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I love Thanksgiving. It is a great time for my family and the food is amazing. We have fried turkey and baked turkey. Personally, the fried one is my favorite but it is something that we only started 3 years ago so it is not really a tradition yet. My favorite part of Thanksgiving is dessert. For dessert, my sister makes banana pudding. It is my all time favorite dessert.
Besides the food, the family time is wonderful. We have ways of bonding without each other all day and weekend. On Thanksgiving morning, my whole family runs the Turkey Trot together. It is a 4 mile race through Shelby Farms. Then on Friday morning all the girls in the family go shopping while my dad, my brother, my brother in law, and I all go hunting. On friday evening after the excitement of hunting and shopping is over, we decorate the Christmas tree as a family and watch basketball and drink together. It is the only time that I am actually allowed to drink in front of my parents.


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Rocco Abbatemarco, 42, a middle school teacher from New York City, recently moved to Portland, Maine, where he landed a teaching spot at a youth correctional facility. His new job required that he be certified in special education. To do so, Abbatemarco is taking accredited online courses, studying in the evening and on weekends.
With two young children and a stay-at-home wife, he is finding that tuition payments are adding a strain to the family budget. But Abbatemarco is hoping at least one of the three available federal government tax breaks will help ease the pain come April 15 next year. ''I just finished my taxes, and wished I had started my courses last year,'' he said. ''I could use the break.''

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"Susan Boyle tops US charts before her album even released. Whitney Houston probably less than thrilled," screeched the UK gossip site 3am today, causing many credulous observers to fall in line. As it turns out, that "chart" is the Amazon albums chart, where the Britain's Got Talent-bred singing star's I Dreamed A Dream—which doesn't come out until Nov. 24—is in fact No. 1. But overall? Said statistic is actually pretty meaningless, and certainly no indication that Whitney Houston's just-released I Look To You isn't selling well, as the Brits' headline indicates. The reasons why, after the jump.
Who's going to mailorder an album that's in stores already? I Dreamed A Dream doesn't come out until Nov. 24; Whitney's I Look To You has already been available for instant acquisition (whether through a digital download or at a store) for five days. Why wait to get the album when you can feel instant gratification? (From the look of things, Amazon's "music" charts and MP3 charts are separate; Look is the MP3 store's No. 6 at the moment, although it's worth noting that the five albums ahead of it have all been deeply discounted at points this week. I bought that Black Crowes album for $3.99 the other day!)
The bar to top the charts on Amazon? Is actually pretty low. Let's take as an example the chart week ending March 1 (which is the most recent full SoundScan report I have, alas). The No. 1 album on SoundScan's "Internet" chart, which measures non-digital sales from online outlets, was Van Morrison's Astral Weeks Live, which sold a total of 6,017 copies. No. 2 was Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand, which sold 3,317 copies. Those numbers are still pretty small even for this sales-bereft era.
Is Boyle's album likely to blow up when it's released here? Sure; her YouTube-spurred fame had quite a far reach, thanks to the savvy of Simon Cowell. (The Oprah episode featuring her even had a rerun this week!) But pitting her against Whitney in some sort of ersatz Battle Of The Divas just results in another story about the music business based on bad numbers. And the credulity with which they're spread doesn't really help anyone's case—except those people who are trying to constantly point out that most writers don't really understand how the music industry works and are more interested in a cheap hook that'll get search engines whirring than anything resembling the truth.
A more interesting story? Why so many people seem hell-bent on ruining Houston's redemptive story arc. She's kind of having a bad week, press-wise!
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Birthday today
Well, it's official: I'm NOT getting any younger. I've been in LA 5.5 years and its crazy how fast the time has gone. Now I am a bonafide ADULT for real. I'm out of my early 20's. YEESH! I'm closer to 30 than I ever dreamed of being- and my life isn't exactly where I thought it would be, but its really fun and funny and I'm very happy.
That being said, I'm DONE dicking around. I spent the first couple years out here wearing Forever 21 outfits and pretending to be fly to get into Da Clubs, collecting stories about encounters with D list "celebs" by night and sitting at various Coffee Bean locations ordering soy Lattes on a background artist's salary pretending to be fly by day. Then I finally got a job and involuntarily started crawling up the Hollywood Dog Walker status ladder, all while crawling even slower up the comedy/acting ladder- which is the true goal of me being here. And somewhere along the way I kinda got lost.
But for real though: I gotta get shit crack a lackin. I am now at an age where I am no longer comfortable making excuses. "I'm yoooooouuuunnnnng. I don't have a dishwasher and my car's roof has a hole in it. I can nap all day and blow off my Pert Plus audition cause I'm YOOOOOUUUUNNNNNG and time is on my side." Ew, not anymore. I don't want to be "where I am" for much longer- now I'm in crunch mode. I've always been one of those unfortunate people who work better on a deadline and I've offish reached one- I gotta get my career as wonderful as my personal life sooner than later.
So here are my 10 personal goals for wellness next year. If you see me doing anything in contrast to these HIT ME IN THE FACE.
1. Stop spending my precious energy/thoughts/time dwelling/worrying/having panic attacks about things/shit/people I can't control; i.e. the past/the unknown future/haters that gonna hate/people that don't matter/Facebook and all the people that annoy me that won't get off my SIDEBAR.
2. Spend less time online and more time on LIFE (said the hypocrite sitting on TUMBLR and not going to Luke's birthday right now. Ugh it's my birthday I can recluse if I want to) <== EXCUSE! (Not making any progress yet)
3. Write more and stare at TV less.
4. Suck up to my friends that have gotten successful.
5. Phase out the crazy friends that I really want to avoid but am too non confrontational to deal with.
6. 4 and 5 are jokes- but really I just want to surround myself with positive influences and people with their lives together so that maybe their persistence and attitude will rub off on me. I do this already pretty much but want to emphasize it.
7. Make some money- sorry Jessie J but sometimes we gotta think about the PRICE TAG. My car is 11 years old and my billz be pilin up so GURL I GOTTA BOOK WORK.
8. Don't forget to floss and use my eye cream at night cause this face gotta LAST ME.
9. Don't compare myself to everyone' i.e. stop googling super Model's measurements then pick myself apart for having discrepancies; stop stressing if she's prettier/younger/funnier/has longer, better hair than me. I eat healthy and use sulfate-free shampoo now and I have great things to offer and I need to be more concerned with myself and not with myself compared to others. Ugh I'm SUCH a girl.
10. Be less bitchy. Cause I'm nice.
A lot of these 10 cross over into each other but I'm trying here.
Happy Birthday to me and here's to me taking this getting older opportunity to grow up.


