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Chapter 16 - Outwitting the Stars
"Mukunda, why don't you get an astrological armlet?"
"Should I, Master? I don't believe in astrology."
"It is never a question of belief; the only scientific attitude one can take on any
subject is whether it is true. The law of gravitation worked as efficiently before Newton as after
him. The cosmos would be fairly chaotic if its laws could not operate without the sanction of human
"Charlatans have brought the stellar science to its present state of disrepute. Astrology is too vast,
both mathematically1 and philosophically, to be rightly grasped except by
men of profound understanding. If ignoramuses misread the heavens, and see there a scrawl instead of a
script, that is to be expected in this imperfect world. One should not dismiss the wisdom with the
"All parts of creation are linked together and interchange their influences. The balanced rhythm of the
universe is rooted in reciprocity," my guru continued. "Man, in his human aspect, has to combat two sets of
forcesfirst, the tumults within his being, caused by the admixture of earth, water, fire, air, and ethereal
elements; second, the outer disintegrating powers of nature. So long as man struggles with his mortality, he
is affected by the myriad mutations of heaven and earth.
"Astrology is the study of man's response to planetary stimuli. The stars have no conscious benevolence or
animosity; they merely send forth positive and negative radiations. Of themselves, these do not help or harm
humanity, but offer a lawful channel for the outward operation of cause-effect equilibriums which each man
has set into motion in the past.
"A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with his
individual karma. His horoscope is a challenging portrait, revealing his unalterable past and its probable
future results. But the natal chart can be rightly interpreted only by men of intuitive wisdom: these are
"The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fatethe
result of past good and evilbut to arouse man's will to escape from his universal thralldom. What he has
done, he can undo. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now
prevalent in his life. He can overcome any limitation, because he created it by his own actions in the first
place, and because he has spiritual resources which are not subject to planetary pressure.
"Superstitious awe of astrology makes one an automaton, slavishly dependent on mechanical guidance. The
wise man defeats his planetswhich is to say, his pastby transferring his allegiance from the creation to the
Creator. The more he realizes his unity with Spirit, the less he can be dominated by matter. The soul is
ever-free; it is deathless because birthless. It cannot be regimented by stars.
"Man is a soul, and has a body. When he properly places his sense of identity, he leaves
behind all compulsive patterns. So long as he remains confused in his ordinary state of spiritual amnesia, he
will know the subtle fetters of environmental law.
"God is harmony; the devotee who attunes himself will never perform any action amiss. His activities will
be correctly and naturally timed to accord with astrological law. After deep prayer and meditation he is in
touch with his divine consciousness; there is no greater power than that inward protection."
"Then, dear Master, why do you want me to wear an astrological bangle?" I ventured this question after a
long silence, during which I had tried to assimilate Sri Yukteswar's noble exposition.
"It is only when a traveler has reached his goal that he is justified in discarding his maps. During the
journey, he takes advantage of any convenient short cut. The ancient rishis discovered many ways to curtail
the period of man's exile in delusion. There are certain mechanical features in the law of karma which can be
skillfully adjusted by the fingers of wisdom.
"All human ills arise from some transgression of universal law. The scriptures point out that man must
satisfy the laws of nature, while not discrediting the divine omnipotence. He should say: 'Lord, I trust in
Thee, and know Thou canst help me, but I too will do my best to undo any wrong I have done.' By a number of
meansby prayer, by will power, by yoga meditation, by consultation with saints, by use of astrological
banglesthe adverse effects of past wrongs can be minimized or nullified.
"Just as a house can be fitted with a copper rod to absorb the shock of lightning, so the bodily temple
can be benefited by various protective measures. Ages ago our yogis discovered that pure metals emit an
astral light which is powerfully counteractive to negative pulls of the planets. Subtle electrical and
magnetic radiations are constantly circulating in the universe; when a man's body is being aided, he does not
know it; when it is being disintegrated, he is still in ignorance. Can he do anything about it?
"This problem received attention from our rishis; they found helpful not only a combination of metals, but
also of plants andmost effective of allfaultless jewels of not less than two carats. The preventive uses of
astrology have seldom been seriously studied outside of India. One little-known fact is that the proper
jewels, metals, or plant preparations are valueless unless the required weight is secured, and unless these
remedial agents are worn next to the skin."
"Sir, of course I shall take your advice and get a bangle. I am intrigued at the thought of outwitting a
"For general purposes I counsel the use of an armlet made of gold, silver, and copper. But for a specific
purpose I want you to get one of silver and lead." Sri Yukteswar added careful directions.
"Guruji, what 'specific purpose' do you mean?"
"The stars are about to take an unfriendly interest in you, Mukunda. Fear not; you shall be protected. In
about a month your liver will cause you much trouble. The illness is scheduled to last for six months, but
your use of an astrological armlet will shorten the period to twenty-four days."
I sought out a jeweler the next day, and was soon wearing the bangle. My health was excellent; Master's
prediction slipped from my mind. He left Serampore to visit Benares. Thirty days after our conversation, I
felt a sudden pain in the region of my liver. The following weeks were a nightmare of excruciating pain.
Reluctant to disturb my guru, I thought I would bravely endure my trial alone.
But twenty-three days of torture weakened my resolution; I entrained for Benares. There
Sri Yukteswar greeted me with unusual warmth, but gave me no opportunity to tell him my woes in private. Many
devotees visited Master that day, just for a darshan. 2 Ill and
neglected, I sat in a corner. It was not until after the evening meal that all guests had departed. My guru
summoned me to the octagonal balcony of the house.
"You must have come about your liver disorder." Sri Yukteswar's gaze was averted; he walked to and fro,
occasionally intercepting the moonlight. "Let me see; you have been ailing for twenty-four days, haven't
"Yes, sir."
"Please do the stomach exercise I have taught you."
"If you knew the extent of my suffering, Master, you would not ask me to exercise." Nevertheless I made a
feeble attempt to obey him.
"You say you have pain; I say you have none. How can such contradictions exist?" My guru looked at me
I was dazed and then overcome with joyful relief. No longer could I feel the continuous torment that had
kept me nearly sleepless for weeks; at Sri Yukteswar's words the agony vanished as though it had never
I started to kneel at his feet in gratitude, but he quickly prevented me.
"Don't be childish. Get up and enjoy the beauty of the moon over the Ganges." But Master's eyes were
twinkling happily as I stood in silence beside him. I understood by his attitude that he wanted me to feel
that not he, but God, had been the Healer.
I wear even now the heavy silver and lead bangle, a memento of that daylong-past, ever-cherishedwhen I
found anew that I was living with a personage indeed superhuman. On later occasions, when I brought my
friends to Sri Yukteswar for healing, he invariably recommended jewels or the bangle, extolling their use as
an act of astrological wisdom.
I had been prejudiced against astrology from my childhood, partly because I observed that many people are
sequaciously attached to it, and partly because of a prediction made by our family astrologer: "You will
marry three times, being twice a widower." I brooded over the matter, feeling like a goat awaiting sacrifice
before the temple of triple matrimony.
"You may as well be resigned to your fate," my brother Ananta had remarked. "Your written horoscope has
correctly stated that you would fly from home toward the Himalayas during your early years, but would be
forcibly returned. The forecast of your marriages is also bound to be true."
A clear intuition came to me one night that the prophecy was wholly false. I set fire to the horoscope
scroll, placing the ashes in a paper bag on which I wrote: "Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are
roasted in the divine fires of wisdom." I put the bag in a conspicuous spot; Ananta immediately read my
defiant comment.
"You cannot destroy truth as easily as you have burnt this paper scroll." My brother
laughed scornfully.
It is a fact that on three occasions before I reached manhood, my family tried to arrange my betrothal.
Each time I refused to fall in with the plans,3 knowing that my love for
God was more overwhelming than any astrological persuasion from the past.
"The deeper the self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle
spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux." These words of Master's
often returned inspiringly to my mind.
Occasionally I told astrologers to select my worst periods, according to planetary indications, and I
would still accomplish whatever task I set myself. It is true that my success at such times has been
accompanied by extraordinary difficulties. But my conviction has always been justified: faith in the divine
protection, and the right use of man's God-given will, are forces formidable beyond any the "inverted bowl"
can muster.
The starry inscription at one's birth, I came to understand, is not that man is a puppet of his past. Its
message is rather a prod to pride; the very heavens seek to arouse man's determination to be free from every
limitation. God created each man as a soul, dowered with individuality, hence essential to the universal
structure, whether in the temporary role of pillar or parasite. His freedom is final and
immediate, if he so wills; it depends not on outer but inner victories.
Sri Yukteswar discovered the mathematical application of a 24,000-year equinoctial cycle to our present
age.4 The cycle is divided into an Ascending Arc and a Descending Arc,
each of 12,000 years. Within each Arc fall four Yugas or Ages, called Kali, Dwapara, Treta, and
Satya, corresponding to the Greek ideas of Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Golden Ages.
My guru determined by various calculations that the last Kali Yuga or Iron Age, of the Ascending
Arc, started about A.D. 500. The Iron Age, 1200 years in duration, is a span of materialism; it ended about
A.D. 1700. That year ushered in Dwapara Yuga, a 2400-year period of electrical and atomic-energy
developments, the age of telegraph, radio, airplanes, and other space-annihilators.
The 3600-year period of Treta Yuga will start in A.D. 4100; its age will be marked by common
knowledge of telepathic communications and other time-annihilators. During the 4800 years
of Satya Yuga, final age in an ascending arc, the intelligence of a man will be completely developed;
he will work in harmony with the divine plan.
A descending arc of 12,000 years, starting with a descending Golden Age of 4800 years, then begins5 for the world; man gradually sinks into ignorance. These cycles are the eternal
rounds of maya, the contrasts and relativities of the phenomenal universe.6 Man, one by one, escapes from creation's prison of duality as he awakens to
consciousness of his inseverable divine unity with the Creator.
Master enlarged my understanding not only of astrology but of the world's scriptures. Placing the holy
texts on the spotless table of his mind, he was able to dissect them with the scalpel of intuitive reasoning,
and to separate errors and interpolations of scholars from the truths as originally expressed by the
"Fix one's vision on the end of the nose." This inaccurate interpretation of a Bhagavad
Gita stanza,7 widely accepted by Eastern pundits and Western
translators, used to arouse Master's droll criticism.
"The path of a yogi is singular enough as it is," he remarked. "Why counsel him that he
must also make himself cross-eyed? The true meaning of nasikagram is 'origin of the nose, not 'end of
the nose.' The nose begins at the point between the two eyebrows, the seat of spiritual vision."8
Because of one Sankhya9 aphorism, "Iswar-ashidha,""A
Lord of Creation cannot be deduced" or "God is not proved,"10 many
scholars call the whole philosophy atheistical.
"The verse is not nihilistic," Sri Yukteswar explained. "It merely signifies that to the unenlightened
man, dependent on his senses for all final judgments, proof of God must remain unknown and therefore
non-existent. True Sankhya followers, with unshakable insight born of meditation, understand that the
Lord is both existent and knowable."
Master expounded the Christian Bible with a beautiful clarity. It was from my Hindu guru, unknown to the
roll call of Christian membership, that I learned to perceive the deathless essence of
the Bible, and to understand the truth in Christ's assertionsurely the most thrillingly intransigent ever
uttered: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."11
The great masters of India mold their lives by the same godly ideals which animated Jesus; these men are
his proclaimed kin: "Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother."12 "If ye continue in my word," Christ pointed out,
"then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."13 Freemen all, lords of themselves, the Yogi-Christs of India are part of the
immortal fraternity: those who have attained a liberating knowledge of the One Father.
"The Adam and Eve story is incomprehensible to me!" I observed with considerable heat one day in my early
struggles with the allegory. "Why did God punish not only the guilty pair, but also the innocent unborn
Master was more amused by my vehemence than my ignorance. "Genesis is deeply symbolic, and cannot
be grasped by a literal interpretation," he explained. "Its 'tree of life' is the human body. The spinal cord
is like an upturned tree, with man's hair as its roots, and afferent and efferent nerves as branches. The
tree of the nervous system bears many enjoyable fruits, or sensations of sight, sound, smell, taste, and
touch. In these, man may rightfully indulge; but he was forbidden the experience of sex,
the 'apple' at the center of the bodily garden.14
"The 'serpent' represents the coiled-up spinal energy which stimulates the sex nerves. 'Adam' is reason,
and 'Eve' is feeling. When the emotion or Eve-consciousness in any human being is overpowered by the sex
impulse, his reason or Adam also succumbs.15
"God created the human species by materializing the bodies of man and woman through the force of His will;
He endowed the new species with the power to create children in a similar 'immaculate' or divine
manner.16 Because His manifestation in the individualized soul had
hitherto been limited to animals, instinct-bound and lacking the potentialities of full reason, God made the
first human bodies, symbolically called Adam and Eve. To these, for advantageous upward evolution, He
transferred the souls or divine essence of two animals. 17 In Adam or
man, reason predominated; in Eve or woman, feeling was ascendant. Thus was expressed the duality or polarity
which underlies the phenomenal worlds. Reason and feeling remain in a heaven of cooperative joy so long as
the human mind is not tricked by the serpentine energy of animal propensities.
"The human body was therefore not solely a result of evolution from beasts, but was produced by an act of
special creation by God. The animal forms were too crude to express full divinity; the human being was
uniquely given a tremendous mental capacitythe 'thousand-petaled lotus' of the brainas well as acutely
awakened occult centers in the spine.
"God, or the Divine Consciousness present within the first created pair, counseled them
to enjoy all human sensibilities, but not to put their concentration on touch sensations.18 These were banned in order to avoid the development of the sex organs, which
would enmesh humanity in the inferior animal method of propagation. The warning not to revive
subconsciously-present bestial memories was not heeded. Resuming the way of brute procreation, Adam and Eve
fell from the state of heavenly joy natural to the original perfect man.
"Knowledge of 'good and evil' refers to the cosmic dualistic compulsion. Falling under
the sway of maya through misuse of his feeling and reason, or Eveand Adamconsciousness, man
relinquishes his right to enter the heavenly garden of divine self-sufficiency. 19 The personal responsibility of every human being is to restore his 'parents'
or dual nature to a unified harmony or Eden."
As Sri Yukteswar ended his discourse, I glanced with new respect at the pages of Genesis.
"Dear Master,' I said, "for the first time I feel a proper filial obligation toward Adam and Eve!"
Chapter1 - My Parents and Early Life
Chapter2 - My Mother's Death and the Mystic Amulet
Chapter3 - The Saint With Two Bodies
Chapter4 - My Interrupted Flight Toward the Himalayas
Chapter5 - A "Perfume Saint" Displays His Wonders
Chapter6 - The Tiger Swami
Chapter7 - The Levitating Saint
Chapter8 - India's Great Scientist, J.C. Bose
Chapter9 - The Blissful Devotee and His Cosmic Romance
Chapter10 - I Meet My Master, Sri Yukteswar
Chapter11 - Two Penniless Boys in Brindaban
Chapter12 - Years in My Master's Hermitage
Chapter13 - The Sleepless Saint
Chapter14 - An Experience in Cosmic Consciousness
Chapter15 - The Cauliflower Robbery
Chapter16 - Outwitting the Stars
Chapter17 - Sasi and the Three Sapphires
Chapter18 - A Mohammedan Wonder-Worker
Chapter19 - My Master, in Calcutta, Appears in Serampore
Chapter20 - We Do Not Visit Kashmir
Chapter21 - We Visit Kashmir
Chapter22 - The Heart of a Stone Image
Chapter23 - I Receive My University Degree
Chapter24 - I Become a Monk of the Swami Order
Chapter25 - Brother Ananta and Sister Nalini
Chapter26 - The Science of Kriya Yoga
Chapter27 - Founding a Yoga School in Ranchi
Chapter28 - Kashi, Reborn and Rediscovered
Chapter29 - Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools
Chapter30 - The Law of Miracles
Chapter31 - An Interview with the Sacred Mother
Chapter32 - Rama is Raised From the Dead
Chapter33 - Babaji, the Yogi-Christ of Modern India
Chapter34 - Materializing a Palace in the Himalaya
Chapter35 - The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya
Chapter36 - Babaji's Interest in the West
Chapter37 - I Go to America
Chapter38 - Luther Burbank -- A Saint Amidst the Roses
Chapter39 - Therese Neumann, the Catholic Stigmatist
Chapter40 - I Return to India
Chapter41 - An Idyll in South India
Chapter42 - Last Days With My Guru
Chapter43 - The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
Chapter44 - With Mahatma Gandhi in Wardha
Chapter45 - The Bengali "Joy-Permeated" Mother
Chapter46 - The Woman Yogi Who Never Eats
Chapter47 - I Return to the West
Chapter48 - At Encinitas in California
Chapter49 - The Years - 1940 - 1951


