Watch is the most important devices for humans. Watches are helpful to keep us on track and catch everything on time. Although it is a simple device yet its importance in our daily life, can not be neglected. There are some Top 10 Most Famous Watch Brands In The World, we will discuss here. And how people around the world give them priorities.
10. Rolex
Most powerful and luxurious watch brand of the world. They are the status symbol for the world. A rich person can never be far away from Rolex. In 1905, London England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis. They produce about 2000 watches on the daily basis, with the enriched look, waterproof, automatic systems and pulse handling watches as well.
9. Patek Philippe
Watch manufacturer, who produce luxurious watches. They are famous on behalf of their difficult production process and mechanisms. The company was introduced in 1851 and the main head office is in Geneva, Switzerland. They generate revenues about 105 million Euros in excess. Their watches are the most attractive and beautiful watches in the world.
8. Panerai
Due to lack of innovative specifications, they were disregarded by the watch specialists. Still, they work hard and gain the position of most famous watches brand of the world. They opened up a store that was their first store and can serve as a workshop for this brand as well. A few years back this brand has lost its value but their new marketing team and the new designer team again opened the ways of glory for this brand.
7. Citizen
They are one of the biggest watch manufacturers of the world. They produced most decent and sober watches in the world. They produce watches with quite good qualities of reliability and water resistant fully and attired. This company was first named Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 but in 1930 its name changed to Citizen. In Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan its headquarter is located.
6. Omega
One of the most famous Swiss watches in the whole world. Omega is the watch which was the first in the entire world to operate on the moon. James Bond wore a watch of Omega in his movies. In 1917 Britain’s Royal Flying Force selected the Omega as their time keeping watches. The company was built in 1848 by Louis Brandt. Its main office is in Bienne, Switzerland.
5. Breguet
A classical producer of watches originated in 1775. This company is considered to be the most luxurious watches with complex mechanisms can say the grand complex setup. This company is leading due to its the tourbillon technology. That is a procedure by escaping gravity, enhances the accuracy of time.
4. Jaeger-LeCoultre
In the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland it was the first ever company made who was the producer of watches. A big manufacturer of watches since 1833. This company produces watches with innovative looks making it a different from others. Its strange look watches mark up the world. It is one of the famous most creative companies of manufacturers.
3. Hublot
Most young and earlier watch manufacturer of the world. It was founded in Switzerland by Maksim Kuts in 1980. Later this company sold and bought by the French luxury goods powerhouse, LVMH Moet Hennessy. This company broke all conventions of watches by introducing the first natural rubber band gold Hublot watch. “Precision, high quality, elegant and sporty combined in one timepiece” is the slogan of this company.
2. Blancpain
Oldest watchmaking company. Holding the hand of watchmaking industries since 1735 and contributing in the manufacturing of classy watches with good mechanical systems. This company had taken an interesting vow that they will never manufacture a watch with quartz abilities and specs. They keep a single manufacturer for a single piece.
1. Vacheron Constantin
This company is famous for its costly watches. This company produces most expensive watch of the world. This company is the oldest watchmaking company of the world, working since 1755 and have the age of 260 years and still, this company is capable of making its reputation and brand quality and standard up to the mark. This company now has been connected to Richemont group.
A standout amongst the most renowned business magnates of the world Aristotle Socrates skilled the string to the well-known Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who was beforehand the principal woman of US. With a 42-carat jewel which is the just a single produced using a 601-carat harsh jewel from Kimberly utilizing 16 cuts, this ring was just worn twice by Jacqueline, and it is similarly as valuable and extremely valuable as any piece at any point planned.
A standout amongst the most nice looking and appealing Hollywood stars Michael Douglas, gave this ring to his companion, who is the renowned performing artist Catherine Zeta Jones. This bit of magnificence is an absolutely lovely vintage stamp with a line shape evenly and set into a 10-carat precious stone ring. The most fascinating thing about the string is that it has 28 littler stones shining around the jewel and does likewise have a 1900’s look.
This ring was talented to the Tennis player Anna Kournikova, and is a standout amongst the most well-known rings on the planet particularly due to its appearance. It has a pink pear cut eleven carat precious stone which ends up being the most critical piece of this ring. It gives a flawless hope to include and guarantees a standout amongst the loveliest formats for a ring.
Donald John Trump who is a standout amongst the most well-known business people, and is currently a hopeful for the US Assembly Elections gave this ring to Melania Knauss who is a standout amongst the most acclaimed models. Outlined by a watch architect, the one of a kind perspective about the wedding band is that it has a 15-carat emerald cut precious stone ring over a Platinum base, which is made by a standout amongst the most acclaimed Jewellers of the world, the place of Graff in London and is additionally thought to be extremely costly.
