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About the StoryThe robots you design will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army?
"Choice of Robots" is an epic 300,000-word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin Gold, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-basedwithout graphics or sound effectsand fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Play out thirty years of your life as a brilliant robot maker, from graduate school near the present day to a future in which your robots have changed everything. Depending on your choices, your robots may be independent or obedient, clumsy or graceful, empathic or cold ... and you yourself may live to an old age happily married or alone with only robots to comfort you.
Play as male or female, gay or straight, with nine characters to romance, four alternate climax chapters, and over seventy achievements to unlock.
Build a unique robot character--you choose everything from its shape to what it calls you
Instigate or prevent a robotic uprising
Teach your robots to love humanity, or disdain it
Build an artificial intelligence suitable to take control of the world's governments
Start a war against the United States, and win
Marry a human or an advanced robot, and start a family
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In choice of robots I ended up helping humanity better itself with my robot creation made out of, yes . . . wood.
Why oh why I didn't see eye to eye with the department of Defence I'm not quite sure. . .
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I loved it. A very long game, perhaps of novella or screenplay length, and that is just in one playthrough. You can take wildly different paths, from prison to riches to love to all sorts of things. You keep track of 10 relationships, 4 robot stats, personal stats and political stats.
You are a young robot researcher, developing robot technology, and you have the chance to guide the development of robots toward autonomy, acting like humans, giant tank missiles, or advanced surgeons.
The gameplay can either be free-flowing, answering each question as it comes, or you can develop intricate plans to minimax your characters stats.
Well worth the money; this was the first commercial game that I bought since I purchased the complete Infocom collection.
This is just as good as Creatures Such As We and Choice of the Dragon, but longer. The only hiccups I found were inconsistent branches; when someone I married quit my company, the game said I wouldn't see them for a long time, for instance, without mentioning our relationship.
You are cast as a grad student in Stanford working on a new robot, and you get to customise your robot and its education, which will orient the robot's stats (Military, Autonomy, Empathy, Grace), as well as yours (Fame, Wealth). Those stats orient the narrative in a rather explicit way: the choices you are presented with are the same (I think), but some of them will result in failure because a stat is too small, or some will not be selectable because a corresponding stat needs to be high enough. In particular, there's a big choice near the end that seems to appear in every playthrough, that determines which of 4 different chapters you will play (and some of them cannot be selected if some stats aren't high enough); structurally, this kind of acts as a funnel towards the endings, reducing the number of possibilities to get a more focused finale, which is nice. In the chapters that come before, there are a lot of events that can happen rather independently, depending on choices you've made and the relationships you formed with people, and it's a lot of fun to try to explore all of them (the number of combinations seem to be huge!); whereas the finale seems to have less important variation and opportunities to change what happens: the game still takes into account, say, your romantic option, but I found it was rather interchangeable (for instance, in my first and third playthrough, I ended up married to a human or to a robot, but their reactions and dialogues were the same, and didn't seem to depend on the personality of the mate very much). Also re:interchangeability, I 'discovered' my partner's secret twice ((Spoiler - click to show)we discovered Elly was Chinese when we got married, and then she told me she had just found out recently when we both got arrested), which made it feel like the game hadn't planned for that and that my partner really was supposed to be interchangeable.
For my first playthrough, I played as truthfully as I could, choosing things that made me happy and corresponded to my personality; I was happy with the options that were presented to me and where I ended up, even though (Spoiler - click to show)I ended up having a second robot that wanted to be romantically involved with me, when I didn't want to, which was hard to navigate (but hey, that's how life is sometimes -- and maybe I shouldn't have chosen what I chose at the 'funnel choice'). I was really heartbroken at the ending, but that was OK: it was really well written and I didn't feel robbed, and it still felt satisfying. It felt like "my story" -- which is great!
However, I thought that the game was fast-forwarding through some interesting parts, including my main relationship, which is a shame. I kept thinking that we were spending so much time talking about robots and work that my partner was going to leave me, but out of the blue the game skipped to a scene where we got engaged and got married. In that sense, what followed the 'funnel' choice (I had the (Spoiler - click to show)Empathy route I think) was more satisfying, as it was dealing with human-human and human-robot relationships in depth; I just didn't like that, before that, I was trying to build a relationship but the game didn't really spend much time talking about it, which felt like I was failing at building the relationship. I have no idea if it's like that in other CoG games, but I heard the style was to present you with big important choices; but I certainly wouldn't mind having more details put into relationships (more scenes, partners aren't interchangeable, etc) instead of fast-forwarding it a bit.
