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The Gift of Wine
Posted: April 9, 2009
This post was contributed by Courtney Phillips. Courtney writes about the grants for culinary. and she welcomes your feedback at CourtneyPhillips80@ gmail.com
The Gift of Wine Never Goes Out of Style Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, graduation – let's face it, as long as the recipient is of legal age to consume alcohol the gift of wine never goes out of style. And just because you're going to reapply an old favorite doesn't mean you can't do it with some new pizzazz! It's all in the presentation. There's more to giving a classy bottle of wine as a gift than just slapping a bow on the bottle and leaving it on someone's counter. One great way to really endow the wine you're giving with special meaning is to include a hand written message about a particular bottle's history. You don't have to buy expensive wine for it to taste great – that's something everyone should know by now. But the same goes with small batches of wine from smaller wineries. Explore your local area and interview the folks who make the wine. You'll find that they are more than willing to share the passion that goes into each squeezed grape. A little quote from someone personally involved with the bottle you are giving away can really drive home your message. The gift that keeps on giving, or for as long as it fits your budget! Nowadays wine sellers are on to the notion that not all of us have thousands of dollars to keep our celebrated friends bathing in expensive wine. To the contrary, almost all online wine sellers that offer repeated deliveries of seasonal wines offer multiple options to gift the opulent liquid. At www.goldmedalwine.com, a favorite of celebrities and the common folk alike, they offer terms as short as one single delivery, a delivery every three months for a year, or every month if you wish. The choice is completely up to you, and the caliber of wine is also available for upgrade. Are grandma and grandpa celebrating that Golden anniversary? Then you may want to upgrade to the wines of the Diamond series which can go for as much as $189.00 a month! Of course, the sky is the limit when it comes to hand picked tastes and mom and pop vineyards. Some of my favorites Enthused? Here are some favorite sites that have pleased many and offer lots of reasonable terms. One of the easiest is to check out www.wine.com and search through their selection of wine clubs. You may have to do a little homework but if you have an idea of the particular style or taste you're looking for one great feature is lots of relevant reviews. Want to delve into other realms and clubs and pair them with the wine you're giving? Check out www.greatclubs.com where you can find clubs on everything from smoked sausage to cigars. The possible pairings are endless and can have those on your list just counting the days till their next shipment.
The Gift of Wine Never Goes Out of Style
Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, graduation – let's face it, as long as the recipient is of legal age to consume alcohol the gift of wine never goes out of style. And just because you're going to reapply an old favorite doesn't mean you can't do it with some new pizzazz!
It's all in the presentation.
There's more to giving a classy bottle of wine as a gift than just slapping a bow on the bottle and leaving it on someone's counter. One great way to really endow the wine you're giving with special meaning is to include a hand written message about a particular bottle's history. You don't have to buy expensive wine for it to taste great – that's something everyone should know by now. But the same goes with small batches of wine from smaller wineries.
Explore your local area and interview the folks who make the wine. You'll find that they are more than willing to share the passion that goes into each squeezed grape. A little quote from someone personally involved with the bottle you are giving away can really drive home your message.
The gift that keeps on giving, or for as long as it fits your budget!
Nowadays wine sellers are on to the notion that not all of us have thousands of dollars to keep our celebrated friends bathing in expensive wine. To the contrary, almost all online wine sellers that offer repeated deliveries of seasonal wines offer multiple options to gift the opulent liquid.
At www.goldmedalwine.com, a favorite of celebrities and the common folk alike, they offer terms as short as one single delivery, a delivery every three months for a year, or every month if you wish. The choice is completely up to you, and the caliber of wine is also available for upgrade. Are grandma and grandpa celebrating that Golden anniversary? Then you may want to upgrade to the wines of the Diamond series which can go for as much as $189.00 a month! Of course, the sky is the limit when it comes to hand picked tastes and mom and pop vineyards.
Some of my favorites
Enthused? Here are some favorite sites that have pleased many and offer lots of reasonable terms. One of the easiest is to check out www.wine.com and search through their selection of wine clubs. You may have to do a little homework but if you have an idea of the particular style or taste you're looking for one great feature is lots of relevant reviews.
Want to delve into other realms and clubs and pair them with the wine you're giving? Check out www.greatclubs.com where you can find clubs on everything from smoked sausage to cigars. The possible pairings are endless and can have those on your list just counting the days till their next shipment.
Castello di Spaltenna...The Heart Of Chianti
Posted: March 1, 2009
There is an area of Tuscany that offers the traveler breath taking beauty. It affords the traveler a challenging terrain of mountains and valleys combined with a maze of winding roads which if stretched straight could possibly reach from this earth to heaven. But they do not need to be stretched for they wend their way through vineyards and olive groves, villages and past villas and castles. This is the Chianti region of Tuscany, a region some believe is "heaven on earth". This is an area of Tuscany which is steeped in the history and traditions of the Middle Ages and of the conflict between Florence and Siena.
Situated among the rolling hillsides of Gaiole in Chianti is the historic castle of Castello di Spaltenna. As you enter into the courtyard of Castello di Spaltenna you pass the entrance of Pieve di Spaltenna (Santa Maria di Spaltenna), a small church dating back to the 11th. Century. Pausing to look into the chapel, we are taken with the simplicity of its Romanesque architecture. As we check in, we learn that Spaltenna was once a medieval monastery connected to the Pieve. What was once the cloister of the monastery serves today as a welcoming courtyard to the hotel.
As we were taken to our room, we could not help but appreciate the beauty of the medieval architecture surrounding us. Our room, complete with canopied bed afforded us a unique feature. It had a small window overlooking the altar of the Pieve di Spaltenna and a kneeling bench so prayers could be offered while viewing the church's altar.
Perhaps this had been the room of the priest when Spaltenna had been an active monastery.
After "settling in", we strolled the beautiful grounds and enjoyed the roses and the many floral gardens as well as the views of vineyards and mountains. The quiet and relaxed beauty was striking.
Dinner that evening was in Il Pievano, an absolutely marvelous restaurant at Castello di Spaltenna The dinner menu offered such wonderful selections as: Pappardelle di farro al sugo di fagiano in infusione di alloro broccoli e tartufi (Pappardelle pasta made of spelt with pheasant ragout flavoured with bay leaf, broccoli and truffle) or Filetto di Rombo arrosto con capperi di Pantelleria indivia brasata e pappa al pomodoro all'olio extravergine di oliva (Roasted fillet of turbot with capers from Pantelleria endives and pappa al pomodoro).
For desert choices included, but were not limited to Tartelletta di Zucca e mandorle con gelato al bianco latte e amaretti (Tart of pumpkin and almonds with ice cream of milk and almonds) and Lacrima di ricciarelli avvolta da un velo di cioccolato, il cannolo al panforte di Siena e il gelato al panpepato
The food was prepared to an excellent standard and the service was perhaps the finest we have ever had. Enjoying dinner at Spaltenna is a marvellous way to spend an evening. The wine steward paired an excellent choice of wines to be served with our dinners. Spaltenna's wine cellar offers the widest range of wines...fantastico.
Some say that in real estate, location is everything. To us who travel, location is also important and Spaltenna offers its visitors an ideal location from which you can enjoy superb day trips. As an example, just a short ride from Castello di Spaltenna is the medieval borgo of Vertine, complete with its original tower, walls and gates.
