...Whether I am happy, sad, or mad, The Dave Matthews Band’s album “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King” always lifts my spirits and puts me in a better mood; their songs are inspirational. One of the songs that touch me the most is called “Funny the Way It Is”. This song is about the good and bad things going on in the world. The point being made is that even though many wonderful things are happening, bad things are occurring at the exact same time. “Funny the way it is, if you think about it/ One kid walks 10 miles to school, another's dropping out/ Funny the way it is, not right or wrong/ On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born/ Funny the way it is, not right or wrong/ Somebody's broken heart become your favorite song/ Funny the way it is, if you think about it/ One kid walks 10 miles to school, another's dropping out” Not only does it discuss the fine times and poor times in life, but also how people take the privileges they have for granted. While kids say they hate school and drop out, there are others that appreciate an education and will do anything to get it, such as walking ten miles to school. Basically, the song tells listeners that there are so many ironic moments happening every minute of every day and people do not even realize it. I love this song’s message and the realness of it. Another one of my favorite songs is called “You...
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...SHORT STORY COLLECTION Historical Short Stories… © Copyright, Peter Stone, 2010 www.inscribedinstone.blogspot.com Dreams Forsaken ―So why am I here, exactly?‖ queried my nineteen-year-old niece as she sat next to me. The lantern I had placed beside us cast flickering light throughout the abandoned tannery‘s darkened interior. Eerie, dust-laden cobwebs clung to every wooden beam, workbench and table, causing her to shudder. I glanced at her innocent face untouched by grief, and wished yet again that I had been born in her day rather than mine. ―For emotional support.‖ ―Then I‘m not in any danger, Aunt Margryte?‖ she asked unsurely. ―Of course not, Geruscha,‖ I said while smoothing down a ruffle in my threadbare black mourning dress. ―Do you know who owns this place?‖ ―I used to. Well, I guess I still do.‖ Memories of better days from decades past superimposed themselves over broken chairs and dilapidated benches. I bit my lip to keep deep inner pain at bay. ―So why don‘t you sell it? Seems structurally intact; surely there‘s a tanner who would buy it from you?‖ ―You ask a lot of questions, Geruscha,‖ I protested. ―You did ask me to come tonight,‖ she pouted. ―So I did. I keep this place because it suits my purposes on the odd occasion, such as tonight,‖ I answered after a moment. Geruscha‘s next question died on her lips when the front door swept open to admit a badly scarred man dressed in the garb of a common mercenary. I laid a hand on her forearm to reassure her. Aged...
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...I chose the film catch me if you can because I feel like it follows the true story well. Many crimes are committed and roles are played by one person.Catch me if you can is based on a true story about Frank W Abagnale. Frank was a doctor, a lawyer, & a co pilot for a major airline company, all before his 19th birthday .He was a master of deception and a successful con artist. He was a brilliant forger, who netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds. Carl Hanratty, An FBI agent made it his prime duty to catch Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank was always one step ahead of him. he was sentenced 12 years and isolation. Hanratty got him off on parole. Part of his parole agreement was for him to work under the supervision of Hanratty, to help the FBI catch con artists. there are many wonderful scenes in this film, but there were a few in particular that stood out to me the most. the first scene that stood out to me the most was when Frank interview the air pilot, and then he found a way to get a uniform and everything he needed to pretend to be a co-pilot. “I was an opportunist so when I saw an opening I ask myself ‘Could I get away with this?’.... The more I got...
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...One Afternoon on a rainy day in September of 2013. I found junk mail flashing in my inbox.This essay is a reply to one of them Dear QuickTrim: Received your colorful ad to partake in your giveaway, lasting through September 30, all over the nation. I am unable to partake. In lieu of my actual sampling, please accept the following observations and recommendations, brought forth and extracted from your flashy add. Perhaps you can share my thoughts at the end of your busy work day when you convene at lunch eating your leaves and popping an extra pill for the day. Before anything else, your sincere concern is marvelous. The individualized email; the we pick you, the hot photoshopped celebrity, all work to jumpstart my weight loss program. As to the email itself I am quite impressed with the perfectly airbrushed toned body that screams look like me, exactly like me. I note with relief that this is 100 % safe, a free from danger so called cleanse.One that will bring you to a healthier life perhaps even make you look like Megan Fox. I don't need to tell you, Quicktrim, or spell it out in skinny letters, that this country is messed up. I am more enchanted with becoming what society calls for, then using that money towards a gym membership. I am also in your standard crowd for these shenanigans.. While it turns out i'm not eligible (the breakdown: English speaker - yes; teenage girl- yes ; self conscious- seems like it, but i've tried to apply pounds of makeup, and I tan to...
