto ad elettroshock nel tentativo di placarlo.

Seguendo l'esempio di McMurphy, i degenti decidono di provare ad esprimere liberamente le proprie necessità, opponendosi alla rigida disciplina imposta dalla caporeparto. McMurphy, tra tutti i pazienti del suo reparto, stringe amicizia in particolare con Billy Bibbit, un ragazzo introverso e affetto da balbuzie che prova un autentico terrore verso sua madre, e con Bromden, e comprende quella che lui chiama "la disonestà di fondo di Mildred", per poi decidere, assieme ai degenti, di cercare di smontarla. I pazienti acquistano coscienza di essere comunque persone rispettabili nonostante le loro malattie e provano ammirazione per le aspirazioni libertarie di McMurphy. Questi intanto si è reso conto che l'ospedale psichiatrico non è un luogo adatto a lui ed è convinto di poterlo lasciare alla scadenza della pena; dopo 68 giorni, però, un inserviente gli fa capire che non sarà così, quindi McMurphy ritiene opportuno tentare la fuga.

McMurphy scopre poi che Bromden, da sempre, si finge sordomuto quando in realtà sente e parla benissimo, ed avrebbe anche le capacità per evadere ma è troppo spaventato dalle possibili conseguenze e dal mondo esterno, riuscendo tuttavia a trovare nella figura ispiratrice di McMurphy la forza per andarsene, quindi i due decidono di scappare insieme in Canada. Dopo aver corrotto la guardia di turno, organizzano una festicciola notturna per dare l'ultimo saluto ai compagni, facendo persino entrare di soppiatto due prostitute. McMurphy purtroppo si ubriaca e alla fine, anziché scappare, si addormenta sul pavimento, insieme a tutti gli altri, esausto per la baldoria. La mattina seguente l'infermiera Ratched trova il reparto sottosopra, con molti degenti addormentati per terra e Billy, che nel frattempo aveva smesso di balbettare, a letto con una delle ragazze. Billy, di fronte all'ennesima violenza psicologica subita (la minaccia della Ratched di riferire alla madre di Billy ciò che lui ha fatto), ricomincia a balbettare, viene colto dalla paura e, in preda ad un raptus, si suicida. Di fronte all'evidente responsabilità della Ratched, McMurphy reagisce violentemente e tenta di strangolarla, ma, quando sta per riuscirci, un inserviente lo stordisce. Di fronte a quest'ultimo episodio, la commissione medica si convince definitivamente che McMurphy sia un malato pericoloso e che questa sua aggressività vada curata con una lobotomia.

Mentre tutti i degenti si chiedono dove sia finito e qualcuno pensa che sia effettivamente fuggito, una notte McMurphy, appena lobotomizzato e totalmente istupidito, viene ricondotto in reparto. Bromden, vedendo il suo amico in queste condizioni, senza più coscienza e forza di volontà, decide di non abbandonarlo al proprio destino e, convinto che non valga la pena di lasciarlo vivere in quello stato, lo uccide soffocandolo con un cuscino, per poi strappare da terra il pesante lavabo di marmo visto all'inizio, scagliarlo contro la finestra e fuggire dalla breccia, correndo lontano verso la libertà, in Canada, con Taber che scoppia a ridere sguaiatamente osservando la scena.

Cast e produzione
Kirk Douglas aveva inizialmente destinato a se stesso il ruolo del personaggio protagonista fin da quando acquistò i diritti per la produzione del film. Suo figlio Michael, dopo che il padre gli ebbe ceduto la produzione, decise che Kirk era troppo anziano per quella parte. Il ruolo di McMurphy venne inizialmente offerto a James Caan, che rifiutò. Si pensò anche a Marlon Brando e a Gene Hackman, prima di assegnare definitivamente la parte a Jack Nicholson.

Il ruolo della protagonista femminile venne rifiutato da ben sei note attrici (Anne Bancroft, Tippi Hedren, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn e Angela Lansbury), finché Louise Fletcher l'accettò appena una settimana prima dell'inizio delle riprese.

Ellen Burstyn rifiutò il ruolo poiché all'epoca doveva prendersi cura del marito malato mentalmente. Il ruolo, cucito su misura per la Burstyn, ha portato gli inesperti a confondere tra loro le due attrici (Fletcher e Burstyn), tanto da elogiare in prima persona Ellen Burstyn per la parte in realtà interpretata da Louise Fletcher.

Le riprese si sono svolte tra il gennaio e marzo del 1975 tra gli stati dell'Oregon e della California. Per studiare la parte, gli attori hanno partecipato a delle sedute di psicoterapia insieme ai pazienti. Il film fu girato in un vero ospedale psichiatrico; Dean R. Brooks, che interpreta il dottor Spivey, era un vero medico psichiatra dell'ospedale dove è stato girato il film.

L'autore del romanzo, Ken Kesey, a causa di controversie legali con la produzione, si è sempre rifiutato di vedere il film.

Nel 1963 dal libro era stato tratto anche un adattamento teatrale di Dale Wassermann, di cui però non si è mai tenuto conto nella sceneggiatura del film. Tuttavia, l'adattamento venne elencato nei titoli di coda.

Distribuzione
La pellicola uscì negli Usa il 20 novembre 1975 e in Italia il 12 marzo 1976. Gli incassi furono di oltre 112 milioni di dollari. Dal 1975 al 1987 la pellicola è stata proiettata nei cinematografi svedesi, ottenendo un record.

In Italia il film è stato vietato ai minori di 14 anni a causa di linguaggio scurrile.

Colonna sonora

Jack Nitzsche compose la notevole colonna sonora del film, che gli valse una nomination all'Oscar, premio che poi si aggiudicò John Williams per la colonna sonora de Lo squalo, di Steven Spielberg.
 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Opening Theme)
 Medication Valse
 Bus Ride To Paradise
 Cruising
 Trolling
 Aloha Los Pescadores
 Charmaine
 Play The Game
 Last Dance
 Act Of Love
 Jingle Bells
 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Closing Theme)

Il brano che fa arrabbiare McMurphy perché suonato a volume troppo alto è Charmaine, in una versione del 1951, suonata dall'orchestra Mantovani. La musica di tale brano fu scritta nel 1926 da Erno Rapee, le parole da Lew Pollack e fu pubblicata nel 1927 a San Francisco da Sherman, Clay & Co. Fu suonata alla fisarmonica da Gorni Kramer e cantata da Jula de Palma nel 1953 e da Frank Sinatra nel 1962.

Critica

La pellicola ha vinto un totale di ventotto premi. Da parte dei critici ha ottenuto recensioni contrastanti. Il noto critico cinematografico Roger Ebert ha sostenuto che Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo «è una pellicola così buona in tante sue parti che c'è la tentazione di perdonarla quando va male, cioè nei momenti in cui insiste sul fare più grandi certi punti di quel che la storia realmente dovrebbe trasmettere, di modo che alla fine le qualità umane dei personaggi si perdono nel significato dell'insieme. Malgrado ciò ci sono dei momenti di luminosità». Ebert successivamente metterà la pellicola sulla sua "lista di grandi film".

Malgrado il film sia per la maggior parte svolto nel dormitorio/soggiorno di un reparto psichiatrico, vengono dibattuti temi universali e fondamentali della vita, come la contestazione, i diritti dell'individuo, la violenza sessuale sui minori, le intolleranze etnico-culturali verso i nativi americani, la letteratura americana, il disagio psichico, la follia, l'handicap e la malattia mentale in rapporto con la società. E ovviamente il film pone l'accento sulla tematica degli abusi psichiatrici, ancora e sempre attuale, che viene oggi denunciata su vari fronti, dalla Associazione telefono viola sugli abusi psichiatrici, per esempio, per aiutare i familiari a contenere gli errori terapeutici.

La gita di pesca nella baia Depoe (Oregon) è stata aggiunta alla fine e inserita a metà, forse per interrompere la ripetitività della descrizione delle sedute di psicoterapia di gruppo. Malgrado il rischio di essere noiose, queste sedute di psicoterapia non sono monotone. Ogni componente viene descritto e rappresentato con molto realismo e i personaggi sono fedeli al loro stato di malattia in ogni momento. La conduttrice delle sedute di psicoterapia di gruppo, la signora Ratched, esprime lei stessa la propria sofferenza psichica, cercando di prendere le distanze dalla malattia mentale, che pretende di chiarificare, sforzandosi di inquadrarla in un insieme di rigide regole, come se la malattia psichiatrica si potesse curare con un insieme di imposizioni. Così, la signora Ratched finisce per usare in modo autoritario la sua funzione terapeutica, rendendosi antipatica e disumana. Le fa da contraltare un paziente, il protagonista McMurphy, abituato a infischiarsene di qualsiasi regola.

