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Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases: nytimes.com/movies.
'About Time' (R, 2:04) Anglophile bait from Richard Curtis ("Love, Actually"), with Domhnall Gleeson as a fellow with limited time-traveling abilities. He uses them to woo an American woman (Rachel McAdams) and to ensure his own continued self-satisfaction and the audience's intermittently amused boredom. (A.O. Scott)
★ 'All Is Lost' (PG-13, 1:46) Robert Redford, nameless and all but silent, struggles with the elements after his sailboat is rammed by an errant shipping container somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Directed by J.C. Chandor ("Margin Call"), this film has the stark power and swift action of a classic seafaring tale, but it is also a moving and subtle allegory of human existence in the modern world. (Scott)
'The Best Man Holiday' (R, 2:03) The writer-director Malcolm D. Lee gathers the crew of friends from his 1999 debut, "The Best Man," for a Christmas reunion. If the movie's soapy dramas feel predictable and tilted against the women, the appeal of the cast (which includes Taye Diggs, Monica Calhoun and Terrence Howard) helps. And Mr. Lee's film is more traditional than its sexually frank humor might indicate, with faith and friendship ultimately given pride of place, right alongside human pettiness. (Nicolas Rapold)
'Black Nativity' (PG, 1:35) Directed by Kasi Lemmons and largely set in present-day Harlem, this reworking of the Langston Hughes "gospel song-play" of the same title relates the Nativity story with black characters, telling it partly through traditional carols and spirituals as well as passages from the Gospel and Hughes's writing. The cast, which includes Jennifer Hudson, is uneven but the singing helps smooth the rough edges. (Manohla Dargis)Continue reading the main story
★ 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' (NC-17, 2:59, in French) This wrenching and enthralling love story — winner of the Palme d'Or in Cannes — is already notorious for the sex scenes between its two lead actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. But the film's real glory is its emotional immediacy. Following its main character, Adele (Ms. Exarchopoulos) from adolescence into adulthood, the director, Abdellatif Kechiche, tracks the awakening of her consciousness with exquisite empathy. He also, perhaps more remarkably, grounds her emerging sexuality within a precisely rendered tableau of contemporary France, where traditional republican ideals co-exist with multicultural realities. (Scott)
★ 'Blue Jasmine' (PG-13, 1:38) A brilliant, shattering Cate Blanchett plays a wealthy woman brought devastatingly low — think of Ruth Madoff by way of Blanche DuBois — in Woody Allen's most sustained and satisfying film since "Match Point." The excellent, characteristically Allen-eclectic cast includes Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. (Dargis)
'The Book Thief' (PG-13, 2:05) This shameless piece of Oscar-seeking Holocaust kitsch, adapted from Markus Zusak's immensely popular young adult novel, is too sweet by half. (Stephen Holden)
★ 'Captain Phillips' (PG-13, 2:14) In his latest, the director Paul Greengrass revisits the true story of Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), an American taken hostage in 2009 by Somalis who commandeered his cargo ship in the Indian Ocean. Surprising and satisfyingly complex, it opens as a tale of men and work, then revs up into a camera-shuddering thriller, only to deepen. It's a tough, political look at power and the wretched of the earth. (Dargis)
'Commitment' (No rating, 1:48, in Korean) Weirdly static and terminally tired, Park Hong-soo's action thriller-love story sends a North Korean teenager (Choi Seung-hyun) to spy on the South armed with only indifferent acting skills and a plot that could only be sillier if he were also a vampire. (Jeannette Catsoulis)
'Dallas Buyers Club' (R, 2:00) Skinny and fierce, Matthew McConaughey brings terrific energy to the role of Ron Woodroof, a Texan who receives a diagnosis of H.I.V. in the mid-1980s. The film, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, chronicles Ron's transformation from a homophobic hedonist into a medical crusader, bringing experimental (and at the time unapproved) drugs to desperate patients. It is an inspiring story, but the movie, Mr. McConaughey's performance notwithstanding, is too predictable and conventional to do justice to its political and social dimensions. (Scott)
'Delivery Man' (PG-13, 1:43) Ken Scott's soggy comedy, as artificial as the inseminations it celebrates, follows a hapless truck driver (Vince Vaughn) whose hundreds of sperm donations have grown up and want to know who their daddy is. (Catsoulis)
'Ender's Game' (PG-13, 1:54) Based on the 1985 science-fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, this humorless if watchable movie envisions a future world ruled by a monolithic militaristic government that trains children to fight large insectlike extraterrestrials called Formics or buggers. Asa Butterfield plays the wee military genius of the title, and Gavin Hood directs. Harrison Ford and Viola Davis help provide some adult supervision. (Dargis)
★ 'Enough Said' (PG-13, 1:31) In Nicole Holofcener's flawlessly written, moving new comedy, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss plays Eva, a divorced Los Angeles massage therapist who simultaneously starts dating Albert (James Gandolfini) and massaging his ex-wife, Marianne (Catherine Keener). In exploring the farcical implications of this situation, Ms. Holofcener goes deep into the ethical and emotional complications of modern middle-class adulthood. With Toni Collette and Ben Falcone as Eva's married friends, Tracey Fairaway as her daughter, and Tavi Gevinson as the daughter's needy friend Chloe. (Scott)
★ 'Frozen' (PG, 1:40) A beautiful princess with magical powers that she can't control; an adorable snowman with buck teeth and a carrot for a nose who longs to sunbathe because no one ever told him that heat melts ice; a picture-perfect prince who is not what he appears to be: these are among the unconventional characters in the new Disney 3-D animated movie musical very loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen." (Holden)
★ 'Gravity' (PG-13, 1:30) Alfonso Cuarón's gripping, spectacular film about astronauts in peril is less a science-fiction story than a lean and simple tale of the struggle to survive. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are the space travelers orbiting the Earth, but the real star is Mr. Cuarón's breathtaking sense of scale and movement. He also grounds his technical bravura in a friendly, low-key humanism, and the result is a movie that is at once cosmic and intimate. (Scott)
★ 'The Great Beauty' (No rating, 2:22, in Italian) This deliriously alive movie from the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino tells the story of a man, a city, a country and a cinema, though not necessarily in that order. Set in Rome, it follows Jep (a sybarite played with a veneer of wit and fathomless soul by the great actor Toni Servillo), who dances into the story while celebrating his 65th birthday and slowly, stirringly, wakens to the world around him. A must-see. (Dargis)
'Homefront' (R, 1:40) Nothing says holiday entertainment like a beat-'em-up written by Sylvester Stallone in which Jason Statham's good guy gets to knock the stuffing out of James Franco's baddie. Directed by Gary Fleder, this movie is blunt and absurd, but it's crammed with enough moving parts and unexpected distractions (Winona Ryder as a "meth whore") to make it an indefensibly enjoyable piece of exploitation hackwork. (Dargis)
'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' (PG-13, 2:26) This follow-up to "The Hunger Games" is the second in what will be four movie adaptations of Suzanne Collins's dystopic book trilogy and comes fully loaded with special effects and action scenes that are capably handled by the director Francis Lawrence. Its thrillingly atypical heroine, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), remains the heart, soul and bloodied embodiment of the series and the primary reason that the book and screen versions soar above the usual adventure-fiction slag heap. (Dargis)
★ 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (R, 1:45) The New York folk scene in 1961 is the setting for Joel and Ethan Coen's latest foray into the American pop-cultural past. Their hero, such as he is, is a guitarist and singer (played with weary irascibility by Oscar Isaacs, who does all his own playing and singing), troubled by bad luck and worse judgment. The music is beautiful, the people are often ugly, and the film achieves a tone that perfectly mingles hilarity and sorrow. It is one of the finest and truest movies ever made about failure. (Scott)
'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa' (R, 1:32) Johnny Knoxville roughly doubles his age to play his old-man character, Irving Zisman, who takes his grandson (Jackson Nicoll) on a cross-country trip. The film is a mix of scripted scenes and hidden-camera pranks and stunts, with the two visiting a real-life bingo parlor, a kiddie beauty pageant and more. The found-footage gimmick is showing its age, but that won't stop Mr. Knoxville's fans from laughing. (Neil Genzlinger)
'Khumba' (No rating, 1:25) This South African animated feature about a half-striped zebra and his outcast friends is a wondrous and slightly deranged story about oddballs embracing their differences. Voice actors included Richard E. Grant as an eccentric ostrich and Liam Neeson as a cruel leopard. (Miriam Bale)
★ 'Kill Your Darlings' (R, 1:44) Before Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac were celebrated literary outlaws, they were college kids experimenting with writing, sex and drugs in wartime Manhattan. John Krokidas's film focuses on Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) and on Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), a fellow Columbia undergraduate who was both an inspiration and a source of trouble for the others. The film is both a true crime tale and a coming-out story, exploring, insightfully if also somewhat glibly, the connections between creativity, sexuality and violence. (Scott)