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The Creech area lies at the foot of the Purbeck Hills, 3 miles south of Wareham.
Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
Sergeant Frederick James Simpson | Farm worker |
15 Jun 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Sergeant Wilfred John Wise | Locomotive engine driver |
10 Jun 1940 | 1942 |
Private Douglas Frank Green | Farm worker |
10 Jun 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Private Leslie Cyril Green | Clay miner |
10 Jun 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Private Harold Arthur Hatchard | Clay miner underground |
10 Jun 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Private Harold John Hatchard | 11 Mar 1943 | 02 Feb 1944 | |
Private Eli Frank Kitcatt | Clay worker |
30 Sep 1942 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Private Wilfred Robert Stockley | Clay miner |
02 Feb 1942 | 03 Dec 1944 |
The Patrol built their own base to begin with but it collapsed and they built another. The location of this is not known.
Eventually the Royal Engineers were sent to build a more substantial OB. The remains survive just off a footpath and can be easily visited. Map ref SY939828. The main entrance shaft had a hatch operated by a remote cable. The first chamber contained the equipment and tables. There was a second chamber, unusually set at an angle with a short connecting tunnel, apparently to deflect blast, though it isn't clear if this would have worked. The second chamber held naval type hammocks in a star pattern suspended from the centre. At the end of this chamber was the escape exit. What survives is the entrance shaft and the walls of the two chambers, though the corrugated iron roofs have collapsed.
Creech Patrol
These included the railway from Swanage to Wareham and the main line from Weymouth which passed through Wareham. They also practiced infiltrating the Holton Heath munitions factory.
Apart from training to attack the above targets, they also regularly travelled to the Dorset HQ at Duntish Court, Buckland Newton for training. Fred Simpson reckoned to make a small profit on the journey as a mileage allowance was payable. He also recalled going to Coleshill at least once.
In 1944 the Patrol was mobilised to provide a weeks guard for the underground bunkers of the radar station near Worth Matravers. This was part of the defences against possible German counter raids around the time of D Day. Another Patrol took over from them.
In 2009 a memorial stone was erected near to the OB. It lists the men involved and an information board alongside has pictures of the men and a rough plan of the layout of the OB. It was erected by the Royal British Legion.
This video was kindly supplied by Tony White (Son of Fred White, Patrol Leader from Langton Matravers Aux Unit):
For much more information about this Patrol, we can recommend Ken Williams' book published by CART member John Wareham, and John's accompanying website: The Creech Barrow Seven.
Audio tape made by Fred Simson (CART archives)
Tony White
Martyn Allen for some of the images
Ken Williams & John Wareham & John Pidgeon