I came back on my third playthrough to this route / style of choices to see what changed and what didn't, when my second playthrough was a much more aggressive character. That second playthrough in particular made me notice something else (that in retrospect was also present my other playthroughs), that sometimes choices failed without really any hint that they might fail. So, you have a list of choices, and you can kinda guess what could happen, but then something else happens and it turns out it wasn't a good choice. I don't know if that's really a bad thing, I guess; certainly there are choices in life that you make that turn out to be bad ones, and you couldn't have prevented it, and it sucks and you have to deal with it. But in a game, it kinda feels to me like it was pulling the rug from under me; I was interested in the consequences of the actions, but turns out that no, the game isn't going to go this way, and by the way you lose Wealth. (Such choices that come to mind: (Spoiler - click to show)letting kids play with your robot, waiting for a clearance to start selling robots to the US Air Force, attacking Juneau.) Just to clarify, I'm OK with actions having negative consequences for the player, I'm just not really thrilled with the prospect of having random events blocking my way; I'd much rather have the game lay out the situation, give me a choice, then explore the consequences, negative or positive, without pulling something from its sleeve at the last second.
The writing is good, and the drama is well-managed, so that each playthrough feels like an exciting or interesting story. I also really liked that the world that is described is in the near future, and is very tangibly linked to our world; a lot of the times, I felt like I recognized the pattern from the present world that was brought up and explored in a section of the game, which made it feel very possible and grounded in reality. It's really not that far-fetched, in terms of SF, and I really liked it (see above: the game organically explores a situation we both know). There are also a few jokes in the game, most of them of the geeky kind (I loved the IF references), although at times they didn't really feel appropriate (there's a Konami Code reference at an otherwise pretty dramatic moment). Your mileage may vary. Also, the prose was mostly very good technically speaking: apart from a missing period once, I didn't really notice anything in 3 playthroughs.
To sum up, "Choice of Robots" feels very satisfying: the story is great, with lots of different possibilities each exploring different thematics; the world that's described is very interesting and grounded in reality, which makes it interesting even if you're not into SF. My only regrets are that the game fast-forwards a bit through the early relationships, and that some choices are unexpectedly bad. I'll definitely keep playing it and try to get as many achievements as I can, and I'll also probably check out other CoG games!
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More precisely, we should say that heaven is about persons, for at the centre of this heavenly vision is God, the God who is three persons. God, and our vision of God, is at the centre of what heaven is, as the second reading makes clear: 'We are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed: All we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is.' (1 John 3:2)
Surrounding God, as the first reading paints the picture, we see various other persons. There are the angels, who also are persons. But then there are persons who are human, flesh and blood people like you and me, that great cloud of witnesses who have gone before us, who 'have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.' (Rev 7:14) Not just a privileged few, but a privileged multitude-'a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language.' (Rev 7:9)
Heaven is other people, united in communion around God. The Catechism makes clear this vision of heaven as a nest of relationships, of communion: 'This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity-this communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed-is called "heaven".' [CCC 1024] This community, this communion of persons is called heaven. It's what we mean by heaven. And while Scripture uses various images of this life with God and all the saints who are in Christ, the Catechism reminds us that it is a mystery beyond all understanding and description: 'No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.' [CCC 1027; 1 Cor 2:9].
While we cannot grasp the mystery entirely, we can get some glimmer of understanding of heaven from the sorts of words used to speak of the fullness of life in the Kingdom. The Beatitudes in the Gospel for this feast, for example, refer to realities which we already begin to experience on earth, but which will find their fulfilment, like all fulfilment, only in heaven. Heaven therefore is a state in which those who have lived the Beatitudes 'shall be comforted, shall be satisfied, shall have mercy shown them, shall see God, shall be called children of God, where their reward will be great.' (Mt 5:3-12) We find other aspects of heaven mentioned in the prayers of today's Mass. In particular, reference is made at a number of points to the joy of the saints and of their peace in God's kingdom. Pope John Paul II spoke in an All Saints homily of peace as 'the sum of all messianic blessings'-the peace of perfect communion with God and with other people.
If we wish to share in this peace and joy of the saints, in this sense of being comforted, of being satisfied, of being called children of God, of having mercy shown us, then the way ahead for us is clear-to live the Beatitudes as they did. This feast encourages us in that journey which at times can seem so fraught with tension and trial-that journey of seeking to be gentle, to hunger and thirst for what is right, to be merciful, to be pure in heart, to be peacemakers, involving being persecuted in the cause of right. It encourages us by pointing us to the countless examples of those who've gone before-people famous and well-remembered, people perhaps we alone have known as the saints that they were, that God has made them, people like you and me, yet opened up in powerful ways to the grace of Christ to be victorious in them.
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Thanks for this article! I was visiting a patient recently, who was an elderly woman, who had only recently become a Catholic. She had received some oral instruction to come into the church.
