THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN AHMAD ROBAI PERGURUAN TINGGI TEKNOKRAT Have you ever heard about Golden Mountain? A mountain made of hundred stacks of gold bars in circle, surrounding a big pole in the center which is also made by gold. Nobody knows who build or where does it come from, but what people know is that the Golden Mountain lays on the island far away from urban city. It takes 2 weeks trip using a ship from the nearest city if you want to go to Glodius Island, the island where the Golden Mountain
Waking after such terrifying events, Rainsford thought over all that had happened over the past few days on the island with General Zaroff. “How will I ever find Whitney?” thought Rainsford as he stumbled around the chateau in a daze, “Perhaps I can swim to Haiti, I should be close enough and Johnson lives around there.” Johnson was Rainsford’s old childhood friend who had lived 2 blocks away, he moved to Haiti when he became 30, so that he would always be by the sea. Rainsford decided this was a
forehead and just call it a day. I was at gymnastics practice like usual. Getting ready to do one of my favorite events, vault. Surprisingly, my teammates and I were doing a different warm up than usual. I looked at the whiteboard on the rigid wall. I got right to it, doing the different to warm up. One of the passes was running backwards. I ran to the white lineat the end of the vault runway. I turned around to go back to go the other way, trying to go as fast as I can. Bam! Suddenly I was knocked to
Track Meets “Alright, that's it for tonight,” said coach Sanchez, giving everyone a smile as Dakota went and ran again. Dakota was the last person off the track because he is the fastest runner on his track team, so he had special training to do. This took up a lot of his time. He was your average boy, but with a fast average running speed, and low grades. So he isn’t such an average boy. He is a kind boy, who loves to run, and be in peace and quiet. He had all C’s, except for math, which
Chapter 8: The Sinister Edinburgh Vaults and Its Ghouls The Edinburgh vaults consist of an underground labyrinth of passages and chambers with a dark and notorious history. Even today, the violent past seems to still stick to the place in the form of spirits and activities that visitors often encounter. Tour guides have mentioned people getting scratched in the skin and their hair get pulled so violently that the scalps bleed! The old town surrounding the vaults is full of dark and narrow alleys
Julius II asked Michelangelo to complete a painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 25 year later, a new pope asked Michelangelo to paint the front wall of the chapel. This painting was known as Michelangelo’s Last Judgment. The Sistine Chapel Vault and the Last Judgment are both distinguished pieces of art done by Michelangelo,
The sculpture Tabernacle from Italian Desiderio DA Settignano is an example of a Renaissance sculpture because it contains Roman barrel vaults and vanishing lines. At the base it has a christian image because of the three big halos on each personification. I strongly believe is Jesus and Mary. Jesus is laying down on his mother’s shoulders and he has a naturalistic body. You can notice a mother and son relationship. The third personification is holding Jesus arms and hands. On each side there are
Romanesque architecture was developed in the 12th century. The Romanesque architecture was influenced by the Byzantine and Roman styles. It had the characteristics of round arches, thick walls and pillars supported by the weight of the stone buildings and vaults. The theme of the churches interior was referred to Christianity. Many architects were employed to create impressive settings to represent Christianity. The Gothic architecture is originated in the mid 12th century and ended at 16th century. Gothic
The Chase Family Vault The Chase Family Vault is one of the most haunting objects on the Island of Barbados. There lived the Chase Family Bodies. There have been many other people for other generations. They have always had one question… How does it move? The vault is sealed how does it move? It is in the middle of a creepy personally owned cemetery. But is it a ghost? Has it been Broken Into? The Coffins of the Chase Family are located on an island called Barbados. The “Vault” is a hand built
Over the past 3 decades, in the United States evidence vaults, an uncountable number of DNA evidence specimens have been destroyed, leaving 6 thousand cases virtually unsolvable. Additionally, this destruction led 141 prisoners to be unable to prove their innocence (Greene). All of this has been going on for years, but was only recently uncovered through a series of investigative journaling. Muckraking still does exist in 2016 in newspapers as demonstrated by Susan Greene and Miles Moffeit's Denver