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Who knew? Justin Theroux is tatted neck to toe.
The pics were snapped in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the weekend. Jennifer Aniston, who at 43 still looks mighty fine, and Justin were catching some rays when he stood up and revealed a back tat that looks kinda ... Asian-y.
Jennifer makes a yearly pilgrimage to Cabo around XMAS time and usually George Clooney follows suit -- this time with lucky Stacy Keibler. And Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford always make the trek as well.
FYI --There are reports circulating that Jennifer is pregnant. If she's really pregnant, Jessica Simpson has been doing it seriously wrong.
Yeah thats the afterbirth spilling out of her. And I can't even see him
Hot couple
How sad she cant enjoy the sun without a crappy cheap shot at the crotch. Paps suck.
Always a stunner.
Whoever the pap was that took this shot is a piece of crap. Such an invasion of privacy a$$hole.
Ok tmz you have a story about the guy being tatted up, but you just have a crotch shot on jen. The headline should have been jen and her lady bits.
These are such rude photos. Leave them alone on their Christmas vacation. And aiming the camera at her crotch is not "badass" as you classless boors are saying. But you knuckle draggers will do anything for money.
I still don't understand what people see in her, she's not that hot and the looks that she does have are due to plastic surgery! Not only that she can't act at all her movies are horrible. I'm sure she knew the "Paps" were there, she deals with them on a daily basis, she's after a Hot Momma Story.
I hope his front is more endowed than his rear. Glad Jen has snared a man and can finally stop the Woe-Is-Me, Need-a- Wee-Wee song and have a happy life. Go Jen.
c'mon TMZ, do we really need the shot that gives us the "woman in childbirth" pose? Jennifer is a classy woman who does not deserve such treatment.
So I suppose the pregnancy rumors can cease now? She has a very flat tummy, like always..
Why is he wearing belted cutoff jean shorts over spanx?
We of The Brake Fast Club are appalled. Anonymous should find this photographer and put a scanned copy of his nuts on memegenerator.
That bottom pic of Jennifer is NOT very flattering. Why not keep her legs closed?
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Hot Pockets the full fat variety to Lean Pockets is under fire today after the USDA made an announcement that "unwholesome meat products" were used and possibly consumed by consumers, according to CNN Health on February 19.
Nestle, the company which creates the Hot Pockets line, issued a statement recalling two varieties of their Hot Pockets due to the possibility of contaminants. Nestle issues a press release on their website on Wednesday February 18.
8.7 million pounds of meat from the Rancho Feeding Corp was recalled due to the process of "diseased and unsound animals" and the company "carried out these activities without the benefit of federal inspection." Philly Steak and Cheese and Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese may contain this contaminated meat.
According to Slate on February 19, the contaminated meat contained "unwholesome meat products" which included "beef carcasses, beef blood, beef hearts, and veal bones" along with other ingredients.
While some stores are trying to reach out to those in their database who recently purchased these items, there are many who will be unfound. If you or someone you know purchased Hot Pockets Philly Steak and Cheese, 9 ounce, UPC 4369507107; Hot Pockets Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese, 9 ounce, UPC 4369505634; and Hot Pockets Philly Steak and Cheese, 54 ounce, UPC 4369507520 you should throw away any remaining product and take your receipt to a store for a full refund.
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I am in PA, in the woods, and have only iPhone access to the Internet. I'm trying to approve your comments, but it is simply impossible on an iPhone. I see a link called "Publish," but when I touch it, the screen flashes, and then returns to exactly the same state it was in before I "clicked" on the link. When I try to check the comment's "choose" boxes, thinking maybe I can publish your comments in a batch, the screen again flashes, buy the box isn't then checked.
Jeez, this is Google, one of the wealthiest technology companies in the world. Why can't they get their iPhone interface correct?
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"I made a huge mistake - can I get an annulment?" Very
possibly, yes. Almost all annulments are granted upon some basis in
fraud - some trick or deception that induced the marriage. I have read on another site: "annulments are
rarely granted." I have also heard a number of lawyers say that is is "impossible" to get
an annulment - especially in some of the outlying counties.
If the facts are there, the
annulment should be granted. I have never lost an
annulment. If the
court grants the annulment, the divorce will be set aside as if it never
happened. Call us to discuss your case at 214-369-7100.
Some examples follow:
What is not the basis for an annulment:
Were you under the influence of alcohol or narcotics at the time of
the marriage and have not voluntarily cohabited since the effects of the
alcohol or narcotics have ended? I haven't seen one of these.
Was one of the spouses impotent at the time of the marriage? If the
person asking for annulment didn't know about the impotence, and has
since moved out since learning of the impotence, then that person is
entitled to an annulment.
The other party used fraud, duress, or force to induce the petitioner
to enter into the marriage, and the petitioner has not voluntarily
cohabited with the other party since learning of the impotence. Fraud is
one of the most common basis for an annulment. Duress or force to
induce a party to marry - a shotgun wedding.
The party requesting the annulment lacked mental capacity to agree to
the marriage.
If one of the spouses was under the age of 16 at the time of the
marriage, the annulment will be granted (actually, this is a void
marriage - a person under 16 cannot be married)
Is one of the spouses between the ages of 16 -18? If that
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Did one of the spouses get a divorce less than 30 days before the
marriage and there was no leave of court to do so? The marriage can be
the parties marry less than 72 hours after the marriage license was
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Lexus' hybrid roots were first put into the ground in 2005 with the market launch of the RX 400h crossover. Lexus only found 26,000 buyers for its hybrid RX during the CUV's first year on the market, but the current RX hybrid is on pace to sell well over 130,000 units this year.
Lexus' original hybrid is far and away the brand's most popular gas-electric model, with 259,000 recorded RX sales as of November 2012. The newcomer CT 200h is quickly catching up to the RX, though, with 122,000 total sales through November.
The HS 250h is securely the third best-selling Lexus hybrid of all time with 56,000 sales, but that won't last for long - Lexus has discontinued production of the HS.
The GS and LS hybrids have each accounted for about 30,000 sales, with Lexus' newest hybrid, the ES, bringing up the rear with 8,000 global sales.
Lexus says hybrids now account for one out of every four global sales, so the company's second 500,000 should take less than 7 years.


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In the aftermath of the Penn State sex-abuse scandal—and newer allegations at Syracuse—some of the most perplexing questions to arise have been about the women who shared the alleged molesters' beds while it was all happening. How on earth could they not have known? Does it take a certain kind of woman to live this kind of lie?
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Social security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% cost of living increase in 2012. Learn more about the latest Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.
Applying for Social Security benefits is now easier for people with limited English proficiency.