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please tell me best camera app for android
Nice Tutorial
my phone has 13 mp, but I don't know what software to use. I have been using snappers but I don't really like it.
I have a photography outing this Sunday. we can either use our smartphones or cameras. I just broke my Nikon d3200 and have to save some cash up cuz I want to get the Nikon d5500 next. so, for this Sunday, I am stuck up with my smartphone. any tips, cheap equipment or something which can help me get better shots? please helpppppp.
I do want to feedback some problems I see with smartphone cameras. Most of them comes with the wide / ultra wide focal lengths so when taking group shots selfie, heads at the back usually appear very small as compare to those at the front. Unlike DSLR when we have a selection of lens with appropriate focal length to use, usually the widest acceptable focal length is around the 18mm crop (or around 24-27mm full frame).Basic photography tips still applies so don't ignore them even when you are using smartphones. (1)When you have a choice of backdrop to select, use them when they are available. (2)make sure everyone is present when you take the group photo. (3)if you unintentionally piss your subject/s off that's fine, but don't take it if you had intentionally pissed your subjects off. They won't smile for your photo. (4)Arrange the subject position when you are able to. Just the other day the facilitator of my class pissed off subjects, missed one subject in the photo taking, failed to arrange the subjects so that all some faces don't appear too small, and worse failed to use the nice garden scenery outside for the group photo.
Thank you guys! Preparing a local phototour and I just didn't found the right expressions by now 🙂
Anyone know of any good camera apps for Android?
What app do you use for your htc 1m8?? It seems to be more like a lumia camera.
I love informative vids such as this, job well done!
Should of used a iPhone 5s
Get an oppo find 7
Another tip dont use this shitty 4mp camera Sony Xperia Z2 has the best camera on any smartphone
And finally the ultimate tip: Forget about your phone camera and buy yourself an entry level DSLR with a decent 50mm (or rather it's equivalent like a 35mm for 1.5 crop sensor) fixed lens. Phone camera…. geez… I hate those stupid cat pictures that's all over the internet but for fuck sake the phone isn't even good for that – show your stupid cat some respect and at least shoot it with a decent cam.
All I could think about the whole video is TAKING THAT HTC OUT OF THE CASE!!! Looks ridiculous haha come on guysssssss, do better…
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Applying Fair Reward Divisions to Collaborative Work
Collaborative crowdsourcing tasks allow workers to solve more difficult problems than they could alone, but motivating workers in these tasks is complex. In this thesis, we study how to use payments to motivate groups of crowd workers. We leverage concepts from equity theory and cooperative game theory to understand the connection between fair payments and motivation. Based on findings from a systematic literature review, we identify how the implications of equity theory relate to the Mechanical Turk ecosystem. Then, we use a realistic audio transcription task to evaluate how theoretically fair payments affect crowd workers. Further, we carry out two experiments to find how people's perceptions of fair rewards differ from cooperative game theory's fairness axioms. Our findings have important implications for designing collaborative work and directing future
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Preview: Curse of the Dead Gods
This past week I had the opportunity to sit down with Curse of the Dead Gods by Passtech Games. Out now in early access on Steam, it's a rogue-lite game that puts you in the shoes of an adventurer exploring an ancient temple. Cursed by the gods, you're now exploring both for loot and to escape the cycle of death and reanimation you find yourself trapped in.
For the most part, Curse of the Dead Gods is a randomly generated isometric hack-and-slash, but where it differs from similar games is in the curse mechanic. Each room you go through will grant a bit of corruption, some enemy attacks will corrupt you further, and lastly, instead of paying gold at the shrines you find for relics and stats, you can gain corruption instead. As you become more corrupted you gain curses, all of which offer some detriment to gameplay like constantly lowering health, making enemies invisible in the dark, or making foes explode shortly after death. Quite a few, however, also have beneficial trade-offs to them, such as making it easier to hit enemies with traps, reducing damage taken at the cost of gold, or the aforementioned exploding enemies ALSO taking out their allies.
This led to two approaches toward going through the temple: Trying my best to avoid corruption wherever possible in the hope of keeping my run as simple as possible, or throwing caution to the wind and embracing corruption in the hope of getting more curses I can twist to my own ends than strictly detrimental ones. However, even then, some caution was advised. In my experience, the fifth and final curse tended to be run-endingly awful.
Now, that all said, this game is hard. Like, I'd argue unreasonably so. The benefit of the game being early access is that this is all subject to change, but I'm unsure how much of this is the game needing further balance, and how much of it is intentionally making it this hard.
By far the biggest issue I had was with healing. There are only two ways of healing in Curse of the Dead Gods: Either find a Haven room and gain corruption to heal some health (Havens are uncommon enough that an entire run may have none at all), or from an effect on weapons or accessories, but these tend to be low healing amounts that also require special conditions, such as "Heal 3% of max HP when performing an off-hand combo as your finishing blow," and these aren't even much more common than havens. You can't count on having any healing whatsoever, and this makes every single hit you take a major problem. Especially given the length of each run, and the requirement to kill every enemy in a room before proceeding. I'm not afraid of difficulty in my games, but this feels like "Dodge/parry every attack. Or else."
One other complaint is how obtuse a lot of the game systems are. While it does have a neat tutorial system where, on your first several runs, it'll tell you how to do things like charged attacks or parrying and encourage you to use them, MANY of the mechanics are not explained in any way. For example, the additional effects on off-hand combos (interrupt on pistol, knockback on shield, etc) was something I learned by accident. The fact that I take extra damage in the dark was something I only knew about thanks to a tracker in the death screen. But then there's cases like the "Weaken" effect, which I was able to inflict with certain weapons or by lighting enemies on fire with a specific blessing. Does that mean they do less damage to me, or take more damage? Is there perhaps some core mechanic vital to surviving that I just never found? I might never know.
Outside of that, I really did like the aesthetic of the temple environment, the curses added an interesting risk/reward mechanic, and the combat felt very fluid (Interrupting a melee combo with an interrupting pistol shot felt extremely satisfying.) I'm looking forward to what they do going forward, even if I find the current build more than a little frustrating.
Preview copy provided by Focus Home Interactive for PC. Screenshots taken by reviewer.


