Essays on Ark

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work in the form of a poem traced to ancient Mesopotamia. It is believed to be one of the earliest literary pieces in the history of the world. It was authored originally in the Sumerian Cuneiform language dated between 2700BCE to 2500 BCE. The protagonist of the myth is one Gilgamesh, an ancient ruler, and warrior who ruled the city-state of Uruk. He is revered for having built the magnificent temples and massive walls of Uruk (Gardner & Maier 1984). The Old Testament, on the other hand, is widely borrowed from Torah which ...

The first temple, construction 3000 years ago was destroyed on the same date on which the second Hebrew temple was destroyed

Only the High Priest was allowed to enter the inner chambers of the Temple, that is, the Holy of the Holies Chamber

The High Priest had to enter the Temple with a pure heart and mind

There were numerous symbols in the Temple; the meanings of these symbols were quite unclear and was only known to a few

Most Important Statements about the four Pieces of Information from the Temple of Jerusalem

It appears that the Temple of Jerusalem was associated with a lot of mysterious circumstances. It is quite unclear whether these mysteries were as a result of human expectation or they were associated with the holiness of the Temple. For instance, people considered it mysterious that the First Hebrews’ Temple was destroyed on the same ...

Managing the process of delivery of commercial products in New Zealand is focused foremost on the management function of planning which will be discussed in the paper. The future goals of the organization in the area of drones will be examined along with the future challenges of the company in this geographical area. The major contributions of the commercial drone delivery will be discussed and the potentials the country could have with their full implementation in the transport sector. The major challenges will be addressed such as safety, economics, civil aviation legislation as well as potential theft of deliveries. ...

Executive Summary . 3-4

History .. 4-5

Strategic Elements 5-6

Critical Events .. 6-7

Leadership 7-8

Mission and Vision Statement . 8-9 External Assessment 9-13 Analysis of Competitive Position 13 Internal Assessment . 13-17 Current Strategy 18 SWOT Analysis 18-21 BCG Matrix . 21-23 IE Matrix .. 24-25

Possible Strategic Alternatives 25-26

Evaluation of Current Organizational Structure .. 25 Recommendation Changes .. 25-26

Situational Analysis . 26-29

New Turnaround Objective .. 29

Proposed Measures . 29-31

Funding this Turnaround Effort 32-33 Financial Projections 33-34 Conclusion 34

References 35-36

Sears Holdings Corporation Executive Summary Sears Holdings is a major brick-and-mortar retailer in both the United States and Canada. As such, it sells a wide variety of products, including appliances, consumer electronics, apparel, tools, sporting equipment and ...

Guetta Villa is a magnificent structure, built by order of American businessman Paul Getty in 1974. This building was built in Malibu, and it became part of the museum, which belonged to Getty. The building is a copy of the Villa of the Papyri, which was destroyed along with Pompeii. The museum presents ancient artifacts from Greco-Roman Empire. The collection includes a variety of statues, antique busts, collection of coins and jewelry and a huge library, where 20,000 volumes of works covering the art of that time presented. Collection is very interesting from the point of view of ...

Sears, Roebuck and Company commonly known as Sears is an American company that was incorporated in 1886 by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. It became a subsidiary of Seers Holding Corporation in 2005 after a merger with Kmart Corporation. Contemporarily, the company is domiciled at Hoffman Estates in Illinoi. The company majorly deals with clothing, electrical appliances, home products and services, automotive repair tools and products and other hardware. It has around 1700 operational stores across the US. It had approximately 300,000 employees in 2011. The company also operates in Mexico and Canada. In Canada, it carries its ...

The film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is an action or an adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, edited by Michael Khan and produced by Frank Marshall. It tells the story of Indiana of the Covenant that he believed would make his army invincible. This review seeks to address how the filmmakers made use of known filming techniques. First, as indicated above, the movie falls exactly in the action/adventure genre and it achieved this through its portrayal of the star character, Indiana Jones, the style and location of filming in the jungles of Hawaii. Second, in film making, the ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie brings us the fictional work entitled “Birdsong” in 2010, and as is usual for her, does so in a way that seems to be nonfiction. Reading anything by Adichie, the prominent Nigerian author, who frequently puts a 21rst century face on the Igbo people, is almost an invitation to reading the private diary of someone’s life, whether that life is that of a person living through a civil war, a person struggling to grasp American culture as she arrives from Nigeria in search for a better life, or as the girlfriend to a married man, ...

In Christianity, creeds play a significant role in enhancing faith. First, the creed is the rule of faith for all Christians. It provides clear ways on how Christians think about God and the whole history of salvation. Thus, the creed prevents Christians from making wrong decisions. Additionally, the Creed is a renewal of the Christian faith professed at baptism. It articulates the implications of entering into Christian life after baptism. The creed is also a liturgical prayer and a powerful evangelical tool.

Q33) Describe two distinctive features of Evangelical Christianity (2-3 sentences)

One of the distinctive features of evangelical Christianity is that it places significant emphasis on the trusting ...

Shot in 2002, Russian Ark by Alexander Sokurov is a historical drama which amazes the audience by its uncommon cinematographic devices and the director’s unique and profound approach to the motion picture. The film got a critical acclaim and numerous nominations and awards including the nomination for Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s phenomenon is the director’s successful shooting of the whole movie in a single take – almost one hour and a half, the camera is following the characters thus conveying the unusual effect of the non-stopping action on the screen. The ...

Melchizedek from the bible is the king of Slaem and is the priest of El Elyon. Reference to Melchizedek is found in the 14th chapter of Genesis. The name referred to twice in the Bible in the books of Psalms and Genesis. Ark of the Covenant from the biblical perspective was a wooden chest clad. The stone tablets that engraved the Ten Commandments, Aron’s rod and the pot of manna were covered in gold. Moriah is the name of a mountain range mentioned in the bible in the book of Genesis as the Isaac sacrificial mountain. The Muslim ...

Some cities were imagined, designed and created wholly or partially in a way that forever provided shape for their histories and identities, governments and religions as well as for the economies of their citizens. An example is the great city of Jerusalem. Whatever they were or however they developed later in time, the details of their foundation, along the momentous and monumental contractions that redesigned or redefined various sectors within them make them case studies in the historical processes that surround cities as well as their regional and continental effects. The paper attempts to identify the evolution of Jerusalem ...

Religion as a subject has been studied extensively by several scholars with an aim to show distinction and origins. Various aspects of religion are not explored leaving only a select few scholars with similar ideas or related concepts to propagate said thought processes. Thomas tweed is such a scholar. He has extensively conducted research in the area of religious space and defined it in a number of ways that will be explored in this thesis. Jerusalem, a popular and oldest city known to man, is a god example that can be used to better shed light into the theories ...