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The Street Project is an inspiring story about a global movement to reclaim our largest public spaces, our streets. For Dulcie, stopping vehicular violence has become a life mission. Both Dulcie and her mother were victims of hit-and-run crashes, 10 years apart. For Stacey, inaction by her city council after five pedestrians were hit by cars in her neighborhood, has led to her fight for change.
3) Baked Beans
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Gregg Wallace helps to unload 27 tons of dried haricot beans from North America and follows them on a one and a half mile journey through the largest baked bean factory in the world, which makes more than three million cans of beans every 24 hours. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey follows the journey of her discarded baked bean can through a recycling center and on to the largest steelworks in the UK. And historian Ruth Goodman reveals that in the early 19th...
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Food chains, including restaurants, cafes and even some vending machines, will soon be required to list calorie counts clearly on their menus. Margaret Hamburg of the FDA, the group responsible for the new law, speaks with Judy Woodruff on the organization’s goal to reduce obesity and the restaurant industry’s responses.
6) Crisps
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Gregg Wallace follows 27 tons of potatoes from a farm in Hampshire through the largest crisp factory on earth, as they are peeled, sliced and fried to make more than five million packets of crisps every 24 hours. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey discovers the secrets of perfect crisp potatoes which are special varieties grown exclusively to make crisps, as well the surprising ways that our brain can be tricked into thinking a crisp is much crunchier than...
8) Home Health
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Who loves to clean and manage a home? NOT ME! And likely not you either. But it’s important. Keeping your home clean and organized doesn’t have to be a monumental task, unless you make it one.
9) Sweets
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Gregg Wallace helps to unload a tanker full of sugar from Norfolk and follows it through one of the oldest sweet factories in Britain to see how over 500 workers, as well as some mind-boggling machines, transform it into over a hundred million individual sweets within just 24 hours. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is let inside the research and development department and experiences for herself how hard it is to come up with a new product, as she attempts...
10) Cereals
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Gregg Wallace receives a load of corn fresh off the boat from Argentina and follows its journey through the largest breakfast cereal factory in Europe as it is cooked, milled and flavored to become Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey finds out about the immunity-boosting powers of vitamin D, which is added to many of our breakfast cereals. Cherry also discovers the effect that skipping breakfast has on our cognitive function. And, historian...
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Have you ever found yourself with too little cash and too many bills? The stress, worry, and restrictions of being unable to pay our bills brings can be simply overwhelming. Do you know this feeling? Debt is like being locked up in chains that are stronger than you and keep you tied up. You no longer have the freedom to do the things you want because you are chained to your debt. Have you become a prisoner to all the money you owe? Are you ready to...
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If you're still using a piggy bank for saving money it's time to take it to the bank. When you get there, open a savings and a checking account for secure and flexible money management. Financial institutions like a bank or credit union offer similar services even though they are structured differently. A solid relationships with a financial institution can last a life time and provide many important benefits for creating a sound financial future....
14) Buying a Car
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There are two ways to buy a car, the smart way and the not-so-smart way. The smart way can net you a car that meets your needs. The not-so-smart way can drive you to a load of debt and expenses you may not be able to afford. In this film, we will look at how to buy a car, pick through needs vs. wants, and how to avoid being taken for a ride.
15) Scam-O-Rama
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Scams, scams, and more scams. Some of them so slick that they aren't even apparent until well after the fact. But there are things everyone can do to minimize the chances of being ripped off and rule one is, if it seems too good to be true, it is. Now that's the truth!
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Ever feel like you just can’t let another day go by without buying those sparkly Jimmy Choo’s to adorn your feet? Or maybe you can’t get through the checkout line without grabbing the snacks placed right at your eye level. Or when you feel like life is dealing you nines and tens in a hand of Show Low, does a little retail therapy call your name? Well sister, you’ve been played by the sneakiest of sneaksters! This film looks at how marketers...
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Just when everything is going well, and you have your finances in order-BAM! Disaster hits! It may rain inside your house instead of outside. A pipe may burst, giving you the indoor pool you’ve never wanted. Your fine ride loses its glide. In the financial biz, we call this Murphy’s Law. “Anything that CAN go wrong, WILL go wrong, at the WORST possible time!” But did you know that you can Murphy-proof your life against financial emergencies?...
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Are credit cards your best friend or your worse enemy? Can they make you or break you? Do they love you or hate you? Are they the bane of our existence or the salvation to our money woes? Is it possible that they can be both? This film puts credit cards in their proper perspective. And it talks about how if you are in debt or tempted to overspend because of them, then credit cards are just another tool being used to separate you from your hard-earned...
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It's interesting to learn about different money personalities because if we see ourselves we can consider our behavior. While everyone has some traits from the various money personalities they need to maintain a proper balance. Long-term we must learn how to account for what we earn, spend and save and thus develop a money personality that's best for a strong financial future.
20) Budgeting 101
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Stay out of debt. Save for the future. Plan your big purchases. Live within your means. All great ideas, but how do you do it in reality? After all, you have monthly expenses, semi and annual expenses, and unforeseen expenses along the way. How do you plan all of this within a fixed monthly income? The answer is the budget. In this film we will look at how to make and maintain a simple budget and plan for most of your expenses so that you can avoid...