The Social Security Administration now offers applications in Spanish on its website, SSA.gov. The applications allow Spanish speakers to apply for some of the agency's top benefits, including retirement and prescription drugs benefits.
"The goal is to satisfy the need of people who prefer to speak Spanish and who would rather communicate with us through their native tongue," said Diana Varela, a spokesperson for the agency in Washington DC.
There are lots of things you can do on SSA.gov, from filling out applications and appealing a decision to changing your address and replacing a Medicare card. Until now, however, some of these applications have only been available in English.
To make the process easier for Spanish speakers with limited English skills, the Social Security Administration has translated the applications for the following benefits:
Varela suggests that you go online to see if you qualify for a program before completing an application. You should then gather the necessary documents so that it's easier for you to complete the application.
It takes between 15 to 20 minutes to complete the online application for benefits, which uses clear and simple language.
"It's very easy," said Varela.
Once completed, the application will be sent electronically to a local Social Security office. An agency representative will determine if more information is needed. If that's the case, a representative will contact you directly.
In some instances, you may need to visit a local Social Security office. For example, if you would rather hand-deliver original documents, such as naturalization certificates or permanent residency cards, instead of sending them through the mail.
"The idea is that people can complete the process in Spanish from their home," said Varela.
Beginning on August 15, Social Security offices will close 30 minutes early each day. For example, an office that is usually open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will now close at 3:30 p.m.
You do not need to visit an office to complete most Social Security services. Apply for benefits, sign up for direct deposit, replace a Medicare card, obtain a proof of income letter, or change your address or telephone number at www.socialsecurity.gov or by calling 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).


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Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (cont.)
In this Article
- What is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
- What are the signs of Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
- How common is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
- What causes Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
- What is the outcome of Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
- What treatments are available?
- Where can I get more information?
What are the signs of Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
LKS occurs most frequently in normally developing children who are between 3 and 7 years of age. For no apparent reason, these children begin having trouble understanding what is said to them. Doctors often refer to this problem as auditory agnosiaor "word deafness." The auditory agnosia may occur slowly or very quickly. Parents often think that the child is developing a hearing problem or has become suddenly deaf. Hearing tests, however, show normal hearing. Children may also appear to be autistic or developmentally delayed.
The inability to understand language eventually affects the child's spoken language which may progress to a complete loss of the ability to speak (mutism). Children who have learned to read and write before the onset of auditory agnosia can often continue communicating through written language. Some children develop a type of gestural communication or sign-like language. The communication problems may lead to behavioral or psychological problems. Intelligence usually appears to be unaffected.
The loss of language may be preceded by an epileptic seizure that usually occurs at night. At some time, 80 percent of children with LKS have one or more seizures. The seizures usually stop by the time the child becomes a teenager. All LKS children have abnormal electrical brain activity on both the right and left sides of their brains.
How common is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
More than 160 cases have been reported from 1957 through 1990.
What causes Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
The cause of LKS is unknown. Some experts think there is more than one cause for this disorder. All of the children with LKS appear to be perfectly normal until their first seizure or the start of language problems. There have been no reports of children who have a family history of LKS. Therefore, LKS is not likely to be an inherited disorder.
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Information for disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility
Last updated: 24/09/2014
We work hard to make sure that all our customers have a smooth and pleasant journey, whatever their needs.
If you have a disability of any kind, or your mobility is reduced, there are a range of services to help you at the airport and on board our planes.
We've put together this document to answer any questions you have about your journey. As well as general information about flying with easyJet, you will find specific and more detailed information which will help you plan your journey with confidence.
Our Special Assistance Team
If you have any questions before or after you have made your booking, you can always call our Special Assistance Team. They are available 7 days a week from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm and their contact details can be accessed by clicking this link.
- How do I prepare for my trip?
- What assistance will I get at the airport?
- What help is available on-board?
- Wheelchair users
- Additional information for disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility
How do I prepare for my trip?
The airports that we fly from and arrive at are responsible for providing the assistance you need to help you through the airport and to and from your plane. See 'At the Airport'.
If you let us know what help you need at least 48 hours (2 days) before your flight is due to leave, we will forward this information to the airport. The assistance provider at the airport will give you the help and services you need and provide any necessary equipment.
If you give less than 48 hours' notice, the airport may not be able to provide the service as promptly as you need. So please always think ahead and tell us how we and the airport can best assist you.
It is really important that you give us the right information about your needs so that we can be sure that your journey goes smoothly. For example, always be realistic about how far you can walk, as there are long distances to departure gates at some airports.
How do I arrange the assistance I need?
Whether you make your booking on the easyJet website (easyJet.com) or through our contact centre, at the airport or through a travel agent, there are some tips that will help to make sure that you get the help you need.
To make your booking online, login to easyJet.com, choose the flights you want and fill in all the details requested. You will get to a section called 'Special needs and access requirements request'. That will give you a range of options to identify your needs. Tick all the boxes that apply to you.
If you tell us that you are travelling alone, you will be asked to confirm whether you are able to manage important safety activities on your own (see also 'Will I need someone to travel with me?').
If you didn't indicate your needs at the time you made an online booking, you can add them afterwards.
- Go to 'My easyJet' on our website, locate your booking, and then go to 'Your itinerary' in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
- Choose 'Specific needs and access requirements' and select 'Special Service Request'.
- Select the passenger who needs assistance and click on the 'Add request' button next to the assistance you want.
- Finally, confirm your request by clicking on 'Done' at the bottom of the page.
If your booking was made through our contact centre, at the airport or by a travel agent you can request assistance by contacting our Special Assistance Team.
What information will I be asked to give?
The kind of information you will be asked when you make your booking includes the points listed below.
If you have walking difficulty or use a wheelchair
- Do you need help to go through the terminal?
- Can you walk up/down steps onto/off the plane or will you need assistance?
- If you need a wheelchair will you be bringing your own?
If you are bringing your own wheelchair
- Is your wheelchair manual or powered?
- Can your wheelchair fold up?
- How big is your wheelchair and how heavy is it?
- For powered wheelchairs: What type of battery does it have? (This information should be written on your chair or in the handbook that came with it.)
If you are blind or partially-sighted
- Will you need assistance to guide you through the airport?
- Are you travelling with a guide dog?
If you are deaf or hard-of-hearing
- Will you need assistance to make your way through the airport?
- Are you travelling with a hearing dog?
If you have a learning or cognitive disability
- Will you need assistance to make your way through the airport?
If you are not sure if your needs have been understood then please call our Special Assistance Team to tell us what you need.
More information is available in 'Additional information for disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility'.
