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?Fast, Cheap & Out of Control?, 2002.
A review of Errol Morris's documentary film "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control".
2,278 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines Errol Morris's film "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control", a documentary that takes four disparate individuals and features them and their unique jobs as part of an effort to suggest a number of ideas about America, about the future and about the value of personal obsession. The four men are Dave Hoover, a wild animal trainer; George Mendonca, a topiary gardener, Ray Mendez, a mole-rat specialist and Rodney Brooks, a robotics scientist. It discusses how the film has a non-linear narrative structure, intercutting interviews with the four men and developing an ongoing dialogue between the men and the unseen interviewer and how in a way that emphasizes what binds the four men together, while their jobs would seem to be such as to keep them apart in their different realms. It analyzes how the four men have their version of the truth and how they pursue it doggedly. It looks at how placing the four of them together as Morris does suggests that we each have our version of the truth as expressed in our own lives and our own choices, and just as these four obsessive men are brought to the fore to tell their stories.
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"The film is not static as might be expected from a work that is largely made up of responses by the four men. Their enthusiasm is itself infectious, but more than this, Morris gives movement to the work through his use of editing and music. The music in particular gives the film a lyrical tenor that suggests that it is a meditation by the filmmaker on the ideas being presented, and the filmmaker is shaping those ideas through the editing process. The four men are presented as essentially heroic, not in the sense of performing great feats, but in the sense of continuing with their particular obsession in the face of ridicule, potential failure, and other obstacles."
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Fast, Cheap and Out Of Control, 2000.
An analysis of the 1997 documentary by Errol Morris and its portraits of an animal trainer, topiary gardener, mole-rat expert and robotics scientist.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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Errol Morris's film Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997) is a documentary that takes four disparate individuals and features them and their unique jobs as part of an effort to suggest a number of ideas about America, about the future, and about the value of personal obsession. The four men are Dave Hoover, a Wild Animal Trainer; George Mendonca, a Topiary Gardener; Ray Mendez, a Mole Rat Specialist; and Rodney Brooks, a Robotics Scientist. The film has a non-linear narrative structure, intercutting interviews with the four men and developing an ongoing dialogue between the men and the unseen interviewer in a way that emphasizes what binds the four men together.
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"Errol Morris's film Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997) is a documentary that takes four disparate individuals and features them and their unique jobs as part of an effort to suggest a number of ideas about America, about the future, and about the value of personal obsession. The four men are Dave Hoover, a Wild Animal Trainer; George Mendonca, a Topiary Gardener; Ray Mendez, a Mole Rat Specialist; and Rodney Brooks, a Robotics Scientist. The film has a non-linear narrative structure, intercutting interviews with the four men and developing an ongoing dialogue between the men and the unseen interviewer in a way that emphasizes what binds the four men together, while their jobs would seem to be such as to keep them apart in their different realms. In this way, Morris suggests much about what binds us all together in this world."
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Fast Food: Fast Road to Health Problems, 2005.
A look at issues related to the fast food problem in The U.S.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This is a short paper discussing the issues related to the fast food problem in this country. Cited are references to the movie "SuperSize Me" which brought health related issues associated with consuming huge quantities of fast food to the public's attention. While the premise of the movie seemed exaggerated, it is shown that this habitual eating of fast food actually happens in the real world to many people.
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The Academy Award hoopla that surrounded the documentary SuperSize Me, 4th highest grossing documentary of all time, winner of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, served to bring a small budget attack on fast food to center stage. The film has been seen by millions. Soon afterwards, McDonald's Corporation unveiled their Healthy Living Campaign and began offering their fresh fruit Apple and Walnut salad as a new menu item. Fast food is quickly changing the face and body of our nation. Obesity, diabetes, cancer, High blood pressure, high cholesterol, even food addiction has been linked to fast food. We will present the health related issues related to the fast food industry, followed by legal and corporate actions and reactions taking place. Is there anything that can be done to correct these problems?
