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King Kong Is a Brilliant Example of a Remake Done Right 15 years after its release, Jackson's film still feels deeply personal, and it features another incredible motion-capture performance from Andy Serkis. (Photo by (c)Universal courtesy Everett Collection) Remakes are double-edged swords. The best ones manage to recapture the sense of discovery we felt with the original films while offering fresh new experiences; most remakes fail to accomplish one of those two goals, and the very worst ones miss the mark on both. Before it became trendy to refashion every beloved film as a tentpole bloc...

shipyard community fund which can be leveraged into creating a financial institution which creates responsible lending and strategic investment opportunities. in general, -- let me move back up. tickets -- it is now essential the financial institutions that hold city assets developed a responsibility report back to the city there banking practices as it relates to local residents. community leaders are in the process of creating a think tank which includes major stakeholders or subject matter experts in the financial arena to bring about financial literacy and social investment. soci...

the spiral of suicide, all of those things happen when people are desperate. and bank of america and the the two banks have been very unresponsive to the families that are involved on a daily basis. so everything we can do in san francisco on those three banks, i am in great supportive. and i do not know if a lot of people know this, but bank of america just got bankedd contract for all the unemployment debit cards in the state. [bell rings] that is another thing we should look at. why should they just get it? ok. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon....

generate over $2 million in gross revenue. in the funds get deposited into bank of america. even then, big of america will not give me access to credit to expand my business, which you know what, we're used to, so no worries on that, but i am still working with them to modify my house loan. as i sit in loan modification purgatory, i see with this upcoming -- i think with this upcoming rfp, which in mandate the banks to set clear matrix's on how they're helping non- traditional people access loans, for closures, you know -- our they help us? let's hold them accountable. we can send ma...

to build a coal-fired power plant in south africa. [bell rings] it would spew out over 36 million tons of greenhouse gases every year. in doing so, it would become one of the world's largest single- point sources of carbon pollution in the world. to make matters worse, it would mostly provide electricity to multinational corporations, who would get it and is subsidized rates. people who pay for the subsidies would be the rest of the south african ratepayers. this plan worsens energy access rather than making it better. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you ...