'The Last Days on Mars' (R, 1:38) Good on atmospherics but unimaginatively plotted, "The Last Days on Mars" is a low-budget zombie movie whose observations of group psychology in high-stress situations, fitfully signal higher aspirations. (Holden)
'Last Vegas' (PG-13, 1:44) Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline play four childhood pals who reunite in Sin City to crack mild jokes, ogle younger women and learn late-life lessons. Less dreadful than it sounds, thanks to the professionalism of the cast, which also includes Mary Steenburgen as a lounge singer. (Scott)
★ 'Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom' (PG-13, 2:32) In this stately but streamlined biography of Nelson Mandela, Idris Elba conveys the agony as well as the nobility of his quest for South African racial equality. Much of that pain is suppressed rage at the cruelty and injustice of apartheid. (Holden)
★ 'Nebraska' (R, 1:55) Bruce Dern plays Woody King, an aging, stubborn alcoholic who thinks he's won a sweepstakes and sets off from his home in Montana to Lincoln, Neb., to claim the prize. Along the way, in the company of his younger son, David (Will Forte), he stops in his hometown, where his encounters with old friends and sad memories propel a small-town comedy worthy of Preston Sturges. But for all the film's sharp humor, the director, Alexander Payne, and the writer, Bob Nelson, are attentive to the strains of bitterness and regret that hover over Woody and his family. The absence of sentimentality makes this black-and-white portrait of the American dream in retreat all the more moving. (Scott)
'Oldboy' (R, 1:44) This movie wants you to ask why a perfectly ordinary, thoroughly unpleasant advertising executive (Josh Brolin) would be kidnapped, framed for a murder and held captive for 20 years. You are more likely to ask why Spike Lee spent so much time and energy on this muddled remake of Park Chan-wook's overwrought South Korean revenge drama. (Scott)
'Out of the Furnace' (R, 1:56) Set in a corroded stretch of the Rust Belt, Scott Cooper's working-class lament centers on two brothers — a steel-mill welder and a former soldier — who are as totemic as the figures immortalized in a Works Progress Administration mural. It's a heavy, solemn tale of blood ties that turns into a melodramatic gusher, one filled with abstractions about masculinity, America and violence, but also brought to specific, exciting life by Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson. (Dargis)
'The Pervert's Guide to Ideology' (No rating, 2:16) Less dynamically than in this film's predecessor, "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema," Slavoj Zizek again harvests insights and subtexts from the movies, lecturing within re-creations of famous movie sets. Mr. Zizek's daisy-chained improvisations amount to an argument on behalf of unseen depths, but it risks monotony and becoming as reductive as it can be seductive. (Rapold)
★ 'Philomena' (PG-13, 1:38) Judi Dench's portrayal of a stubborn, kindhearted Irish Catholic trying to discover what became of the son she was forced to give up as a teenager is so quietly moving that it feels lit from within. A major theme of this anticlerical screed is forgiveness. Ms. Dench's Philomena glows with the radiance of someone serene in her faith despite inhumane treatment by the church. That she makes you believe her character has the capacity to forgive provides the movie with a solid moral center. (Holden)
'The Punk Singer' (No rating, 1:22) Directed by Sini Anderson and co-produced by the music video veteran Tamra Davis, "The Punk Singer" is less about music than it is a celebration of 1990s riot-girl idol Kathleen Hanna of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Though freshly rendered with lively interviews and concert video clips full of prickly, lo-fi energy, the film's portrayal is more idolizing than truly reflective. (Rapold)
'Thor: The Dark World' (PG-13, 1:52) Alan Taylor's witless entry in the continuing saga of the repackaged Norse god with the Popeye arms and the really big mallet flits awkwardly between a dank, depopulated London and the organ-pipe architecture of Asgard, helped not at all by disorienting 3-D and a leading lady (Natalie Portman) who spends an inordinate amount of time in a dead faint. (Catsoulis)
★ 'A Touch of Sin' (No rating, 2:05, in Mandarin) This blistering fictionalized tale straight out of China is at once monumental and human scale. The story of lives rocked by violence, it has the urgency of a screaming headline but one inscribed with visual lyricism, emotional weight and a belief in individual rights. You can feel the conviction of its director, Jia Zhang-ke — one of the few filmmakers of any nationality who weighs the impact of social and political shifts on people — in every shot. (Dargis)
★ '12 Years a Slave' (R, 2:14) Written by John Ridley and directed by Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave" tells the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an African-American freeman who, in 1841, was snatched off the streets of Washington, and sold. It's at once a familiar, utterly strange and deeply American story in which the period trappings long beloved by Hollywood — the paternalistic gentry with their pretty plantations, their genteel manners and all the fiddle-dee-dee rest — are the backdrop for an outrage. Essential viewing. (Dargis)
'Twice Born' (R, 2:04) Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch play star-crossed expatriates (she an Italian graduate student, he an American photojournalist) who fall in love in Sarajevo in the early 1990s. You may know what happens next — the Balkan wars, during which the city is mauled by artillery, sniper fire and brutal acts of ethnic cleansing — but nothing can prepare you for the overwrought mixture of melodrama, bad acting and sheer ridiculousness that the director, Sergio Castellitto (adapting a novel by his wife, Margaret Mazzantini), brings to this somber stretch of recent European history. (Scott)
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The Discreet Charm of George Cukor (Friday through Jan. 7) Would Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland and Judy Holliday have become movie stars without the efforts of George Cukor behind the camera? Very likely. But that well-traveled director, possibly one of Hollywood's finest Golden Age directors of women, was there for the earliest days of at least two of those stars (Hepburn and Garland). He elicited some of their finest later performances, along with those of Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo. Hepburn is well represented in Film Society of Lincoln Center's extensive retrospective; she's featured in five films this week alone. (Saturday will see two of those, "Adam's Rib" at 7:15 p.m. and "Pat and Mike" at 9:30 p.m.) Absent among the dozens of films being screened are two that benefited from Cukor's input, "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz," but you will find titles this week like the 1941 obscurity "Two-Faced Woman," also known as Garbo's last film (Sunday at 6:15 p.m. and Wednesday at 3 p.m.), and "The Chapman Report" (1962), Cukor's curious riff on the Kinsey reports (Friday at 4 and 9:10 p.m.). Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Lincoln Center, 144 West 65th Street, (212) 875-5600, filmlinc.com; $10. (Eric Grode)
Films Albatros (Wednesday through Dec. 31) A group of Russian émigrés left its mark on film history in 1920 when it assembled the Paris film company that would ultimately be called Albatros, though it only lasted a decade or so. The Museum of Modern Art will offer a look at the fruits of this fertile period as well as some of the work that the Albatros members did in Russia before fleeing the Russian Revolution. Ivan Mosjoukine, who left Russia as a star and soon found himself an even bigger one in France, is among those featured. The retrospective opens Wednesday at 7 p.m. with the 1923 spoof "Le Brasier Ardent" ("The Burning Crucible"), which Mosjoukine wrote and directed (not to mention starred in — in 11 different roles!), and a Thursday collection of earlier works at 4 p.m. includes him in the 1918 Tolstoy adaptation "Father Sergius." (212) 708-9400, moma.org. (Grode)
See It Big!: Great Cinematographers (Friday through Sunday) Albert Brooks sent a memorable tweet not long ago: "Just watched Gravity on an iPhone. Not that impressed." He would appreciate this Museum of the Moving Image series. As it happens, the cinematographer of "Gravity," Emmanuel Lubezki, will be featured next Friday for his work with Alfonso Cuarón on the harrowing 2006 sci-fi film "Children of Men." In the meantime, this weekend has five visually stunning titles, including a pair of rare 35 millimeter prints: First is the 1955 film noir "The Big Combo," shot by John Alton and screening on Friday at 7 p.m., followed by the uncut British version of Dario Argento's 1977 Technicolor horror film, "Suspiria," shot by Luciano Tovoli and showing on Sunday at 7 p.m. Sunday's lineup also includes two other sumptuous looks at Americans on the run: Jim Jarmusch's "Down by Law," at 2 p.m., and Charles Laughton's indelible "Night of the Hunter," at 4:30 p.m. Also on offer: the avant-garde trailblazer "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles," directed by Chantal Akerman and screening on Saturday at 2 p.m. (Series continues through Dec. 29.) 35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, Queens, (718) 784-0077, movingimage.us; $12. (Grode)Continue reading the main story


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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - The Mount Vernon Board of Education has unanimously approved a resolution asking city officials to enact a one-year moratorium on PILOT agreements involving the development of residential property within the district.
