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ITEM#: 2620627In this magnificent new cookbook, illustrated with full color throughout, Julia Child give us her magnum opus--the distillation of a lifetime of cooking. And she has an important message for Americans today. . .
--to the health-conscious: make a habit of good home cooking so that you know you are working with the best and freshest ingredients and you can be in control of what goes into every dish
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President Barack Obama holds a coconut ice cream cone after a visit to Mount Desert Island Ice Cream in Bar Harbor, Maine, Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In an interview on ABC's "The View," President Barack Obama talks about the hardships of the presidency — such as the BP oil spill and the H1N1 flu scare — and the roses among the thorns — such as his recent visit to Maine.
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Caught somewhere between 67' hippies, margaritaville, and regular homes. We live further south west. Much nicer.
If you drive past the beach condos and keep on going you will reach Cholla Bay. This is a really small beach town and mostly occupied by private beach homes. There is only a few bars and restaurants which is good and NO hawkers or vendors which is heaven. There is only a few ways to reach the beach but...
We arrived when the tide was extremely low so there were many hidden tide pools full of animals and colorful shells to explore. We rented a 4x4 at the marina and headed to cholla for a wonderful afternoon of fun. Lots of locals and tourists alike. Huge beach so there is plenty of room and sand for everyone. Don't miss...
I'm not a super fan of Cholla Bay. It's not a place I would get into the water. JJs however has delicious simple Mexican fare at great prices in a fun atmosphere. We make a stop here on a every visit to Puerto Penasco. The Mexican blankets and things are less expensive here than on sandy beach also.
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We drove this area looking for a nice beach and didn't find one. We did find hard access areas and lots of rocks. check your tide chart before going but if you're looking for a beach this may not be the palace for you.
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In the search for startup capital funding, family and friends can be a great source of financing as they will have a vested interest in your success, and they may be willing to take a chance on you that no bank or other investor would. This initial investment can mean the difference between operating or not as it can provide a financial bridge for the founder of a start-up enterprise until venture capital funds come along to provide a more substantial capital investment. As the initial investors are family and friends though, you have to structure any financing for your business very carefully to preserve relationships, and you should ensure that your investors fully understand the risk.
Scott Legal Services, P.C. regularly represents start up founders and investors and the same questions often come up. Here are some of the common questions asked with short answers. This article focuses on the top Start-up Founder/Investor questions asked by our clients. The answers are short answers to complicated questions and should only be used as a basis for a discussion with a qualified start-up business attorney. Here are the top questions.
1. What are some of the ways that a Start-Up Founder can structure an Investment for Family & Friends?
There are various ways that an investment can be structured. One simple way that family and friends can invest is through a loan. While this is a simple form of investment, it is not very practical as most start-up companies cannot afford to pay interest (or pay back anything) and will not be in a position to do so for years. As such, most founders keep common voting stock for themselves and issue either convertible notes or preferred shares to investors. Convertible debt is a somewhat complicated financial product that is debt (like a loan) that converts to equity (usually preferred stock) based on some trigger (usually a venture capital funding round). The debt usually accrues interest but the interest is not paid until the trigger event occurs. Once the trigger event occurs, the debt holders can convert the money they loaned and accrued interest to preferred stock and they can usually purchase the preferred stock at a discount. Preferred shares are equity stock and the stock is usually non-voting. A number of features can be added to the preferred stock (eg. right to appoint board members) to give investors comfort. Both Preferred Stock and Convertible Notes are financial securities and require extensive legal documentation to set up.
2. Should a Founder Sell Preferred Shares or Convertible Debt to Friends & Family?
Many start-up founders ask the question of whether or not they should issue convertible notes or preferred stock to investors. Convertible debt has the advantage of being a bit cheaper as the legal set up is not as complex. In addition, convertible notes push off the valuation of the company to a later date (usually when a Venture Capital fund comes along). On the down side though, some find the product complicated and difficult to explain to investors. Preferred stock is a simpler product to explain to investors but does cost more in legal fees to set up and at the start-up phase money is usually not abundant. In addition, a valuation must be done and when a company is just formed and does not have any sales, founders and Investors may not agree on the initial valuation. This could cause complications as the valuation is going to be the basis for the price that an Investor pays for their shares.
