Doom metal

promise to redeem them in gold on demand” (Skouson). In 1933, Roosevelt required all gold to be turned in as to reduce the gold content of the dollar essentially abandoning the gold standard. In 1965, the Coinage Act took the actual intrinsic precious metal value out of coin currency making. Finally, in 1973 President Nixon officially took the U.S. off a gold standard and put U.S. currency on a fiat monetary system…

case, the rules of reality no longer apply. A week after that incident, Nadia found herself stranded in the Claridge’s Hotel in London as Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano spewed noxious fumes into the atmosphere. As if a harbinger of this Icelandic doom cloud, when Stan had awoken earlier the previous morning, he found oddly that the butler wasn’t in the kitchen, as usual, preparing breakfast. He marched into the butler’s quarters to see what was the matter and there he found him lying on the…

“But the Elder just said..,” I say, my resolve weakening with every word. This is what I was afraid of – that I’d grow to rely on him. I have no one, and he’s made that very clear. Ronan leads me past the residences and man-made streams, joining the corridor we had arrived from. “I agreed to take up a teaching position. I never agreed to babysit,” he says, sealing my fate. I follow the dark haired man silently, trusting him for what is probably the last time. We come across a wide bridge,…

(“orisha’) originated from Obatala” (Larsen 23). Orunmila, regarded as Olorun’s deputy, is the “Yoruba god of divination and oracles” (25).Ogun, Soyinka’s favourite god, is the god of war, poetry and hunters. He is the patron deity of all who use metal in their work. Eshu is the messengerand trickster god who is feared for his potential for causing harm. Oko is the god of agriculture. “Shango is the god of thunder and lightning” (Larsen 27). Yoruba people also worship numerous forest deities…

The ingenuity of the individuals involved in the Harlem Renaissance continues to have an effect on modern culture. The Harlem Renaissance was a celebration of African American culture. Slavery and the Jim Crow Laws had oppressed Africans Americans for hundreds of years. The idea of white supremacy was popular quickly becoming popular in the South. Unfortunately, most African Americans lived in the South and were treated horribly. In 1890, the Great Migration began, in which many African…

The Story of How We Almost Died I still couldn't believe what was happening. The whole world is like some lost kid trying to find their parent except we are trying to find safety. Nobody knew it was coming; it just happened too fast. In fact, half the world didn't believe in these creatures before. Zombies. Yes, you read right. Zombies are tearing our world apart. Starting with the human race. Ok well, you didn't start reading this just to hear me rant so I will introduce my homies. We have…

"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…