Memorandum to the File Date: From: Re: The Scott Rothstein Ponzi Scheme Introduction Scott Rothstein was a prominent Fort Lauderdale attorney. From 2004 until 2009 Rothstein ran South Florida’s largest Ponzi scheme (Franceschina‚ 2010). His Ponzi scheme collected 1.2 billion dollars during the time it was in operation‚ and like all Ponzi schemes he relied on payments by new investors to pay the previous investors. When his scheme began to fall apart‚ Rothstein fled to Morocco. He
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In Dred Scott vs. Sandford‚ Justice Roger Taney advances the argument that Black people were not “intended to be included” as citizens under the constitution‚ meaning that they are unable to claim the “rights and privileges” bestowed upon citizens of the United States (Dred Scott v. Sandford). To advance this argument‚ and to prove that the decision in Dred Scott was not a race-based one‚ Taney makes a comparison between black and indigenous individuals‚ asserting that indigenous freedom has “constantly
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Sensible Writing "The Sensible Thing‚" by F. Scott Fitzgerald shares numerous characteristics with his other writings. Like many writers‚ his work was heavily influenced by his life. Published criticisms note similarities between attitudes of the Roaring Twenties. In order to interpret "The Sensible Thing‚" it is necessary to examine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and work. The materialistic‚ free-thinking ideas characterizing greatly influenced the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Furthermore‚ his relationship
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Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburg Scotland on August‚ 15‚ 1721 was a Scottish writer historian poet and is even considered to be a inventor . His father was Walter Scott and his mother was Anne Rutherford his father was a lawyer and his mother was a physicians daughter he began to write at a very young age what had inspired to write was his family and the older folk in the town the person that mainly inspired him was his grandpa he got his ideas of writing from reading poetry ‚ drama
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kid‚ we use show and tell to explain most of complex thing in our early life. We use show and tell when we choose multiple options. For example‚ we say “this one‚” and “that one” with a finger pointing to the option. One of the famous comics artist‚ Scott McCloud also shows the important of language in his graphic essay Show and Tell. The essay starts with a child using show and tell to teaching student how to use a toy. McCloud uses this opening example to explain word and picture could help people
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Dred Scott‚ he is a hero to African american slaves. Dred Scott (A.K.A Sam Scott) was born in Southampton County‚Virginia sometime in the year of 1795. he was a Civil Rights Activist. Dred Scott was a person that sued for his freedom. In 1847 Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom. Ten years after the case was brought before the United States Supreme Court the Court decided that all people of African Ancestry slaves as well as all free slave could never become a citizen of the
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Today was the day of the Dred Scott case. I was very nervous for what would happen. I’m from Illinois which is known as a free state. And I traveled to Missouri to get the insider about the Dred Scott case. I believed slavery was morally wrong and want it to end more than anything. So I’m completely on Dred Scott’s side. When I arrived at the St. Louis’ Old Courthouse I became more nervous. There was a very low chance that Dred Scott would win this case considering it was packed with strangers who
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AK English 217 – Reading Journal (The Way To Rainy Mountain) Scott Momaday uses nature to dictate the passage of life. He personifies the landscape as a person‚ he says the there is ‘perfect in the mountains but it belongs to the eagle and the elk‚ the badger and the bear.’ To me‚ this tells me the mountains have a feeling of openness‚ but it is the home of many – not just humans. The mountain holds importance to the Kiowa’s because it is pure wilderness. The landscape that is described helps
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s life is an example of both sides of the American Dream‚ the joys of young love‚ wealth and success‚ and the tragedies associated with success and failure. Named for another famous American‚ a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner‚ Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24‚ 1896. The son of a wicker furniture salesman (Edward Fitzgerald) and an Irish immigrant with a lot of money (Mary McQuillan)‚ Fitzgerald grew up in
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“Behind the Urals” written by John Scott‚ I had a fairly hard time picking a certain emotion he had towards the USSR. Scott scarcely showed his distaste for the many tragedies going on in Russia while he was there‚ they were mostly masked by the improvement of production and living conditions in Magnitogorsk. It took until the end of the book for me to truly understand Scott’s feelings towards the USSR and their methods used to industrialize Russia. John Scott is a true believer of the USSR based
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