I’ve never seen any aircraft approach North Island this way. Went down to about 400 ft above KSAN then turned for North Island. Any naval aviators who know why they might have done this? The standard approach is either off the western coast of Coronado or around the hook of Point Loma.

🇺🇦 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦

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The Eternal Artwork of Polina Rayko

Detail of artwork from Polina's house.
Polina Rayko grew up in Oleshky, Ukraine, a rather unassuming town with a population of 25,000 that faces Kherson on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River. But what you may not realize as you drive through this typical Ukrainian town is that it is a quite ancient city with a huge list of Ukrainian cultural bona fides going back to over 1,000 years ago during the Kyivan Rus. In fact, Oleshky was for a time the largest settlement in the entire south of Ukraine.
This deep link to Ukrainian culture is one of the many reasons why Polina's home in Oleshky is so remarkable. Let me tell you her story.
Polina was born in 1928, but she lived a long and difficult life before she ever picked up a paintbrush. Having survived Holodomor as a young child, she had two children of her own when she herself was quite young. She worked very hard to support her family, and there were many times when they survived only by the graces of her meticulously well-tended vegetable garden. In 1954, the young family built a home by the banks of the Dnipro.
Later in her life, she suffered a great deal of loss in a heartachingly short amount of time. Her daughter was killed in a car accident in 1994, and her husband Mykola died in 1995. Her son Serhiy spiraled into drug abuse and ended up in prison; he died of cirrhosis in 2002.
Despite having no education whatsoever, Polina began painting at the age of 69. She painted her entire home by the river; she also painted her gardens, gates and fences. She lavishly decorated them with evocative and vivid colors, spending nearly all of her tiny pension on inexpensive enamel paints. Her art combines mystical imagery in a swirling menagerie of flowers, animals, angels, and more. She used her art as a protective talisman to cope with her staggering loss.
Some of the best-preserved artwork in Polina's home.
After Polina died in 2004, her home was purchased by a couple from Canada who established a foundation that works to preserve this vital and unique artwork. Today, Polina is considered a luminary of Ukrainian folk art in the ranks of artists like Maria Prymachenko, Kateryna Bilokur and Hanna Sobachko-Shostak.
Animals are pals.
Angels and birds.
Detail from two sections.
Sadly, some of the artwork had been previously damaged by the simple ravage of time.
But the beautiful colors she chose are still very striking.
Another piece from the grounds.
Entrance to Polina's home.
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Swept Away

We wrote about Polina's home all the way back on Day 244 in our series about Kherson. You can find that post here. Well, in that post I wrote: "Polina’s house is currently under occupation, and we hope her unique art has survived."
Sadly, there is an update for Day 471.
Satellite imagery of Oleshky from June 7th, 2023.
On June 7th, 2023, the Creative Director of the Ukrainian Institute, Tetyana Filevska, has confirmed that Polina's home was destroyed in the flooding resulting from the russian demolition of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam.
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Here are a few of the Dnipro-related sunrise posts that may help you to understand the cultural and historical significance of current events:

• DniproHES Dam Disaster
• Our series on the city of Zaporizhzhia, while upstream from Nova Kakhovka, examines a lot of the history around the Dnipro and its famous rapids. Zaporizhzhia Part I Zaporizhzhia Part II Zaporizhzhia Part III
• Enerhodar & the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
• The "Stone Vyshyvanka" of Nova Kakhovka by Ukraïner
• Ancient Greek settlement of Olbia, goes into the ancient history of the Dnipro

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The 471st day of a nine year invasion that has been going on for centuries.
One day closer to victory.

🇺🇦 HEROYAM SLAVA! 🇺🇦

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No lettuce + tomato? Only 2 pickles? Tiny ass grilled fillet? What’s going on here?? This is so unlike chick fil a. Can I do anything to be compensated for this??