A trip to Villa Vignamaggio, the estate that was home to the Mona Lisa and the film location for "Much Ado About Nothing" is another must for day trips from Castello di Spaltenna. Here you will enjoy gardens and magnificent views across the vineyard covered hillsides. Our suggestion is that you phone ahead for a reservation to tour the gardens and the wine cellars.
Located near Spaltenna, Badia a Coltibuono was formerly a Benedictine monestary. You will enjoy a well-ordered monastic garden and magnificent views of the countryside. Stop by the ristorante and enjoy a dish of some of the most delicious lemon-basil sorbet ever made.
Home to the Ricasoli family, Castello di Brolio, is also home to the now famous Chianti Classico. It is widely acclaimed that here, at Brolio, Baron Bettino Ricasoli developed the formula for Chianti Classico wine. The castle, surrounded by huge fortress like walls provides visitors with commanding views of valleys and vineyards Plan your trip around lunch time and enjoy a delightful dining experience at the Osteria del Castello. The menu offers traditional Tuscan dishes which will be a delight to your taste buds.
Castello di Spaltenna is a historic castle steeped in the finest of traditions of Chianti. Its rooms, service, restaurant and wine cellar are second to none. Its pool and outdoor dining make it the best of both worlds...a fine resort hotel and a great location to enjoy the surrounding areas of Chianti country.
Edie and Dave
Straight from Napa Valley, Hall's Estate Vinyards
Posted: December 6, 2008
Every now & then you come across a site with a story and a product too good not to share. Hall's Estate Vineyard.
"HALL's estate vineyards encompass more than five hundred acres of classic Bordeaux varietals; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc. As winegrowers, the Halls have a strong respect for the environment and a commitment to cutting-edge vineyard technology to yield the highest quality grapes. Through meticulous attention to detail in the vineyards, HALL wines are able to express the unique and diverse character of Napa Valley's soils and climate." Read more.
"Focusing on classic Bordeaux varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, and Cabernet Franc, we craft a "Napa Valley Collection" that is available in select markets and through our wineries and website." Read more.
Seeking a wine gift? More on Wine Products and More on Wine Club. Enjoy!
Napa Nirvana
Posted: August 24, 2008
Napa is wonderful anytime of year…I had the good fortune a year ago to spend a long weekend in Napa…to not only see the vineyards and taste some great wine, but to see a one man art show featuring John S. Kornfeld at the Robert Mondavi vineyards.
But first…someplace to stay! Accommodations were arranged at the Yountville Inn in Napa Valley( www.yountvilleinn.com ). Gracious…comfortable and accented with lots of natural wood, beams and stone…the Yountville Inn makes you feel instantly comfortable. Three nights in an oversized mini suite with a fireplace and a spa styled bathroom left me a bit in awe at how comfortable the décor and amenities were. While it was summer …nights do get cool and if you are feeling indulgent, you can also air condition the room a little just so you can use it (Not that I would ever waste the energy!)
To make me feel even more special, the public lounge just off the check in area featured a wine tasting the afternoon I checked in. What a nice thing to start my first evening off with…an in-house wine event. The hostess was fun and informed. The featured wines were from Hendricks Wines…featuring "hope and grace" wines. Charles Hendricks is described as, "Winemaker Paraclete: An encourager, a messenger, an assistant, a guide".
A consultant to vineyards, he has now shifted his focus to the line of "hope and grace" wines. We sampled a 2005 Chardonnay, 2004 Pinot Noir, 2004 Malbec and a 2004 Cabernet, all under the "hope and grace" label. Productions are limited and the the bottles ranged form 26.00 to 60.00 a bottle in price. Well the hostess was congenial and it came down to me and a nice couple sampling till the bitter end! She offered us all the opened bottles to take home..I let them take the one we both favored, the 60.00 Malbec, but I ended up with a Chardonnay and a Cabernet. Not a bad score and all for free! Check them out at www.hopeandgracewines.com
Napa has a certain sense of style….its own California interpretation of enjoyment, taste and architecture, but that has all changed with the Castello di Amorosa. Modeled after an old world castle, the vineyard offers a unique view into the past. The wine tastings were passable as I recall, but the unique feature was the authenticism about the reproduction castle in Napa. Right down to a large Norway rat running across one of the castle corridors! Did someone actually cue him..like a movie background extra…"Go Now"?? Our tour group got a kick out of that sight. Overall the tour was well worth it….conducted by their then new head of marketing, showing the ropes to one of the new doecents.
Another added surprise for me to this extended Napa weekend was an invitation to a private reception for the featured artisit. Held at the private home of a doyenne of Napa, it was an amazing experience to be at a wine recption and cocktail party overlooking vast acres of vineyards
with the mountians framing them in the background. I had missed that day one of the premiere "Sparkling Wineries" tours, but the owner appeared at the reception carrying several bottles of her version of "champagne" and I was priviledged to sample some first hand and engage in dialouge on her personal history . The cast of characters at the event also included a young couple…he a winemaker of a competing wine Valley (Sonoma) and of Roessler vineyards. The Roessler web site lists his view of their wines. " In the cellar, we employ winemaking techniques that can be characterized as "Old World" in style, with a minimum of intervention. This allows all of the hard work in the vineyard to shine through and creates a classic backdrop for the nuances and characters derived from the variety of soils, clones, and climates.
We hope that you will take as much pleasure as we do in exploring different regions and vineyards through enjoying our Pinots and Chards!
All the best,
The significant other with him, Laura Hoover was well traveled and she and Scott, as I remember, both had grandparents who met and maintained homes in the Seychelles Islands. What were the odds on that happening! Anyway, we discussed my recent trip to Panama and Laura brought up a project she had gotten into involving microcredits in Guatemala and Mexico. It's a way of helping people help themsleves by launching small businesses with micro credit loans www.namaste-direct.org
They truly do amazing work and for such little investment from "investors."
I felt very lucky and priviledged to hob nob with the annointed of Napa …and that is the fun of travel…you never know where or with whom you could end up.
Needless to say , three nights and afternoons dining in Napa provided an exceptional experience…and a bit of a weight gain. But it was worth it. The finale was the art exhibition set in the gallery area of the Robert Mondavi Winery.
Perfect Napa weather..wonderful restaurants, exceptional wines, parties …art events…local galleries, a private reception at a gracious home in Napa ….new acquaintences…what's not to like about a summer trip to Napa and wine country?
Cincinnati Enquirer Wine Tasting Competition
Posted: February 22, 2008
Gotta love business trips that take you in the vicinity of family and friends. A recent stop in Cincinnati meant a great visit with my brother Jim, wife Karen and son Matt. But before I could even unpack, I was greeted with "We are going to a wine tasting". Well…how could I refuse! When we arrived at the location of the tasting, I discovered that some great ski friends, Sharon and John Rieke would be joining the festivities as well. Now Sharon and John are worth several GourmetStation blog posts alone, what with Sharon's keen eye for ferreting out wonderful places to dine everywhere we have gone and John being an oenophile. I knew we were in for a fun and entertaining night.
Our hosts, Mike Forcade and his wife Penny had a beautiful set up. Several staging areas in the dining room and kitchen with gourmet food to tide us over and the wine tasting set ups on the screen covered patio for whites and the reds on the giant food prep island in the middle of the spacious mid- western kitchen.
What made this particular wine tasting unique was the fact that it was based on a recent article by the Cincinnati Enquirer, where they asked five local wine experts to each list their favorite reds and favorite whites in the $10.00 price point. This selected panel came up with their choices and our goal for the evening was to see if we could come up with the same selections as that illustrious panel of wine experts.
