Robert Henry Charles

In ANE literature, tablets are both a medium for writing, and a symbol of writing itself, but writing gains authority through message or author. Adoption and sale tablets, Suzerainty treaties, and written prayers laid beside idols exemplify authority by a message. In them, the authority emanated from the confines of the writing dictating relationships between parties. Orpheus tablets typify the second condition by the issue of pseudepigraphical authorship (as discussed under the subheading, Germane Scholarship). In apocalyptic work, however, most tablets mentioned are either Heavenly Tablets, or Tablets of the Law that descended from heaven. Use in Apocalyptic Literature A tablet topos occurred thirty-six times in Jubilees, five times in 1 Enoch, and once in the Testament of Levi. In Jubilees, the author referenced four sets of tablets: Tablets of the Division of Years, Tablets of Heaven (or Heavenly Tablets), Tablets of the Law, and Jacob’s Tablets (32:21); the Jubileen author also used Tablets of the Law devoid of authority. Contrary to Jubilees, the author of 1 Enoch stayed consistent, referring only to the Tablets of Heaven. Likewise, the T. Levi author used this authority once with the title, Tablets of the Fathers, which results in a question: is the Jubileen variation then important? Jubilees The Jubileen Author referenced tablets in the opening paragraph. These tablets play a major role in the overall understanding of topoi of tablet authority. The tablet-of-law…

Robert Brown Biology is a very broad topic and many scientists have contributed to the biology world. In this paper I will be talking about one of those people who had a major contribution to the science community. “Robert Brown was born on December 21, 1773 in Montrose Scotland. He died on June 10, 1858 at the age of 84 in London England” (Britannica 1). Robert Brown most recognized by how he described the “cell nuclei and the continuous motion of minute particles in solution, which came to…

Wendell Berry is an American poet and literary fictionist who mainly writes about agriculture, rural life, communities, outdoors and nature. “[He] has written at least twenty-five chapbooks of poems, sixteen volumes of essays, and eleven novels and short story collections” (Shetterly). He is an environmental activist, conservationist, and cultural critic. He is a supporter of Christian pacifism, which he clearly states in his book Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Christ's Teachings About Love,…

respected, and a role model to many people around the world. Princess Diana was born on July 1st 1961, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She was born into an aristocratic English family who were very close to the royal family. Her parents got divorced when she was eight years old and she continued to live with her father who took custody of her. Diana had been hard working since youth. As a teenager she had several jobs such as kindergarten teacher at a school in London, a dance instructor,…

Throughout history, princesses have been known to be perfect and have no obstacles or problems to overcome. They are kept away from the real world and they live sheltered lives. When Diana Spencer married into the royal household, that stereotype was broken. Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and she challenged the typical stereotype of a princess by talking about mental illness, making physical contact with AIDS and leprosy patients, and by exposing her…

DAMAYANTI Introduction The story of Nala-Damayanti has been narrated in Vana-Parva in Mahabharata by Rishi Vrihadswa. Damayanti was the daughter King Bhima who ruled Vidharbha Kingdom. Damayanti had earned a reputation of being the most beautiful Princess of Universe at that time. She was described as lovely-waisted Damayanti. As per Nala-Damayanti Katha, Damayanti was famous for 'for her incandescent beauty, grace, virtue and excellence' she was faultless-featured; 'with her ornaments she…

At the Golden Globes award ceremony Oprah Winfrey was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.Given recent events like the Me too and Time’s up movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change.Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos,…

an early example shaker culture when Mr. Tanner gives young Robert the pig for help and apron with the calving. Mr. Haven and Robert are fixing the fence when Mr. Tanner brings the pig Roberts father states about accepting the pig “we thank you brother Tanner but it’s not the shaker way to take frills for being neighborly” (P 21). I think this shows that in the shaker culture they feel that is not right to accept a gift or payment for doing the right thing in any given situation are helping out…

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution erupted as one of the most revolutionary scientific ideas of the nineteenth century. The idea proposed that the living organisms of Earth evolved from simpler organisms through the elongated process of natural selection. The theory of evolution evoked enormous controversy because it challenged existing beliefs about the creation of humankind. The spread of Darwin’s theory caused a division within America because it struck the nation during a stage of immense…

1. Henry Kravis is a successful businessman and an American billionaire. He is a cofounder of firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), a private equity firm with about $94.3 billion in asset in 2013. (Wikipedia) He was born in 1944 and his father was a successful petroleum engineer. He studied economics, moved to New York, and worked in finance field. He went back to school in 1967 and enrolled in Columbia’s MBA program. He began to join partners at Bear Steams with his cousin George Roberts in the…