Viene presentato un ospedale psichiatrico modello, con campo di basket, piscina, sala per l'idromassaggio e dormitorio. I pazienti sono suddivisi per gravità di malattia, per cui i meno gravi non devono sopportare la malattia dei più gravi. I meno gravi sono relativamente liberi e vengono spesso condotti in città con l'autobus. I medici compaiono poco, si vedono solo nei propri studi a dare disparati giudizi sulla salute mentale e sulla pericolosità di McMurphy. Inoltre nel film, vengono mostrati due metodi di terapia della malattia mentale grave comuni negli anni cinquanta, l'elettroshock e la lobotomia.

Molti critici hanno visto nel romanzo da cui è stato tratto il film una metafora della vita che anticipa il 1968, l'anno della contestazione giovanile. McMurphy e la Ratched sarebbero le due facce della stessa medaglia, come McMurphy rappresenta lo scontro violento contro l'autorità, la Ratched rappresenta quell'autorità al potere che non si può scalzare.

Riconoscimenti
 1976 - Premio Oscar
 Miglior film a Michael Douglas e Saul Zaentz
 Miglior regia a Miloš Forman
 Miglior attore protagonista a Jack Nicholson
 Miglior attrice protagonista a Louise Fletcher
 Migliore sceneggiatura non originale a Lawrence Hauben e Bo Goldman
 Nomination Miglior attore non protagonista a Brad Dourif
 Nomination Migliore fotografia a Haskell Wexler e Bill Butler
 Nomination Miglior montaggio a Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman e Sheldon Kahn
 Nomination Miglior colonna sonora a Jack Nitzsche
 1976 - Golden Globe
 Miglior film drammatico a Michael Douglas e Saul Zaentz
 Miglior regia a Miloš Forman
 Miglior attore in un film drammatico a Jack Nicholson
 Miglior attrice in un film drammatico a Louise Fletcher
 Miglior attore debuttante a Brad Dourif
 Migliore sceneggiatura a Lawrence Hauben e Bo Goldman
 1977 - Premio BAFTA
 Miglior film a Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz e Miloš Forman
 Miglior regia a Miloš Forman
 Miglior attore protagonista a Jack Nicholson
 Miglior attrice protagonista a Louise Fletcher
 Miglior attore non protagonista a Brad Dourif
 Miglior montaggio a Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman e Sheldon Kahn
 Nomination Migliore sceneggiatura non originale a Lawrence Hauben e Bo Goldman
 Nomination Migliore fotografia a Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler e William A. Fraker
 Nomination Miglior colonna sonora originale a Jack Nitzsche
 Nomination Miglior colonna sonora adattata a Mary McGlone, Robert R. Rutledge, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost e Mark Berger
 1977 - Premio César
 Nomination Miglior film straniero (USA)
 1977 - Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
 Migliore regia a Miloš Forman
 1975 - National Board of Review Award
 Miglior attore protagonista a Jack Nicholson
 Migliori dieci film
 1975 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award
 Miglior film
 1976 - David di Donatello
 Migliore regista straniero a Miloš Forman
 Miglior attore straniero a Jack Nicholson
 1976 - Nastro d'argento
 Migliore regia a Miloš Forman
 1975 - New York Film Critics Circle Award
 Miglior attore protagonista a Jack Nicholson
 Nomination Miglior attrice non protagonista a Louise Fletcher
 1975 - National Society of Film Critics Award
 Miglior attore protagonista a Jack Nicholson
 1976 - Writers Guild of America
 Writers Guild of America Award a Lawrence Hauben e Bo Goldman
 1976 - Premio Bodil
 Migliore film non europeo a Miloš Forman
 1977 - People's Choice Awards
 Miglior film
 1977 - Grammy Award
 Miglior colonna sonora a Jack Nitzsche
 1976 - American Cinema Editors
 Nomination Miglior montaggio a Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman e Sheldon Kahn
 1976 - Directors Guild of America
 Migliore regia a Milos Forman, Joel Douglas, Irby Smith e William Saint John (Assistenti Registi)
 1977 - Golden Screen
 Golden Screen Award
 1977 - Kinema Junpo Awards
 Miglior regista straniero a Miloš Forman
 1977 - Sant Jordi Award
 Miglior attore straniero a Jack Nicholson
 1976 - Writers Guild of America
 Migliore sceneggiatura a Lawrence Hauben e Bo Goldman

Spin-off
La serie televisiva Ratched fa da spin-off al film.

Citazioni e riferimenti

 Parte del discorso del signor Harding, durante la terapia di gruppo, è stato usato quale incipit del brano Shadows that Move dei Mastodon.
 La canzone dei Metallica Welcome Home (Sanitarium) è ispirata dal film.
 Nella versione in lingua originale del film Philadelphia il protagonista malato di AIDS interpretato da Tom Hanks, durante una seduta di terapia con flebo (che avrebbe voluto non fare), al compagno Antonio Banderas (infermiere per l'occasione) risponde stizzito: «Miss Ratched!», un chiaro riferimento alla durezza dell'infermiera protagonista del film.
 Nel film Jack, il protagonista Jack, interpretato da Robin Williams, viene coinvolto dai compagni di scuola a giocare a pallacanestro e, dal momento che lui non sa giocare, ma è molto più alto e grosso degli altri, gli viene detto di rimanere sotto canestro e di tenere le braccia alte. La scena ha forti similitudini con quella in cui McMurphy coinvolge "Grande Capo" a giocare a pallacanestro nel campetto dell'ospedale psichiatrico.
 Nel film Berlin Calling è riproposta la "festa" all'interno di un ospedale psichiatrico, con alcol e prostitute.
 Nel film L'incredibile Hulk vi è una scena in cui Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) viene sottoposto a elettroshock. La sequenza è molto simile a quella del film di Forman.
 Il film è stato parodiato sia dai Green Day nel videoclip di Basket Case che dagli Oasis per Sunday Morning Call.
 Il doppio episodio "piegato" (Broken) della  sesta stagione della serie Dr. House - Medical Division presenta parecchie similitudini con il film. Il famoso medico protagonista, ricoverato in un ospedale psichiatrico dopo la disintossicazione si trova a vivere una condizione di "sano tra i malati"; inoltre, molte delle situazioni proposte (come le terapie di gruppo) nell'episodio ricalcano le scene cruciali del film.
 Nel film Batman di Tim Burton, nella scena finale in cui Batman arriva in cima al campanile della cattedrale, il Joker (Jack Nicholson) lo accoglie con la frase: «È proprio un destino, stavolta nel nido mi è volato un pipistrello!».
 Nel videoclip di The Real Slim Shady il cantante Eminem ripropone scene del film.
 Nell'episodio Astroburgher della serie TV IZombie Major appena uscito da un ospedale psichiatrico dice: «Un grosso indiano ha spaccato la finestra e sono scappato», un chiaro riferimento ad una scena del film.
 Una delle strisce di Cattivik si intitola "Qualcuno volò sul nido dell'amore".
 Il video del brano del gruppo inglese dei Kasabian dal titolo I Am In Love With A Psicho del 2016 è visibilmente ispirato al film.
 Nella serie televisiva Ratched, prequel alle vicende del film, creata da Ryan Murphy e distribuita da Netflix, Sarah Paulson interpreta una versione giovane dell'infermiera Ratched.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film grotteschi
Film diretti da Miloš Forman
Film basati su opere di narrativa
Premi Oscar al miglior film
Golden Globe per il miglior film drammatico
Premi BAFTA al miglior film
Film sui disturbi psichiatrici
Film conservati nel National Film Registry


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Families are invited to celebrate summer with the classic musical tale of Dorothy and friends.
June 26, 2015 – Drexel Hill, PA. Family members are invited to travel along the yellow brick road in an adventure like no other as Upper Darby Summer Stage opens its 40th season with "The Wizard of Oz." Performances are July 8, 9 and 10 at 10:30 a.m. and on July 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are affordably priced at $7-10 and can be purchased online at www.udpac.org or by calling the box office: 610.622.1189. The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center is located in Drexel Hill at 601 N. Lansdowne Avenue, minutes from the Main Line and Center City. The show is approximately 70 minutes, with no intermission. Parking is free.
For the first time in 40-year history, Summer Stage will put a modern twist on the production, as it will fill its vast stage with virtual scenery that will create a fast-moving and exciting backdrop for the action happening onstage.
A Summer Stage show is a unique experience. Young audience members are invited to come early to performances to participate in fun pre-show activities and stay after the show to meet cast members. "The Wizard of Oz" is ideal for ages four and up and free babysitting is offered for those who are too young to enjoy the show quietly.


