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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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Kentucky News Review: Wendell Berry chosen to give 'most prestigious' speech
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NICK TOMECEK — LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER Kentucky author and poet Wendell Berry is delivering the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The annual lecture, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is "the most prestigious honor the ...
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Lecture series highlights cross-disciplinary studies
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Showcasing researchers that "define the future of critical thought," the ambitious Humanities on the Edge lecture series has fostered a new type of intellectual community at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Launched in the fall of 2010 by UNL ...

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The Commercial Dispatch

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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University of Wisconsin-Madison

First Book Award lends crucial support to junior faculty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
by Susannah Brooks From the time they are hired, humanities faculty members begin working to turn the dissertation that earned them a Ph.D. into a book that will earn them tenure. But it's not as easy as handing pages over to a publisher.



Mesa Musings: Right professor brings biology to life for humanities student
Daily Pilot
He took what this humanities student considered a mind-numbing science class and transformed it into an adventure. Smith died three years ago at the age of 93. "Lloyd was an old-school biologist," said Gary James, an OCC biologist for 26 years who was ...



Merced Sun-Star

UC Merced team seeks to learn how humans adapt to high places
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By YESENIA AMARO - yamaro@mercedsunstar.com That's what Mark Aldenderfer, dean of UC Merced's School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, is trying to find out. "That's really one of the major questions that lies behind our (research) project," he ...

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WALTHAMSTOW: Secondary school receives "good" rating
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Willowfield Humanities College, in Clifton Avenue, Walthamstow, was visited by inspectors on February 2. They reported that behaviour in and out of the classroom was companionable and considerate. They also commented upon “the culture of mutual respect ...

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3Qs: Exploring Downton Abbey
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Heather Streets-Salter, an associate professor of history in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, says TV series such as “Downton Abbey” draw viewers into a familiar world on the verge of major social and economic change.

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Journalist asks for US foreign policy change
Yale Daily News
By Aleksandra Gjorgievska CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour called for a “change in strategy” in American foreign policy toward Middle Eastern countries in a Monday talk at the Whitney Humanities Center.

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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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