If you have told us about your needs, we will allocate a suitable seat for you free of charge. See also 'Will my seat be suitable?'.
Will I need someone to travel with me?
We may require you to travel with a companion for your own safety and that of other passengers. That person would be responsible for assisting you in the event of an emergency if you are unable to help yourself.
Generally, the people who are likely to need a companion are those who:
- have a severe learning or cognitive disability which prevents them from understanding or reacting to safety instructions; or
- are both blind and deaf so they are unable to understand and react to safety instructions; or
- have a disability that prevents them from moving without assistance to reach an emergency exit.
To decide whether you need to travel with a companion, think about whether you can manage the following activities without help. Can you:
- fasten and unfasten your seat belt?
- take out and put on your lifejacket?
- leave your seat and get yourself to an emergency exit (this does not need to be by walking)?
- put on an oxygen mask?
If you do need someone to travel with you, that person must be over 18 years old and physically capable of helping you in an emergency.
If we ask that you have a travelling companion for safety reasons, we will guarantee that the cost of the companion's seat is the same price that you paid, regardless of when the flight was booked.
If we become aware only when you are at the airport to take your flight that you need to have a travelling companion for safety reasons, it is possible to ask another passenger travelling on the same flight if they will take that responsibility in the event of an emergency.
If you are not comfortable with this arrangement, or if none of the other passengers is willing to volunteer, then it may be necessary to refuse you permission to fly for safety reasons. You should also be aware that you may secure a volunteer on the outward leg of a flight but not on the return leg.
Because of the uncertainty involved, it is very important that if you cannot manage the activities described above without help, you should plan in advance to find someone to travel with you.
If you take a chance on being able to fly unaccompanied in spite of being unable to meet the requirements, you do so at your own risk and may be disappointed or inconvenienced.
What assistance will I get at the airport?
There is assistance available if you need it to get around the airport. Under European law airports in Europe have to make available assistance to help you:
- get from your point of arrival at the airport you are flying from (car park, station, drop-off point, etc.) to the Bag Drop;
- go through customs and security to the boarding gate;
- get on board the plane and into your seat;
- stow your hand luggage in the overhead locker;
- get off the plane after landing;
- retrieve your baggage and any mobility equipment;
- bring you to the point at which you leave the airport.
At most airports within the European Union, you should be able to find clearly marked Call Points where you can announce your arrival at the airport you are flying from and ask for assistance. For example, you should find Call Points in the long and short-term car parks, at the taxi rank or car drop-off point and at the entrance to the airport building. If it is a big and busy airport please make sure that you leave plenty of time to be collected from the Call Point.
If you have not given 48 hours' advance notice that you need assistance, you will probably have a longer wait to get assistance and you risk being delayed or even missing your flight.
We recommend that you arrive at the airport 2 hours before your flight leaves to make sure that there is time to get the assistance you need. It is also important for you to have enough time to move through the airport without stress and worry.
If you are a wheelchair user travelling with your own chair, you should not leave it at the Bag Drop desk. Ask to keep it right up to the door of the aircraft. You'll be more comfortable and mobile than you would be in an airport wheelchair and there is less risk of your chair being damaged by passing through baggage handling.
Please remember that the Bag Drop desks close promptly at the time shown on your confirmation e-mail.
How much mobility equipment can I bring with me?
Your booking confirmation will tell you how much luggage all passengers are able to bring on board (both checked-in and hand luggage). In addition, if you have a disability or reduced mobility you can bring, free of charge:
- 2 items of mobility equipment (for example wheelchairs, sports wheelchairs, walking frames, crutches, etc.).
If you have more than 2 pieces of mobility equipment, you will have to pay for the additional equipment on the same basis as other passengers (see 'hold baggage allowance' on our website).
We will also carry free of charge any medical equipment that you need to have with you. This can include medication (including gel packs or cooler bags to maintain the temperature of your medication), food and specialist devices such as dialysis machines. You must pack these items separately from any other luggage that you want to check in and you must provide a doctor's certificate confirming that you need these items for the duration of your time away from home.
Will somebody stay with me all the time?
Once you have been helped to get through security and into the departure area, if there is time before your flight leaves you can choose to stay on your own, to go shopping or do whatever you want. The assistance provider should check back with you regularly to see if you need any further assistance and will agree with you a point and time to meet before boarding.
It is your responsibility to be at the agreed point at the right time.
Your flight may depart from a walkway connected to the terminal building. In this case you can use your wheelchair (with assistance if you need it) right to the door of the plane. At that point you will transfer from your own chair (with assistance if you need it) to a special 'boarding chair' which is designed to fit down the aisle of the plane. The assistance providers will take you to your seat using this chair and lift or assist you into your allocated seat. They will also stow your hand luggage in the overhead locker.
If the plane is leaving from a remote stand (away from the terminal building), there will be stairs from the ground to the door of the plane. If you cannot manage stairs you will be taken to the plane in a vehicle called an ambulift, which can be raised up to the height of the plane door so that you can transfer into a boarding chair in the cabin of the ambulift and be taken to your seat.
However you get on board, your own wheelchair should only be taken from you at the door of the plane and loaded straight into the hold. You will get it back at the door of the aircraft when you arrive at your destination.
If you can manage steps and stairs but need help with the long distances in some airports, you will be given a ride in an airport buggy or in a wheelchair to get to your departure gate. If the plane is at a remote stand, you will be taken there either with all the other passengers in a low floor bus or in a special bus with a lift if the ordinary passenger transfer bus is not accessible. You will be helped to manage the stairs to get on board.
What help is available on-board?
It is important to note that our cabin crew cannot provide assistance with eating, drinking or taking medication. Nor can they give assistance in the toilet or any other form of personal care (although our cabin crew can help you get to the toilet). If you need help with any of these activities, you should travel with a companion.
If you tell us about your needs when you make your booking, we will allocate a seat that is suitable for you without charge. We will seat anyone with a disability or reduced mobility near to the on-board toilets and next to any passenger travelling with you. The seats we allocate will generally have liftable armrests to make it easier to get in and out.
If you have any additional needs that you think we should know about when we are allocating your seat, please contact our Special Assistance Team (see page 1).
If you want a different seat to the one we have allocated, but you do not need it because of your disability, you will be asked to pay for it on the same basis as other passengers using our allocated seating system.
The minimum seat dimensions on board an easyJet flight are as follows:
- Pitch (distance between the back of your seat and the back of the seat in front): 29' (about 72.5 cm);
- Width (distance between armrests): 17.5' (about 44 cm).
If you cannot fit into a seat of this size you may need to buy a second seat. You can do this by calling the Special Assistance Team.