As of 3 days ago I started my hunt for this Easter egg after falling into a mystery YouTube video rabbit hole for a few hours.... I decided to have some fun by implementing GDP and I Mean lets be real we all know there is something going on weather that be that it is an unsolvable Easter egg till new patch or its just that high level or were that dumb... but I just find it hard after 3 years we have no "real" headway on this problem....
Link To my GDP CHAT https://chat.openai.com/share/211278db-1fe8-4705-9cde-ee50baa4512e
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Ill give all my deductions and what I think after I show you guys the research ive done over the last 2 days I stayed up all night its kind of an addiction truly... But i thought to myself if chat GDP can code lemme just run questions by it and see if it can somehow give us some new information.... it never came up with anything game changing or ground breaking, often mentioned the things that the hunters from 2 years ago were on about the Buddhist culture and the deity's surrounding that. but one deity in particular just stood out and felt like the right... "Bodhisattva" The photos ill attach below are correlating to this for me (ill also slap the whole GDP conversation because I asked it a lot of random questions from this reddit and other things nothing I felt like pointing out but maybe I missed a piece of information that could be useful) but never the less after asking about the colors (more on colors with the second statue) and giving a description of the statues it gave me "Bodhisattva"... after some more research and by that I mean reading a few texts and skimming them to just taking the google definition the deity "Bodhisattva" is A bodhisattva is "a Buddhist deity who has attained the highest level of enlightenment, but who delays their entry into Paradise in order to help the earthbound"....
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I Dont know why but the more I read about this deity the more I felt and seen a connection to the lore of CP77... it just to me makes sense with the state of night city the trapped ness of its residence and people... (just incase because I forgot and there may be confusion I'm currently and only have been talking about the FF:06:B5 statue placed in peoples homes, and in major Locations) I will get to the magenta orb statue soon though.... Even with Vs Journey I feel there is relevance for that deity and what he has going on with Johnny and his path throughout life. Just seems like the only REAL LIFE deity that resembles a crossed leg statue holding items in Buddhist culture not Hindu... monks trying to find the gate into Heaven ??? Do we have to help them pass as the secret mission somehow? I could not tell you and that seems to be just the case with this EE just never and true forward lead just theory and speculation.
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GDP at time was helpful and not lol
Out Side of Buddhist belief I asked Chat GDP about Hindu Belief, my mother knows much about the Hindu beliefs and told me she has seen what's she felt like was hundreds of deity's cross legged offering items or having 4 arms so I asked GDP for fun and did some looking up of my own and found "Vishnu" God Of Time, Protection, Good Deeds and karma.... It just seems also like it fits right into lore and the monks wanting for no killing/violence... but as we know has been debunked a pacifist run triggers no flags or secrets and it just loops us back around into is this even the right deity ????
unfortunate what Leeds me as no is the items depicted in the hands
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After running through the discord and reading other leads from the [past 2 years I came across this] subreddit the theory of the Taishō Tripiṭaka era being possibly in correlation to the EE (i would source my reference but I cant find the sub rn brain is fried lol... and to go into how that lore connects would take too much of my words so if your confused how how this will correlate, go to the general discussion and you should be able to find the first theory on this there i think its the 777 theory and Zen I read it at ) Now this is where I left chat GDP and went Deep because I had a lot of question for chat GDP.... like do the numbers 3 or 7 Mean anything to deity's or the Buddhist/Hindu beliefs --- no ----- is there a correlation between the color shocking pink, pink, or magenta sited or found in Buddhist/Hindu beliefs---- no--- are there any deity's found in the Taishō Tripiṭaka era that are cross-legged and and have 4 arms---- well this is where i found that same deity in the Taishō Tripiṭaka era time of Buddhism in china the "Samantabhadra Bodhisattva" when I saw this deity pop up twice I was more intrigued on this being maybe what the FF:06:B5 statue could really be the depiction of this deity just cyberpunks version of the items to relate to the cyberpunk universe...
Slightly different to the Buddhist version
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After Running into that i came to a halt because wanted to look more into this deity through texts and after reading the ZEN hypostasis... I had remembered I asked chat GDP about FF, I did some research and found that old ancient texts from the Taishō Tripiṭaka era and Buddhist texts were labeled for example T-1011 T-2032 F-2100 Ect So I looked through the oxford world religion book and sited some websites detailing the texts and the years from witch the were written in that time... And that these books direly correlated to the Zen teachings and the Zen gods that in this belief system... Going to the lucky 777 theory and Zen I went and looked at these texts, and for hours couldn't fins anything so I gave up on the F IN front and just focus on 2077 being the numbers IN front of any letter... and found this
