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Morganton City Council Meeting by June 17, 2013 – Budget Public Hearing

At the beginning of this public hearing, the mayor of the city, Mel Cohen, greets the audience, thanks everyone for the presence and announces the purpose of the meeting, namely the discussion of the presentation of the budget. The elected officials and the advisory committee remind the audience that the topic of the discussion is the increasing tax rate proposal. The mayor asks the citizens to come to the podium one by one and state their complaints. He asks the audience to be attentive to the time limitation, namely 3 minutes for each citizen, and to mention only those ...

On the one hand, the effects of the experiment upon Spurlock himself which include rapid weight gain, depression and a general reduction in health personified by the quote “I’m dying this is making me puke” (Spurlock) after eating a meal serve to highlight the problems to the viewing public. However, on the other hand, the very unscientific nature of the experiment leaves the viewer questioning the real value of the experiment from a research perspective. For instance, in the course of the experiment Spurlock imposes some pretty unrealistic conditions which include eating only from the McDonald’s menu for every meal ...

The documentary from the PBS and Frontline with the title Two American families, is presenting the ordinary and middle income families over the time period of 22 years. The documentary was released in the year 2013. The documentary wanted to present the reality of the American dreams to have a family, own a house and have a steady income with the possibility of retirement at older age. The efforts of two American families the Nuemanns and the Stanleys to succeed in two decades despite the hard work did not work out. It shows that despite the race all middle ...

Movie Review: A Civil Action

Movie Review: A Civil Action
Based on a novel of Jonathan Harr, this movie called “A Civil Action” depicts the story of two lawyers who are at loggerheads—Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) and Jerome Facher (Robert Duvall). The issue revolves around the death of 12 children who suffered from leukemia. In this movie, Jan Schlichtmann contends that the death of the 12 children could be attributed to the pollution caused by the two major corporations called W. R. Grace and Beatrice. However, Jerome Facher takes the opposite side, and presents his counterarguments against Schlichtmann that neither the pollution nor ...

Movie Review on the movie ‘Inequality for all'

The movie ‘Inequality for all' is about the story of the American widening income gap between the hugely rich and the rest of the Americans. As told by the narrator, the smart, funny and articulate university professor, Robert Riech, a former labor secretary under the leadership of Bill Clinton.Riech narrates his arguments in a class setting through a series of lecture about the ‘how and the why' of the decline in the American middle class. The 90-minutes documentary was shot at the University of California, Berkeley.
The best thing I liked about the movie is how Riech continuously makes corny, self-deprecating ...

Critical review of the movie “The Help”

Synopsis of the movie
The Help is a 2011 motion picture directed by Taylor Tate and based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller under the same title. The movie’s setting is Jackson, Mississippi which was one of the most violent and dangerous towns for African Americans and consequently vehemently resisted the civil rights movement. The movie is based on the untold lives of African American women in their service to their Caucasian counterparts. The movie’s main characters are Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan and Aibileen Clark. Skeeter is an idealistic young lady who has just returned to her home from ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India.
The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

George Lucas, a multi-film Star Wars Chronicle has had a substantial effect on the American Culture. Star Wars stories are deeply rooted in well-liked culture; with explicit references being made in regards to the key actors and storyline of Star Wars. These have casually created in most English speaker nations, majorly the US on the presumption that people will comprehend the reference. ‘Gone With the Wind’ was the first bestselling film, notably theatrical in its production design, scale, and full visual sweep. The film was box office’s best film of all times up to the point when it ...

Inside Job: Story of the Crisis

The Oscar winning movie “Inside Job” is a documentary on the financial crisis of 2008, showing a chain of events leading up to the final crisis and the aftermath following. Inside Job takes its cue from the Reagan administrations move to relax rules on banks and other business during the 1980’s, leading to a huge boom in the financial sector. Over the next 30 years, the gradual removal of rules continued such as the dropping of the Glass-Steagall barrier between deposit and investment banking. The growth of the securitization market at the same time lead to a boom ...

Sports Analysis- Movie Analysis

Cinderella Man
Synopsis
The Cinderella Man movie was developed in New York, and its scenes took place in both New Jersey and New York. The movie was developed during the time of the Great Depression, a time when many people’s economic statuses were in great danger. The movie depicted a time in the U.S history when its economic status was at a derailing point, and the country was suffering so much.
During this time, there emerged a light weight a boxer named James J. Braddock. He participated in many boxing activities for a very long time. During his career years, his ...

Urbanized is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and a fine demonstrator of the challenges important cities face in both the present and the future. With insightful interviews and carefully selected images, viewers are projected the ways cities adapt to the continuous growth of the population and the climate change, among others. The third film of Hustwit’s trilogy attempts to dive into the deep waters of what is taken for granted and explores how cities are actually the physical manifestation of environmental, social and economic forces. The testimonies of professionals of their kind add a valuable stone in understanding urban ...

Business Law

Facts: The documentary began by showing the lead character of Kenneth Lay who later became the founder of the company called “Enron” that was incorporated in 1985. His credentials include a degree in business course in at the University of Missouri and University of Houston, where Lay completed a Ph.D. degree in economics in the year 1970 (Clinard and Meier, 2008, p. 180). Prior to the incorporation of Enron, he started as an executive in an energy company during the 1980s at the time of then President Ronald Reagan. This became his stepping stone to merge two companies: Houston Natural Gas ...