Citing a rise in multi-family homes and school district enrollment, the Board has requested that the city put an end payment in lieu of taxes - more commonly known as PILOT - agreements with housing developers within the district's limits.
According to Board President Lesly Zamor, they unanimously passed the resolution "beacuse the city has approved plans and is contemplating additional approvals for the construction of residential housing projects, which includes several multi-family residential units that are expected to increase enrollment in the district's schools.
"As part of this, both the city and the Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency are contemplating offering significant tax incentives to housing projects and reducing the tax liability of such projects by entering into agreements for payments in lieu of taxes."
If the city fails to acquiesce to the Board's request, they've instructed the district's attorney to determine if there is a basis for a legal challenge is present.
Zamor said that the Board believes a spike in enrollment will compromise the educational benefits and opportunities that are available to Mount Vernon students.
"We have an obligation and resident mandate to provide the best possible education to district students. At the same time, we have a responsibility to district taxpayers to be prudent overseers of their money. These PILOT agreements will hinder our ability to do this and we do not want to see an unfair shift in the tax burden to homeowners," he said.
"This moratorium is in the best interests of everyone. We need the time to do our due diligence with the first priority of always providing high quality educational benefits and opportunities to our children and not having any undue financial burden on Mount Vernon taxpayers."
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
List of Great Rock Lists
Best Rocker Real Names (not made-up names)
1. DJ Bonebrake (drummer, X)
2. Madonna
3. Prince
4. Mark Sandman (singer/bassist, Morphine)
5. Johnny Cash
Most Anthemic Bands, by Subgenre
Classic rock: The Who
Punk: The Clash
Postpunk: U2
Alternative rock: Midnight Oil
Grunge: Pearl Jam
Greatest Women Rockers (rockers, not just pop stars or r&b singers)
1. PJ Harvey
2. Chrissie Hynde
3. Wilson sisters (70s only)
4. Debbie Harry
5. Sleater-Kinney
We Wrenched Our Necks Fave Albums of the 90s (limit one per artist)
1. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
2. OK Computer, Radiohead
3. Rid of Me, PJ Harvey
4. Superunknown, Soundgarden
5. Nevermind, Nirvana
6. Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet
7. Live Through This, Hole
8. Under the Bushes, Under the Stars, Guided By Voices
9. Garbage, Garbage
10. Never Loved Elvis, The Wonder Stuff
Best Songs by The Jam
1. "In the City"
2. "All Around the World"
3. "That's Entertainment"
4. "The Modern World"
5. "Going Underground"
Russian Composer Names That Sound Best When Pronounced with a Faux Russian Accent
1. Dmitri Shostakovich
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Code of Ethics of Goldman Sachs'
Date:17 October 2012
To:CEO, Lloyd C. Blankfein
The code of ethics is adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' and in applying that understanding to their decisions. An effective code of ethics should also help to delineate the proper procedures to determine whether a violation of the code of ethics has occurred and, if so, what remedies should be imposed. After reviewing the company's code of ethics, we found that it has well established the concept of business ethics and the company's objective, and also several kinds of encouragement to promote the ethical business behavior effectively. The company's code of ethics, however, is not practical enough for implementation as the content is too general and vague, and there are not enough guidelines and regulations to help the staff to detect or solve the ethical issues.
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According to the code of ethics, the employees are encouraged to expose any misconducts or unethical issues in the company. The company has also established a certain department, the Global Compliance Division or Legal Department, as the platform for reporting any violation of the code, and it also helps the employees to identify and escalate potential ethical issues. Meanwhile, the company has also set up the Non-Retaliation Policy which strictly prohibits the retaliation against anyone who reports in good faith a possible violation of the Code. Under those policies and procedures, the employees will feel easy to voice out if they found something going in the wrong track.
What makes the Code of Ethics Ineffective:
The code of ethics of the company consists a large portion of text about the general code of ethics which is applied to every individual unit, but it emphasis less on the code for investment banking industry, such as insider dealing, money laundering,...
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The gloves came off. The claws came out. And any notion that everything is sweetness and light among members of the New Orleans City Council was shredded before a single motion was even considered at Thursday's meeting.
Five of the council's seven members began by squabbling about whose turn it was to speak, in what order the agenda should be considered and who said what to whom on whose behalf.
But those preliminary tiffs paled in comparison to a showdown between Councilman Jason Williams and Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell that was — depending on which side of the issue one happened to favor — the result either of an at-large councilman thumbing his nose at political tradition and trumping a district representative on an issue in her district or of a councilman holding true to a promise made to constituents.
In either case, it's clear that the cordiality that this council, which took office 10 months ago, has tried to maintain in public seems to be gone.
Council President Stacy Head at one point called on the members to "maintain at least some semblance of decorum."
"We've had a great year. It's over. Clearly we're back to the way things used to be," Head said. "Let's at least try to get through the meeting without vomiting."
Williams and Cantrell, though never before at odds publicly, apparently spent the better part of the past two weeks feuding in private after Williams introduced an ordinance to change the name of four blocks of Carondelet Street and 11 blocks of La Salle Street to Robert C. Blakes Sr. Drive and Rev. John Raphael Jr. Way, respectively.
Cantrell, whose district includes both sites, said Williams went behind her back. She originally had requested the name changes, which were approved by the City Planning Commission in January. However, a motion she intended to put forth would have made the changes honorary, meaning the new names would have appeared somewhere on street signs but not on the official maps used by postal and emergency medical workers. Cantrell said the honorary designations would allow more people to be honored in that way and would eliminate the confusion and expense that can come with actually changing a street name.
Without consulting Cantrell, however, Williams, an at-large member, introduced his own ordinance calling for outright name changes instead of the honorary designations. Members Jared Brossett, James Gray and Nadine Ramsey signed on as co-sponsors of Williams' legislation.
It is highly unusual for a council member to introduce ordinances on matters in another member's district. It is even more unusual for the representative of that district not to be consulted.
"I will be voting against the ordinance because of the way it reached the council for a vote," Cantrell said. "What these ordinances do is set a new and dangerous precedent for how this council will work together from now on."
