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Pablo Picasso Was Never Called An @!$%#. A Comment on Iarnuocon.

In the words of that great Boston band, The Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso was never called an @!$%#.

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Meet The 40 Members Of The Congressional Koch Caucus

Five senators and 40 congressional representatives received a perfect 100 percent score from the Koch brothers’ astroturf group Americans For Prosperity for the first half of the 112th Congress.

Tattooing outgrows its renegade image to thrive in the mainstream

It's 1945, and you want a tattoo. You drive to the part of town your mom warned you about, past scruffy bars and burlesque shows, and arrive at a tiny shop offering maybe 200 designs in three or four colors.

Thinking of inking? A guide to tattoos

Anyone who watches sports, movies or even A&E knows that tattoos have gone mainstream. Studies have shown that as many as one in every 2.5 adults under 40 has one, so if you don't, someone in a nearby cubicle probably does.

Tattoo aficionados show off body of work at D.C. expo

It was noon Saturday at the second annual D.C. Tattoo Expo, and the telltale “bzzz” of tattoo machines marked the unofficial start of the festivities. Nicole Backlund of Cookstown, N.J., traveled to the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington County for the event.

UCSD fellow studies SoCal tattoo culture

How did a young, black-metal fan with stretched ear lobes and a fascination with corpse-simulating face paint score the prestigious “Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity” at UCSD? Dr.

Lifestyles story about body art offended some readers

I recently received an angry voicemail from a reader upset about our Lifestyles feature on people with pierced, stretched earlobes. "I want to complain about your lifestyles issue today on body piercing, body art, body whatever," the woman said.

The body as art

Amy Jamieson sat in a chair at Sacred Images Tattoo and Piercing while Mike Araya prepped her ears, cleaning and measuring them to find the perfect spot for her new plugs. Jamieson’s ears were already pierced.

Think Before You Ink!

Have you ever thought of getting a tattoo or body piercing? In the last decade tattooing or “getting inked” has gained popularity. The Pew Research Center reports that 40 percent of people belonging to the 26-40 age group flaunt at least one tattoo.

San Diegans led the charge for body-art regulation

The Safe Body Art Act marks the single greatest legal change in how tattoos are inked and skin pierced Imperial Beach-based tattoo artist Mike Martin travelled to Sacramento in 2010 to ask Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign the Safe Body Art Act.

Turning 101? Time to get your ears pierced

Viola “Dolly” Arnold never really thought about getting her ears pierced until she approached her 101st birthday. “Ow,” she said Wednesday as she took the piercing plunge at the Caryl Baker Visage Cosmetics Salon at Devonshire Mall. The momentary pinch  …

Australian Olympic hopefuls want to sell tattoo space to sponsors

Olympic athletes work tirelessly for years to perfect their craft and for the opportunity to compete in an event that takes place once every four years.

A Guy Wants 100,000 URL Tattoos On His Body

The idea of using one’s body for display advertising is not new, but ever so often somebody comes along that wants to ramp up the concept a little. This is the ambition of a 30-year-old man from Quebec called Pat Vaillancourt.

Tattoo Odyssey (full episode)

Photographer Chris Rainier has spent the last two decades documenting tattoo culture. His journeys have taken him through jungles, cities, deserts, and into the territory of New Guinea hill tribes and L.A. street gangs.

CoH Explained: The Next Step - Reporting Tools.

Newsvine has tools that the users can use to report Articles/Seeds or Comments that are in violation of The Code of Honor or User Agreement.

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Six. A Proposed Revision.

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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Send Fox News a 'War-on-Christmas,' Politically-Correct, Fodder-for-Fake-Outrage, Socialist Seasonal Greeting

  America Live w/ Megyn Kelly kelly@foxnews.com America's Newsroom w/ Bill and Martha americasnewsroom@foxnews.com Bulls and Bears bullsandbears@foxnews.com Cashin' In cash@foxnews.com Cavuto on Business cavuto@foxnews.com Forbes on FOX forbes@foxnews.com FOX & Friends  …

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Five

In this exhaustive series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Five, the final article of the Newsvine Code of Honor. Article five of the Code of Honor first appeared in the 2008 revision.

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Embattled Aceh Punks Garner Worldwide Support | The Jakarta Globe

News of the recent detainment and “re-education” of some 60 punks in Banda Aceh has stirred up a hornet’s nest of outrage among local and international punk rock communities, many of whom have responded with campaigns to signal support for their Sumatran bret …

Rock fans have heads shaved and get 'cleansed' in river in Islamic law crackdown

Dozens of young punk rock fans have had their heads shaved and body piercings confiscated after police in Indonesia said they were a threat to Islamic values. The 59 male and six female music lovers were also stripped of dog-collar necklaces and chains and then thrown in poo …

The Code of Honor Explained: Article Four

In this ongoing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Four, which governs the proper methods for posting articles and seeds on Newsvine, as well as moderating your column. Many comments led to the formation of the rules of …

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Three

In this continuing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Three, which governs the proper methods for presenting information on Newsvine, covering such topics as headlines, clipping, tags, news types and classification.

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Two

In this continuing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Two, which is essentially a prohibition on advertising, but not just advertising in the traditional sense.

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Dortmund man named world's most-pierced - The Local

"What started out with a single prick in1999 quickly became a way of life for Deutsche Telekom employee Rolf Bucholz. On his face a lone, Bucholz now has 170 rings and studs, 94 which are on his lips."

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