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review aggregation website rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 78 approval rating based on 189 reviews with an average rating of 6 @@ 8 / 10 the site 's critical consensus reads offering monsters inc fans a welcome return visit with beloved characters monsters university delivers funny and thoughtful family entertainment for viewers of any age another review aggregator metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics calculated a score of 65 based on 41 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews audiences polled by cinemascore gave the film a grade a according to disney audiences were 56 female and 60 below the age of 25 families made up 73 of business and teens accounted for a solid 15 the film played well with all ages
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matt zoller seitz of chicago sun @@ times gave the film four stars out of four saying it is true to the spirit of [ monsters inc ] and matches its tone but it never seems content to turn over old ground trevor johnston of time out gave the film four stars out of five writing it has enough of the right stuff to haunt the imagination long after the immediate buzz of its fluffy @@ furred cuteness has melted away for a mere prequel that 's a result steven rea of the philadelphia inquirer gave the film three stars out of four and said it is cute and funny and the animation though not exactly inspired is certainly colorful jake coyle of associated press gave the film three stars out of four saying it might not be as gifted as some of its other movies but sometimes it 's alright to be ok peter travers of rolling stone gave the film three stars out of four and said it 's all infectious fun despite the lack of originality in the art of tickling funny bones crystal and goodman earn straight a 's richard corliss of time gave the film a positive review saying this minor film with major charms still deserves to have kids dragging their parents to the multiplex for one more peek at the monsters in the closet with pixar familiarity breeds content bill goodykoontz of the arizona republic gave the film three and a half stars out of five and said it is one of those movies that has absolutely no reason to exist but once you 've seen it you 're kind of glad it does alan scherstuhl of the village voice gave the film a positive review saying monsters university feels not like the work of artists eager to express something but like that of likable pros whose existence depends on getting a rise out the kids it 's like the scares sully and mike spring on those sleeping tykes technically impressive but a job un @@ anchored to anything more meaningful
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leonard maltin of indiewire praised the animation and art direction but wrote that he wished the movie was funnier and wasn 't so plot @@ heavy and that pixar has raised the bar for animated features so high that when they turn out a film that 's merely good instead of great they have only themselves to blame for causing critics to damn them with faint praise michael phillips of chicago tribune gave the film two stars out of four saying monsters university the weirdly charmless sequel to the animated 2001 pixar hit monsters inc is no better or worse than the average ( and i mean average ) time @@ filling sequel cranked out by other animation houses todd mccarthy of the hollywood reporter gave the film a negative review saying that it never surprises goes off in unexpected directions or throws you for a loop in the manner of the best pixar stories nor does it come close to <unk> through the sheer imagination of its conceits and storytelling claudia puig of usa today gave the film three stars out of four and said it may not be as inventive as inc but it 's an amusing and amiable addition to pixar 's roster of animated coming @@ of @@ age stories michael o 'sullivan of the washington post gave the film three stars out of four saying it may be children 's terror that powers the movie 's fictional universe but it 's the energy of its stars that lights up monsters university chris nashawaty of entertainment weekly gave the film an a − and said it is exactly the rebound pixar needed after 2011 's cars 2 left some wondering if the studio had lost its magic the delightful story of when mike met sulley puts those concerns to rest james berardinelli of reelviews gave the film three stars out of four and wrote although it falls short of the best pixar has brought to the screen over its long association with disney it 's nevertheless worth a trip to the theater especially for kids
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however the film was not without its detractors richard roeper gave the film a c + saying this is a safe predictable edge @@ free nearly bland effort from a studio that rarely hedges its bets stephen whitty of newark star @@ ledger gave the film two @@ and @@ a @@ half stars out of four and said the artwork is accomplished and intricate the g @@ rating is genuine without any gross @@ out gags and there 's none of the usual winks to the adults with tired pop @@ culture references manohla dargis of the new york times gave the film two @@ and @@ a @@ half stars out of five and wrote both the originality and stirring emotional complexity of monsters inc with its exquisitely painful and touching parallels with the human world are missing ty burr of the boston globe gave the film two @@ and @@ a @@ half stars out of four and said this is not a bad movie and to small children it will be a very good one but it 's closer to average than one would wish from the company that gave us up wall @@ e the incredibles and the toy story series rene rodriguez of miami herald gave the film two stars out of five and wrote that it feels half @@ hearted and lazy like they weren 't even trying at least show a little effort guys