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The Month of Fasting In Islam, 2000.
An analysis of the Muslim concept of fasting, including the fasting of the month of Ramadan.
2,326 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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"The Quran has made clear the importance of one of its pillars, to fast during the month of Ramadan. Fasting in Ramadan is part of the broader program that Islam assigns for man to fulfill his moral and spiritual destiny in this world and in the Hereafter. The Arabic word for fasting is ?siyam? which means to leave something or to avoid it. Literally defined, fasting means to abstain ?completely? from foods, drinks, intimate intercourse and smoking, before the break of dawn till sunset, during the entire month of Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic year). But if we restrict the meaning of the Islamic Fasting to this literal sense, we would be sadly mistaken."
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Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation", 2007.
This paper summarizes and critiques part of Eric Schlosser's now classic book, "Fast Food Nation", about the American fast food industry, its history, influence and effects.
2,766 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explains that Eric Schlosser, in his book "Fast Food Nation", states that what America enthusiastically and habitually eats explains much of the national psychology of the U.S.; thus, fast foods represent a national "craving" for sameness, predictability and conformity. The author points out that, in Chapter I, Schlosser reports that the "founding fathers" of the American (now very heavily-exported) fast food industry actually used their own originality, creativity, ingenuity, risk-taking capacities and entrepreneurial ways to create, ironically, the bland yet predictable sameness and conformity that has existed from the start within the fast food industry. The paper states that, because the book was easy to read and entertaining, the extensive list of well-written end-notes, thorough bibliography and index was surprising and indicated the far-reaching research upon which the book is based.
Table of Contents
Summary of Chapter I: "The Founding Fathers"
Schlosser: Fast Food is a Metaphor for the Nation
Chapter 10: "Global Realization"
Critique of "Meat and Potatoes" Section
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"Also within Chapter 10 "Global Realization" of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation (2001), the author discusses the targeting of children by fast food advertisers, and even of international conferences and marketing organizations like the Gepetto Group that study children's consumption tastes and habits, and marketing trends and techniques that appeal to children in particular. As a result of such efforts, though, childhood obesity, as Schlosser points out, has become an epidemic in America, and in other nations that have embraced the American-created fast food habit."
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The Fast Food Industry, 2008.
An analysis of the fast food industry, in the US and abroad, in terms of operations and business management.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper examines the fast food industry, a rather controversial industry within the United States and on an international basis. The paper maintains that it is useful to understand some major tenets of its operations and to use these as comparative measures to see if the strategic objectives of the industry are different or similar to that of other industries. It adds that it is also useful to understand the business management aspects of the fast food industry model. The paper chooses three criteria - automation, uniformity, and low prices - and provides a critical review of these criteria in the fast food industry. These are then compared to other industries for a crucial review of the overall fast food industry model. The paper includes graphs and charts.
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Introduction
Automation: Fast Food Industry Technological Advancements
Insurance and Fast Food: Comparison of Automation Criteria
Uniformity in the Fast Food Industry
Exploring the Uniform Criteria: Comparing the Fast Food and Coffee Shop Chains
Low Prices in the Fast Food Industry: Is that Necessarily a Negative Criterion?
Low Pricing Model: Comparison of Wal-Mart and Fast Food Companies
Conclusion
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"Automation within the industry has been noted to optimize efficiency, enhance physical and financial assets, and to minimize waste, all of which increases the profit margin for many companies within the industry. Automation in the fast food industry is primarily driven by consumers increased demand. For example, McDonald's has utilized a mobile point of sale software at some locations to increase sales by serving more drive-thru customers faster, increasing accuracy for orders, and decreasing the standard wait time in the store."
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The Truth Behind Fast Food Advertising, 2002.
This paper analyzes the duplicitous nature of advertising in the fast food industry, focusing on the advertisements of three multinational fast food companies, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Long John Silver.
