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Floored is a 2009 documentary film about the people and business of the Chicago trading floors. The film focuses specifically on several Chicago floor traders who have been impacted by the electronic trading revolution and whose jobs have been threatened by the use of computers in the trading world. Directed by James Allen Smith, the film runs for 77 minutes. The film has become particularly relevant in light of the U.S. financial crisis of 2009; Greg Burns of the Chicago Tribune has said of the film's director, "By dealing with hard times in the workplace, Smith taps into a vein running through millions of lives in this brutal recession, as the nation’s unemployment rate soars toward 10 percent" Critics have suggested a meta-fictional subtext to the documentary, linking the film's storyline about Chicago traders to the plight of independent filmmakers in a time of the declining influence of film festivals and the ubiquitousness of free internet content. Ironically, the documentary itself was widely available on video sharing sites before its official "web premiere" on September 6, 2013. Notes External links Floored at IMDb Review: Chicago’s Open-Outcry Traders New York Times. 2010-05-07 Trading places: From peak to FLOORED Archived 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Futures Magazine. 2013-08-13 . Discover the James Allen Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Allen Smith books.
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Stanton
Walter StahrNew York Times bestselling author Walter Stahr tells the story of Edwin Stanton, who served as Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. “This exhaustively researched, wellpac...
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Lincoln and the Power of the Press
Harold Holzer“Lincoln believed that ‘with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.’ Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincoln’s l...
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The Quartermaster
Robert O'Harrow“The lively story of the Civil War’s most unlikelyand most uncelebratedgenius” (The Wall Street Journal)General Montgomery C. Meigs, who built the Union Army and was judged by Abra...
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The Matter of Black Lives
Jelani Cobb & David RemnickA collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in Americaincluding work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, TaNehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and morewit...
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Ronnie
Ronnie DrewThe late great Dubliner, Ronnie Drew, was six months into writing his biography when he was diagnosed with cancer. He had produced warm, witty and insightful material that made it ...
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ROAR
Bruce WagnerA new novel by Hollywood’s "master of satire."The myth of an epic, public lifeits triumphs and tragediesis a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of...
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The American Crisis
Writers of The AtlanticSome of America’s best reporters and thinkers offer an urgent look at a country in chaos in this collection of timely, often prophetic articles from The Atlantic. The past four yea...
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State Tennessee v. James Allen Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals of TennesseeRICHARD R. FORD, Special Judge Charged in a twocount indictment with aggravated rape of a child less than thirteen years of age, and with aggravated rape resulting in the child's p...
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101 Uses for a Celebrity Chef
Andy WattHave you ever felt that celebrity chefs just aren’t as useful as they could be?Well, this is the book for you. Whether you're on holiday, at home or at play, this fully illustrated...
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The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
John BrehmOver 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book A...
