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Culture and Society » Humanities | By Mike Schantz @ Friday, 6th June 2008 @ 2:08 PM

When you finally decide to get a tattoo, the first thing you'll need to do is find a reputable tattoo artist. Most tattoo artists have several designs that you can pick from. If you don't find anything you like, you can always ask him to make a custom tattoo. You should always be careful in what you choose, as you'll have the tattoo for the rest of your life. The design is very important, although not nearly as important as taking care of it. Good tattoo artists will al... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Mike Schantz @ Monday, 2nd June 2008 @ 2:09 PM

Before you decide to get a tattoo, you should always take a little bit of time to talk to your tattoo artist. When you speak to him, you should be sure to ask questions and find out anything you can about your new tattoo. You should also find out information about his background, and other important bits of information that will assist you in moving forward with your decision. The first thing you should find out is how long the parlor has been in business. This will let you know just h... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Ann Knapp @ Sunday, 25th May 2008 @ 4:24 PM

Like every other community in the United States, Detroit experienced devastating poverty during the Great Depression of 1929. It was during this time that the city's poor came knocking at the St. Bonaventure Monastery on Mt. Elliot Street, home of the Capuchin Order. Friar Solanus Casey urged the order to feed the hungry with soup and sandwiches. Eventually, the lines grew to more than 2,000 people waiting for their single meal of the day. The friars knew they had to do more. The fri... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Jimmy Cox @ Thursday, 24th April 2008 @ 10:08 PM

Hamlet said: "... we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to ..." It has always been the function of the actor to be the emotional physician, who gives solace, encouragement and freedom of feeling to people who need it - when they need it. This has been the challenge of the actor since the beginning of time. He is the torchbearer of a great tradition; a fearless trail blazer into an expanding frontier. The actor must not be afraid to ... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Paul Counts @ Wednesday, 26th December 2007 @ 3:11 PM

The message on Sarah's T-shirt is intended to shock people: HIV POSITIVE. These bold words on her self-made shirt are there because she is on a mission to save lives. Sarah, who lives in a poor, dusty neighborhood in Kenya, is HIV-positive. Living with the disease for more than 16 years, Sarah has found herself near death many times. Sarah's 8-year-old daughter, Sherley, is also HIV-positive. Yet Sherley is blessed to have a sponsor through Compassion International, a ... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Jim Corkern @ Friday, 2nd November 2007 @ 3:37 PM

There is hardly anything more horrendous than flooding on the scale of something like Hurricane Katrina or a tsunami like the one that affected Thailand and other countries. What is left in the wake of these violent fits of Mother Nature can hardly be described adequately with words. It can be heart wrenching to look at the damage raging flood waters can leave behind when they have receded. There are always so many pictures that inundate the media sources of the damage to the build... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Gary Terrazas @ Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 2:47 PM

When dealing with controversial issues, there are always two sides to the story, as with Dan Brown novel the Da Vinci Code. Through my research, the best person to contradict Dan Brown accusations is a novelist, Darrell L. Bock. In his novel, BREAKING THE DA VINCI CODE, he challenges Dan Brown claims to "historical facts". Bock claims that he has disprove the outrageous antichristian falsehoods in The Da Vinci Code. Bock feels that Brown is misleading millions of Americans and ten... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Gary Terrazas @ Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 3:45 AM

The Da Vinci Code probably deserves a lukewarm three stars. As with the paper back or hard cover, a major problem is that the climax of the story, the murder of the curator, occurs in the very first scene. Then the treasure hunt by the hero and heroine, including the assistance they get from the Wise Old Man, in the form of the Ian McKellan character. Because of its changes and additions to the book's story, the movie version of The Da Vinci Code has a more mixed pagan worldview. The... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Derek Both @ Wednesday, 10th October 2007 @ 9:32 PM

Researchers believe that about 140 million people, mainly in developing countries are being poisoned by arsenic in their drinking water. This is no doubt due to a lack of water quality testing in these countries as there is not enough awareness about the effects of bad drinking water. South and East Asia account for more than half of the known cases globally which has raised many concerns. Scientists believe arsenic in drinking water can lead to higher rates of cancer in the future. Arse... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Ann Knapp @ Tuesday, 28th August 2007 @ 9:37 PM

For hundreds of years, what is now the Detroit area was so important to commerce between Native American tribes that only traders were allowed into the territory. As a city, Detroit wouldn't begin to shape into its current form until roughly four centuries ago. In the 1600's, France began establishing forts at strategic locations in North America, in order to try to keep the British from moving west out of New England and to establish a monopoly on trade. Antoine de la Mothe Cad... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Carolyn Moynihan @ Tuesday, 17th July 2007 @ 1:31 PM

Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union are gathered in Brussels right now to hammer out a new treaty for the enlarged union. The grander idea of a constitution has been dropped, following rejection of a draft two years ago by French and Dutch voters, and because of deep scepticism about it in the United Kingdom and Czechoslovakia. With trappings of unity such as a flag (blue with 12 gold stars) and an anthem (Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy') shelved; with the idea of a... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Craig Chambers @ Wednesday, 27th June 2007 @ 4:44 PM

Native American drums are probably the most recognizable Native American instruments among American Indians and non Native people alike. Drums for generations have been at the center of Native lifestyle, forming what has become the foundation of religion and spirituality as well as social gatherings where a pow wow drum is center stage. Indian tribes in North America history have all used drums in various ways to connect with a higher power known to most as the Great Spirit. To Native p... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Carolyn Moynihan @ Saturday, 7th April 2007 @ 12:28 AM

The identification of this syndrome from among various symptoms of senile dementia, and its increasing incidence due to the ageing of the population, has made it a symbol of the (terrifying) burdens of old age. The report therefore focuses on this illness as it reflects in detail on the looming crisis of caregiving and the ethical challenges it poses. Crisis of caregiving Until now, family members,spouses, daughters and sometimes sons have supplied the bulk of long-term care. We have d... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Carolyn Moynihan @ Saturday, 7th April 2007 @ 12:27 AM

Last week United States health officials released the results of a survey of what some would call "reproductive behaviour", conducted in 2002. The National Survey of Family Growth revealed a striking decline in contraceptive use over the last decade, the New York Times reported. Among sexually active women who said they were not trying to get pregnant, the percentage not using contraception in 2001 increased to 11 per cent from 7 per cent in 1994. No survey of this type ap... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Carolyn Moynihan @ Tuesday, 27th March 2007 @ 6:04 PM

You have to admire the British, as represented by their current government and its intellectual constituency. They never stop trying to improve their society. What other country wants to keep schools open 10 hours a day and put every single child on a national database? Whether driven by a Marxist hangover or by ethics derived from Christianity, the commitment to a better Britain is tireless and impressively resourceful. It is also necessary. A couple of weeks ago the Institute fo... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Carolyn Moynihan @ Wednesday, 28th February 2007 @ 3:43 PM

There were two bombs in the news this week: North Korea's underground nuclear weapon test, and the population explosion - as some see it - that brought the number of people in the United States to the 300 million mark, and past it. It is hard to guess which caused more gloom in the office of Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth), which churned out a press release bemoaning the effects of growth on the environment and proposing a four-point plan for stabilisation. Mo... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Tim Mckeegan @ Monday, 26th February 2007 @ 2:25 PM

The Breed Street Shul, which housed the Congregation Talmud Torah, has quite an interesting and significant history. Located at 247 North Breed Street in the Boyle Heights district on the Los Angeles River's east bank, he Breed Street Shul served a once thriving Jewish neighborhood in Boyle Heights that has since become predominately a Latino community. The property on Breed Street was purchased after 1910. In 1915, Beth Hamedrash was built on the back of the property. Cons... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Rene Graeber @ Tuesday, 20th February 2007 @ 6:30 PM

Most people think that memory lapses are for the hopelessly disorganized. This is because some have systems. For instance, the keys go into the key jar. The point is, compulsive list makers never come home from the supermarket without the items they intend to buy. Imagine their annoyance when eventually they take three trips between two places before they remember why they went from one place to another anyway! A lot of us, faced with these glitches, worry that Alzheimer's is... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Saleem Rana @ Saturday, 27th January 2007 @ 6:55 PM

One of the most remarkable inventions ever in the history of the human race is the invention of the World Wide Web. In the middle of the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg a German goldsmith, invented the movable type printing in Europe. His technology replaced books that had to be created by hand . Knowledge spread like wildfire and the human race became more rational and less superstitious. The result, of course, was an improvement in the evolution of civilizations and the spe... more...

Culture and Society » Humanities | By Michael Skye @ Thursday, 25th January 2007 @ 9:43 PM

A First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army has taken a stand. Ehren Watada, a 28-year-old Hawaii native, faces a court martial next month and up to 6 years in prison. He is the first commissioned officer in the U.S. to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq. Overy 100,000 people have commented on one of the blogs were this man's story and interview was published. Many of his peers call him a traitor and a coward. Others think he's anything but that. It's easy to take a position... more...