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PLEASED: Eurobodalla Shire Council's development assessment staff received favourable feedback about the services they provide. Pictured (seated) are development services manager Gary Bruce (left) and planning and sustainability director Lindsay Usher with assessment staff Rebecca Ireland, (standing) David Sheehan, Bryan Netzler, Kara Nelson, Lee Hamlyn, Mike Mcilveen and Mark Brain.RESEARCH commissioned by Eurobodalla Shire Council to gauge development application customer satisfaction shows regulars are happy but there's room to improve.
Micromex Research in June surveyed 155 people who lodged a development application (DA) in the past 10 months.
A council spokeswoman said overall satisfaction was "very favourable" at 82 per cent, with 43 per cent of applicants committing to the top "very satisfied" rating, and a further 39 per cent selecting "satisfied".
She said negative ratings were low at six per cent.
"Council's development helpdesk staff were rated highly, with 86 per cent of applicants considering their services as good (30 per cent) or very good (56 per cent)," she said.
"This was attributed primarily to their politeness, helpfulness and knowledge.
"Similar results were achieved for the council's building surveyors with 83 per cent of respondents who used the service considering the service as good (43 per cent) or very good (40 per cent)."
The spokeswoman said the results also showed the council performed consistently better than the norm for other councils that undertook similar surveys.
Council's planning director Lindsay Usher said the results were pleasing however there were still opportunities to improve.
"The important thing is that this research tells us what people who actually use the service think about it, as opposed to the perception," he said.
"This is real data from real applicants, and we can use this to identify how and where we can make further improvements."
Mr Usher said people who used council services regularly, such as architects and larger builders, were generally more satisfied with the services and believed the council continued to improve.
"This is gratifying because our staff have been working hard to continue to improve our process, our communications, and the consistency of information they provide," he said.
"The owner builders – people who use the services less frequently – were still satisfied but generally less so than our more frequent customers.
"This tells us we need to look at how we can better support and help these people through the development process."
Mr Usher said the most common complaint he heard in the community was people thought it took too long to process a DA.
He said this did not reflect performance data from the NSW Government which showed Eurobodalla council performed better than the average in terms of time to determine a DA and the number of applications assessed per staff member.
Last financial year the council considered 640 development applications.
None were refused and 14 were withdrawn.
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The Melbourne housing market has lost some of its heat recently however it has not resulted in declines.
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Welcome to CoreLogic's Melbourne Property Market update for December 2017
The Melbourne housing market has lost some of its heat recently, however it has not resulted in declines.
Values increased half a percent in November as they did in October and August.
Over the past three months values have increased by 1.9 percent and values are up 10.1 percent over the past 12 months.
The annual rate of growth has slowed from its most recent peak of 13.1% in July 2017.
Houses have recorded the stronger rate of growth in units over the last three months and the past year.
While Sydney has slowed. Melbourne's relative resilience can be attributed to strong overseas and interstate migration flows, a strong economy, relatively more affordable housing, fewer investors over recent years and volumes of stock for sale which remain similar to those recorded over recent years.
The slowing housing market
The primary driver of the slowing housing market is Sydney, and a number of macro factors appear to be driving this slowdown.
The banking regulator APRA has introduced a range of macro prudential measures, which have resulted in tighter serviceability calculations and a limited availability of investor and interest-only borrowings.
The first round of policy, changes which focused on reducing the availability of credit to investors, led to a slowdown in the housing market which was cut short by two 25-basis point cuts to the cash rate in May and August of last year.
The second round limited the availability of interest only lending, and has also led to many lenders increasing mortgage rates for both investors and interest only borrowers.
The latest September data shows that demand for interest-only mortgages in September sunk to levels well below the prescribed 30 percent cap.
It seems at this stage extremely unlikely that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates once, let alone twice, to provide a similar relief to borrowers to that which was provided in 2016.
Overall these macro-prudential policy changes are seemingly acting as a disincentive for investment in the market and have coincided with the current housing market slowdown.
Additional factors which are also impacting on the market is stretched housing affordability, particularly in the two largest housing markets, an increase in the volume of stock available for sale and growing concerns and warnings from regulators about the record levels of household and housing debt.