If you have limited mobility for any reason you will be unable to sit in the emergency exit rows. This is a standard safety practice followed by all airlines.
Can I bring seat supports or cushions to make myself more comfortable?
Comfort aids (such as cushions) can be used on board provided that the aircraft seat belt can still be used.
There are also some extra support systems that you can bring and use:
- Crelling harness;
- Burnett body support;
- Travel chair;
- Child car-seats;
- CARES harness.
We will do our best to give you a seat close to the toilet on board. If you need to use the toilet, our cabin crew will be able to assist you to get to/from the toilet door but they cannot give you any assistance using the toilet. This is one very important point to think about before deciding if you need to travel with a companion.
You should also note that we do not carry on-board wheelchairs so we can only help you reach the toilet if you do not need a wheelchair.
With this in mind, it is important to check the scheduled length of your flight when planning your journey, and to allow additional time before take-off and after landing when you may be on board the aircraft and not able to get to a toilet.
Currently the longest scheduled easyJet flight is 6 hours.
Additional information for disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility
easyJet will carry 2 wheelchairs (manual or powered) or other pieces of personal mobility equipment free of charge. There is no size or weight limit on the wheelchairs that we carry (but see 'Powered wheelchairs' below).
Although both easyJet and the airport will do everything they can to avoid any damage, we recommend that you keep with you in your hand luggage any items that could be lost such as pressure-relief cushions, removable footrests, etc.
In most airports, you can keep your manual wheelchair with you up to the door of the aircraft. Your manual wheelchair should be returned to you as soon as you leave the aircraft.
It is very helpful when you are booking if you specify the type of wheelchair, its dimensions, its weight, and whether it is foldable.
Although you will normally be able to remain in your own wheelchair up to the door of the plane, if you have a heavy powered chair that requires special handling it may sometimes be necessary to take it from you at an earlier stage so that it can be safely loaded.
It is very important that you book no less than 48 hours (2 days) before you are due to fly so that we can make the best possible arrangements and let you know if there is likely to be a problem.
If you do not let us know in advance that you are travelling with a powered wheelchair, there is a risk that you will not be allowed to fly if the battery on your chair is not safe (see 'Safety rules on wheelchair batteries' below) or if there are already powered wheelchairs on board.
Safety rules on wheelchair batteries
There are two types of batteries:
- Wet-cell batteries: these are not allowed on board easyJet flights
- Dry-cell batteries (including lithium batteries)
For chairs with dry-cell or lithium batteries:
- the battery can remain attached to the wheelchair provided that it is secure;
- the terminals do not need to be disconnected if they are already inside a cell case or isolated (to avoid any short circuits);
- the motor must be disengaged.
Blind or partially-sighted people
Assistance is available at all departure airports from the moment you arrive to the time you take your seat on the plane.
The same service is available to help you from the plane, through baggage reclaim and immigration to the point where you leave your destination airport.
To help us help you, please ask for assistance at the time of making your booking or no less than 48 hours (2 days) before you fly.
On board the plane, the cabin crew will take you through the safety briefing and will help you to locate the oxygen mask and life jacket and fasten your seat belt. They will also explain to you where your seat is located in relation to the emergency exit and the toilets.
The cabin crew will help you make your way to and from the toilet.
If you purchase food or drink, the cabin crew will help you to identify and open packaging etc.
If you are travelling with a guide dog, please let us know in advance so we can make sure that you have a suitable seat with as much space as possible for the dog.
The dog must not obstruct the aisle at any time and cannot be allowed onto a seat.
More information is given under People travelling with an assistance dog.
People who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
Our cabin crew has been trained to communicate with passengers who are hearing-impaired. Some cabin crew members may also be able to communicate in British Sign Language.
Please let us know in advance if you need any additional assistance in understanding the safety briefing or with any other aspect of the journey.
People who have a learning or cognitive disability
If you have a learning or cognitive disability or a condition such as dementia, you should only travel alone if you are able to understand and react to safety instructions on board.
It is also very important to think about all aspects of the journey, including finding your way through the airport and all the procedures such as security, which can be confusing and stressful. People with conditions such as dementia (including Alzheimer's disease) are particularly at risk in the busy surroundings of a big airport and it is highly advisable that you travel with a companion.
If you have a learning or cognitive disability and you are travelling alone, assistance should be booked no later than 48 hours (2 days) in advance. Assistance can be made available at both the airport of departure and the airport of arrival, including baggage retrieval.
It is also very important that cabin crew are aware of the needs of any passenger with a learning or cognitive disability so they can provide additional information or assistance.
People with respiratory (breathing) problems
With the exception of emergency situations we do not provide supplementary oxygen. Small compressed air or oxygen cylinders are permitted in hand baggage for personal medical use only. Please note that they must not exceed 0.5 metres in length, with a maximum diameter of 250 mm.
You will need a medical certificate confirming the cylinders are required for medical reasons and that you are fit to fly. You are permitted to carry a maximum of 2 cylinders and they must be placed in the overhead locker or under the seat. If you are carrying oxygen cylinders please tell the cabin crew when you are boarding.
Oxygen concentrators (either mains or battery powered) are permitted on board and medical certification is not required. Batteries will have to be used if you need oxygen on board (be sure the batteries have enough power for the duration of the trip, including possible delays).
If you need to take medical oxygen on board with you, you must contact our Special Assistance Team before you travel to make us aware of your needs.
Chemical oxygen generators are not permitted.
Gas cylinders worn for the operation of mechanical limbs and spare cylinders of a similar size may be carried to ensure an adequate gas supply for the duration of the flight.
People travelling with an assistance dog
If you need to travel with a guide or assistance dog you can do so on the routes detailed below.
- All flights starting and finishing within the EU (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland), plus Croatia and Switzerland.
- All UK domestic flights (including Northern Ireland)
International carriage between the UK and other EU countries, Croatia, Norway or Switzerland is subject to the UK Pet Passport Scheme.
The dog, together with containers and food, will be carried free of charge in addition to the normal free baggage allowance.
Travel is subject to the following restrictions:
- Guide or assistance dogs will only be permitted to travel if you are in possession of an official document provided by a recognised assistance dog training organisation. This must confirm that the dog is a fully-trained assistance dog or is under the control of a trainer. The dog must also be wearing a standard identifying jacket or harness. Please note that on international flights between the EU (plus Croatia, Norway and Switzerland) and the UK, guide or assistance dogs are subject to the UK Pet Passport Scheme. It is your responsibility to ensure that your guide or assistance dog fully meets the requirements of the Pet Passport Scheme.