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The Metallica 'Blacklist' Covers Album Hits No. 7 on Billboard Top Album Sales Chart
Joe DiVita Published: October 13, 2021
Raymond Ahner, Loudwire
Three things in life are certain: death, taxes and that Metallica will dominate the charts with every chance they get. Billboard has now reported that The Metallica Blacklist, the 53-track covers album of only "Black Album" songs, has peaked at No. 7 on the Top Album Sales chart for the week ending on Oct. 7.
In a truly impressive feat, Metallica reached this mark in the second week after the star-studded tribute record was released with a total of 8,000 physical copies sold after first being available for purchase as a digital download, per another Billboard report. Of that total, 6,300 copies were CDs while vinyl made up the difference at 1,400 units.
Unsurprisingly, these sales figures also earned Metallica the top spot on Billboard's Compilation Albums chart, with more accolades coming by way of a No. 12 placement on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 4 on the Hard Rock Albums chart and the No. 103 position on the Billboard 200.
The Metallica Blacklist loosely coincided with Metallica's 30th anniversary reissue of their historic self-titled 1991 record, better known as the "Black Album" due to its black-on-black cover art. The set includes covers by Ghost, Corey Taylor, Volbeat, Royal Blood, Weezer and so many more rock and metal icons as well as high profile artists from outside the realm of heavy music. See the full track listing directly below.
The Metallica Blacklist Covers Album Track Listing
1. Alessia Cara & The Warning - "Enter Sandman"
2. Mac DeMarco - "Enter Sandman"
3. Ghost - "Enter Sandman"
4. Juanes - "Enter Sandman"
5. Rina Sawayama - "Enter Sandman"
6. Weezer - "Enter Sandman"
7. Sam Fender - "Sad But True (Live)"
8. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - "Sad But True"
9. Mexican Institute of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX - "Sad But True"
10. Royal Blood - "Sad But True"
11. St. Vincent - "Sad But True"
12. White Reaper - "Sad But True"
13. YB - "Sad But True"
14. Biffy Clyro - "Holier Than Thou"
15. The Chats - "Holier Than Thou"
16. OFF! - "Holier Than Thou"
17. PUP - "Holier Than Thou"
18. Corey Taylor - "Holier Than Thou"
19. Cage The Elephant - "The Unforgiven"
20. Vishal Dadlani, DIVINE, Shor Police - "The Unforgiven"
21. Diet Cig - "The Unforgiven"
22. Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch - "The Unforgiven"
23. Ha*Ash - "The Unforgiven"
24. José Madero - "The Unforgiven"
25. Moses Sumney - "The Unforgiven"
26. J Balvin - "Wherever I May Roam"
27. Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee - "Wherever I May Roam"
28. The Neptunes - "Wherever I May Roam"
29. Jon Pardi - "Wherever I May Roam"
30. SebastiAn - "Don't Tread on Else Matters"
31. Portugal. The Man - "Don't Tread on Me"
32. Volbeat - "Don't Tread on Me"
33. The HU - "Through the Never"
34. Tomi Owó - "Through the Never"
35. Phoebe Bridgers - "Nothing Else Matters"
36. Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith - "Nothing Else Matters"
37. Dave Gahan - "Nothing Else Matters"
38. Mickey Guyton - "Nothing Else Matters"
39. Dermot Kennedy - "Nothing Else Matters"
40. Mon Laferte - "Nothing Else Matters"
41. Igor Levit - "Nothing Else Matters"
42. My Morning Jacket - "Nothing Else Matters"
43. PG Roxette - "Nothing Else Matters"
44. Darius Rucker - "Nothing Else Matters"
45. Chris Stapleton - "Nothing Else Matters"
46. TRESOR - "Nothing Else Matters"
47. Goodnight, Texas - "Of Wolf and Man"
48. IDLES - "The God That Failed"
49. Imelda May - "The God That Failed"
50. Cherry Glazerr - "My Friend of Misery"
51. Izïa - "My Friend of Misery"
52. Kamasi Washington - "My Friend of Misery"
53. Rodrigo y Gabriela - "The Struggle Within"
'The Metallica Blacklist': 10 Best Metallica Cover Songs on 'Black Album' Tribute
While a compilation of 53 bands covering 12 tracks from one Metallica album is bound to include some misses, The Metallica Blacklist includes a considerable amount of hits. Listening to it over and over and over again, we've picked out the 10 best "Black Album" covers from The Metallica Blacklist; check them out in this gallery.
Source: The Metallica 'Blacklist' Covers Album Hits No. 7 on Billboard Top Album Sales Chart
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The series on the history of the novel I mentioned in the last blog turned out to be fascinating. I don't think it's at all going to be oriented towards genre, but that's fine, as they're doing a good job looking at the way fiction evolved into its current form over the past few centuries. The programme begins with Defoe writing a satirical tract called 'The Shortest Way with Dissenters' in the voice of a fictional clergyman ... except the authorities decided people wouldn't realise the clergyman wasn't real, and locked him in stocks. Supposedly, this is one of the beginning points for the use of a fictional narrator's voice (Of course, plays were written in this way prior to Defoe, but until this period in history, the idea of having more than one book - ie the Bible - was still pretty new).
There's a nice article in Wired about the possibilities for technological invisibility cloaks ... it mentions a really nice trick that simply never occured to me. Stick a webcam on your back, plug it into your laptop, hold the laptop screen out from your chest, and you can be seen through. If I had a webcam, maybe I'd give it a shot.
But the article also made me wonder about an idea ... say you had a t-shirt, embedded with tens of thousands of tiny, tiny camera lenses wired into a chip somewhere, all linked in. Programmed so that one side - perhaps the back - projected an image of what was behind the wearer onto the front side of the shirt? Just a thought. Or maybe they'd be illegal, since it might make breaking and entering a lot easier?
Workshopped my second book Against Gravity last night, which left me thinking about the next draft. I can never get the shape of a book into my head until other people read it and tell me what they read. I suspect two or three characters may be consolidated into one.


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"I came out of Miami well prepared. And that preparation began with the foundation I received from the Middletown campus."
Kenneth Sowards, who was for a long time a "one-man department " at Fort Loramie High School where he was the only social studies teacher until enrollment increased, credits his third grade teacher, Miss Mildred Stein, for igniting his passion in American history and Native Americans and their culture.
Born in 1951 and raised in Middletown, Ken attended local schools before heading to Miami University Middletown in the fall of 1969. He recalls the Freshman English classes of Malcolm Sedam, and the history classes of Dr. Gelwick, Jim Lehman, and Joe Baxter. According to Ken, "Political Science Instructor, Ray Fening was probably the best teacher I had in my entire Miami experience, and there was an inspirational education professor who came to Miami Middletown from Oxford, Mike Fuller." Ken completed his BA in history at Miami Oxford and earned a master's degree in secondary education from the University of Dayton.
Ken with a group of students at the Gettysburg battle site in Pennsylvania.
During his thirty years as a high school social studies teacher, Ken became involved with an online international educational project called the "Virtual High School". As a part of that project, he developed a course on the Vietnam War and taught students from all over the world. His students noted that Ken made American history "come alive."
Since retirement, Ken has continued with his passion for history. In 2014, he participated in an archaeological dig near Fort Loramie, which located the site of a pre-Revolutionary War Indian trading post and Anthony Wayne's Fort Loramie along the Loramie Creek. In 2013, he helped pinpoint the exact location of a sycamore tree that was used to mark the starting point of the Israel Ludlow 1795 Greenville Treaty survey line.
With Ken's knowledge of the Loramie and Mile Creeks, he worked with a group that included a surveyor from the Shelby County Engineer's Office and members of two local Historical Societies. Using 21st Century GPS coordinates, they were able to surmise the precise location where that important survey began. The following year, they erected a stone marker commemorating the spot. In 2012, Ken contributed a chapter on Fort Loramie's early history to Main Street and Beyond, a book published by the Fort Loramie Historical Association. In 2009, Ken was instrumental in a local history project in which a local Indian artifact collection was placed on permanent display at the Fort Loramie High School. Ken speaks about those experiences to local historical and archaeological organizations throughout Ohio.
Ken (right) at excavated post mold hole which indicates the location of Peter Loramie's trading post.
Ken has received much recognition for his classroom teaching. He was twice the recipient of the Sidney/Shelby County Exemplary Teacher Award and was also recognized as a Jennings Scholar. The Piqua, Ohio chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recognized Ken as an "Outstanding Teacher of American History in Miami and Shelby Counties." He has also been the recipient of the Shelby County Educational Service Center's "Outstanding Teacher with Winning Students" award. Ken is also named multiple times in "Who's Who Among American Teachers."
Ken and his wife, Monica, reside in a one hundred year-old farm house near Fort Loramie.


