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Evening. It has been another very busy couple of weeks in blogsville, so without further ado, please find below my most dribbled over posts:
Super moist chocolate cake and to-die-for Nutella frosting - surely the name of this recipe speaks for itself? Doesn't it sound amazing? Cakes
Crapabble Bakery's vanilla cupcakes - these cupcakes look like little ice creams! So so cute.
Welsh cakes - another addition to the list of "oh, I haven't had those for far far too long and I really don't know why".
Layer cake - a three layer whipped brown butter and vanilla birthday cake. It looks totally spectacular, and this is only the cake section. Frosting to follow!
Almond-raspberry cake - a beautiful, moist cake with some lovely raspberries in the middle.
Caramel apple loaf cake - a very naughty looking loaf cake!
Other sweet things
Strawberries with elderflower and pistachio yoghurt - a really fresh summery idea for dessert.
Apricot almond tart - one of my most favourite puddings and this version looks so pretty.
Apricot crostatas - cute little freeform parcels of delicious fruit.
Pecan tart - a wonderfully sticky sweet looking dessert that I really must get around to trying.
Buckwheat cinnamon pancakes with cherries - lovely risen pancakes, though I wish I could get my cherries from the end of the garden!
Gratitude cookies - aka Nigella's chocolate mint cookies. Chocolatey cookies with chocolate chips in and a pepperminty, chocolatey icing.
Cinnamon bread - a squishy squashy sweet looking loaf. Yum!
Mango sorbet - made with dark rum and lime. Doesn't that sound like an amazing combination?
Assorted savoury goodies
Pizza Napoletana - a scrumptious home-made pizza, topped with home-made tomato sauce with chorizo, ham, cheddar and mozzarella.
Stir-fried okra with Chinese sausage - a couple of ingredients I don't cook with too much, but which look like a really tasty combination.
Peas with prosciutto - a wonderful looking dish in which you cook the peas for 10 minutes, and apparently magic happens.
Ottolenghi's black pepper tofu - just read Helen's description of this intense, hot dish and you will want to make it immediately.
Chicken piccata with buttermilk mashed potatoes - this looks so scrumptious and crunchy, and I do think there might be evenings when bashing a bit of chicken might be most therapeutic.
Smoked fish tart - or maybe it's a quiche. Whatever it is, it looks scrumptious. (There's also an asparagus and spring onion one, if that's what you fancy.)
Sri Lankan coconut fish curry - a gorgeous combination of fish, coconut milk, tomato, curry leaves and chillis.
Rockamole - a Nigella recipe for guacamole with blue cheese. What a stupendous idea!
Murgh Makhani - aka butter chicken, which is one of my favourites and this photo looks incredibly edible.
Vegetarian shepherd's pie - one of the most popular recipes on one of my favourite blogs, so I've got to go give it a try.
Spaghetti with broccoli, anchovy and walnuts - a simple summer supper that sounds delicious.
Pad Thai - a simple, tasty looking version which contains pickled radish. Intriguing.
Parsley soup - I love parsley and love the idea of a dish where it is the star flavour.
Two drinks
Rhubarb and orange cordial and rhubarb vodka - these look like the two drinks that I need to take me through the summer!
And finally, Gemma of Dressing for dinner recommended this Quinoa salad, from the Plenty cookbook. I made it and was blown away. It's so unbelievably good. In fact, I offered Mr Splorer ice cream for pudding (and this is an ice cream fanatic we're talking about) and he said he'd rather have more salad. More salad. Instead of ice cream. Unprecedented. Plus it makes a really good lunch to take to work.


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It's a very clean & cosy hotel, which is situated on the first see-line. The perseonnel is very attentive and friendly! Service is wonderful. Bed linen & towels are chenged every day (!!!). Restaurant is on the 5th flour with beautiful see view. The cousine and service are both perfect. A lot of dishes and friendly waiters. You can get... More
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Common rap themes:
-Grandiose Narcissism
-Excessive Material Wealth
-Objectification of Women
-Being "Hard"
-Pride towards hometown
I figured, what if I turned these upside down and instead used their contrasts?
-Ridiculously low self-esteem
-Quixotic treatment of women
-Being a wimp
-Hatred of hometown
…and subsequently wrote a rap about it (utilizing the same stylistic tendencies of hyperbole, vulgar language, and rhyme). Here's what ensues:
"First Date"
by The Paragodox
I approach the lovely lady outside Chili's Bar and Grill
Hope I don't destroy this first date, ya feel?
I stammer, Hey there Miss, how do you do?
Would you like me to open that door for you?
Oops I tripped on my way to the handle…
To a paralyzed klutz boy, I hold a candle
Fuckin' Mademoiselle, shall I pick up the tab?
Here's twenty dollars, all that I have
I'm so poor I make my dead bro look rich
Damn, I just dissed him, I'm a fuckin' snitch
I haven't had a girlfriend in fifteen years
Probably because every date I break down in tears
She asks me "Yo Parago, what's the matta'?"
I say, "Pardon miss, my heart's been shatta'd…"
She tells me to grow some muthafuckin' balls
Water be flowin' down my face worse than bathroom stalls
I run to da bafroom, take a look in the mirror
Shit, My clothes be lookin' worse than a baboon's rear
Runnin' back to her I find she done left
I stood there and took a goddamn breath
I smiled at the waitress who returned a glare
I reach into my pocket, nothing was there
Couldn't leave a tip, so I ran up to da fuckin' fair lady
Gave a fuckin' kiss on the hand, got hit harder than Tom Brady
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A 180-year-old family farmstead becomes the backdrop for 300 artisans and antique dealers. Delicious southern foods are cooked on site, and folk dancers, musicians, and entertainers perform on six rustic stages. This charming festival is a unique shopping, dining, and entertainment experience for the entire family.
Performances begin Saturday morning with fiddlers, cloggers and bluegrass musicians entertaining visitors throughout the day. Sunday morning will feature gospel music and a $200 shopping spree drawing. A magician, puppeteers and more will add to the family fun.
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
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1937 - Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson) - This act created a federal excise tax on firearms and provides matching funds to states for the acquisition, restoration, and maintenance of habitat for the management of wildlife and for research concerning wildlife management. To date, this act has spent $5 billion on state wildlife habitat projects.
1947 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - Land¬mark legislation addressing toxic chemicals in the environment, FIFRA defines "economic poisons" to be any product "intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds" or other forms of life declared to be a pest. Plant regulators, defoliants, and desiccants are also included as economic poisons. This act requires that all such poisons be registered and labeled with a warning and instructions for use to prevent injury to nontarget organisms. This was the first time a federal law considered the effects of certain poisons on nontarget wildlife.
1948 - Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife Conservation Purposes Act - Under this legislation, if a federal agency possesses land it no longer needs but which has particular value for migratory birds, the agency can be reimbursed for transferring the land to the secretary of the interior or to a state agency for wildlife conservation.