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In a few days the doors to the new Armani Hotel in Dubai will be opened, the first hotel in the world from the group Armani Hotels & Resorts. It is located in the Burj Khalifa tower and the result of the partnership between Emaar Properties PJSC and Giorgio Armani S.p.A.
The stylist himself is in charge of the 160 bedrooms and 25,000 square metros which make up this hotel. Giorgio Armani explained that "My objective for the Armani Hotel Dubai, which is the first in the series of hotels, resorts and residences which will soon be created around the world, was to provide the maximum emphasis on comfort and style, offering the highest standards of design, hospitality and service". One of the jewels of the building is the SPA: 1,100 square metres dedicated to the guests' wellbeing, with thermal zones, a fitness centre and an open air swimming pool, as well as the possibility of many other exclusive treatments. Among the foreseeable openings there is the Armani Hotel Milan, the Armani Resort in Marrakech in Marocco and the Armani villa residences in Marassi, Egypt.
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WHEN it comes to choosing the best pub in Mackay, as a community, we are torn.
The Daily Mercury asked readers to fill in the blank on their Facebook page asking where the best place for a pub meal in Mackay is and were bombarded with suggestions on the best places.
There are plenty of options to choose from and depending upon what you want to eat will determine where you go.
Amanda Lemberg said Pinnacle Pub had the best crumbed steak.
"Pinnacle Pub has the best crumb steak and pies," she said.
But if you want the best schnitzel, go to Mount Pleasant Tavern.
"Mt Pleasant Tavern if you want an awesome schnitzel," Daniel Gooba Peters said.
Looking for breakfast on Sunday?
Chris Walker said you can't go past Taylor's Hotel.
"Especially now they do breakky on a Sunday," he said.
The Boomerang Hotel Motel on Nebo road has a reputation of best value for money.
"The Boomerang's three course meal with big buffet salad and dessert bar for $18, can't beat that for value for money," Bugsy Brown said.
But all anyone wants is the 'best by a mile'.
"Great Northern Sports Club at the old yacht club, best in Mackay by mile," James Wynne said on Facebook.
Reader poll
Where is the best place for a pub meal in Mackay?
This poll ended on 18 July 2014.
The Metropolitan - 0%
Mt Pleasant Tavern - 20%
Eimeo Pub - 5%
Pinnacle Pub - 11%
Taylor's Hotel - 4%
The Boomerang Hotel Motel - 2%
Austral - 24%
Duke of Edinburgh Walkerston - 8%
The Whit - 1%
The Old Railway Hotel - 7%
Kuttabul pub - 1%
Blacks Beach tavern - 1%
Souths - 3%
Andergrove tavern - 3%
Old-Hotel Eton - 0%
The Shamrock - 1%
This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.


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Grease a flat plate and keep it ready before proceeding to cook Khandvi.Beat curd and keep aside.
In a bowl, add gram flour, salt, ginger-chilli paste, beaten curd, turmeric powder, asafoetisa and water and mix well to form a smooth batter (Ensure that the batter is thin and free of lumps).
Heat oil in a thick bottomed kadhai and add batter. Stir the batter continuously till well cooked.
(You will know that the batter is ready, when the batter take a light brown tinge & glaze from the oil and do not stick to the walls of the kadhai).
The batter should still be in a semi liquid state, tipping more towards solid state (Over cooking will result in a solidified mass which will not spread evenly).
Transfer the cooked batter onto the greased plate and spread uniformly into a thin sheet over the flat surface with a ladle.
(Do this quickly or else the batter will thicken as it cools and become difficult to spread.) Using a knife, make strip marks on the sheet.
Carefully roll each strip into spirals and place the khandvi rolls on a serving platter.
Heat the rest of the oil in another kadhai, add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Pour the tempering over the rolled khandvis.
Garnish the Khandvis with grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves and serve.


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A labour rights groups attacked the proposed Disney theme park yesterday, accusing the company of exploiting workers at toy and souvenir factories on the mainland.
The Christian Industrial Committee held a protest outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre where a Disney stage show, Mickey's Magical Tour, was being held. The sponsor, Disney Consumer Products, was also selling Disney merchandise.
Seven members of the group chanted 'no workers' rights, no Disney' as hundreds of families queued to enter.
'We want Hong Kong people to know exactly what happens in the production of the Disney products. They have the right to know if it produces damage to the environment or to the community,' said group associate director Chan Ka-wai.
Mr Chan has described conditions in Disney factories on the mainland, in Macau and Vietnam as 'appalling', citing an investigation this year during which the group found factories in Panyu, Guangzhou and Dongguan, where more than 1,000 workers spent up to 16 hours a day at their work posts, seven days a week.