Most of the world’s most valuable food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops. Crops and plants which are disease free are a great economic and social importance of feeding the world (Donaldson 155). As noticed, several obvious questions emerging when looking ahead. However, some observers find it easy to give negative answers to these questions. Undeniably, the price paid of agricultural achievements has included massive transformation has included the massive transformation of natural ecosystems and deepening dependence on fossil fuels, the process which have resulted in an already significant alteration of bishopric cycle and growing ...

The video tells us about the basics of accounting, the various financial statements that are prepared through the accounting process, the procedures involved in accounting and the major accounting elements.
The video mentions that all the transactions in a business company are noted in a journal, chronologically and date wise. At the end of a period, all the journal entries are then posted in a ledger according to different accounts.
There can be numerous numbers of accounts for different nature of transactions and their collection is called chart of accounts. Every transaction is posted into ledger using double book ...

Illicit: The Dark Trade

Introduction
Illicit: The Dark Trade is a documentary about the growth of illicit trade throughout the world. The movie highlights how trafficking in men, dirty and counterfeit money, drugs and money laundering is changing the world. Also, how illicit trade is able to undermine government’s authority, killing or injuring people, overcome regulatory barriers through a corrupt system of bribes. Illicit trade has become monstrosity globally that is considered a transnational problem. Since no country can tackle the issue alone, illicit trade keeps growing as they become a source of employment for the locals and revenue (tax and bribes) ...

1- What variables does Rosling use to talk about social well being?

The variables that Rosling use to talk about social well-being are fertility rate, life expectancy at birth, child mortality rate and the length of life.

2- What does he illustrate when he plots social well being variables against economic development (income per capita)?

What Rosling is trying to illustrate in plotting social well-being variables against the GDP per capita is that social well-being factors play a major role in the economic growth of a country. He also points out that there are some countries that are more advanced in terms of health, education and human resources development, than they are economically. He argues that for some countries social progress is more enhanced than economic progress. 3- What is the ...

Drag racing refers to a form of motor racing where automobiles and motorcycles prepared for the task, two at a time, to cross the finish line first. The race uses a short and straight strip from start, over a measured distance. The most frequently used distance includes the quarter mile range of Nitro methane powered vehicles. The competitors use electronic timing and speed sensing systems to record race results. The origin of drag racing could have started on the dry lake bed. Racers congregated since the early 1930s and raced at speeds of up to 100 mph.
In the early 1940s, the ...

We are planning our next trip to Chicago and hoping to spend some time with family. I decided to find out what kinds of educational activities there are for children in Chicago. In the search engine Google, I typed: “Children’s museum, Chicago area.”

- Chicago Children’s Museum from www.booking.com
- Art Institute of Chicago from www.artic.edu/visit-chicago‎
- The 7 best children's museums in Chicago from www.chicagoparent.com
- Family museums in Chicago and the suburbs from www.chicagoparent.com
- Kohl Children's Museum from www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org‎
- Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/
- ...

Speaker: As the leader of the majority party in Congress, the President addresses him at the start of his speech to signal his influence in rallying both parties together to achieve common goals. .
Cabinet: If Congress does not act to devise a bipartisan plan to come up with practical market-based solution to prevent the harmful effects of climate change, Mr. Obama will instruct his most trusted administrative officials—his cabinet—to come up with such a plan.
Checks and balances: Concerning the issue of counter terrorist operations, President Obama announced he will work closely with Congress to promote transparent ...

The title of the film is Good Hair. It is a documentary narrated by Chris Rock. The documentary is about the perspective that people have of good hair. He tries to find out the definition of good hair from society as a whole. He conducts interviews with men and women from different backgrounds. Housewives to celebrities are interviewed as he tries to get to the bottom of their definition of good hair.
This documentary was chosen for research due to the issues that are tackled superficially and deeply. The superficial issue that one might get at first glance is of a ...

‘Startup.com’ is a 2001 documentary film that features Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman. The film documents the rise and fall of GovWorks, an e-commerce website founded by the above mentioned characters. Kaleil and Tom created the website GovWorks just when the internet phenomenon had begun to pick up speed around the globe. The purpose of their creation was to allow the government to carry out business transactions such as filing building permits and payment of parking tickets with its constituents. The business idea aimed at making it easier for constituents to avoid the hassles of interacting with their governments ...

Movie Review: 200 countries, 200 years-The Joy of Stats

The movie 200 countries, 200 years shows how countries have gotten richer in the last two centuries and basically covers the economic history of the world. The Income per person (GDP) in nearly all the countries in the world has increased as the countries adjust the differences in the cost of living and the inflation levels. I find it interesting how he enthusiastically uses public data and brings out in a sport’s commentator style to prove that the wealth of more than 200 countries has increased over the last two centuries. It is also interesting that a story depicting the ...

Feminism in Movies: Just Wright

Introduction

Decades after Mary Wollstonecraft began the suffrage movement, women’s liberation is in its third wave and has changed its style with feminists shedding the image of bra-burning activists to one of “the woman on the top” (Britannica Encyclopedia). According to prolific feminist studies writer Susan J. Douglas, as advocated by the British female pop group, Spice Girls, feminism has become a dirty word, and girl power has become the acceptable way to think and speak of strong women (2010). Feminists are no longer women clad in baggy clothes striving for better recognition and respect for their gender. In the ...

‘Black Gold’ is film about the production of coffee in Ethiopia which is the known to be birthplace of coffee. It focuses on the plight of the Ethiopian workers who spend endless days and nights harvesting a crop that is their only source of income. The coffee industry is a multi billion industry that has seen the GDPs of International countries rise as the major exporters of this treasured commodity continue to remain impoverished (‘Black Gold’).

My take on the movie

With America being the country that consumes the most coffee in the world .This movie was an eye opener for the way the role of ...