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= british virgin islands at the 2008 summer olympics =
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the british virgin islands took part in the 2008 summer olympics which were held in beijing china from 8 to 24 august 2008 the dependency 's participation at beijing marked its seventh consecutive appearance in the summer olympics since its debut in 1984 and its eighth olympic appearance ever the british virgin islander delegation included two athletes in 2008 participating in two distinct events in one sport discus thrower eric matthias and sprinter tahesia harrigan of the athletes harrigan was the flagbearer and the first female olympian to participate on behalf of the british virgin islands in its entire history overall harrigan advanced to quarterfinals in her event although neither athlete medaled
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the british virgin islands participated in seven summer olympic games between its debut in the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles and the 2008 summer olympics in beijing their olympic debut was at the 1984 winter olympics in sarajevo yugoslavia where the nation submitted a single athlete the number of british virgin islanders participating in the summer games excluding 1996 and 1984 included four or less athletes and until tahesia harrigan in beijing only included men harrigan was the first female athlete to participate on behalf of the british virgin islands and was its first female flagbearer at beijing the british virgin islands were represented by two athletes both in their twenties and both participating in track and field events eric matthias and tahesia harrigan harrigan progressed to quarterfinals in her event although neither athlete medaled
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former boise state university student eric matthias participated on behalf of the british virgin islands at the discus throw event he was one of two british virgin islanders participating in a track and field event and in the 2008 olympics as a whole matthias ' appearance in beijing marked his first appearance at any olympic game once at the olympics matthias was placed in the second qualifying heat on 16 august he threw the discus 53 @@ 11 meters ranking last out of 18 athletes the 17th place finalist in the second qualifying heat iraq 's haidar nasser shaheed threw 1 @@ 08 meters further with heat leader rutger smith of the netherlands throwing the discus 12 @@ 54 meters further than matthias overall out of 37 athletes matthias placed last and did not progress to the final round on 19 august
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university of alabama graduate and single parent tahesia harrigan was the sole female competitor from the british virgin islands and one of two participating in a track and field event and for the <unk> as a whole her appearance at beijing was her first olympic appearance she did not compete in the 2004 summer olympics in athens because she was pregnant at the time when at the olympics harrigan competed in the first round of the 100 m dash on 15 august where she was placed in heat 2 against among others lauryn williams of the united states and christine arron of france harrigan ranked third in a heat of eight athletes with a time of 11 @@ 46 seconds placing behind williams by 0 @@ 08 seconds and ahead of brazil 's <unk> moura by 0 @@ 14 seconds overall harrigan tied jade latoya bailey of barbados for 25th place out of 85 she progressed to the next round
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harrigan competed in the second round on 16 august placed in heat 4 against williams jamaica 's kerron stewart and belgium 's kim gevaert among others she placed fifth out of eight athletes with a time of 11 @@ 36 seconds she was 0 @@ 10 seconds ahead of sixth place heat finalist <unk> hackett of trinidad and tobago and 0 @@ 12 seconds behind belarusian fourth place heat finalist yuliya <unk> overall she tied arron for 16th place out of 40 athletes harrigan did not progress further
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= hms neptune ( 1797 ) =
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hms neptune was a 98 @@ gun second rate ship of the line of the royal navy she served on a number of stations during the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars and was present at the battle of trafalgar in 1805
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neptune was built during the early years of the war with revolutionary france and was launched in 1797 she almost immediately became caught up in the events of the mutiny at the nore and was one of a few loyal ships tasked with attacking mutinous vessels if they could not be brought to order the mutiny died out before this became necessary and neptune joined the channel fleet she moved to the mediterranean in 1799 spending the rest of the french revolutionary wars in operations with vice @@ admiral lord keith 's fleet after refitting and spending time on blockades she formed part of lord nelson 's fleet at the battle of trafalgar and was heavily involved in the fighting sustaining casualties of 10 killed and 34 wounded