T0277
The with the finding number of T0277 talks about Samatabahadra the same sirname or start for the deity I had just mentioned appeared twice in my research.... at this point i just feel like if im not reaching by looking at these texts it has to be somewhat in relevance to the game right?.... well i wasn't convinced so i tried to find T-2077 or any texts labeled 2077 only now..
T2077 Taishō Tripiṭaka era
Finding this text was a total pain in the ass but after finding the translated version something interesting appeared there two... The book "The Further Transmission of the lamp" published in 1372 has mainly to to with teaching on how to be Zen, it even says that texts from this time T2075-T2080 are (Zen School Biographies)...how to not fall into temptations like drinking and sin... Leading to that passivist theory and the no harm theory.. but with the info we have on that I wonder why that's just not the EE it makes the most sense right ?
Book: https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Lamp8.pdf
Conclusion Statement:
I have A lot in My mind when it comes to this nut case of an EE and rabbit hole that the Buddhist and Hindu cultures provide... I cant help but to think that the FF:06:B5 EE may not even have to do with statue and maybe the two are separate maybe FF:06:B5 is a Easter egg and the monks and the statue is also a separate EE... as you can see I'm lost in the sense I cant tell what's solid and concrete Easter egg proof and what isn't between the monks Gary the profit blue eyes ect... it becomes even weirder when you play misty statue and the the glowing magenta orbs... NOWHERE and I mean NOWHERE could I find a resemblance in any culture especially when you use the hot pink/magenta color because in Buddhism and Hindu colors dont necessarily have any connection or meaning especially the colors socking pink or magenta... Throwing me even more off so I think that If its.....
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1 Not patched into game and still a in development Easter egg... then some of you guys as hunters really have put your sweet and precious time and hours into a pointless rat race... that they knew was going to keep us around till phantom liberty , id be disappointed but with the launch of the game i wouldn't be surprised to see that be the case unfortunately...
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2 I think that if this IS and ongoing and Solvable Easter egg at the time of posting this than I just have some questions to the real deep searchers and people who know more than me witch could be a lot of you.... is there some item to interact with a monk/npc that's just on the ground we have to use?? When I played through on my second run besides walking into locked doors endlessly head first I really felt like with the game they made for no extra random special npc missions never required an item besides the key at the dock crying lady.... and if an npc wont do anything like her till the item is in hand maybe we missed an item to give to the monks or something ? and we wont know this is possible until they have it... i just wonder if the source code has been looked through and you can see what items are interactable and if we can see if there's a flag or trigger for any junk or misc item you may just pickup in a suit case walking around night city or not... if someone could tell me if this is pointless that would be great cuz i will play the came comb everything and grab every item i can to try... just when you play and factor some missions not being doable if you go to far ahead in a certain story to the other countless theory's of triggers i feel like its maybe pointless because maybe you need an item you dont get till way late in the "story" that you supposed to use early at the monk mission or not i just cant tell if its a effort not worth expending or not..
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3 Now this is what I think its least likely too be but if so would suck major.... when you take FF:06:B5 and convert it not into hexadecimal but ASCII you get the word You.... and with all the deity research and reading i did maybe its just referencing a deity and its power like.... Bodhisattva and how V is looking for a way to get into nirvana haven ect and the whole fucking Easter egg is just letting you in on a secrets deep lore it can also been seen this way with the other deity I mentioned Vishnu, and the karma and not doing bad detailing to the player "You" or V to play pacifist and not drink or do harm but since as ive mentioned time and time again there has been no lead that any pacifist run does anything at this point in time in game to trigger a special ending or not...
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I do hope its something cool like a second ending or anything worth the 2 years some of you guy put into find this mystery.... ill keep looking and doing what I feel isn't a pointless run but it just seems after all these years and so much looked into and attempted the fact we haven't even got a step really into this or any leeway leads me to believe possible we are all waiting time till phantom liberty but who i am to give up i just got here :) if you made it here thank choom and ill be looking forward to what you have to say willing to look at all points of this and angles just wanna help yall get thru this lol
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To any Subreddit or thing I read from the 2 years I used and didn't reference thank you... A lot of the things I mention on bring up have already been touched on but I thought id take my own look and give my own thoughts on it... and do my own research along the way so thank you to all the hunters on the look hey maybe we find it sooner than we think :)

