search Lars von Trier | Lars von Trier at Cannes in 2000 | Born | Lars Trier 30 April 1956 (age 56) Kongens Lyngby‚ Denmark | Occupation | Film director and screenwriter | Influenced by | Andrei Tarkovsky‚ Carl Theodor Dreyer‚ Ingmar Bergman‚ Stanley Kubrick‚ Douglas Sirk‚ David Lynch‚ Michelangelo Antonioni‚ Jørgen Leth‚ Erich von Stroheim‚ Josef von Sternberg‚ Bertolt Brecht | Spouse(s) | Cæcilia Holbek (m. 1987–1995)[1] Bente Frøge (m. 1997–present) | Lars von Trier (Danish: [ˈlɑːs
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birth of the Space Race commenced long before the Cold War tensions began to rise. In the 1920’s Wernher Von Braun was a German teenager who dreamed of designing and creating rockets capable of reaching outer space. He spent his high school years participating in “Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel)‚ which conducted experiments with liquid fuel rockets.” Following high school Von Braun joined the Nazi Party who capitalized on his expertise with aerospace engineering. He became a leader
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Several Greek city-states had the government form of an oligarchy‚ where the small group of people wield the ruling power. They were considered the highest class as political power was shared amongst the group (Carr). The groups were formed based off of aristocratic birth or wealth (Carr). Unlike this class‚ the lower class citizens in the oligarchy did not share the same rights as they lacked full political rights and were not eligible to rule (Carr). They are thus excluded from voting or having
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------------------------------------------------- Otto von Bismarck Otto Eduard Leopold‚ Prince of Bismarck‚ Duke of Lauenburg ‚ simply known as Otto von Bismarck‚ was a conservative German statesman who dominated European affairs from the 1860s to his dismissal in 1890. In 1871‚ after a series of short victorious wars‚ he unified most of the German states into a powerful German Empire... | | | | | About Otto von Bismarck Professions Statesman | Children Herbert von Bismarck | Wilhelm von Bismarck | Studied at
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Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra Muhammed Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi‚ was a mathematical pioneer‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the Islamic world‚ as well as the founder algebra. His book entitled Kitâb al-Mukhtasar fî Hisâb al-Jabr wa ’l-Muqâbala‚ which means “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing‚” established algebra as an independent discipline. While his arithmetic work‚ possibly entitled Kitāb al-Jamʿ wa-l-tafrīq bi-ḥisāb al-Hind
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INTRODUCTION Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Mawardi was born in Basrah. in 972 A.D. He was educated at first in Basrah where‚ after completion of his basic education‚ he learned Fiqah (Islamic jurisprudence) from the jurist Abu al-Wahid al-Simari. He then went to Baghdad for advanced studies under Sheikh Abd al-Hamid and Abdallah al-Baqi. His proficiency in jurisprudence Ethics‚ Political science and literature proved useful in securing a respectable career for him. Al-Mawardi died in
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corporations?Certainly not.A company is not an instrument of shareholders‚ but a coalition between various resource suppliers‚ with the intention of increasing their common wealth and hence is contradictory to Mr Al Dunlaps view of share holder primancy. Through out his tenure at Sunbeam‚Al Dunlap’s advocated profit by firing many employees and shutting down many factories.If we look at it in the short term ‚this approach seems very attractive as it brings in quick short term gains.In the long term
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oppressive regimes to communicate their hatred of Western values‚ such as the Al-Qaeda. When comparing the actions and ideologies of Al-Qaeda to the term ‘freedom fighter‚’ overall‚ the connection is not as strong. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this term as ‘a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment’ (Merriam-Webster Incorporated‚ 2015). Although the Al-Qaeda is a resistance movement fighting to impose a new form of leadership‚
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Diane von Furstenberg is known as many things. A daughter‚ a mother‚ a fashion designer‚ the list goes on and on‚ but most importantly she is a pioneer for women. In 1972‚ she turned the fashion world around with her signature wrap dress that changed women’s fashion forever. Today‚ she runs a fashion powerhouse that in many ways wasn’t supposed to exist. To discover the woman that Diane von Furstenberg is today‚ we must first tell the story of her mother. She was a prisoner of war in Germany
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The Gentle Gender of Al –Andalus Women made important achievements that helped Muslim Spain‚ referred to as Al-Andalus‚ flourish. Some will disagree with my statement‚ however according to my knowledge of this topic; Muslim women of Al- Andalus achieved many effects that other women from different religions have not. They had equal rights‚ just as men did; they had the freedom that people have not admitted they had. They helped society in giving Muslim women a higher level of status. These
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