In some cases, five hours' overtime yielded only a few cents' extra pay, it was alleged.
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Workers were often paid several months late, or paid only a fraction of what was promised, campaigners said.
The group also alleged workers were exposed to toxic chemicals during manufacturing processes.
Mr Chan said the group would oppose construction of the Disney theme park. The Government is negotiating with the company to set up the park at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island.
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Ethiopian immigrants helping build an American Dream for their children.Read More
Twin Cities Habitat works in partnership with families, volunteers, donors and communities to build homes and provide affordable interest-bearing mortgages to low and moderate-income families with the dream of homeownership. Together with Habitat, through financial coaching, homebuyer training and sweat equity, your family can pursue this dream. Twin Cities Habitat offers the opportunity for you to buy a Habitat-built home or a home of your choosing on the open market. We'll work with you to determine what's affordable to you and assist you in the buying process, which is outlined below.
Families that are interested in applying for the Habitat Homeownership Program have two pathways to enter the program.
Referral organizations can introduce families to services in their community, while still accessing the Habitat mortgage. Each partner offers their own pre-purchase services, homeownership resources, and education courses.
After completing financial coaching (see Step 4 below to learn about financial coaching) with a referral organization, families will be referred into our Homeownership Program and will be fast-tracked into one of the Habitat homeownership options.
Visit our Homeownership Referral Partners webpage to learn more.
Please Note: The waitlist for this path is currently over a year long.
First, families will attend an orientation session and then submit an application. After applying for the Homeownership Program, families will start to work one-on-one with a financial coach. Their coach will help them work on budgeting, credit, debt, and savings until they meet our minimum underwriting requirements.
Please read through the 5 Steps to Homeownership outlined below to learn about Habitat's application process. To join the waiting list please fill out this form. If you've already signed up and want to check your status, please click here.
Are you and your family ready, willing, and able to:
If you answered "yes" to all of these questions, you may be ready to become a homeowner.
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, you may not be ready to be a homeowner at this time. That's okay! It's better to know you will not be happy as a homeowner before you own a home.
NOTE: When you purchase a home through Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, Habitat becomes your mortgage company, not your landlord. The house and any problems or damage that occurs after move-in are the homebuyer's responsibility.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) puts new income guidelines each year and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity reserves the right to revise these guidelines at any time
|Family Size
|Minimum Monthly Gross Income
|Maximum Monthly Gross Income
|Minimum Yearly Gross Income
|Maximum Yearly Gross Income
If you think you meet the eligibility requirements to buy a Twin Cities Habitat home, the first step is to attend an Orientation. You'll learn about homeownership basics and the Twin Cities Habitat process. We do not have orientation sessions scheduled yet, but if you would like to join the waiting list please fill out this form. If you've already signed up and want to check your status, please click here. Please note that current wait times are over a year.
To apply for the Habitat homeownership program, you need to fill out the application form and turn in all required documents. Required documents include Social Security cards, photo IDs, tax forms, and income verification documents like paystubs, letters from employers, and benefit statements. There is a $30 or $50 non-refundable application fee for every application. You can submit your application in person or online. Once your application is received, Habitat staff will assess your income and credit eligibility.
Habitat staff (or your referral organization coach) will work with you one-on-one to set financial goals that will get you closer to your dream of homeownership. You will work on budgeting, credit, debt, savings, and any other financial goals that you have. You will work with your coach until you meet Habitat's underwriting criteria and feel you are ready to purchase a home.
*Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity reserves the right to change these criteria at any time
If purchasing a Habitat-developed home, you will receive property letters with homes that you are eligible to buy based on your income and family size. These property selection letters are a way for you to indicate your preference for available houses based on a number of different factors (size, location, design, neighborhood). Applying to Habitat does not guarantee that you will be selected to purchase a Habitat home. Applicants in the matching pool are matched to homes based on their ability to pay for the home, need for housing, and willingness to partner with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.
Families who are selected to purchase a Habitat-developed home will then complete the sweat equity & training requirements. Sessions include HomeStretch, home maintenance and safety, homeowner's insurance, and community involvement and engagement. This training curriculum provides families with a sound foundation of knowledge designed to boost homeownership success.
If purchasing a home on the open market, you will complete the training requirements first. For open market purchases, there are additional required trainings about realtors and Habitat's home rehab process. Once the trainings are completed, you will choose a realtor and begin the home search. Habitat can also provide rehab assistance if the home needs work and the family can afford it.
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|3 nights
Our house is charming, a typical house 1920 Merida style. Totally
furnished. Beautiful original floor tiles. Nice garden with avocato
trees, banana tree and other plants around the swimming pool.