While the previously mentioned factors point to several weaknesses for the housing market, there are a number of reasons to believe that any reduction in values particularly in Sydney or Melbourne is likely to be moderate.
Financial markets do not expect the cash rate to be increased until 2019, which suggests that there is unlikely to be any significant movement in mortgage rates over the short to medium term.
The labour market is continuing to improve and jobs growth is becoming more widely spread and unemployment generally is reducing.
Another factor to consider is as values fall in Sydney there remains significant demand for housing via high rates of population growth.
We would anticipate that it would only take a moderate fall in values in a market with so much demand to see many buyers returning.
The housing market remains diverse however as we are now witnessing markets don't continue to rise or fall forever – they run in cycles.
After values have risen by more than 70 percent in Sydney over the past five and a half years they is an hour falling, while following falls in excess of 10 percent in Perth we are now seeing some stability return to that market.
Overall the slowing of Sydney's housing market given its recent growth should not come as a surprise.
Furthermore a slowing of the nation's largest housing market will result in weaker headline growth figures for the national housing market, a trend we expect to continue in 2018.


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The conduct of LIMP BIZKIT at the Australian BIG DAY OUT concert has been defended for the first time on day four (November 22) of an inquest into the death of a fan from injuries sustained at the show.
Lisa Marie Ryan, a 17-year-old fan – and best friend of Jessica Michalik, the fan who died – told the Sydney inquest that as events unfolded and a horrific crush developed in front of the stage, Bizkit frontman Fred Durst "was telling everyone to look out for each other and to help each other out".
The band had come under criticism earlier this week in the inquest when Big Day Out security contractor Peter Rozen said the band's response as the tragedy unfolded did not help security guards in their efforts to aid the injured.
"The security officers that entered the moshpit did so under volatile conditions and while being publicly mocked and most unfairly criticised by the band in a manner that… frustrated their efforts to save lives," he said.
However, in her statement to the hearing Lisa Marie Ryan said she felt Durst "was just trying to communicate with the crowd on their level".
Ryan also told the inquest that she had a "gut feeling" something bad had happened to her friend on January 26. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that she said she noticed security guards pull a limp body from the moshpit in front of the stage following a crowd crush
When Jessica did not arrive at a pre-arranged meeting place two hours later she became alarmed. Jessica's mother contacted her the following day to say her friend was in a critical condition in hospital.
"I don't blame anyone," Ms Ryan said. "The band did their job. I think they should employ more security guards, there were so many people."
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Pi Day, since about 2001 in celebration of the famous and important math ratio and irrational called Pi for the Greek letter, and generally thought of as a wee bit more than three, 3.14 or more precisely 3.1415 is Saturday to today's Wednesday the 11.
And I was amazed to realize, even 14 years later to the party, that indeed if you look at the "3" it looks like a backwards "E", the "1" looks like a backwards "I" and the "4" looks like a "P", ontological proof like an "eye" in nature, Shirley.
But even so, as Terry my Terry was dozing off as we were watching, as you can tell below, John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Dick Cavett circa 1970, I got a text from Eric Cohen, son of Paul J. Cohen the late math great, that Stanford and Washington are jumping ball in Pac-12 hoops championships. And I did get a bit bored by the Cavett re-runs — we had screened Groucho singing "Lydia" during dinner, and I punched in, after "PiDay" on my handheld — while this bad boy the lap-topper was dealing with John and them — the similar worn, not "piday" but "pinay" and then counted, in 2s and 3s the first 142images therein, before Terry woke up and excused herself for sleep time and I quickly backpedaled to Lisa Simpson and Homer Simpson with their respective thought bubbles, but I will try hard to get to probably Peninsula Creamery for a slice Saturday. Isn't there also some hipsterism in Buck Henry's "The Graduate" about the fraternity guys teasing Dustin Hoffman Benjamin Braddock (?) about saving him a "piece", I guess of wedding cake.


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Re: my volume button is broken.[ Edited ]
02-05-2013 06:01 AM - edited 02-05-2013 06:16 AM
Same problem. Tried to fix it with glue. It didn't work.