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she was not fully repaired and returned to service until 1807 when she went out to the caribbean in 1809 she participated in the successful invasion of martinique and the subsequent battle with troude 's squadron returning to britain towards the end of the wars she was laid up in ordinary and in 1813 became a temporary prison ship she was finally broken up in 1818
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neptune was ordered from deptford dockyard on 15 february 1790 to a design developed by surveyor of the navy sir john henslow she was one of three ships of the neptune class alongside her sisters hms temeraire and hms dreadnought neptune was laid down at deptford in april 1791 receiving her name on 24 july 1790 the initial stages of her construction were overseen by master shipwright martin ware though he was succeeded by thomas pollard in june 1795 and pollard oversaw her completion neptune was launched on 28 january 1797 and sailed to woolwich to be fitted for sea arriving at woolwich on 12 february she was immediately docked to have her copper sheathing fitted a process that was completed by 1 march launched again she finished fitting out and received her masts and yards her final costs came to £ 77 @@ 053 and included £ 61 @@ 172 spent on the hull masts and yards and a further £ 15 @@ 881 on rigging and stores
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she was commissioned on 25 march 1797 under captain henry stanhope becoming the third ship of the royal navy to bear the name neptune her predecessors had been two 90 @@ gun ships the first launched in 1683 renamed hms torbay in 1750 and sold in 1784 the second had been launched in 1757 was used as a sheer hulk from 1784 and was broken up in 1816 stanhope sailed from woolwich on 11 june 1797 flying the broad pendant of commodore sir erasmus gower and made for the nore
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shortly after her arrival at the nore neptune became caught up in the mutiny that had broken out there while lying at gravesend neptune and the 64 @@ gun ships hms agincourt and hms lancaster together with a fleet of gunboats were ordered to intercept and attack the mutinous ships at the nore before they could proceed word came that the mutineers had entered negotiations with the earl of <unk> captain of the 64 @@ gun hms monmouth and by 9 june the mutiny was on the verge of collapse the attack was called off and on 21 september stanhope was superseded by gower as captain of neptune the crisis over neptune joined the channel fleet
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gower remained in command of neptune until his promotion to rear @@ admiral of the white at which point herbert sawyer became her acting @@ captain sawyer was in command until 22 january 1799 and gower left her on 28 february 1799 command of the ship formally passed to captain james vashon on 5 march 1799 the first half of 1799 was spent with the channel fleet and in june neptune was one of 15 ships of the line assigned to join vice @@ admiral lord keith 's fleet in the mediterranean the squadron commanded by rear @@ admiral sir charles cotton rendezvoused with keith 's force at minorca on 7 july bringing the british fleet in the mediterranean up to 31 ships keith intended to intercept a large franco @@ spanish force of 42 ships under admirals étienne eustache bruix and jose <unk> and set out to sea on 10 july bruix ' expedition evaded keith and reached the safety of brest on 9 august neptune went on to spend the rest of the french revolutionary wars in the mediterranean
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vashon was superseded on 26 march 1801 and the following day captain edward brace arrived to take command neptune became the flagship of vice @@ admiral james gambier during this period brace 's period of command was brief he was superseded by captain francis austen on 12 september with the draw down in hostilities prior to the signing of the treaty of amiens in march 1802 neptune was one of the many ships of the mediterranean fleet to be ordered home arriving at portsmouth on 24 february austen paid her off on 29 april but recommissioned her the next day neptune then underwent a brief refit during which £ 5 @@ 728 was expended £ 2 @@ 895 of which was spent on her hull masts and yards austen was superseded on 30 september 1802 and the following day captain william o 'bryen drury took command with neptune fully refitted and stored she sailed from the dockyard and joined the channel fleet at spithead on 29 october