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Honest, homemade food, cooked to order using local, seasonal produce. Pub Classics & Modern British Cuisine. Sunday Roasts. Family friendly. Booking advisable. See website,
Charming 17th Century Inn Restaurant in idyllic, rural village, 2 miles from Oakham & near to Rutland Water. Fresh, homemade, modern British cuisine & pub classics, cooked to order. Characterful thatched inn with beams & real fires. Great wines & serves a nice pint! Now in the Good Beer Guide. Named as THE place to eat in Rutland in The Times Travel Section Nov 2011.
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- Varied Menu & Daily Specials Board
- Mains £9.95 Tues - Sat
- Sunday Roasts 12-3pm
- Young Diners Menu & Activities
- Children, walkers, cyclists & dogs welcome
- Local, Seasonal Produce
- Superb Ales & Wines
- Enjoy a drink & daily papers on cosy sofas
- Outdoor seating/decks overlooking church
- Lunchtime Jazz 1st Sunday of Month
- The Blue Gallery - artist exhibitions
- Open Tuesday to Sunday
- child friendly
- beers
- home cooked food
- private dining
- wifi
- sunday lunches
- real ales
- pubs
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- internet access
- function rooms & banqueting
- family pubs
- english restaurants
- draught beer
- credit cards accepted
- country pubs
- bars & wine bars
- cask ales
- dog friendly
- traditional restaurants
- sandwiches
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- Homecooked from bread to ice creams
- Unique, quintessential thatched country inn
- Closed Mondays
Superb meal & service in lovely thatched inn
08/06/2013 by RJN
No idea why we have never been before as is only 2 miles out of Oakham but we'll be back. Friends told us that they now offer a fixed price 1-3 course menu so we thought we'd give it a try and were knocked out by the delicious homemade bread, our crab and salmon starters, Barnsley Chop and Mackerel mains, bread and butter pudding and Panacotta desserts - brilliant value at £16.95 each for any three courses - that we lingered for a coffee and brandy by the fire afterwards but would happily pop back back midweek when don't fancy cooking for just a main course at £9.95. The varied menu made it hard to choose and when we saw the dishes being delivered to tables around us, we wondered if we should have gone for a steak or risotto but, when they arrived, we were delighted with our choices. We arrived to a friendly greeting, were swiftly served drinks, given menus and seated at a lovely window table. There were a few locals chatting in the bar, decent but low key background music and the whole place is a warren of beamed rooms. Service was professional but personal - a bit of chat but not too much - and each course only reinforced our impression that this place knows and loves food.
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Having planned my route back to university i decided to take my mother here...as it sounded nice and was off the beaten track. as we approached all looked lovely, and we were even happily suprised to find a live jazz band playing. However, this is where the magic ended. Possibly due to the band, the manager (who was plonked behind the bar, and had been surly on the ohone when we tried to book) eventually fetched us some drinks - and despite having "booked" we were left in the louge to look over the menu. This would have been fine - the place seemed packed - if we'd only been left for 10 minutes. An HOUR later we were asked our order (whilst still sat in the bar area) and were told that NOTHING on the menu was gluten free!? We were then left again for anouther 25mins...meaning we'd waited, with no offer of more drinkks, for nearly an hour and a half despite booking. When we were eventually taken through to the next door room we were shocked to see a) a basically empty room (why had we been waiting so long?) and b) the empty tables still had dirty plates and glasses on them. We werent offered water or drinks when initially sat down (or ever), and then waited ANOTHER 20 mins for any form of food to appear! the food itself was okay...but cant have taken all that time to cook! When we left the waitress didnt even attempt to clear away most of the stuff on our table, and the manager was very uninterested when we came to pay the bill. All in all a very dissapointing trip. Lazy disinterested staff. No concept of time management, manners or cleaning. The manager just seemed like he wanted to sit and watch the band.
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We are very happy that we choose Posada del Angel. Juan and Graciela are excellent. They were very attentive, kind and willing to help us as much as they could. We will always remember our trip to El Calafate and how great it was to stay at Posada del Angel. Great location, beautiful place, everything was absolutly perfect!!! Next time we visit El Calafate, we will stay at Posada del Angel.
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GOODNESS GLACIOUS: A mountain [right] in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars is ringed by what now appears to be a glacial ice deposit.
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The more we learn about Mars, it seems, the icier the Red Planet appears to be. The recently departed Phoenix lander dug up water ice and even spotted falling snow from its position in the northern polar plains. And now data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter point to vast glaciers buried beneath thin layers of crustal debris, much closer to the equator.
The findings, published today in Science, come from the spacecraft's shallow radar, or SHARAD, which is able to penetrate the surface and examine what lies beneath. In this case, SHARAD indicated that two long-visible mid-latitude features, one of which is roughly three times the size of Los Angeles, are almost completely composed of water ice. (The suspect glaciers are covered by debris that obscures them but also insulates the ice from sublimating into water vapor, much as street grit forms an opaque, protective blanket over roadside snowbanks.)
Some researchers had believed the features, which are plentiful at Martian mid-latitudes, were primarily rock, lubricated by a relatively small amount of ice, says study co-author Roger Phillips, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. But the SHARAD results suggest a generally homogeneous glacier largely lacking in internal rock fragments. "I was surprised that the ice appears so clean in the radar data and that the surface layer is so thin," says lead author Jack Holt, a geophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin. Victor Baker, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who did not contribute to the study, says the evidence for water ice glaciers is compelling. "It's still an indirect measurement, but I'm totally convinced that it's ice," he says. "It's a physical measurement that you can't really interpret in any way other than the presence of ice."
Baker says that studies of Mars's surface indicate a history of glacial features in the planet's distant past. "Now what's a little bit surprising in some ways," he adds, "is that the ice is still there." Indeed, Mars's climate is not hospitable to ice formation so close to the planet's equator. (The researchers focused on the latitude band stretching from 30 to 60 degrees south latitude—on Earth, Porto Alegre, Brazil, is roughly 30 degrees south of the equator.)
"Ice should not accumulate, nor can it exist, at [the] surface at these latitudes under the current climate of Mars," Holt says. "So in addition to a protective layer, it requires regional glaciations in the past." Without a sizable moon to stabilize it, the authors point out, Mars's axial tilt is much less stable than that of Earth, causing fluctuations in its climate over time.
It's unclear how much ice is in these formations, but one of the features surveyed appears to be roughly a half mile (0.8 kilometer) thick. Phillips notes that SHARAD is not finished peering into glaciers. "We haven't surveyed the entire mid-latitudes region yet," he says. (The current study focuses on the southern hemisphere alone but notes that similar features exist north of the equator, as well.)
With more time and more sweeps of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter subsurface radar, the researchers say, they will be able to better estimate the ice's volume. But taken together, the glaciers could constitute the largest stores of water on Mars outside its polar regions.
Those stores, Baker says, would be key to potential human exploration of Mars. "Ice is the critical resource," he says, noting that solar energy—which is more abundant at lower latitudes—can be harnessed to yield hydrogen and oxygen. "Mars doesn't have much free oxygen, and people need that to breathe. And hydrogen is a great fuel for getting back from Mars."