It seems like there's no contact anymore (before, I could put the chip in place and increase the volume, now I cant).
Tried to put dissolvant to get rid of the glue and get the contact back, didn't work either.
Tried to scratch away and get a better contact, didn't work either.
Not sure what to do now. Perharps I will try tin fusing, not sure. Honestly it starting to piss me off.
It's my second Sansa Clip broking (first had a screen problem after a fall) in 3 years.
Not sure if I'm gonna buy a third one...
Re: my volume button is broken.
If you still are within the warranty period (1 year U.S., 2 years EU), you could try asking SanDisk to replace the player for you . . . .
Re: my volume button is broken.[ Edited ]
02-05-2013 06:27 PM - edited 02-05-2013 06:35 PM
Technically, I am, but since I opened it to try to fix it, I no longer have the warranty.
And honestly, it was partly my fault, as the button broke because I've dropped it (still, only from less than 1m). But because of that, I doubt I can get an exchange.
(I have to confess on the other side that the first one was completly my fault, as I had really badly damaged it).
It's annoying, but aside from that I've been quite pleased by the player.
I've commanded another one for 36€, with a protective silicon gear this time, and I'll try to be more careful in the future.
I'll also try to fix my old one later, and post here if I can fix it.
Anyway, thx all for the feedback.
At least I was able to try to fix it (and learned that glue and electric connection are bad combo, haha, costly lesson though).
Re: my volume button is broken.
You might try contacting SanDisk and explaining that you only tried to fix the player once it failed. SanDisk could respond positively. It's a cheap (tellfree) phone call.
Re: my volume button is broken.
That is, "tollfree" . . . .
Re: my volume button is broken.
Same problem here with 4MB Clip+, and a tiny drop of super-glue between the twin holes in the MB re-attached the switch and so far so good (only 2 days). I use Rockbox, and it has volume control under Settings, but the control is a hassle to get to (and to get back from), so getting the up-vol. switch back is very nice. The worst part of the job was getting the case apart...ugh. The case has to be lifted OVER the USB connector, so beware. You'll need visual magnification and fine tweezers to hold the switch in order to place its plastic pins properly in the twin holes. I applied downward pressure on the switch as the glue was setting up in order to ensure the contacts were mated.
Re: my volume button is broken.
Dear Krom:
Ten years ago, you provided some very useful information about efforts to repair broken volume buttons. Along with the text, you also provided Before and After Repair photos. Unfortunately, those photos don't appear within the text, and I'm sure they would be very helpful.
I still use the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 players because I need ones that are compatible with Audible audiobooks and, in my view, this player is far superior to its successors, Sport and Jam, which frankly are junk (and smarphones are heavy to walk with). Of course, it's difficult to obtain them, and thus it is disheartening when something goes wrong with my precious Clip Zips. Two now have broken volume buttons -- one with just the up button and one with both. I can use them on a speaker with sound controls but not with headphones, which is inconvenient. I'm not confident that I can find someone to fix these (don't trust myself) but I'd like to try.
I strongly doubt that you will get this message after such a long time, but this is the only way I can see to try to contact you, so I might as well try. If you do see this message and can still provide the photos, I would be most grateful.
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You're probably wondering what is Bedmas? Well, it's a neat acronym that represents the Order of Operations in Algebra and it's used to solve long math problems. Usually, Bedmas gets introduced in grade 6 and students continue to use bedmas in math all through high school. For students, it's very important to understand how Bedmas …READ MORE
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In celebrating of Canada's greatest achievements at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, here's the forth and final installment of our 4-part series of "STEM Activities the Kids Can Do in the Wintertime." With this fourth winter activity, it'll explore what causes static to occur. The kids will stay busy indoors with this …READ MORE
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Winter is still going strong and we hope you're staying warm! In celebration of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, here's the third installment of our 4-part series of "STEM Activities the Kids Can Do in the Wintertime." With our winter activity suggestions, you can keep the kids busy indoors with our cool STEM …READ MORE
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It was 48 years ago today (August 1st, 1970), that the Carpenters' first Number One hit, "(They Long To Be) Close To You," began its second of four weeks on top of the charts. The group, which featured the Southern California brother-sister team of keyboardist Richard Carpenter and his younger sister Karen on drums and vocals, were already signed to A&M records when their cover of the Beatles' "Ticket To Ride" caught songwriter Burt Bacharach's ear. Bacharach eventually asked the group to open for him at a Los Angeles benefit, and asked Richard to arrange a medley of Bacharach and lyricist Hal David's rarer work to be performed at the event.