Well there must have been more than 20 people in attendance that night and everyone took the whole proceeding very seriously…as the winners would be taking home full bottles of some very fine tasting wines.
Let me introduce you to them:
The Reds
Santa Ema Carmenere 03
Pelican by Laurence Feraud 03
Leasingham Magnus Shiraz-Cab 01
Equis Vinas Viejas 03
Calina Carmenere 02
The Whites
Blue Fish Riesling
Basa Blanco 04
Las Brisas Blanco 04
J&F Lurton pinot Gris 04
Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc 04
In addition to these wine finalists, there were additional selections in each category, but these were the top five, as selected by the Cincinnati Enquirer panel of experts. Unknown to us…us being the wine tasting participants trying to match the Cincinnati Enquirer panel of experts, was the ranking. That was our goal, to see how closely we could align with the experts and the winners in our group would be taking home some bottles for their "trouble."
I lost track of my brother and his wife in the pouring, palate cleansing and tasting mayhem….but kept a stealthy eye on Sharon and John to see by the expressions on their faces, how the wines were doing from their perspective.
How did I fare….let's just say I must have been in an exploratory mood that night as I did not end up winning! (Just for the record, I got three of the winning reds in my list and two of the whites, but not necessarily in the right order) After the conclusion, the official tally was taken and the winners that night revealed that indeed my instincts had been right…keep an eye on Sharon Rieke!
Mike Forcade passed along his comments, " What was interesting about the winners was that the category winners both picked the Cincinnati Enquirer #1 as first on their cards. We scored by giving two points for a direct hit in comparison to the paper and one point for selecting one of the top wines but not in the correct order."
Winners: White: Olden Warren with 6 points (his list had four of five whites and he scored will overall too).
Red Winner: Ros Staadeker with 6 points
Overall Winner: Sharon Rieke 12 points
Mikes final comment "Final observation: The wine that was left over was not worth drinking after the fact!!!!!!!!!!"
And that would be because the sophisticated palate of the attendees honed very quickly in on the "good stuff" leaving the other wines to sit forlornly 3/4s full.
Everyone had a wonderful time with gourmet foods to sample, exceptionally tasty wines to drink and rate and the winners walked off with bottles for their keen wine acumen.
And the overall winning results...well it just adds to Sharon and John's legend as gourmands.
So if you get bored this winter…you can try a sampling party at your house. It will definitely be worth the effort and your guest can help clean up too! Mark Stine
Wine Gift for Wine Loves – Combines Tradition & Technology
Posted: November 12, 2007
If you're seeking a gift for a hard to buy-for individual & they just happen to be a wine lover, I have the answer for you. Enjoy!
This innovative USB key is geared directly at the upscale oenophile. The founders of the BeWine Connected project, Alfred Tesseron and Emmanuel Etcheparre, were looking for a way to meld the traditional elements enjoyed by wine connoisseurs with modern technology. This innovative USB key is geared directly at the upscale oenophile. The founders of the BeWine Connected project, Alfred Tesseron and Emmanuel Etcheparre, were looking for a way to meld the traditional elements enjoyed by wine connoisseurs with modern technology. Etcheparre was the designer behind the "custom-made-to-measure tool that precisely reflects Pontet-Canet's image: a model-sized bottle concealing a USB stick," a press release said. "This small, removable accessory captures the strongest Bordeaux icon: its wine bottle. This innovative and exclusive concept is the ideal gift for all wine lovers as well as those who like to draw meaning from both the content and the container." The USB stick has a video tour of the Pontet-Canet estate and winery as well as featuring a vintage waste tasting by Michel Rolland. Other information on the 1GB stick includes "cell phone ring tones with wine-connected themes, wine cellar management software, a reference of Bordeaux Grand Crus Classés wines, a desktop environment dedicated to wine." BeWineConnected is available in French, English and German, with Japanese and Chinese editions on their way. Current retailing price is 33 Euros.
It's Turkey Time - Wine To Serve With Turkey
Posted: October 29, 2007
Thanksgiving is near and with that turkey and all the trimmings, what wine should you serve? To begin, I like to serve Champagne or sparkling wine as the guest are arriving or as the aperitif. It always makes a special dinner even more so. Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne Brut is perfect for the larger group or your favorite Champagne for the more intimate dinner.
Now, to the big question the bird. Turkey is mildly flavored so for the most part it serves as a base for the seasonings that provide the prominent flavors. Here are five ways to prepare a turkey and the wine suggestions for each style.
Simply Seasoned With Salt, Pepper & Butter: My suggestion for this style of turkey would be a buttery chardonnay from California or for a special treat a Meursault from France. If red is your preference, try a delicate Merlot or the very popular Beaujolais Nouveau. Beaujolais Noveau is released the third Thursday in November just before Thanksgiving and has become a perennial favorite for Turkey Day.
Apple Cider Braised: When fresh pressed apple cider lends it seasonal sweetness to your bird the wine of choice should also be fruity and fragrant and have a touch of sweetness, such as a Viognier, Riesling or Chenin Blanc.
Mediterranean Style With Olive Oil, Garlic &Rosemary: Nothing is better than a Grenache or Syrah based wine. I would suggest a Cotes du Rhone or a lighter style Syrah from Australia. For a smaller group of guest, serve the fragrant and elegant Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge.
Maple-Sage Glaze: A sweet and savory styled turkey calls for a fruity and earthy style of Pinot Noir. Say something from Burgundy, I would suggest a Bourgogne Rouge from Louis Jadot or Philip Le Hardi. If you like a little more richness a New Zealand Pinot Noir would be a good match.
Southwest Spices, Grilled or Fried: Spices call for spice, so my choice for this type of bird is a lush, fruity red Zinfandel or if you want a white wine the citrusy yet spicy Gewurztraminer is your best bet. Grilled or fried foods also offer extra richness which the Zin or Gewurtraminer handle extremely well.
And as dessert or with apple pie, pumpkin, pecan or mincemeat, a sweet white dessert wine is simply divine. Try Chateau Rieussec from Sauternes. Intensely fruity notes of lemon, orange and apricot combine with honeyed vanilla notes, you taste richness but at the same time elegance. What a wonderful way to end Thanksgiving dinner. If preparing the bird is not your thing, my suggestion to order a delicious, convenient Thanksgiving dinner delivered with all the trimmings from GourmetStation and use the wine suggestions above.
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Veuve Clicquot's Cellar
Posted: September 2, 2007
Sandy Kingsley, like many Delicious Destinations readers, loves the good life and wanted to share an experience and a web site with you that you are bound to appreciate and enjoy. Sandy and her husband recently went to France, and because they are both wine and champagne lovers, they went to Burgundy, Champagne….you get the idea.
There are many wineries to visit in France and each one takes a different approach to providing an experience the visitor will cherish among their holiday memories. The people at Veuve Clicquot's cellar not only served champagne (as you would expect of a good host), they actually taught Sandy and her husband a few tips on how to present and enjoy their beverages they way they were meant to be enjoyed.
Their web site is a work of art including the history of champagne making going back to the Roman times, through the crowning of French Kings at Reims, to modern production and distribution processes. Their Essentials categories also help readers understand what is really champagne through a standard set I 1935! No fooling around here. Sandy asked that we check out their link to visits where we can set the stage for what is included in their tours. The history appeals to me the most …"ancient Roman gallo chalk cellars in Reims." Thanks Sandy! A visit to Venue Clicquot is on the must list.