2,125 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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Fast food advertising has been allowed to profess anything, from the ?healthy quality? of their food to the food company?s contribution to homeless kids. While fast food giants are quick to take any of their detractors to court for any erroneous allegations made by members of the public, it doesn?t stop these same companies from committing libel themselves through their promotions. However, most fast food companies steer clear of making outrageous claims such any health benefits, preferring to concentrate on marketing their service?s convenience, economy and perceived lifestyle. This paper endeavors to highlight this discrepancy in the industry and showcases three fast food companies and their advertising efforts in that regard.
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"Fast food outlets have become the messiah for the millions of people out there who don?t have more than five minutes to spare in grabbing a bite to eat or for the millions of mothers desperate for one night of not cooking dinner for the family. There is certainly a lot to choose from. All one has to do is switch on the television, turn on the radio, go to the cinemas or even walk down the street. People from all walks of life are bombarded each and every day with jingles and gimmicks and catchcries, inviting the consumer to partake of their fried or greasy menu. Some appeal to the consumer?s need for convenience, others appeal to the consumer?s economic constraints, and others appeal to the consumer?s perceived utopian lifestyle. Some even go so far as to appeal to the consumer?s interest in healthy eating. But are these appeals from fast food conglomerates based on truth or are they just trying to beef up their profits duplicitously? This paper endeavors to explore some claims that fast food companies have made in the past through their advertising. Three fast food giants will also be held under the microscope and studied for any evidence of duplicity through their advertising."
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Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation", 2004.
Summary and discussion of "Fast Food Nation" and its commentary on how the fast food industry has shaped and defined American society and the society of other nations.
953 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains the premise of Eric Schlosser's book, "Fast Food Nation", which argues that the fast food industry is representative of American culture and that this culture is exported abroad, often to the detriment of the target nations. The paper looks at Schlosser's discussion of the myriad problems in the fast food industry and the ways in which this industry has altered American society and may alter society around the world.
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"The icon that represents fast food culture for most people is McDonald's, though the fast food culture developed long before the creation of that restaurant chain and includes many other practitioners. Schlosser considers the impact of such fast-food chains but also considers the primacy of the hamburger in the American diet and some of the dangers it poses. The spread of McDonald's around the world has been decried by many as exporting some of the worst of American culture."
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The Fast Food Industry and KFC, 2008.
This paper is an industry-wide global analysis of the fast food market featuring KFC aka Kentucky Fried Chicken.
6,455 words (approx. 25.8 pages), 24 sources, APA, $ 149.95
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This paper explains that the fast food industry is a lucrative and dominant market. The author points out that the powerhouse fast food chains, such as KFC, match the desire of their fast-paced customers for meals-on-the-go. The paper relates that KFC is a restaurant chain based in Louisville, Kentucky and owned by Yum! Brands, Inc. The author reports that KFC is a major global competitor in the fast food industry, renown for its fried chicken and other fast food offerings. The paper also relates that the recent demand for healthier living has been trumpeted by some of the fast food industry, such as Subway, a company that prides itself on healthier fast food alternatives. The author stresses that this health trend is not good news for KFC, a company that is famous for its unhealthy fried chicken --- and little else. The paper includes graphs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Competitors
Corporate Governance
Trends Affecting the Fast Food Industry
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Stakeholders
External Environment
Internal Strengths and Weaknesses
External Opportunity and Threats
Issue Priority Matrix
Mapping Strategic Groups
Industry Matrix
Conclusion
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"The impact of the economy, culture, globalization, and legislation on KFC and the fast food industry at large has already been examined. However, the industry is impacted not only by political and societal influences, such as environmental responsibility and healthy eating, but also by technological advancements over recent years. In recent decades, the increased focus on technology, such as television, the Internet and advertising through these mediums, has proven beneficial for the industry. Fast food companies put a lot of money into television advertising, resulting in something of a "warring" atmosphere when it comes to producing the more effective commercial."
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?Fast Food Nation?, 2004.