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...Introduction ‘Catch Me If You Can’ is a movie based on true story about a boy named Frank William Abagnale Jr. During Frank early teen years in the 1960s, after I.R.S. Investigate his father financial affairs, the family lost their home and this lead to divorce between Frank parents. When lawyer ask Frank to decide who he want follow after his parent divorce, he decided to run away, at this time, he just 16 years old. While on the run, Frank impersonates a pilot, doctor and even a lawyer to make money. While him impersonating others, he also cash multiple forged cashier’s checks, as the amount getting higher and higher, FBI agent Carl Hanratty get assigned to this case to find the criminal. The movie follow Frank adventures and constant running from FBI which start with impersonate a pilot. After impersonate as a pilot, he manage to become an emergency room supervisor at a hospital with a fake certificate from Harvard Medical School, at here he get to know Brenda and plan to married her, when he meet her parents, he says that he has passed bar exam at California before and become assistant prosecutor of Brenda dad’s until he get caught at age 19 by Carl when Carl found out he print real checks at Monrichard. After he get caught , he served in prison for few years and then start to working with FBI to help in catching other check forging criminal, he also helps in developing the design of current checks to make it more difficult to forge . Frank William Abagnale Jr is a very...
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..._________________________________________________________3 Check Fraud_________________________________________________________3 Check Washing_______________________________________________________5 Union Planters Bank, N.A. v. Rogers______________________________________6 Conclusion___________________________________________________________7 References___________________________________________________________8 Introduction In 2002 DreamWorks produced a block buster film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks titled “Catch Me If You Can.” This film portrays the glamorous lifestyle and subsequent fall of perhaps the most infamous check fraud perpetrator of all time, Frank Abagnale. Fraud is defined as “deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence…” (Dictionary.com, 2012). Check washing is when a person would “…erase the ink on a check…and rewrite the check to themselves increasing the amount payable…” (Center, 1995-2009). If you saw “Catch Me If You Can,” this is what you witnessed Mr. Abagnale doing with the Pan Am pilot paychecks. Both of these types of fraud are very simple ways to steal from the consumer when they least expect it. Check Fraud According to the National Check Fraud Center, “check fraud is one of the largest challenges facing businesses and financial institutions today.” With the availability of home computers equipped with photograph editing software and the advances in printing technology, criminals are able to create duplicate checks in large numbers...
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...nk Abagnale was an intelligent man. One of the most successful con men in history, Frank lived as a pilot, doctor, lawyer and an FBI agent all before his 21st birthday. His primary technique was defrauding banks using different fake check schemes eventually amounting to over 2.5 million dollars. Along with a friend, Frank wrote his story which was later turned into an autobiographical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Steven Speilberg. Much of what Frank accomplished in the film defied believability. Throughout the film Frank is creating different identities to try and make some money, but even though his name is changed his personality seems to remain the same. From the beginning his father, Frank Sr., is a huge role model for him and becomes the source of Frank’s longing for acceptance and appreciation. Once his parents are divorced Frank just wants everything to be ok and to have the perfect family back together, no matter the cost. In his eyes, his father just needs to win his mother back with a better life and material things when in reality, the relationship has been over for quite some time, a truth made clearly evident by his mother’s affair. Unable to deal with the stress of choosing which parent to live with, Frank runs away and soon realizes he needs to find a way to make money quickly. He first begins to create fake checks at different banks, scamming them out of hundreds of dollars and eventually realizing he needs to find...