It is not possible to give an answer of which instrument (preferred stock v. convertible debt) is "best" and you should sit down with your lawyer to fully understand the different options to assess which one works best for you. In fact, many in industry have very different view on which product is the best product for start-up companies. Regardless of which one is selected, there are a number of legal documents that must be prepared in addition to ongoing SEC compliance.
3. If Family & Friends invest in a Founder's company and the Founder sells them stock, does the Founder have to follow any laws or regulations?
Yes. You are required to comply with the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) requirements if you sell stock or any security. The term "security" is defined by Statute but most financial products that a company can sell to an investor would qualify as a security. (For example, preferred stock, convertible debt, member units, common stock, etc.) In addition to federal SEC requirements, a company that issues securities would also have to comply with State Securities regulations.
All of the government requirements have been set up to protect investors and generally require any company who wants to attract investors to provide the investors with information such as financial statements, offering documents, prospectuses and other information so that an investor can make an informed decision. Failure to follow these requirements can result in dire consequences.
4. How much Information must be provided to friends and family investors? Is it as much information as if the offering were to be made to the general public?
If you are offering securities to your friends and family, you can usually file Federal and State exemptions so that you can limit the amount of information that you provide to investors. If you qualify for the exemptions, you can provide investors with your business plan and other information you have available. If you do not qualify for the exemptions, the full SEC disclosure requirements kick in and you are required to provide investors with a complete set of information including offering documents, audited financial statements, prospectuses and more. The exemptions are complicated and rules often limit who you can sell securities to and place restrictions on the securities that are sold. For example, some exemptions require that your friend and family investors be "Accredited Investors" such that they have significant financial assets and superior knowledge of financial markets.
5. What happens if SEC Regulations are not followed?
A company or individual that issues securities and does not follow U.S. law can be subject to sanctions including prohibition of future securities issuances, fines or imprisonment. A founder must take special care not to mislead Investors by providing false or misleading information as Securities prosecutions can result in both hefty fines and imprisonment for egregious violations.
6. Can a company pay employees with Stock?
Yes but this is very complicated area. In the United States if you issue a security (stock is a security), you are required to comply with the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) requirements. This is the case even if investors are awarded shares in lieu of salary or other compensation. In addition, if you set up a stock option plan, this is another area where you must comply with complex regulation. Compensation is a complicated area and a founder would always be well served by seeking legal advice in this area.
7. Does a Founder Need A Lawyer to Raise Funds From Friends & Family?
Yes. Unless your friends and family are giving you a loan, you are probably issuing securities to them. When you issue securities the law and regulations are complicated and you need an expert to make sure you are complying with both federal and State requirements. In addition, a lawyer can get you to start thinking about the right questions to ask and can put a legal framework around your business that could save you money. Moreover, as investors are friends and family it is important to ensure that a founder is providing the investors with all of the information that they need to make an informed decision. Also, a founder has to ensure they are following the law to protect themselves in the event an investor becomes disgruntled.
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Talk:Curtis Joseph
|Curtis Joseph has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
|This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard. If you are connected to one of the subjects of this article and need help, please see this page.
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B class article[edit]
This article is coming along well. The article contains infobox, several appropriate categories, pertinent sections, early life as well as professional career, picture, and sources. WP banners are listed on the talk page as well. It should soon be able to advance if a couple of points can be fixed such as...
- It would be ready for a good article review soon, I believe, if the paragraphs could be sourced better - try to aim for a source for each fact or at least 2-3 references per paragraph at least if possible. The referencing method on this article has been changed somewhat - one citation can be used more than once - if it is appropriate to more than one fact. See templates for citations and Sourcing for more clews.