Analyzes Eric Schlosser's book, "Fast Food Nation", a powerful critique of America?s obsession with fast food.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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In his thought-provoking book, Eric Schlosser argues that America?s fast food franchises have played a major role in contributing to the obesity and ill health of Americans. This paper shows how Schlosser argues that fast food giants have contributed to urban sprawl, negatively impacted American culture, and have had a largely negative impact. The author of the paper shows that Schlosser?s thesis is largely convincing, due to both his careful analysis and his powerful and effective writing style. The paper shows that the book makes the reader challenge many long-held convictions about the fast food industry in America and worldwide.
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"Despite his heavy thesis, and depressing conclusions, Fast Food Nation offers some hope for the future. He notes, "there is nothing inevitable about the fast food industry", and argues that careful legislation could help to lessen the impact of fast food advertising on America?s children. At the end of the book, he calls Americans to action, and urges them to press for changes in the fast food industry, noting that Americans can still ?have it your way?, an obvious take on McDonald?s famous advertising slogan. Further, his engaging writing style also helps to keep the book from becoming overbearing and depressing."
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The Fast Food Industry, 2007.
This paper explores the many negative aspects of the fast food industry, including negative health issues, social issues and employment/wage issues.
3,155 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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The paper examines the workplace issues at fast food restaurants. The paper portrays the realities of low wages and poor motivation of the employees who work at these places. The paper also notes that one of the reasons that workers at fast food restaurants have poor morale is that workplace conditions are typically dirty and poor and too often the emphasis is on speed rather than the safety and quality of the product. The paper also discusses a study where researchers monitored the "frequency of fast food restaurant use" (FFFRU) amongst adolescents and found that FFFRU was directly linked to fat intake.
Outline:
Introduction
Motivational Problems in the Fast Food Industry
Motivational Problems Due to Poor Working Conditions
Low Wages in the Fast Food Industry
What About Those Who Eat at Fast Food Restaurants?
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"Americans spent more in 2001 on fast food than on "books, CDs, newspapers, magazines, and videos combined - about $110 billion," writes Julie Finnin Day in The Christian Science Monitor (Day 2001). "What's more," Day continued in her review of Eric Schlosser's book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, "the golden arches are more universally recognized than the Christian cross." Moreover, Day summarizes Schlosser's focus on how the labor force in the meat processing industry has changed, from skilled, unionized workers a generation ago to today's workforce in fast food restaurants, which is "mostly recent immigrants, many of whom are illiterate and non-unionized." The plight of those who work in the industry that provides chicken, beef, pork and other meats to the fast food industry "has met with public indifference and industry secrecy - largely, Schlosser argues, because of their dark skin color.""
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The Fast Food Industry, 2005.
This paper analyzes changes in the fast food industry from the 1950s to the present.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that a faster-paced lifestyle with more women joining the workforce results in the detriment of "traditional" American family meals, but it is an enormous advantage to the fast food industry; virtually everyone loves fast food, even though there are concerns about health, and the industry is firmly established around the world. The author points out that the multi-billion dollar fast food industry today is said to have been started in 1936 by Maria del Gray, who named the original McDonald's after her fiancee who was killed in a vehicular accident; Ray Kroc later founded the McDonald's franchise system based on del Gray's McDonald's. The paper concludes the process of "McDonaldization" continues to spread the inexorable forces of capitalism and standardized food products around the world; everyone is eating fast foods, even if they are protesting it as soon as they are finished with their burgers and fries.