This ring is a standout amongst the most awesome rings on the planet which has the midpoint 5-carat Diamond at its middle which is mounted on an exquisite metal piece. It is planned by Neil Lane, who is considered as a diamond setter to the famous people. It is considered as a standout amongst the most intriguing jewel rings with one of the rarest Diamonds. This ring was talented to the Pop star performer Jennifer Lopez by her ex who is one of the extremely understood artists of the world, Mark Anthony. It is one among the Top 10 Most Beautiful Engagement Rings in The World 2017.
Sovereign Rainier III, who is the leader of the nation of Monaco talented this prized bit of Bea, to Grace Kelly who was a standout amongst the most well-known American on-screen characters. This ring was the official wedding band that the couple utilized. It has an old emerald cut precious stone at its inside, and furthermore comprises two sharp Diamond paidverts next to its and is in this way very polished and invaluable.
This is a standout amongst the most well-known rings which has a huge 24-karat white gold ring and at its inside. There is a long rectangular jewel which is flanked with 2 triangular molded baguettes. The ring was talented by Paris Latsis, Greek delivery monster and socialite, to pop artist and Hotel Heiress, Paris Hilton. She said that the ring was extremely colossal and that it hurt her fingers pretty frequently. After this couple split up, she unloaded it to the Katrina Hurricane casualties’ purpose.
Jay Z, who is a standout amongst the most acclaimed rappers on the planet talented this ring to vocalist Beyonce who as a couple, are a standout amongst the most fascinating countenances of the music business. This is a standout amongst the most delightful rings particularly in light of the fact that, it has a Platinum base, and an 18-carat cut precious stone with cites by well-known Jewellers. It is a bit of premium shake that is profoundly valued and guaranteed as uncommon.
This delightful jewel ring is simply precious and has an unprecedented class in its appearance and in addition presence. It has a 33.19-carat Diamond with a tolerably substantial feature. This precious stone, confirmed as a sort to a jewel when in straightforward words can’t be clarified artificially, and rest of all jewels, can’t ensure a brilliant optical straightforwardness as this one. It was a blessing from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor. As of late it was likewise unloaded by Christie’s and was purchased by an issue Collector in 2011.
Imposing sandstone mountain in a wild landscape, a traverse of the ridge is one of the best scrambles in Britain.
Alfred Wainwright described Blencathra as “one of the grandest objects in Lakeland”. Dominating the landscape above Keswick with six tops spanning 3 miles.
One of the most photographed mountains in Scotland, located at the head of Glencoe. The classic curved ridge winds its way up the seemingly impregnable north face.
A gem of a mountain in southern Snowdonia with an excellent horseshoe walk around Llyn Cau. The summit has terrific views to the coast and it’s possible to see both Snowdon and Pen Y fan on a clear day.
Pryamid shaped mountain steeped in history with excellent panoramic views due to central location. Climb from Wasdale to avoid crowds and enjoy the hospitality at the Wasdale head Inn.
The north ridge of Tryfan dominates the Ogwen valley and provides some of the best scrambling in the UK.
Striking mountain with distinctive triangular profile when viewed from Sligachen. This is a climbers mountain with is no easy route to the summit.
The only Munro you need a rope to climb to the top. The pinnacle is a flake of rock that rises over Sgurr Dearg, it’s a moderate rock climb followed by an abseil.
One of the classic Scottish mountain scenes when viewed across Loch Maree. The ascent of Slioch is a long adventure giving ample time to soak up views over the Fisherfield wilderness.
Distinctive mountain in a vast wilderness. A boggy walk is required to reach the mountain so many people choose to approach by canoe.
Paraguay hosted an art exhibition in July, 2002 which was the most valuable in the history of Paraguay. A group of robbers had broken into the exhibition and took away five valuable paintings of them. It is presumed that it took months for the planning of the robbery by an unidentified person. He rented a store which was 25 meters from the National Fine Arts Museum. It is also believed that he recruited more persons to help him in digging a tunnel 3 meters underground running to the museum from the store. Authorities presume that it took 2 months to complete the tunnel. The robbery had taken place on 30th July of 2002 and more than a millions of dollars worth paintings were left with the robbers which are still missing.
A group of robbers robbed the Swedish National museum nearing closing time on 22th December, 2000. There were three masked robbers. One of them was armed with a gun. One of three robbers stood in the lobby pointing the gun and the other two robbers ran off to locate targeted paintings. At the same time two car bombs were set off on the opposite part of the city. Whole robbery took only a few minutes. There were three valuable paintings robbed and those three paintings were worth thirty million dollars. After the robbery police arrested 8 criminals within less than 2 weeks.