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Grand Hyatt San Francisco Union Square345 Stockton Street, Union Square, San Francisco, CA 94108 (Show map)
Score from 322 reviews
Loved the location and comfort of the room.
San Jose
The people were great!
The hotel is renovated high rise and has a contemporary look and great views of the city. It is in an excellent central location.
Sherman Oaks
Great hotel and staff, lovely bar area.
Saffron Walden
I loved the hotel that is very well located and the renovation made the hotel a very elegant place. Service was very attentive.
The staff ,and the location are the best thing in this hotel
Muscat .Ruwi
Attractive comfortable room and common areas. Universally excellent service from staff (from front desk clerks to room cleaners).
Efficient and friendly staff. Very nice well appointed room. Great location close to Union square. Room serice was fast and the food quality excellent. Very satisfied and will be top of my list of hotels for my next SF visit.
A very friendly helpful staff . Would not hesitate to return . Bar was fun .
loved it all excellent
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This San Francisco hotel in Union Square is just steps from Chinatown. On-site dining and a 24-hour gym are available for guest convenience. Guests at Grand Hyatt San Francisco can enjoy American cuisine and cocktails at OneUP Restaurant and Lounge. The spacious, modern rooms provide a flat-screen cable TV and an Uno-Bitell Media phone with MP3/iPod docking capabilities along with a small refrigerator and a coffee maker. The bathrooms feature designer bath amenities. San Francisco Grand Hyatt is within an 11-minute walk from Montgomery Street subway station and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz Island are 1 mile away. Hotel Rooms: 659, Hotel Chain: Grand Hyatt. The most recent booking for this hotel was made on Dec 13 at 7:52 AM from South Korea.
ActivitiesFitness Center Food & DrinkRestaurant, Bar, Special Diet Meals (upon request) InternetWi-Fi is available in all areas and charges apply. Wired internet is available in all areas and charges apply. ParkingPrivate parking is available on site (reservation is not needed) and charges apply. Services24-Hour Front Desk, Express Check-in/Check-out, Baggage Storage, Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Center, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Hair/Beauty Salon, VIP Room Facilities, Currency Exchange, Shoeshine, Car Rental, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, On-Site ATM, Concierge Service GeneralNon-smoking Rooms, Facilities for Disabled Guests, Family Rooms, Elevator, Safe, Heating, Hypoallergenic room available, Air Conditioning Check-inFrom 3:00 PM Check-outUntil 12:00 PM Cancellation/
Total Hotel Score:8.7
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Loved the location and comfort of the room.
The bar service on Saturday was slow and could have been better.
The people were great!
The hotel is renovated high rise and has a contemporary look and great views of the city. It is in an excellent central location.
Minibar was empty -- just a fridge with nothing in it. Not something i'd expect in a $450/night hotel! No soda vending machine on the floor either room with two "queen" beds really had two quite narrow perhaps-full beds valet parking costs a fortune while there is plentiful public parking in a city garage across the street (diagonally) for literally a fraction of the price
Great hotel and staff, lovely bar area.
I loved the hotel that is very well located and the renovation made the hotel a very elegant place. Service was very attentive.
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The staff ,and the location are the best thing in this hotel
We got a room for disables ,with no shelfes and drawers , The bathroom only sink ,WC,and tub . Not worth the money we paid
Attractive comfortable room and common areas. Universally excellent service from staff (from front desk clerks to room cleaners).
Is an insult to pay this much and then have to pay for wifi internet on top. Moreover, internet connection not sufficiently fast. Room could use a night light in bathroom. Room too dark when waking up in the night. Restaurant mediocre at best. A hamburger I ordered on arrival was so-so even though fairly expensive. Glass of wine I ordered had solids at bottom of glass (should have been decanted). Oatmeal at breakfast was of poor quality and of insufficient quantity. It's really hard to screw up oatmeal, but the restaurant managed.
Efficient and friendly staff. Very nice well appointed room. Great location close to Union square. Room serice was fast and the food quality excellent. Very satisfied and will be top of my list of hotels for my next SF visit.
A very friendly helpful staff . Would not hesitate to return . Bar was fun .
loved it all excellent
Much more modern feel than before. Room modern, great bathroom. 21st floor so quiet, and great view of Union Square. Staff friendly and helpful.
Missed the great views from the bar on the top floor - moved to second floor. Food good but not great.
Good location
Very tiny rooms and for that very expensive
Location was really great.
Value for money was not so good, price was too high. Breakfast was the same everyday.
Nice rooms and very close to Chinatown and Union square. Good and friendly personal and service
Limited space to store clothes and luggage. Parking expensive
Great customer service from the time I arrived. Was traveling with my dog and made her feel right at home.
Air didn't work very well in the room. Was really warm. Read that on another review the person had the same problem. Could not get it to cool down so the room was very very stuffy
Great location. Nice décor. Helpful staff
Noise from street. (to be fair this isn't the hotels fault). Maybe double glazing might help but it is a city so you cant help but here all the sirens etc.
Location is so convenient if you want to tour around the city, and without too much traffic noise. Rooms are clean. Recommended for the first-time travelers to SF.
Not enough hanging hooks in the restroom for the used towers.
- great view from our room (union square view); - great location to go in the heart of san francisco; - great location to go shopping; - exact in front of lobby is starsbuck coffee.
- nothing close with convenient store
The bed The location
No complimentary water The price The shower
Location, location, location. Lov the bed and the duvet. Very comfortable. Smooth and efficient check-in and check-out
Restaurant a bit disappointed. It'll be effect if the is an outdoor swimming pool facility.
Room was clean. Bed very comfortable.
No gift shop Noisy construction and street noise. Windows are not sound proof. Not all hotel staff are friendly
Very central for shops, restaurants, bars etc. Live acustic guitarist /singer in the bar was really good, as were the staff in there. Recommended us a great restaurant too.
Could hear the people in the ajoining room - 1st night throwing up at 3am and 2nd night banging on doors to get in their room at 2am. Windows not sound proof to outside noise either. Stupid shaped sinks in the bathroom -covered in water every time we used it. Ended up putting a flannel under the tap to stop the splashing! Can't go up to the 36th floor (viewing floor) unless a conference is on!! - very odd.
Great location for meeting, comfortable rooms
Lay out for meetings is awkward, to get to MZ level you have to go down then up.
Manner in which guests are greeted upon entry and walked through the check in process.
Broken items inside room.
New room were great. Bed was very comfy
Cannot believe that they moved the bar from one of the best views in SF on the 36th floor to the 2nd floor with a view of a bus stop or Starbucks. They should subscribe to CSN so patrons can watch local sports in their rooms or the bar. The Grand Hyatt used to have that "something special" quality on the 36th floor. Now they have downgraded the experience to a pedestrian feel like so many other local hotels.