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And chanting birds with merry notes bewray, The near approaching of the cheerful day.
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22 MayIn The News: Opening of outdoor gym
The Fresh Air Gym at Rowner Junior School was unveiled with the help of Royal Navy personnel from HMS Sultan in Gosport.
The state-of the-art facility includes a range of activity stations with air walkers, cross country skiing, exercise bikes, Tai chi spinners and table tennis table.
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This week's Good Cycling Facility is a recently resurfaced cycle path in the outskirts of Zoetermeer in the Netherlands.
This path was already of a high standard, but it has been resurfaced with a fresh layer of smooth asphalt. It has its own dedicated street lighting, and has trees planted alongside it to provide shelter from the wind, and the rain.


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2020 Laureate Profile: Professor Loeske Kruuk
Professor Loeske Kruuk
Administering Organisation: The Australian National University
Fellowship project summary:
FL200100068: This project aims to determine the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations across Australia. By combining recent advances in genomic technology with a consortium of fourteen long-term studies of mammals, birds and reptiles, it aims to quantify the genetic basis of life-history variation and the potential for evolutionary adaptation in the wild. The project will generate a comprehensive understanding of the genetic consequences of environmental change, population decline, inbreeding and disease in natural environments. The expected benefits include a coordinated network for long-term wild animal studies in Australia, advanced quantitative skills training, and knowledge transfer for wildlife management and conservation.
Australian Research Council funding: $ 3,328,974.00
About Professor Loeske Kruuk
Professor Loeske Kruuk is an evolutionary ecologist with a broad range of interests in how evolution works in natural populations, especially considering the role of genetics and environment in shaping life history differences between individuals in a population.
She completed a PhD in population genetics at the University of Edinburgh, UK, finishing in 1997. A postdoc at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh introduced Professor Kruuk to the potential of long-term studies of wild animal populations to explore a wide range of important questions about life history evolution, quantitative genetics and effects of climate change, and since then she has been involved in studies of a variety of wild mammal and bird species. In 2012, Professor Kruuk took up an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship at The Australian National University.
Professor Kruuk is currently an editor for Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, and has previously been on the editorial boards of Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and Proc Roy Soc B.
Find out more about Professor Kruuk's research by visiting her profile page on The Australian National University website.
For further information about this funding scheme, please visit the Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme page.
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Many researchers like Kaplan, (1982); Rosenberg et al., (1989); Ross & Broh, (2000) cited that, the level of self-esteem is widely recognized as a central aspect of psychological functioning and well-being and is strongly related to many other variables. White (2002) stated that "If a problem is not biological in origin, then it will almost always be traceable to poor self-esteem". In fact, many psychotherapists have noted a direct relationship between self-esteem and mental health (Rogers, 1961; Coopersmith, 1967).
Research has also shown that low self-esteem is associated with various psychological and behavioral problems. For e.g. Leary, (1999) suggests that, "low self-esteem is related to a variety of psychological difficulties and personal problems, such as substance abuse, loneliness, academic failure, teenage pregnancy, and criminal behavior." People with low self-esteem tend to attribute any successes they have to luck rather than to their own abilities. Those with high self-esteem will tend to attribute their successes to qualities within themselves (Covey, 1989). Baumeister & his colleagues (e.g., Baumeister, 1993; Baumeister, Smart, & Boden, 1996) found that behaviors and outcomes are often more variable for people high in self-esteem than for people low in self-esteem.
Previous literature suggests that low self-esteem is associated with possible risk factor like depression, low self-esteem, anger, and anxiety. Self- esteem is a complex, multi-dimensional construct with multiple sources, and has other facets as potential risk factors for depression (Kwan et al., 2009). Researchers such as, Carlson, Uppal, & Prosser (2000) reported that "low self-esteem, in general, is of concern because of its association with depression, suicide, delinquency, substance use, and lower academic achievement. Carpenito-Moyet (2008) suggests that low self-esteem may be an indicator of susceptibility to depression, which is an important predictor of suicidal tendencies. Harter & Marold, (1994) suggests that low self-esteem has been associated with depression and suicidal ideas.
Roberts & Monroe (1994) proposed a general theoretical account of the role of self-esteem in depression. They acknowledged that low self-esteem has often been proposed as a risk factor that creates a vulnerability to depression, but concluded that in research, level of self-esteem has failed to emerge as a robust predictor of the onset of depression. They proposed that vulnerability to depression accompanies unstable self-esteem (i.e., self-esteem that is prone to fluctuate across time), as well as self-esteem based on relatively few and unreliable sources.
It is well-established that high self-esteem is related to positive adjustment, general well-being and mental health in adolescence and also to fewer internalizing and externalizing problems (e.g. Ouvinen- Birgerstam, 1999; Steinhausen and Winkler Metzke, 2001; Ybrandt, 2008). Further literature suggests that, mental health problems of adolescents may be caused by a negative psychological trait, such as low self-esteem (Hurrelmann & Losel, 1990). A Correlational data implicate low self-esteem in a host of social and academic problems, including poor school achievement, aggression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and teenage pregnancy (Dawes, 1994; Mecca, Smelser, & Vasconcellos, 1989; Scheff, Retzinger, & Ryan, 1989).
Rosenberg (1985) pointed out that there is a relationship between self-esteem and depression. Adolescents with low self-esteem report more depression than those with a higher self-esteem. The evidence of the relationship between low self-esteem and a higher rate of depression in adolescents was further supported in subsequent studies (Byrne, 2000; Kim, 2003). Self-esteem is related to numerous emotional states. It has been linked to anxiety and depression in the clinical literature (Mineka,Watson, & Clark, 1998), to pride and shame in the developmental literature (Tangney & Fischer, 1995), to happiness and contentment in personality psychology (Diener & Diener, 1995), and to anger and hostility in social psychology (Bushman & Baumeister, 1998; Kernis, Grannemann, & Barclay, 1989).
Self-esteem provides a fundamental role in the behavior and mental health of adolescents. There is some evidence that the mental health problems of adolescents may be caused by a negative psychological trait, such as low self-esteem (Hurrelmann & Losel, 1990). According to Bandura (1986) social adjustment, activity engagement, goal direction and self-confidence, and the presence of anxiety are all elements in a child's development and functioning that are influenced by his/her self-esteem.
Many other researchers like Bolognini, et al., (1996); Harter (1999); Hoffmann, Baldwin, & Cerbone, (2003); Kaplan, (1996); Stacy, et al., (1992) also emphasized self-esteem is an important indicator of general well-being and adolescents with lower levels of self-esteem often experience negative outcomes, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and dissatisfaction with life. According to Piko & Fitzpatrick (2003) consistent with a resilience framework, scholars suggest that self-esteem serves as a protective factor by insulating youth from stress that stems from negative life events, and specifically, protecting against depression. Melnyk et al. (2006) found that adolescents with high self-esteem have a strong belief in their ability to engage in a healthy lifestyle. People with high but unstable self-esteem score higher on measures of hostility than do people with low self-esteem (whether stable or unstable), whereas people with high but stable self- esteem are the least hostile (Kernis, Grannemann, & Barclay, 1989). It may be important to emphasize that apart from General Well-Being, personality constructs, like high self-esteem have been shown to act as protective factors against psychopathology in adolescents (McDonald & O'Hara, 2003). Dew & Huebner (1994) found that well-being forms significant positive associations with self-esteem measures.
In Pakistan, Riaz, Bilal & Rizwan, (2007) found that self-esteem is significant predictor of aggression and specifically physical aggression and anger were significantly predicted by low self-esteem. With respect to emotional and social consequences, anger has been associated with increased anxiety, reduced self-esteem, damage to social relationships (Deffenbacher et al. 1996), and depression (Picardi et al., 2004). Many researchers have explored ways that socially structured inequality shapes an array of emotional/mental health outcomes, usually depression or anxiety (McLeod and Nonnemaker 1999; Turner et al. 1995) and, more recently, anger (Ross and Van Willigen 1997; Schieman 1999).
One of the major reasons of psychological problems like low self-esteem, depression, and anger among adolescents of minority status is due to prejudice and discrimination of the society. Sociologists who study emotions have sought to document and describe the emotional correlates and consequences of social stratification (Smith-Lovin 1995). Adolescents of minority status are subjected to an array of derogatory and unpleasant experiences. All these experiences result in negative self-evaluation. According to Jacques & Chason, (1977) minority or low status groups judge themselves as a group less positively than the member of the majority or high status group.
All the researches cited in the literature review of the study, however, indicate that a Western evaluation of adolescent's self-esteem, depression, and anger is hard to replicate for the indigenous adolescents minority population of Pakistan. Research on minority adolescents in Pakistan is negligible and hardly provides any basis for valid assertion about the state of affairs and the remedies, if ever adapted by authority figures, to improve the mental well-being of the target population. This study will highlight issues related to minority adolescents self-esteem, depression, anger, and will shed light on the ways mental well-being of the target group can be improved.