At the end of the training activity, the student should have acquired specific personal and professional skills. In particular, it is expected that the student will be able to have a direct knowledge of one of the areas of work that the study can give access, as well as useful information and concrete skills to facilitate a conscious choice in relation to their future professional.
Students, who intend to undergo a curriculum training, starting from the third year of enrollment, are required to complete, in the compilation of their Study Plan, for a Final Examination consisting in the preparation of a Graduate thesis, or compilation or research, of 15 CFUs and in the pursuit of a 6 CFU curriculum training. The activation of the internship is done on-line on the ESSETRE platform. Students may take advantage of training placements for which the University of Parma has already concluded specific conventions (a.), Or they may propose the placement outside the conventions previously stipulated by the University (b.). In the first case (a.), The student must access the ESSETRE platform, take a look at the internships offered on the on-line training web page, accept the placement he considers most of his interest. In the second case (b.), The host object, identified by the Student, will have to accredit on the ESSETRE platform, request the activation of a Convention with the University, propose the internship "to a student known", designating a Tutor of the Subject Host that will follow the student during the internship. The interested student can then proceed to the acceptance of this internship. In both cases, the Student finds the Professor of Law Degree Course that will assume the functions of the University Tutor. The Tutor takes an on-line view of the internship, verifies that the activity described is congruent with the Law Degree Course and approves it through online validation. The Administrations are responsible for activating the internship with online validation.
The internship at a university establishment at the University (within offices or research projects relating to Departments or Services) is a training tool that allows a student to take a period of work experience at the University of Parma.
At least 150 hours of experiential learning.
At the end of the internship, the concerned student sends to the University Tutor the final report on the activity, together with the attendance sheet, which certifies the internships actually completed and the final report drawn up by the Tutor of the Office or department. In the light of the documentation provided, the University Tutor evaluates the activity carried out and, in the case of a positive opinion, gives nothing to the acknowledgment to the student of 6 CFUs to be registered in the Final Exam. The final documentation is transmitted to the teaching secretariat by the student concerned. The Council of the Law Course at the first useful session approves and communicates the successful outcome of the internship to the Student Secretariat, which provides for the registration of 6 CFUs on the final test. That is, unless the placement has been completed entirely by means of computerized IT platform ESSETRE by acknowledging the activity of the University Tutor, and automatic transmission of recognition to the Registrar Secretariat for registration. Internships can not be recognized if the student does not have the full documentation of their activity, within six months of the internship.


Deloris' life began on January 31, 1933, the daughter of Ilie Lonzo and Mary Francis (Summers) Rice in Chelsea, Oklahoma. She graduated from high school class of 1950, in Springfield, Missouri. She married John W Cary lll in 1979 in Wichita.
Deloris worked at the Towanda State Bank and Walnut Valley Bank as a teller and later at Wilbur's Grocery in Towanda as a checker. She enjoyed her family and cooking for them. She had a caring heart and worked with special needs children in Newton, and was a caregiver to her sister-in-law. She was also an avid reader.
Her loving family includes her children, Gary (Shauna) Long of Wichita, Jo Ann Thaden of Wichita, Betty (Troy) Norris of El Dorado and John (Nancy) Long of Wamego, Kansas; 7 grandchildren, Austin (Cassie) Long, Kyle Long, Chelsea (Joseph) Mayans, Nick Norris, Tyler Norris, Hannah Long and Levi Long; 1 great-grandson, Luke Long.
Deloris was preceded in death by her parents; husband John in 2010; brother, Linn Rice and a sister, Mary Ann Phipps. Deloris passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 2, 2018, having reached the age of 85 years old.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 7, at 11:00 a.m. in the Carlson Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Private family burial will follow in Hesston Cemetery, Hesston, Kansas.


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Norwalk is our state's only major city without a four-year college. It's not because the idea has not been floated over the decades. Just that Norwalk's political leaders haven't had much interest. That may reflect that Norwalk is the county's most transient city. Or has a very small business sector. Private business comprises only about 5% of our grand list – the smallest proportion of any of the state's major cities. And our grand list has remained stagnant for almost a decade.
Nationally some 30% of adults have four-year college degrees. Connecticut does slightly better at 32%. Norwalk is 41%. Westport, New Caanan, Darien each have 80% of their adult population with college degrees – double Norwalk's. Along with per-capita incomes and housing values three to five times greater.
Maybe it's time for City Hall officials to think about securing a four-year college. Maybe it's time for Norwalk residents to abandon the idea that no business or management experience is needed for a City Mayor managing a $400 million budget. With many more city residents having four-year college degrees city residents might well ask why our business sector remains so small. Or our grand list so stagnant. Or why our city is viewed by our neighbors as the "hole in the middle of the donut".
Your four year college is right next door, a very short drive away (or a nice bus ride) in Stamford.
NCC is a great place to begin a pathway to a four year degree but with Ojakian in charge I would suggest that you channel your concerns and energies to keep that gem functioning and growing.
And yes, every city and town should have city managers, leaving the mayors to cut ribbons and host ceremonies.


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2019.10.17 | Article, Sille Julie J. Abildgaard, Education, Business, Research
Studio-Based Learning (SBL) is an educational tradition with a student-centered approach. The practice originates in Northern Europe, where Nordic arts and design programs have a long tradition of using studio spaces for teaching. The physical space is considered a powerful factor in facilitating learning and accomplishing instructional goals, and…
2019.03.26 | The Quick Read, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Education
Peace studies in the Nordics
A number of peace research institutes emerged in the Nordics from around 1960. They were initially seen as politically radical and interdisciplinary with a focus on the applied rather than the academic side of peace studies. Since them, they have become more part of the establishment, advising governments and producing staff skilled in peace…
2019.03.20 | Biography, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Education
Thor Heyerdahl (1916-2002)
The Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl was internationally renowned for leading expeditions across vast oceans in rudimentary vessels.
2019.03.15 | The Quick Read, Marc Pierce, Education
Linguistics in the Nordics
The scientific study of language form and meaning, including the specialised branch of runology, has been a prominent academic pursuit in the Nordics since the Middle Ages.
2019.03.01 | The Quick Read, Kyle Frackman, Education, Democracy
Nordic folk high schools
Folk high schools are institutions which provide general and vocational education for young people and adults. Based on the philosophy of Danish educator, pastor, and religious revivalist N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872), the first school was founded in Denmark in 1844, but the concept spread to other Nordic countries in the following decades. There…
2019.02.27 | Article, Kyle Frackman, Culture, Education
Swedish speakers in Finland
Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, as a result of its more than 600-years as part of the Kingdom of Sweden (until 1809). While the Swedish-speaking minority has remained relatively small, the Finnish Constitution and other relevant legislation guarantee them the same language rights as Finnish speakers. This has resulted in…
2019.02.25 | Article, Andrew G. Newby, Culture, Education, Nation building
Nordic museums and their history
National museums in the Nordics retain an important role in the creation and maintenance of a particular view of a country, its people and often its place within the Nordics. This view is presented to both outsiders and the people themselves. In 1800s, Nordic thinkers and museums influenced the inception of national museums elsewhere at a time…
2019.02.08 | Article, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Education, Culture
Social sciences and the Nordics
Because of the emphasis on social planning and the strong state prevalent in the Nordic region throughout the twentieth century, the social sciences have enjoyed a privileged position in the Nordics.
Anthropology and the Nordic countries
Anthropological studies contribute new knowledge on Nordic societies and simultaneously offer fresh perspectives on them.
Lasse Mathias Pedersen


Common issues that users have run into when provisioning Workflow are detailed below.
For information on troubleshooting a failing component, see Troubleshooting with Kubectl.
For information on troubleshooting application deployment issues, see Troubleshooting Applications.
The most common problem for this issue is the user forgetting to run deis keys:add or add their private key to their SSH agent. To do so, run ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa and try running git push deis master again.
If you happen get a Could not open a connection to your authentication agent error after trying to run ssh-add command above, you may need to load the SSH agent environment variables issuing the eval "$(ssh-agent)" command before.
Running into something not detailed here? Please open an issue or hop into #community on Slack for help!


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A Russian Tupolev 154 collides in midair with a Boeing 757 cargo plane over southern Germany on this day in 2002. The 69 passengers and crew on the Russian plane and the two-person cargo crew were all killed. The collision occurred even though each plane had TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) collision-avoidance equipment onboard and everything functioned correctly.
The Bashkirian Airlines plane was carrying 45 young students from Russia to a resort near Barcelona in Spain for a summer vacation. DHL International, the express delivery company, owned the cargo jet, which was headed from Bahrain to Brussels.
The planes were both on their planned flight paths that evening, flying with their lights off in the dark, according to regulation. About 45 seconds before the crash, with each plane traveling at 35,000 feet, the TCAS system in each plane indicated to the pilots that they should change their altitude. The Boeing cargo jet was to descend and the Tupolev was supposed to rise. However, a Swiss air-traffic controller ordered the Tupolev pilot to descend as well.
As directed, both planes lowered their altitudes at the same time; they crashed in mid-air over Ueberlingen, Germany, very close to the Swiss border. There were no survivors of the fiery crash, which caused debris to scatter over a 20-mile radius. Residents of the area heard the thunderous impact, but no one on the ground was killed.
Swiss aviation officials immediately began blaming the Russian pilots for the tragedy, but the evidence soon showed their charges to be baseless. The pilots were experienced and the plane and its collision-avoidance system were in fine working order. Instead, it was the Swiss air-traffic system that appeared to be faulty. Their own collision-avoidance system was not in operation and they had only one controller on duty at the time.


