“Mercy“ - Jussi Adler Olsen The crime novel “Mercy“ by the renomated danish author Jussi Adler Olsen is the first one from a book serie about the police detective Carl Morck and his assistant Hafez el-Assad. As a consequence of a failed operation‚ which takes place before the point from where the story starts‚ Carl Morck has been taken off homocide to run a newly created department for unsolved cases. His first case is concerned with the circumstances around the disappearance of Merete
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Alfred M. Green delivered a speech‚ in Philadelphia in 1861‚ directed towards his fellow African Americans. Now around this era African Americans were not allowed the right to enroll in to the union army. Green wanted to empower his fellow African Americans to enroll by the appeal to powerful words‚ repetition and the use of inclusive language. Green knew the appeal and emotion that can be drawn from using powerfully motivational words; he does this to drag out the patriotisms inside each person
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When looking at Alfred Thayer Mahan it is impossible to overlook his military prowess during the 1800’s as well as the immense influence he had on the United States militarily. However‚ unbeknown to most people Mahan was a scholar and writer as well as a budding political influence during the 1800s. It is only because Alfred Mahan was so capable in history‚ economics‚ and geography that he was able to become influential and make decisions and suggestions that helped to shape the United States as
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Case Analysis - Zenith In the case‚ the situation is that Zenith Electronics Corporation considers marketing research to forecast demand for a new technology‚ High Definition Television (HDTV). Zenith’s previous marketing research methods and the alternative forecasting plans are described in the case. Zenith is a company that has been played successfully in TV industry and has done marketing research previously for its various products. Its previous marketing research is based on the historical
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Discuss everything about your favourite TV character‚ and why and how they became your favourite. Way back in 2010‚ a small TV show came onto the BBC‚ a show that brought the character of Sherlock Holmes back onto the small screen once again. My favourite TV character resides in this show‚ however he didn’t appear until the finale of ‘Sherlock’ Series one. Although only appearing for ten minutes at the end of the final episode of Series One‚ the character of Jim Moriarty fascinated me quite
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Make a Simple RC (Remote Controlled) Robot Car Whether you are an engineering student building a multi terrain vehicle or an electronics hobbyist trying to impress people with your skills‚ Making a RC robot car (wireless) is much better than the wired robot which you will have to tail while driving. Here is a simple‚ yet informative post for beginners in the field of robotics. Mind you‚ this not robotics. This is just a toy with which you can play around and still get a hold of the basic concepts
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Constantine Stanislavsky‚ defined by many as the father of psychological realism in acting‚ was born in 17 January 1863. He was an actor and theatre director who put forth the idea of realism in acting and eventually developed the form known as the Stanislavsky System‚ or more commonly known as “method acting”. Stanislavsky was born as Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev in Moscow‚ Russia. Unlike the familiar stories of many creative personalities‚ Stanislavsky was not born into a troubled home or
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Vaslav Nijinsky the most famous dancer of the early 20th century‚ celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations. Nijinsky was born in Kiev‚ Ukraine‚ on March 12‚ 1890. His parent’s were famous dancers and they had their own company. Nijinsky spent most of his childhood dancing with his parents and with his brother Stanislav and his little sister Bronisława. His father‚ noticing the child’s great talent for dancing‚ gave him his first lessons. At the age of eight‚ Nijinsky entered
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Stanislavski declared that "what is important for me is not the truth outside myself‚ but the truth in myself"(from Stanislavski’s method‚ that’s the sentence he mentioned.)‚ what means that all which is staged must be true. He recognized that this idea was a potential problem because any act is essentially a lie. Thus he declared that all the actors should be also faithful to themselves as possible while playing a role. The idea behind Given Circumstances is that the actors accept that‚ with the
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How did the rulers of early medieval Europe like Charlemagne‚ Otto of Saxony‚ Alfred the Great‚ and William the Conqueror set certain precedents for their emerging nations? Well for starters‚ Charlemagne did bring a whole lot to the table. The only significant thing I got out of him was the fact that he split his empire into “countries”‚ with a total of 300 counts watching those territories. Otto brought his German self‚ and conquered all of the “Holy Roman Empire”. He starts the election
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