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drury commanded neptune for the next two years until his promotion to rear @@ admiral in 1804 he departed the ship on 13 may 1804 and the following day captain sir thomas williams took over neptune spent the rest of 1804 deployed with the channel fleet blockading the french atlantic ports during this time captain williams ' health progressively worsened and he was invalided back to britain on 7 may 1805 he was replaced by captain thomas fremantle on 8 may and was sent to join robert calder 's force blockading ferrol after the franco @@ spanish fleet had arrived there after the battle of cape finisterre calder decided that his eight ships were not sufficient to resist villeneuve 's fleet were it to come out of harbour and instead went north to join admiral william cornwallis 's fleet off brest shortly afterwards nelson 's fleet returned from the west indies bringing 12 more ships and calder was given 18 ships including neptune and sent back to ferrol to search for villeneuve by now villeneuve had put into cadiz and calder 's force was ordered to join the hastily assembled british fleet under vice @@ admiral cuthbert collingwood that was blockading the franco @@ spanish fleet at cadiz as the british fleet settled in for a long blockade fremantle commented on neptune 's sailing qualities she had the reputation of being slow and fremantle complained that he did not like being in ' a large ship that don 't sail and must continually be late in action ' during the battle however midshipman william <unk> commented that ' the old neptune which never was a good sailer took it into her head that morning to sail better than i ever remember to have seen her do before ' neptune went into the battle 18 men short of her complement
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= = trafalgar = =
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neptune formed part of the weather column in the battle of trafalgar on 21 october and was the third ship from the lead situated between her sister hms temeraire and the 74 @@ gun hms leviathan fremantle had been promised a position second to nelson aboard hms victory and by 10 o 'clock was sailing fast enough to threaten to overtake her fremantle hoped to pass her and lead the line into battle but nelson ordered ' neptune take in your studding @@ sails and drop astern i shall break the line myself ' neptune went into action with her band playing and everyone except the officers and the band lying down on the deck to protect them from enemy fire ahead of her fremantle saw eliab harvey 's temeraire turn to pass astern of the french redoutable but resolved to follow nelson and hms victory to pass astern of the french flagship bucentaure as she passed under bucentaure 's stern neptune discharged a double @@ shotted broadside from her larboard ( port ) guns with devastating consequences on villeneuve 's already disabled flagship fremantle then had the helm swung hard to starboard bringing his ship abeam of the bucentaure he fired two more triple @@ shotted broadsides from nearly 50 guns at a range of less than 100 yards into the beleaguered french ship
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fremantle then spotted the towering mass of the spanish four @@ decker santísima trinidad sailing away from him and steered towards her starboard quarter in the hope of raking her stern opening fire with his larboard battery he positioned neptune off the spanish vessel 's starboard beam and the two exchanged heavy fire for the next hour as more british ships poured through the gap astern of neptune neptune took fire from other ships of the combined fleet as they sailed past santísima trinidad heavily battered by neptune 's guns as well as those from the 74 @@ gun ships hms leviathan and hms conqueror became completely dismasted and covered in debris she fought on until 5 @@ 30 pm when she struck her colours having sustained casualties of 205 dead and 103 wounded neptune left the 98 @@ gun hms prince to take possession and headed north to cut off the remains of the enemy fleet briefly becoming engaged with the french 74 @@ gun intrépide during the battle neptune suffered considerable damage to her masts although they did not fall most of her rigging was cut to pieces and she sustained nine shot holes in her hull she sustained casualties of ten killed and 34 wounded a remarkably small proportion of her officers became casualties with only the captain 's clerk richard hurrell being wounded
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after the battle collingwood transferred his flag from the damaged hms royal sovereign to the frigate hms euryalus and on 22 october neptune took the royal sovereign in tow on 23 october as the franco @@ spanish forces that had escaped into cadiz sortied under commodore julien <unk> neptune cast off the tow surrendering the duty to hms mars and took on board villeneuve and several captured flag captains who had originally been aboard mars as the weather continued to deteriorate neptune sent her boats to assist in the evacuation of the santísima trinidad before she foundered after riding out the storm she took the battered victory carrying lord nelson 's body in tow on 26 october and brought her into gibraltar on 28 october
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after undergoing some repairs at gibraltar neptune sailed to britain arriving at portsmouth on 6 december 1805 where she was paid off she was moved to spithead in 1806 but was back in portsmouth on 23 november and was moved into a dock on 24 march 1807 to undergo a refit the refit lasted until november 1807 and involved having her copper sheathing removed and her hull refitted she was then <unk> having had a sum of £ 29 @@ 053 expended on her she was recommissioned on 18 august 1807 under her old commander captain sir thomas williams and was relaunched three days later on 21 august to complete her refit she was initially assigned to serve in the english channel but was moved to the west indies in 1808 on 9 november williams was superseded by captain thomas pinto who only spent six weeks in command before being succeeded by captain charles dilkes on 20 december