Anybody who identifies themselves as part of a fandom, whether it is as a cinephile, Star Wars geek, Trekkie, or sci-fi nerd, knows when it started. You have a particular memory of first experiencing something that you wanted more of. Mark O'Connell has a story like that, and he relays it for you in Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us.
If you can forgive the incredible sin of O'Connell watching The Empire Strikes Back for the first time after he had seen Return of the Jedi, then you can really appreciate how much Star Wars formed him. It really resonated with me, because I am the same way. I would be a vastly different human than I am now without the influence of Star Wars. You should forgive him by the way, there were circumstances out of his control that lead to the butchering of the order. Many small towns in Britain didn't get American pop culture right away. O'Connell had the horror of having to wait until Star Wars was on TV to have seen it for the first time! I mean, he didn't even have pizza for the first time until May of 1983!
O'Connell chronicles everything about 80s cinema; from the story to the music, in Watching Skies. The book could rival Ready Player One in pop culture references, but that is where it stumbles a bit. Watching Skies is best when it is personal, and relates directly to O'Connell himself. You deal with the pages of detail to get back to how these things contributed to his life, because that is the most interesting part.
Every chapter of O'Connell's life can be defined by a certain cinematic event. I used to know what day of the week it was because of what shows were going to be on television that evening. Pop culture is that powerful.
Watching Skies is worth the read, if only to reinforce the magic of cinema (and the collectibles that come with it!) If you're like me, you will be happy knowing that these things matter as much to other people as they do to you. Love what you love and don't be ashamed of it. As O'Connell says in the book: "Finding a strange good in what can be deemed by others as bad is surely one of the powers of childhood." If you liked the Star Wars prequels, the fourth Indiana Jones film or Superman III, wear it with pride!
The book is both personal and universal, in that we've all allowed our favorite pop culture moments to shape who we are and how we experience the world around us.
Watching Skies is available in the U.K. now, and will be available where ever books are sold in the U.S. on Monday, September 3.


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Johnson Added to Football Staff as Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Logan Johnson will coach Harvard's defensive line (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Logan Johnson has joined the Harvard football staff as an assistant coach, Tim Murphy, The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, announced Thursday.
Johnson, who spent last season as a defensive line coach at Bentley, will be Harvard's assistant defensive line coach.
"We are very excited with the addition of Coach Johnson," Murphy said. "With his, personality, work ethic and coaching ability, he will be a great fit for our defense and program in general."
Johnson spent the 2013 season as a special teams quality control coach at Coastal Carolina. His duties there also included breaking down film and creating individual weekly scouting reports for each special teams unit, organizing NFL scouting visits throughout the 2013 season and organizing special teams unit substitutions during games.
Johnson spent the previous two years as an assistant football coach at Fitchburg State, working with the running backs, linebackers and special teams.
A Fitchburg. Massachusetts native, Johnson received his bachelor of science in exercise and sports science in 2011 and earned his MBA from Fitchburg State in 2013. He played offensive and defensive line at Fitchburg State and earned first-team All-New England Football Conference honors as a senior in 2010.


Q1. The World Population Day is being observed globally on _________________.
Sol. World Population Day is being observed globally on 11th July. The objective of the day is to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. The theme of this year is 'Family Planning- Empowering People, Developing Nations'.
Q2. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed an MoU with which of the following state Government to formalize its support to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine?
Sol. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed an MoU with the Government of West Bengal to formalize its support to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at Kolkata.
Q3. Businessman and Martial Arts expert Khaltmaa Battulga was recently elected as the president of ______________.
Sol. Mongolian Businessman and Martial Arts expert Khaltmaa Battulga was sworn in as president, vowing to revive the flagging economy and pursue relations with countries outside its giant neighbors Russia and China.
Q4. In which of the following month the government of India will organize a global food fair named 'World Food India 2017'?
Sol. The government of India will organize a global food fair in November this year to provide a platform to Indian farmers and manufacturers to showcase their products and explore partnerships with foreign companies. The three-day international level fair 'World Food India 2017' is being organized on November 3-5 by the Food Processing Ministry, where industry body CII will be an event partner.
Sol. A truncated cheque means a cheque which is truncated during the course of clearing cycle either by the clearing house or by the bank.
Q6. Person named in the instrument to whom or to whose order the money is to be paid is known as-?
Sol. A person to whom money is paid or is to be paid is called payee, especially the person to whom a cheque is made payable.
Sol. The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, while presenting the Union Budget for 1987-88 on February 28, 1987 announced the decision to establish the National Housing Bank (NHB) as an apex level institution for housing finance. Following that, the National Housing Bank Bill (91 of 1987) providing the legislative framework for the establishment of NHB was passed by Parliament in the winter session of 1987 and with the assent of the Hon'ble President of India on December 23, 1987, became an Act of Parliament. The National Housing Policy, 1988 envisaged the setting up of NHB as the Apex level institution for housing. In pursuance of the above, NHB was set up on July 9, 1988 under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. NHB is wholly owned by Reserve Bank of India, which contributed the entire paid-up capital.
Q8. The next tranche of sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme was launched recently by the Finance Ministry. What is the annual interest in the scheme to investors?
Sol. The next tranche of sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme was launched recently by the Government. This time, providing a 2.5 percent annual interest to investors. The bonds will be available in banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post offices and recognized stock exchanges namely National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE).
Q9. Name the e-initiative that Finance Ministry has recently launched for the Income tax Department to directly communicate with the taxpayers and aimed at providing information on useful tax services.
Sol. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched 'Aaykar Setu', an e-initiative for the Income tax Department to directly communicate with the taxpayers and aimed at providing information on useful tax services.
Q10. Name the sportsperson who was bestowed with the 'Sportsperson of the Year' award during the 'Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year' Charity Gala Awards.
Sol. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu was bestowed with the 'Sportsperson of the Year' award during the 'Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year' Charity Gala Awards.
Q11. The famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa has been recognized as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity. She died in __________.
Sol. The famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa, who has been canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by the Vatican, has been recognized as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity. She died at the age of 87 on 5th September 1997 at Calcutta, West Bengal.
Q12. Who is the present Chief Minister of Assam?
Sol. Sarbananda Sonowal (born 31 October 1961) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Assam since 2016. Previously he served as Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development in the Narendra Modi Government.
Q13. The Melghat Tiger reserve is in----------?
Sol. Melghat was declared a tiger reserve and was among the first nine tiger reserves notified in 1973-74 under the Project Tiger. It is located in northern part of Amravati District of Maharashtra State in India. The Tapti River and the Gawilgadh ridge of the Satpura Range form the boundaries of the reserve.
Q15. What is the theme of World Population Day 2017?