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Tesla has unveiled its long-awaited electric pickup truck that looks like a futuristic fully covered armored vehicle in a metal grey color.
At a launch event in Los Angeles, Tesla's Chief Executive (CEO) Elon Musk said that Cybertruck will have a rate of $39,000 and a maximum range of more than 500 miles. The production of the cybertruck is expected to begin at the end of 2021.
Mr. Musk said, "We need sustainable energy now. If we don't have a pickup truck we can't solve it. The top 3 selling vehicles in America are pickup trucks. To solve sustainable energy, we have to have a pickup truck,"
1. Elon Musk Was Born and Raised in Which Country?
- A. The Netherlands
- B. Canada
- C. South Africa
- D. Israel
He earlier tweeted that the design was partly influenced by Lotus Esprit Sportscar that doubled as a submarine in the 1070s 007movie "The Spy Who Loved Me".
As the sixth vehicle model of Tesla, the truck will be competing in a market against the Ford F Series, which has been the best selling pickup truck for more than 40 years in the U.S.
The Tesla Cybertruck has a stainless steel exterior with a triangular roof and windows made from armored glass. Mr. Musk has said that the truck is bulletproof but during a demonstration of the truck's toughness, its designer lobbed a metal ball at one of its windows, unexpectedly cracking it. He tried again on another window, which also cracked.
"Maybe that was a little too hard," said Mr. Musk, CEO.


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Caring For Your Vision
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If you eat a nutritious diet, exercise regularly, and manage stress effectively, you are maintaining healthy habits that could contribute to a long and robust life. However, there are many other factors you should consider when managing your overall health and wellness. Good vision is often taken for granted when it is not a current concern. But taking good care of your eyes should be a top priority for everyone, even those with excellent eyesight.
Scheduling Annual Exams
Preventative care is a crucial step in taking care of your eyes. It's important to see an optometrist every year for an eye exam to test more than just your field and range of vision. Optometrists can perform a series of simple tests to ensure you are seeing the world clearly and aren't developing any major problems or diseases. Often times, changes in vision can go unrecognized by the patient because the differences are so gradual. It's important to have a professional check to make sure you aren't in the early stages of a serious condition. You may find yourself surprised to learn that your eyesight isn't as accurate as you assumed. Correcting impaired vision through glasses, contact lenses, or laser surgery can make a major difference in managing eye strain and headaches, as well as improving your overall quality of life. It's also an important safety concern, especially if you drive or operate machinery on a regular basis.
Recognizing Common Eye Diseases
Many people assume that some changes in their vision are normal and will go away on their own. In truth, they may be symptoms of a more serious problem. Discharge coming from the eye could just be due to sensitivity or mild allergies. However, it may be a sign of conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye. This is a highly contagious disease that could cause serious problems if left untreated. Many people may need to use saline drops from time to time to keep their eyes moisturized and to relieve irritation. But if you find yourself reaching for them multiple times a day or several days a week, you may have a treatable condition known as chronic dry eye.
Other common eye diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, are more prevalent in people over the age of 60. Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye becomes clouded and results in blurry or hazy vision. This disease can be treated with surgery, and is a lower risk for people who wear sunglasses regularly. Glaucoma is a visual impairment caused by a buildup of too much pressure in the eye. While there is no cure for glaucoma, it can be treated and may not result in loss of vision if it is caught in its early stages. Both of these diseases must be treated by an ophthalmologist, such as Rohit Varma, who specializes in diseases of the eye. If you experience any symptoms of an eye disease, you should schedule an appointment immediately. Your optometrist may refer you to an ophthalmologist if they recognize any early symptoms of eye disease at your checkup.
Consuming Important Nutrients
A balanced diet can directly impact your visual health. Eating a wide variety of healthy foods is the best way to nourish your whole body, including your eyes. Some of the best foods for your eyes include red bell peppers, salmon, and eggs. Lutein is especially beneficial for your vision and is most prolific in carrots and leafy green vegetables, such as spinach and kale. It's important to remember that your body can't make lutein on its own, so it needs to consume it. Vitamins A, E, and C are very good for your visual health, along with omega 3's. If you feel that you aren't able to consume enough of these vitamins in their natural state, you may want to consider taking supplements to increase your intake. Be sure to consult a physician before starting a new supplement. Certain vitamins could impact medications, cause allergic reactions, or result in adverse side effects for some people.
Practicing Healthy Vision Habits
There are some simple ways you can care for your eyes at home to maintain good eye health. Try to limit screen time as much as possible. Too much can cause eye strain and lead to headaches, as well as more complicated problems over time. Always wash your hands before handling anything that goes into your eye, such as drops or contact lenses. Avoid touching or rubbing your eyes to prevent irritation and injury. If you use contact lenses, be sure to clean and store them properly, and throw them away once they become damaged or expired. Using the same lenses for longer than their prescribed life can lead to bacteria or buildup in the eye. Finally, talk to your optometrist about any exercises they might recommended to help you strengthen your eyes and reduce strain and pressure.
The key to caring for your vision is being proactive. Healthy habits and practices can help you prevent serious issues or detect and treat them before they become a problem.


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-Minister McGill Threatens FPA Publisher
By Jackson C. Clay, Jr.
The Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill has vowed to deal with the Publisher of one of Liberia's local dailies, Frontpage Africa (FPA) Newspaper, Rodney Sieh.
Speaking in a telephone conversation with Truth 96.1FM, Minister McGill said he would deal with the FPA boss by putting him into prison for what he considers as damaging his hard earned character he has built over the years.
"If people start to go after people for tarnishing other characters, other say there is no press freedom but when the press tarnishes someone's character nobody says something about it but this time around I will deal with him," Minister McGill said.
The Presidential Affairs Minister challenged FPA publisher, Rodney Sieh to publish the instruction sent to the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Minister by him, Minister McGill, instructing the Finance Minister to pay debt owe a non-existing company.
Minister McGill noted that Minister Samuel Tweah of the MFDP is a well-schooled person and as such; he would not take any instruction from him (minister McGill) or any other person on the execution of his duties.
The state Minister asserted that at no point in time did he instruct Minister Tweah to do anything, nothing that people try to hide behind the garment of being a press and damage others character.
He recounted the situation of the FPA with former Agriculture Minister under the immediate past administration, Chris Toe, where he, Rodney was placed behind bars, all in the name of making news, noting he is about to make more news because he's not going to let this go unnoticed.
The Minister comments come in the wake of the paper recent publication wherein the paper reported that it has uncovered what appears to be a multiple layers of corruption, fiscal mismanagement, and waste resulting in millions of United States dollars in losses from the coffers of the Liberian Government.
According to FPA, it has in its possession dozens of vouchers and memos detailing what the paper termed as exorbitant payments towards travel, make-up companies and firms tied to the Presidency.
"Nearly all the payment vouchers in the FPA's possession originates from instruction from the Ministry of State headed by Minister Nathaniel McGill, to the Ministry of Finance," FPA reported.


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Review of 'Kinder Scout : Portrait of a Mountain', by Roly SmithThis review is by Julie Bunting, and was published originally in The Peak Advertiser, the Peak District's local free newspaper, on 1st July 2002, and is reproduced with Julie's kind permission.
Some of Britain's top outdoor photographers have contributed to the book, resulting in a glorious tribute to the highest point in the Peak District by means of a hundred colour photographs. Experts on subjects from geology and natural history to fell running have provided the text. We also learn that there are those who regard Kinder as a sacred mountain, in fact a storehouse for cosmic forces, while legend tells how the gift of long life can be discovered at one particular spot. And did you realise that the Kinder plateau shares its latitude with Siberia and Labrador? The winter-time photographs are a particular joy - the vast majority of us will never see these scenes for ourselves. There is even a map showing routes to the hard-to-find 2,088ft (636m) summit. Events which took place on Kinder 70 years ago led to the Peak District becoming the first national park in 1951. As Roly Smith says: 'Unfailingly big, moody and magnificent, Kinder Scout is truly more of a spirit than a mountain.' In his conclusion he takes a sombre look at the problems facing the mountain and the way in which these are being tackled, able to reassure us that 'Kinder still offers for those who seek it that "solitude and established stillness, older than the world" as it always has, and it always will.' If this book doesn't make you want to set foot on Kinder for yourself, nothing will. But however many times you go, you will never see the mountain in all the many moods gathered together inside the covers of this truly beautiful book. With 144 pages, Kinder Scout, Portrait of a Mountain, The National Trust will receive 50p from the sale of each book towards the upkeep of Kinder. Review by Julie Bunting |


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Let's talk about you: COVID-19 self-care tips for caregivers
McKnight's, May 13, 2020
Kerry Burnight, Ph.D., a former professor of geriatric medicine and gerontology at the University of California-Irvine, writes, "Caregivers are truly unsung heroes. As frontline workers, you provide an invaluable service to the elders you care for, as well as to broader society. Just as we are instructed to do in airplane emergencies, put your own mask on first. This refers not only to your literal coronavirus mask, but also the metaphorical mask of self-care, self-forgiveness, recovery and rejuvenation."


