Obsidian

I like to think I’m an accessible, and approachable person as both a staff member and a player. I always treat other players with utmost respect and I have, for the most part, flawless grammar at all times. I’m passionate about what it is I want to do, both in real life and in Minecraft, and staffing on Vynox is one of the things I really would like to do and have wanted to do for a long time. I’m thorough when helping players, I make sure any issue is fully resolved before closing the…

Part 1: Dallas Museum of Art “Power Play” 1. Spiritual. Mesoamerican peoples (artist unknown). Dog with human mask. Late Formative period, c. 100 B.C.E – C.E. 200. Ceramic. Dallas Museum of Art. Hollowed ceramic statue depicting a hairless dog wearing a mask. Gifted to the DMA by the Eugene McDermott Foundation and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated. The dog is thought to be a tepescuintli, which was raised for food in Mesoamerica. Dogs are known to be used for spiritual reasons in the state…

is situated in such a way that there are four mountains or mountain groups: White Shell Mountain –Blanca Peak-- to the east, the Blue Beard –Mount Taylor-- to the west, the Abalone Shell Mountain –San Francisco Peaks-- to the west, and finally the Obsidian Mountain –Hesperus or La Plata Peak-- to the north. Therefore, the Ho-One (Hooghan) is a smaller version of the sacred area. The directions and the associated colors also tie into: white – dawn, yellow –twilight or dusk, back – night, and blue…

Driving to Austin one day, we spotted a billboard that said Schulenburg, TX: Home of the Painted Churches! My mother, the inquisitive person she is, searched the town up on the Internet. We were planning on traveling to Prague, Czech Republic in a month, and, coincidentally, she found out that original Czech settlers in the Hill Country had built the Churches. My mother’s wheels immediately started churning- Why not get a preview of Prague? My brother and I were not huge fans of this idea. We…

programs. Ms. Carson said, “you have to work harder. You have to use that good brain that God gave you, Bennie. Do you understand that” (603)? Him learning to improve his education can get the answers right. By Carson saying a name of the rock which was obsidian right everybody in his class and even his teacher looked surprised that he knew the answer since he got called the dumbest kid in school. Having Carson’s dad leave was a heart breaking moment but he still managed to pull through. Having…

This is in Ethiopia. These tools include not just large pieces of rocks for pounding, but also the first known creation of stone tools. There were sharp marks created by striking a hard stone against quartz or obsidian. These makrs end up creating a sharper edge. This is called percussion flaking and was very effective in making handaxes as well as pounding stones. The exhibit was very hands on and contained a brief summary of the tools, when they were crafted…

On October 12, 1492 , Christopher Columbus landed on an island which is now considered part of the Caribbean. He was met with a strange group of people he assumed were from eastern India, thus he called them Indians. However, he would come to learn very quickly that this land was not India, but a whole new world yet discovered by his people. Columbus would go on to introduce European technology, plants, animals, and even diseases with the new world. He would also take not only the new world…

The Development of Complex Societies The establishment of a complex society was marked by the growth and stratification of sociopolitical, economical, and cultural domains. Through the resultant intensification of societal complexity, city states were born. Six trends appeared as societal complexity grew: urbanization, economic complexity, record keeping and scientific enhancement, architectural advancement, state religion, and state organization. This paper will discuss the similarities and…

The civilization Mesopotamia lies between lies between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, of West Asia. The weather there is sometimes hot and dusty, like a desert, but other times, there would massive floods taking over the area. Organizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, had ways of living to control the environment they were in. The Sumerians, out of all groups, were the most successful. Of 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, they built various city-states. They…

authors paints the image of savagery in the reader’s head as the reader makes it to the savage reservation. While Lenina was visiting the reservation, Huxley’s describes the savage to be “His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian.” The relationship that the savages that live on the reservation is completely different than that of those who live in the world city. Even though those who live at world city does not exactly get treat with the standard moral codes that would…