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Parc 55 Wyndham San Francisco - Union SquareThis downtown San Francisco hotel is 1 block from Union Square and the Hallidie Plaza, which features a cable car stop. The hotel has massage services and a tour desk.Most recent booking for this hotel was today at 09:17 from $129 |
Hotel Nikko San FranciscoThis San Francisco hotel features an on-site restaurant and warmly decorated rooms with a 42-inch flat-screen TV and a CD player. The Golden Gate Bridge is just 6 miles away.Most recent booking for this hotel was today at 09:32 from $119.97 |
Hilton San Francisco Union SquareLocated in the heart of downtown San Francisco and just a 5-minute walk from the Powell Street subway station, this Hilton features an on-site Starbucks and a beautiful courtyard pool.Most recent booking for this hotel was today at 09:15 from $149 |


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Visit CIA's Reinberger Galleries this week for one last chance to explore the nature of art in four wildly different exhibitions: Richard Anuszkiewicz: Recent Work, Suzanne Treister: Hexen 2.0, James Nares: Street, and Arpita Singh: Men in Turmoil. Click below for more event details.
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CIA's Contemporary Artist Index: 31,000 strong, and now easier to use than ever
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CIA named one of the "Best in the Midwest"
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2014 Student Independent Exhibition Opening Reception
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Catherine Deneuve and Alain Delon star in Melville's final film UN FLIC (A COP)Catherine Deneuve, Alain Delon, and Richard Crenna star in UN FLIC (A COP), the final film by crime-movie master Jean-Pierre Melville (LE...
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Imagine a world of medieval adventure with a roaring dragon that kids can control. Press the lever on the handle of the Fisher-Price Imaginext Castle Dragon to hear the dragon roar while the dragon lunges forward to "eat" a figure and spit it out. The Castle Dragon has a light-up belly, expandable wings, and includes one knight figure. When you bring the dragon to the Eagle Talon Castle (sold separately), it will recognize and respond to it with speech and sounds using the magic of Action Tech technology.
Castle dragon, knight figure, and instructions.
Squeeze the dragon and it will lunge forward and grab with its mouth. Squeeze the handle again and the dragon opens its mouth to spit out whatever it has caught. Kids can also lift the dragon to make its wings spread.
Squeeze the handle on the back of the dragon and the dragon's eyes and stomach light up. The dragon roars and snaps to scare even the bravest knights.
The Castle Dragon includes a knight figure armed with a sword and shield. The knight is just the right size to be a tasty meal for the dragon, fitting conveniently in its mouth.
Bring the dragon to the Eagle Talon Castle (sold separately), and the castle will respond with phrases and sounds using built-in Action Tech technology. Look for other exciting Action Tech toys, such as the Eagle Talon Castle, Castle Ogre, Battering Ram, and Catapult that can interact with each other (all sold separately).
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Product Weight:3.1 pounds
Product Dimensions (in inches):13.2 x 10.9 x 7.7
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Both my boys recently got the whole Imaginext castle line, and by FAR, their favorite is the dragon! He can fly, he can "Rarrrw" and he is just SO mu...Read complete review
Both my boys recently got the whole Imaginext castle line, and by FAR, their favorite is the dragon! He can fly, he can "Rarrrw" and he is just SO much fun! My kids are CONSTANTLY playing with this set. All the items are very durable (being dropped so many times) and it is helping my youngest one talk to his older brother. I just might have to buy another dragon because they love it so much! GREAT BUY!
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Dragon doesn't respond to castle
Son got this for Christmas and Birthday...all around the same time frame...the castle and ogre work well together, but the castle doesn't respond to the dragon at all which is a...Read complete review
Son got this for Christmas and Birthday...all around the same time frame...the castle and ogre work well together, but the castle doesn't respond to the dragon at all which is a bummer...esp for the money we spent on it...sure we just got a dud or something...all the other dragon features work fine just a little disappointed in the fact he doesn't talk to castle the way he is supposed to. Not sure if there is a solution to that or not. Otherwise a great toy set all around!!!
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great toy!
By Aunt
from atlanta GA
Comments about Fisher-Price 1001124 Fisher-Price Imaginext Castle Dragon:
Really great detail and sounds! My nephew loves it!
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Great interactive toy
By D
from Surprise, AZ
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My children like the Imaginex animations, (which usually come with these toys). My son was given one last year for his birthday, and my daughter decided that she also had to have one. The tail has a trigger that moves the head into a chomping motion so it's fun for smaller kids. The toy seems pretty well built.
imagination play
By Dez mom of two
from Harlem, ny
About Me Education Oriented, Parent of Two or More Children, Stay at Home Parent
Get for imagination play and the best part is it has an "off" button to stop the sound (unlike most toys like this).
By Ty
from Memphis
We have the castle, therefore we needed the dragon. The interaction is amazing. My nephew simply loved it
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My grandson just did not seem interested
By MawMaw
from Deer Park, TX
This was a birthday gift for my 4 year old grandson. He did not seem very interested.
Impressively worth the $
By mom of 4
from Rochester, Mn
My 5 year has already spent hours playing with this. The interaction with other pieces in the series is Amazing!
Awesome dragon
By Tot mom
from Chicago, IL
About Me Education Oriented, First Time Parent, Working Parent
This is such a fun toy! My son loves it when the dragon bites and makes a crunching sound which he imitates. If you move the dragons wings or pick him up to fly he roars which is really neat. This dragon is a very sturdy toy so I'm sure we will have it for quite some time. The only downside to this is that the dragon is a bit heavy and to make him chomp you need to press the lever harder. In time my son will get the hang of it, overall, we are very satisfied with this purchase.
Great Toy
By Jlc
from no. cal
Bought this with low expectations... but my son loved it! It interacts with the castle he has and other Imagine toys. Very sturdy... Also enjoyed that the packaging was minimal...we will definitely add the other toys in the set. .
I would by this product again
By anna the grandma
from walnut creek
this product helps children use there imagination
By B is for Busy
from San Diego
This toy is so much fun! My son loved it when he saw it. It's fun for adults and kids.
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Some forms and styles have been in vogue and re-fashioned and re-interpreted throughout an era, and throughout history. Particularly in the later part of the 17th and 18th century you will find certain various motifs used and re-made in different ways. The dome of this ring is similar to other domes shapes used on various pieces of jewelry of this period. It was the cluster form of the 17th century. Notice its high construction, its use of rub-over settings for the stones, its saw tooth designed carved into the gold and silver bezel. You can see this in other jewelry of the age if you look closely. While this does not refer to its rarity, as this is quite a rare ring, it does help to date and place the ring in context of a time.
The center dome is set with flat cut stones, amethyst for the center and surrounding this are black dot pastes. Each is set in rub over settings, the amethyst in gold, the pastes in silver. The sides of each bezel are decorated with a classic 17th century saw tooth design. The back is deeply engraved and then was filled with black enamel, still mostly present. The shank is gold, and deeply chased and also enameled, some now missing. Scrolling designs are evident on each side and then the band transitions to a smooth surface. The ring dates to the later part of the 17th century and is a sheer delight. Rarely now does jewelry survive so many centuries, and in this case remarkably intact. The ring is not only a tribute to the artistry of the day, but also is simply a stunning and regal ring. Putting this on transforms the wearer and this is truly fit for a Countess. The dome measures ½ inch wide and just under ½ inch tall. The central stone is approximately 6/10 of a carat and measures 5 mm each way. The shank is a size 3 ¾ or a bit more (UK I ½). The condition is very good with some enamel loss to the reverse and quite a bit of the shank, but still evident. All stones are original and in excellent condition as is the gold and silver work. Quite rare and a collector's delight.