Cantrell said Williams went behind her back to introduce his ordinance while she was out of the country two weeks ago. Neither he nor the district council members co-sponsoring his ordinance discussed it with her, Cantrell said.
"In order for the council to work, we have to be open and we have to be honest with one another, and that just did not happen," Cantrell said. "I can't understand why my colleague Mr. Williams decided to break that precedent so dramatically and not come to me first to talk over the issue."
Cantrell, Susan Guidry and Head all said Williams' ordinance was politically motivated, tying it to a campaign promise they said Mayor Mitch Landrieu made during the last election. The mayor is in "strong support" of the name changes, Deputy Mayor Emily Arata said.
Williams called Cantrell's claims "patently unfair and patently false." He said he stepped up because Cantrell reneged on a promise to sponsor a full name change, opting for the honorary designation instead. Cantrell denied that.
"What is before us right now is a promise that was made," Williams said. "If you put in writing to a group of people that you are going to champion a name change, that is a promise ... and public servants need to start getting in the business of fulfilling their commitments to their constituents."
Williams' proposal passed 4-3, with Cantrell, Head and Guidry voting "no."
The Cantrell/Williams face-off followed other skirmishes between Head and Williams and between Ramsey and Guidry.
Head first admonished Williams, expressing her displeasure with his end run around Cantrell and his request that his ordinance leapfrog over everything else on the agenda and be considered first.
"First of all, I do have the chair. I am the chair for the next month," Head said. "This is out of the ordinary, and I think it is procedural gamesmanship that is inappropriate and divisive."
Guidry accused Williams and Ramsey, who also recently asked that an item be moved to an earlier time slot, of trying to stack the public comment deck in their favor by asking that proponents of their proposals show up to meetings early and then requesting, at the last minute, that the items be moved to an earlier time to accommodate them.
Williams denied Guidry's claim as "patently false."
Ramsey issued a sharp reprimand.
"You are on a slippery slope," she told Guidry. "I follow the rules. I live by the rules. And if I ask for something to be moved up, I did it the proper way. Don't you ever talk about my intent again. ... Do not do it again."
Although the personal slugfest took center stage in Thursday's discussion, there were other concerns about renaming the streets.
Head pointed out that the changes did not meet the city's normal standards for street name changes.
Both men, for instance, died less than two years ago. City rules say streets can be named for people only after they have been dead for at least five years.
The name changes also would fragment the names of continuous streets for a few blocks. Under city planning rules, either the entire length of a street should be renamed, or a section of the street to be renamed should be separated physically from other portions of the street or at least should be the final blocks of a street. The aim is to avoid having sections of a street with the same name separated from each other, as these two changes would cause.
Cantrell noted that when the name of a street is changed, it requires changes to the maps and information used by 911 operators, police, the Fire Department, mail deliverers and other people who provide services to citizens at their homes.
The Carondelet Street change will affect 53 addresses from Felicity Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The La Salle Street change will stretch from Earhart Boulevard to Simon Bolivar Avenue and includes 116 addresses.
Blakes, who also was known as Prophet Blakes, founded New Home Ministries at 1616 Carondelet. He advocated for blight and crime reduction and ran a weekly ministry that fed the homeless, supporters of the change said. He also oversaw programs that offered afterschool tutoring and computer literacy classes.
Raphael was pastor of New Hope Baptist Church at 1809 La Salle. A onetime police officer, he pushed to stop violence in Central City and was the force behind the "Thou Shalt Not Kill" signs dotting the neighborhood.
Carondelet Street honors a Spanish governor of Louisiana during the 1790s. La Salle Street is named for the French explorer who in 1682 named the Mississippi basin in honor of King Louis XIV and claimed it for France.


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Dr. Mraz's research focuses on democratic theory. He received his PhD in philosophy from Central European University in 2016. In his dissertation, he offers a systematic defense of the universality and equality of the franchise against contemporary challenges based on competence- and capacity-related considerations. Dr. Mraz has taught several undergraduate and graduate level courses in political theory, moral philosophy and the philosophy of art. In his current research, he explores the proper site and scope of competence-requirements within representative liberal democracies, with particular interest in competence-based restrictions on the right to stand for elections.


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Ancestral Ruins Bases from Tabletop-Art
February 20, 2012 by brennon
Tabletop-Art have released a Starter Set compilation of their Ancestral Ruins Bases. Enough bases and scenic adornment for almost an entire force.
Does it have the problem of being too cluttered stopping easy modelling onto the bases? It's certainly something we see from many scenic bases nowadays. You can also buy the different sizes separately if you so wish.
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yesterday was Ma'al Hijrah.. & what did i do..? stepped into a barber shop after years of not visiting it... yeap, haven't had a haircut for like few years now... so what's new look..? being the lazy old me, had it cut as short as i possibly can, told the barber to use #2, which less than 3mm...
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Risperdal® (risperidone) is an atypical antipsychotic that is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia, as stated in the package insert. The package insert also says that it can be used for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder, in combination or monotherapy for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. In adults, the package insert stated the initial dose is 2 mg, with a target dose of 4 to 8 mg and an effective dose range of 4 to 16 mg.1
According to Pharmacothearpy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, schizophrenia is one of the most complex and challenging psychiatric disorders. It is a heterogeneous syndrome of disorganized and bizarre thought, delusions, hallucinations, inappropriate affect, and impaired psychosocial functioning. The textbook also states that there is evidence of dopaminergic-receptor defects in schizophrenia.2
|Title: Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone for Relapse Prevention and Control of Breakthrough Symptoms After a Recent First Episode of Schizophrenia: A Randomized Clinical Trial
|Randomized controlled trial
|Compare the clinical efficacy of the long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone with the oral formulation in the early course of schizophrenia
|Study Groups
|Randomized to long-acting injectable risperidone [40]
|Randomized to oral risperidone [43]
|§ Randomized to cognitive remediation (CR) [19]
|§ Randomized to CR [22]
|§ Randomized to healthy-behaviors training (HBT) [21]
|§ Randomized to HBT [21]
|Patients were provided treatment with antipsychotic medication, regular psychiatrist visits and weekly individual case management by masters and doctoral degree-level therapist. After a 3-week lead in period of oral risperidone, patients were assessed then randomly assigned to either treatments described. Patients were then randomized within their groups to receive CR or HBT.
|March 16, 2005 to September 27, 2012
|Primary Outcome Measure
|Psychotic relapse and control of breakthrough psychotic symptoms
|Oral risperidone
|Long-acting injectable risperidone
|Baseline Characteristics
|Mean age
|Male sex
|Race (White)
|Time since psychosis onset
|7.9 (+/-6.6) months
|6.9 (+/-6.8) months
|Of the 83 patients, 16% had a return of psychotic symptoms that met the exacerbation and/or relapse criteria during the 12-month follow-up period. Between the study groups, 5% of the long-acting injectable risperidone group experienced a psychotic exacerbation and/or relapse compared to 33% in the oral risperidone group.
|Adverse Events
|Common Adverse Events:
Oral risperidone: Akasthisia: baseline 2.9% vs end point 3.3%; Involuntary movements: baseline 5.9% vs end point 10%
Long-acting injectable risperidone: Involuntary movements: baseline 0% vs end point 0.2%
|Serious Adverse Events: 0%
|Percentage that Discontinued due to Adverse Events: long-acting injectable risperidone 10% vs oral risperidone 21%
|Study Author Conclusions
|Long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication was well accepted by patients with a recent first episode of schizophrenia. Long-acting injectable medication led to better medication adherence, greater relapse preventions and better psychotic symptom control than oral antipsychotic medication.
There is a clear advantage of long-acting injectable risperidone over oral risperidone. Long-acting injectable risperidone, based on this study, seems to be an excellent choice in patients who recently had their first psychotic episode. There seemed to be a number of advantages in the long-acting injectable risperidone in comparison to oral. Although this study's results conflict with recent studies, the difference was the focus on these patients who had their first psychotic episode.
- Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug Products. Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug Products. FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 1993. Web. 29 June 2015. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseaction=Search.Overview&DrugName=RISPERDAAL.
- Crismon M, Argo TR, Buckley PF. Chapter 50. Schizophrenia. In: DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey L. eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 9e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2014.http://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=689&Sectionid=45310501. Accessed June 29, 2015.
- Subotnik KL, Casaus LR, Ventura J, et al. Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone for Relapse Prevention and Control of Breakthrough Symptoms After a Recent First Episode of Schizophrenia : A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online June 24, 2015. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0270.


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A thrilling, gruesome story of geocaching, with many twists and turns. Very enjoyable to read even though this is not usually my genre. Detectives put on the case to find out who the owner is, starting off seeming like a normal murder and turning around to be a murder full of puzzles and mystery. Where will the next clue hide? What will happen next? It's a book you can't put down. If you like mystery and don't mind gruesome stories, this is a novel for you! This book really puts you into the murder case, I was finding myself trying to figure out things along the way. You get to be alongside detective Beatrice Kaspary as she tries to solve the case, also trying to juggle her personal life on the side. You never know what may happen next. Read five to find out more! 4/5 stars ( just make sure you are good with blood and dead bodies ) -TFTH!
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The Endowment of "The Prosperous" plays a central role in American metropolitans. Increasingly, cities are being viewed as central places for economic growth due to certain structural dynamics associated with urban places—industry clustering, agglomeration, density of networks, urban scale, and the attraction of skilled labor. With the growth of the knowledge economy, these particular urban features will become more salient as growth will largely consist of technological innovation.
At the same time, other factors not captured by terms of economic growth are important. This includes for example, the level of personal savings, culturally significant businesses, and the involvement of business leaders in the community. Other aspects of this endowment assess the fiscal health of the city, the tax burden on residents and businesses, and the affordability and availability of housing stock.
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(Bloomberg) Hurricane Sandy may cause as much as $20 billion in economic damage and losses as the biggest Atlantic storm floods homes, disrupts millions of fliers, and forces retailers to close stores.
Insured losses may reach $5 billion to $10 billion, or about half of the total, according to an estimate Monday by Eqecat Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based provider of catastrophic risk models.
Sandy spans 900 miles and is strengthening as it barrels toward landfall along the New Jersey shore in the next 12 hours. The storm may unleash life-threatening surges from Virginia to Massachusetts, reaching almost 12 feet (3.7 meters) in lower Manhattan. U.S. airlines have grounded 9,500 flights, stranding travelers, and U.S. stock trading is closed through tomorrow in the first back-to-back shutdowns for weather since 1888.
"This one has got so many facets to it -- you've got wind, you've got rain, you've got snow, you've got the full moon, you've got the storm surge," said Doug Spiron, who is running home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc.'s emergency response operations involving 350 employees in Atlanta. "Then there's the impact of the sheer size of the storm. This one takes it to another whole level of preparation."
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Hurricane Sandy ultimately may subtract 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points from U.S. gross domestic product in the fourth quarter as spending drops on services such as restaurant meals, according to Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. The economy, with annualized GDP of $13.6 trillion, expanded at a 2 percent pace in the third quarter.
"There's a loss of activity that's going to be hard to make up," Vitner said. "If you're a restaurant and you're closed today, people are not going to eat two lunches tomorrow."
There's still a chance the storm will have little discernible impact on GDP, other forecasters said.
"Generally there's a disruption effect and a rebuilding effect," said Mike Englund, chief economist at Action Economics in Boulder, Colorado. "The disruption effect should last about a week, and the rebuilding effect the following three or four weeks. On net, the rebuilding effect exceeds the disruption effect, but only by a small amount. So we might find by the end of the fourth quarter repair would be a small positive."
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Sandy may cut into sales of clothing and accessories as the holiday shopping season nears, according to Oliver Chen, an analyst at Citigroup Inc. in New York. The storm may reduce November same-store sales by as much as 3 percent as traffic may fall 40 percent in storm-affected areas in November's first week, which accounts for about 22 percent of the month's sales, Chen said Monday in a note.
The storm may help discount and home-improvement stores such as Home Depot as consumers stock up on supplies, while reducing purchases at specialty-apparel chains, Chen said. American Eagle Outfitters Inc., Limited Brands Inc. and Urban Outfitters Inc. are among the companies with the highest percentages of their stores affected by the storm, he said.
"The storm will disrupt last-minute Halloween sales and mall traffic but drive up stock-up trips to the discounters," Deborah Weinswig, a Citigroup analyst, said in an email Monday. As such, she expects Sandy's impact to be "mixed."
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has anyone else tried this map out? its like a complete overhaul on the zerg, much like the old zerg. we have lurkers, t1.5 hydras, scourge, the larvae ability is on the hatch, all kinds of stuff
to anyone who has tried it out, what do you think about it? what are some things from that map that you think should be implemented into SC2?
one thing for sure i like is the earlier hydralisks, they dont cost a whole lot so you can actually mass them (and ther fast off creep)
another thing i like is this revision of the roach, its t2 now and costs 100min 50gas, and has an ability to apply a dot that does 18 dmg over time with each attack (i dont think it stacks). though it took a hit to its damage and health, it has an upgrade to give it its health back and +1 to armor (it has a natural 2 armor). but it lost its ability to move while burrowed.
speaking of burrowed, one thing that i think is MASSIVELY imbalanced is the fact (with hive tech) that the entire zerg army can move while burrowed, everything from drones to ultralisks.
check the map out and tell me what you guys think, its in the melee 1v1 map selection, near the top.
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I often use water imagery in my songwriting and find inspiration from nature...It only seemed natural to share these songs in the same settings where they were inspired
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Adrift Adventures, authorized concessionaire of the National Park Service, announces two multi-day rafting trips in Dinosaur National Monument to feature performances by Folk Singer-Songwriter Shannon Wurst: a five-day Yampa River rafting trip, June 14-18, 2014; and a four-day Green River rafting trip, June 27-30, 2014.
A former raft guide in Colorado, Wurst said she enjoys combining her two favorite passions of running rivers and playing music.
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5. "Touch Of Grey"
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2.0 mix sounds better than the 5.1 mix on the bluray.
Did this limited ed. sell out? Wanted to get it but was putting it off. Didn't think they would sell 20K or whatever it was of the $190 blue ray.
Sounds way better on a quality blu-ray player than on a cheap player.
I am still listening to my digital copies, and the mixes are still making me insane!
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The intermission music can be purchased separately as Circles Around The Sun. 'Interludes For The Dead'.
So I combined all three disc 4's into one iTunes playlist.
The videos on 'Rainbows Are Real' were played during intermission.
Thanks for reply. I originally was thinking I'd store the fare the well shows under a folder called "Fare Thee Well Series" and have a folder for each date with the intermission melded into each show so 1st set be songs 1-9, casal be songs 10-15 and 2nd set be 16-25 (that sort of thing). Instead I created folders for each show and a folder called "Half Time Music", with each 1/2 time getting their own folder.
Stupid anal thinking about how to store and I KNOW I'm not the only one who suffers from this :-)
The intermissions at 7-3,4,5-15 were about 1 hour long. Not sure if all the songs were played.
Don't remember what was played before the shows.
Hope I'm not too late to get an answer to a question, but I just got the set handed to me.
Are all the number "4" cd's the Neal Casal stuff? Was the entire number "4" played during intermission or is some before show and after show?
It's odd... I keep reading that the dvd's don't play in the UK but mine do.
I'm playing them through a second-hand Crown CDV 1500 which isn't top of the range by any means and to my admittedly limited knowledge has never played an NTSC disc yet.
I did have a query when I first purchased the Dead Movie in that the advertising said it was USA play only but upon sticking it in the player it played without a problem.