On 18th March 1990 two people stole paintings from The Isabella Gardner Museum of Boston. The paintings were worth $200 to $300 million dollars. On 18th March of 1990 around 1.30 am the door of the museum knocked and the guards on duty opened the door. They saw two police officers with black and big mustaches standing. The officers told the guards that they came to investigate a reported disturbance. Guards let them go in and investigate. After a while guards found themselves bound. Actually the two officers were thieves. Two thieves spent some hours in the museum and left with the valuable paintings.
In December, 2005 a bronze sculpture was stolen from the courtyard of Henry Moore Foundation museum by three men. The Sculptor of the sculpture was Henry Moore and the art was worth $4.6 million dollars. The stolen sculpture was 3.6 meters long, 1.8 meters tall, 1.8 meters wide and 2.1 tons weight. The total process of stealing the sculpture took only 10 minutes. It is presumed by the investigating officers that the sculpture may be stolen for scrap value. Police were unsuccessful in arresting any offender of stolen sculpture.
Last year an art dealer of London came up with a mastermind plan to steal artwork in a warehouse of Queen. He planned it to defraud and collect $18 million from his insurers. The dealer failed to sell the forged goods and was convicted for theft, conspiracy and attempted grand larceny. There was another antique dealer who was co-defendant and convicted for the same crime. But both of them prove themselves innocent.
In May, 2010 some valuable artworks were stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art by a masked thief in a dramatic way. Dramatic because whole theft processes happened and no alarm sounded. It sounds like a drama but it is the truth. After cutting a gate padlock and breaking the window, the thief left with the 5 priceless painting works from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. The stolen paintings were worth $123 million dollars. As per CCTV footage the thief alone did the theft. He carefully removed all paintings from the frame and took only paintings. He kept away the frames in the museum. Those stolen five paintings were unsellable.
In December, 2002 two priceless paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam by two thieves with hats. One of those two thieves was an international art working thief. He was known by the name of ‘The Monkey’. They used a ladder to access the window of the museum, broke the window and took two valuable paintings worth 30 million dollars. In 2004 both of the thieves were arrested, convicted and sentenced for four and half years. Unfortunately authority was unsuccessful to recover the valuable paintings.
On 22nd August 2004 two valuable artworks were stolen by a masked man from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Those two valuable paintings were painted by Munch. The Names of the paintings were ‘The Scream’ and ‘Madonna’ combined value of both were $19 million. Guard of the museum was forced to lie down on the floor during the theft. They cut the security cable attached with the paintings, then took paintings and fled away in a black car. On 31st August 2006 Oslo police recovered the paintings. Paintings were little damaged but intact.
During World War II the arm force of Germany has confiscated and stored treasures which are countless as through Europe they fought. The thefts left with the artworks to rich their artwork collections. Monuments Men has recovered and saved all the artworks from resale and intentional destruction. In November 2007 some exclusive and valuable artworks were stolen from the Paris art dealers. Authorities believe that Monuments Men can recover the priceless goods safely within a very short time.
On 21st of 1911 the famous and one of the most exclusive paintings of Leonardo da Vinci known as ‘Mona Lisa’ was stolen from the famous museum the Louvre, Paris, France. This theft is considered as one of the most innovative thefts as the missing of the painting wasn’t noticed until the next day. Museum was closed for a week to investigate the theft. Thief was captured two years later while he was trying to resell the famous painting masterpiece to an art dealer. Finally on 30th December of 1913 the famous Mona Lisa returned to France.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Scooby Gang from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is position 10. These characters in the television series and comic book battle supernatural forces of evil. The team consists of Buffy Summers and her friends and colleagues who assist her in her duties as the slayer. This group was also called the slayerettes. They took an unimpressed flippant attitude towards extraordinary events and supernatural occurrences. Buffy often had to protect her friends from monsters but over the course of the series most of them gained superpowers and fighting skills of their own with Xander the only notable member with no mystical abilities or connection to the supernatural.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Robert Morgan from the Last Man on Earth is position 9. This is a 1964 science fiction horror film based on the Richard Matheson/ Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow and stars Vincent Price. It was filmed in Rome, Italy with some location shots taken at Esposizione Universale Roma. It was released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures and the UK in 1966. In 1971 the story was remade as “The Omega Man “with Charlton Heston in the Vincent Price role. “The Omega Man “seems over-the-top compared to this more modest effort and Price does an excellent job of making the bleakness look real and appropriate.