LONG BRANCH - When a team wins a state sectional title and returns the bulk of its lineup the following season, one of the biggest obstacles to a repeat can often be complacency.
Players who already have a ring may not have the urgency they had a year earlier. That hasn't been a problem for Long Branch, which looks as hungry as ever to add another trophy to the case after entering this season as a defending state champion for the first time in 18 years.
The top-seeded Green Wave showed on Friday night that they still have their eyes on the prize when they began their defense of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV title by routing eighth-seeded Middletown North, 42-0, at Bresett Stadium.
"Even though we won it last year, we always want to have more jewelry to wear,'' senior linebacker Luke Arnold said. "We want to be the team to beat."
This year's Green Wave (8-1) also have a chance to separate themselves at a program with a long and proud tradition. No Long Branch team has ever won back-to-back state titles since the inception of the state playoff system in 1974.
Long Branch's quest for that piece of history will continue next Friday when it will host the winner of Saturday's Freehold Boro-Brick Memorial game in the semifinals. The Green Wave beat Freehold in an overtime classic in last year's championship game and defeated Brick Memorial 40-14 last week.
"That's definitely motivating, but we just try to take it game by game,'' senior quarterback Marc Dennis said about the push to repeat.
The Shore Conference's leading rusher, junior running back Jermaine Corbett, continued his brilliant season on Friday night with 126 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 22 carries. He also had a 15-yard touchdown catch to lead an offense that churned up 346 total yards. The defense was equally as impressive, registering four interceptions and holding the Lions (1-7) to 163 total yards for its fifth shutout of the season.
Long Branch set the tone from the outset against a Middletown North team that had put a scare a week earlier into Red Bank Catholic, the No. 1 team in the Shore Sports Network Top 10 and the only opponent to beat Long Branch this season. The Lions led the Caseys 28-24 late in the fourth before RBC surged back to pick up a 38-28 win.
"That was the rally cry,'' Long Branch head coach Dan George said. "That's what we said on Saturday morning was '28-24, 3 minutes to go,' and that's all my kids had to hear."
"Once we found out that they only lost to RBC by 10, we knew it could be a tough game,'' Corbett said.
It also helped that George has two players who made sure the team would be in playoff mode from the opening whistle.
"I have two of the best leaders I've had in my 30 years in Luke Arnold and Marc Dennis,'' he said. "Every single kid listens to everything they say."
Long Branch won the toss and rather than defer to the second half like normal, the Green Wave chose to receive. George wanted to take the ball right away in case the rainy weather worsened late in the game, and the Green Wave used the opportunity to send a message to the Lions that it was going to be a long night.
Corbett capped an 8-play, 60-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run for an early 7-0 lead. The Lions responded by driving to Long Branch's 12-yard line, but the Green Wave blocked a 29-yard field goal attempt to stay in front.
"In practice we were like, 'If we punch first, they might not come swinging back,''' Dennis said. "(The blocked field goal) was probably the biggest play of the game because if they make that, who knows what happens. It might have been a different type of game."
Long Branch took that momentum and drove 73 yards to take a 14-0 lead on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Dennis to senior wideout Niles Montgomery. Dennis was perfect on the night, going 7-for-7 for 123 yards and two touchdowns and also running for 47 yards on only 5 carries.
Montgomery's score ignited a 28-point second quarter that put the game away by halftime.
An interception by Devyn Blount set up an 8-play, 55-yard drive that ended with a 17-yard touchdown run by Corbett for a 21-0 lead. Arnold then tipped a pass to himself for Long Branch's second interception to trigger a 41-yard drive that culminated in a 2-yard touchdown run by senior Qua'Zahun "Juice" Dennis to push the lead to 28-0 with 3:47 left in the half.
The Green Wave weren't done, as they came up with a stop on fourth down at Middletown North's 48-yard line. Seven plays later, Corbett took a screen pass 15 yards to the house for his Shore Conference-leading 25th touchdown with 14 seconds left in the half to make it 35-0.
Junior Jah'Kwan Gordon put the cherry on top in the fourth quarter when he returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown and a 42-0 lead. Junior Jarell Sherin added a fourth interception as Long Branch bottled up Middletown North quarterback Sean Glenn, who entered as the Shore Conference's third-leading passer with 1,324 yards.
They held him to 100 yards on 8-for-23 passing and caught half as many passes as Middletown North receivers.
"We were mainly focused on slowing down the screens and the passing game,'' Arnold said.
The impressive victory and the focus against a one-win opponent showed that Long Branch hasn't lost any of its hunger after winning its first state title since 1999 last season.
"This sent the message to the rest of Central Jersey (Group IV) that we're not complacent,'' Arnold said. "We want to get better every week."
Corbett 5-yard run (Mazza kick).
Montgomery 9-yard touchdown pass from M. Dennis (Mazza kick).
Corbett 17-yard run (Mazza kick).
Q. Dennis 2-yard run (Mazza kick).
Corbett 15-yard pass from M. Dennis (Mazza kick).
Gordon 40-yard INT return (Mazza kick).
Rushing - L: Corbett 22-126, M. Dennis 5-47, Q. Dennis 8-46, Lawrence 3-4. M: Robbins 14-54, Campbell 3-10, Higgins 1-1, Soto 1-1, Glenn 3-(-8).
Passing - L: M. Dennis 7-7-0 123. M: Glenn 8-23-4 100.
Receiving - L: Montgomery 2-29, Clarke 1-21, Farrar 2-41, Corbett 2-32. M: Halloran 2-26, Higgins 3-52, Soto 2-15, Campbell 1-7.
Interceptions - L: Blount 1-0, Arnold 1-10, Gordon 1-40, Sherin 1-7.


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Burberry's new strategy takes shape
Burberry chief Marco Gobbetti's turnaround plan for the British megabrand is starting to take shape with a focus on re-building a strategic leather goods pillar, delivering faster and more regular product drops and supporting creative director Riccardo Tisci's early emphasis on the contemporary framing of heritage products.
"We're still in early stages of transformation with the majority of changes still ahead of us, but so far I'm pleased with the progress," Gobbetti said after the brand announced preliminary results for the year ending March 31, 2018. Operating profit climbed 5 percent to £467 million ($629 million), while annual revenues fell 1 percent.
Gobbetti is six months into his 5-year plan to reposition Burberry as a true luxury player and re-energise a brand whose sales growth has vastly lagged rivals LVMH and Kering. Core to the strategy is a new focus on leather goods, which currently accounts for less than 40 percent of revenue, significantly trailing competitors such as Gucci.
Burberry's new £1390 ($2000) belt bag, launched in March and has been selling well. A new smaller version of the bag is starting to hit stores now. "The early days are quite encouraging. It's a classic, it can become a pillar for us," Gobbetti said.
Still, one well-performing bag doesn't equal success.
Gobbetti sees a major opportunity in the $1,000 to $2,000 price point for handbags, rather than competing with top-tier luxury players such as Dior, Chanel and Hermès, which sell styles priced upwards of $2,000. Sabrina Bonesi, the former Dior executive who now heads up accessories design, is already working with Tisci on new Burberry ranges with different silhouettes and broader price points, he added.
Burberry has also recognised the need for speed — delivering more frequent and fresher products to "to keep the attention of the customer" — was also key to the strategy. The strategy has attracted new, younger customers and resulted in higher-than-average purchases. Customers bought full looks, rather than one-off items, Gobbetti said. A second capsule collection with Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy is planned for July.
The billion-dollar question is — can the new product and pricing strategy translate into revenues? For now, it's too early to tell.
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Govt. withdraws Manmohan Singh"s SPG cover
By PTI Updated: Aug 26, 2019 10:42 pm
In this Aug 15, 2019, former prime minister Manmohan Singh arrives accompanied by SPG personnel to attend the 73rd Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort, in New Delhi, on Monday. (PTI)
New Delhi, Aug. 26 (PTI): The Special Protection Group (SPG) protection given to former prime minister Manmohan Singh has been withdrawn following a review by multiple security agencies but he will continue to get Z plus security, officials said on Monday.
The former prime minister's Z plus security cover — one of the highest — will be given by one of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), preferably the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), they said.
The government's decision had been conveyed to Singh, who was India's prime minister from 2004 and 2014, and the SPG contingent will be withdrawn from his New Delhi residence after one of the CAPFs takes over the responsibility, a home ministry official said.
"The current security cover review is a periodical and professional exercise based on threat perception that is purely based on professional assessment by security agencies. Dr. Manmohan Singh continues to have Z+ security cover," a home ministry spokesperson said.
The decision to withdraw the SPG security, the country's highest grade of protection, was taken after a three-month review involving the Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Home Affairs with inputs from various intelligence agencies, officials said.
With the removal of Singh's SPG cover, the top notch security cover will now be given only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gandhi family — Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children, Rahul and Priyanka.
According to procedures laid down by the SPG Act, 1988, Singh was entitled to SPG cover for one year after he demitted office in 2014.
His SPG security cover was renewed annually after a review of the threats faced by him and his wife Gursharan Kaur.
Singh's daughters, who were also given SPG cover, gave up the protection voluntarily in 2014.
The SPG was set up in 1985 after the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi. Parliament passed the SPG Act in 1988, dedicating the group to protecting the prime minister. At the time, the Act did not include former prime ministers. When V P Singh came to power in 1989, his government withdrew SPG protection given to his predecessor Rajiv Gandhi.
After Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, the SPG Act was amended to offer SPG protection to all former prime ministers and their families for at least 10 years.
The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government conducted a review of the SPG's functioning, and decided to withdraw the SPG protection given to former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao, H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral.
In 2003, the Vajpayee government again amended the SPG Act to bring the period of automatic protection down from 10 years to "a period of one year from the date on which the former prime minister ceased to hold office" and beyond one year based on the level of threat as decided by the general government.
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La XX edizione dei campionati europei di nuoto in vasca corta si è svolta dal 22 al 25 novembre 2012 a Chartres, in Francia, negli impianti del Complexe Aquatique L'Odyssée. La città francese è stata selezionata come sede dell'evento nel corso del congresso LEN tenutosi a Reykjavík nel maggio 2011; in questa occasione la Francia è tornata a ospitare una manifestazione continentale a 25 anni di distanza dagli europei 1987 disputati a Strasburgo.

Dopo 15 edizioni consecutive in cui il programma di gara è rimasto invariato, in questa edizione sono state introdotte due nuove specialità, portando il totale a 40. Si tratta delle staffette a squadre miste, formate da due uomini e due donne, che vengono nuotate sulla distanza della 4x50 metri stile libero e 4x50 metri misti.