I have also found that (so far) Phil's Warfield DVD and a couple of Mickey's interview things that have come out are also 'region free' even though they do not claim to be so on the sleeving.
I know this isn't helping those who can't get theirs to play, but there is definitely some confusion re the DVD versions of the available material and it's been going on for a few years.
Guess I hit enter too many times. Sorry for the repetitive replies.
I agree with you 100%! I was at all five shows and I don't get how 3 out of 5 shows makes a complete box set. The first SC show was by far my favorite because I love the old stuff, the double rainbow, finally saying goodbye etc.. but Chicago had a lot more energy and Trey (not a Phish fan) really hit his stride the first night. For what it is worth the Chicago shows had bigger crowds and the place was pretty packed compared to CA. Either way, I want a complete set, not a 3/5 set :-)
I agree with you 100%! I was at all five shows and I don't get how 3 out of 5 shows makes a complete box set. The first SC show was by far my favorite because I love the old stuff, the double rainbow, finally saying goodbye etc.. but Chicago was a full of a lot more energy and Trey (not a Phish fan) really hit his stride. For what it is worth the Chicago shows had bigger crowds and the place was pretty packed compared to CA. Either way, I want a complete set, not a 3/5 set :-)
I agree with you 100%! I was at all five shows and I don't get how 3 out of 5 shows makes a complete box set. The first SC show was by far my favorite because I love the old stuff, the double rainbow, finally saying goodbye etc.. but Chicago was a full of a lot more energy and Trey (not a Phish fan) really hit his stride. For what it is worth the Chicago shows had bigger crowds and the place was pretty packed compared to CA. Either way, I want a complete set, not a 3/5 set :-)
I finally sat down to watch the bonus video disc only to discover that even though it was labelled as the bonus disc it actually contained the same content as July 5th, Blu-Ray 2 with no bonus content to be found.
What a bummer, I just e-mailed dead.net customer service and Rhino after reading through the posts here that others have had the same or similar problems.
Edit 6/28 to add; got a couple e-mails that a replacement bonus disc is in the mail. Fingers crossed that this one is indeed the bonus disc. Will update after it arrives and has been checked.
Edit 7/5 to add; the replacement bonus disc arrived today and a quick load in the blu-ray player indicates it does indeed have the correct content. Thanks for the quick replacement!
I think it's Derek Featherstone, same guy who mixed live and does Dead and Company.
Point being, it's the farthest thing from a professional mix. They sound like a collection of musicians as opposed to being presented like a real band.
I don't think Rhino has anything to do with the mixes, but could be wrong. I just don't see the band letting some industry stand-in do the mix, its something they would want to manage.
Over the last week I revisited the first and third shows. They sounded pretty damn good to me. I could think of a couple other things that might upset me about this box.. but the mix, played back on a good system and again on headphones, isn't one of them.
Jerry could be more prominent in the mix, but who am I to complain about that.
Finally threw the Blu-Ray on.
Now, while the mixes are better than the CD's. They still kind of suck.
Lesh is too out front, even though the alembic sounds sick.
There is still a general lack of keys.
During Scarlet, which was one of THE top highlights of all 5 nights, Trey is soloing, but is not prominent in the mix.
WTF Rhino...I keep coming back to the same thing. How can you put out such an inferior product?
This is not a GD quality release from a mixing stand point at all!!!
This should have been mixed by Jeffery Norman!
No hesitation to buy if these two shows were offered for sale in a package or individually.
I'm passing on the Chicago shows, all three were good, with the 7/3 show being my favorite, but they just don't excite me as these two Santa Clara shows do, and I wasn't there!
I saw the the Chicago shows - remotely at a theater in eastern PA, and the place was only about 25% full. Kinda sad, really.
Don't know if this has been posted, but it appears they may have some kind of release for the SC shows. http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/the-grateful-dead-fare-thee-well-shows-...
I contacted Rhino about it also and they very quickly posted me replacement discs but they also won't play so it must be a region issue opposed to faulty discs.
Im still waiting to here back from dead.net about this, It looks like the only thing I can do now is buy a multi region blu ray player if thats even possible.
My point that Im trying to get across is that at the top of this page it clearly says the disc is All-Region which as it turns out is not exactly the true.
Had I known the discs were not playable in the uk I would not have made the purchase.
Its a shame because I really did want to see the shows!!
I got an email the other day from dead.net saying the bonus bluray disc was on the way. This would be good news except I already got one from Dr Rhino 2 weeks ago. I asked Rhino for the disc in early February and it took them 3 weeks to send me one.
DVD or Bluray?
BR might be all-region but not the DVD?
You can buy a region-free DVD player that will play everything. I bought a Philips for $30-40 a few years ago from Amazon. It plays NTSC and PAL DVDs and DVD-Rs that I burned.
Make sure the player says 'region free'.
I now have a Samsung Bluray player because I bought the FTW blurays. That player is also region free.
Got it shipped to the uk it clearly says the discs are "All-Regions" attempted to play it and it doesn't work, spoke to Dead.net and they told me no they can only be played in US.
I am still listening to my digital copies, and the mixes are still making me insane!
Are you guys saying the mixes are balanced on the blu-ray?
I followed the suggestions posted below, emailed Rhino, about a week letter got an email back saying they had mailed my replacement disk, and it was in my mailbox the next time I checked. This, after waiting months for dead.net customer service [sic], who requested I mail the bad disk back, and then ... nothing.
the same thing happened to me. After a month of follow up emails (all from me) I was told to call Rhino the manufacturer. It shouldn't be this hard to get a replacement blue ray. So frustrated!!!
After a month of emails (all by me) I still have a duplicate Blueray and no 2nd set for July 5th! I have called Rhino as well. I would think after spending $200 I could get the completed set. smh..
As Bertha's other one mentioned, I took up the advice and went directly to Rhino's website and contacted help via email@example.com with my order number and was promptly replied to within 24 hours with the communication that my replacement was being sent out. Actually received just this morning, and the box set is now complete!
Just wanted others to know what they can do if they are still in fact waiting for dead.net customer service to help them......
Go read the comments for the 8-27-72 release. They're all the same as what's happening currently.
Doesn't appear that Rhino is actually competent enough to handle these type of releases. Sad!
The problem was fairly promptly corrected by Rhino once I spoke to an agent.
Mine is missing the July 5th second set (I got two copies of the bonus disc, one mis-labled). When I emailed to complain about this, I was just told they were looking into it. I've never been asked to send in the defective disc. I emailed again yesterday to find out what to do. The email was auto-acknowledged but I never received a response. For $180 + shipping, this is quite distressing.
Does anyone have two copies of the final second set and no bonus disc? Want to trade? You would think they could at least make an iso-image of the correct blu ray available for those of us missing the main content, so we could at the very least burn our own while we wait, and wait, and wait ...
I'm extremely frustrated by this. I understand production errors happen, but I'm not seeing any signs that they want to make this right.
Anyone thinking of buying the box set: You might want to hold off until you know they will fix the defective ones.
Regarding the sound quality: The 5.1 audio track is superb, even on my rather basic 5.1 system. The stereo is good, but I wonder if it is simply a down-mix. The resolution of the blu ray audio tracks is reported as 24 bit 96kHz. I haven't checked.
My duplicate disc was sent back to the Dead.net warehouses on 12/7/15, and yet, no one can reach out to let us know when the right disc can be sent out. Pathetic customer service.
I sit and look at this box set with one empty, glaring missing disc and think to myself, how could I have been so gullible as to purchase.
Nothing like taking advantage of fans and their money.
And most likely will be some time before I do, a lot of the reviews provided are very helpful. Seems like a real rush to get this out before Thanksgiving and some really noticeable mistakes. I guess the real rush was to collect money while the interest was peaking. When the set is drastically reduced in price I'll buy, but until then I am in no rush.