It has two bedrooms: One with a doble bed and the other one with two
single beds. The main bedroom has air aconditioned, and all of the
other areas of the house has ceiling fans.
Only one bathroom, studio, hallroom, diningroom, kitchen, extra room
for the washing maching and the heather.
It is located one block away from a Archeological Museum, Santana Park
(with market, church), gas station, bakery, 24hs store and seven
blocks from Wall-Mart.
Main downtown is just 8 blocks walking up north.
Only 30 min. from the beach and a delicious sea food.
We had a wonderful time and loved the house, thank you!
Matt & Linda Greff / Michigan, USA
My husband and I just returned from a wonderful holiday in Merida. We stayed at Casa Mango for 3 weeks
and found it was the perfect location to walk everywhere. Located a block from the Paseo Montejo where museums, eclectic stores and resturants are located. Centro where the main plaza is located takes
approximate 15 min to walk. Buses are running all the time for a mere 7 paso. There are also other plazas within walking distance Santa Ana & Santa Lucia. 20 min drive from the airport. The home itself is very comfortable and stays cool during the heat of the day. Large shower area & nice size bathroom. Spacious for family with a lovely pool in the back. There is also a bistro patio table and chairs outside as well. I would highly recommend this home to those would love the experience of a Mexican home with the tiled floors and colourful walls!!!
This house was perfect for our family. We are a married couple with two children (ages 6 and 3) and my mom traveled with us. The pool was just big enough for playing in with the kids especially after a day out and about. It was in a great location. We walked to the market for fresh fruits, veggies, tortillas, eggs, etc. We could also walk to the downtown area (although that was a little farther, but we like to walk) and went almost every night to the Sorbete restaurant on Paseo Montejo (only a two block walk). It was on a quiet street and we never had to turn on the air con, the ceiling fans were enough. Ignacio was waiting for us when we arrived to let us into the house and when we left he was there to return our deposit. The description says that the second bedroom has two single beds, but it's actually one double and one single, perfect for Grandma and the kids. Plenty of dishes, pans, etc. We ate every breakfast at the house. Comfortable beds and nicely decorated. We would stay there again.
We've been in Casa Mango a few days in the beginning of January 2013 with our 3 kids (1, 6 and 8 years old). The spot is ideal for tourists : 2 minutes of walk from the Paseo Montejo, about the same from the Parque de Santa Ana and its market where you can get a typical meal during the day or fresh vegetables and meat. Nearby, you can also get fresh ground coffee and bread (typically covered with sugar) from a local panaderia. Casa Mango is a good place to start a visit of Merida and its old center.
The house definitely have a personality as it is almost a century old and you can feel it is part of Merida's history. If you are looking for a totally quiet or extremely modern place, you should look for something else. You will find under this roof, all you need for a great stay and to cook. It is charming and colorful.
The owners, Ignacio and Mina, are very kind and really open minded persons. Both beeing artist, many of the pictures on the walls are their creations.
Casa Mango sleeps easily 4 persons or more if you use hamacs that are available.
The pool is small but deep enough to make everybody happy, especially the kids.
Nous avons adoré notre séjour à la Casa Mango. Nous y avons passé 6 merveilleuses semaines. La maison est spacieuse et très confortable. La piscine constitue tout un atout ! Les propriétaires sont avenants et disponibles.
C'est tout près du quartier historique, du Paseo, bref de tout ce qui compte à Mérida, une ville par ailleurs extraordinaire.
Nous recommandons chaudement l'endroit que nous avons bien l'intention de relouer lors de notre prochain passage au Mexique.
My partner and I stayed in Casa Mango Christmas 2010 for a week. We had been to Merida and knew this to be an ideal area to stay.
We're food-focused and Casa Mango is halfway between two areas we usually fouind ourselves—the restaurants, food stands, and Municipal Market in Centro Historico; and the restaurants and super-sized supermarkets (WalMart, Mega, Chedraui) in the north part of town, where you can find anything you forgot to pack as well as a full choice of meat & vegetables. Casa Mango is a 15-20 minute walk either destination.
The house itself is something special. Lovingly restored to be cheerful, comfortable, and very clean. If you want to experience life in an old-style Mexican home, this place will transport you back in time. Every room has a different antique floor tile (pasta) pattern. Interior doors have antique glass panels. The kitchen is a modern take on old-style Mexican kitchens with everything one needs—range, full size fridge/freezer, and all the appliances, cookware, and utensils you'll need for any meal. We fixed breakfast every morning to enjoy on the patio. A couple of nights we cooked dinner, grilled out, and ate under the stars by the romantically lit pool. We spent most mornings by that pool in the very private, walled-in back yard.
