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    in other words shape the identities of others. Someone who used this ability to his advantage was Marshall Herf Applewhite.Marshall Herf Applewhite utilized fear to shape the identities of his followers by forcing belief under false pretences, forcing a way of life, and forcing suicide. Marshall Applewhite was constantly trying to get people to follow him by telling lies. For example, when Applewhite founded the Heavens Gate cult he and his “sexless partner” convinced a group of people that he was

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    Who is Marshall Applewhite? Applewhite was an American cult leader who founded what became known as heaven's gate religious group and organized his mass suicide in 1997. In 1972, applewhite met a woman who's name was Bonnie Lu Nettles, later they would decide that they were “the two” mentioned in the book of revelation, and they were on special spiritual mission. Wanting to show their knowledge with others, so they began to travel in a quest. After a while people began to notice them and

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    and are in fact simply a religious system with alternate beliefs. The word though refers to an unorthodox sect whose members distort the original doctrines of the religion. Heaven’s Gate is a cult that is centred in California, founded by Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles in 1993. They are a UFO based ‘destructive doomsday’ cult who believed that evil space aliens called ‘Luciferians’ had kept

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    Charismatic leaders have been the boon and the bane of humanity for as long as recorded human history illustrates. Most people agree that charisma can be a double-edged sword capable of producing both positive and negative outcomes. (Lussier, Achua, 20216) This is where we as humans wonder about our existence. We lead and we are led. Some successes are recorded while many failures fall by the wayside. Still, there are some successes we would rather not have experienced. There is a game which children

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    Baughan left a little while later. Bobby Lee Hollis participated in 1964 and assumed control over the lead spot. Soon thereafter, Andrew Thrasher left and Jimmy Lewis joined the gathering. Bobby Hendricks returned, making the gathering a quintet for a brief span, before Lewis' flight. Andrew Thrasher returned, supplanting Hollis. Hollis and Baughan were occasionally with the gathering through the 1960s. Starting at 1968, the gathering comprised of Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher, Hollis, and Hendricks

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    analysis, the leader I have chosen for this analysis is Marshall Applewhite, the former head of the cult known as Heaven’s Gate. During the 1990’a Marshall Applewhite, who called himself “Do” taught individuals that they were souls which had been seeded by extraterrestrials and that in order to separate from the world to the “the kingdom level above human” one had to exit their body or “plant vessels” by “becoming less human” (Applewhite, 1997). It was only in this way that anyone might be able

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    TO: CEO of Gap Inc. FROM: Andre’ Snead I have conducted a company analysis on Gap Inc. and my findings resulted in the following recommendations to improve their sales for the next three years: * Gap Inc. need to produce a better advertisement campaign that relates more to their customers. * Fashion and brand-conscious consumers who shopped at retailers such as Gap tended to be emotionally driven in their purchasing behavior and were influenced by marketing efforts that showcased

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    TJX Companies is an equal opportunity employer, employing over 32 different nationalities, military and veterans, and people with special needs. TJX Companies offers countless opportunities to its employees with competitive pay, benefits, and room for advancement. One of the subdivisions of TJX Companies is T.J. Maxx. T.J. Maxx is a department store, profiting mostly off apparel, with more than 1,000 stores throughout the U.S. To supply the stores, T.J. Maxx has five main distribution centers in

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    Running head: ROSS 1 ROSS 5 Ross Elisha Fuller Bethel University MOD 410 Quantitative Approaches to Managerial Decision Making Professor Cavaness December 3, 2017 Introduction In order to run a successful company, the company will need to understand how much is being spent and how is the money being utilized. When a company creates a financial statement, it allows investors and stockholders to determine the company worth and what direction the company maybe going. This will

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    is Ernie Herrman. The TJX Companies trace back to 1919 when they were Marmaxx, and now they have 3600 hundred store in 9 different countries on 3 different continents. They have stores by different names, the ones that are located in the USA are: Marshalls, TJMaxx, Home Goods, and Sierra Trading Post. This is a discount retail company that buys their product from other brand, designers, stores, or manufacturers in bulk or out of season merchandise. Their company is growing every day. They opened the

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