Legendary musician and A&M records co-founder Herb Alpert recalled that it took the group several tries to work the song into being a hit: "The Carpenters for instance, had 'Close To You,' it's a tune that I gave them that Hal David sent me. And the first recording was of Karen playing drums, and when we heard it, I just felt it was just a little too light. It wasn't competing with what was on the radio at that time. (The) second recording was likewise, it was a little bit of an improvement, I said, 'Man, you need to get some artillery in there.' And that was the breakthrough recording for the Carpenters." Close To You" was ended when Bread's "Make It With You" went on the to snag the top spot.
The Carpenters went on to score two further Number Ones, with 1973's "Top Of The World" and 1975's remake of the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman."
Karen Carpenter died in 1983 due to complications from anorexia nervosa.AUDIO: HAL DAVID ON THE CARPENTERS' 'CLOSE TO YOU'


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March 2018 Edition | Volume 72, Issue 3
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Custom Duties - Missed Funding Opportunities
The role that excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing equipment and motorboat and small engine fuels play in supporting the American System of Conservation Funding is well documented. One aspect of this conservation funding model that is less understood are the import duties collected on fishing, boating, hunting and recreational equipment that is manufactured in other countries and shipped into U.S. markets.
Import duties (commonly referred to as customs duties) became an important part of the American System of Conservation Funding when the drafters of the Dingell/Johnson Act recognized this as a new and significant source of funds that could be directed toward the support of fishery management by state wildlife agencies. Generally speaking, the import duty levied on any fishing and boating equipment adds roughly 10 percent to the Sport Fish and Boating Partnership Fund. In 2017, that equated to just over $59 million that made its way to state fishery agencies.
Unfortunately, the customs duties on hunting and recreational shooting related products have not found their way to state wildlife agencies. In 1986, as a part of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act, some smart folks recognized and took advantage of an opportunity to capture the customs duties collected on firearms and ammunition. However, they elected to transfer those funds to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to be used to purchase wetlands which normally become part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. While this is certainly better than seeing these funds going into the black hole of the federal treasury, one might wonder why these funds are not going into the Wildlife Restoration Fund and then to state wildlife agencies to support wildlife management activities.
Also being missed are the custom duties currently being collected on all the other hunting and recreational shooting equipment. If you wander through your favorite outdoor sports retailer and take the time to think about the equipment you purchase that is manufactured overseas, you can quickly understand the lost funding potential. Be it tree stands, ground blinds, rifle scopes, hunting clothing, hunting decoys, backpacks or anything else, the vast majority is manufactured overseas and the manufacturers or importers are likely paying an excise tax that is not supporting the management of our wildlife or otherwise contributing to the American System of Conservation Funding.
Tree stands, ground blinds, rifle scopes, hunting clothing, hunting decoys, backpacks... the vast majority is manufactured overseas and the manufacturers or importers are likely paying an excise tax that is not supporting the management of our wildlife or otherwise contributing to the American System of Conservation Funding.
The Wildlife Management Institute (with the support of a Multi-State Conservation Grant) is working with the state fish and wildlife agencies and our industry partners to better identify the magnitude of this missed funding source and to develop corrective strategies. Keep an eye on the Outdoor News Bulletin for updates on this effort.


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This is advertising at its most enduring. If you were to pay for a twenty second slot on a regional radio station or take out an ad in the local newspaper, you would only ever reach the limited number of people who happen to tune in or flick over that page. These are such brief and fleeting marketing ploys that many people will already have forgotten about them within minutes, and you're missing out on the thousands of potential customers who simply don't come across them.