Food and Wine Pairing – Creating The Third Flavor
Posted: August 11, 2007
Traditionally, food and wine pairing has been made either far too easy, "drink whatever you like" or limited to "red wine with meat, white wine with fish". Or way too complex, using only the "proper matches". Food and wine is meant to be savored and enjoyed, since one enhances the other.
The basic idea of food and wine is to fuse the two flavors together to create a third. And magic can happen when you combine the two. So lets discuss some simple guidelines to use when searching for that perfect bottle of wine to accompany a meal.
The main consideration of any match is to balance the flavor and texture of the food with the flavor and texture of the wine. Similarity of flavors between wine and food makes for pleasant combinations. Use a flavor component of a wine by using it in the meal: say the mushroom, truffle flavors of Pinot Noir can be matched by using mushrooms in a sauce.
Texture is the tactile experience your tongue has when it encounters the sensations of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and fat. Because textures are recognized on a very basic level of the senses, their influence is often stronger than defined flavors. Here are some guidelines to use when picking out a wine:
Sweet – The sweetness of a dish should always be less than the sweetness of the wine. Otherwise, the palate cannot perceive the fruit in the wine and it seems thin,
tart or bitter.
Sour – Always make sure acid levels are less than the wine, such as salad with a vinaigrette. If a wine doesn't have more acid, it will seem flat or dull.
Salty – Salt and acid oppose one another well. Salty foods go well with high acid wines. Say, smoked salmon with Sauvignon Blanc or Champagne. Salt also opposes bitter, reducing the perception of tannin or bitterness in food or wine.
Bitter – Bitter foods such as oil-cured olives will diminish the perception of bitterness from the tannins in young red wine, allowing the fruit flavors to show.
Fat – Cheese is often served at red wine tastings, because the fat in the cheese coats the palate and lessens the palate of tannins or bitter flavors. High-fat foods generally require the intensity of rich wines to balance them.
The richer the food, the richer the wine should be that accompanies the meal for everything to remain in balance. For instance, a full-flavored reserve-style California Chardonnay would overwhelm the delicate flavors of Dover sole, but this wine is wonderful with grilled wild salmon and lemon butter.
And finally, brilliant combinations can be made by using contrasting rather than similar, flavors or textures. A famous contrasting match is salty Stilton cheese served with sweet Port. Visit GourmetStation wine shop for a selection of wines already paired with the appropriate entrée. Enjoy!
The Other Pinot's
Posted: May 1, 2007
Pinot Grigio is the common Italian name for the French wine variety Pinot Gris and as such, is probably the name by which the variety is best known to many wine drinkers. Pinot Gris is a mutation of the Pinot Noir grape. If Pinot Noir berries are purplish blue and the berries of the related Pinot Blanc (a white mutation of Pinot Gris) are greenish yellow, Pinot Gris grapes are anything between greyish blue and brownish pink – sometimes on the same bunch. And at one time Pinot Gris habitually grew in among the Pinot Noir of many Burgundian vineyards adding softness and sometimes acidity to the Pinot Noir.
Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio are actually the same white grape, with two different names. In Italy and California this wine is known as Pinot Grigio, while in Oregon and France it's known as Pinot Gris. Other countries use the terms interchangeably.
Most Pinot Grigio wines are produced in Italy. The Italian version of Pinot Grigio is typically dry (not sweet) and light, with a mineral taste and many times a bitter almond finish. Californian variants of Pinot Grigio tend to be richer in flavor, but still have the mineral taste. Often, they finish with a lemony or citrusy flavor.
French Pinot Gris wines come from the Alsace region. These are more fruity and flowery than their Italian counterparts, though they still have that mineral aroma. Flavors can range from peach to grapefruit to melon.
Pinot Blanc is more about texture and acidity and less about aroma and flavor. While it doesn't provide much of an aroma, Pinot Blanc will make your mouth water and provide a very viscous or creamy texture. In Italy it is known as Pinot Bianco and is one of the varietals used in Soave, Vin Santo and Spumante.
In Alsace, the best examples of Pinot Blanc are immediately appealing, offering a delightful plumpness, rich, ripe, juicy fruit with apple-y flavors and floral aromas.
In the 1980's, several California winemakers began using the same techniques in making Pinot Blanc as used to make expensive Chardonnay. So Pinot Blanc became another complex, oaky masterpiece of some California winemakers, rivaling the biggest and best Chardonnay.
Here are some pinot's to try:
Oregon/Washington State/California
Alsace, France
New Zealand
Enjoy! Susan Anderson


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1Cut beef across grain into about 1 1/2x1/2-inch strips.
2Cook mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender; remove from skillet.
3Cook beef in same skillet until brown. Stir in 1 cup of the broth, the salt and Worcestershire sauce. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
4Stir remaining 1/2 cup broth into flour; stir into beef mixture. Add onion mixture; heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in sour cream; heat until hot (do not boil). Serve over noodles.


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The NEC V20 (μPD70108) was a processor made by NEC that was a reverse-engineered, pin-compatible version of the Intel 8088 with an instruction set compatible with the Intel 80186. The V20 was introduced in 1982,[1] and the V30 debuted in 1983.[2][3]
The chip featured much more than the 29,000 transistors of the simpler 8088 CPU, ran at 5 to 10 MHz[4] and was around 30% faster (application dependent) than the 8088 at the same clock speed, primarily due to faster effective address calculation, along with faster loop counters, shift registers and multiplier.
NEC V20 was used in "turbo" versions of some PC clones such as Commodore PC compatible systems, Copam, and Tandy 1000 series, as well as in the Casio PV-S450 PDA and Hewlett-Packard's HP 95LX, the GRiD Model: 1810 laptop computer, and the Bandai WonderSwan, a handheld gaming system released in Japan in 1999. Sony also produced this microprocessor under license from NEC as the V20H (Sony CXQ70108).
Because it was pin-compatible with the 8088 and relatively inexpensive, the V20 was also a popular end-user upgrade for systems with a socketed processor, including the original IBM PC and XT.
An unusual feature of the NEC V20 was that it added an Intel 8080 emulation mode, in which it could execute programs written for the Intel 8080 processors. The instructions
BRKEM executed in 8086 mode (NEC used a different notation for the instructions than Intel, where BRK in NEC notation is INT in Intel notation) and
RETEM and
CALLN executed in 8080 mode was used to switch or return to or from the emulation mode. There were some programs which allowed 8080-based CP/M-80 programs to run on MS-DOS machines, notably V2080 CPMulator (later ZRUN) by Michael Day and 22nice from SYDEX.
Another unusual feature was the existence of several families of unique instructions. The ADD4S, SUB4S, and CMP4S instructions were able to add, subtract, and compare huge packed binary-coded decimal numbers stored in memory. Instructions ROL4 and ROR4 rotate four-bit nibbles. Another family consisted of the TEST1, SET1, CLR1, and NOT1 instructions, which test, set, clear, and invert single bits of their operands, but are far less efficient than the later i80386 equivalents BT, BTS, BTR, and BTC; neither are their encodings compatible. There were two instructions to extract and insert bit fields of arbitrary lengths (EXT, INS). And finally, there were two additional repeat prefixes, REPC and REPNC, which amended the original REPE and REPNE instructions and allowed a string of bytes or words to be scanned (with instructions SCAS and CMPS) while a less or not less condition remained true.[5]
Variants and successorsEdit
- The NEC V30 (μPD70116) was a version of the NEC V20 that was pin compatible with the 16-bit data bus Intel 8086 processor. It also supports the 8080 emulation mode. The V30 was used in the GTD-5 EAX Class 5 central office as a drop-in performance upgrade for the processor complex in the late 1980s. It was also used in the Psion Series 3, in the NEC PC-9801 (originally released in 1982), the Olivetti PCS86, the Olivetti PC1, the Applied Engineering "PC Transporter" emulator for the Apple II series of computers, and in various arcade machines (particularly ones made by Irem) in the late 1980s.