- The other thing that is often requested as an article improves would be that the lead paragraph in a well written article sometimes must stand alone ie a feature article has only its lead paragraph on the front page of wikipedia. So without looking at the rest of the article, would only the lead paragraph introduce the reader to a glimpse of all the ensuing paragraphs/sections, and entice the reader to click on the article, if only the lead paragraph were the one that was read by the reader?
- Eliminate empty sections if there is no pertinent info.SriMesh | talk 02:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
GA nomination[edit]
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars etc.:
- It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- blp=yes After extensive discussion with the nominator of this article over IRC, I not believe it meets all of the good article criteria, thus, I'm passing it as a GA. Congrats to the main contributors and good work :) Qst 21:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Pass/Fail:
How do you not believe it meets the criteria and still pass it? Just kidding, probably a typo.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 21:52, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Curtis Munroe?[edit]
Now that's something I hadn't known. GoodDay (talk) 18:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC) --Notre Dame Prep== Which high school did Curtis Joseph attend when leading the team to the Centennial Cup. There are more than one Notre Dame high schools. Kind RegardsSriMesh | talk 17:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I am Curtis Joseph and I'm seeing a few mistakes on my page such as where I was born. I was not born in Keswick nor did I ever live there. Somehow that mistake happened and it showed up on everything. I'd like to correct some of the mistakes on my page along with adding some recent events such as my marriage. Let me know how this can be done. Thanks
Curtis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curtisjoseph (talk • contribs) 13:46, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Curtis. I would suggest emailing the address at Wikipedia:Contact_us_-_Subjects. Somebody from the Volunteer Response Team should be able to help you. TerminalPreppie (talk) 14:35, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Curtis Joseph's personal website, albeit a primary source, should very useful for making sure that the early life information is correct. Maxim(talk) 15:19, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Biography from the Archives of askART
The following information was submitted in May of 2006 by Miriam
MacDonald and was given to her by the Centre Art Gallery in Hawaii upon
her purchase of a work by Beran:Born in Chicago, Lenore Beran
has lived in California since 1940; studied extensively with Hal Reed
of the Art League of Los Angeles and with Ron Labyorteaux. Lenore is
past president of the Burbank Art Association, member of the San
Fernando Valley Art Club, the Beverley Hills Art League, and the Laguna
Beach Art-A-Fair. Her works are displayed throughout the entire
continental United States,Canada and Hawaii, where she has won more
than 50 first and second prizes in major competitions, and has been
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stained glass-like collages. This same versatility, coupled with a
superb sense of design, are the secrets of her great success as a fine
artist. Her great works have found their way into the fine collections
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Neil Walker hit a bases-loaded triple and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 Wednesday night in the series rubber match at PNC Park.
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Will Jake Virtanen Start the Season in the AHL?
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Anne-Marie Sorvin: USA Today Sports
The Canucks have a series of difficult questions to face at the onset of training camp. Paramount among them is whether they can accommodate Jake Virtanen as a feature on their opening night lineup.
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Listing for abstract view: USPTO application #, Title, Abstract excerpt,Patent Agent. Listing format for list view: USPTO National Class full category number, title of the patent application. 04/26/2012 > 13 patent applications in 10 patent subcategories.
