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  2. Llao and Skell - Wikipedia

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    During the story of the "Last Great Battle", Llao is killed by Skell. Skell orders that Llao's body is to be cut up and thrown to the creatures of the lake. To trick the lake creatures loyal to Llao, Skell's followers claim the body parts are Skell's, so the creatures gobble them down. When Llao's head is thrown into the lake, the creatures ...

  3. Legends of Mount Shasta - Wikipedia

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    According to local indigenous tribes, namely the Klamath people, Mount Shasta is inhabited by the spirit chief Skell, who descended from heaven to the mountain's summit.. Skell fought with the Spirit of the Below-World, Llao, who resided at Mount Mazama, by throwing hot rocks and lava, probably representing the volcanic eruptions at both mountains.

  4. Mount Shasta - Wikipedia

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    Skell fought with Spirit of the Below-World, Llao, who resided at Mount Mazama by throwing hot rocks and lava, probably representing the volcanic eruptions at both mountains. [ 26 ] Italian settlers arrived in the early 1900s to work in the mills as stonemasons and established a strong Catholic presence in the area.

  5. Spiritual Exercises - Wikipedia

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    The Exercises are seen variously as an occasion for a change of life [2]: 18 and as a school of contemplative prayer. The most common way for laypersons to go through the Exercises now is a "retreat in daily life", which involves a five- to seven-month programme of daily prayer and meetings with a spiritual director. [17]

  6. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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    School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day.. Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ s ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.

  7. Ballistic training - Wikipedia

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    Ballistic training, also known as compensatory acceleration training, [1] [2] uses exercises which accelerate a force through the entire range of motion. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It is a form of power training which can involve throwing weights, jumping with weights, or swinging weights in order to increase explosive power. [ 4 ]

  8. Wall bars - Wikipedia

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    The top bar is extended further than the other bars to facilitate exercises where the user hangs vertically. The bars are 40 mm thick and oval shape. An incline board or pull-up bar can be attached to the bars. For spine disorders such as scoliosis, it is advisable to consult an orthopedist before performing any exercises at the wall bars.

  9. Frenkel exercises - Wikipedia

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    The exercises were developed by Heinrich Frenkel, a Swiss neurologist who, one day in 1887, while examining a patient with ataxia, observed the patient's poor performance of the finger-to-nose test. The patient asked Dr Frenkel about the test and was told what it meant and that he did not 'pass' the test.