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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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Times Higher Education

Arts and humanities offer Hobson's choice
Times Higher Education
Some of the most startling changes were seen in arts and humanities provision for single subjects such as French and German studies. Among the sampled courses, German studies, as a single subject, was no longer available in eastern England, ...
Universities cut number of degree courses by 27%The Guardian
The tuition paradox: You pay more money, you get less choiceThe Independent
Science hit as axe falls on 20000 degree courses in bid to cut costsDaily Mail
Scotsman -Insideireland.ie
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Telegraph.co.uk

New College of the Humanities guide
Telegraph.co.uk
By Louise Merry Founded in Summer 2011 with the participation and advice of 14 of the world's top academics, New College of the Humanities, (NCH), is an independent university college based in the heart of London. New College offers undergraduate ...



Balkan Ghost: Artist Marina Abramovic talks performance, presence and "Pina ...
Loyola Phoenix
Abramovic spoke as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival's winter lecture series, which attempts to bring important speakers in the humanities to Chicago. The lecture encompassed her reflections on art and her personal history as a seminal ...

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US Poet Laureate emeritus Billy Collins to visit Boston College
Boston.com
Boston College's Lowell Humanities Series—one of the University's most celebrated forums for intellectual, artistic and literary discourse—hosts a number of appearances by renowned writers and others during the academic year. The events are open to ...

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Arts students draw the line
Montreal Gazette
Scan the list of striking university students and you start to wonder about two different solitudes in Quebec: Humanities students and those pursuing other degrees. To date, the list of striking university associations is replete with students in the ...

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Bridging the Humanities to the Professions
Duke University
The Duke Colloquium, a university-wide initiative dedicated to bridging the humanities and the professions, brings that philosophical emphasis back in play by inviting leading scholars to meet with students in small group settings.



Wellcome Trust

Outstanding scholars receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards in ...
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust today announces the first recipients of its Investigator Awards in Medical Humanities, awarded to world-class scholars asking the most important questions at the interface of science, medicine and the humanities.



Ramon Saldivar Wins National Humanities Medal
HispanicBusiness.com
He has been at Stanford University since 1991, where he is the Hoagland Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and also a professor of English and comparative literature. In September he became the director of Stanford's Center for ...
President Obama awards medal to teacher of Chicano StudiesTucson Citizen

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Interdisciplinary approaches
ABC Online
Science author Ann Moyal from Canberra draws attention to the need to bring science into a greater interdisciplinary contact with the humanities and social sciences. Robyn Williams: You know the trouble with scientists is that they need so much gear.



Stanford Report

Obama awards arts, humanities medals
Washington Post
President Obama awarded eight National Medal of Arts and nine National Medal of Humanities on Monday. President Obama hugs actor Al Pacino before awarding him with the National Medal of Arts at the White House. Pacino was honored for his iconic ...
Two Latinos Awarded National Humanities MedalsFox News
Medals Honor HumanitiesHarvard Crimson
Obama honors achievements in arts, humanitiesThe Associated Press
Expressindia.com -Stanford Report
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