- The NEC V20HL (μPD70108H) and NEC V30HL (μPD70116H) were high-speed (up to 16 MHz) and low-power versions.
- The NEC V25 (µPD70320) is the microcontroller version of the NEC V20 processor.
- NEC V25HS (μPD79011) V25 version with built-in RX116 RTOS
- NEC V25+ (μPD70325) High-speed version of V25
- The NEC V33 is a super version of the V30 that separates address bus and data bus, and executes all instructions with wired logic instead of micro-codes, making it twice as fast as a V30 for the same clock frequency. V33 has the performance equivalent to Intel 80286. NEC V33 offers a method to expanding the memory address space to 16M bytes. It has two additional instructions
RETXAto support extended addressing mode. The 8080 emulation mode was not supported.
- The NEC V33A (μPD70136A) differs from the NEC V33 in that it has interrupt vector numbers compatible with intel 80X86 processors.
- The NEC V35 (μPD70330) is the microcontroller version of the NEC V30 processor. Has 16-bit external data bus.
- NEC V35HS (μPD79021) V35 version with built-in RX116 RTOS
- NEC V35+ (μPD70335) High-speed version of V35
- NEC V40 (μPD70208) embedded version of V20, integrated Intel-compatible 8251 USART, 8253 programmable interval timer, and 8255 parallel port interface. Used in the Olivetti PC1 and Digisystems Jetta XD.
- NEC V40HL (μPD70208H) high-speed low-voltage version of V40
- NEC V50 (μPD70216) embedded version of V30 with 16-bit data bus. It is the main CPU of the Korg M1.[6]
- NEC V50HL (μPD70216H) high-speed low-voltage version of V50
- The NEC V41 (μPD70270) NEC V51 (μPD70280) integrated V30HL core and PC-XT peripherals: 8255 parallel port interface, 8254 programmable interval timer, 8259 PIC, 8237 DMA controller and 8042 keyboard controller. Also integrates full DRAM controller. Was used in Olivetti Quaderno XT-20.
- The NEC V53 (μPD70236) integrates a V33 core with 4-channel DMA (μPD71087/i8237), UART (μPD71051/i8251), three timer/counters (μPD71054/i8254) and interrupt controller (μPD71059/i8259).
- The NEC V53A (μPD70236A) integrates some peripherals with a V33A core.
- NEC V55PI (μPD70433)
- The Vadem VG230 was a single-chip PC platform.[7] The VG230 contained a 16 MHz NEC V30HL processor and IBM PC/XT-compatible core logic, LCD controller (CGA/AT&T640x400) with touch-plane support, keyboard matrix scanner, dual PCMCIA 2.1 card controller, EMS 4.0 hardware support for up to 64 MB, and built-in timer, PIC, DMA, UART and RTC controllers. It was used in the HP OmniGo 100, 120 and IBM Simon.[8]
- The enhanced Vadem VG330 contained a 32 MHz NEC V30MX processor and IBM PC/AT-compatible core logic with dual PICs, LCD controller (640x480), keyboard matrix scanner, PC Card ExCA 2.1 controller and SIR port.
- Starting with the NEC V60, NEC departed from the x86 design.
See alsoEdit
- ^ http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=i70108&c=nec_v20
- ^ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.shmj.or.jp/museum2010/exhibi703.htm
- ^ the V20 at CPU-World
- ^ http://datasheets.chipdb.org/NEC/V20-V30/NEC_uPD70116.pdf NEC V20/30 datasheet
- ^ "NEC User's Manual, 16-Bit V Series™, 16-/8- and 16-bit microprocessors, Instruction" (PDF). September 2000. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ^ Korg M1 Service Manual
- ^ Vadem VG230 Developer's Manual
- ^ IBM Simon. The first smartphone in the World. What's inside. IBM Blog in Russian at Habrahabr.ru


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The by-laws and rules and regulations of the QBFM are listed below. Please read them carefully!
Part 1: MEMBERSHIP
1. Membership
(a) The members of the Society are the applicants for incorporation of the Society and those persons who subsequently become members in accordance with these by-laws and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.
(b) Annual membership in the Society shall be open to persons interested in furthering the purposes of the Society.
(c) All applications for membership or renewal shall be in writing and subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. Subject to By-Law 38(b), the Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to accept an applicant as a Voting Member or as an Associate Member, or not to approve an applicant for membership.
(d) Membership in the Society shall consist of Voting Members and Associate Members:
i) Vendors who pay full season or half season vendor fees may be accepted into the Voting Member category.
ii) All other vendors, including drop-in vendors, and persons who have applied or been invited to join the Society as a Friend of the Market in order to support and strengthen the Market may be accepted into the Associate Member category.
(e) Only Voting Members have voting rights in the Society. Associate Members have membership rights except that they do not have voting rights in the Society.
(f) Membership shall commence upon approval of an application for membership and payment of the annual fee and be valid until the earlier of either renewal or April 30 of the following year.
(g) Every member shall uphold the Constitution and comply with these by-laws and the operating rules of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market.
2. Membership Fee
The amount of the first membership fee shall be determined by the Directors and after that the annual membership fees for both categories of membership, shall be as approved at the Annual General Meeting of the Society.
3. Cessation of Membership
(a) A person shall cease to be a member of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market,
- by delivering a letter of resignation to the Secretary of the Society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the Society;
- upon his/her death, or in the case of a corporation, upon dissolution;
- on being expelled; or
- on having been a member not in good standing for twelve (12) consecutive months.
(b) All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay any debt due and owing by him/her to the Society, and he/she is not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.
4. Expulsion of a Member
(a) A member may be expelled by a special resolution passed at an extraordinary general meeting by three-quarters of the members present.
(b) The notice of special resolution for expulsion shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons for the proposed expulsion.
(c) The person who is the subject of the proposed expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the extraordinary general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.
Part 2
5. The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order, newly revised, shall govern the Society in all cases wherein they are not superceded by the By-Laws of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market or special rules of order.
6. General meetings of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market must be held at the time and place, in accordance with the Society Act, that the Directors decide.
7. Every general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, is an extraordinary general meeting.
8. Extraordinary General Meetings
(a) The Directors may, when they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.
(b) Notice of a general meeting must specify the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in case of special business, the general nature of that business.
(c) The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice by any of the members entitled to receive notice does not invalidate proceedings at that meeting.
9. The first Annual General Meeting of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market must be held not more than 15 months after the date of incorporation and after that an Annual General Meeting must be held at least once in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding Annual General Meeting.
Part 3
10. Special business is all business conducted at an annual general meeting,
except the following:
- adoption of rules of order
- consideration of the financial statements
- the report of the Directors
- the report of the Auditor, if any
- the election of Directors
- the appointment of the auditor, if required, and
- other business that, under these By-Laws, ought to be conducted at an Annual General Meeting or business that is brought under consideration by the report of the Directors issued with the notice convening the meeting
11. Quorum
(a) A quorum is 1/3 of the Voting Members or greater number that the members may determine at a General Meeting, but shall never be less than nine (9) Voting Members.