Towels and bed linens were good quality—all cotton. The bed was very comfortable. To wake up in the back bedroom on a late December morning to birdsong, warm & bright sunlight, and flowers blooming right outside the door was pure joy.
A couple of blocks south from the house, by Santa Anna Church, is a market and food stalls. Go there for excellent and inexpensive comida Yucateca. A friendly, laid back atmosphere for a long lunch, a couple of beers, and great people-watching.
Ignatio and Mina are an artistic couple and good hosts. Throughout the house is interesting art by friends of theirs and Ignatio's photography. They made sure every need was met. When the stovetop wouldn't light, Ignatio was at the door in a few minutes to take care of it—just a turn of the knob on the propane tanks and we were cooking with gas again.
Only one thing isn't going to be like home and that's water pressure in the shower. But if you travel in Mexico a lot you know this condition to be the rule rather than the exception. The advantage you'll have at Casa Mango is right outside the door is a sparkling clean pool to jump into when you need to feel fully hydrated.
Highly recommended!
Casa Mango is a typical restored colonial Merida home, and that is exactly what we were looking for. After a day of sightseeing we wanted to feel like we were returning to our Merida home. Because we enjoyed the house so much, a couple of days we just stayed "home" to enjoy it.
The back patio has a table and chairs and small pool with a waterfall feature that we especially enjoyed in the evenings. As an added bonus, the avocados fell from the trees daily providing us with all the guacamole we could eat.
The location was nice and quiet, located on a side street with only local traffic. The main downtown area is a 10 to 15 minute walk and the grand Paseo Montejo only a block away.
The owners were very gracious and attentive to our needs. They we could be gotten in touch with by the phone in the house had we needed them or had there been any problems. We had no problems during our stay, but it was a comfort to know they could be contacted so easily.
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Feb 16 2017 - Feb 28 2017
3 night minimum stay
april and may
Apr 1 2017 - May 31 2017
3 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
3 night minimum stay
* Approximate monthly rate. Actual rate will depend on the days of the month you stay.
Nightly Rate: $80 - $100
Weekly Rate: $350 - $450
Monthly Rate: $1250 - $1350
80 - 100 us daily
350 us - 450 for 1 week rent (low-high seasson)
1250 us - 1350 for 1 month rent (low-high seasson)
1100 us monthly for 6 months rental
1000 us monthly for 1 year rental
550 us week of Holiday seasson
. (low season / may,june,sept.,oct.)
. (high seasson / july/august and nov. to april)
. for close the contract is necessary to make a refundable security deposit for 50 % of the rent. This deposit will be return after considering expenses on electricity and telephone line at your departure. Take notice that this deposit is not the rent.


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NATALIE Cassidy has revealed her new trim size ten body – nearly four years
after dropping to a size eight.
The ex-EastEnders star, who had her baby Eliza in October, has shifted
two-and-a-half stone since the end of her pregnancy.
And this week the former Strictly contestant stripped down to her gym gear to
flaunt her slimline figure.
Natalie, 27, told new! magazine: "I feel great, but it's been a mixed bag.
Because I lost so much before, I was worried about becoming obsessed. But
this time I've done it exactly how I wanted to."
And she insisted that she's lost weight healthily this time around after
admitting to taking laxatives when she shed stones at the end of 2007,
taking her from a size 16 to a size 8.
The pounds crept back onto Natalie after she released her fitness DVD, Natalie
Cassidy: Then and Now Working, sparking a backlash from critics.
She explained: "I don't feel the pressure. I had a target, which was to get
into my jeans, but that was my target. I just wanted to do it for myself.
"I'm not going to worry about it. I've chosen to do it and people like
Charlotte Church and Lily Allen's weights fluctuate, too. That's women;
that's life."
Natalie told how she'd toned up thanks to new dance class Zumba Fitness, which
she's been going to twice a week, and working with a personal trainer three
times a week.
She's also been going for five-mile walks with other mums as they take their
babies with them in their buggies.
Natalie, who is engaged to Adam Cottrell, added: "Once I get active, I love
it. If I miss it for a day I feel rubbish. I'm really determined to keep it
She also explained how she's been more careful with what she eats too, saying:
"I've eaten well. In the evening I won't have bread or potatoes, but I
haven't skipped any meals. There have been times [in the past] when I
haven't had lunch. But you have to eat otherwise you put it all back on
again because you just lower your metabolism."
But she admitted she isn't always as disciplined as she should be, adding:
"One day I ate half a large bar of chocolate. Then you think, 'Oh well, I've
started now so I may as well have a crumpet.'
"If I feel like having a baguette, I'll have one. The other day I really
fancied a bacon sandwich so I just toasted a bagel and grilled some
extra-lean bacon."