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New Casio EX-ZR15 P&S camera with 7X zoom, 16mp 1/2.3" CMOS
This is the equivalent of Election Night where everyone is waiting to hear big results and instead you get results from a town of 15 people ;-) With that as a semi-unrelated preface, we have a new camera alert! Casio has quietly revealed a new 7X (roughly 28-200mm eq) P&S camera, the EX-ZR15 (not to be confused with the existing EX-ZS15). Try guessing the specs before looking, 90% of you will probably guess it right :)
Press release parade at Photoscala (computer translated), DC Watch de la Impress (computer translated) Foto Intern, Ubergizmo.
This increases the number of new cameras in 2011 to 189 (from the major manufacturers), although I'm sure there are a few more that are flying under the radar. The Fuji XS1 is not added yet since there's no product announcement yet.


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Cubs sale nears completion
The longest team sale of memory appears to be at an end. ESPN is reporting that Cubs.com is reporting that the Tribune is reporting that they have reached an agreement with the Ricketts Family.
Of course, it's still not over -- the MLB owners have to approve of the sale.
So here's the question -- do the Ricketts have any chance of not gaining the approval of MLB? If not, and if they have been given an inside iggy that things will go smoothly, is it possible for them to give Jim Hendry pre-emptive permission to grow the team's salary before the trade deadline?
It sounds like a lot of "ifs" to me, and history has taught me that the answer will likely be "no." Besides, we cannot quickly forget that the feet-dragging of this sale occurred primarily because Tom Ricketts had trouble ponying up the cash to finalize the near-$900 million dollar deal.
As a long-time Cubs fan, I can't help but wonder what happens next. It's like going to prom with a blind date. Will she turn out to be a foreign-exchange student studying to be a model back in Mother Russia? Or will she be revealed to be your best friend's thugly cousin who once started linebacker for the high school football team?
I'd like to think that Tom Ricketts is a baseball genius who will surround himself with verified, certified baseball men who aren't afraid to try new things and will not flinch at hitting the eject button on long-term Cub strategies that obviously do not work. I'd like to believe that Mr. Ricketts will not only not cut salary on the team but will in fact open his checkbook up even more to help ensure that the Cubs can field a competitive ballclub now and forever.
I'd like to think all that. I can't help but be skeptical, though.
I have often said that in baseball there are a handful of teams that are always competitive. The Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Dodgers, Cardinals, and Giants have immense fan bases, large budgets, and smart people running their organizations. They don't always make the playoffs, but they are expected to -- and if they fail then their fans are bitterly disappointed. The Cubs belong in that category based on fan base alone.
Maybe the Ricketts will build on that fan base and the Cubs will finally ascend into the ranks of Regular Winners. We can't assume Tom Ricketts will buy the Cubs a World Championship, but we should expect -- nay, demand -- that he puts them in a good position every single year. And the best way for him to do that is clean house, hire the right guys, and give them the budget to do their hard work.
Will he? Can he? I'm almost too nervous to find out.
even if he turns out to be a cheapskate
Having an owner is better than being in transition. I realize they won a division last year while in transition, but I attribute that to career years by certain parties. I for one will appreciate a clear-cut decision being made on whether we are buyers, sellers, or standing pat. I will appreciate closure on the whole Jim Hendry situation.
MLB's okay
I believe that MLB has already given it's non-offical okay to the sale. That is why Mark Cuban was never considered as a serious offer since MLB said off the record of couse that they would not approve him.
Off this subject I have a question that may have been answered and may-be I missed. Is there a rule that prevents us from offering Patton back to the Rockies and then trading for him. Since Hendry wants him so bad that sure would help solve roster issues.
I love this kind of question
I love this kind of question because I get to find out if my assumed knowledge of the rules of MLB are right.
If memory serves (in other words, without looking it up) the Cubs can negotiate to keep Patton. Historically this sort of thing involves cash exchanges rather than prospect trades.
Looking into it a bit deeper, I have found a short list of major leaguers who were drafted and then kept through trades, including Mitch Williams who the Rangers acquired from San Diego.
One Baseball Mind
I would like to see involved with the Cubs ownership is definitely Greg Maddux. I live very close to the Dallas area and have seen the short-term success that Nolan Ryan has had as Team President and would like to see the Mad Dog have some sort of relationship with the new Cubs ownership.
Anyone else have any recommendations any other possibilities?
Steve Stone
I would like to see Steve Stone. He called both the signning of Soriano and Bradley bad moves the moment they were made. He said during the Peavy frenzy that we should hold off taking on the contract since we may need the money to address other needs. He does know the Cub's and there should be no or very short learning curve. Everything I have heard him say the core to fixing the Cub's long term is to fix the minor league development. Yes, I know everyone says that, but I believe him since he believes that not only do we need to change the type of players we draft, but how we approach their development.
Rather than somebody like
Rather than somebody like Maddux or Stone -- both brilliant, but unproven when it comes to running or coaching a major league team -- I'd rather see the Cubs grab some of the certified success stories out there.
For example, teams like the Marlins and Rays have had a ton of success at drafting and developing talent. I would make a hard run at some of their scouts and minor league staff.
As for the General Mangership, without getting too deep into specifics despite not being fully aware of what I'm saying, I would look at perpetual winners and if their GMs weren't available I would look at the younger, assistant GMs.
As we've discussed during the Cubs 101 Series, one of the few great moves made by the Tribune was the theft of Dallas Green from the Phillies after he took them to the Series. I'm sure there are some ambitious, brilliant baseball men out there who would love the challenge of cracking the Cubs history of losing. They would be my targets if Hendry gets fired.
Re: your last paragraph, kind
Re: your last paragraph, kind like Lou Piniella, no?
Lou definitly fit the bill of
Lou definitly fit the bill of wanting to defy history when he came to the team ... then again, so has everybody who's been brought on for the last decade or so.
I still think he turned out to be way, WAY better for the Cubs than Johnny B. Baker, but that's like saying it's better to eat stale bread over dirt. I don't want dirt, or stale bread. I WANT CAKE!!!
Crane Kenney
I am not sure who Rickett's is getting his baseball advise from. I know I do not want him getting it from Crane "holy water" Kenney or from Jim "freeze roster spots" Hendry.
I should have been more clear in that I was looking at Steve Stone to replace Kenney on the baseball side. Or at least bring Stone in as and advisor. Other wise follow your blueprint to replace the GM, Ed "coffee boy" Lynch, Vice-Pres Player Personal and Director Amateur & Professional Scouting.
Kenney needs to go for the holy water move last year and the fact that he has allowed Ed Lynch stay on the payroll. The balance of the positions you have covered to the n'th degree in previous posts.
Also, will Ed Lynch be getting his due in your Cub's 101 feature?