SQ, production mistakes, price, and not including Santa Clara are big detractors for me
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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under Sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of the registered early years provision. 'Early years provision' refers to provision regulated by Ofsted for children from birth to 31 August following their fifth birthday (the early years age group). The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and welfare, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The provider must provide a copy of this report to all parents with children at the setting where reasonably practicable. The provider must provide a copy of the report to any other person who asks for one, but may charge a fee for this service (The Childcare (Inspection) Regulations 2008 regulations 9 and 10).
The setting also makes provision for children older than the early years age group which is registered on the voluntary and/or compulsory part(s) of the Childcare Register. This report does not include an evaluation of that provision, but a comment about compliance with the requirements of the Childcare Register is included in Annex B.
Description of the childminding
The childminder lives in a residential area of Blackpool close to the park, library and schools. Facilities within the home for children comprise of a playroom, kitchen and lounge with the bathroom on the first floor. There is a garden to the rear and the front of the house. The childminder keeps a number of small animals, rabbits and guinea pigs. Registration commenced in 2003. The childminder is registered on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register for a maximum of six children. Currently, there are two children on roll, who are both in the early years age range. One child attends full-time and the other part-time. Advice, support and training is gained from the local authority. The childminder has gained accreditation with the local childminding network.
Overall effectiveness of the early years provision
Overall, the quality of the provision is Outstanding. The childminder is highly effective in the way she promotes care and learning for the children she cares for. There are in place extremely effective systems for monitoring, assessing and planning for children's future learning and their individual needs. Consequently, she provides exemplary provision for children. Children's learning and development is planned in great depth and is tracked effectively to ensure that children access all areas of learning in a fun and developmentally appropriate manner. The childminder provides children with excellent opportunities for physical development and emotional well-being. The partnership with parents is outstanding, as is the liaison with other groups who care for the children. Her ability to self-assess is highly effective, leading to action plans for future development to further enhance her exceptionally effective practice.
What steps need to be taken to improve provision further?
To further improve the high quality early years provision the registered person should consider:
The leadership and management of the early years provision
The childminder has in place exceptionally detailed and informed policies and procedures which clearly reflect the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Policies and procedures promote a robust attitude to children's safety and welfare. The childminder demonstrates a highly efficient approach to the management of the children's individual care and needs. The childminder is extremely organised and knowledgeable in her approach to children's development. She ensures they have an excellent range of opportunities in all the six areas of learning. For example, plans demonstrate that children enjoy a wide range of activities across all areas of learning. Routines are flexible to ensure that they reflect the children's ongoing interests and ideas. The childminder is extremely committed to her own self-development demonstrated through her training achievements. Further professional development is identified as an area for improvement.
The sharing of information with parents and carers is encouraged as a two-way process. This keeps them informed on how their children are progressing in all areas of their development. For example, daily diaries reflect each child's day, whilst records of achievement reflect and track the child's progress in each area of learning. The childminder has taken positive steps to link with other providers that care for the children who attend her setting. This pro-active approach is effective in enhancing and supporting children's needs and promotes continuity. The childminder's self-evaluation is detailed in all areas and clearly identifies both her strengths and areas for improvement. Consequently, she demonstrates her commitment to reflective practice. She clearly links this to her capacity to maintain continuous improvement when evaluating the effectiveness of any action taken. The childminder involves parents in the evaluation of her provision as she asks them to complete questionnaires and write comments in the children's records of achievement. She is highly effective in the way she strives continually to improve and enhance her provision for the benefit of the children in her care.
The quality and standards of the early years provision
Children experience a learning environment and educational programme that is exemplary because the childminder plans for each child with their individual needs clearly identified. As a result, children make exceptional progress in her care. Children benefit enormously from the excellent range, balance and variety of activities which fully promotes children's learning. The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children's development. It gives them the confidence to explore and learn in secure and safe, yet challenging, indoor and outdoor space and provision. For example, children enjoy caring for the animals housed in the animal shelter in the garden. They learn to care for living things and develop the skills to share tasks as they enjoy the activity.
Children enjoy the extensive range of activities and resources indoors; for example, they paint, they use the small world resources, they mark make and they enjoy some quiet time as they enjoy the excellent selection of books. The setting provides very good access, selection and choices for all the children which includes a lovely selection of natural resources. Very young children enjoy activities that require them to investigate by lifting and pressing a variety of objects as they discover with enjoyment. Consequently, there are very good opportunities for the children to be active learners in this home. Children also have excellent opportunities to develop their socialising skills as they enjoy visit to local groups, the library and the park. Children in this setting have extremely good opportunities through play to use their ideas and suggestions. They access very good resources which enables them to make connections and develop these effectively; for example, they enjoy building models following their own design ideas. They are excited as they make marks in the sand tray and on the outdoor walls as they use the big brushes.
Children are exceptionally well provided with experiences and support which helps them to develop a positive sense of themselves and of others. They develop respect for others in addition to social skills, therefore children display a positive disposition to learning because the childminder ensures her planning for care and learning enables children to flourish. The childminder offers exceptionally good support for children's emotional well-being ensuring they develop the ability to know themselves and what they can achieve. Extremely effective relationships are nurtured here and the children are settled and happy in the childminder's care. This is reflected in their behaviour which is managed in a caring and sensitive way, ensuring children's concerns and needs are fully supported.
The childminder has fully embraced the importance of children having visual images around them to support their recognition of written word and context. The walls are adorned with children's delightful work and posters that promote their learning. Children have ongoing opportunities to develop their speaking and listening skills which are seen as important. For example, the childminder always waits for children to finish what they want to say and responds positively to them. She also ensures that very young children are listened to and acknowledges their responses to a variety of situations. For example, she provides children with a variety of sounds in games to help their listening skills develop. Older children in her care feel confident to discuss and share with her aspects of their day and suggest ideas for after school activities. This exceptionally positive relationship ensures children thrive in her care. Children use a wide variety of resources for expressing their understanding, including mark making, creative materials, model making, books, story telling and music. Children have exceptionally good opportunities to fix and make things which supports their problem-solving skills well. Children access resources to develop their skills in weight and measure as they weigh ingredients to bake cakes. For example, they have made fairy cakes. There are games that promote the recognition of numbers; games that help children to match and sequence, and games that promotes children's thinking skills, for example construction games and resources.
The childminder is most vigilant in her commitment to providing a most secure and safe environment for the children in her care. She has in place highly effective risk assessments for all aspects of her childcare. All equipment, resources and toys are checked and maintained to ensure their ongoing quality and purpose. Extremely healthy meals and snacks are provided as well as drinks through the day, and these promote healthy choices for the children which are shared with parents. Consequently, children learn about healthy foods and the care of their bodies. Daily access to the outdoors and fresh air fully promotes the children's health and well-being. Children enjoy the resources in the outdoor area which reflect the six areas of learning. Children have access to a very good range of equipment, both large and small, which supports and extends their physical skills very well. Children visit a range of places in the local area which are of interest to them, such as the zoo. They also enjoy activities that reflect our wider world and enjoy the excellent resources that promote their learning in this area. Consequently, children's learning and development is fostered in an excellent manner in this setting through the dedication and commitment of this highly effective and enthusiastic childminder.
The key inspection judgements and what they mean
Grade 1 is Outstanding: this aspect of the provision is of exceptionally high quality
Grade 2 is Good: this aspect of the provision is strong
Grade 3 is Satisfactory: this aspect of the provision is sound
Grade 4 is Inadequate: this aspect of the provision is not good enough
Overall effectiveness
How effective is the provision in meeting the needs of children in the Early Years Foundation Stage?
How well does the provision promote inclusive practice?
The capacity of the provision to maintain continuous improvement.
Leadership and management
How effectively is provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage led and managed?
How effective is the setting's self-evaluation, including the steps taken to promote improvement?
How well does the setting work in partnership with parents and others?