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Blade from the Blade Trilogy is position 8. The blade films are based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name portrayed by Wesley Snipes. In the comic, Blade’s mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor with Blade. Thus, Blade was born as a dhampir, a human with vampire genes. Blades grow up to become a vampire hunter, swearing vengeance on the creature that killed his mother. He teams up with a man called Whistler, a retired vampire hunter and weapons expert. In the urban underworld, a feud is started between “pure-blood” vampires and those who had been human but were ‘turned’.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Seth Gecko from From Dusk Till Dawn is position 7. This is an American crime horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis. The film has achieved cult status. The film is about two Brothers Seth and Gecko who are wanted by the FBI and Texas police for a bank robbery that has left several people dead. George Clooney rocked this role dropping so many F-bombs that would make even the reigning F-bomb king Samuel L. Jackson weeps years of joy.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Michael Colefield from Ultraviolet is position 6. Michael is an ordinary man who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. He is a reluctant recruit to the Squad and his initiation reveals their secret world so close to a normal law enforcement agency and yet so alien. He is the conscience of the squad. Michael seems to be a man driven by loyalty but his motives are not entirely pure. He is not always straightforward as he might seem and he’s in an impossible situation. The Vampires have renounced their humanity but Michael questions what the squad are asked to sacrifice in pursuit of the enemy. His relationship with the other squad members are very strained, his best mate’s disappearance leaves Kristy on her own and now it is a challenge for him because people want to see how he reacts.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Ben Mears from Salem’s Lot is position 5. Mears is the protagonist of Steven King’s 1979 novel Salem’s Lot , which uses horror to turn the tired cliché of the ‘tragic love story’ into something bold and belligerent. When vampires run the show, there can only be one ending: calamitous catastrophe and as master storyteller, King is the expert of all things experientially cataclysmic. The players in the game of ‘tragic romance’ are often described as hopeless victims of fate. In Salem’s Lot Stephen King does afflict Ben and Susan with an iota of ‘star crossed lover’ syndrome and Ben Mears is also existentially apportioned the seemingly inescapable title of small town savior. But within the bounds of fate’s prescriptions Mears has a choice, albeit a choice enveloped in tragedy no matter the path chosen. In a confrontation with destiny, Ben Mears makes his choice and becomes a tragic and reluctant hero.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Jack Crow from John Carpenter’s Vampire is position 4. The film stars James Woods as Jack Crow, leader of a Catholic Church sanctioned team of vampire hunters. The plot is centered on Crow’s efforts to prevent a centuries- old cross from falling into the hands of Valek, a master vampire. In the blood-chilling tradition of Halloween and village of the damned comes John Carpenter’s unique vision of the ultimate killing machines, VAMPIRES. “Forget everything you’ve ever heard about vampires,” warns Jack Crow (James Woods), the leader of Team Crow, a relentless group of mercenary vampire slayers. When Master Vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) decimates Jack’s entire team, Crow and sole team survivor, Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), set out in pursuit. Breaking all the rules, Crow and Montoya take one of Valek’s victims hostage. The beautiful but unlucky prostitute (Sheryl Lee) is their sole psychic link to Valek and through her senses they will track down the leader of undead.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Van Helsing from Dracula is position 3. Van Helsing is in the world to rid all evil, even if not everyone agrees with him. The Vatican sends the monster hunter and his ally, Carl, to Transyvania. They have been sent to this land to stop the powerful Count Dracula. Whilst there they join forces with a Gypsy Princess called Anna Valerious, who is determined to end an ancient curse on her family by destroying the vampire. They just don’t know how!
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, The Frog Brothers from The Lost Boys is position 2. The two brothers help people who have had vampire problems. In this story a local gang has turned Sam Emerson’s brother into a vampire. The local gang goes around town terrorizing people and the frog brother’s end up fighting the gang vampires. Edgar and Alan who are the frog brothers seem to be overpowered by the vampires and Sam Emerson comes to their rescue they kill the rest except David who escapes.
In the intriguing top ten vampire hunters, Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is position 1. Buffy is aided by a Watcher who guides, teaches and trains her. Her circles of loyal friends are known to people as “Scooby Gang”. Buffy has mystical powers that originate from the essence of pure-demon which gives her superhuman senses, strength, agility, resilience and speed in the fight against forces of darkness. She occasionally receives prophetic dreams in the few hours that she sleeps.
Sharon Stone won an award for golden globe. Sharon Stone always gives her best in acting and performing with her role. But even if she is one of the best still it doesn’t exempt her from death. Sharon Stone had her near death experience when she suffered a stroke causing brain hemorrhage. Physiologically brain hemorrhage is very deadly one wrong move and one sudden change things will end. Sharon Stone stated that there was like an explosion of white light where you see people talking back to you. She even stated that she felt a force move her back in. Scientifically life begins and ends with a heartbeat, without it nothing comes in and comes out. But what makes life really amazing is that you experience things beyond science.
