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In brief Coach Carter is phenomenal film. Its plot is; a successful business man called Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school to get the basketball team into shape by using tough rules and academic discipline. He is determined to to get the players to excel in class as well as on the court. When i first watched the film i watched it as i normally would, sometimes i wouldn't pay attention to the details of the movie. For example how Coach Carter incorporated his management skills onto the players. Baring in mind i watched this in 2007, two years after the release. I was 8 at the time. Of course i had to watch the film again to see the leadership and management skills Carter has and how it effected the mentality of his team. Throughout the film we see Coach Carter as a ruthless man who takes no rubbish from the players. For example at one point in the film we notice that the players have to sign a contract, this contract states that they are only allowed ...

What do we know about food banks? Food banks provide emergency food for people who don't have a lot of money and they struggle to buy enough food for themselves or their family. Winter is coming and we all know rising costs hurt everyone and that it hurts the poorer families even more as they struggle to cope with their day-to-day activities. A big food bank I know is in the Newcastle West End - it opened in 2013 as many people (volunteers) were concerned about the wellbeing of people who struggle financially. The only way to use a food bank is if you receive a referral from social services , housing support and in rare conditions the citizens advice bureau. Tens of thousands of volunteers nationally have racked up an astonishing four million hours a year stocktaking, picking up and distributing food and fundraising. In my opinion, food banks are the most amazing of things, it helps the people who are struggling with money and it does make me feel as though I don't have to ...

As we all know the UK voted to leave the EU. YAY! Or so we think that this is a YAY moment. I've noticed that many people are wary about our position and as of yet we still haven't left the EU. But a big part of leaving is the fact we will now be running outside of the free market, and since this would happen it would mean that we can secure a more lucrative deal with other countries mainly the US, Liam Fox said that securing a more lucrative deal with the US is one of the biggest prizes of leaving the EU. More than a year after he took the job as International Trade Secretary, those hopes are taking an absolute battering from the US. Everyone knows that the US is a very, very tough country to negotiate with in fact one things they did was negotiate with a Canadian airline and you know what they did?  They proposed Tariffs of an increase of 200%. 200%? thats a hell of a lot of money for the Canadian airline to dish out. You know who'll be disadvantaged by this other ...