(b) Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting, must not be conducted at a General Meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.
(c) If, at any time during a General Meeting, there ceases to be a quorum present, business then in progress must be suspended until there is a quorum present or until the meeting is adjourned or terminated.
12. If, within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a General Meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, must be terminated, but in any other case, it must stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and, if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present must constitute a quorum.
13. Subject to By-Law 14, the President of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market, the Vice-President or, in the absence of both, one of the other Directors present must preside as chair of a General Meeting.
14. If at a General Meeting, there is no President, Vice-President or other Director present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or the President and all the other Directors present are unwilling to act as the chair, the members present must choose one of their number to be the chair.
15. Adjournment of Meetings
(a) A General Meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place, but business must not be conducted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
(b) When a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.
(c) Except as provided in this By-Law, it is not necessary to give notice of an adjournment or of the business to be conducted at an adjourned General Meeting.
16. Resolutions
(a) A Resolution proposed at a meeting need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
(b) In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a casting or second vote in addition to the vote to which he or she may be entitled as a member and the proposed resolution does not pass.
17. Voting
(a) A Voting Member in good standing present at a meeting of members is entitled to one vote.
(b) Voting is by show of hands, or by secret ballot, at the discretion of members present.
(c) Voting by proxy is not permitted.
18. A member may delegate a representative, who is entitled to speak and vote, and in all other respects exercise the rights of that member, and that representative must be considered as a member for all purposes with respect to a meeting of the Society.
19. Notice of all Annual and General Meetings shall be given by mail or electronic mail/email to all Members at their last known address or email address, not less than 14 days in advance of the date of the proposed meeting.
Part 4
20. Directors and Officers
(a) The Board of Directors shall consist of the immediate Past President and 7 Members of the Society in good standing duly elected by the Voting Members, together with such additional non-voting directors as the Board of Directors shall from to time to time appoint.
(b) A majority of the Board of Directors shall be Voting Members who hold farm assessment as indicated in the Provincial Land Assessment rolls or who are licensed under the Fisheries Act (Canada) for commercial fishing.
(c) The Board shall comprise the following Offices: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, immediate Past President, and Directors-at-Large. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one member of the Board of Directors.
(d) The Offices of President and Vice President shall be held by Voting Members who hold farm assessment as indicated in the Provincial Land Assessment rolls or who are licensed under the Fisheries Act (Canada) for commercial fishing
21. Nominations
(a) A Nominating Committee consisting of not more than three and not less than two Members of the Society shall be appointed by the Board of Directors not less than one month prior to each Annual General Meeting at which an election of one or more Directors is required.
(b) The Nominating Committee shall recommend Members of the Society in good standing for election to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting at which an election of one or more Directors is required.
(c) Nominations from the floor shall also be accepted at any Annual General Meeting at which an election of one or more Directors is required.
22. Election of Directors
If only enough candidates are nominated to fill the available vacancies, then election shall be by acclamation, otherwise voting shall be in accordance with By-Law 17, with the candidate receiving the largest number of ballots declared the winners until all positions are filled.
22. Term
(a) A Director shall be elected for a term of 2 (two) years.
(b) At the conclusion of their terms, Directors shall be deemed to have retired from office at the Annual General Meeting at which election of Directors is required.
(c) A retired Director may be nominated for re-election
24. The Directors may exercise all the powers and do all the acts and things that the Society may exercise and do, and that are not by these By-Laws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to:
(a) all laws affecting the Society,
(b) these By-Laws and
(c) rules, not being inconsistent with these By-Laws, that are made from time to time by the Society in a General Meeting.
25. A rule made at a General Meeting shall not invalidate a prior valid act of the Board of Directors.
26. Resignation of Directors Prior to End of Term
(a) A Director may resign from the Board at any time.
(b) If a Director resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, the remaining Directors shall appoint a Member in good standing to fill the vacancy.
(c) A Director appointed in accordance with Paragraph 26(b) shall hold office only until the next Annual General Meeting at which time the office shall be considered vacant to be filled in accordance with Paragraphs 20, 21, 22 and 23 of these By-Laws.
(d) Notwithstanding Paragraph 26(b), an act or proceeding of the Directors is not invalid merely on account of there being less than the prescribed number of Directors in office.
27. The Members may, by Special Resolution, remove a Director before the expiration of his or her term and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.
28. A Director shall not be remunerated for being or acting as a Director, but a Director must be reimbursed for all expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by the Director while engaged in the affairs of the Society.
Part 5
29. Meetings
(a) The Directors may meet at the places they think fit to conduct business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they see fit.
(b) The Directors may from time to time set the quorum necessary to conduct business provided the quorum is not less than three Voting Members.
(c) The President is the chair of all meetings of the Directors, but if at a meeting the President is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Vice-President must act as chair; but if neither is present the directors may choose one of their number to be the chair at that meeting.
(d) A Director may at any time, and the Secretary, on the request of a Director, must, convene a meeting of the Directors.
30. Delegation
(a) The Directors may delegate powers to committees consisting of the Director or Directors, as they think fit.
(b) A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated must conform to any rules imposed on it by the Directors, and must report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the Directors held after the act or thing has been done.
31. A committee must elect a chair of its meetings, but if no chair is elected or if at a meeting the chair is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present who are members of the committee must choose one of their number to be the chair of the meeting.
32. The members of a committee may meet and adjourn, as they think proper.
33. For a first meeting of Directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a Director or Directors at an Annual General Meeting of members, or for a meeting of the Directors at which a Director is appointed to fill a vacancy of the Directors, it is not necessary to give notice of the meeting to the newly elected or appointed Director or Directors for the meeting to be constituted if a quorum of the directors is present.
34. A Director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or deliver to the address of the Society a waiver of notice, which may be by letter, telegram, telex or cable, of any meeting of the Directors and may at any time withdraw the waiver, and until the waiver is withdrawn,
(a) a notice of meeting of Directors is not required to be sent to that Director, and
(b) any and all meetings of the Directors of the Society, notice of which has not been given to that Director, if a quorum of the Directors is present, are valid and effective.
35. Voting
(a) Questions arising at a meeting of the Directors and committees or Directors must be decided by a majority of votes.
(b) In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a second or casting vote.
36. Resolutions proposed at a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
37. A resolution in writing, signed by all the Directors and placed with the minutes of the Directors, is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a meeting of Directors.
Part 6
38 The Board:
(a) Shall select from among its membership, Board Members who shall fill the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, such positions to be held until the next Annual General Meeting.
(b) Has the responsibility to maintain the balance of Membership to best ensure that Qualicum Beach Farmers Market operates with the goal of 70% of the Vendors being in the Farm and Food Vendor category.
39 The President:
(a) Presides at all meeting of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market and of the Directors;
(b) Is the Chief Executive Officer of the Society and must supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties;
(c) Shall be the spokesperson of the Society; and
(d) Shall be an ex-officio member of all committees (with the exception of the Nominating Committee).
40 The Vice-President must carry out the duties of the President during the President's absence, and will assist the President in carrying out his/her duties, as requested by the President from time to time.
41 The Secretary:
(a) Conducts the correspondence of the Society;
(b) Issues notices of meeting of the Society and Directors;
(c) Keeps minutes of all meetings of the Society and Directors;
(d) Has custody of all records and documents of the Society except those required to be kept by the Treasurer; and
(e) Maintains the register of members.