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We Still Don't Know What My Melody Holders Are Used For
Local Sanrio fans proved their mettle this morning (6 Dec) in true Singaporean fashion — queuing at 3.45am for ultra-kawaii My Melody holders at McDonald's.
Most of them thought it was worth it, although we're still not quite sure what they'll be used for.
Early birds catch the worm
Lianhe Zaobao was on the scene in the wee hours of the morning to document the My Melody craze sweeping Singapore.
In a post on their page's Instastory, they did a poll on whether people would be keen on getting a holder for themselves.
MS News understands queue tickets were issued, to mitigate queue cutting and disputes. Guess we've learnt a lot from the insane Hello Kitty queues of the 90s.
Resold on Carousell
Enterprising Singaporeans saw an opportunity to earn quick bucks and took it.
This Carousell account owner claims to have 20 My Melody holders, and is selling them for $12 a piece online.
Bringing joy to all
We're just glad that McDonald's has once again given Singaporeans something to look forward to.
McDonald's Japan has also low-key released a Shinkansen Holder, albeit to lesser fanfare.
We think it's uber cute nonetheless.
Getting everyone out in droves to queue for something is truly our national pastime after all.
So, what Sanrio character is next on your bucket list?
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Westmoreland County Parks and Trails Comedy Nights are back again in 2023
The Westmoreland Heritage and Five Star Trails are hosting a Comedy Night on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Colton Hall in Claridge. Tickets are $35 per person and include dinner with ticket. All proceeds benefit the ongoing maintenance of the Westmoreland Heritage and Five Star trails.
Westmoreland County Parks is hosting a second Comedy Night on Friday, February 24, 2023 at the Youngwood Fire Hall. Tickets are $30 and include dinner with ticket. All proceeds benefit park and trail projects in Westmoreland County.
Tickets for the February 11th show are available at Ginny's Neighborhood Pizza Joint in Export, the Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation office in Greensburg, or by calling (724) 830-3950.
Tickets for the February 24th show are available at the Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation office, A&S Indoor Pistol Range in Youngwood, or by calling (724) 830-3950.
Both shows will feature professional touring comedians, raffles, 50/50 drawings, basket auctions, a cash bar, and more! Doors open at 6:00pm and the shows are recommended for ages 21 and up.
Groups of eight (8) or more can reserve tables at both locations. Tickets are limited for both shows, so purchase yours now!
Business sponsorships are also available at various levels including Gold sponsors for $300, Silver sponsors for $150, and Bronze sponsors for $50. Please call (724) 830-3959 if you are interested in being an event sponsor.
For more information about these Comedy Nights, please visit the Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation website at www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/parks.


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The Gingerbread House…to eat or not to eat? That is the question.
I found this gingerbread house on a website called Dylan's Candy Bar and thought it was adorable and then I thought that I need to add making a gingerbread house to our list of family traditions because the kids are now old enough and they are just so darn cute!
But, the question still remains… Do people actually eat these things once they are finished making them or do they sit, get dusty and then go in the garbage can for trash pick-up day?
You tell me…


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Perfect weather for a wonderful MAY DAY & GRANDPARENTS DAY.
Come and join in the fun!
Despite historic rainfall yesterday the Circle of Light event was spectacular. Thanks to all who helped make it a great time and we appreciate those who braved the rain to join us.
We hope that you will join us next week for our Spring Concert on May 8th at 7:00pm to hear our 4th & 5th grade orchestra and middle school orchestras and choruses perform. See the calendar event for more information.
Quote of the Day:
" Do something wonderful, people may imitate it."
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ARC 2018 Stages Overview
RELIVE ARC itinerary is as simple as it goes. Our goal is for you to forget you're on a tour and immerse yourself into the nature and your own experience completely.
You will feel alone but we'll be following your every step, making sure you have all you need.
RELIVE ARC will be the week that'll compete for the craziest thing you've done in your life and it will start with us picking you at the airport. Groups will range from 2 to maximum 8 people and according to that you'll be able to choose whether to land in Zagreb, Zadar or Split, preferably before noon. We'll pack all your big bags and take you to the accommodation close to the adventure starting point. You'll also get a chance to go shopping for everything you might need during the upcoming week, receive the maps and have briefing with us just as you would on the real world class adventure race. The next morning we'll drop you off at the start line and set you free. At the end of the every stage (excluding few remote ones) we'll be waiting for you with your gear to make your transition as smooth as possible. World class adventure racers sleep very little but it'll be up to you if you occasionally want to open up the tent and get some sleep.
Winning time of the race in 2018 was 60 hours so you can either try to beat that time or enjoy the intense week at your own pace, still much more extreme than regular tourist excursion. Keeping on moving is what makes this experience special and what will take you to the deepest places of your mind. During those 3 to 5 days, depending on your speed, you'll experience Zadar region the hard way and we hope you'll find the beauty in this inevitable pain. After reaching the finish line we'll have a dinner together because we like hearing your experience as much as we love ours. You will have a well deserved night sleep and the next day we'll take you back to airport, hopefully as a changed human.
A little sneak preview of what you will experience
STAGE 1 Salty lakes of Nin
Welcome to Nin, the old town situated in a lagoon on the eastern shore of the Adriatic sea. Historically known as the first Croatian royal town and now famous for its salt fields. Gregory of Nin, the bishop of Nin, will be the one to give you blessings for the start. You will start your journey on the main square, next to the 9th century Church of the Holy Cross and navigate your way from the salty fields to the sea.
STAGE 2 Paddle in the Starigrad Channel
30 kilometers long paddle from Nin to Starigrad will take you through island canals and let you experience Adriatic sea in its calm or rough phase. It could be a beautiful ride on turquoise water, but if the wind picks up you will have to fight to make your way to land. On the entire paddle you will have a clear view of what waits ahead, almost 2000 meters high mountain Velebit.
STAGE 3 From zero to hero
Velebit is the largest mountain range in Croatia and powerfully raises from the sea level. A journey on foot allows you to conquer 35 kilometeres of technical terrain through the gorge and feel what a tricky but breathtaking mountain Velebit is. You could enjoy the most amazing view and weather conditions but if the mountain decides to change its mood you might be in for a stormy treat. Summiting the Velebit's second highest peak Sveto Brdo (1751m), the biggest comfort will be knowing that from now on it is mostly downhill.
STAGE 4 Master's Road
A first part of the 80 km bike leg will be a true eye candy. Rocky paths will make the ride bumpy but the Velebit vastness and view on the islands will be worth all of it.
STAGE 5 Tulove grede
Short 3 km hike will take you up to Tulove Grede, a weird karst phenomenon. Some folk tales say the dragons laid their eggs here and the invisible mountain villas were hiding in the rocks. The third mythical creature was believed to be the Black Queen who brought misfortune so the dire mountain pass was named the Queen's Gate after her.
STAGE 6 Velebit plains
Second part of the 80 km bike leg will give you some time to relax and find your way downhill through the silent forests of Gračac area.
STAGE 7 Crnopac and The little prince path
Cerovac caves are the largest cave complex in Croatia. They are located on the north eastern slope of mountain Crnopac and will be your welcome place for the tricky 15 km hike ahead. After seeing the beauties of the underground you will navigate your way to the path of the Little Prince, which is a place that will tire your bodies but lift your spirits. Museum of limestone sculptures will be everywhere around you and it will lead you up to the peaks and down to the pits
STAGE 8 Bike to Krupa river
50 km bike leg from Gračac to Krupa will be a treat for bike lovers. Easy uphills, fun downhills, slightly technical terrain and beautiful views of the green and untouched nature.
STAGE 9 Krupa hike
Only 7 km long, until it flows into river Zrmanja, Krupa is a hidden paradise for adventurers. It has 19 waterfalls which are among the most beautiful ones in Croatia and its water is crystal clear and refreshing to drink. You will navigate your way through the canyon and if you're skilled with maps zou will save some time choosing the right crossings and discovering your own routes. Krupa will leave no one indifferent.
STAGE 10 Zrmanja kayak
Zrmanja River has penetrated its way towards the sea for many centuries and by breaking carbonate based grounds, created one of the most impressive canyons in Croatia. Therefore it was protected as a significant landscape attracting a great number of nature lovers every year. Kayaking down the river Zrmanja will be a perfect opportunity for you to rest your feet and experience the excitement river provides.
STAGE 11 Krupa waterfall
A 1 km goat trail is a door to the secret universe. Small pool and a waterfall will tempt you to take rest and stay there. You will have to remain focused to resist the spell of this magic place.
STAGE 12 Zrmanja kayak
Continuing down the Zrmanja river you will have to cross the big waterfall and many more smaller rapids. The canyon will slowly open up but the clear cold water will keep you refreshed.
STAGE 13 Bike to Karin
Hilly 50 km ride through the old abandoned area will lead you over dirt and cracked concrete roads. Historical remains of the war will give you a feeling of the horrible past but the sea will be on the horizon again.
STAGE 14 White canyon
Canyon of the White river is still one of those hidden places people haven't heard about. The water dissolves deposited limestone which makes it look white. It is a hydrogeological phenomenon. At the source of the river, you will have to enter a 225 meters long cave, full of living creatures and navigate your way to the very hidden check point. If anybody is afraid of bats, they should've worked on it earlier.
STAGE 15 Bike home
50 km long bike leg will be a fast lane to the city of Zadar. Mostly downhill and flat, you will be able to move fast and slowly start to feel the taste of the finish line.
STAGE 16 Zadar city orienteering
Zadar is the oldest continuosly inhabited city in Croatia. The area of present-day Zadar traces its earliest evidence of human life from the late Stone Age, while numerous settlements have been dated as early as the Neolithic. Zadar gained its urban structure in Roman times; during the time of Julius Ceasar and Emperor Augustus. You will navigate through the old town, experience the rich architectural culture and hear the most beautiful instrument in the world – the sea organ.
STAGE 17 Paddle to the finish
Last 11 km kayaking leg will give you a chance to push for the one last time while contemplating on what you've been through. With island Ugljan on the left side and the land on the right it is only a matter of time when you will reach the finish line.