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The debut film of Salman Khan's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma is in trouble. Loveratri has irked the members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for allegedly distorting the meaning of a Hindu festival.
"We will not allow its exhibition in cinema halls in the country. We don't want the sentiments of Hindus to be hurt," the international working president of the VHP, Alok Kumar, said, adding, "The film is set against the backdrop of Navratri, a Hindu festival, and the name distorts its meaning."
Navratri is a festival which is celebrated over nine nights with great fervour and revelry by the Hindu community. The nine days are dedicated to the worship of Maa Durga and her nine avatars.
It is not known whether the makers will change the title of the film to appease the VHP or stick their ground.
Apart from Aayush, Loveratri will also mark the debut of Warina Hussain, a half-Iraqi and half-Afghan model who is best known for the Dairy Milk Silk commercial.
Rumour has it that Katrina Kaif's sister Isabelle Kaif was in the running to play the female lead. However, her inability to speak Hindi fluently and unease with the cameras led to her losing out on the role.
The first poster of Loveratri featured Aayush and Warina doing the dandiya, and the film, directed by Abhiraj Minawala, is said to be a Navratri-themed romance.
Loveratri will hit the screens on October 5, just a few days before the festival.
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For the month of February, Teamotions and The Foundation for Living Beauty have united to share our love for women fighting cancer. This month, Teamotions has put together a limited edition Living Beauty Tea Bundle and will donate the net proceeds of the sales to The Foundation for Living Beauty.
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For the month of February, Teamotions and The Foundation for Living Beauty have united to share our love for women fighting cancer. This month, Teamotions has put together a limited edition Living Beauty Tea Bundle and will donate 35% of the sales to The Foundation for Living Beauty.
This bundle includes full-size tins of each Seek Peace, Have Hope, and Share Love.
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Flavor Profile: Refreshing mint with a touch of sweet white chocolate.
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Ingredients and Their Uses: Peppermint*, Spearmint*, Rooibos*, Chicory*, White Chocolate Curls*, Holy Basil*, St. John's Wort*, Oatstraw*, Rose Petals*, Natural Flavors. *Denotes organic ingredients Possible allergens: Milk, Soy
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Your "thoughts" should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your "prayers" should be for forgiveness if you do nothing – again.
When I first saw the news on my Twitter feed yesterday about yet another mass shooting, my reaction was probably much like yours. Disbelief that could keep happening over and over. Deep sadness, for the victims, but also for this country and really, this world, which just seems to be drowning in tragedy these days. And of course anger, because it's senseless.
And then I saw the above tweet. I actually first saw it referenced on Facebook, though that's irrelevant. But it hit the core of what I feel. I pray; I do. But I'm not under the impression that by merely thinking or praying for change, change will actually occur.
So I went on with my day, this hopelessness seeping in. Because what could I do? I can't single-handedly re-elect all of congress and install new congresspeople who enact gun control laws. I'm not in California, or Colorado, or Paris so I can't personally comfort those who are grieving. I not SuperGirl, so I can't take on every single person who has an agenda of hate.
I went to meet with a group of women, as planned last night; all women who share my faith. At one point in the evening we talked about how the evil in the world might be louder, but that does not make it larger. It's amplified, sure. But the good is still greater. Think of the quote by Mr. Rogers and look to the helpers. That feels better.
But I needed more. This morning, while driving, I was thinking about the tweet up above and I realized something that brought a genuine smile to my face: all these bad things don't have to be pointless. Because every time someone in our world shows apathy, or acts in violence, or exhibits a fear-based reaction of self-preservation, someone ELSE is spurred into action. Someone with peace in their heart acts out of love.
I was struck with these specific examples in my own recent experience: Universal healthcare and other aide is threatened :: people donate even more time and money to help the poor. Fearful people shun our world's refugees :: my friends and I immediately start researching local ways we can assist agencies helping refugees. Another mass shooting is reported :: on Facebook I see multiple people joining groups that advocate for stricter gun laws.
