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

In The News:


U. of U. debuts humanities building
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 7 hours ago
By Brian Maffly The new Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building opened today on the University of Utah Campus. Friday, October 3 2008. ...

Star trio shines at Humanities gala
Chicago Tribune, United States - 8 hours ago
By Howard Reich | Chicago Tribune critic Two years ago, the Chicago Humanities Festival slipped on a banana peel when its opening-night gala performance ...

Illinois Humanities Council hosting grant application workshop
Mt. Vernon Register-News, IL - 38 minutes ago
INA — The Illinois Humanities Council will be hosting a IHC Community Grant Application Workshop on Nov. 6 at the Rend Lake College Student Center. ...

New Ratings of Humanities Journals Do More Than Rank — They Rankle
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 8 hours ago
By JENNIFER HOWARD A large-scale, multinational attempt in Europe to rank humanities journals has set off a revolt. In a protest letter, some journal ...

IU East writing contest offers cash, scholarships
Palladium-Item, IN - 3 hours ago
The college's School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of Academic Affairs are sponsoring the contest. Entries must be received by Nov. ...
Central Indiana Elementary School Offerirng Chinese Language Classes Indiana's NewsCenter
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A light in the basement
Princeton University The Daily Princetonian,  United States - 9 hours ago
But a week ago, Emmet Gowin and 90 17-year-olds lit the place up at the ninth-annual Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium, which brings top high-school ...

October is National Arts and Humanities Month
HNN Huntingtonnews.net,  USA - Oct 4, 2008
program of the West Virginia Humanities Council that encourages and promotes the understanding of our state’s fascinating history. “History Alive! ...

Crisis in education sector preventable
Daily Nation, Kenya - 21 hours ago
One was about the Teachers Service Commission, an employer, expressing concern over the scarcity of humanities teachers. Yet, the universities were training ...

Douglass statue installed at Judiciary Square
WTOP, DC - 19 hours ago
Maryland sculptor Steven Weitzman created the piece, which was ordered by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The 7-foot statue features the ...

11 new faculty members join LSUA
Alexandria Town Talk, LA - 7 hours ago
... University at Alexandria has 11 new faculty members for this academic year, including four new faces in the Department of Arts, English and Humanities. ...
NSU professor to speak at LSUA Alexandria Town Talk
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