20120098680 - Input device with ghost key suppression: An input device with ghost key suppression includes a switch module, a comparator, an exchange unit, a bias voltage resistor, and a processing module. The switch module includes a plurality of strobe lines, a plurality of sense lines, and a plurality of switch units. Each of the switch units has... Agent:
20120098681 - History buffer apparatus and method for adaptive lossless data compression: A history buffer for use in adaptive lossless data compression comprises a plurality of memory locations. The memory locations are partitioned into two or more segments, each segment configured to detect a match sequence independently of the other segments. Control logic is provided for controlling the detection of match sequences... Agent:
20120098682 - Method and device for buffer-based interleaved encoding of an input sequence: A method for encoding an input sequence of symbols. The method includes, sequentially, for each symbol in the input sequence, determining an estimated probability for that symbol based on a context model, identifying a codeword associated with a sequence of symbols resulting from appending that symbol to a previous sequence... Agent: Research In Motion Limited
20120098683 - Analog-to-digital conversion apparatus and offset voltage correction method: An analog-to-digital conversion apparatus has a plurality of comparators configured to compare each of a plurality of different reference voltages and an input signal voltage in a parallel manner, a switch unit configured to switch the input signal voltage to a voltage corresponding to an analog input signal voltage or... Agent: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
20120098684 - Device and method for processing an analogue signal: Device for processing an analogue signal, comprising an analogue-digital converter with a pipelined architecture having an offset, and compensation means configured to compensate for the said offset, the said compensation means comprising digital correction means configured to correct the integer portion of the offset based on the digital signal delivered... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Sa
20120098685 - Voltage converter: An analog-to-digital converter including a comparator, a control module, a voltage adjusting module, and an evaluating module is provided. The comparator compares an analog input voltage with a feedback voltage and generates a comparison result. Based on the comparison result, the control module generates a control signal. The voltage adjusting... Agent:
20120098686 - Voltage converter: A voltage converter for converting an analog input signal into a digital signal is provided. The pulse width of the digital signal is relative to the voltage level of the analog input signal. The voltage converter includes a comparator and a feedback module. After comparing the analog input signal and... Agent:
20120098687 - Method and apparatus for self-testing a digital-to-analog converter (dac) in an integrated circuit: An on-chip self testing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is provided. The functionality of the DAC is measured using a combination of integral non-linearity (INL) and differential non-linearity (DNL). Parts may pass or be rejected based on the testing. When a DAC passes the testing, the process continues to the next DAC... Agent: Motorola, Inc.
20120098688 - Clock timing adjustment device and continuous time delta-sigma modulator using the same: Provided is a clock timing adjustment device for adjusting a time difference of clocks and a delta-sigma modulator. The clock timing adjustment device includes a power detection unit and a timing adjustment unit. The power detection unit receives input signals which are generated using pairs of first and second clocks... Agent: Electronics And Telecommunication Research Institute
20120098689 - D/a conversion circuit and semiconductor device: A D/A conversion circuit in accordance with the present invention, which is provided with a switch swD, allows a writing operation of a voltage (a true gradation voltage) to be performed at a higher speed by first applying a first voltage (a voltage close to the true gradation voltage), which... Agent: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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20120092196 - method for inputting text using numeric keypad: A method for inputting text using the keys of 0-9 of a numeric keypad. The code length of digital encoding may be from 4 to 5 bits. For Chinese-characters, the total number of strokes expressed by two figures may correspond to the first two bits, the first three stroke codes... Agent: Suzhou University
20120092197 - Coding method, coding appartaus, decoding method, decoding apparatus, program, and recording medium: An integer value sequence is used as an input, and [1] codes corresponding to integers (referred to as specified integers) and [2] codes (referred to as extension codes) corresponding to sets of a plurality of integers other than the specified integers are previously determined. Coding is performed in such a... Agent: Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
20120092198 - System and method of analog-to-digital converters: An analog-to-digital converter system that includes a pipeline including N successively-cascaded signal converters, each converting, according to a first clock signal, a respective portion of an input signal of the pipeline into digital codes, a code aligner for receiving and aligning the digital codes from the signal converters in the... Agent: Analog Devices, Inc.