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'It's still killing me"By Kim Young-jin "It's still killing me." This is all Kim Pil-seon, whose husband was abducted by North Korean agents 35 years ago, can manage to say after decades of not knowing whether he is dead or alive, or if she will ever see him again. The 68-year-old demurs when asked to recall May 5, 1977, when her husband Choi Jang-geun, an engineer, departed on the boat Tongyeong from South Gyeongsang Province to check on fishing activities in the South Sea and never returned. On its fifth day out, the boat encountered two small vessels and told the crews, later determined by Seoul to be North Korean agents, to drop anchor and identify themselves. Choi boarded one of the boats, which then opened fire on the Tongyeong, riddling it with bullets and targeting it with grenades before escaping. Choi Jang-geun is just one of 517 South Koreans abducted by the North since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War who remain captive in the Stalinist state, according to the Ministry of Unification. While Seoul has been able to verify the status of 121 abductees, families claim that the government has historically cast the issue aside, because it is stymied by cross-border politics. "It's been decades and I've heard nothing," Kim said over the phone from her home in the southern coastal city of Tongyeong. "I just want someone to tell me if he's alive or not." With the help of the Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), Kim will petition the U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances next week to press the North for information. This will be the latest example of a family member having to take their case to the international community. The abductions, which Pyongyang denies, are a humanitarian concern not only for those abducted but for relatives and friends they left behind, who say they have been marginalized. During the authoritarian Park Chung-hee administration, the families said they came under extreme suspicion for having ties to the North and were stigmatized. Liberal administrations that favored engagement are said to have avoided the issue for fear of scuttling rapprochement efforts. The Lee Myung-bak administration has taken a tougher stance, launching a task force this year on the matter and working to revise a law to better assist the families. But with inter-Korean tensions running high, it has not been able to raise the issue with Pyongyang in working-level talks. "We need North Korea's cooperation to move the process forward," a Seoul official said, asking not to be named. Living for years with her mother-in-law, Kim has spent much of her time lobbying successive governments for help. But when the Koreas first began holding family reunions, she was not deemed eligible to participate. The ministry finally attempted to find out about Choi in 2009 but Pyongyang "could not verify" his status. Other families share such frustrations. "We face a lot of hardships," said Choi Sung-yong, whose father, a fisherman, was abducted by the North in 1967. Children were stigmatized because their status was put into school records. "In addition, many of the abducted were heads of households. After they were kidnapped, the families had economic problems. "North Korea took citizens from the South, and South Korea lost citizens to the North. Both should be criticized," he added. In one high-profile case an armed North Korean agent hijacked a South Korean airliner in 1969. Thirty-nine of the passengers on the KAL YS-11 were eventually repatriated through Red Cross channels. But seven others along with four crew members were never returned. Choi's case is special due to his circumstances, according to Lilian Lee, a program officer at NKHR. "The shocking thing is that it was a government employee, but they didn't do anything about it to find out what happened," she said. International campaign This week, NKHR launched a campaign on the social action website Change.org to gather 50,000 signatures on behalf of the KAL abductees, which they will use to press the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to take up the issue. The group previously convinced the OHCHR ㅡ which is mandated to protect universal human rights and deals with disappearances ㅡ to query the North, but it did not receive a response from Pyongyang. "The most important goal is for regular people around the world to know about the abduction issue and think it is important enough to sign their name," said Lee of NKHR, adding she hopes the campaign will shed light on Kim's case as well. 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Oneida County's purchasing department is usually in the business of buying items for county use, but they've recently racked up some pretty impressive sales numbers as well. Our Sarah Blazonis tells us more about the landmark amount just reached and how the revenue-generating idea was partly inspired by a love of the New York Yankees.
UTICA, N.Y. -- One look around Mello Testa's office and you know what team he roots for. Not surprisingly given his role as Oneida County's purchasing director, he went after the best price while building up his collection.
"Pretty much everything in here was purchased on eBay. Obviously, you can see I'm a very big baseball fan," said Testa.
So when department heads were asked to come up with new ways to bring in revenue back in 2004, he once again turned to the online auction site.
"We never expected it to do what it has done. It is just far beyond our wildest dreams and imagination," he said.
The idea was simple: Surplus items not being used by the county are signed off on, then listed for sale on the site. The program brought in around $50 its first week. Last week's total was $18,000. Testa says contracting with municipalities and other groups has also helped boost sales.
"They give it to us to sell for them and they get the money to use on items that they could really use. So it works out for everyone," said Testa.
The department used to keep track of sales made on a map outside the office, but stopped when numbers got too high to count. Total sales recently reached the $2 million mark. "That's $2 million that in eight years we haven't had to add to the tax levy. It's $2 million in eight years that we haven't had to eliminate a program. It's $2 million that we haven't had to go and stop a particular service," said County Executive Anthony Picente Jr.
The county ships a lot of the smaller items, like phones and laptops, but when it comes to larger pieces of equipment, buyers have to come to Utica to pick it up. Officials say that leads to another additional source of revenue for the county.
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4 October 2011, Moody's downgrades Italy to A2, saying "the fragile market sentiment that continues to surround euro area sovereigns with high levels of debt implies materially increased financing costs and funding risks for Italy". Berlusconi promises to cut spending and debt, saying "the Italian government is working with the maximum commitment to achieve its budget objectives."
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A -- about Missouri's senate race someone's Republicans and all but given up on calling for our congress and Todd they could just to get out of the race.
Out of those are great but comments that I could go on and on his suffice it to say a guy who look loss to the polls.
But down as much as ten point total more than a couple of weeks ago is dead even in the latest you heard me right Todd AT and he's dead even McLaren -- task else.
-- of the latest polls coming out of Missouri.
Since all these developments first on fox the congressman himself thought they can congressman.
Good to have you thank you.
Feel it's a pleasure to join you when your great audience this afternoon.
On this is a bit of a startling development and I don't know whether Republicans.
Are glad or or -- -- to have what do you think.
Well it's probably a mixed message out what we're hearing here is there is a tremendous grassroots level of support.
Not just in Missouri but across the whole nation because I think people -- via thought about this a little bit after the initial response -- they say wait a minute.
The people of Missouri elected somebody do we want party bosses -- -- someone.
And I think a whole lot of people are coming down on the side -- pay an election.
As an election and we don't wanna set the precedent the party bosses pick someone so from that point of view with the support has been very strong we get around the state and people are shaking hands they stay -- -- be strong you're gonna win it.
Nevertheless even with his surge when I talked to likes of rob -- for -- dozen others.
They say not another penny for you.
Mitch McConnell no support for you.
So they're not exactly rallying around him.