Nikki Sixx is one of the most famous American musicians of this generation. Through time, he contributed several achievements in music. Others called him a rockstar because of his undying work. If a cat has nine lives, others stated that Nikki Sixx has half of them. There is nothing to be proud of having several near death experiences because it only states that there might be something wrong with you. But with Nikki SIxx, one of his popular near death experiences was when he took an intradermal heroin and experienced an overdose. It is something that halted his circulation, giving him a bluish appearance. Just like any other near death experience, a bright light comes in pulling him upward. Surprised when he woke, he felt like being back to normal, but still he was pronounced dead for how many minutes.
Peter Sellers is a comic genius that gives life to several interesting stories like the famous Pink Panther. He was pronounced clinically dead because of severe heart attacks. No one would know how you can survive with eight consecutive heart attacks. During the operation Peter stated that he felt his soul floating out his body. He saw the bright light that everyone is saying when death is near. In his own mind he knew he was ready. He tried to reach the light, but he couldn’t do it, either he seemed too short or the light was just too far either way, his experience simply states that if it is not your time, then it will never be. Reasons, chances and causes will pop out, but if it is not your time, then you will go back to where it starts.
Gary Busey is known before because of his drug and alcohol abuse. People like this are very prone to accident and near death experiences. But lessons will only be learned once this experience is really close to death. He stated that when he got into an accident where his skull was fractured and damaged and had to go through brain surgery he felt his body floating. He felt that there were angels surrounding him and showering him with hope and love. What makes it more interesting is that these angels don’t shape into human forms with wings, but this is like a white fog bubble wherein you can feel their unconditional love. That’s the time where Gary Busey felt the need for the change. After that near death experience, he claimed that he has changed and is now living with a better life.
The near death experience of Burt Reynolds wasn’t that common, though the main cause was drug related still nothing is more terrifying that being near to death. Reynolds experiences an injury that leads him to take some pain killer. Unconsciously this prescribed medicine has an addicting effect, making Reynolds addicted to this pill. When trying to get clean, Reynolds experiences a coma for more or less than 8 hours. The doctors even stated that some of his friends and family members are told to bid goodbye. He felt that he was ready to leave his body, go beyond the light, but again if it is not your time, then it will not happen.
One of the legends in the music industry has been addicted to drugs and had near death experiences. His experience started when he was in a vehicular accident. His accident was one of the most severe things that could happen to you. He catapulted himself along the hill with his bike landing on him. Ozzy was thankful that his bodyguard rescued him and performed CPR everytime he was not breathing. He was rushed to the hospital, in a coma for eight days. Though he confirmed there was a bright light in times of darkness, he didn’t see angels. That point he realized that when will be the right time to grow up, if not now when will it be. After that incident Ozzy Osbourne’s life was all changed.
Among all types of accident that can cause a near death experience, Jane Seymour’s case was different and rare. It is because the accident wasn’t caused by her or a disease but because of a malpractice done by medical personnel. She was admitted for flu but unfortunately a nurse made a mistake in administering a medication Instead of intramuscular, the antibiotic was injected into her veins, making the antibiotic circulate whole through her body leading to her shock. The signs of NDE were there, a bright shining light, but Jane was sure that she wasn’t ready yet and there are so many things she needs to do.
Maybe it is quite true that in order to be alive you need to be dead first. That’s what explained Donald Sutherland’s near death experience. Donald had a very serious and deadly spinal meningitis, which leads him to a comatose state. Though you are in a coma, science believes that your sense of hearing will not be gone. That is why Donald stated that during this time he heard his producer and friends about his internment and his life after this. He also felt like floating above his body surrounded by bright shiny lights. He glides down a long tunnel back to his body and learns from his doctor that before he woke up, he was dead.
Unlike others, Tony Bennett wasn’t that famous when he experienced his NDE. Instead, he had it after learning things about life and death. Tony was an addict, had a failing marriage and several debts. Because of this failure Tony decided to overdose himself to end his problem. An action that might have destroyed everything related to him.With cocaine and weeds he was soaked in a bathtub at that time he saw a clear yellow light. Eventually he realized that it needs this type of experience to fully understand what life is. Tony then fixes everything in his life, his marriage and career. He became a better person after a near death experience.
In the mid 50’ Elizabeth Taylor went to surgery and suffered complications and was later on pronounced dead. That is the time where she saw a tunnel with a bright light, and later on she saw her third husband Mike Todd who is already dead because of the plane crash. What makes death tempting is that you will see people who are very important to you that are now gone in this world. Their role can be either of the two, take you with them or tell you to go back. Todd told Elizabeth that it isn’t yet her time, that she has so many things to do. By the time Elizabeth woke up Todd was gone and all she sees are the eleven people of her surgical team.