20120092199 - Pipelined adc having a three-level dac elements: In conventional pipelined analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), it is common to employ digital-to-analog converters (DACs) in the ADC stages that use two-state switches or segments. A problem with this arrangement is that for each DAC state there is a noise contribution from each DAC switch, resulting from its current source. Here,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated
20120092200 - Sigma-delta modulator: A Sigma-Delta Modulator (SDM) has a summing junction that receives an input signal and a feedback signal, a multi-level analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that receives the SDM input signal and generates an ADC output, a first analog switch that receives the ADC output and generates a plurality of reference voltages, a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated
20120092201 - System and method for compact cyclic digital to analog converter: A system for implementing a cyclic digital to analog converter (c-DAC) is capable of supporting a large size liquid crystal display. The system includes an upper DAC stage configured to output a first voltage between a lower voltage supply (HVDD) and an upper voltage supply (AVDD). The system also includes... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
20120092202 - Analog to digital converter: An analog to digital converter for converting an initial analog signal into a digital signal comprising at least one electronic module with an input, a first output, and a second output, which module generates from an analog input signal: a first output signal, which first output signal in terms of... Agent:
20120092203 - Analog to digital converter and signal processing system: Disclosed herein is an analog to digital converter including an analog to digital conversion stage of at least one stage adapted to produce digital data of a value corresponding to a relationship to two analog signals inputted thereto and output two analog residual signals. The analog to digital conversion stage... Agent: Sony Corporation
20120092204 - Pushbits for semi-synchronized pointing: A method of selecting a light source among a plurality of light sources by means of a remote controller includes the remote controller: instructing, by omnidirectional transmission, the light sources to each transmit a directional signal comprising a code, which is unique for each light source; receiving the directional signals... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.04/12/2012 > 9 patent applications in 8 patent subcategories.
20120086584 - Character and function key input device using dictionary order and use frequency: A character and function key input device comprises: a character button unit having character buttons, each of which is assigned to one or more characters of one or more languages or function key elements; a forward button which converts the character or function key element selected from among the characters... Agent:
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20120086587 - System and method for optimizing context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding: A system and method is provided for ordering intervals rLPS and rMPS of a range to increase speed of binary symbol decoding in a binary arithmetic decoder. The method comprises the steps of: placing rLPS at a bottom of the range; enabling subtraction for rMPS to occur in parallel with... Agent:
20120086588 - System and a method of correcting baseline wander: A system and method of correcting baseline wander (BLW) are disclosed. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts an analog input to a digital output, and a slicer maps the digital output to one of a plurality of predefined values. A BLW correction unit generates a BLW correction value according to a... Agent: Himax Media Solutions, Inc.
20120086589 - Pipelined continuous-time sigma delta modulator: Traditionally, pipelined continuous-time (CT) sigma-delta modulators (SDM) have been difficult to build due at least in part to the difficulties in calibrating the pipeline. Here, however, a pipelined CT SDM is provided that has an architecture that is conducing to being calibrated. Namely, the system includes a digital filter and... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated
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Armazém do Mercado
Skip shopping for ordinary souvenirs and instead head to Funchal's Armazém do Mercado, or Market Warehouse. The cultural and commercial hub is located in ... Read more
Arrabida Natural Park
Golden beaches, steep cliff sides, tall pine trees, and hillsides of Mediterranean greenery characterize Arrabida National Park, a stretch of land along the ... Read more
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Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) is a wide, central boulevard in the heart of Lisbon. Stretching for more than a half-mile (1,100 meters), its ... Read more
Avenida dos Aliados
This bustling promenade lies at the heart of Porto, a Beaux-Arts beauty stretching between the imposing, landmark bell tower of the marble-and-granite City ... Read more
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One of the largest wine-producers in Portugal, Bacalhôa Wines is set in a 15th-century castle previously owned by the Portuguese Royal Family. ... Read more
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While in southwest Portugal, travel to what feels like the heart of Africa by heading to Badoca Safari Park. Situated about an hour and a half south of ... Read more
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Rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake, the Baixa is the lower town, nestled between the hills of Alfama, Chiado and Bairro Alto. Its wide avenues and ... Read more
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Went in for a tasting and was immediately greeted by Carla, she gave us a wine list and explained the tastes, and asked what I preferred. She was very friendly and talked to us...
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Chrisman Mill has some of the best wines around the area. Our favorite is the Sweet RiverBend Red.. This winery has some of the best selection of sweet and semi sweet wines in the area.. If you enjoy wine tasting like me then you will fall in love with this place..
