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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The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness‚ by Michelle Alexander‚ is a book about the discrimination of African Americans in today ’s society. One of Alexander ’s main points is the War on Drugs and how young African American males are targeted and arrested due to racial profiling. Racial profiling‚ discrimination‚ and segregation is not as popular as it used to be during the Civil War‚ however‚ Michelle Alexander digs deeper‚ revealing the truth about
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Jim Valvano was just some Italian kid from Queens New York who played college basketball for Rutgers University as a point guard from 1964-1967. In 1967 Valvano was able to lead his team to a third place finish in the NIT tournament‚ this is where Valvano’s leadership skills came to surface. Valvano then started his coaching career as the freshman head coach and an assistant coach on the varsity team. From there he became the head coach at John Hopkins University for 1 season‚ Arguably his greatest
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Gregory L. Baize‚ Sr. In Partial Completion for ENG 102 D04 201130 Professor Robinson July 10‚ 2011 Thesis Statement Comparative study of Graham Greenes ’ "The Destructors" and Shirley Jackson ’s "The Lottery." Both stories are great work of paralleled irony for different reasons. In "The Destructors‚" life ’s decisions are convoluted in a much different way‚ one may say they are the same as in The Lottery‚ but they are not. In "The Lottery‚" life ’s decisions appear
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Chemistry Write-Up The Thermal Decomposition of Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate Aim: When Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (NaHCO3) is heated‚ Carbon dioxide and water are given off to leave a white powder. The aim is to find the equations for this reaction. Hypothesis: The experiment will prove which of the equations below is true. It will tell us whether Sodium Carbonate is produced or Sodium Oxide. 2NaHCO3 Na2CO3 + CO2 + H2O 2NaHCO3 Na2O + 2CO2 + H2O Variables: Independent: Original
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THE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN BONDING ON RESISTING FLOW Design Investigating a factor affecting the viscosity of a mixture of liquid Research Question The effect of hydrogen bonding on resisting flow of five different liquids Background Theory Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flow‚ either within itself‚ or to moving past an objects moving through it. A liquid with high viscosity is thick and flows slowly. A liquid with a low viscosity is thin and flows quickly. Different liquids
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Chemistry Catalyst Report Aim I am trying to investigate the effect of the mass of magnesium dioxide used on the speed of the reaction of 2H2O2(aq) 2H2O(l) + O2(g). I hypothesize that the speed of the reaction is proportional to the rate of decomposition. Independent Variable The mass of MnO2 used Dependent Variable The rate of decomposition through the amount of mass lost Controlled Variables Environment of the experiment Stay in the same place to carry out the experiment and finish the
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(Tim Roth) are intertwined in Quentin Tarantino’s three fables of crime and redemption (Pulp Fiction). Pulp Fiction is a movie of immorality and wit. The hitmen’s boss‚ Marsellus Wallace‚ is a king of crime‚ however continuously gets played by those doing business with him‚ leaving Vincent and Jules to clean up the mess. Which in turn causes these unrelated lives to weave together. During the film‚ Pulp Fiction‚ many situations may be deemed unrealistic‚ though through Quentin Tarantino’s
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through the cracks above me. I slowly tilted my head‚ trying to figure out where I was. It looked like a small cave or something. The last thing I remembered was diving behind a pile of rocks before a grenade went off and my world exploded. My name is Jim Golemafi and I was an ex-army commander recruited to fight in the Afghanistan war. As my eyes slowly started to adjust to the dark cave‚ I carefully scanned each corner‚ hoping this wasn’t some animal’s hideout‚ or worse‚ the Taliban’s. In the very
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