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most of them bring up Bernie Madoff. Madoff was able to steal $50 billion from a myriad of individuals. Madoff is not the only criminal who preys on people and their trust. Allen Stanford comes in at second place for America’s largest Ponzi scheme ever and he was able to do the same with the Stanford International Bank. Allen Stanford may not have stolen as much money as Madoff, but the eccentric man was still able to steal billions.…

loving your mother or your father even though they're a drunk or a thief. I've loved the city my whole life - to me, it's like a great woman.” From one of his earliest films, Bananas (1971) all the way to his latest work, Café Society (2016), Woody Allen has always treated New York as a principal character in his cinema. His Manhattan is an extension of his human characters’ personalities, or vice versa: his protagonists are Manhattan personified. The rapid-fire one-liners, agonized…

extraterrestrial signals. This instrument/tool is called the Allen Telescope Array. The Allen Telescope Array, also known as A.T.A., is a system of radio dishes that was initially developed using both the efforts of the S.E.T.I. Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Funding for the Allen Telescope Array came from Microsoft billionaire, Paul Allen. Mr. Allen gave away thirty million dollars to the project. The Allen Telescope Array is located in…

Obscene America: An Analyzation of Howl In 1955, beat writer Allen Ginsberg produced a free-verse poem titled Howl. Ginsberg’s Howl is a poem that embodies the conditions of America, specifically how Ginsberg viewed them to be. Being a beat writer, Ginsberg was completely aware of the unjust and superficial ideals America was projecting. Not only, but Ginsberg’s poem was completely uncensored, real, and raw while addressing these issues. For instance, his poem was so uncensored, real, and raw…

Erotic Irony A jocular aspect makes them serious instead of funny. Yet, the drama in these films is drawn from an intense philosophical background. Woody Allen embarks on a journey to laugh at our most intrinsic irrationalities. Sometimes, the viewer can conclude is that Allen is telling the history of our stupidity. Thus, erotic irony is a fusion between desire and lust. The impulse to solve a problem, which disturbs the protagonist, urges the need to find a solution…

things are not always as they seem. Certain authors, like Whitman, celebrate the United States of America for its diversity and for the vibrant culture where he believes that all can be interconnected and prosper. Meanwhile, other authors, such as Allen Ginsberg are skeptical of the boastings of true diversity and see America in a much more critical perspective in terms of its diversity, or lack thereof.…

cancer he wrote 12 short poems. He later went into a coma and had a stroke 2 days later. William Burroughs remembered him as a great person with worldwide influence. It has also been acknowledged that there has never been an American poet as public as Allen Ginsberg. He had intentions to remake or restore American Poetry codes for dimensions and many believe that by the time he passed away in 1997 he had completely fulfilled those…

About Allen, Texas The city of Allen offers residents a family-friendly community with exceptional schools, beautiful homes, and a nationally-recognized parks and recreation program.The eclectic city is home to almost 200 restaurants, four premiere shopping destinations, a recently renovated and award-winning golf course, as well as a 7,000-seat entertainment arena. The wonderful community of Allen is continually recognized for the impressive quality of life it is able to offer its residents.…

U.S. authorities had been closely looking into Stanford Financial Group and investigating the certificates of deposit because of the returns that they were providing to their investors. In addition, the fact that the company’s assets showed an increase of 7 billion in a time span of only seven years (2001-2008) also seemed sketchy. As Stanford’s criminal case states “The indictment alleges that, in fact, approx. $5 billion of SIBL’s reported assets consisted of notes on loans to Stanford and…

1975, however, with his passion on developing softwares for computers and his believe that computers will be having great use in upcoming decades. His vision became the base of the company MICROSOFT that he co-founded with his childhood friend , Paul Allen , he was in charge of making decisions on strategic management for producing softwares that…