Table of Contents
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Social Effects
Structural Changes in the Fast Food Industry
Figure: Franchise Percentages Owned by Parent Company as of 1991
Current and Future Trends
"McDonaldization"
Fast Food's Impact on Health
Focus on Service
Conclusion
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"Today, the fast food industry has evolved in a number of important ways from the early days of Maria del Gray's McDonalds. The fast food industry is highly competitive, but remains fairly homogeneous and nonunion; however, some restaurant outlets are owned and operated by parent companies while others are owned and operated by individual franchisees. In a typical franchise agreement, the franchisor (known as the parent company) grants the franchisee a license to operate a standardized restaurant with a specified technology and widely recognized trademark; in exchange, the franchisee pays the parent company a fixed fee and a monthly royalty on gross sales (Krueger says this is generally 8 percent). In some instances, the franchisee will be required to post an explicit performance bond as well. The total start-up cost of a franchised restaurant in a major chain is ordinarily between $400,000 and $600,000."
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Rent Control, 2006.
Examines the economic, social, and political issues of rent control.
1,351 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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The economic quandary of rent control has successfully perpetuated itself in many different American communities for several reasons. Social beliefs and political controls have allowed for renters to retain their protected "right" to cheap rent at the expense of the rights of land owners and others who would hope to prosper from a free competitive housing market in these select cities. This paper details the economic, social, and political elements of rent control in large cities. It outlines both the positive and negative elements involvement, and draws an overall conclusion based on economic policy.
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"Opening up premier properties to the market would spark interest and allow property owners to determine supply and demand. Property owners can determine how many properties they would like to rent as well as the amount for which they will rent them. These land owners will most likely choose to rent out as many properties as possible at the highest rate the market will endure. This will allow the above increase in supply that should prevent prices from going too high".
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Fasting before Surgery, 2004.
A research proposal to determine the protocol for fasting before elective surgery.
6,039 words (approx. 24.2 pages), 67 sources, MLA, $ 143.95
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This paper examines and analyzes optimal fasting before elective surgery by examining clinical study information to determine if optimal fasting is necessary and, if so, what effect this has had on patient risk and morbidity. Research is obtained from sources and studies that have collected data from observation and surveys, and fieldwork studies are also included. Information is also taken from various specialists in the field of anaesthesiology. The primary objectives of the data-gathering throughout the course of the paper will be to obtain information that can determine if optimal fasting is the best standard to implement, whether there are any correlations between pulmonary aspiration and optimal fasting, and if a new standard should be implemented that lessens fasting time.
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Introduction
Problem Statement
Purpose of Research
Research Objectives
Research Methodology
Research Design
Data Collection
Sample Design
Field Work
Data Analysis
Limitations of Research
Literature Review
Application of Findings
Implementation
Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendices
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"During a study conducted in 2002 (Crenshaw & Winslow), surgical patients revealed that they were thirsty and hungry after having fasted for 12-14 hours prior to surgery. However, guidelines issued in 1999 by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) (www.asahq.org) allow for the consumption of liquids as close as two hours before surgery and a light meal within six hours. Although the authors acknowledge ?a well-known lag between the dissemination and implementation of practice guidelines,? they maintain that it is up to the nursing staff to be ?more assertive? in collaborating with attending clinicians to establish evidence-based preoperative fasting policies (Clinicians Publishing Group, 2002)."
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Fasting, 2002.
A discussion of the part of fasting in religious tradition.
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how fasting is a fairly common element in religious traditions, one of the spiritual practices designed to purify individuals and bring them closer to their spiritual source. It briefly looks at fasting within Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It shows how within the different religions, fasting can include total abstinence from food and drink, or from food, drink, smoking, sex and other indulgences, or it can mean partial fasting, which involves reducing one's intake of material goods, including food and drink.
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"While part of the fast of Ramadan involves the memory of Muhammad and that first time of sacred revelation, the fast associated with Yom Kippur involves the remembrance of one's relationships with others, and how those can be distorted. Yom Kippur is one of the Jewish High Holy Days, called the Day of Atonement. It is both fast and feast, as is Ramadan. The fasting precedes the feasting in both traditions. Both are designed to remind people that everything ultimately comes from God, that all is hallowed to God, and that the people of the faith must always strive to be in right relationship to God and to each other. Within Judaism, the rituals and procedures are laid out for the people within the Torah."
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