So no: I won't sit here and pretend that I can think or pray away all the bad things happening in the world. And I won't lock up my house and hide my kids (hide yo kids, hide yo wife!–sorry, that was begging to come out; just ignore that outburst) out of fear and self-preservation. I don't turn off the tv in order to protect my kids from what's happening in our world, either. They are old enough (mine are, yours may not be) to know that not getting the new backpack they wanted is of little concern in the face of our world's realities. And that they are needed, and will be needed, to carry on the work of changing our world for the better.
I say all this, full well knowing that you may be thinking: oh really? what are you actually doing, other than writing this blog post?
It's true that I could do more. I have friends who have traveled to India and Africa to help build homes for others. Others regularly prepare meals for the local homeless. I freely admit that I am not doing even a fraction of what I would like to be doing to help others. Making donations, volunteering here and there, and writing pro-bono is not exactly front line stuff.
We actually talked about this last night; about how the full schedules and to-do lists in our own lives can sometimes overwhelm any other good intentions. But: it starts with intention. Baby steps. Clear out your house of everything you don't absolutely need and give it to those who are in need. Make a list of ways you can use your time and talent to make a difference in your community. Spread peace and love by actually taking action to help others, not just saying, "I'm thinking of you." Teach your children about social responsibility and selflessness. Or check out this list of suggestions, posted by a new friend of mine today on Facebook.
….This morning John said to me, "We need to keep focusing on being mindful." Yes, we really do.


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What we might also see thanks to Twilight and a string of female-focused hits is Hollywood beginning to treat women like a demographic that matters at all in blockbuster films. As an example of how this can work, you might have noticed in the past few years that more and more blockbusters are globe-trotting to China or Russia (for example: Battleship, The Dark Knight, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, The Karate Kid, The Darkest Hour and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon all feature scenes in one of the two) because China and Russia are now important markets for Hollywood blockbusters. Following that logic, if women become a valuable demographic for the studios, maybe we'll see women in male-targeted action movies or thrillers not simply defined as Wife, Girlfriend or Mother. Maybe the character composition of these films will change from a statistically unrepresentative 25% female (or so) to a more-like-it 50%.It is premature to declare that Hollywood has pivoted to women. In 2012 we have seen a handful of major Hollywood films led by female characters: Breaking Dawn, Snow White and the Huntsman, Brave, and The Hunger Games. But within Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking, women are largely absent from lead roles. Consider the biggest hits of this year: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, Skyfall, Ted, Madagascar 3, and The Lorax. The women of these films are generally limited to thin supporting parts and their roles are generally marginalized in the drama of the story.
It is also important to keep in mind that the arrival of women on Hollywood's radar has been declared before. In 2008 it was noted—and celebrated—that four of the top twenty grossing films were female led. Interestingly, this came a year after Warner Bros president of production Jeff Robinov decreed that "We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead" because of the financial failure of female led films in 2007. In the four years since 2008, the number of female-led motion pictures in the top twenty slots of the yearly box office has remained steady, with about three films per year. Looking at four years before 2008 that number ranges from one to three pictures. Clearly there has been an improvement but it's nothing worth bragging about.
It is also important to remember that, although the quantity of female-led films may increase, the quality of those roles matters as much if not more. As pointed out in the hoopla over the 2008 box office, most of the female-led movies of that year were about women trying to get men to like them. In that regard, not much has changed since 2008. And for every picture like The Hunger Games, there are many more films like Project X, What to Expect When You're Expecting, and Bachelorette. The Hollywood marketplace as a whole is stacked against quality female roles.
But as O'Hara points out, Hollywood may be forced to consider female viewers for the same reason they are being forced to think about audiences in international markets. Hollywood has always followed the money and studios will produce whatever they believe will make viewers show up on opening weekend. That's reason enough to be cautiously optimistic even if it does not give me back the ten hours of my life that I wasted watching the Twilight series.


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Another excellent teaching and illumination video by Jordan.
Related to some of what he mentions (namely, the title, "Calm before the Storm"), is this RMN post about a 4chan poster called MegaAnon. I'll say nothing more about that right now, except that the rather large screenshot jpg (about 1 MB) might be of interest to some (I've also placed this in a separate storage location, which you may click in case the RMN link is changed). Feel free to follow Higher Guidance on whether to check it out.