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The Queen is MonoAfter the events of Shadow of the Colossus, Mono is revived, and (knowing its power firsthand) begins to use the "shadow energy" inherently found in the lineage of horned boys as a means to bring Wander back to her. Like Wander before her, her physical form is distorted after handling so much evil energy. During the events in Ico, she may still be trying to revive Wander, or she may have long since abandoned that goal.
The beach Ico and Yorda wash up on in the ending is part of the Forbidden Land.Besides the fact that the beach can be found and explored in Shadow of the Colossus, if the select screen from the Updated Re-release compilation is anything to go by, the Forbidden Land and the Castle in the Mist aren't far off from each other... Also notably, the silhouette of the person on Agro on the Shadow of the Colossus portion of the select screen has horns, something Wander wouldn't gain until near the end game. How Agro is still alive after all those years... Maybe Dormin's magic kept her/him alive like in the 'Mono is the Shadow Queen' theory. After all, s/he did survive a massive fall with her/his only injury being a sprained leg...
The Vibration in The Controller When Holding Yorda's HandI've seen at least one review interpret it as Yorda struggling to keep up, but this troper likes to think of it as Ico's heart beating faster when he holds her hand.
Yorda freed Ico from his SarcophagusBruno de Figueiredo, in his classic Some Birds Aren't Meant to Be Caged essay on Ico, comments that the one piece of Ico's escape that's out of his control is the opening of his sarcophagus. From that initial break, all else follows. Presuming that event was random fortune is possible, but a weak cliche in a game that's all about well-done cliches. (Just as falling back on AIIsACrapshoot is a weak way to explain GLaDOS' mental state in Portal. See my WMG entry for that game. It includes links to The Clone, The Cube, and the Construct.) There is one character who demonstrates power over the Castle in the Mist who has the motivation to give Ico his initial liberation. Giving that character freedom in turn is nearly Ico's next act. This cannot be coincidence, not in a minimalist game like Ico. Freeing Ico is a leap of faith that he will then rescue her from her fate to be her mother's new body. Yorda makes many similar physical leaps of faith, attempting impossible jumps with childlike faith that Ico will catch her hand and pull her up. Note, too, that the lyrics to the closing theme You Were There can apply equally to both main characters. Yorda rescued Ico just as much as Ico rescued Yorda.
Yorda was the Queen all alongYorda was created/raised by the Queen as a new vessel for her spirit. Her scatterbrained activity with Ico trains him to care for her. His investment of time and effort when she's necessary to solve the puzzles and gates of the Castle in the Mists end up building a strong bond. A bond strong enough that Ico spurns the freedom of the boat when he reaches it and instead returns to rescue Yorda. Ico was being trained and tested by the Queen for her protector in Yorda's body. Going by the dream sequence after Ico's incarceration, Yorda wasn't even created until Ico was placed in the sarcophagus. This Yorda was the air-head led around by the hand by Ico. The gate openings were performed by the Queen, not Yorda. Ditto the creation of the bridges in the air. The Queen stated Yorda couldn't survive outside the Castle, and that Yorda's destiny was to be the Queen's new body. The Castle's immense physical plant is on the verge of ruin. There are no servants or occupants to be served. In its current state it's merely a self-imposed prison of isolation for the Queen. If her long-planned transference to a physical body involves any weakness whatsover, however temporary, the Castle will fall to its own structural failures, or outside predators. Note that Ico's sarcophagus was the sole remaining unoccupied. The current phase of the Castle's existence is coming to an end. Not a random one, but a long-planned and long-forseen end. Even if the Queen in Yorda's body has immediate full power and consciousness, why remain in isolation in an empty castle falling to ruin? Instead the Queen will get out and enjoy life. The best way to do this is with a new start that loses all contact with any taint associated with the Castle in the Mists and its Queen. If she abandons all history with the Castle and its dark minions, then the Queen will need a new protector. One that's shown determination and cunning as well as dedication to protecting Yorda. Ico's relationship with Yorda is carefully managed. Starting with the dream of the cage, to a limited path to finding her. Freeing her is the only step he can take after finding her. Protecting and shepherding her is vital to continuing in the Castle. He shows determination and skill to bring her to the main gate, where the testing is intensified. The door to freedom is slammed in his face. He's warned off, his mettle spurred by being told he's unworthy of Yorda. Ico's separation from Yorda on the bridge to the land is the final test. A test, moreover, with no risk for the Queen. If Ico fails, or simply departs, then the Queen stays safe in the Castle in the Mists. The Queen's final speech reveals all: "Silence, boy. You're too late. My body has become too old and won't last much longer. But Yorda's going to grant me the power to be resurrected. To be my spiritual vessel is the fulfillment of her destiny. When next her body wakes, Yorda will be no more. Now put down your sword and leave. That is what she would want you to do." That last statement is simple truth. If Ico departs now, Yorda will be spared her ultimate fate while the Queen finds a new champion. Once Ico proved his determination and loyalty to the form of Yorda by returning to rescue her, the Queen permitted him to triumph. Stabbing her with his sword, the sword she provided, permitted her to withdraw all the power she had stored in the physical environs of the Castle and imbue it into her new form as Yorda. The Queen inhabited Yorda's body after being stabbed by Ico, rescued Ico, and is the Yorda on the beach in the scene after the End Credits.
The Game was a hallucination.Think about it. Ico is locked in the sarcaphogus. The plot contrivance which frees him is very thin. The adventure was actually born out of his mind, as his brain began to run out of oxygen. How could Ico know that Yorda would be at the cage? What is with those weird shadowmen, who never seem to notice you, unless you are in their way? Simple, Ico is dying of asphyxiation, and those shadowmen are part of HIS mind, HIS inner demons, after Yorda, who represents his innocence. The queen is his perception of evils, of his wrongs and those who wronged him. This evil is trying to replace his innocence (Yorda). The ending is when the coffin finally runs out of air, and Ico is breathing his last, and catches a glimpse of his angel of his dreams before leaving this world.
The Queen and Yorda are Descendants or fragments of Dormin
The Queen had fallen out of favor with Dormin somehow, and when Ico fell out of his sarcophagus, Dormin saw an opportunity to inhabit and empower him.This is the only in-universe explanation for several Plot Holes involving Ico's tenacity, up to and including his ability to climb any surface, run any distance, and dash at top speed while ignoring any kind of fatigue or starvation. Furthermore, after the scene at the bridge, Ico falls directly downward, presumably to his death in the ocean. Dormin's brought others back to life before (Wander repeatedly, culminating in his reincarnation as the first horned boy, as well as Mono at the end of the game), but bringing him back to life in the middle of the ocean wouldn't help much, would it, with that gate over the basement cave opening? So instead, he moves Ico's body to the top of a cage some distance away under the castle, so that Ico could jump, climb, and scurry back in. As for why he couldn't just grab another horned boy, well, they couldn't get out of their sarcophagus before they were shadowified.
