What could cause over nine hundred people to commit suicide together? In the United States’ biggest non-natural loss of human lives before 9/11‚ almost every member of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown‚ Guyana died after consuming a poisonous drink. This was a fitting end to lives that were brutally controlled by the cult’s leader‚ Jim Jones. The Jonestown incident should be remembered as a mass murder at the hands of Jones. At first‚ Jim Jones seemed anything but harmful. While living in Indianapolis
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Jonestown Section I: The Event One of the more disturbing incidents in American History is the Jonestown Massacre that occurred on November 18th‚ 1978 in Georgetown‚ Guyana. It was the largest loss of civilian life in a non-natural tragedy until the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001. 909 lives were lost under the hand of Jim Jones who had cultivated a following of people over twenty-plus years. Jim Jones started his first church‚ named The Peoples Temple‚ in the mid-1950’s in Indianapolis‚ Indiana
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Marketing Campaign is John Varvados’ Fall 2012 campaign featuring English rockers Paul Weller (54) of The Jam and Miles Kane (26) of The Last Shadow Puppets. Dubbed “Rock n’ Roll Gentlemen” by Varatos himself‚ the campaign is a combination of traditional print and digital media for a high-end fashion line which promotes stylized design and usability for men‚ both young and old. In a world that’s always changing things‚ Varvados aims to connect the old and new‚ paying deference to the past iconic
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Fracture is a 2007 film revolving around a murder mystery. ‘Willy Beachum (played by Ryan Gosling) is an assistant District Attorney who gets sucked into a game of cat-and-mouse with a sociopath‚ Ted Crawford (played by Anthony Hopkins)‚ set free on legal technicalities after being arrested for attempted murder.’ (Thompson 2007 p.1). Crawford’s’ plan for the perfect murder was motivated by his wife’s secret love affair‚ and resulted in a cold blooded exercise that was cleverly executed. There are
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On November 18‚ 1978‚ in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ over nine hundred members of a religious sect called the Peoples Temple died along with their leader Jim Jones. In a related incident‚ a California congressman and some news reporters died after visiting the religious compound. Jim Jones created and governed The Peoples Temple in Jonestown. Jones was a preacher who started his church group in Indiana‚ moved to California‚ and then moved to Jonestown‚ Guyana. Jones had a “vision of a Communist community”
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right? “He must have our best intentions in mind.” These were the thoughts of many who were brainwashed and abused. Nonetheless‚ when reporter Leo J Ryan flew into Jonestown he knew something fishy was happening at Jonestown. (youtube.com) Again‚ the phrase “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid” or “Don’t trust any group you find to be a little on the edge.” Ryan did not trust the group. He knew something was up and he was determined to report and get as many people out as he could‚ well the ones who wanted to
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You Can Claim! MBNA.action-direct.co.uk You Could Be Owed £2400 If You’ve Had A Credit Card You Could Be Owed A Refund MBNA.BankRefunds.net Ads by Google The feature-length documentary is about the great Manchester United generation of Scholes‚ Ryan Giggs‚ David Beckham‚ Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers (pictured) and is released next month. When Gabe and his brother Ben sat down to interview Scholes‚ recently retired for the second time and third on the club’s all-time appearances list
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in our society today. Currently 34 of the 50 states allow the death penalty. On January 31‚ 2000‚ Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on further executions in Illinois pending «The opportunity to review the recommendations of a commission that I will establish». The death penalty is forbidden by law in a state of Illinois today. Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill to make Illinois the 16th state to abolish the Death penalty. Since 1978 1‚264 people have been executed in America‚ with Texas
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Executive Orders and not compromising with the other two branches resulting in seriously compromised constitutional guarantees of both citizens and non-citizens. Example of Bill of rights The previous example pertained to the first‚ fourth‚ fifth and sixth amendment rights of the citizens and non citizens‚ mentioned in the Bill of Rights. Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or
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the hopeless romantic inside me I stumbled upon Nick Cassvetes’ "The Notebook" in 2004. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks one of my favorite authors. The movie follows a passionate but poor young man Noah‚ played by Ryan Gosling‚ as he falls head over heels in love with a rich young woman‚ Allie‚ played by Rachel McAdams. As it switches between the present day and flashbacks from the 1940’s Allie and Noah’s love story unfolds full of twists‚ turns‚ and obstacles the
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