Richard Linklater-directed fictionalised condemnation of fast-food consumerism based on the best selling book by Eric Schlosser. Through the stories of several individuals in one small town, & with an ensemble cast including Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke & pop star Avril Lavigne, the hypocrisy & big business mentality of the burger industry is laid bare. From ranchers exploited & under-paid for their beef cattle cattle to the migrant workers exploited as burger slingers at the counters, Linklater carefully outlines exactly how the 20th century phenomenon of a cheap hamburger impacts many, many lives in an almost universally negative way. ...

In this work of ethnography, Talwar shows that contrary to those arguing that the fast-food industry only represents an increasing homogenisation of the American workforce, fast-food chains in immigrant communities must & do adapt to their surroundings. ...

Presents an introduction to the principles of the fast Fourier transform (FFT). This title covers FFTs, frequency domain filtering, & applications to video & audio signal processing. It adopts approaches like MATLAB examples & projects for better understanding of diverse FFTs. ...