Chrisman Mills has some very good wines and the people serving them are exceptional and are knowledgeable about the wines. We were even given samples and recipes for Sangria. Very good. The unfortunate thing with this winery is they will no longer be located in Hamburg but only near the mall. Much harder to get to.
We had an unusual event at the winery- a Celebration of Life of a dear friend. The owner Denise was so supportive and wanted the evening to be done right. The staff the night of the celbration were excellent. The place looked wonderful, the food was wonderful, the wine and sangria were wonderful. The atmosphere was exactly what we were...
As we sat on their comfy patio enjoying their tasteful offerings, I asked my wife "Why didn't we do this sort of thing 20 years ago?" and then I answered my own question "Oh, there weren't places like this 20 years ago!"
And so here we were on a well-planned weekend in Lexington, taking our lunch hour at Chrisman Mill...
We love to spend time at the Nicholasville location! The wine is great, as is the atmosphere! We also love the food and staff! The wine club releases are something to look forward to. I can't say enough nice things about this vineyard. My wife and I visited a dozen of vineyards in the area and we keep coming back.
Went in for a tasting and was immediately greeted by Carla, she gave us a wine list and explained the tastes, and asked what I preferred. She was very friendly and talked to us the whole time. They have a Mead wine, which I had never had, she said it was similar to drinking bourbon, you have to take three...
My boyfriend and I visited this place as a part of a Lexington wine trail trip we dreamed up one day. This place was first on our schedule. It was early Friday afternoon, but on July 4th. This place was surprisingly busy. It was clear that they were surprised as well, because there was only one lady there working. We...
I love the vineyard! Its such a beautiful place. The food was absolutely fantastic and there isn't a wine i didn't like. Dry to sweet there is a wine for everyone. Went to the holiday brunch and it was so elegant and fabulous food. They have the best staff and that includes the lovely cat mascot Merlot. The staff is...
My husband and I were wine club members for 2 years while living in Kentucky. We loved the wine and told everyone we knew about it. However, in September of 2013, we moved to Texas and were assured by the staff that we could continue our membership and have our selections shipped. (At that time, we gave them our new...
First, the location on the map is NOT the vineyard, it's a store in the mall. If you are looking for terribly overpriced typical wine gifts, it is fine. Most people are reviewing the vineyard in Nicholasville, and so am I. The vineyard is located quite far away. It is a beautiful location that could really be a great destination...
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If it were any other studio you'd groan at the prospect: another sequel, another opportunity to exploit the brand name. But Pixar isn't any other studio, or any other brand name. Pixar has tripped across heights of invention and comic daring and narrative brilliance that most film-makers don't manage once, let alone time after time.
Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, the Toy Story trilogy – name your favourite – these aren't just great digimations, they're great movies, period. No wonder Disney jumped on board as partner. True, there have been so-so outings amid this roll of honour. I didn't quite love Ratatouille, and Cars showed signs of metal fatigue. Even genius doesn't get it right every time.
Cars also had a sequel, which remains for me unique in the Pixar canon: it's the one I can't remember a thing about. Was it that bad? Monsters University isn't so much a sequel as a prequel to Monsters, Inc., from 2001. The good news is that it's worthy of its predecessor, and comes garlanded with that unfakeable mixture of charm and wit.
The less good news is that it doesn't really try to be different from your average campus comedy. Aside from the fact that the students are all, er, monsters, it depends on familiar tropes of college life and manners, and for a moral it hymns the virtues of teamwork over self-promotion. It's just faintly disappointing to watch a Pixar film where you not only keep up with the drift, you also anticipate it.
The film sends us back to Monstropolis, where the two friends of Monsters, Inc., Mike and Sulley, first met as college freshmen. Diligent, earnest Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) is a one-eyed, pear-shaped green blob who'll swot his way through uni, while James Sullivan (John Goodman) is a talented but indolent ball of fuzzy fur who'll coast on his august family name. Their ultimate goal is to secure a job on the "scare floor" of Monsters, Inc, the elite factory where they harvest the screams of terrified children to power the entire metropolis.
