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    Ponzi scheme in South Florida from 2005 to 2009 Rothstein was unstoppable. He was living the dream until one day the truth finally came out and Rothstein was nothing more than a con artist. First, and foremost when we think of Ponzi schemes we think of White-collar crime. Crime committed by people with higher authority, the elite as some may view it. The reason Ponzi schemes do not get the same attention and air time as do street crime, is…

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    line in the passage reads “o FORtune! FORtune!ALL men CALL thee FICKle” (Shakespeare, 3.5.60). Noticeably, there are only nine syllables in this line, five stressed and one unstressed syllable. The line is therefore missing a syllable, and the rhyme scheme that had been in perfect harmony only a line before is broken. The syllable is not the only component missing in this line, rather, as mentioned earlier, the conviction that Fortune is fixed is…

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    Emily Dickinson’s poems, “Because I could not stop for Death”, “There’s a certain slant of light”, and “I felt a funeral in my brain” convey a sense of poignancy which reflects the feelings of isolation of the people in America during the Civil War. Dickinson exploits nature as a metaphor to make an abstract idea more “real”, characterizing the images and feelings during the Civil War Era. She uses elaborate and fanciful metaphors to illustrate a depressing mood, characterizing the speaker’s…

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    Mary Shelley uses many descriptive words in order to give the reader a clear picture of the setting. Using phrases such as, “a deep and rapid river, into which many trees bent their branches, now budding with the fresh spring” (Shelly 129) to explain to us the scenery of Eastern Switzerland. Not only does she describe the beauties of Switzerland, but she also describes the desolate details that come with late autumn, “Nature decayed around me, and the sun became heatless; rain and snow poured…

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    “Where the Sidewalk Ends” explication Life is one of the things you can never get back. You can never re-do it, or you can’t get a second chance. “Where the sidewalk ends” is a symbolic poem, symbolizing where the sidewalk or life ends and also to be a little bit out of the ordinary. Throughout the poem, the speaker is displaying meaningful imagery and symbolism. A broad course of action to be different and joyful, like children. The speaker starts in the first stanza by visualizing a place…

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    Poetic Diction

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    out. However, the phrasing of the lines are awkward. Thus giving the poem a staccato rhythm. I understand some of the phrasing is due to the limitations of the assignment, however, you should consider rephrasing certain lines or changing the rhyme scheme. For example lines three and four “I was perhaps misinformed that day, neglecting even the lizards…” The phrasing of the line seems off. Further on in the poem there is a line that appears out of place five beginning with the word “and” and…

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    Destiny Alvarado September 12, 2016 ENG 101 Lamkin Ted Talk 1 A love poem for lonely prime numbers https://www.ted.com/talks/harry_baker_a_love_poem_for_lonely_prime_numbers/transcript?language=en#t-416147 In this Ted Talk the presenter's name is Harry Baker and he has traveled the world due to his love of words. He has won the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012. He has a maths degree and is currently living in Germany. From being in two 5-star Edinburgh fringe festivals, to his book release in…

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    Within the line “All of us as vital as the one light we move through,” I would change ‘vital’ to ‘meaningful.’ The word ‘vital’ fits a physiological topic better than the genre of this poem, while ‘meaningful’ includes the emotions and feelings expressed later in the poem. ”In the line “as worn as my father's cutting sugarcane,” I would change the word ‘cutting’ to ‘cleaving’ to greatly emphasize the work the father is doing “so [the author’s] brother and [the author] could have books and…

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    Money laundering is to hide the origin of such proceeds obtained through crime, or change the form of money or means to disguise the true owner. Illegal money laundering scale goes from around the world showed that up to $ three trillion 8650 a year. In countries that astronomical proceeds of crime are converted into legitimate funds through financial institutions such as banks are struggling to prepare countermeasures. According to UNODC, The funding of up to 5% of the world's 189 countries in…

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    Buppet Cleaning Scandal

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    The self-made teenage millionaire Berry Minkow used to be called Whiz kid by founding his own carpet cleaning company, Z-Best, which was net worth over million dollars. After few years, his net worth was accused by bank fraud, embezzlement, and securities fraud which are typically fraud risk and because of insufficient proof as well as fake evidence caused him in jail more than a decade (Video A). 1. Fraud Risk: First of all, fraud risk defined as two different frauds which are individually…

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