And Natalie said her transport manager fiancé Adam has been very supportive of
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She said: "He's pleased. He's happy whatever size I am as long as I'm happy."
She also admitted that she felt sexier after slimming down, saying: "I do feel
sexier. It doesn't really change things in the bedroom that much, but I'm
finding that I have more energy, so sexually it means that I'm not so
knackered all the time. Unfortunately, Adam still is!"
But Natalie said she'd still like to toned up her stomach, arms and back even
more and would like to lose another 5lbs.
And she declared that her excuse for gaining weight again would be pregnancy –
even though she said she wasn't ready for another tot just yet.
Natalie added: "I've just got fit! I want to enjoy it for now. I think
pregnancy will be my only excuse for putting on weight again."
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text: Land Registration form We recommend reading this information before completing the form. If you have completed the form before, you can register now. About this form We collect data on purchases, sales and transfers of land and/or properties by foreign persons through the Land Register (formerly Agricultural Land Register). You must notify us if you: have acquired an interest in agricultural land or are required to as a condition of your approval to purchase residential real estate no longer have an interest in agricultural land have changed foreign person status, either becoming a foreign person or ceasing to be a foreign person or have changed the land or property type from, or to, agricultural land or residential real estate. You can print or save this form to your own device for record keeping purposes. Use the 'Print Friendly Version' button on each page to do so. Note the online version of this form cannot be saved and resumed at a later date. 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Master Ash
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Master Ash is the pseudonym that Kvothe creates to refer to the mysterious patron of Denna.
Description Edit
Almost nothing is actually known about Master Ash, which Denna claims is how he prefers to conduct his affairs. However, Denna does reveal he is a dancer in progress and has the appearance of a wealthy gentleman. He is described as being extremely secretive, to the point of outright paranoia and likely carries a cane.
In The Chronicle Edit
Denna meets Master Ash in the Eolian while awaiting Kvothe for lunch, a date he misses due to a fire in the University's Fishery. Deoch physically describes the character that Denna eventually leaves this rendezvous with as a white haired gentleman. Whether this character is actually Denna's future patron is unconfirmed, however the next time she and Kvothe meet it is implied so.
Kvothe is at first happy for Denna, but grows increasingly suspicious of her patron throughout the chronicle. This begins to occur when Kvothe meets Denna in Trebon, where she is the sole survivor of a massacre possibly executed by the Chandrian. Afterward, Denna is unable to find her patron, leading Kvothe to assist her in searching for him near the crime scene. During this encounter, Denna is subjected to a taste of Denner resin, causing her to drop her guard and admit that her patron had struck her unconscious and that when she awoke he was no where to be found. This greatly dismays Kvothe, though he keeps much of his feelings to himself in fear of startling Denna away from him.
In The Wise Man's Fear, it is revealed Denna has lost contact with her patron for approximately a month after the occurrences in Trebon. Eventually however, Denna disappears, possibly to Yll from which she writes Kvothe letters. Whether she travels in the company of her patron or not is of some speculation. However, when Kvothe meets up with Denna again in Severen, she reveals she has been given an official writ of patronage and that she is currently working with Master Ash. It is suggested that Denna is still suffering physical abuse at the hands of her patron as she hastily makes up excuses as to why she has bruising across her face. Kvothe and Denna eventually have a falling out while in Severen over a song she writes about Lanre. This song apparently contradicts the account of Skarpi, which Kvothe takes much displeasure in. Denna claims to have written the song based on something she read while searching through genealogies for her patron, but many fans believe the information and subsequent song were actually solicited by Master Ash.
When Kvothe meets the Cthaeh while in Fae, it confirms the readers suspicions that Denna is being victimized by her patron. In this scene, the Cthaeh claims Master Ash beats Denna with the recent addition of a cane.
Speculation Edit
Much speculation has been generated in regards to the true identity of Master Ash. Due to a suggestion made by Denna in Severen, Kvothe may or may not have already met the man under a different alias. Fans of the series theorize the below people most prominently as legitimate possibilities.
Many events in the Chronicle point to the theory that Master Ash is Cinder.
- After the Fishery fire, Kvothe arrives at the Eolian to find that Denna has left with a white-haired man. This matches Cinder's description, although no mention is made of his other distinguishing features.
- Cinder often turns out to be in the same geographical areas as Denna: Trebon, Vintas, and arguably the areas around Tarbean.
- Denna writes a version of the story of Myr Tariniel's betrayal, however, in this rendition Lanre is a misunderstood hero. It has been suggested Cinder may have motivation to conceal and remake history or even expose a falsification of historical events.
