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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.

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.

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.

The Crisis of Human Survival


Environmental Pollution1. Damage to The Ozone Layer Causes Radiation PollutionThe hole in the ozone layer above the North Pole is becoming larger, allowing large volumes of ultraviolet radiation to fall directly on the Earth's surface, causing destruction and harm to humanity, and resulting in skin cancer and other bodily ailments.

African Masks


The following is a general over view of African Masks.There are still places in Africa where genuine old masks can be bought, generally through dealers.

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.

The Masked Fool


The FoolMy first direct experience of the fool in masking was watching Morris Dancing here at home in Yorkshire, England. The Morris dancers were dressed up in their usual dancing shoes with bells and baggy pants.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Guam Humanities Council Grant Cycle 2012 - Call for Proposals
Pacific News Center
Guam - The Guam Humanities Council is pleased to announce the opening of the organization's Community Grant Cycle for 2012. Working in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guam Humanities Council provides financial support to ...

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Trine to host Humanities Symposia
KPCnews.com
ANGOLA — The Humanities Symposia, sponsored by the Trine University Department of Language and Humanities, will begin Feb. 28 and continue through April 17. Each session is free, open to the public and will run from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Wells Theater in ...



Humanities class explores unconventional topic
The Globe
When humanities professor Channa Newman set out to design and implement a course aimed at exposing the real minorities in America more than 10 years ago, she said she wanted to shed light on a group that flies carefully under the radar.



Lexington Herald Leader

Wendell Berry Named 41st Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities
WFPL
by Erica Peterson on February 7, 2012 A Kentucky author, farmer and environmental activist has been recognized by the federal government for his achievements in the humanities. Wendell Berry was named the 41st Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities by ...
Wendell Berry, poet and conservationist, selected to give 2012 Jefferson LectureWashington Post (blog)
Wendell Berry to Give 2012 Jefferson LectureNew York Times (blog)
Kentucky News Review: Hal Rogers earmarks $7 million for his neighborhoodLexington Herald Leader
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Guam- The Guam Humanities Council (GHC) just started its grant cycle for 2012 ...
Pacific News Center
Executive Director Kimberly Kihleng says they offer small grants up to $10 thousand dollars to groups doing projects related to the humanities. She mentions it's all about empowering different projects within the local community.



Virginia Tech Collegiate Times

Employment out of college a matter of degree
U-T San Diego
That's the conclusion of a study that shows recent graduates with degrees in nontechnical fields such as the arts and humanities are more likely to be unemployed than their counterparts who specialize in education, health care, most kinds of ...
Study shows architecture majors are hurt most by economyVirginia Tech Collegiate Times

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Langley Principal Talks Honors Classes With Parents
Patch.com
Patch Langley High School Principal Matt Ragone met with more than 100 parents on Tuesday morning about the school board's recent decision to implement more honors level humanities classes in Fairfax County high schools.

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COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER: UW-Parkside celebrates 'The Rita,' Black History Month ...
Journal Times
On a recent Saturday in January, UW-Parkside officially opened the beautiful new Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities, also known as “The Rita,” to the public. More than a thousand visitors to the Jan. 28 grand opening enjoyed ...

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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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Free Kentucky Chautauqua program at Audubon Saturday
Evansville Courier & Press
By Gleaner Staff The performance, also sponsored by the Kentucky Humanities Council and Audubon Museum, features Bell as the Rev. Newton Bush, a slave who escaped the Nicholas Green farm in Franklin County, Ky., and made his way to Camp Nelson in the ...

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