I didn’t have the best time before arriving to the concert. I left my house at 6pm‚ but instead of going straight to the Cosmopolitan‚ I had to pick up some friends. One of them lived on the east side of Las Vegas. That person wasn’t even ready by the time I arrived. In result‚ we were late. The concert began at 8pm and we had gotten there just a few minutes before the opening act. Waiting in line was worst part of my night though. The tickets were relatively cheap at a total of $40.40. Even though
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Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic‚ Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning‚ his ability to adopt almost any disguise‚ and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases. Holmes‚ who first appeared in publication in 1887‚ was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel‚ A Study in Scarlet‚ appeared
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Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a travelogue of sorts‚ due to the blurred lines between fiction and non-fiction‚ which deeply explores the status of the American Dream during the early 70’s‚ specifically 1971. Thompson states this purpose within the first three chapters of the book in the line‚ “Because I want you to know that we’re on our way to Las Vegas to find the American Dream.” (F&L pg 6) Although Thompson states in the beginning of the book that‚ “Our trip was different
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Analysis: "Breaking Vegas" (History Channel Documentary) This story is about group of brilliant students from MIT who were recruited to join a blackjack team that utilized statistics to beat the casino out of its money. This team visited the top casinos throughout the world‚ betting incredible sums of money and winning millions of dollars. While the team was able to utilize training‚ strategy and mental toughness to outwit the casino they had to overcome an aggressive security system that specifically
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REVIEW: Sherlock (to Watson): “The name’s Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221b Baker Street.” Now‚ I’ve never touched a Sherlock Holmes book during my life time‚ but I have still somehow gained so much information of the characters in the book and the story lines and everybody knows for sure that Sherlock Holmes is the world’s favorite detective. When you think of Sherlock Holmes‚ you most likely think of him as a character comfortably settled in Victorian London and if you would create
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The period of European history referred to as the Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. It spanned from the sixteenth to the seventeenth century‚ and was regarded as the rebirth of antiquity. It was a time in which learning was transformed‚ and became an age of daring experimentation. Some of the most important literary figures in Spain’s history came from this golden period‚ one of them being the famous Garcilaso de la Vega. His sonnet‚ Sonnet XXIII‚ perhaps one
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figure out and explain why something was done and provide a motive for why someone would do it. Now Sherlock Holmes is a very familiar name in mystery books. We all know him as “The Detective” to solve mysteries. What makes Sherlock Holmes is the way he goes about solving these mysteries and how he does it by combining logic‚ evidence‚ a person’s motives to solve mysteries and what makes Sherlock Holmes books even more interesting is that we “the readers” get to do it right along with him. Now as
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The silent film Sherlock Jr is shot and acted by Buster Keaton in 1924. It tells a story: after being framed as a thief and unsuccessfully saving own reputation in reality‚ the protagonist the boy” becomes the famous detective saves the heroine and penetrates crime in his dream. Again back to reality‚ the heroine finds the truth‚ and they are happily reunited together. Throughout the film‚ the humor of this film surprises audiences from the beginning to the end‚ the blending narrative of both reality
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Edinburgh‚ Scotland. As a young man he seemed destined for a career in medicine. In 1876 he attended the University of Edinburgh Medical School. There he met Joseph Bell‚ whose deductive powers and dramatic flair he would later embody in the character of Sherlock Holmes. In the early 1880s he served as a medical officer on an Arctic whaling ship and ship’s surgeon on a voyage to West Africa. By the summer of 1882‚ he had settled in the town of Southsea in the south of England. In 1885 he received his
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How did Bill Harrah and Bugsy Siegel change the face of Las Vegas to what it is today? What are some of their ideas that are still used within hotels/casinos today? Bill Harrah was one of the first to introduce corporate management philosophies in operating a casino. Bugsy Siegel was the first to modernize the casino industry with décor of the casino/hotel with a Miami or Hollywood flashy style rather than the western theme Las Vegas was accustom to. 2. What did Howard Hughes successfully
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