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Maybe this happened to you too. After you began a relationship with her you found out that she is not exactly what you want and what you expect. She hurt you and dumped you when you last expected. Many men are chasing after a woman who lied them and used them. But, in order to stop this, you should know from the beginning which types of girls you should avoid for to not be hurt again.
1. Desperate girl
- It is the type of the girl who spend all her life laid out, looking for a perfect life, and suddenly she discover that she gets old and she doesn't get married yet because she hasn't met the perfect man for her.
- She wants desperately to get married no matter who the guy is or what he does.
- She is pressed by the time and is ready to marry with a jerk as long as he has marriage material.
Watch out because if you marry one of this, you have to spend the rest of your life with her.
2. Materialistic girl
- Usually is good looking and well dressed.
- Is looking very well outside but inside it is a bunch of money hungry taker.
- She is looking all the time after boys which are staying very well with their wallet.
- She expects that a man should finance her entire life just because she is biologically female.
- She is very friendly, nice at the beginning but after some time you'll see that no matter how much you give her, she wants more.
- She is greed personified.
- She is interested only in what she wants and not others feelings.
Stay away from this kind of girl because she will dumped you after she spend all your money
3. Angry girl
- She is the type of the girl which sees life like a battle anything what is happening or is told to her is seen as a insult at her address.
- Has also a bad opinion about man, sees only the wrong sides of a man.
- She is always upset and angry.
- Usually she likes to take out of context everything what is said to her and to interpret the words like she wants.
You don't have any future with her, she has a simmering anger at men which can explode at any moment


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Senior Product Manager - Wealth
At Bank of the West, our people are having a positive impact on the world. We're investing where we feel we can make the most impact, like advancing diversity and women entrepreneurship programs, financing for more small businesses, and promoting programs for sustainable energy. From our locations across the U.S., Bank of the West is taking action to help protect the planet, improve people's lives, and strengthen communities. We are part of BNP Paribas, a global leader supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yes, we're a bank, but as the bank for a changing world, we are continually seeking to improve the ways we help our customers, while contributing to more sustainable and equitable growth.
We are undergoing a dramatic transformation to reimagine our brand, experiences, and products. We know real change is hard work, which is why we need people who are aligned with our values and ready to make a serious impact on our industry and the world. We need your experience, optimism, and energy to define, design, and build the future.
We are throwing past constraints and assumptions out the window as we redesign and rebuild all of our digital products. From our native mobile apps to our extensive portfolio of online products and services we aim to reset the bar for consumer experience in the financial industry. To accomplish our goals, we are building a team of professionals assembled from e-commerce, entertainment, Fintech, and social media.
We are looking for people unafraid of bringing their authentic selves to work. Our inspiration and collaboration depend on the diversity of our teams, and inclusion of all voices in our process. We value honesty, transparency, and positive leadership. We are not interested in corporate politics. We appreciate action. We reward continual improvement. We want you to grow. We want you to be yourself. We want you to ask for help and help your peers. We want you to work hard and be proud of the results. We want you to take vacation. We know that when we support you, you will do the best work of your career.
Our eyes are on the future and we need you to help make it happen, join us.
Our organization operates in a Centralized Partnership model. Management of assigned product(s) including market research; financial analysis; product planning, development and implementation; and coordination of sales and marketing strategies, objectives and programs. Our partnerships include deep collaboration with Design, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Business teams.
Essential Job Functions
· Analyzing product opportunities, advocating for great digital-channel experiences
· Partnering closely with different business teams representing user and bank needs, presenting to internal stakeholders as the product expert
· Provides direction and collaborating with leadership and internal stakeholders to determine product priorities
· Contributing to overall product vision, strategy, development and execution including product definition, vision, strategy, and initiative/roadmap development
· Collaborating with leadership to ensure product backlog represents a plan for increasing customer value over time through market differentiation and the delivery of great customer experiences across channels and touchpoints
· Tracking and reporting customer and digital success metrics
· Partnering closely with engineering, user experience, customer experience strategy, and design to ensure quality and consistency of experiences
· Leveraging customer-centric thinking, discovery and research, rapid iteration, and lean practices to quickly validate backlog concepts
· Managing product management activities by developing expertly defined stories, identifying and managing dependencies, ensuring research and design, following and enhancing processes, defining acceptance criteria and quality measures
· Generating all product, project, and platform artifacts for product development (business cases, cost-benefit analyses, product overviews) and product management (platform requirements, project briefs, epics, stories etc.)