Following a run-in with the formidable college dean – a sort of dragon-cum-centipede voiced with icy authority by Helen Mirren – Mike and Sulley are compelled to enter the Scare Games, a contest among the college fraternities to decide who's the best scarer of them all. Unfortunately, they get landed with the lamest, squarest fraternity on campus, Oozma Kappa.
The idea is that Mike and Sulley start out as temperamental rivals – Sulley is initially co-opted by the arrogant Roar Omega Roar fraternity – before they learn how to use each other's strength in a common cause. The film has some difficulty establishing a rhythm, investing its energy in frenetic action sequences that whizz about like an escaped balloon. One part of the Scare Games involves trying to liberate a pennant in a library without disturbing the overseer, a short-sighted colossus that ejects offending noisemakers into the lake outside. It's inventive, it's just not that funny.
But eventually director Dan Scanlon and his co-screenwriters Daniel Gerson and Robert L Baird find the right tempo, and the setpieces begin to take hold. As ever with Pixar, the genius is in the detail. I loved the scene in which one of Mike's mates, a hopeless moon-faced creature called Squishy, is trying to conduct a solemn midnight ritual while, in the background, his loudly cheerful mom puts on the washing machine at ear-splitting volume. The same matron later plays chauffeur to Mike and co, and says she'll play some of her tunes for company while she waits to collect them; an abrupt blast of her in-car stereo indicates that her favourite listening is death metal.
Kids who come to the film without knowing Monsters, Inc. should take to it very happily; the action pours off the screen with irresistible momentum, and Pixar knows better than anyone how to match character and voice. Billy Crystal sounds about 30 years younger here – just right for Mike – and the uncertain toothy smile that sometimes cracks his Cyclopean face is heartbreaking. If the friendship between him and Sulley doesn't touch quite the depth of Woody and Buzz, or the pathos of WALL-E and EVE, it still finds warmth in the vocal duelling between Crystal and John Goodman.
I liked the waking-up scene in which Mike, half-asleep on the lower bunk, has been resting his head dreamily in Sulley's hanging paw, both of them unknowing and then suddenly horrified as they emerge into consciousness. Yes, it's straight from Steve Martin and John Candy waking up in a motel bed together in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but you could call it a salute to greatness rather than a steal.
The film even has a little lesson about ambition. Mike wants more than anything to be scary, and dedicates himself obsessively to the task. Yet it's sometimes the case that the thing we want to be good at isn't the thing we're meant to be. It's not quite as harsh in its philosophy as The Incredibles, which basically argued that not everyone is special (so live with it). But for a comedy about college, the time in a young person's life when anything seems possible, Monsters University sounds a rather cautious, even wintry note. Maybe it's Pixar's acknowledgement of its own limits: great artists realising they can't be the greatest forever.
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Parmesan Curry Dressing
22 Dec 2009
Parmesan curry dressing is a cheesy and creamy salad dressing. Made with a yogurt and buttermilk base, the parmesan curry dressing is spiced with onion and curry powder. Seasoned with a hint of parmesan cheese to taste, this cheesy creamy salad dressing is blended with caper and chilled before using.
|Plain non-fat yogurt
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Parmesan cheese
|1 Tablespoon
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Onion powder
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Curry powder
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
In blender or food processor blend all ingredients.
Chill or serve immediately over green salad.
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Difficulty Level:Very Easy
Course:Side Dish
Ingredient:Milk Product
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 211 Calories from Fat 43
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5 g7.5%
Saturated Fat 2.5 g12.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 10.2 mg3.4%
Sodium 345.7 mg14.4%
Total Carbohydrates 19 g6.4%
Dietary Fiber 0.28 g1.1%
Sugars 12.5 g
Protein 22 g44.4%
Vitamin A 1.3% Vitamin C 0.57%
Calcium 33.3% Iron 1.8%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
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