Money Down The Drain

A 42 year old poker player by the name of Christian Lusardi was arrest after finding that he flushed more than $2.7 million in counterfeit poker chips down the toilet. 

The discover was made after the chips clogged up sewer pipes in the Borgata Casino and Spa. The crime occured during the "Winter Poker Open's 'Big Stack, No Limit Hold 'Em' event at the hotel" (Draznin, Haley). 

He is currently charged with rigging a public event, theft by deception, and criminal attempt. His bail was placed at $300,00 at the Atlantic City jail.

In just about every class while we are in school, we are told to grow up to be the best that we can be; to use the knowledge we acquire to earn a good living in life. Obviously Lusardi didn't live up to these expectations. He chose stupid acts of crime to proceed in life which landed him in jail with a $300,000 bail.

I don't understand why people go so far as to counterfeit money(in this case poker chips) to gain money when nine times out of ten, they get caught. I am against his actions but wonder why he thought flushing that large amount of chips wouldn't get him caught. It makes me angry that people try and succeed at acts of crime than go through less trouble to actually do something right.

The author's point of view remains a neutral to retain an informative and non-biased article. Draznin maintains neutral in her perspective in sentences like this, "The poker tournament began in mid-January with more than 4,800 people enrolled. When it was cancelled Friday, 27 people remained in the tournament." She refrains from using personal experience and connections to anything in order to keep it more professional.

Sources:
Draznin, Haley. "Flush of a different kind lands poker player in jail, police say." CNN. 26 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 Jan. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/26/justice/new-jersey-fake-poker-chips/index.html?hpt=hp_t2>.

"Money down the drain." Photograph. Flickr, 19 Jun. 2011. Web. 26 Jan. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5857968442/in/photolist-9VDBVU-9aut7f-9avFbj-c2Lcpo-8HgfxG-8Hgfs5-cyjuJC-9VALwH-du8MtP-du8L2g-7QnhL5-iWtj44-9VDxpf-dde2c4-9yLAyK-8uSPav-a9w8Mp-aAbwv6-cPupmU-ddrCKj-bEwnmM-fWWCaY-9oT627-h7v1we-8ifvBr-a6ggNs>.

Casket Mix-up

Two women died on November 29, 2013 in St. Maarten. One women was Canadian and another was an American women. After the American women was sent back to the United States, the family realizes that it wasn't the right body. The correct body was sent to a Canadian family to be cremated.

I particularly feel furious about the actions of the government in St. Maarten. First, they refuse the family's request to see the body and second they demand $7,000 to be wired to them to send the body back to the United States.

The situation about these caskets getting mixed up doesn't affect me but it effects the two mourning families very strongly.

After reading of death in multiple books in our English class, you learn more and more just how tragic death is. In our English class, we read the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In this book, you read about death that happens everywhere in the Holocaust that Wiesel lives through. After reading books like this, you start to realize our tragic death can be.

The central idea of the passage is to inform people about a situation involving two caskets getting mixed up and the families are outraged about the problem. The article continues to describe the events that happened and problems the American family faced. Winsor states that "the [Canadian women's body] was dressed in Porkka's clothing and was accompanied by her passport and death certificate." This exemplifies one problem they encountered.

Sources:

Krzeszak, Mike. "Crematory Casket." Photograph. Flicker. Yahoo, 18 Aug. 2010. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/portland_mike/4948122363/>.

Winsor, Morgan. "Family Recieves Wrong Body After Mother's Death on Caribbean Vacation." CNN. 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/12/us/new-jersey-wrong-body-returned/index.html?hpt=hp_t2>.