organizer. Jones was the founder and the leader of the Peoples Temple, best known for the mass murder-suicide in November 1978 of 909 of its members in Jonestown, Guyana,[1] and the murder of five people at a nearby airstrip, including Congressman Leo Ryan. Over two hundred children were murdered at Jonestown, almost all of them by cyanide poisoning.[2] Jones died from a gunshot wound to the head; it is suspected his death was a suicide. Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple there in the
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Drivers, start your engines! NASCAR is defined by speed, adrenaline, and heart pumping action as cars zoom around the track at speeds up to 220 miles per hour. It is apparent why over six million people tune in to these races across the country. Although most of the glory goes to the winning driver, the entire crew is what makes these victories possible. As an intern for a company that works for NASCAR I have seen many different leadership skills and techniques that are applied throughout the
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Proving efficiencies by going Paperless In an effort to reduce the amount of paper my team was generating for my Company, I needed to prove the efficiency of obtaining an electronic system to create and store documentation. A company trying to go paperless can be a vast undertaking as well as very costly. Since cost will drive the change, I needed identify the key components and benefit it would be to the organization to obtain such a tool. It would seem like a simple change, but when you work
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The article “ The Devil in Mr. Jones” by Jonathan Z. Smith focuses on Jim Jones, a man who created a large and thriving community where on the surface he preached equality and between genders and races, but in reality failed to achieve this harmonious vision. Jones’ thesis utters that if you want to understand Jonestown, you have to look at humanity because refusing to understand Jonestown was refusing to fully commit yourself to the study of religion. The author reinforces “Nothing is foreign to
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It's a normal day. wake up, brush teeth, comb hair, change your clothes. I put on a seafoam green sweater, dark blue shorts, and long polka dot socks I had on the day I passed out on the gym floor, long story that I will tell later. At least normal day for you. After all that you get checked. You don't get checked do you? Weight, height, cuts, and bruises. As I wait in line people go in and out. In modern mood out sad and/or crying. there are a lot of us. you don't notice us, most of us are the people
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My Sister B’nai Brith Girls, Coast to coast, fund to fund, social media platform to social media platform and everywhere in between, over the past 72 years the movement of the B’nai Brith Girls has done nothing but constantly improve and excel in every aspect. We have branched out to new communities around the world to start new chapters, we have worked tirelessly to raise more money for the International Service Fund, and we have increased our presence on social media. We have increased our
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American Horror Story, better known as AHS, is one show that has horror written all over it. After four seasons of terror, it was time to add the fifth season: American Horror Story Hotel. Season five began airing this fall, and just after the first few episodes people around the country were hooked. This season would keep people eager to watch every Wednesday night just to see what was going to happen next. This show provides all the right materials to fit a horror genre: scary scenes, violent
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How Does Ryan air maintain Competitive Advantage over other airlines? [pic] Aim My aim is to investigate whether the low cost airline Ryan air (PLC) has and if so how does it maintain its competitive advantage. In my investigation I will be looking at other competing low cost airlines such as Easyjet as well as main stream international airlines such a British Airways. I will also be looking at how Ryanair has gone from nothing to being the No.1 low cost airline. Introduction Ryanair
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anniversary that was coming up. For weeks now Chris had been planning to go on vacation with Mary on their special day hoping to have the best possible celebration that he could ever have with her. Chris made reservations for a nice hotel, purchased air tickets, and was approved for vacation time through his work. Everything was going according to plan until the moment Chris was asked to meet with his boss Ms. Hall in her office the day before his anniversary. Ms. Hall demanded Chris to cancel his
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OT against the Steelers), are not the numbers coaches want to see. So, what are you getting with Tim Tebow? A quarterback? A running back? An H-Back (as many teams wanted him to be before he was drafted by Denver)? Well, according to head coach Rex Ryan, a little of all three. His biggest strength is his passionate leadership, with his biggest weakness clearly being his inconsistency. The Jets have said publically they have plans to use Tim on roughly 20% of the
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