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in january 1809 an attack on the french colony of martinique governed by admiral louis thomas villaret de joyeuse was planned neptune became the flagship of the expedition 's commander rear @@ admiral alexander cochrane and the invasion force consisting of 44 vessels and transports for 10 @@ 000 troops under lieutenant @@ general george beckwith sailed on 28 january the force arrived at martinique on 30 january and 3 @@ 000 troops were landed under major @@ general frederick maitland without resistance 600 troops were put ashore at cape solomon under major henderson both landings supervised by captain william charles fahie aboard the 74 @@ gun hms belleisle an additional force of 6 @@ 500 men were landed in the north of the island under major @@ general sir george prévost and the french were driven into several fortified positions the last of which surrendered on 24 february 1809
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cochrane 's squadron remained in the area blockading the island and in march a french squadron consisting of three 74 @@ gun ships hautpoult courageux and polonais and two frigates félicité and furieuse under the overall command of commodore amable troude arrived in the caribbean finding martinique in british hands troude anchored near îles des saintes
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there they were blockaded until 14 april when cochrane removed this threat a british force under major @@ general frederick maitland and captain philip beaver in acasta landed troops on the islands capturing them the british then installed heavy guns on vantage points
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threatened troude put to sea chased by cochrane 's squadron after a running battle over several days the hautpoult was brought to action and captured neptune 's captain charles dilkes was given command of her while captain james athol wood succeeded him in command of neptune on 2 august
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neptune was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands
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dilkes resumed command of neptune on 2 march 1810 while wood was exchanged into hms pompee dilkes had apparently been suffering poor health and captain n ballard took command in an acting capacity on 22 july neptune returned to plymouth on 26 october and entered the dock on 9 november to be fitted for the ordinary the process cost £ 713 and after undocking on 8 december she was laid up in the hamoaze until late autumn 1813 her hull appears to have quickly deteriorated and after a survey she was deemed unfit for further service at sea the navy board proposed that she be converted into a prison ship a recommendation the admiralty accepted and she was taken in hand for fitting out on 22 november on the completion of the work in december she was commissioned under lieutenant george lawrence neptune spent three years in this role and was finally taken to pieces in october 1818
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= crippled summer =
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crippled summer is the seventh episode and mid @@ season finale of the fourteenth season of the american animated television series south park and the 202nd overall episode of the series it originally aired on comedy central in the united states on april 28 2010 in the episode the south park children try to help towelie overcome his drug addiction while nathan and his lackey mimsy plot to destroy jimmy during athletic competitions at a summer camp for handicapped children
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the episode was written and directed by series co @@ creator trey parker and was rated tv @@ ma l in the united states the story of towelie 's addiction is presented as a parody of the reality series intervention parker and fellow co @@ creator matt stone originally planned an intervention parody around towelie for the tenth season episode a million little fibers but those plans were eventually scrapped several of the handicapped children in crippled summer are made to resemble characters from the looney tunes cartoon series including elmer fudd beaky buzzard daffy duck pete puma and porky pig as well as non @@ looney tunes characters droopy and fat albert
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crippled summer received positive reviews though some commentators expressed disappointment that the episode did not respond to the controversies surrounding the show 's depictions of muhammad in the previous episodes 200 and 201 according to nielsen media research crippled summer was seen by 3 @@ 56 million viewers making it the most watched cable show of the night and outperforming even some prime time network shows that evening
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= = plot = =
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