The massacre happened in the lecture Hall of Northern Illinois University on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. The gunman, who was identified as Steven Kazmierczak, 27, was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He was carrying several weapons with him. It was reported that four died, including the shooter, in the hall where the shooting happened, while two died in the hospital. All in all, the police recovered 48 bullet casings and 6 shotgun shells. As to the motive of the killer, it was not determined. He was said to be a student of that same school asking for graduate sociology. But some have observed that he was acting “erratically” probably because he stopped taking his medications.
On October 2, 2006, an unforgettable incident happened. Charles Carl Roberts IV, a milk truck driver who was delivering milk to the local community shot five school girls, between the ages of 6-13, and then himself. It was reported that 9 years prior to this shooting, Charles’ daughter died after just living for 20 minutes. This struck him so much that it made him get angry at God. He was even heard saying: “I’m angry at God and I need to punish some Christian girls to get even with him.” This staged the plot. He had with him ten girls, tied their hands and afterwards started shooting them.
It happened on Wednesday, July 12, 1976, in the California State University, Fullerton. The shooter who was identified as Edward Charles Allaway, 37, killed seven people in the basement of the school library. He was said to have been working there as a library custodian. It was found out that Allaway was diagnosed to have paranoid schizophrenia. What provoked him though was that pornographic movies were being played by library staff members before opening the library. Before then, he was thinking that pornographers were forcing his wife to stage those movies. These thoughts, along with what’s happening in the library enraged him so much that resulted in the killings of those people.
The incident happened in Oikos University, a Korean Christian school in Oakland, California on April 2, 2012. The killer was identified by the name One L. Goh, 43 years old. Upon digging his background, it was found that he was a dropped out student who complained about the cheating that was happening. Despite having dropped out, Goh did not receive his tuition refund of $6,000. This angered him so much that on the said date of the killing, he appeared in the school, apparently looking for Wonja Kim, Oikos’ assistant director of nursing then, but to no avail not until it was reported that he had been firing his gun. He is currently at Napa Hospital, having his treatment for paranoid schizophrenia.
On March 21, 2005, around 2:50 p.m., a shooting spree happened in Red Lake Senior High School where Jeffrey Weise, 16, shot seven people, apart from his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend whom he had killed on that same day. The motives of his actions were his depression and the experience of being bullied. It was reported that Weise was seen smiling as he waved the gun he was holding. He exchanged gun shots with police officers until he was hit in the right arm and abdomen. He then went to a vacant classroom where he committed suicide. The weapons that he used were his grandfather’s, which he took right after he shot him.
The perpetrators Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, who were dressed in trench coats started shooting the students of Columbine High School in Denver. It happened on April 20, 1999 around 11:20 a.m. Investigators found out that these two teenagers were originally planning to detonate their school. At 11:10 a.m., these two went to the cafeteria where they left two duffel bags containing 20-pound propane bomb. But since the detonation failed, they decided instead to shoot fellow students. There were speculations that these two were bullied because of being members of Trenchcoat Mafia. After shooting all of their victims, they killed themselves.
Charles Whitman, 25, an architectural engineering major and ex-Marine shot dead 13 people including his mother and his wife on the same date- August 1, 1966. He climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower where he aimed his gun as he eyed all of the people. He was said to be firing at these people randomly. Prior to this incident, Whitman had a remarkable background. He was known to be polite and very smart. What probably led to his actions were his frustrations. In 1963, he started documenting everything that happened in his life, including his failings and frustrations. He was shot dead by an Austin police officer.
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, shot 28 people, including him. The mass killing happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School at around 9:35-9:40 a.m. Prior to Lanza’s attack on the school, he killed his mother at their house. And the rifle that he used was reported to be owned by his mother. This incident was not seen to be coming by the people around Connecticut since the school has just upgraded their security protocols. Among those who were shot dead in the school were twenty children, from ages 6-7, and six adults. The motive of the killing was not determined, although the perpetrator’s father said that his son was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and could probably suffer from undiagnosed psychopathy.
The shooting that happened in Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, was considered to be the deadliest in U.S. history. The gunman was identified as Seung-Hui Cho, 23. He was a senior student studying at Virginia Tech, majoring in English. He was born in South Korea, and later on received his American citizenship. The shooting happened in two buildings- first in Ambler Johnston Hall and next in Norris Hall, both found within the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. All in all, Cho killed 33 people: five faculty staff, twenty seven students, and himself. This was the worst shooting ever since it was done by just a single gunman. After the killings, investigators found out that Cho suffered from depression.
