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The History of Body Piercings - Ancient and Fascinating Around the World


Body piercings have seen a resurgence of interest in the last ten to twenty years and are becoming more and more a part of the mainstream Western culture. Take a look at any fashion or entertainment magazine and you?ll see plenty of well-known celebrities with body piercings like navel rings or a labret. You might be surprised to find out that piercing is actually an ancient form of expression that most cultures have practiced at some time or other for thousands of years.

How to Make Your Civil War Uniform Shirt


Your own shirt designed and made by you for your own Civil War Uniform Impression is easy and economical. Follow these simple directions, and your Civil War uniform shirt will be exactly how you want it.

Top 10 Questions about Body Piercing


Body piercing has grown so much in popularity in recent years that it has become almost mainstream, with more and more people sporting navel rings and multiple ear rings. Facial piercings, surface piercings and lots of others to choose from can make things confusing. If you don?t know what to expect when you decide to get a piercing, it can be even more intimidating. Here are some of the top questions people have about body piercing.

How I lost A million Dollars In A Bank Robbery


The Million dollars was my life-savings earmarked for prime the pump money for my biotech start-up. I am the Gerald Armstrong the owner of Gen Cells Cures?Gen Cells Cures is focused on private medical research for the individual. Searching for cures for incurable diseases and aging. Of course, with the best scientific technologies on the planet! With President Bush trying to ride the middle of the road on stem cell research and his rejection of therapeutic cloning. I packed my bags and went offshore. A great place to go, but leave your money at home. I transferred the money to a carribean island and the local banker stole every last penny.

The Crisis of Human Survival


Environmental Pollution

African Masks


The following is a general over view of African Masks.

Tribal Masks


Original Tribal masks are often seen by unknowing eyes as art objects in themselves. That is not the case, unless of course they are modern copies. A tribal mask has embued power and is alive during the ceremony for which it is used. An African visitor to a London museum stated, "This mask is dead." He was seeing the mask out of context, it had lost its power for the people who created it and the the magic had died.

The Masked Fool


The Contingencies of Despair: How Existentialists Survive


~ Dread is dizziness unto freedom?freedom that gazes down into its own possibility. In this dizziness freedom succumbs. ~

Violence


Flashes of memory stream into my consciousness. They take me back thirty years plus. I was a boy then, a newcomer to a poor and tough neighborhood. My parents, of moderate means and daring to a fault, had decided to move there after my father had accepted an editing job in the federal government. They had taken a lease on a low-rent brick house, which was also run-down, covered in filth, and littered with trash. I do not mince my words: Previous tenants had been pigs that got along with bugs and rats.

Heraldry in the Crafts--Why Not Specialize?


I have a small website where I try to sell custom-made lapel buttons. In addition to these made-to-order buttons I also offer several specialty lines of off-the-shelf items and at this time of year I'm usually concerned with one of those lines in particular: Irish heraldic buttons. St. Patrick's Day approaches.

The Trickster of Folklore


Folklore includes a traditional trickster figure, the subject of many stories in a cycle. Trickster tales are in the animal tales genre, with the trickster himself -- he seems always to be male -- identified with a particular animal. These include the fox in Japan, mouse deer in Southeast Asia, the coyote and the spider among the Native Americans, the tortoise and spider in West Africa, and the mantis in Southern Africa.

Nessie, the Beast of the Loch


They were fierce hill tribes in what is now Scotland, and we called them Picts. The name seems to mean "The Painted People" for they were known to love bright body art and multi-coloured clothing. They were artists, prolific carvers of stone and from the carved standing stones still found in the region around Loch Ness, we can see that the Picts were fascinated by animals, carefully etching their likeness into the surface of the stone. And they left us a mystery.

The Year of the Rooster


The Rooster is traditionally considered to be a favourable sign. His crow signals the break of dawn and the beginning of a fresh start, driving away the ghosts and evil spirits of the night. He is the only creature of the Chinese zodiac with wings and, as such, is regarded as the messenger that connects the two worlds of heaven and earth.

Progress Versus Perfection


From the creative explosion marking the outset of the universe to our advanced human stage in evolution, some fifteen billion years have elapsed. This advanced stage refers to the natural abilities and the cultural realizations of our species. While these natural abilities have virtually not changed in the last hundred thousand years, these cultural realizations have progressed exponentially over the same period. The former depend on a biological memory ? the genetic information that is stored in human cells and can be transmitted through reproduction. The latter depend on a social memory ? the didactic information that is stored in human libraries and can be transmitted through education. Together these two memories and modes of transmission supply the necessary tools to perpetuate and ameliorate humanity. The problem is that humans rarely use these tools to the maximum. They reproduce very well; more than five billion people testify to that; but they could do better in every other respect, witness the many instances of weakness and wickedness that tarnish their image.

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Mississippi Humanities Council taps local volunteer for award
The Commercial Dispatch
When the Jackson-based Mississippi Humanities Council announced recipients of its 2012 Public Humanities Awards Thursday, Beverly Norris of Columbus, and the Columbus Arts Council, were named to receive the Humanities Partner Award.
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Humanities series begins at library
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SOUTHFIELD - The Southfield Library's Humanities Series meets Feb. 9 through March 29, meeting every Thursday from 1-3 pm in the Library Meeting Room. This series, titled “The Way We Are: Writers of the People,” uses specially prepared anthologies from ...



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Beloved Bronx vocational HS in danger of closing
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By Corinne Lestch / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The entrance to Samuel Gompers High School in Mott Haven, which is in danger of being phased out in favor of New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities. John Hyland attended Samuel Gompers Career and ...



Prescott council to revisit public art
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PRESCOTT - The City Council will revisit the controversy over public art Tuesday with a presentation from the Prescott Area Arts and Humanities Council. The arts council has been working on a policy in response to the uproar over a decorative park ...

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Idaho Humanities Council will honor Boise schools administrator Heller
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By Anna Webb - awebb@idahostatesman.com The Idaho Humanities Council will honor former Boise High School teacher Russ Heller, supervisor of Boise Independent School District programs in history and social studies, with its award for “Outstanding ...

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Humanities key to democracy, author claims
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She is author of the book, “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities.” American philosopher Martha Nussbaum addressed a Stanford audience Thursday night about the need for open-minded and ethical thinking to address social issues of the 21st ...



This Week: FEB. 6-12
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The Mississippi Humanities Council and the Katrina Research Center at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast worked with Gordon to feature the work as a traveling exhibit. The exhibition will be first unveiled at the Bay St. Louis-Hancock ...

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Beautiful spirit shines in unforgettable memoir from FSU humanities professor
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
"England and Another Shore" is a memoir by retired FSU humanities professor Audrey Wilson. The engaging book shares her memories of England during World War II and her life in Tallahassee and abroad since the 1940s. / Special to the Democrat By Gerald ...



Local culture commission to lobby for grants
Sulphur Southwest Daily News
The Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana already has four grants for arts and culture in the Lake Area, but nothing that is specifically targeted at Sulphur. That is something that the Council is looking to change, according to Erica ...

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It's the whole idea…
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A possible outcome for them is a financially rewarding job and potential to generate employment for others, whereas for those who register for the humanities and social sciences (HSS), prospects of a secure livelihood are slim.


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