· Acting as product owner in agile/scrum product development or project owner in conventional product development, as needed
· Define and track product-specific analytics
· Ensures all new and existing products and communication related to those products are in compliance with bank policy and regulatory requirements.
· Gather market intelligence so that market opportunities may be capitalized on as they occur and the effects of competitive activity are minimized.
· Identifies new or revised products by researching, or directing research, of identified target markets to determine customer/prospect needs, acceptance, and probability of purchase. Formulates a best practices approach to handling them.
Other Job Duties
· Counsels on the development of marketing and advertising programs for the assigned product or products.
· Evaluates current economic conditions and advises management of possible impact on assigned products and services. May develop plans to impact.
· Develops criteria for testing newly developed products, reviews test results and recommends necessary alteration of testing of product.
· Evaluates ideas for new products, investigates market opportunities and effect on market of present products, and recommends exploitation of economically attractive products.
· Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action, preferably with experience at a startup, fintech or digital industry
· Understanding of experience product development concepts including product strategy
· Experience with customer-facing desktop, web or mobile software product offerings, for either end users or internal users
· Organizational skills, including the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously
· A strong sense of urgency to help customers and the ability to identify insights and deliver quality work quickly
· An attitude that includes being self-motivated, learning, and dead-set on optimizing
· Thorough knowledge of product line assigned including operational and marketing aspects.
· Understanding of product planning and market research.
· Analytical and research
· Digital Bank product and service knowledge
· Negotiation skills
· Presentation skills
· Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, marketing or related business degree, MBA/MIS/MS desired
Work Experience
· 3+ years relevant product management or product development experience working in a fast-paced, digitally-oriented environment related to consumer services, preferably in a regulated industry
· Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you had the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your numbers
· Experience in product development activities (including managing/partnering for what it takes beyond software development: research, operations, and communications)
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Bank of the West is an Equal Opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers without regard to any status protected by applicable law. Bank of the West is also an Affirmative Action employer - Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran.
Bank of the West will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance subject to the requirements of all state and federal laws and regulations.


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My friend Adam has a way of digging up stories that make me want to give up on America. I mean, okay, it's possible that this kind of story isn't crazy, right? Look, a title like Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding, I could take that seriously enough. Or, I used to be able to. Any kid planning an attack on his high school would claim it was a misunderstanding if he were caught before the fact, wouldn't he?
A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the "writings" that got him arrested are being taken out of context.
Winchester police say William Poole, 18, was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole's home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police.
Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding. He claims that what his grandparents found in his journal and turned into police was a short story he wrote for English class.
But, you see, the story is about zombies. Grandma and Grampaw turned their son in for writing a story about zombies taking over his high school, and presumably people fighting back against the zombies.
And the cops took the kid into custody, for writing a story about zombies.
And the judge is not only taking the charges seriously, but he even pumped the kids bail up to five times the original amount, because of the "seriousness" of the charges.
Charges based on notes written for a zombie-monsters-attack-the-high-school story. What the hell do these idiots think, the boy has the power to raise the deceased into undead servitude? That he is imagining his teachers as zombies the better to murder them? (Problematic since he claims no real people are mentioned in the story.) That he is just weird and weirdness needs to be punished, and severely?
If there's anything the writers of America should rally around, it's this… even despite the fact that kid don't know no good grammer and cain't speak wurth a damn. I'm telling you, fictionespecially dissident fictionis going to be under attack very soon, and this only opens the doors on it. Publish a book mapping out how the stupidities of the current administration could result in disaster, and you're writing a roadmap for terrorists. Critique the government and you're "against America". Mix the kind of stupidity we see in this case with other branches of the Administration and you'll get exactly that. I hope to see Ursula K. Le Guin ranting about this soon.


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