Well if you're talking about money we have been receiving some money in the office from people small contributions but lots and lots of the Mandela.
Neil if you want to help just -- dot org we'd love to have you on on the bandwagon.
Clearly you're not out of the question I'm -- -- congress is not a question you could still win this -- then the issue comes up that I -- with Mitch McConnell the senate Republican leader.
As -- how you would then vote would you be angry at Republicans and not vote would down would you be an independent how would you vote.
Well let me say this deal I am deeply concerned about America that's why I've been doing the things I've been doing for years and this is that all about me.
This is about fixing an economy that is fundamentally broken.
It's about people without jobs it's about a government that's taking our freedom and that's out of control.
And all the work with anybody that wants to get America back on track and make sure the government is the servant and no longer the master.
You didn't quite answer my -- in that whether you.
Would be accepted into the Republican poll whether you would recoil at that what would you -- Mitch McConnell would reach out -- you.
He was telling me when I was at the Republican events of last week -- -- he thinks you would go with Republicans that it's kind of in your DNA to vote -- Republicans anyway.
I didn't get the idea bygones be bygones but that he would see you as a Republican senator helping what he hopes will be a Republican majority is that right.
Let me make it clear I would do absolutely everything in my power to work with his team.
And the team this gonna try and put our economy and America back on track.
I'm fully behind him and I'm fully behind.
Our our a great team of of Ryan who I work with in the house.
And end of the entire Republican.
Platform it's fine I'm I'm on board with all of that.
He wouldn't have any beef with the Bo -- he said you should step down the Mitt Romney's is that you suggested down to Mitch McConnell is that you should step down.
And on and on and on you wouldn't harbor any kind of -- will.
Dark -- I'm pretty much Avaya a person to forgive someone when I'm asked to be -- you know somebody wants to be forgiven.
I as I said it's not about me it's about doing what's right for our country.
And you take a look at where we are issues wise this Claire McCaskill I'm running against wow what a contrast.
We had 71%.
Of people of Missouri voted -- all.
On Obama here.
And -- course I voted due to repeal it thirty times and she was the deciding vote to to pass obamacare that's why this -- -- really going to be based on her voting record and that's why.
Money is not the whole thing it's about how -- she voted in the state of Missouri.
I have an -- from the National Rifle Association she hasn't -- that's a big deal in our state and of course the economy and jobs are in the tank.
People understand sixteen trillion dollars that our grandchildren are gonna have to pay.
This is a big visual legacy boy has very little -- by the way.
We did reach out to senator McCaskill we've not yet heard back from our -- springs eternal.
But congressman.
You obviously of regretted your comments at the rate comment.
But it does.
Make people want to follow up with this one and I knew you assists and answered -- sit in various ways but do you believe he's a woman who.
Becomes pregnant to -- -- -- -- Feel free to have an abortion do you do you make a distinction.
For pregnancies in the event of -- Well you know -- what I've done is I've said all way along and I've answered this question now for couple weeks I've basically support the plank in the Republican platform.
You have to decide when does life -- and and I've I've never apologized for big pro life -- understanding that life begins at conception but I'll tell you Claire McCaskill was.
On the other side of that spectrum.
She supports abortions all way through the ninth month and even the partial birth abortion she is not voted against that.
So there is this is my.
What we already -- -- I -- -- the answer but you wouldn't be in that event.
Army does it matter the means by which someone becomes pregnant whether through rape or or -- consensual sex.
Is that that that that child to be -- hard to turn.
Well as I said I believe white starts at conception and and I don't apologize for that that is the same mob platform.
As we have in the Republican Party and -- -- -- I believe that answers your question -- Florida congressman thank you very -- godaddy -- agent.
They have a lot of war in Missouri.
-- thank you dead even in some of these latest also this today at a bit of a drama to be -- -- campaign.
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By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
The Mississippi History Museum and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will mean hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in economic development for the metro area.
A report conducted by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) and Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) shows that the construction of the two museums will create 500 direct and 275 indirect jobs, and a combined $37.2 million in wages over the next four years.


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Creating Communities for the Future
Serving Older Adults Through Mission and Faith
There are more than 400 Presbyterian sponsored facilities in the United States, offering a full range of services including continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), senior housing (apartments, town homes, condominiums), skilled nursing care, assisted living, specialized care units for Alzheimer's disease (memory care) and home and community based services. In these facilities, nearly every income level is served and millions of dollars are raised to provide charitable care annually to those who have outlived their resources and need assistance to pay for needed care.
The Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (PAHSA) is an independent, not-for-profit association representing organizations that provide residential communities, healthcare facilities and services to older adults of all faiths. PAHSA communities are guided by their Christian heritage and strive to provide older adults with quality residential settings and services to meet their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational and spiritual needs. Through a comprehensive continuum of care they may experience the fullest life their health will allow. The PAHSA website (www.pahsa.org) contains contact information and locations of Presbyterian facilities around the country. PAHSA members can be a valuable resource for anyone seeking care for themselves or their family members.
Historic Relationship to the Presbyterian Church USA
PAHSA organizations are tied to the church through a variety of historic relationships. The relationships vary from local church ownership, to covenant relationships, to a founding heritage based on a church, presbytery or Synod coming together to provide ministry to older adults. Each of the founding stories is compelling and unique, with some going back 100 years or more. A common thread in each story is that an individual or group was moved to provide ministry to older adults of all faiths imbued with the values of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Today, PAHSA is the living legacy of its members' founding heritage. The Association is committed to strengthening its historic and current ties to the church. Guided by its mission, "to provide and encourage networking and educational opportunities among members and to interpret the ministry of its members to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and others," the Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging represents over 369 dedicated organizations in 36 states that provide service to 150,000 older adults of all faiths each day. The total number of housing units exceeds 65,000, represented by independent living, low income housing, assisted living and skilled nursing. In addition, PAHSA members collectively, throughout the United States employ close to 60,000 individuals and generate revenues in excess of $1.4 billion dollars annually.
Governance and Stewardship
Each PAHSA organization is governed by a volunteer board. The majority of the board members are Presbyterian church members and or ministers. Local community leaders may also serve. Many of these organizations have Foundations who administer gifts and bequests, acknowledge donors and provide confidential benevolent financial assistance. Some PAHSA organizations offer honorable service grants to ministers, missionaries, church educators and spouses or surviving spouses. The Honorable Service Grant Program provides significant discounts on entrance fees or monthly fees for apartments or homes for individuals 65 or older.
Each year PAHSA members from all over the United States come together for an annual meeting to share best practices and learn new and innovative ways to meet the changing needs of the growing population of seniors entering the marketplace searching for a retirement community.
Wellness-Body Mind and Spirit
A common theme in PAHSA organizations is wellness, based on a belief that we must consider the entire being, body, mind and spirit. A paramount goal in these communities is to enrich the lives of residents by developing new opportunities to meet the important physical, spiritual, intellectual, social, vocational and emotional needs. Life Long Learning programs are offered in many retirement communities. In fact partnerships and relationships are intentionally sought and new facilities are built within close proximity to colleges, universities and libraries. The philosophy suggests that retirees can experience as much growth and transformation at 60-80 as they did between 20-40.