42 The Treasurer:
(a) Keeps the financial records, including books of account, necessary to comply with the Society Act; and
(b) Renders financial statements to the Directors, members and others when required.
43 The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one person who is to be known as the Secretary Treasurer. If a Secretary Treasurer holds office the total number of Directors must not be less than 7 or the greater number that may have been determined under By-Law 20(a).
44 In the absence of the Secretary from a meeting, the Directors must appoint another person to act at the meeting.
45 The immediate Past President shall be a member of the Board of Directors of the Society and shall act as a resource person and shall assist the President as requested by the President from time to time.
Part 7
46 In order to carry out the purposes of the Society, the Directors may, on behalf of and in the name of the Society, raise or secure the payment or repayment of money in the manner they decide and, in particular but without limiting that power, by the issue of debentures.
47 A debenture must not be issued without the authorization of a special resolution.
48 The members may, by special resolution, restrict the borrowing powers of the Directors, but a restriction imposed expires at the next Annual General Meeting.
49 A bank account or accounts may be maintained at any bank, trust company or credit union which the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and the authorized signing officers of the Society shall be any two of the following:
- President
- Vice-President
- Treasurer
Powers of Investment
50 The Board of Directors may from time to time authorize the investment of such portion of the funds of the Society in such securities as may from time to time be approved by the government of the British Columbia for investment by Trustees, in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time consider prudent and expedient.
Part 8
51. This part applies only if the Society is required or has resolved to have an auditor.
52. The first auditor must be appointed by the Directors who must also fill vacancies occurring in the office of the auditor.
53 At each Annual General Meeting the Society must appoint an auditor to hold the office until the auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next Annual General Meeting.
54 An auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.
55 An auditor must be promptly informed in writing of the auditor's appointment or removal.
56 A Director or employee of the Society must not be its auditor.
57 The auditor may attend general meetings.
Part 9
58 The Board of Directors may appoint a legal advisor as an ex-officio non-voting member of the Board.
Part 10
59 The Board of Directors may appoint a Manager to administer the affairs of the Qualicum beach Farmers Market. The Manager may be a paid employee of the Society responsible to the Board of Directors and shall be an ex-officio non-voting member of the Board of Directors and all standing committees.
60 Committees
(a) The Directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to committees consisting of the Director or Directors, as they think fit.
(b) A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated must conform to any rules imposed on it by the Directors, and must report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the Directors held after the act or thing has been done.
(c) A committee chair may be appointed by the Board of Directors or elected from its members.
Part 11
61 The fiscal year of the Qualicum Beach Farmers market shall end on the 31st day of December in each year and the financial statements of the Society's affairs shall be made up to that date for presentation to the membership of the Society at the Annual General Meeting.
Part 12
62. The Society may have a Seal, which shall be affixed in the presence of two (2) members of the Board of Directors who have signing authority. The Seal shall remain in the custody of the Secretary.
Part 13
63. The Board of Directors shall have the power to bind the Society to subscribe to, to become a member of and to cooperate with any other society or association whose objects are in whole or in part similar to the objects of this Society.
Part 14
64 The By-Laws of the Society may be repealed or amended by a Special Resolution passed by a majority of seventy five percent (75%) of those members of the Society in good standing, attending and voting at a General Meeting of the Society, in accordance with the Society Act.
65 On being admitted to membership, each member is entitled to, and the Society must give the member, without charge, a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society.
Part 15
66 The minutes and records of the Society shall be made available to members upon request to the President or his/her representative.
Part 16
67. The address of the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market shall be such a place or places in School District 69 in the province of British Columbia as the Board of Directors from time to time determine.


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Hi Everyone I have bought myself WACOM tablet (Intuos Photo - like this: http://wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/intuos-photo). One of very useful functions with this tablet is something called "flicks" - essentially these are gestures you do with your pen that provide easy access to common functions like PageUp/PageDwn/Copy/Paste/Back/Forward etc etc The problem I'm facing is to do with the fact those flicks don't work in Vivaldi. They work in all programs I tried (email clients, office apps) including other browsers (FF, IE) but don't work in Vivaldi. In fact, from what I see they don't work in any Chromium based browsers. In Vivaldi, it looks like it doesn't recognize flicks at all (the icon which usually appears when one performs a "flick" doesn't show up at all). Is there any way I can change configuration to make those work? This is how it looks like: http://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xxDgJqYUR850dy


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1) Alter a food container into something useful. Could be a coffee jar, tin, take away carton, pizza box -anything which you can recycle into something useful, but its original purpose must have been to hold food.
Extra points were given if we included hand doodling. Here's mine. I used a tub that had cheese footballs in that you get at Christmas. I covered the outside with pearlised lilac paper and lined the top of the lid the same. I die-cut the words, outlined them with purple pen and added chipboard flowers using hand doodling to join them all. On the top, I put a purple flower and brad I'd been sent by one of my 3C buddies when we did a secret stash swap last year. I loved it so much I didn't want to part with it, so using it like this means I get to keep it!
2) Well it had to be a Valentines card didn't it? I know some of you have already made one, but make him another - you know he's worth it!! The card must include the word 'love' and must have at least one heart on it.
Extra points were given for using real stitching (hand or machine stitching) and for including a bird. On mine I used pink pearlised paper, lilac ribbon with purple hand stitching, Google image of birds in the shape of a heart and die-cut lettering.


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In 1888, a German doctor by the name of Adolf Fick invented the first contact lens that could be worn by patients. Scientists had talked about the technology in theory for centuries—Leonard Da Vinci is sometimes credited as being the first to come up with the idea—but it was Fick who tested his design on cadavers and then himself before finally gave them to patients. In the '30s, other ophthalmologists developed the first plastic lenses; now the little convex sheets are everywhere. In 2004, one industry source estimated that there were approximately 125 million contact lens wearers worldwide.
Meanwhile, in the 1890s, an ocean away, something was brewing in American higher education. The men leading American universities sought to expand their colleges. To accomplish this, they waged what we'd now recognize as a massive marketing campaign. Advertisements declaiming the splendid, handsome, worldly "college man" appeared in American magazines; colleges spent unprecedented amounts of money to grow their campuses. Princeton, for example, decided to get serious about becoming a global university in 1896, and standardized its Gothic style.
So. Around 120 years ago, contact lenses came materially into being, and, philosophically, something like a "college brand" came into being. Today, the two conspired to create this:
On our way to Seattle, but all we see is green and yellow #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/C7QLuCbNqj— Oregon Cheerleading (@OregonCheer) October 11, 2013
This weekend, when the Oregon Ducks play the Washington Huskies, Oregon cheerleaders will sport those hideous, emerald, marked-with-the-school's-logo contact lenses. Instead of their irises, beautiful and unique in all the world, they will sport the brand of their state university.
Which: Okay. I suppose I'm glad these women feel so strongly about their university. (A university is a kind of community, after all.) Contact lenses are temporary, unlike the college-themed tattoos that many people wear. Since cheerleaders are supposed to lead cheers, from, uh, far away, it's a bit odd they would decorate a tiny section of their body—although it's a concession that they're performing as much for social media and high-definition television broadcasts as they are the paying audience in the stands.
Custom lenses don't come cheap, but readers interested in the cash behind Oregon's program may care to examine Oregon's $68 million "Football Performance Center." (College football, still, does not pay its players; college players who get injured aren't guaranteed their athletic scholarships.)
