Peoples Temple On November 18‚ 1978 more than nine hundred people died in one of the largest mass murder/suicides in history. The man that implemented and carried out that atrocity was James Warren Jones‚ otherwise known as Jim Jones‚ a self proclaimed Second Coming (God). His exposure to an intensely emotional Pentecostal church service influenced and shaped his future beliefs and actions. In 1960‚ despite his lack of theological training‚ Jim Jones became an ordained minister. He made racial
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"Oh my good‚ that ’s awful." After this thought‚ I decided to take a couple days to think about it‚ read up on it‚ and try to come up with some reasons as to why parents would want to do this. I came up with a few and I still don ’t understand how people could think like this. In the first article I read‚ there were parents that said "Creating made-to-order babies with genetic defects would seem to be an ethical minefield‚ but to some parents with disabilities it just means making babies like them
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Rosa Marcelino Living as someone with a disability is not easy. Whether you were born with your disability or acquired it later in life‚ it is something you must live with everyday. These people are constantly discriminated against. From children who are starting out in school to adults looking for and trying to maintain a job. Another struggle is for the families and parents of children with disabilities. Every parent wants the best for their children and to ensure them a great life‚ but for
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I decided to base my clinical assessment of a movie character on Conrad Jarrett‚ the lead character of the film Ordinary People. Conrad is seventeen years old and is the only child of Beth and Calvin Jarrett. The Jarrett’s live in the affluent suburb of Lake Forest‚ Illinois‚ where Calvin works as a successful tax attorney. The Jarrett’s have just recently experienced a family tragedy‚ where their eldest son‚ Buck‚ drown in a boating accident‚ while Conrad witnessed the entire event. Six month
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most people were not prepared to deal with. The unemployment rate is at a petrifying rate and the worst part is that it is even worse than it looks. There are many factors in addition to the unemployment rate alone that are going to prolong the recovery of the job market. In this paper‚ “underemployment” is defined and explained in terms of rates. Reasons why people are underemployed and how they got there are discussed. Why do people fear underemployment? What are some things that people can
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cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar fifth on a list of 30 people compiled after a poll in 13 countries‚ including India. The ’World’s most admired people poll’ was conducted by YouGov for Times by surveying almost 14‚000 people in Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ the US‚ Australia‚ Pakistan‚ Indonesia‚ India‚ China‚ Egypt‚ Nigeria and Brazil. There were four Indians in the top ten and seven overall in the list of 30 most-admired people. Sachin‚ 40‚ was fifth with six other Indians featuring
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Makaila Bagrich February 28th‚ 2013 Period: 3rd Entrepreneur Eminem. Slim Shady. Marshall Mathers III. Love him or hate him‚ no one can deny that he leaves an indelible impression‚ nor can one argue his staying power. Sur‚ he is not the only kid to come from a poor and broken home‚ or to have changed school every few months‚ or to have flunked the 9th grade three times. There are plenty like him who don’t make it; but‚ make no mistake‚ Eminem has earned everything he has‚ fair and square‚ and
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Pagpapakatao Living in Goodness and Love When people asks me to define myself‚ I simply tell them‚ I am created by God’s image and likeness therefore I am a loving person to any of those people who I’ve known and who I didn’t know. When a person or group of people will judge you based on your personality‚ physical appearance‚ and many more‚ they don’t have the right to judge you because we are all created unique from each other. No one can define you even your friends‚ family‚ girlfriends and
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at him or trying to console him? John smith said that “in women‚ crying is excusable; however‚ in men‚ crying is a mark of weakness.” Nowadays‚ the society both allow men and women to cry. However‚ when men cry‚ people will feel that men are not strong anymore‚ but when women cry‚ people will console them and try to help them. I agree with Smith’s argument. I think crying in men is a mark of weakness‚ it make men defenseless‚ and it can’t solve the problems. First of all‚ men easily get hurt and
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Successful People To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Stand and Deliver by Ramon Menendez and Thomas Musca are two similar stories where the main characters are both very determined. They both want to make a difference and are both very confident men. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ the main character‚ is a white older man that is a lawyer. During the book‚ he has to defend a black man who was charged with raping a white woman. During that time period‚ black people were seen by the
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