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...Buela, Mary joy D. BSBA-1302 Catch Me If You Can Introduction The title of the movie that I watched is “Catch me If You Can” and it is directed by Steven Spielberg. This movie is all about the real life of Mr. Frank Abagnale Jr., he is the sibling of Mr. Frank Abagnale and Mrs. Paula Abagnale. It show of how can Mr. Frank Abagnale Jr. live for a long time even he is separate from his parents and what he will do to survive for a long time. How he made a fake cheque to withdraw in a bank, what are his different strategies to do this? Does he succeed at the end? And how he starts again his life after this situation? In life, we don’t have to make things wrong just to have money. Even your wise, it not show that you have the capability to do things wrong, unless you have to use that knowledge on the things that nobody would be affected at the end specially yourself. Plot Synopsis When Mr. Frank Abagnale Jr. separate from his parents he start his life to act like a Pilot, Doctor, and a lawyer from different places even though he doesn’t accomplish those courses. He also makes more fake cheque and withdraws it on different banks. He doesn’t realize that he will be arrested because he continues to make more cheque and act like a professional for a long year. Themes This movie is interesting to watch because you can learn a lot that you can apply in your real life. Being a one of the audience of this movie, I learn how to control myself in doing wrong like I had watched...
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...Frank Abagnale was an intelligent man. One of the most successful con men in history, Frank lived as a pilot, doctor, lawyer and an FBI agent all before his 21st birthday. His primary technique was defrauding banks using different fake check schemes eventually amounting to over 2.5 million dollars. Along with a friend, Frank wrote his story which was later turned into an autobiographical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Steven Speilberg. Much of what Frank accomplished in the film defied believability. Throughout the film Frank is creating different identities to try and make some money, but even though his name is changed his personality seems to remain the same. From the beginning his father, Frank Sr., is a huge role model for him and becomes the source of Frank’s longing for acceptance and appreciation. Once his parents are divorced Frank just wants everything to be ok and to have the perfect family back together, no matter the cost. In his eyes, his father just needs to win his mother back with a better life and material things when in reality, the relationship has been over for quite some time, a truth made clearly evident by his mother’s affair. Unable to deal with the stress of choosing which parent to live with, Frank runs away and soon realizes he needs to find a way to make money quickly. He first begins to create fake checks at different banks, scamming them out of hundreds of dollars and eventually realizing he needs to find...
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...The film I chose to write my analysis about is “Catch Me If You Can”. I chose this film because its based on a true story and it amazes me how this individual got away with a lot of things. How his professional clothing and communication with others influenced in whom he became and what he did to accomplish his goals. This film illustrates how identity isolates him from significant others such as his fiancée. I know many people are judged by what they wear in most situations. It surprises me how well he communicated with others and the things he did to get to where he wanted, how people, who didn’t even know him help him out, they wanted to give him everything. The main actor in this film, which was Frank Abagnale Jr. I believe had an amazing nonverbal communication with others. His movements, gestures, appearance and facial expression played a major role in this film. Impersonating a Pam Am co-pilot, teacher, a physician, and a lawyer, he is able to pass hundreds of fake checks only partly because the clothes make the man, more because he posses enough charm to acquire information, flights around the world and whatever he wanted. As it talks about in our textbook in chapter 6, nonverbal communication in clothing. Clothing is a means of communication nonverbally. It is suggested that clothing conveys over ten types of messages to others. In our textbook it explains that communicators that wear special clothing often gain persuasiveness. For example uniforms, as Frank...
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...A pre-credits scene shows an episode of the popular game show 'To Tell the Truth' set in 1977 where three contestants appears claiming to the panelests to be the legengary Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) who impersonated an airline pilot, a lawyer, and doctor, as well as scammed people on three continents for millions of dollars... all before reaching the age of 19. The film begins in 1969, with FBI agent Carl Hanratty Jr. (Tom Hanks) arriving at a French prison to meet the flu-stricken Frank Abagnale Jr, who attempts to escape from the prison prior to his extraction to the USA for a series of crimes. The scene flashes back to six years earlier. 16-year-old Frank Abagnale Jr lives in New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr. (Christopher Walken), and French mother Paula (Nathalie Baye). Frank's father cons a woman into lending him a suit for Frank Jr., who later acts as a driver for Frank Sr. in a ruse to get a loan from Chase Manhattan Bank. When the loan is denied (due to a series of IRS tax frauds by Frank Sr.), the family is forced to move from their grand home to a small apartment, with tension building within the family. Frank soon realizes that his mother is having an adulterous affair with his father's friend Jack (James Brolin) and feeling that he will not fit in at his new school, poses as a substitute teacher in his French class for a short time. Eventually trouble builds between Frank's mother and father, who file for divorce and ask...