Economic AnalysisFrom a thread on the GameFAQs Ico board. onionring1988 posted at 3/2/2009 8:44 AM "Okay so I just beat this game.. btw.. Great game I loved it and it was truly a great piece of work.. I loved the art direction and style. Anyways..." That's as much a part of the story as anything. The Castle in the Mists is portrayed as part of the Age of Legends, an Age on the verge of fading away. Meanwhile, as the knights and their steeds show, a strong community continues elsewhere. The horses are magnificent and well trained. Such warhorses do not exist in isolation. Blacksmiths, horse farms, veterinarians, brood mares, tack, grooms, plowhorses, tack-makers, breeding stock, colts, mares, trainers, farmers to raise the grain, farmers to support the people supporting the horses, etc. The knights and their steeds can only exist as the pinnacle of a very large economic pyramid. The horses are the result of a centuries long breeding program. [Edit: Additionally, horses require constant intensive care. All horses. Moderns do not appreciate that horse care was a 24/7 job, whether the horse was used or not. In fact, horses must be exercised or they fall ill.] Note that even Ico's clothing is too good for a plain villager. Child of the local squire at the very least. onionring1988 also wrote, "I am kind of confused on the whole premise of the game. I feel like nothing was really answered..." The premise of the game is "Small boy. Big castle." Ico triumphed over the Castle in the Mists and its Queen, with Yorda's help. onionring1988 continued, "maybe I did not pay enough attention but what do you think. Who is Yorda? What is her significance? How did she become human after being transformed to a shadow demon?" You've asked the key question. Who is Yorda? The Queen calls Yorda her one and only beloved daughter. What kind of child could the Queen bear? Could a human girl grow to Yorda's age hanging in a cage? There's no hint of food, drink, or servants to bring them to Yorda. Yet Yorda has enough physical presence to slow Ico when holding his hand. Enough real mass to weigh down pressure plates to hold open doors for Ico. Enough independence to defy the Queen. Enough humanity to be turned to stone, just as the Queen tried to do to Ico. Yorda was also a mistress of the Castle in the Mists, opening sealed gateways, destroying shadow demons, creating bridges from the air, opening the main gates, and finally drawing on the Castle to recreate herself and rescue Ico. onionring1988 continued, "In the beginning when ICO got out of that statue thing... do you think everyone in his tribe or something got stuck in them and thus they are the shadow demons?" The other sarcophagi contain horned boys imprisoned one by one over the years as they came of age. Only the last set of shadow demons had horns such as Ico's, the shadow demons Ico destroyed in the room with the sarcophagi. onionring1988 finished, "and lastly. What did you think of the ending?" The best possible outcome, given the rest of the game. Ico and Yorda rescued each other and brought down the Castle in the Mists. No more horned boys will be imprisoned there. The Queen no longer exists as Queen. Ico's sound. Yorda's alive in the outside world. They have each other, their freedom, Ico's resourcefulness, Yorda's faith, mutual determination, a good boat, and the wide sea. It's an ending full of triumph and hope. While Ico's village may not welcome him back, he has enough fortitude that that won't matter.
Saving means that failure is All Just a DreamYou save by sleeping on the couch with Yorda. When you load a save, it shows them waking up. So if you save and then die, or quit the game without saving, everything past the point where you last saved was All Just a Dream.
How it ties to Shadow of the ColossusThis is more or less an one big elaboration on theories already posted, and I posted this in the SOTC WMG page. When Wander killed the colossi and broke the seals, Dormin's power took Wander as his new host, but because of Dormin's deal with Wander, the feminine part of Their power went to Mono to revive her. The spell Emon casts at the end of the game not only resealed Dormin's power within Wander, but severely diminished it, with the side effect being that Wander was reborn as a baby with a piece of Dormin's power within him, giving him horns. Mono then raised baby Wander, and eventually he had children who would start the lineage of horned people. It is possible that because of Dormin's power, Mono became immortal, but more corrupted as time passed. It's possible that she did have children with Wander, and the horned children are her descendants as well. But her immortality caused her loneliness as she watched her husband and children and grandchildren all die through the ages. She also learned how to begin harnessing the power of Dormin. When a horned descendant of hers died, it released a part of Dormin's power which she could absorb, and it was this that was prolonging her life and slowly made her more powerful. It is possible that Wander and Mono had founded their own kingdom, or Mono used her power to take control of a kingdom, one which she would rule for centuries. This could explain the statues of the horned people seen in the castle in ICO. Mono would become the Queen, and as time passed she began to demand the horned children as sacrifices so she could continue living. Another possibility is that, rather than being an actual queen of a forgotten kingdom, Mono/the Queen simply terrorized the land kidnapping any horned children she found in some deranged attempt to be reunited with Wander who had died long ago, until it became tradition for people to willingly sacrifice the horned children so that they would be spared her wrath. Either way, it became a tradition, and the horned children were seen as a curse. Mono made her home in the abandoned castle, and waited for each sacrifice to strengthen her and prolong her life. This was the cursed fate for which Emon sacrificed Mono, which would be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. But the Queen's body, Mono's body, would eventually begin to deteriorate as the time between each sacrifice became longer and longer, due to the horned children being sacrificed before they could have any children and pass down Dormin's power. The Queen had absorbed much of the masculine part of Dormin, which was another factor to her madness. She thought of a plan and created a new being, her daughter Yorda. It is possible that the Queen had Yorda with one of the horned children sacrificed. The Queen instilled in Yorda much of the feminine part of Dormin, which would cause the Queen to die quicker, so she needed to take over Yorda's body quickly, until Ico got free. In some sense, Ico killing the Queen and escaping with Yorda can be seen in some way as redeeming the acts of Wander and Mono's life as the Queen. Much like Wander, Ico is determined to save a girl he likes, but whereas Wander's deal with Dormin could be seen as selfish, someone unwilling to let go of the dead and going to great extremes, Ico saves Yorda out of pure kindness and selflessness. At the same time, at the end of ICO, we see that Yorda is willing to part with ICO so that he can live, if you believe that Mono is the Queen longing for Wander. Alternatively, the Queen could also be a descendant of Mono and Wander, rather than Mono herself. The Queen learned of her own lineage and found a way to harness Dormin's power; while the masculine part of Dormin is manifested as horned boys, the feminine part manifests as women with magical power.