So perhaps this is just another crazy college football thing, freaky and terrifying though it may be. But I can't help but dwell on how a higher education institution, meant to free its students' minds, is endorsing a technology and a fashion which place things that for all the world look like scales over their energetic students's eyes.
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Imagine, an e-mail apologizing for having to observe me and saying it is a policy to do this to all new hirees.
Imagine, giving me a choice of times and dates. No one walking in when it is least expected. No worry about not hearing a paper drop, if a kid has a head down or every hand (left or right) is raised.
Imagine, being treated like a professional.
This is my new world. Sometimes I think I should pinch myself to make sure I am awake and not dreaming.


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As a not for profit trust, we work with our growing family of primary and secondary academies and further education providers in the Midlands, East of England and South East.
Our mission is to provide the very best education for all pupils and the highest level of support for our staff to ensure every child leaves our academies with everything they need to reach their full potential.
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Ofsted Comments:
Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good, and this contributes well to their positive attitudes and good behaviour.
Achievement and teaching have improved considerably this academic year.
Moral and social development is strong and pupils have good opportunities to develop a social dimension through considering others.
Current school assessment information and evidence gathered during the inspection including work in pupils' books and lesson observations indicates that pupils currently in school in all year groups are making progress that is at least in line with, or better than, expected.
Carefully structured plans are in place for staff professional development, and work is in progress to develop the leadership skills of staff to support the work of the senior leadership team.
Pupils feel safe in school and also know how to stay safe.
The range of subjects and topics covered in all years is good. The curriculum recognises local, regional and global differences, including different cultures and beliefs, and it promotes an understanding of others' points of view. Planning promotes fundamental British values of democracy, liberty, and respect and tolerance of faiths and beliefs. Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain.
The overall improvement in pupils' learning this year reflects the better teaching now evident.
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Robust systems are in place to ensure that the safeguarding needs of pupils are a high priority. Regular training for all staff helps to make sure that they are in a strong position to identify if any pupils are at potential risk.


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Hierophant and Emperor in relationship tarot card spreads?
Whenever I ask questions about this guy I'm starting to see (who I really like) and our growing relationship – I get the Hierophant and Emperor a lot in the spreads. But I have a hard time interpreting what it means in regards to him and I.
What do these cards indicate in regards to a relationship or male of interest.
Thanks for the help!! These two cards have really been puzzling!
Suggestion by nondescript
If you look for correlation in the cards, you'll find them. It would be more unusual for cards to all appear next to no other cards in previous deals. That's just the nature of such combinatorial statistics.
The only thing the cards should tell you is that you're interested in this guy. Otherwise, you wouldn't be fiddling with cards to try to predict your future with him.
Other than that, the cards just tell you how you shuffled the deck. It's meaningless.
Suggestion by opinionatedlilbugger
What layout are you using and what are the placements of each? That will determine much of the meaning withing the reading.
Suggestion by Kelly
He's going to be naturally smart, with strong instincts. Great common sense and charisma. Both of these cards represent thinkers who emotionally stable and connected with their thoughts and emotions.
Neither are show-boaters who put thought towards stuff before they act or speak. They do not leave the first sign of trouble. The Hierophant is a little slower moving in the relationship department, and is very intuitive. The Emperor has a bit of fire and may became a little jealous at times.
Suggestion by lavonne_parker
Emperor- Planned, organized, leader, can be selfless and controlling but believes himself to be protective and wise.
Heirophant- Wants to do the right thing, has a strong sense of right and wrong and is rigid about making choices that reflect that sense.
Both cards show that he works well within a system of structure.
He sounds like a good guy in that he takes his responsibility as a man very seriously and has a lot old fashioned values but his rigidity can feel controlling and at times unfeeling.
Good luck! Hope this helps.
Tarot card spreads, what does it mean?
So if i had a tarot card spread with 17 cards, what does the top line mean? My mum says it means it will happen within the next 12weeks. Is she right?
Also what does the celtic cross one mean, what does the first cards mean?
Thanks 🙂
Suggestion by Splash Frog
It means you played with pieces of cardboard with pictures on them. Nothing more.
Suggestion by Cletus
It means nothing. Tarot is superstitious rubbish. Just like Astrology.
Suggestion by carolyne
It is not about the kind of spread that you do (or the number of cards that you pick)! Before you do any spread, you should have determined in your mind which position will be focusing on which matter! I give you a basic exemple: 3 cards spread can be past-present-future.
Make sure your mind is clear before you do a reading, otherwise it is worthless.
What are good tarot card spreads?
If there are any online stuff I could print out that would be great?
Suggestion by Astro Lady
Sure, there are tons of info online.
Some of the most popular spreads are:
* 3-card spreads
* Celtic Cross Spreads
* Tree of Life Spreads
* Horseshoe Spreads
You can look for more here
Suggestion by Maralee Fox-Heins
If you are looking for something beyond the typical Celtic Cross, I suggest going to my site: http://www.maraleefoxheins.com
I have sixteen different spreads there from my highly anticipated book, "The Ultimate Tarot Spread Guide." Just be sure to get my written permission first and give me proper credit if you plan on posting them anywhere or using them for anything beyond your own personal use of reading for yourself.
Joy to you,
Maralee Fox-Heins
Suggestion by Rev. Lynn D.
Just google your question and you will get lots of information. It really doesn't matter what spread you decide to use as long as you feel comfortable with it. It isn't a good idea to change spreads often so pick one and stay with it.
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The Paramaz Avedisian Building opens with a grand ceremony. The PAB is a fully- equipped state-of-the-art educational facility that offers a superior learning environment, exceptional not only for Armenia but for the entire region. The Center for Health Services Research and Development starts a three-year collaborative project, "Epidemiology and Intervention Research for Tobacco Control in Armenia," with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control. The AUA Extension Program expands to Gyumri and Stepanakert. Through a generous donation of the Turpanjian Family Foundation, the AUA Digital Library of Armenian Classics completes digitization of 60 major authors of Western Armenian literature, 1850-2000. AUA Law students win 1st place in a national IHL Moot Court competition.
AUA receives U.S. accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, one of the seven regional accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, for the maximum period of seven years. The Turpanjian Rural Development Program opens three field offices in the Shirak and Tavush Marzes and in Nagorno-Karabagh. Dr. Karen Aghababyan receives the United Kingdom's prestigious Whitley Fund for Nature Award for research combining environmental conservation research with education. The AUA Extension Program joins the Microsoft IT Academy and IBM Business Partnership and establishes a Hospitality and Tourism Training Program. The College of Health Sciences admits its first three students to the MD/MPH combined degree program in collaboration with Yerevan State Medical University. For the first time, an AUA graduate, Ms. Lilit Galstian, is elected as a Member of the Armenian National Assembly.
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An all-AUA Master of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language replaces the "sandwich" program to better serve the growing demand for English language teachers. The College of Health Sciences accepts the Ministry of Health's invitation to co-sponsor its School for Health Care Management and Administration. AUA obtains candidacy status with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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The Garo Meghrigian Eye Institute for Preventive Ophthalmology (GMEIPO) opens at the AUA Center. The Extension Program begins a four-year project offering English courses in Gyumri.
The Environmental Conservation and Research Center begins offering a certificate program to second-year students who wish to include environmental research into their graduate studies. The Digital Library project begins developing electronic versions of classical Armenian literature. The Engineering Research Center launches an international solar energy project to heat and cool the AUA Small Auditorium.
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