Barrel vaults need the whole wall to be able to support the roof therefore causing the barrel-vault churches to have an absence of windows and be dimly lit. Groin vaults allow the church to be more open and let sunlight enter the building. Groin vaults were made by crossing arches at right angles. Moving the pressure from being exerted on the entire wall to where the arches met the pillars. Furthermore the groin vault was then replaced by the Gothic ribbed vault. The ribbed vault is an intersection
was insulted by Fortunato and was so offended that he decided to lure him to his vault so that he can kill him. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado”, there are lots of interesting symbols that give deeper meanings to the story. For example, the carnival is a great symbol that is used to refer to the world of the living, which is a place of joy, happiness, and freedom. Another big symbol in the story are the vaults (Graveyard,
dreary one. So what makes this story a dark and eerie tale? This paper will the settings of the cask of Amontillado and how it has a dreary setting. While the Cask of Amontillado has a more sinister and creepy setting as we can see on page 117 “the vaults are insufferably damp” (Mays, Cask of Amontillado) sets up for a dark and dreary setting. The very beginning where the narrator says he “I must not only punish but punish with impunity” is in the first paragraph foreshadowing the events to come. Right
The world is heavily impacted by the brilliant ideas and inventions that the ancient Romans came up with. The mighty empire that Rome became started out as a small village built by a group of Latins around 700 BCE. The Roman empire, at its peak, stretched from 2,500 miles east to west, 2,300 miles north to south, and had a population of over 50 million people, yet Roman workers and thinkers came up with a range of we still use today. Rome may have crumbled in 476 AD, but it left behind many legacies
ceiling. In order to find a practical solution, most of its buildings rely on the mass of the walls to support the heavy ceiling. Also, the use of arches tunnels for the roof made it more secure preventing it to fall which created what is called a vault. The vaults were on of the most important developments of this style. In essence there are three types of
the judge can’t see anything wrong. The closest I have come to a 10.0 is a 9.5 which is amazing for only being in level 4 and of course, as you experience higher levels you will also experience much harder skills. I was on vault, which is one of the easiest events and the vault runway was right next to the stands. I waited and the judge waved her green flag so I saluted and set up to go. I
death. “To the buried those repose around us.” (Poe) Poe set the setting up to be feeling very eerie. The wine cellar was down below where the bones of the dead lie. It was a dark, damp dungeon. It was normal for people to store their wine down in the vaults. “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, hat I encountered my friend.” (Poe) Death being below the citizens, up above was the time of freedom. The people would throw a marvelous carnival in preparation
Greeks. when usurping the previous Greek Empire, the Romans assimilated several aspects of Greek culture into their own, together with the Greek architecture. the most attributions to Ancient Greco-Roman architecture area unit cement, the arch, the vault, the dome and centralized road systems. The Roman fine arts Revolution is additionally called the Concrete Revolution. this is often as a result of throughout the Roman Empire’s thriving amount, Roman architects began to form concrete and use it to
in the Capulet vault to find Juliet Capulet, Romeo Montague, and Paris Armado dead. The Page had seen an earlier brawl between two of the dead, and smartly ran to find the captain of the watch. Juliet Capulet was the loving daughter of Lord Capulet, and was also the first to be found dead. Next to her was Romeo Montague, a dashing young man from Verona. A dagger was found punctured into Juliet’s heart. Romeo was found with a small vial in his left hand. On the other side of the vault, Paris Armado
JP Morgan Chase is arguably one of the largest organizations in the United States of America. This entity mainly operates in the Banking sector. It is a global financial services firm which focuses on the financial wellness of individuals, and other entities across the world. Additionally, the business ranks at position 20 among the fortune 500 companies with $2.5 trillion in assets (MUSEUM OF MODERN ART & J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., 2004, p. 19). This is a big company which has over 250000 employees