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Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area, a core part of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, was recently shown on AirPano.com. 30 high-resolution pictures and 12 spherical panoramas of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park were displayed on the website, covering fascinating landscapes in Huangshizhai, Yuanjiajie, Yangjiajie, and Golden Whip Brook.
Please visit the following website to enjoy panorama view of the Park:
Zhangjiajie is one of the nine Chinese landmark locations on the website, together with the Forbidden City and the Great Wall in Beijing, Guilin, Hong Kong, Huanglong and Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan, Shanghai, Thousand Island Lake, and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces.
AirPano is a not-for-profit project focused on high-resolution virtual tours from a bird's eye view. Headquartered in Moscow, it consists of Russian photographers and panoramas experts. AirPano has already photographed over 300 most interesting locations throughout the planet, and has become the largest resource for 360° aerial panoramas in the world. There are about 3000 spherical panoramas on the website.
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Back in the Spring of this year, good news came out of CNBC regarding average 401k returns when they published an article titled Big Surge in 401k Balances, but Workers still not Saving Enough. The news out of this article was that the average 401k balance had grown $42,400 or nearly doubled from five years ago. Sounds great and it looks like Americans achieved a super awesome return on their 401k balances (finally).
Only, it didn't happen that way.
At First Glance…
Simply calculating the compound annual growth rate for this result leads us to assume that average 401k balance grew just a hair under 14% per year–awesome!
But, truth is that didn't happen. While most of the growth was due to the market, a not so insignificant amount of that growth came from 401k contributions. Once we factor that in, the results change…a lot.
Using data from Bloomberg and Zero Hedge the average 401k contribution just a year prior was calculated at $2,733 per participant per year. Since nothing happened recently that would suggest average contributions have gone down we'll assume they've remained the same and add this contribution number back into the calculation for annual return.
This brings the annual return down to 8.91%. Not bad, but not 14% either.
This result seems agreeable since, after all, 8% is the magic number we hear about quite a bit when estimating stock market returns. But I'm afraid the actual stock market fared much much better of the same period of time. By Vanguard's reporting, the S&P 500 has grown 18.83% over the last five years.
Now that number represents a lump sum investment made five years ago and growing for the entire five years, and since we know that's not what's going on we have to make an adjustment for the systematic investment.
Once we've adjusted for the systematic investment by taking the actual returns of the S&P500 using a systematic investment of $2,733 over the last five years we come to an annual return for the last five years of 14.01% (coincidence to the 14% mentioned above).
So Americans have, on average, done a good bit less.
How do you Expect to Actually Achieve that Return?
I bring all of this up simply to make the following point. For years investment salespeople have used historical stock market performance to support the argument that you should be in the market. The move is one that plays on greed. Even Dave Ramsey admits he does this, but pointing out the "motivation" he has created by showing people the money they could have. But DALBAR has shown consistently for the last couple of decades that American investors don't achieve these returns, and–sadly–nothing has changed lately.
Since we're talking a 401k, the money inside the majority of them (excluding Roth 401k contributions, which are still relatively rare) include money that is fully taxable once it makes its way out into the other side.
What's the net of taxable yield on this money?
Well if we assume a 15% effective tax rate (somewhat low since the effective federal income tax rate for a married couple filing jointly would be a tad higher than 15% on this sum of money) and completely ignore state income taxes, the yield drops to 5.15% per year if the balance (the average balance held by a 401k participant) were liquidated all at once.
Now, I realize it's somewhat unlikely that one would liquidate their entire 401k balance and pay taxes on it. Although, maybe not all that uncommon, since the Washington Post told us that more than 1 out of 4 Americans raid their 401ks. Still, we've asked for years, why one would paint themselves into a corner where their only option regarding their money was to systematically withdraw it or else pay hefty taxes.
Average 401k Returns tell us to Plan Accordingly
Many Americans have failed mimic the returns the stock market brings and under-perform it a great deal. This is okay, after all the 8.91% that was achieved for the past five years is still pretty good. But we can't pretend like investing in stocks will necessarily yield the results that we see from hypothetical scenarios often quoted by investment salespeople as most investors fail consistently to achieve those results.
I'm not trying to demotivate stock market investing. My major concern here is more in setting adequate expectations. As I've mentioned numerous times in the past, underestimating is way better than overestimating returns when it comes to projecting future retirement balances, and empirical evidence for average 401k returns has certainly supported this position.


