James Warren Jones commonly known as Jim Jones was an American cult leader. He was the founder of Peoples Temple which is infamous for mass murder suicide in 1978 November where 918 members of his cult lost their live. It is estimated that nearly 300 innocent children were murdered at Jonestown‚ almost all of them by cyanide poisoning. He was seen as a very charismatic man by his followers and he attracted people who were feeling isolated for whatever reason. Majority of his followers were African
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In the epitaph "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Lee Masters I learned that she was looked at as a person with a "heavy body‚ cock-eye‚ and rolling walk" and that she was the village poetess. The people this poetess speaks about are as she refers to as "Yahoos of the street" these were the people who would hoot and jeer at her as she walked by because of her looks. She also says that someone named Butch Weldy captured her after a brutal hunt and that she "sank into death‚ growing numb from the feet up" she
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DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ LUCKNOW 2012-13 FINAL DRAFT ON BIRD v JONES Under The Guidance Of: Submitted by: ( ) ( ) Mr. Shashank Shekhar Assistant Professor Roll
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drama requires great tragedy and great love. Burton’s eye opening film‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ showed intense drama through the use of Edward and Kim who expressed great love for each other. Yet it became a tragedy as the couple who were meant to be together were too different from each other. This essay‚ will illustrate how much Edward loved Kim so much that he was willing to do anything for her‚ and how much Kim loved Edward so much that she sacrificed her love to let him go. The way Burton used
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Calder V. Jones In the case of Calder V. Jones‚ actress Shirley Jones sued the National Enquirer and specifically its editor‚ Calder‚ for libel (U.S. Supreme Court‚ 1984.) Jones filed her suit in California courts and the defendants are based in Florida (U.S. Supreme Court‚ 1984.) Calder argued that the case should not be brought in California. The case‚ Calder V. Jones‚ 465 U.S. 783‚ specifically decided the ability of California to hold jurisdiction over this case. The Issue The issue in
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Fielding‚ (born April 22‚ 1707‚ Sharpham Park‚ Somerset‚ Eng.—died Oct. 8‚ 1754‚ Lisbon)‚ novelist and playwright‚ who‚ with Samuel Richardson‚ is considered a founder of the English novel. Among his major novels are Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749). Leaving school at 17‚ a strikingly handsome youth‚ he settled down to the life of a young gentleman of leisure; but four years later‚ after an abortive elopement with an heiress and the production of a play at the Drury Lane Theatre in London
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Jones Blair Case Analysis Executive Summary: Jones-Blair needs to increase their sales while keeping their margins consistent with limited resources on advertising and sales promotion. With the four different alternatives present‚ the chosen alternative is to hire another sales representative rather than cut prices by 20%‚ increase advertising to $350‚000‚ or keeping everything the same. WIth the additional sales force‚ JB should set forth their focus on the non-DFW household market. Problem
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from her siblings. She is the youngest of the family so she was showered with love and attention for the first ten years of her life.When the author grew up she started looking for attention else where‚ at any cost. The author eventually met Jim Jones the leader of the peoples temple. She decided to join the peoples temple‚ the author was willing to give up her family and friends join the temple. When she arrived in Jonestown it was not what she had expected. She soon came to realize
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Questions a) Character: The way you constructed one of your characters Jasper Jones‚ was it to show the reality of the crucial judgement made upon Indigenous people back in the 1960s? Yes‚ this novel was written to show readers how unfairly Indigenous people were treated. They weren’t even considered as people‚ they were considered as flora and fauna. Like Jasper says himself: “They reckon I’m just half an animal with half a vote.” (pg. 22-23) Voting rights weren’t considered necessary for
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Colton Jones‚ Inc. Marion Jones was once the sole shareholder and president of Chempla‚ Inc.; in 20X1 she sold her stock to Westcoat Industries. She signed an agreement to be a consultant for five years. After being unable to make a profit Westcoat decided to sell their interest in Chempla‚ but were unable to find a buyer. Westcoat offered Chempla back to Marion Jones and an agreement was reached on September 1‚ 20X4. Included in the agreement Marion would be majority shareholder of the newly
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