- Cinder is considered extraordinarily cruel. Many fans compare this to the Cthaeh's description of Denna's harsh treatment at the hands of her patron.
- Kvothe's knack at guessing true names is another clue. His first attempts at giving the man a nickname include Feran, Forue, and Fordale, which are both arguably similar to Cinder's true name Ferula/Ferule and, if broken into syllables and taken in order, spell Ferule (Feran, Forue, and Fordale). He eventually decides on Master Ash and although he intends the name to refer to the tree, the alternate meaning relates to Cinder.
- In English, Ferule is 'a ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand', from the word Ferula, from Latin, which would mean 'cane'. The Cthaeh states that Denna's patron beats her and that he started beating her with his 'walking stick'.
- The Cthaeh claims Master Ash begins to beat Denna with his 'walking stick' shortly after the battle in Eld Forest. In this fight, the bandit leader, later revealed to be Cinder, is shot by Marten with an arrow in the thigh.
- Master Ash sets up the performance from Denna at the Mauthen Farm where it is later discovered a Chandrian relic was found.
- When speaking of her patron, Denna remarks that he is light on his feet. Cinder is also described as having very fluid movements.
Bredon Edit
Nearly as many events in the Chronicle point to the theory that Master Ash is Bredon.
- Description of bearing and physical attributes seem to match.
- Bredon's colour's are mentioned as being 'ash grey and dark charcoal'.
- When Kvothe first meets Bredon he claims to enjoy traveling and to have recently taken up dancing.
- While the Maer's guest, Kvothe isn't able to find Denna for a few days which corresponds with Bredon's disappearance to "visit relatives." Denna admits she was with her patron when she returns.
- Bredon enjoys playing games, which could correspond with the psychological torture that Denna puts up with.
- Master Ash's random disappearances could be due to Bredon needing to return home.
- Master Ash's insistence on privacy and secrecy could be due to Bredon being a recognizable figure.
- Just as Master Ash, Bredon also is surrounded in mystery to Kvothe, not saying who he is and concealing his identity.
- Gossip letters from another noble states that Bredon does pagan rituals on the woods, which could somehow be connected to the incident on Trebon.
- When Kvothe first meets Bredon, he remarks on him bearing himself in a manner which shows his wealth. In the same way, Denna comments on Master Ash having all the signs of being a wealthy patron.
- Denna comments that Kvothe might have already met her patron while staying in the palace.
- Bredon is known to always carry a walking stick, something the Cthaeh specifically mentions Denna's patron having, saying her patron beat her with one.
Erlus Edit
Another theory could point to the Master Ash being Erlus
- There are various clues which could point to Erlus being Cinder (more on Erlus page).
- In The Wise Man's Fear, Puppet has a doll of a Tehlin priest menace the doll of a young peasant girl. The scene could easily be interpreted as Denna and Master Ash, and if that were the case, then Erlus is the only character who could easily fit into this role.
Character TrinityEdit
Many fans actually believe Master Ash has many aliases and is actually multiple characters.
- Given that there is much evidence that Bredon is Master Ash and that Cinder is Master Ash, it could be that all 3 are one and the same.
- Bredon has white hair, and his eyes are described as dark and owlish; similarly, Cinder has white hair and black eyes. While Cinder does not resemble Bredon in other aspects, it is possible that since Cinder is likely of Fae, he uses glamourie to change his appearance.
- Bredon meets Kvothe in Severen, at around the same time that Denna is in the area. Shortly before Kvothe leaves to hunt bandits in the Eld, Bredon is mentioned to be away from his estate. The bandits Kvothe fights are later revealed to have been led by Cinder.
- Bredon teaches Kvothe tak, and when Kvothe later wishes to teach Felurian the game, it is revealed that she already knows how to play it, which might imply tak not being a human game at all but rather a diversion of the Fae
- Very little of Bredon's background is known, leaving ample room for him to be either Ash or Cinder in secret.
Altough there is evidence to back up this idea, there is also much against it, as the Cthaeh implies that Kvothe met Cinder two times, and if Bredon was Cinder he would have met Cinder many more times. Also, Kvothe notices something different when he sees Cinder for the second time, recognizing him somehow, but doesn't ever recognize anything similar on Bredon.
Amyr Edit
The Amyr have already been evidenced to be willing to do terrible things for the greater good.
- Master Ash may be using Denna's writing and singing of the Lanre song as a sort of bait to draw the Chandrian to the Amyr.
- The Cthaeh is revealed to always tell the truth, but that it will do so in a way so as to cause the worst possible outcomes. Because of this, it is speculated that when the Cthaeh tells Kvothe that Master Ash beats Denna, the Cthaeh is actually referring to Master Ash training Denna to fight.