1 . Riding through the World

Ready to ride? The Hershey Harrisburg Region offers a variety of scenic pathways and rugged (崎岖的) trails for all skill levels in any season.

Enjoy 19 miles of family-friendly trail near Dauphin, PA. This peaceful trek through Stony Valley is part of the second largest roadless wilderness tract of land of Pennsylvania.

Trails: 1             Trail length: 19. 2 miles

Trail type: primitive       Difficulty: easy

Average time: 2. 5 hrs       Average trail grade: 1 degree

Enjoy 21 miles of beautiful scenery, historic architecture, and magnificent views of the river and Pennsylvania Capitol complex. Combining urban, wooded, and paved trails, the Greenbelt Trail System is also popular for hikes, walks and recreational biking.

Trails: 5             Trail length: 21. 89 miles

Trail type: paved and primitive       Difficulty: easy to moderate

Average time: 3. 5 hrs       Average trail grade: 1. 5 degrees

Ten miles of new trails wind their way through the Pean State University at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Campus. The trails are divided into two sections, with one side geared toward more challenging sides and the other hosting more: open and flowing pathways.

Trails: 10             Trail length: 9. 7 miles

Trail type: paved and primitive       Difficulty: moderate

Average time: 1. 5 hrs       Average trail grade: 2 degrees

Expert riders looking for a challenging track with varied terrain (地形) will love this trail. The Rattling Creek trail network covers over 20 miles of rugged singletrack terrain, as well as miles of tamer gravel (砾石) forest roads. The trail network comprises trails in the Weiser State Forest and in Lykens Borough.

Trails: 15             Trail length: 22. 3 miles

Trail typo: primitive and rocky       Difficulty: difficult

Average time: 3. 5 hrs       Average trail grade: 3 degrees

2 . The Big Picture Photo Contest

What on Earth have you photographed? The annual BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition encourages little photographers from around the world to contribute their work to this photo competition that will both celebrate and display the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspire action to protect the environment through the power of imagery. It has been held since 1991 and has received more than 3 million entries from children in over 100 countries. The winning images are exhibited at one of the most famous science institutions in the world in San Francisco, California, the USA.

Theme

“Life and the Environment”

Contest Prizes:

$12,000 in cash prizes to be awarded to the winners: The Grand Prize winner will receive $5,000 for the best overall image and be featured in the annual exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences (December 26 - December 31,2019). The first place winners of the seven official categories will each receive $1,000 in cash and also have their winning images featured in the annual exhibit. Up to 6 additional finalists will be awarded a certificate of recognition for each category.

Eligibility (参赛资格)

Children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. Only hard copies of photos will be accepted. Full name, age (day, month and year), sex and full address including phone number and e-mail must be on the back of the photo.

E-mail: BigPicture@hottail.com

Telephone

0440-321-8356

Limit

You can submit more than one entry.

Entry Fee

$5 for one single image submission in any category.

Copyright

Note that by entering the competition, you have assigned copyright of your photo(s) to the organizers. The photo (s) will not be returned and will be used to raise environmental awareness through exhibitions, websites, posters, publications, etc. and to raise funds to further promote environmental activities by children.

Deadline

October 01, 2019.

3 . The family of a gifted chess player living in London has been given the right to stay in Britain because of his “world-class talent”.

Nine-year-old Shreyas Royal had to leave the country with his parents when his father’s work visa (签证) couldn’t be used next month, the UK Press Association (PA) reported.

In a post (帖子) on his Facebook page Friday, Shreyas celebrated the news that they could now stay, saying it was a “deep pleasure for all of us”. “I would like to say a big thank-you to each and everyone from the bottom of my heart!” he wrote.

Shreyas, who plays for Battersea Chess Club, was born in India but moved to Britain when he was three years old after his father, an IT project manager, was offered a job there, according to PA.

The Home Office said the boy’s father, Jitendra Singh, had been given permission to ask for another five-year work visa without leaving the United Kingdom due to Shreyas’ talent, according to PA.

“After much research, I have taken the personal decision to allow Shreyas and his family to stay in the UK,” Home Secretary Sajid Javid said. “The UK is a country that brings up world-class talent and Shreyas is one of the most gifted chess players in his generation (代).”

Battersea Chess Club, which was established in 1885, welcomed the Home Office’s decision in a statement on its website.

“Shreyas is a very nice, down-to-earth young man who has a big future ahead of him on the world stage hopefully representing England,” said club secretary Leon Watson. “We strongly believe he will make us proud. We wish him every success going forward. In 10 years’ time we hope he’ll be a famous name as England’s first world champion.”

In a Facebook post on Monday, Shreyas announced that following his performance at the British Chess Championship he was now ranked second in the world for his age group.

5 . I’ve been a professional athletic trainer for about 16 years. And I’ve worked with a range of athletes from high school students to those of the ________ level.

Recently, as I’ve been seeing the videos of Kobe’s dunking (扣篮) and people’s ________ on the remarkable legacy left behind by Kobe, I activated my Reddit account to ________ one story about him.

I was once invited to Las Vegas to help ________ Team USA for the London Olympics. This was my ________ with Kobe. At first, we had a brief conversation where he got my ________ and I told him that whenever he wanted additional drills he could call me up.

On the night before the first scrimmage (分组对抗赛). I suddenly heard my cell ring. It turned out to be Kobe. I nervously ________. He wondered if I could help him with some conditioning work. I ________ my clock — it was 4:15 am. I ________.

When I arrived at the main practice room, I saw Kobe being there alone, drenched (湿透的) in ________ as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn’t even 5 am. After one hour’s practice, we entered the weight room, where he did a series of exercises to improve his ________ for 45 minutes. After that, we ________ and he went back to the practice room to ________. I went back to the hotel; I was ________.

I was expected to be at the practice room at about 11 am. I woke up feeling ________, and hurriedly headed there. This next part is what I remembered very ________. On the right side was Kobe doing jump shots. Later, I realized Kobe didn’t even stop ________ while I was into my dreamland. It was no ________ that he had always been the most ________ athlete in the league.

Many stories about his ________ all became together and hit me like a train. Yes, Kobe Bryant may be gone, but his Mamba mentality lives on.

6 . The planet has a new world record for running the Zurich Marato Barcelona while pushing a wheelchair!

Eric Domingo Roldan of Barcelona, Spain, first tried to run a 26.2-mile race while _______ his mother Silvia back in 2020. When they _______ the mark by just 1 minute and 21 seconds, Eric vowed (发誓) to _______ in 2021 to win the title.

True to his _______ , Eric and Silvia have done just that! On November 7, 2021, Eric and Silvia crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 53 minutes and 28 seconds. The _______ record was 2: 58: 40, so they pulled off their _______ with time to spare!

Eric has a very special _______ for setting such a goal. Many people don’t know multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化) (MS). Eric runs to draw _______ to MS, which his mother has dealt with for more than 17 years. He also runs to raise money for MS. He _______ to collect more than €3, 000 before the marathon. All of the money was used to ________ MS research.

The son said achieving the world record means even more to them, because it encourages them to go on after they went through the hardest time of their life. ________ her MS, his mother is still recovering from a battle with COVID-19 back in August.

While she was ________ about the race, Silvia was all smiles in her wheelchair as Eric ran. She loved the feeling of the wind in her hair as her son pushed them both toward the finish line.

“It was a dream come true,” Eric added. “I was often looking at my watch to check if we were ________ , and the last 195m were the ________ seconds of my life. To cross that line meant that we finally did what we ________.”