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... Read More

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.Take all of your girth measurements.Using a tape measure, measure your chest, stomach and note... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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.... Read More

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. Also watch out for fakes as they do abound. Remember buy things you like as investment can go up as well as down. If you... Read More

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... Read More

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. To be absolutely honest I have always found Morris men a bit funny! Perhaps... Read More

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. ~An individual awakes as he usually does, uses the bathroom and brushes his teeth as he usually does, and goes to the kitchen for his usual bowl of Slurpy O's cereal. But... Read More

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... Read More

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Pioneer Online

Downtown College offers humanities courses with focus on local art ...
Pioneer Online, OK - Nov 21, 2008
By Esther Chong, News Writing Student Two eight-week humanities classes will be taught in downtown Oklahoma City’s arts and entertainments district during ...
OKC museum to host student art from Summer Arts Institute Norman Transcript
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Voice of America

President Bush Gives Arts and Humanities Awards
Voice of America - Nov 18, 2008
By Deborah Block President Bush handed out the National Medals of the Arts and Humanities at the White House on Monday. The annual awards recognize ...
Bush Awardees Include Stan Lee, Olivia de Havilland Washington Post
Arts Medals Awarded New York Times
Bush bestows medals on administration members, too The Associated Press
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Beware potentially increasing wind speeds
University Register, MN - 8 hours ago
Consider one of these arms hurtling through the air, and hitting the Humanities building. This building is structurally sound, assuming the weight of ...
New turbines to be approved for UMM University Register
21 dances performed University Register
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Arizona State University

Humanities, religion shape global climate change discussion
Arizona State University, Tempe - Nov 21, 2008
Hosted by the Church of Sweden, the summit will act as an example of how the humanities and religion can make a difference with urgent worldwide ...

Lincoln scholar Boritt awarded National Humanities Medal
The Evening Sun, PA - Nov 19, 2008
By KATHARINE HARMON The president of the United States awarded the director and founder of Gettysburg College's Civil War Institute a National Humanities ...

Humanities Iowa names prize winner
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - Nov 19, 2008
The biennial award of $90000 is funded by Humanities Iowa, the state affiliate to the National Endowment for the Humanities. In creating the award, ...
Simpson teacher wins history prize DesMoinesRegister.com
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Teachers invited to apply for fellowships
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL - 3 hours ago
By Chronicle staff The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Illinois College in Jacksonville a grant of more than $98000 to host a five-week ...

An American icon -- Frank Sinatra's legacy
Suburban News, NJ - 20 hours ago
This program is offered through the Friends of the Library and the Horizon Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of ...
Fabulous Faces, Faraway Places exhibit to be at Palmer Museum Suburban News
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National Humanities Center hosts "What makes us human?" conference
The Independent Weekly, NC - Nov 19, 2008
Last week brought the chance to see some of the leading lights of academia live, in person, as the National Humanities Center opened its doors to the public ...

India's Top Engineering Schools Fight Move to Turn Them Into ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 20 hours ago
They said the schools already offered varied courses, including management and graduate humanities courses such as philosophy, political science, ...
Report Provides Advice on Campus Internationalization Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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