Home and Community Based Services
To meet the growing need of seniors who prefer to remain in their homes a growing number of PAHSA organizations provide a continuum of home and community based services. This continuum includes options such as home delivered meals, transportation, adult day services, home health and hospice. The trend is emerging nationwide. Senior Independence, a subsidiary of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, provides care and services to more than 75,000 older adults in 38 Ohio counties and provides assistance and support to their caregivers. Through its iPartner affiliates and icaregiver.org website, Senior Independence extends services to older adults throughout the nation.
Spiritual Life, Community Service and Church Involvement
Nurturing spiritual life for residents is a significant part of life in PAHSA communities. Full-time chaplains are part of the spiritual life in many communities. Generally, weekly Bible study and worship services are offered, along with grief and loss committees and advisory and spiritual life committees, which help shape spiritual life in retirement communities. Some campuses have even created their own choirs and instrumental groups.
Vocation has no age limit in senior retirement communities and residents look beyond themselves by becoming involved in volunteer service activities where they share their gifts to serve others. This often involves the larger community they live in. Volunteerism is a meaningful way to nurture spirituality and there are numerous examples to be found in any PAHSA community. Some organizations have organized church relations programs and provide assistant in Older Adult Ministry.
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September 9th, 2009: Jenn pointed me to this video involving a rabbit and a bear (the "Japanese Ukulele Duo") playing "Walk, Don't Run". It is adorable and I approve 100%!
If you're wondering what they're saying, Friend Pat (of chocochops fame) came up with this rough translation:
At the beginning the rabbit says "lets get this over with quick, so we can go eat". Bear says "yeah". Rabbit says "Let's go".
Most of the rest of the lyrics are "isogabamaware" which is almost like the proverb haste makes waste. On the grass they're talking about relaxing, and going slow. Rushing is bad. After the song the rabbit says "perfect".
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Filmmaker Liz Marshall Discusses Haunting Doc "The Ghosts In Our Machine" – By Nell Alk
"I feel a tremendous sense of obligation and responsibility for this film to reach the people," award-winning filmmaker Liz Marshall told me when we spoke on the phone recently. Even in the midst of preparing for its premiere, Marshall took time to discuss her much-buzzed-about film, The Ghosts In Our Machine.
A compelling documentary about both the ubiquity and the invisibility of animals in our world, Ghosts follows animal photographer Jo-Anne McArthur as she traverses heartbreaking and heartwarming terrain, figurative and literal alike.
"I wouldn't say that I take photographs of animals," McArthur says in the film. "I would say that I photograph the predicaments that animals are in because of humans."
McArthur travels Canada, the United States and Europe, in each location documenting something (and someone—countless someones) different. From caged critters on fur farms to claustrophobic aquaria, from skittish lab beagles to formerly confined dairy cows making an escape, we become members of her critical mission: to uncover what's at once hidden in plain sight, as well as what's beyond the environs of our everyday encounters.
Food, fashion, entertainment and research—Ghosts explores each of these areas of exploitation, and does so with taste and tact, grace and gumption. Gorgeously shot and meticulously edited, it's no wonder this aesthetic gem premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival and, I'm told, received a standing ovation.
"This is a film designed to open the door to deeper awareness, or awareness for the first time," explained Marshall as we concluded our call. "I hope people understand it, that's all."
Please read on for more from the talented auteur filmmaker. Then, peruse the interactive section of Ghosts' site, which supplies an immersive introduction to the film. And, if you're in Toronto, snag tickets to the theatrical release at Carlton Cinema between May 31 and June 6, as Ghosts is poised to resonate well into the future, long after the sentient beings we meet on screen are gone.
Why does this story need to be told?
Because it's a significant social issue. I think it is being told, in various ways, by all kinds of incredible, multimedia [people] around the world: thinkers, writers, speakers, activists. I'm just adding to the way it's being told. I'm adding a new language to tell this story, which has been around for quite some time. But, it's all about how it's told. The biggest challenge since I started developing it in 2010 has been trying to find the right tone. The right way to anchor the "animal question" to a story that could then be universally accessible. In terms of filmmaking, I think The Ghosts In Our Machine is [serving] a useful—and powerful—purpose at this particular juncture in history. We're telling this story in a way that, I believe, [will be] received by a larger demographic.
How did you arrive at the title? Why "our machine" and not "the machine"?
[The latter] is all over the internet. Every possible genre has appropriated this phrase, especially science fiction. So, I decided on The Ghosts In Our Machine. The "our" in the title is very significant because, the way I see it, the "machine" is not an abstract notion outside ourselves. We are the machine. We feed the machine, as consumers, and we have the power to make a difference and change the way things are. In that regard, The Ghosts In Our Machine turns it on the viewer. It says to the audience, Well, what can you do?
Absolutely. With that said, when and why did you become vegan?
I became vegetarian when I was 18 because I read John Robbins' amazing book, Diet for a New America. It really radicalized the way I think about animals, the environment and food production. But, I slipped occasionally. I would forget why I was vegetarian. I would sometimes eat fish or chicken. But, when I [got together with] my partner, Lorena, nine years ago, she reopened my eyes to the animal rights issue. I chose to become vegan when I started developing The Ghosts In Our Machine, about three years ago.
Onto the nitty-gritty, what was it like sneaking into a fur farm and filming?
That was my first time doing any kind of animal investigation. And it was really, really, really hard. As a social issue filmmaker, I've been to the frontlines of human atrocities all over the world—war-torn countries, HIV AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, poverty-stricken slums in parts of Africa and South America, things like that—but I've never done a documentary that focused on animals caught within this machine. It makes you wonder how we can do this to other species. I don't understand it.
I am comparably perplexed. On a separate note, it's incredible the pristine production, especially given the circumstances and crew size. You had, like, five people (crew included) plus security on watch outside, right? Wasn't that tough and super risky?
We took equipment that was very conducive to doing fieldwork. Yes, we were definitely several people, but it was a tight ship, let's put it that way. Very, very, very well-planned. [We] were planning that investigation for five months leading up to it.
I can't even imagine. So, your film focuses on several specific things, like fur farms, lab beagles, aquaria and dairy cows. How did you determine what elements of abuse (and rescue) to incorporate, given the pool of options is so vast?
In total, there's about 180 hours of footage. The film is 92 minutes long. I wanted there to be one investigation story. I didn't want more than one, because I think it would be overwhelming. I definitely wanted there to be a couple of rescue stories. The film ebbs and flows between witnessing animal use and then animals living in peaceful, happy, loving environments, like Farm Sanctuary. It was important to try to create that balance. People will not want to watch this film if, from beginning to end, it's all about animal abuse. Ultimately, I want people to walk away with a new understanding of animals, as truly unique, feeling, conscious beings. So, that's what this film is trying to achieve.
I noticed—and appreciated—that it was equal parts uplifting and harrowing. So, what aspect of the experience making this film was most difficult for you?