The disaster happened on May 18, 1927 at Bath Township, Clinton County in Michigan. The perpetrator was identified as Andrew Kehoe. When investigated upon, it turned out that his motive in this bombing was to seek revenge for not being elected in the locality. Adding up to that was his stress over his finances, not to mention the taxes that he has to pay. When residents were asked about his behaviors, they described Kehoe as stubborn and impatient. Around 8:45 a.m., the bomb that Kehoe set in his house and in the basement of the north wing of the school detonated. A total of 45 people were killed, including Kehoe and his wife, and 58 people were reportedly injured during the bombing.
Scamming, in general, is cheating, swindling or doing fraudulent business.
Almost all business transactions recently have been done online. From giving out salary to paying bills to shopping, online banking has become almost a necessity. However, there are still transactions that require consumers to pay in cash so consequently, withdrawing through an automated teller machine is necessary.
Charity is also being taken advantage of by people who let greed run their lives. The simplest form of generosity being abused is when a certain individual goes person to person, handing out a solicitation letter for some cause. More often than not, people will no longer check if such a cause is legitimate, especially if they will only dole out a small amount of money. However, if more people will be fooled by such, naturally, the small amount they donate will add up to a big amount.
Kidnap for ransom, or taking a person against his will in exchange for money or other form of compensation, became rampant in the early 21st century. Crime syndicates involved in this kind of business take their time in studying a target’s schedule, until his/her routine is established and a plan is made around it. Usual targets are business people and their loved ones, usually kids, as they are easier to hoodwink and carry when needed.
Blackmail, like many other things, has also become a part of our everyday life. In its simplest form of using serious or non-serious threats to get what we want, it has become a form of negotiation that people employ most of the time.
With the advancement of technology giving way to various opportunities to work from home, more people, especially mothers with little children to take care of, try their luck in several freelance jobs online. There are a lot of sites to join in, with minimal fees to cover the security of each transaction.
For a long time now, illegal drugs have been a major problem in every society. No matter how people are made aware of their destructive effects on the body, they always find their way into families, encompassing all age groups and social status.
The continuous progress of technology did not only bring about beneficial outcomes. It has also been used in perpetrating crimes that bank on people’s greed to succeed. One of these is sending out electronic mails informing the receiver that he/she won a huge amount from some raffle of a big company. The proof of the prize, bearing the official letterhead of the company and apparently signed by the designated person, is sent to the receiver and it is carefully made so that the receiver will be convinced that it is indeed a legitimate raffle prize. There is a catch though. The receiver is then asked to pay for a certain amount, which when compared to the alleged prize money seems like pocket change. Because of this, a lot of people have become victims of this scam.
Identity theft is not something new nowadays. It has even become more progressive with the advancement of technology.
The influx of various social media sites brought a big impact not only on how people got connected with friends and relatives, but also in giving entrepreneurs and small business owners a wider reach for their products and services. Of all the sites, Facebook is still admittedly the most popular and widely used. However, like all the others, Facebook is no exception to being used for bad purposes as well.
Type of European Word that has a single-handed cruciform hilt and straight double-edged blade of around 69 to 81 centimeters (27 to 32 in), commonly used from the 11th to 16th centuries designed for both cutting and thrusting. The arming sword was the standard military sword of the medieval European knight.
This weapon is a smaller version of the longsword but longer than a dagger or dirk. It generally has a double-edged blade, cross-guard, grip, and pommel. The blade is typically from 12 to 20 in (30 to 50 cm) long with a sharp point and weighs 2 lb (0.9 kg).
Also known as a two-handed sword during the Renaissance period. It is called two-handed sword because it requires two hands to wield it. It is typically at least 1.4 m (4 ft 71⁄8 in) long and with a weight of over 2 kg. It represents the final stage in the trend of increasing size that started in the 14th century.
It is aScottishversion of the late medieval two-handed longsword. It is characterized as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations. It was commonly used during the 15th to 17th centuries. The average claymore is about 140 cm (55 in) in overall length, and weighs around 5.5 lb (2.5 kg).
A European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use and a straight double-edged blade of around 90 to 110 cm (35 to 43 in), used during the late medieval and Renaissance periods with early and late use reaching into the 13th and 17th centuries.
A very effective and well-rounded medieval weapon that is usually a straight two-edged blade; broadsword is fairly quick and deals reasonable damage to the opponents . It can do swing damage with the horizontal and overhead slashes, and pierce damage with the stab. Broadswords were favored in the Elizabethan period of England.
Sword That usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger. The length of sabers varied, and most were carried in a scabbard hanging from a shoulder belt usually with slings of differing lengths to hang below the rider’s waist level.
Commonly used in feudal Japan, also commonly referred to as a “samurai sword”.The katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. The first use of “katana” occurs as early as the Kamakura Period.
Is a weapon of the Viking Age. It was a development of the Roman spatha, evolving out of the Migration Period sword in the 8th century, and into the classical knightly sword in the 11th century. Blade length varied from 71 to 84 centimeters. Examples have single, deep, wide fullers running the full length of the blade.