How well are children safeguarded?
Quality and standards
How effectively are children in the Early Years Foundation Stage helped to learn and develop?
How effectively is the welfare of children in the Early Years Foundation Stage promoted?
How well are children helped to stay safe?
How well are children helped to be healthy?
How well are children helped to enjoy and achieve?
How well are children helped to make a positive contribution?
How well are children helped develop skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being?
Any complaints about the inspection or report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance available from Ofsted's website: www.ofsted.gov.uk
Annex B: the Childcare Register
The provider confirms that the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register are:
The provider confirms that the requirements of the voluntary part of the Childcare Register are:
about early years inspections, Ofsted's website: www.ofsted.gov.uk.
Previous inspection _____________________________________________________________________
Date of registration:23/01/2003
Register type: Early Years Register / Compulsory Childcare Register / Voluntary Childcare Register
On the basis of the evidence collected on this inspection:
The quality and standards of the care are good. The registered person meets the National Standards for under 8s day care and childminding.
The provision is good. Children enjoy a very good range of activities which contribute to their very good health. Activities are well planned, enjoyed by the children and contribute to improving their physical skills. For example, they go to the park, the beach and in the well maintained rear garden. They become increasingly aware of how activity effects their bodies and know when they need a drink or a rest. They enjoy regular outdoor activities, which promotes their good health and development.
Children are secure and cared for in a very clean, well maintained home where they learn the importance of good hygiene and personal care. They are developing an understanding of why they must wash their hands at certain times of the day to avoid ill health from the exposure to germs. Children have their health needs met as the childminder has all the required written permissions and a health and safety policy in place.
Children are beginning to understand the benefits of healthy eating. They enjoy healthy snacks, for example, apples, bananas and tangerines. Children can help themselves to a drink when they are thirsty and very young children are provided with regular drinks to ensure they have their needs met very well. The childminder is mindful of parental requests and children's preferences in all aspects of the food she serves, to ensure a continuity of care between home and the setting.
The provision is good. The environment for children is bright, visually stimulating and offers different areas where they can choose to play. Space is used creatively so that there is quiet, active and imaginative play opportunities catered for. The areas for indoor play are very well equipped to promote choice for the children. The outdoor area houses a selection of toys, which offer children good choice and promote their enjoyment. Toys and equipment are organised in a way that allows children easy access, for example, toy boxes and low-level storage are available.
Children are kept safe and secure within this environment and when on outings as the childminder has due regard for safety procedures. However, the low-level drawer in the kitchen contains items that may be hazardous to the children. The childminder keeps the front door locked at all times, has safety equipment in place and ensures children travel in a vehicle which has appropriate restraints. Emergency fire procedures are in place, which have been practised to familiarise the children with the method of quick evacuation. Children learn the importance of safety for both themselves and for each other through careful explanation by the childminder. They are learning to keep themselves safe as they pick up toys and help the childminder tidy up at certain times of the day.
Children's welfare is safeguarded because the childminder has a clear understanding of the responsibilities for recording and reporting alleged abuse of a child and maintains the contact details of relevant bodies.
The provision is outstanding. Children feel very relaxed and secure in this home because they settle very well with the childminder and others in the setting. They thoroughly enjoy the excellent range of play experiences, which include regular visits to the park and places of interest such as the zoo and the beach. Children spend their time very purposefully, developing their confidence and independence as they choose their play resources from an extremely well resourced playroom. They are developing their language skills as they participate in fantastic experiences, such as role play, crafts and growing plants in the garden. Children love to chat and they thoroughly enjoy the excellent selection of books made available to them. They also love to count, for example, the cars and the dolls, developing their mathematical thinking as they play. Children's creativity is encouraged through the many exciting activities, which include dressing up and making cards and collages.
Children are very enthusiastic in their play, they play happily together sharing and taking turns as they access a wonderful range of toys. They are very proud of their achievements and are eager to share them with others, which promotes their self-esteem exceedingly well. Children benefit from the childminder's secure understanding of the ages and stages of development of the children in her care and how to meet their needs, promote their development and ensure their well-being. She plans activities which offer an excellent range of experiences, for example, visits to the beach where they collect shells to create collages and design constructions. Children also love to bake cakes and help prepare snacks with the childminder, learning about foods that are good for you and foods we should not eat.
The childminder has in place the 'Birth to three matters' guidance, a framework to assist in the implementation of this aspect of practice. She uses this to provide ideas for activities with the under threes. Children have many fantastic opportunities offered to ensure they develop and enjoy their time as they flourish in this environment.
The provision is good. Children have equal access to all the play resources and activities. The children are very much valued and respected as individuals, which helps to give them a real sense of belonging. They are able to experience a positive view of the wider world and increase their awareness of diversity through the selection of images and experiences offered to them. For example, the childminder reads stories about children in other countries and has made a selection of resources available to them, although these are at present few in number.
Children's behaviour is very good due to the childminder's positive reinforcement and highly skilled approach to promoting positive behaviour. She takes the time to explain and uses appropriate strategies, taking into account individual levels of understanding. Children are therefore beginning to show care and concern for each other by learning to share toys and to take turns.
Partnership with parents is good and significantly contributes to children's well-being. Children's needs are met by daily verbal communication between the childminder and parents. Children are looked after according to parents' wishes and the childminder ensures she has a clear understanding of their opinions and attitudes. This ensures effective continuity for the children between home and the setting.
The organisation is outstanding. Children feel secure and settled within an extremely well-organised environment. There are effective and clear procedures in place to promote children's learning and development, as well as their welfare. Documentation is appropriately shared and confidentiality is acknowledged. The record of attendance is recorded clearly to show ratios are met, confirming that children have appropriate support and supervision at all times. Written permissions are in place, which ensures parents are clear about all aspects of the childminder's practice. Records are stored in a manner that ensures confidentiality of information. Parents are exceedingly well informed about their children's day as she keeps excellent records including photographic evidence to share with them.
Children are looked after by the childminder in a safe, secure environment where they have room to develop their independence and learning through an excellent range of well planned experiences. The childminder has completed training offered by the local authority. She is also a member of the local network offering care for teen parents. She is extremely committed to developing her practice through further training to ensure the care she provides for the children is of the highest standard.
Overall, the provision meets the needs of the range of the children for whom it provides.


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More and more people are getting pet portraits of their furry friends and why not? They are a big part of the family and sometimes our closest companion. Our old girl, Ruby, has been with us for more than 16 years. She has had a lot of photos taken in and out of the studio. She is on our holiday cards, and we even post a birthday photo of her on Facebook. This might make us sound crazy, but we're not the only ones that do it , and we don't plan on stopping.
**Note. Our Ruby passed on in December 2013. We are so glad to have so many wonderful images of her. We look at them often.
Ruby (above)
Why spend money and time on a Pet Portrait?
I find myself thinking thinking about all the wonderful times we have shared with our dog. So yes, have professional portraits done, but also capture those every day moments. I have had clients contact me at the end of their pets' lives and asked me to come photograph them before they have to say goodbye. I am more than willing to oblige, but it's great to capture pets when they are healthy and full of life, too.
I recently photographed a high school senior boy and his very young Lab (see images below). The dog was a little hyper and running around but we caught some fun action shots. Unposed images can be great too. The interaction really shows the relationship between the two at this time in their lives.
I have had clients tell me they could never get a good photo of their pet because it is black. Photographers have lighting equipment that can brighten up even the darkest face.
A pet portrait can be a wonderful gift for a friend or relative who's an animal lover. You really can't go wrong.
Nathan and Rainy below.
Cassidy and Timber (left) Dayelle and Nala (right)
If your getting ready to have your pet photographed (individually or with family) here are a few things to do before the session:
Ornament and canvas below.
I do photograph other animals too but dogs are the most common. Cats, reptiles (eek), hamsters... are all welcome too.
The Mootz family 2011
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