Barry Minkow – Misrepresentation and Ponzi in 1987 Establishment of ZZZZ Best Company When he was a sophomore in high school‚ Barry Minkow founded a carpet cleaning company - ZZZZ Best Company in his parents’ garage. At that time‚ the carpet cleaning industry has few entry barriers and all Minkow needed was a small amount of start-up capital. However‚ he soon found out that his firm was actually tough to survive in the industry as the ease of entry means fierce competition. The young man encountered
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I often having misunderstanding with my classmates with my language too. Next‚ I have also found that their lifestyle was totally different from me. For example‚ every Friday‚ the Muslim’s student will have to go for their pray in the noon of 12pm so that we also have to stop our class lesson on 12pm every Friday. In this situation‚ I have analyzed the problem that I am not use to it in my secondary school. First of all‚ I am having the problem of one of the communication barrier‚ language. The
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Kaur LRW I Case Illustration for Barry Case: Serious Threat of Physical Violence Patient does not communicate a serious threat of physical violence if‚ the patient showed responsiveness to corrective measures‚ patients’ prior acts were not as serious‚ did not make any verbal threats‚ and perception of physical threat from the patient. (Barry). In Barry‚ Jan a male Afghani‚ was receiving psychological care at St. Mary hospital‚ while his stay at the hospital Barry freely followed nurses on the the
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I brought in a picture of an ostrich as it symbolises Barry’s lack of intelligence. The ostrich relates to Barry since he is portrayed as a thick-headed bully and ostriches are known to have brains smaller than the size of their eyes. Some acts of ostriches also proves their stupidity; for example‚ an ostrich digs its head underground when it sees a predator as it thinks that if they can’t see the predator‚ the predator won’t be able to see them. This relates to the theme‚ ‘Bullying’‚ because it
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Dave Barry wrote a letter to his grandson with all the thing important knowledge and advice he believes his grandson should know. When writing this letter Dave had realized the most important thing he knows. In the article‚ “Dave Barry teaches his grandson life’s lessons - beginning with the ketchup”‚ Dave Barry uses high comedy in the form of sarcasm and hyperboles to prove that sometimes you have to learn the hard way. When saying something he did not actually mean in the letter‚ Dave Barry used
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Hall of Roids? Barry Bonds is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. However‚ after a court trial against his trainer‚ it was proven that Barry Bonds had used steroids during training throughout his baseball career. Now his record of 73 home runs in a season has a big asterisk next to it (Bunning). Yet‚ Barry Bonds and many other athletes are still inducted into their sports’ Hall of Fame even though they used steroids. Athletes who used steroids should
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In this excerpt of “Dave Barry Does Japan” Dave Barry shows the lack of care American tourists have for the culture and country they are visiting and satirizes stereotypes of both American and Japanese people through his use of repetition‚ anecdote‚ and self-deprecating humor. Dave Barry uses repetition throughout his story to add focus to specific ideas. An example of this is in the beginning of the story when he repeats his overexaggerated versions of the Japanese word for thank you‚ to satirize
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Barry Chapman Bishop was born on January 13‚ 1932 to Robert Wilson Bishop‚ a sociologist who was to become a dean at the University of Cincinnati‚ and Helen Rebecca Bishop. He was fascinated by climbing from an early age‚ spending his summers with the YMCA in Colorado and joining the Colorado Mountain Club at age nine or ten. Under the tutelage of the club’s members‚ many of whom were also members of the 10th Mountain Division‚ Bishop quickly learned mountaineering skills and was guiding expeditions
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Case Study #1: Non-tariff Barriers to International Trade 1. In the Xia case‚ if the WTO were to rule in favor of Brazil‚ which of the WTO trade agreements would contain the justification and why? Answer: Brazil banned imports of Xia goods from China because there was allegations and unconfirmed speculation pertaining to China’s use of hazardous materials (for example‚ lead paint and potentially carcinogenic plastic and rubbers) to manufacture toys cheaply‚ which sparked consumer panic around
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BARRY AND COMMUNICATION BARRIERS INTRODUCTION Barry is a young and energetic person who works as a supervisor and manager at a casual restaurant. Barry is a certified trainer and he is good at his work. His responsibility is to deal with staffs in the back of the house. He trains his employees about food safety basics i.e hygiene maintenance‚ personal hygiene‚ temperature maintenance of food. The employees working at this particular restaurant are of age range from 16 to 55 years old. Apart
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