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This Roasted Garlic Hummus is savory, takes a minute to prepare, is full-flavored and delicious, with only a minimum of 6 ingredients! (gluten-free, vegan)
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Roasted Garlic Hummus
Hi Everyone, remember when I posted How To Roast Garlic?
Of course, us being "hummus lovers", the natural extension of that is Roasted Garlic Hummus.
This would be great to use in a salad dressing, as an appetizer, or to smear on fresh-baked bread.
With this recipe I use only 1 tablespoon of tahini (I usually put up to 3 tablespoons in regular hummus), you can use more if you want but I found when I was testing the recipe that the tahini can overpower the roasted garlic flavor to the point where you only taste tahini if you add too much. So, go easy on the tahini, tahini-lovers.
One of the great things about roasted garlic is that you have all the aroma and sweetness of garlic.
Roasted garlic has that delicious caramelization to it.
Another option is adding a small clove of fresh garlic to add back in the "bite" of the garlic if that's what you love in garlic flavor.
I chose not to for this recipe but my husband Eric loves having some of the fresh garlic to give it that "spicy bite" aspect.
- 1 15 ounces can of chickpeas, drained (save the chickpea canning water to adjust consistency)
- 4 or more roasted garlic cloves, plus more for topping/garnishing, see How To Roast Garlic
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1/8 teaspoon Kosher salt, or amount to taste
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, or amount to taste
- a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (1 tablespoon)
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin, optional, or amount to taste
Kitchen Tools
- food processor
- small colander for draining the chickpeas and collecting the canning water
- wet measure to collect the chickpea water
- baking spatula
- spoon
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Eric and I have been trying to get more garlic into our diets for its heart-healthy benefits and this is an easy and flavorful way to do it.
You can use this recipe in salad dressings, marinades, or as a spread on sandwiches or on wraps.
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Roasted Garlic Hummus
This Roasted Garlic Hummus is easy, full-flavored and delicious, with only a minimum of 6 ingredients! gluten-free, vegan
- 1 15 ounce can chickpeas, drained, save chickpea water
- 4 roasted garlic cloves, or amount to taste, plus more for topping, search LLS for "How to Roast Garlic"
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1/8 teaspoon Kosher salt, or amount to taste
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper, or amount to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra virgin
- 1/8 teaspoon cumin, optional, or amount to taste
- In a food processor, add the drained chickpeas, tahini, Kosher salt, ground black pepper, roasted garlic cloves and pulse.
- Add the chickpea water and process until desired consistency is reached. Add more salt, garlic or pepper to taste.
- Transfer to serving bowl, top with more roasted garlic, drizzle with olive oil and optionally, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and more fresh pepper. Enjoy with your favorite chips or bread.
- makes 1 bowl
- a food processor is needed for this recipe
- to get super smooth hummus, you can take the time to remove the chickpea membranes.
- The nutritional information is an estimate; we use myfitnesspal.com to generate the nutritional information for this recipe.
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Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 223Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 211mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 7gSugar: 4gProtein: 12g
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On 25 October 2021 the Accra International Conference Center, one of the most popular venues in Accra, next door to the Parliament of Ghana, opened its premises to receive more than a hundred participants in the Third African Youth Nuclear Summit (AYNS2021), convened simultaneously in-person and online.
The Ghanaian Young Generation in Nuclear and the African Young Generation Nuclear (AYGN), host the event dubbed: "The impact of nuclear science and technology applications on economic recovery in Africa post COVID-19 pandemic".AYNS2021 brings together young researchers and professionals across the continent, from the academia; nuclear research institutions, nuclear service providers, prospective and current operators as well as regulators to share, exchange ideas and network on issues related to nuclear science and technology.
An array of Ghanaian high ranking officials congratulated the participants at the opening session, headed by Jake Obeng-Bediako, the Presidential Coordinator for Youth Engagement and Strategy, and coming from the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, the Nuclear Power Institute, etc. The statement on behalf of the Minister of Energy Hon. Matthew Opok re-iterated the resolve of the government to pursue nuclear component in the country's energy mix.
Several high-level officials from international organizations delivered welcoming remarks: Ms. Lena Andriolo, President of the International Youth Nuclear Congress; AYGN President Gaopalelwe Santswere; the AFCONE Executive Secretary Messaoud Baaliouamer; the African Union Commission Representative Ononuju Silver Okwaraogoma; Prof. Abdulrazak Shaukat, the IAEA Director, heading the Africa Division of Technical Cooperation. The latter referred IAEA programs and projects targeting specifically capacity building and education at high school and university level as well as inclusion of youth and women in STEM.
In his Keynote address, ISTC Executive Director David Cleave commended ISTC's reliable and long standing partnership with the African Young Generation in Nuclear and its national chapters. He noted that: Our relations have matured to a deeper level, and aspire after more substantial objectives than what collaboration with civil society is usually taken to imply". David Cleave underlined especially the intensive and results-oriented joint actions in the implementation of EU-funded projects in Africa, managed by ISTC.
The AYGN Advisor Abdul-Karim Barrie, founder of the movement of young nuclear professionals in North America, and initiator of AYGN newest chapter in Sierra Leone, reacted in a social media to the ISTC ED address the in the following way: ISTC has been there for us since launching of African Young Generation in Nuclear in 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. ISTC means so much to us and we can't thank them enough. Hopefully, what we achieved so far is a testament to ISTC resources and moral support for us and we hope ISTC recognized it has not gone to waste."


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BOWIE, MD - After a pair of defeats at DMVelite Super Circuit Session II in Hampton in June, Southern Maryland All-Stars 17U went on a roll, and came into Session IV's playoff round riding a five-game winning streak - with most of those coming in dominant fashion.
Early in the 17U semifinals on Sunday at Bowie City Gym, though, it looked like that run might come to a sudden end, as the All-Stars found themselves down 14 points against an aggressive Team Silk squad. True to form they responded, however, grabbing a one-point lead at the half and cruising in the second half for a 71-53 victory.
That win moved them into the title game, where they outlasted a tough Alexandria Kings squad 78-72 to win the inaugural Super Circuit 17U championship.
"We just believe in each other," 2022 wing Jayden Holland said. "We all know that we're going to all fight until the end of the game."
One of the more impressive things about the All-Stars' title run is that it was truly a group effort. They had just one player average double figure scoring through the first three sessions - Westlake (Md.) 2022 guard Aaron Herron at 11.2 points per game in 10 contests - and got contributions from all throughout the roster. Westlake (Md.) 2022 guard Myles Jackson led the squad in assists and steals during the regular season.
Holland (Huntingtown) stepped his game up in the playoffs, increasing his scoring average from 7.8 to 13.2 points per game, and his rebounding average from 4.3 to 5.2. Westlake (Md.) 2022 wing Jevon Simmons posted 10 points and a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game in the playoffs, up from 4.2 and 3.4, respectively.
"When I looked at the stats, I looked at the minutes as well as the scoring, and it was pretty consistent - you didn't see somebody stick out with a lot," SMD coach Eric Jackson said. "What I always told the guys was, 'You never know whose game it's going to be.' Everybody's going to have a big game, and with this team everybody did, whether it was somebody coming off the bench or whether it was one of the starters. Everybody on the team had a big game at some point during the season, and that was [a key to our] success. We didn't have any fighting on the court or with the coaches; everybody got along and everybody trusted each other."
St. Charles (Md.) 2022 guard Davon Carter came up big in the final, posting a team-high 15 points and going 3-of-5 from 3-point range.
"It was great," Carter said. This is the last [travel] season for most of us, so getting out here and showcasing our talent for the college coaches was good."
Carter was one of four players - along with Holland (14), Herron (11) and North Point (Md.) 2022 guard Devin Little (11) - to score in double-figures for the All-Stars, who needed every point to outlast a sizzling performance by Kings 2022 guard Michael Montano. The Edison (Va.) product dropped a Session-high 33 points, while teammate Aaron Boyd finished with 19.
"I think the biggest thing was we started playing better team ball," Jackson said of his team's progress from Session I to Session IV. "We came together, we looked to make the extra pass, we played fundamental basketball, and we never got down on ourselves. No matter what, we put a whole lot of heart into it, and we knew we'd be able to get through it and win the game. We just played hard for 94 feet, and it didn't matter who was on the floor."


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Bablake Pre Prep pupils and staff have been learning all about how to be healthy during their 'Healthy Eating Week'.
During the week teachers talked to pupils in lessons and assemblies about healthy lifestyles and everyone learnt lots of interesting and fun things about healthy living. Pupils played games such as, 'What's in the box?', and even had a fruity photo booth, that staff also enjoyed!
Pre Prep children were also sent home with food diaries, along with games and challenges. They got to have a go at food tasting, daily morning exercises, a healthy eating poster competition, and much more! Thank you to parents for all your support with encouraging the children to taste 'new' foods, have a balanced diet and make healthy choices.
Healthy Eating Poster Competition: It was extremely hard to pick winners amongst so many fantastic and imaginative posters submitted for the competition. However, after long discussions, the judging panel finally picked these worthy winners of a healthy hamper: Maryam in RP and Louie in 1R. Congratulations – and well done to everyone who took part!
Reception Class Teddies, Paddy and Tickle, tuck into healthy snacks during Healthy Living Week


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fresh graduate of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ogun State, identified as Oshokoya Deborah Ayomikun, has reportedly committed suicide.
The Adult Education graduate, who recently finished her final year exams and signed out with her peers, allegedly died after ingesting a poisonous substance suspected to be snipper.
Although details of the circumstances surrounding her death are still sketchy, reports have it that she took her own life because of a possible carryover that would have made her have an extra year.
TASUED SUG President, Comr Rabiu Sodiq, in a statement released on Wednesday, August 11, confirmed the incident and advised students against committing suicide regardless of how challenging life is.
"It is highly understandable when life brings a lot of burden upon us. Sometimes we get so discourage, frustrated and unhappy. Truth is, life struggles are inevitable and because every problem has a solution, this too shall pass. Please stay alive," he wrote.
"The moment you start thinking about suicide; just abort mission! Suicide does not only end your dreams, it ends the dreams of those attached to you. Say No To Suicide" he added.
See a photo of her corpse below,


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Welcome to a new year, a brand new website and our first Blog post! We hope you find our new site
engaging and easy to navigate; be sure to look out for exciting promotions and offers on a regular
basis. We will also be providing incisive comment and observations on relevant industry
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with a new team and a wider range of equipment. Our range of powered access machinery is also
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