The medieval battle axes were rampant in Europe in the Viking Age. They were used throughout the rest of the middle ages until the end of the 16th century. Axes made for battle ranged in weight from slightly over 0.5 kg to 3 kg, and in length from over 30 cm to upwards of 1.5 m.
A club is essentially a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times. It was also an early medieval weapon and was originally a simple heavy piece of wood. Over centuries it changed along with the changes in technology and the armory sample is a spike club.
May refer to two different weapons: a two-handed infantry weapon derived from an agricultural tool and a one-handed weapon. Both involve a separate striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The two-handed variant was used in a limited number of conflicts during the European Middle Ages.
Blunt weapon, a type of club or virgethat has a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows. A mace usually consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.
These are Old Russian shock cold weapon during the XIV—XVII centuries. It represents a mace version on which head 6 metal plates — “feathers” are welded. The first Shestopyor had a total length about 60 cm and triangular section of edges and weighed 2.7 kg. These also is a symbol of the power of military leaders.
A medieval weapon consisting of a spiked club resembling that of a mace, usually with a long spike extending straight from the top and many smaller spikes around the particle of the head. It first came into widespread use around the beginning of the fourteenth century and is often applied to the military flail.
Can be called as short staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use during theEarly Modern period. Refer to a shaft of hardwood from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) long, sometimes with a metal tip, ferrule, or spike at one or both ends.
Is a late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, whose design resembles the hammer and somewhat similar to that of an ice ax. The handle may be of different lengths, the longest being roughly equivalent to the halberd, and the shortest about the same as a mace.
FN Herstal Minimi is a light machine gun that originated from Belgium. Minimi came from the french word Mini Mitrailleuse which means “mini machine gun”. This Belgian light machine gun was developed by Fabrique Nationale (FN) in Herstal by Ernest Vervier. It has many names and that includes M249 SAW. The rate of this firearm is up to 1,000 rounds per minute. A man can use this without moving or even when the user is moving. It is so easy to use that it was adopted by so many countries around the world and even produced illegally. The Company that created this firearm introduces the new FN SCAR with high precision Rifle, derived from the modern and modular FN SCAR architecture.
DSR-Precision DSR 50 Sniper Rifle 
HK416 Assault Rifle or Heckler & Koch HK416 is an assault rifle or carbine produced in 1995 by two Germans, Heckler and Koch, with the request of the United States Army’ Delta Force. This HK416 Assault Rifle has been tested by the military of the United States and made it as the standard rifle of their armed forces followed by the Armed forces of Norway. It has better precision, is more dependable and more durable. It uses the highest quality of steel that makes it more accurate to use. Some of the versions of the HK416 have OTB or Over-the-Beach which means it can be submerged into water, fire it under water and it will not be drained. You can also add grenade launcher to all of its models easily without using any other tools.
FN FAL stands for Fabrique Nationale de Herstal or FN the manufacturer,and Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL which means “Light Automatic Rifle ”. It is a battle rifle which originated and designed from Belgium led by Dieudonné Saive. It is believed that this rifle is one of the most used battle rifles in the world war history of mankind. There are so many countries that imitated so many models of it with different designs and different sights and many others. Today, many private US companies still manufacture many versions of FAL battle rifles that have lots of enhancement. By the way it is not only use for combat rifle as it is being type casted, it can also be accustomed as squad light machine gun or sniper rifle making it as one of the most powerful and murderous gun in the world.
Thompson M1921 Submachine Gun is a product of the United States invented by the American John T. Thompson in 1918. “Tommy Gun”, “Trench Broom”, “Trench Sweeper”, “Chicago Typewriter”, “Chicago Piano”, “Chicago Style”, “Chicago Organ Grinder”, and “The Chopper” are all the synonyms of this famous American submachine gun. It is widely preferred by the soldiers, police officers and the culprits as well because of its .45 caliber cartridge and has an automatic fire. It has also great significance to the history that makes it well loved by the gun collectors. Because of its quick fire it is hard to control, which makes it not accurate enough to hit targets, especially using the full automatic range. But if you use it with a shorter distance, the fatality is 100% sure.
M1911 .45 ACP is a semi-automatic pistol which was famously designed by John Browning of the United States in 1911. This model was the official firearm of the American Law enforcers from the time it was developed until the year 1985. But until today many American police officers and others are still in favor of using this as their sidearm even if they change their official sidearm from M1911 .45ACP to 9MM pistol. They are more in favor of this gun because it is more powerful and very fatal indeed. It has a feeding system of 7-round standard detachable box magazines. It is so popular that even on shooting events, this .45 caliber pistol is being fired.