The totality of it. You know when you know something intellectually and then you actually feel it? I had a deeper "ah-ha" moment when I decided to go vegan. The blinders came off 100% and I became very aware that, all around me in the urban environment, animals are everywhere. Animals have been reduced to ingredients. To bits and parts all around us. And we're so accustomed to it. It's "normal," in a way. Quote-unquote, normal. But normal doesn't mean it's right. When you grow up with something as normal, you don't necessarily question it. You need the veil to be lifted. You need that awakening. So, my own awareness was the impetus for me to try to create a film for people that would gently lift the veil. By the end of the film, people leave the theater with a new awareness. And that's a big task to try to accomplish, but that truly is the goal of the film.
Anything you would go back and change if you could do it all over again? (Apart from setting every caged animal free.)
I feel at peace with the film. In the past, there was always something nagging at me. But, with this project, I feel it's done. It's ready to be released.
Please consider supporting Jo-Anne McArthur's ambitious book project, We Animals, which, once published, will add yet another element to Ghosts' potent story.
No release is scheduled yet for the U.S. Film distribution leads are warmly welcomed. Please chime in if you know how to help bring Ghosts below the border.
All photos are courtesy of Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals, except for the shot of the camera photographing the sheep, which is courtesy of Liz Marshall.


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I've swooned over prefab houses by Marmol Radziner many times. The eco-friendly design firm has created minimalist homes that use recycled steel frames, solar panels and wood flooring from trees that are grown and harvested in a way that protects forests for the long term. Now Marmol Radziner has translated that same aesthetic into jewelry. The M + R Jewelry line is made by master craftsmen who use fabrication surplus from building houses and furniture to individually produce and finish each piece from architectural bronze. The sturdy unisex cuffs and rings have a patina which will wear over time in response to the wearer.The M+R Jewelry collection can be found at Arp in Los Angeles and sells for $80 to $250.
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A young woman was abducted and beaten in Maple Ridge this weekend, after coming to the aid of a man supposedly in distress.
The abduction happened outside the womans place of work at Westgate Mall at about 8 p.m. on Saturday.
In a rouse, a man approached this young woman pleading for help to get his car started.
Agreeing to help, she followed him, and was accosted.
He produced a weapon and forced her to drive her own car a short distance away, where she was subsequently beaten, explained Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. David Fleugel.
Fighting off her attacker, she managed to escape to a nearby home, where police were called, Fleugel said. She was later taken to hospital and was treated for extensive but not life-threatening injuries.
Meanwhile, the assailant fled in the victims car. Her car was found abandoned about an hour later just a short distance away in a rural area of Maple Ridge.
This is a very serious incident, and our serious crimes unit is fully engaged in the investigation, Fleugel said.
Here is a good citizen offering to do the right thing and help a person who is needing some assistance. This suspect took full advantage of this, and committed this very unusual crime.
Police are asking residents to be extra vigilant, and noted theyre unaware of any other such violent and brazen attacks in this community or surrounding areas in recent days or weeks.
We are looking for anyone with any information regarding this incident to call police. If you observed a man in a red 1993 Honda Civic in the area of Blackstock and 203rd streets, between 126nd Avenue and Walnut Crescent, from 8 to 9 p.m. this past Saturday night, we need to hear from you.
The assailant is described in his 20s, standing about 5 foot 9 to 10 inches in height, and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds. He has a dark complexion, medium build, and had a few days of facial stubble at the time of the attack.
He was also wearing a white T-shirt, black puffy jacket, dark blue jeans, white and black shoes, and a black toque.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, or to remain anonymous, they can call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or leave a tip online at www.solvecrime.ca.
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WGR2 Siege Breaker 1.201 patch
Mar 10, 2011 Patch 5 commentsUnzip WGR2GAME.CON into the WGR2 folder to install the patch. This patch fixes a bug where killing the end bosses in episodes 3 and 4 leaves the player...
WG Realms 2: Siege Breaker is an action packed total conversion of Duke Nukem 3D, by William Gee (level design), Dan "DeeperThought" Gaskill (coding) and "Cage" (original artwork). You don't need Duke 3D for this; just download and play! WGR2 is the sequel to William Gee's masterpiece, WG Realms.
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WILLIAM GEE (all 4 levels of episode 1) (all 7 levels of WGRealms)
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WGRealms 2 v2.0
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WGR2 v2.0 Inlcudes a new episode by Norvak and a new userlevel by Various new monsters and effects. New monsters so far include hellhounds and headless kamikazes. New effects include rolling boulders with realistic physics, pressure plates on floors with movable statues, and reverse gravity. We also have a growing number of models, with voxels to go with them for 8-bit users.
The new episode will also be making use of TROR.
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Unzip WGR2GAME.CON into the WGR2 folder to install the patch. This patch fixes a bug where killing the end bosses in episodes 3 and 4 leaves the player...
Full version of WGR2 1.2 This is a huge upgrade over 1.1 It has 8 new maps, 10 new abilities, lots of bug fixes and other goodness. See the included documentation...
The game crashes after loading the Nexus after finishing "Hell Freezes Over"
The map is loaded but the screen is frozen as soon and I get the typical "program stopped responding".
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Load tile 229: p0-m4-e0 HR/firesky_ft.jpg... 7 ms
Load tile 229: p0-m4-e0 HR/firesky_bk.jpg... 7 ms
Load tile 229: p0-m4-e0 HR/firesky_up.jpg... 6 ms
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I beat this game once, and just keep wanting to come back to it. It has a high replayability. Great job, guys! Looking forward to the next version.
What are the best settings to use for this TC? I'm on a pretty decent computer myself. Even though it's not my new 8core PC that is sitting here waiting to be built as I still need to get my motherboard RMA'd.
But this computer I'm on right now has an GeForce GTX 560 Ti an AMD Phenom II 555 callisto 2 core processor unlocked to three cores @ 3.8GHZ each. I also have a nice SSD for the OS drive and 8GB of DDR3 ram. But for some reason even when I disable polymer and just use 1600X1200 (which isn't the max resolution I can use) and then ramp up the graphics in the ingame menu I'm still struggling with FPS.
So what are the recommended settings for this game? Or should I just update my drivers?
hey you havent done a blog post for agesm is it this game Dead?When is veraion 2.0 comeing out?
Don't worry no one's abandoned it. We're working on it, albeit slowly and only when real life allows. There ought to be 3 new big episodes out when it finally gets released.
Too bad though, could be awesome with the Doom multiplayer communities like Zandronum.
eduke32's new multiplayer code should be finished within a few months, eventually that ought to lead to things like multi-character coop! I don't see deathmatch being huge though.
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This would be the best Total Conversion that Duke Nukem has seen since Starship Troopers TC.
If you loved Doom, Hexen, Quake or any other games to this nature you will love this. Hell, even if you have never played the above games you would still love this.
Not only that, you don't even need to own Duke Nukem to play this, it's completely standalone!
Dec 29 2009, 5:37am by The_Commander
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