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Le federazioni aderenti alla LEN che hanno iscritto i propri atleti alla rassegna sono 35; i partecipanti sono in totale 425, di cui 242 uomini e 183 donne.

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2 post-docs and 2 PhDs are available at Goldsmiths in relation to the project Topological Atlas: Mapping contemporary borderscapes.
TopATLAS is based at the Centre for Research Architecture of the University of London.
The project is focused on the investigation of border sites across three countries: Pakistan, Turkey and UK. It involves working with researchers from all three countries, as well as with a range of collaborators including NGOs, lawyers, artists and arts organisations.
The post holder's main responsibility will be WP3 Legal Geography at the Border, but they will also be expected to contribute towards the project fieldwork and any related administrative duties. The post involves identification of and close analysis of legal cases and a thorough investigation of the overlapping jurisdictions and bureaucracies operating at the borders under study. The post holder will also work in collaboration with the research team to analyse the legal and spatial implications of the various technologies of surveillance and securitisation operating at the borders in question.
The post holder will be expected to take an active part in seminars, symposiums and roundtables at the Centre, including working with MA students associated with the project. They will also assist in the organisation of TopATLAS events (workshops, conferences and seminars).
The person appointed will have the opportunity to work creatively and in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of researchers. They will be expected to identify areas of research, develop research methods and extend their research expertise in accordance with the aims of the TopATLAS Project and in particular WP3.


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Want to live a long, healthy life?
Then stay far away from salt. It'll kill you.
In Salt Kills, cardiac surgeon Surender R. Neravetla reveals that basic table salt—along with all that hidden sodium in processed foods—is endangering your health and putting you at risk for a host of diseases.
We have all grown accustomed to salting our food without realizing how dangerous that seemingly simple act can be. It's time for a reality check. Salt is permanently disabling or prematurely killing millions and millions of people every year.
These shocking statistics prompted Dr. Neravetla, recognized as one of America's top surgeons, to write his book Salt Kills (Health Now Books LLC, 2012). In Salt Kills, Dr. Neravetla explains in easy-to-understand language how disabling—and even lethal—salt is for so many of us.
How many of the following diseases do you think eating salt causes or contributes to?
Heart surgeon Surender R. Neravetla first realized that salt might be more problematic than originally thought when he returned to India, his homeland, to find that all his family members his age or older had heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure. This despite their vegetarian diets.
Clearly animal fat wasn't causing heart disease among the members of his extended family or any of their many other health problems. So Dr. Neravetla, who calls himself a health news junky, dove into the research to figure out what was. That's when he uncovered the direct connection between salt and a host of debilitating diseases that many physicians don't even know about.
The evidence is overwhelming. Salt has become Public Health Enemy #1. Luckily, the problem doesn't have to be terminal because the solution is simple. As Salt Kills explains, you can kick the salt habit and improve not only your longevity, but also your health and wellness and your overall well-being.
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New Delhi: A group of non-government organizations (NGOs) working for women's reproductive health rights has welcomed the proposed move to offer injectable contraceptives as one of of the options in the government's family planning programme.
Currently, the government offers five birth control options free of cost: Female sterilization, male sterilization, intra-uterine devices, condoms and pills.
The Union health ministry's Drug Technical Advisory Board recently recommended introducing the injectable contraceptive deoxy medroxy progestrone acetate (DMPA) in the government programme.
If implemented, it will be the sixth modern contraceptive method to be given free of cost under the government's family planing programme.
The 32 NGOs, under the banner of Advocating Reproductive Choices, have offered to provide technical support to the health ministry to address issues of quality of care in delivery and consistency in supplies of injectables. Some of these NGOs are the Family Planning Association of India, Parivar Seva Sansthan, Population Foundation of India, Janani, Abt Associates, Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, Population Health Services India and Population Services International.


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New Mount Polley Report - B.C. Communities and Watersheds Remain at Serious Risk of Tailings Dam Failures
September 27, 2018 09:00 ET | Source: Stand for Water
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The B.C. government's failure to honour its commitment to fully implement the recommendations of the Expert Panel into the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster in 2014 has left communities and watersheds across the province at serious risk of a similar – or worse– catastrophe in the near future, according to a new report released today.
The report, Mount Polley Mine Disaster Check Up: Inaction, Uncertainty and Ongoing Risks for BC, by Dr. David Chambers, a geophysicist and founder of the Center for Science in Public Participation in Bozeman, Montana, was commissioned by First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining. It found that not only did regulators fail to prevent the Mount Polley disaster, they have subsequently permitted activities that have not reflected a precautionary, accountable or transparent approach to addressing the ongoing problems and risks at the site.
It's not only Mount Polley that's still a threat. Other recommendations by the Expert Panel to put B.C. on the "path to zero failures", by decreasing the current inventory of tailings storage facilities by half (from 123 to 60), and use Best Available Technology and Practices (BAT) in existing and new tailings facilities have also not been fully implemented. This means the Expert Panel's prediction of an average of two tailings dam failures every 10 years has not been eliminated, and communities and the watersheds they rely on remain at risk.
The report concludes that a precautionary approach to public safety, not economics, should be the driving force behind new regulations for British Columbia's mining industry - marking an urgent need for much greater transparency, consistency and accountability.
"It's unacceptable for the B.C. government to allow this 'business-as-usual" approach to mining in general and Mount Polley in particular. Not only has Imperial Metals, the company that owns Mount Polley, faced no fines or penalties for the disaster, but the inventory of tailings facilities remains, and new tailings storage facilities have been built using the same technology. It's another disaster waiting to happen."
Loretta Williams, Chair, First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining
"Without fully implementing the recommendations, and ensuring diligent enforcement and compliance, we can assume that the risk level of two failures every decade has not been eliminated. The public and the watersheds we rely on remain at risk."
David Chambers, geophysicist and founder of the Center for Science in Public Participation
About FNWARM
First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining seeks to promote environmentally sound mining exploration and development processes that respect First Nations rights and full participation. FNWARM is not against mining development of any kind, but it is against mining development at any price.
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We tend to relate the reduction of resource consumption with important changes in our lifestyle, and this is likely to be one of the reasons why reducing is often not very popular. However, some very small changes in our lifestyle can imply huge savings in terms of natural resources.
An example regards our alimentation choices. The promoters of vegetarian diets highlight how by going vegetarian it is possible to achieve huge savings in terms of land consumption, water consumption, and CO2 emissions. The debate is ongoing and it is very active. Although there are other ways of reducing emissions, such as driving and flying less, changing food habits will be easier for many.
The article from The Guardian 'Giving up beef will reduce carbon footprint more than cars, says expert' is part of this debate and suggests that eating less red meat would be a better way for people to cut carbon emissions than giving up their cars. The article thus shows how a very small change in the lifestyle can thus imply huge savings in terms of carbon emissions.
Would you consider this approach if you knew the impact you'd have on emissions, water consumption, etc. would make a difference?
If you are interested in the topic and you want more information, there are some links below in the 'See also" section for articles that present the topic from a more scientific perspective.


Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged BNP to follow democratic path to get people's mandate in the next general election.
The road transport and bridges minister made the remarks at a press conference after a secretary-level meeting at the party president's political office at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Saturday, reports BSS.
Quader demanded explanations from BNP about three questions — incorporating indemnity bill in the constitution for stopping trial of Bangabandhu murder, refusing to get submarine cable for free and repealing of section seven from party's constitution.
The party (BNP) must explain these three questions to get favour of the people in the general election, he added.
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has no other way to get release from jail without facing the court procedures, Quader said adding she (Khaleda) has been imprisoned by the court verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
About BNP's opposition to using EVM (electronic voting machine) in the general election, he said they (BNP) would not be able to bring any allegation of vote-rigging under EVM technology.