There is not a single legitimate reason to restrict millions playing Diablo 4 from trading.
I should be able to trade this with someone to the benefit of me and to them benefit of them. Instead it will sit in my bank untouched or salvaged. You don’t restrict your entire playerbase just because maybe .5% of the playerbase will Real Money Trade. Them doing that effects me zero. Me not being able to trade a big drop I don’t use for my build effects me massively.

I believe that one of the goals of almost any form of media is to make you, the viewer, feel something. This may be on a shallower level but also on a deeper, emotional level. Great media wants to transport you to whatever it is they are portraying. When I read Lord of the Rings, I should feel like I am marching the hike to Mount Doom. When I am playing Dark Souls, I want to feel like I have actually overcome and slain a difficult foe. When I watch Saving Private Ryan, I should feel like I am on the beaches of Normandy with the bullets flying overhead. Properties that can successfully create this illusion, usually earn a fan base. One of the most common critiques you hear, is when there is a disconnect between what you are and what you should be experiencing. Board games are also trying to achieve this goal, but also arguably have a more difficult time doing so.
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The medium of board games does not lend itself easily to creating this form of immersion. Holding cards, rolling dice, moving miniatures, and staring at a board are all constant, physical reminders to the players that they are playing a game and not actually battling monsters or engaging in the formation of complex trade policies. The most successful role-playing game (Dungeons and Dragons) often uses very limited materials; in order to make the immersion more cohesive (the mystical power of imagination). Like all other forms of media (books, video games, movies, etc.) the best board games can make you “feel” like the experience you are playing.
And so we have The Quest for El Dorado. A deck-building game created by the legendary designer Reiner Knizia. This is a game themed around exploring the surrounding jungles, waters, and ruins in order to be the first to arrive at the lost city of El Dorado. Whomever arrives first gets the treasure and the glory. Players all start out with the same deck, but throughout the game they use these cards to purchase new ones and use those cards to hack, swim, and climb their way to their destination. Everyone is going to the same location, but how they get there is the real journey.
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As a person who has never attempted to uncover a city made of gold, or found myself walking through the middle of the deep jungle; I have to imagine that The Quest for El Dorado is one of the ways that I will get closest to the experience. After finishing a game you feel like Indiana Jones himself, just arriving at the temple in the first few minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark; whereas that sequence marks the very beginning of the movie, The Quest for El Dorado has more time to expand on that journey. You may find that once you actually arrive to the gates of El Dorado, you want the game to continue so that you can explore it.
The art of this game goes a long way to giving the player this illusion. The work of Vincent Dutrait and Franz Vohwinkel is bright and expressive. The colors evoke the feeling of the sun beating down on you; the characters in the card are detailed enough for you to imagine their backstory and how they ended up on this journey. The 2nd edition improved the quality of the production of the game, and it goes a long way to immersing the player in its world.
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The replayability of this game is great; with its double-sided boards, and variety of cards. Be warned, this game is a bit of a table hog; with all the different cards you can purchase. No path to the city of El Dorado will ever be the same. The game is well balanced, and even if one player gets a large lead; some obstacle always comes up to give everyone a chance. The 2 player version of the game is great; forcing each player to manage two explorers instead of just one. Now players have to make choices and split their resources between the two.
The Quest for El Dorado works hard, and in my opinion succeeds, to create the illusion that you are living the game. Upon reaching those golden gates, you feel like a world class explorer who has outwitted his/her rivals and staked this find for themselves. We only wish that after all that work, you could actually explore the city as well.
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Game Title: The Quest for El Dorado
Publisher: Ravensburger
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Gameplay: 7.0
Presentation: 8.0
Replayability: 8.0
Thematic: 10.0
Player Interaction: 7.0
Teachability: 7.0
Overall: 7.8
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