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...CATCH ME IF YOU CAN SEC 1 of NIL states the requirements of an instrument to be negotiable. SEC 185 of NIL defined a check that is a bill of exchange drawn on a bank payable on demand. Frank Abagnale Jr. uses forges payroll checks from PanAm Airlines. Cashier’s check means that it is drawn by the cashier of a bank upon the bank itself, payable on demand to the payee and it is accepted practice in the business sector that a cashier’s check is deemed as cash. Frank uses this kind of check in order to cash it immediately by the teller because it is deemed trusted by the banks. SEC 7 of NIL defined some instances when an instrument is payable on demand. Check is payable upon demand at sight or on presentation of the payee to the bank. SEC 8 states instances when it is payable to order. Check is payable to order of a payee who is not maker, drawer or drawee. SEC 22 states that infants may incur no liability except where he is guilty of actual fraud. Frank is 17 a minor and the courts decided that he is actually guilty of fraud and sent him to jail. SEC 23 defined forgery is meant the counterfeit-making or fraudulent alteration of any writing with the intent thereby to defraud. Frank counterfeits payroll checks and cashier’s checks and presents it to the beautiful tellers to use his charm in order to cash the check. SEC 24 states that the presumption of consideration in the instrument is prima facie and SEC 25 defined a value which is any consideration given to support a simple...
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...Check Fraud and Check Washing: Prevention and Strategies “What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime.” or so says Frank William Abagnale, Jr (2008), one of the most infamous check forgers and imposters of all time as he reflects back to his reign as a check fraud kingpin of 1960’s. Some may remember the movie Catch Me If You Can (Spielberg, 2002) that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks portraying the true story behind the great confidence trickster that is Frank Abagnale, Jr. Mostly known for his various impersonations as a security guard, airline pilot, teaching assistant, physician, and attorney, he is also widely known for his ability to forge checks and after numerous escapes from law enforcement leading up to his capture in France in 1969. He was sentenced to 12 years at a Federal Corrections Institute facility in Petersburg, Virginia. After serving only 4 years of that sentence his talents were used for the greater good. The U.S. Federal Government released him on the condition that he aid the authorities in helping find con-artists similar to himself…without pay. Why is this significant? Because this mastermind is telling us that all these things that he did are actually easier to do today. But how? The first step to prevention is being informed. And the first thing piece of information we need to know is that there are many types of check fraud to include check washing, forgery, counterfeiting and alteration, paperhanging...
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...New Associates Antoinette Wright AB224-02: Microeconomics October 22, 2013 Paul Tovbin New Associates Being a new associate in a new company can be nerve wrecking for many. The fear of saying the wrong thing or not fitting in with other associates can be amongst the problems for new associates. But if the new associate is familiar with certain business etiquettes, being a new associate would be easier than they expected. Businesses should use proper business etiquette to help a new associate feel more comfortable. As a part of running a functional business internally a business should take new employees and start an onboard program. An onboard program should consist of proper meet and greet, an agenda, material, and a time frame. With a proper meet and greet it gives the new associate the feeling of being welcomed. It gives the employee the opportunity to meet the management and other employees in different departments for future references. I just recently started at Super K-Mart two months ago and still have not met everyone. I believe that management should have made sure that I met everyone and knew who to turn to for different questions I may have. I take it upon myself everyday to meet the people I was never introduced to. By doing so I give myself the knowledge needed for the customer’s sake. Having an agenda is another necessity so that the new employee would not be wondering around the business trying to find something to do. Working...
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...pass over 2.5 million dollars in phony checks. Frank's increasingly audacious work soon attracts the attention of Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), an FBI agent who is determined to put Frank behind bars. Frank seems to enjoy being pursued by Carl, and even goes so far as to call Carl on the phone to chat every once in a while. While posing as a doctor, Frank falls in love with Brenda Strong (Amy Adams), a sweet girl working as a candy striper. When Frank asks Brenda to marry him, he decides to assume a new identity to impress her father, Roger (Martin Sheen) -- who happens to be the District Attorney of New Orleans, LA. Catch Me If You Can was based on the autobiography of the real Frank W. Abagnale Jr., who has a cameo in the film and today works on the side of the law as a top consultant on preventing forgery and designing secure checking systems. Catch Me if You Can deals with themes of broken homes and troubled childhoods. Spielberg's parents divorced when he was a teenager, similar to Frank Abagnale's...
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