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Requrement - I am going to write an application which captures huge data from External REST endpoint, I want to use MLCP to store that stream of data coming from External REST Endpoint to MarkLogic.
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A: If by "stream" you mean unbounded in space and time, and by "huge" you mean multi GB+, then no MLCP is not the right choice, or is not sufficient.  MLCP is a command line 'batch' program, you need to have all your data already stored locally before starting it, its not 'streaming' in this sense.
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An Ado-Ekiti Customary court on Friday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Amaka Nwafor,36; and her husband, Friday Nwafor,47 after the wife alleged that her husband was having sex with a mad woman.
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the President of the Court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, dissolved the marriage on the grounds of constant fighting and beating, public disgrace, threats to life, and no regard for the wife's family by the respondent. Akomolede in her judgment also observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.
Akomolede ruled that the custody of the four children produced by the union should be awarded to the petitioner. She also ruled that the respondent should be paying N2,000 as the monthly feeding allowance on each of the children. Akomolede added that both parties should be responsible for the education of their children.
The court president granted access to the respondent to see his children. Amaka, 36; a resident of Oke-Bola in Ado-Ekiti, had told the court during its proceedings that her husband was fond of disgracing her whenever he sighted her. She said that he usually accused her of returning from her man friend's house. According to the petitioner, she works really hard to fend for herself; adding that the man has neglected her. Amaka confessed to having a man friend, adding that it was her husband who pushed her into it, because he did not take care of her. The mother of four alleged that her husband was having sex with a mad woman that came for deliverance, when he took her out for prayer.
She said that when the lady got well, she confessed to sleeping with Friday, and that she claimed to have got a husband. The petitioner told the court that her husband assaulted her while carrying the pregnancy of their last child; to the extent that the baby in the womb could not kick again. She said that the timely intervention of her mother-in-law saved the pregnancy. Amaka noted that her husband had threatened her life severally, adding that at a time he threatened that he would hire thugs and would pay them N5,000 to kill her. According to the petitioner, her husband does not allow her to answer phone calls, not even from her mother. She, therefore, prayed the court to separate them and that her husband should visit her family at her home town to decide on how to take care of his children. The respondent, a resident of No. 8, Iremo St., in Odo-Ado, Ado-Ekiti, said that he knew his wife since 2003, and that he did a traditional marriage with her.
He debunked all the allegations brought against him by his wife, describing them as fabricated. Friday described his wife as being adulterous; adding that she would leave his house to sleep in another man's house for three days. He said that early in the morning, a man would be calling her on phone in his presence. The respondent said that he was in support of the separation. (NAN)
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Mountain biking is great fun and can allow you to experience a greater area of outstanding natural beauty than if you were to explore on foot.
However the inconsiderate use of mountain bikes has often given cyclists a bad reputation especially amongst hikers. It should be remembered that forest and woodland trails are meant to be enjoyed by everybody and that consideration should be shown by all to all, whether you are travelling on foot, on a bike or on a horse.
Good manners, consideration for others and tolerance should be the watchwords and this extends to all trail users, not just those who are mountain bike enthusiasts. A little common courtesy is all that's required and here are a few tips to help those who enjoy mountain biking to show respect to others, to wildlife and to the environment.
First and foremost, if you are intending to cycle on a particular trail, you should find out if cycling is permitted. If it is, you must follow any rules and guidelines that are stipulated and observe any signs you encounter on route.
Trails that permit mountain bikes are often accessed by equestrians too. Horses can become nervous and unpredictable around bikes so it's important to treat them and their riders with respect. If they are approaching you from the direction in which you are heading, get off your bike and stop, allowing for plenty of room to let them pass. If you are heading in the same direction as a horse and rider and need to pass them, you should call out to the rider and ask them if it's OK to pass. If they move off the trail, they're giving you the go ahead. Once again, allow plenty of room and walk your bike past them.
Many accidents are caused and the reputation of mountain biking gets tarnished by cyclists travelling way too fast. There are many twists and turns on mountain trails and, if you're travelling at speed, especially around blind corners, you can literally run into a group of hikers before you know it which can cause accidents, so keep your speed down when nearing blind spots and slow down when you can clearly see that you're going to want to pass people on foot. In fact, you should adopt the practice of getting off your bike and continuing on foot as you pass any hikers. What's more, you may find yourself engaging in some pleasant conversation with them.
Courtesy costs nothing so a simple 'Hello' or 'It's a lovely day isn't it?' shows good manners and a consideration for others.
As all mountain bikers know only too well, going uphill takes a lot more strenuous effort than coming down so you should always yield to bikers who are coming uphill in order that they can keep their momentum going. And remember that 'yield' means stop and dismount not continue slowly.
It's not only horses that can be unpredictable. You're likely to also encounter dogs, children and perhaps other wild animals or farm animals. Expect the unexpected is useful advice and give them plenty of warning and room. Remember it is an offence to harass wild animals. Shouting out 'bike on your left' or 'on your right' can help when travelling around bends and can alert those who might be heading towards you ahead of time. Although, you're not Dr Dolittle, the presence of your voice can alert animals and they're likely to instinctively move out of the way before you reach them.
Have respect for the environment. Erosion is a problem on all heavily populated trails so don't make matters worse by biking on trails that have become soaked by rainfall as your tyres will cause ruts that accelerate erosion.
Adopt the 'leave no trace' approach so you should carry bin bags to put any rubbish in which you may have accrued along the way and take it out with you and dispose of it correctly. If you have time, you might want to take your environmental concerns a step further and perhaps volunteer with a National Park or some other similar scheme to help maintain a trail. After all, you have got a lot of pleasure out of using the trail and it's good to put something back in so that others after you can enjoy it themselves as you have done.
In essence, simply by showing courtesy, consideration and respect for other people, animals and your surrounding environment, you will not only enjoy the environment and appreciate the mountain biking experience even more, but you'll also find that you get that consideration reciprocated by others too.


A few minutes before midnight on Saturday, July 19, 1952, an air traffic controller at National Airport in Washington, D.C., noticed some odd blips on his radar screen. Knowing that no aircraft were flying in that area --15 miles to the southwest of the capital - he rushed to inform his boss, Harry G. Barnes. Barnes recalled a few days later, "We knew immediately that a very strange situation existed... Their movements were completely radical compared to those of ordinary aircraft." They moved with such sudden bursts of intense speed that radar could not track them continuously.
Soon, National Airport´s other radar, Tower Central (set on short-range detection, unlike Barnes´ Airway Traffic Control Central [ARTC]), was tracking unknowns. At Andrews AFB, ten miles to the east, Air Force personnel gaped incredulously as bright orange objects in the southern sky circled, stopped abruptly, and then streaked off at blinding speeds. Radar at Andrews AFB also picked up the strange phenomena.
Exciting and scary as all this had been, it was just the beginning of an incredible episode. The next evening radar tracked UFOs as they performed extraordinary "gyrations and reversals," in the words of one Air Force weather observer. Moving at more than 900 miles per hour, the objects gave off radar echoes exactly like those of aircraft or other solid targets. Sightings and trackings occurred intermittently during the week and then erupted into a frenzy over the following weekend. At one point, as an F-94 moved on targets ten miles away, the UFOs turned the tables and darted en masse toward the interceptor, surrounding it in seconds. The badly shaken pilot, Lt. William Patterson, radioed Andrews AFB to ask if he should open fire. The answer, according to Albert M. Chop, a civilian working as a press spokesperson for the Air Force who was present, was "stunned silence... After a tense moment, the UFOs pulled away and left the scene."
As papers, politicians, and public clamored for answers, the Air Force hosted the biggest press conference in history. A transcript shows that the spokesperson engaged in what amounted to double-talk, but the reporters, desperate for something to show their editors, picked up on Capt. Roy James´ off-the-cuff suggestion that temperature inversions had caused the radar blips. James, a UFO skeptic, had arrived in Washington only that morning and had not participated in the ongoing investigation.


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Ingenious Challenges
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Rating Summary (8 Total)
by Aaxiom
While clearly based on his prior title, Ingenious, these three games are different enough to justify their inclusion in one box and to add to the genre of abstract strategy titles to Reiner's name. Each holds slightly different strategies and challenges. Our favorite here would be the dice challenge for some reason. Perhaps because it's compact and relatively simple with few parts.
by Wolfbearheart
I liked the original, this one is a shorter filler game that uses the same concept as the original. There are three mini games that you can introduce beginners to and finish relatively quick. You place pegs into the score card so you could play the card game in a car. The game box is very small all the components fit in snuggly. Not a must have game, but it has a place. August 2019 $8.31
by ccmonter
This is not marketed as a kids' game, but it is. This game comes with us to every vacation. Portable and quick to play. Mostly luck but with just enough decisions to keep it interesting.
by ursasmar
Of the 3, I think the card game is my favorite, but I will pretty much play any of them. Nothing fancy, but enjoyable.


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package org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.client.funtions;

import org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.ecma3.JSNumber;
import org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.ecma3.JSString;
import org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.ecma5.functions.JS5ObjectFunctions;

public interface HistoryFunctions extends JS5ObjectFunctions {

	/**
	* function back - Loads the previous URL in the history list.
	* @memberOf History
	* @see org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.client.History History
	*/
	public void back();

	/**
	* function forward - Loads the next URL in the history list.
	* @memberOf History
	* @see org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.client.History History
	*/
	public void forward();

	/**
	* function go - Loads a specific URL from the history list.
	* @memberOf History
	* @param arg goes to the URL within the specific position (-1 goes back one page, 1 goes forward one page)
	* @see org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.client.History History
	*/
	public void go(JSNumber arg);

	/**
	* function go - Loads a specific URL from the history list.
	* @memberOf History
	* @param arg the string must be a partial or full URL, and the function will go to the first URL that matches the string
	* @see org.fife.rsta.ac.js.ecma.api.client.History History
	*/
	public void go(JSString arg);
}