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DIY - Design your own tattoo in four steps

Step 1. It is important to make sure you think your tattoo out first. Since they are relatively permanent, make sure it is something that you will not regret. Will it be purely decorative or representational? Decide the theme. Step 2. Next you have to find out who will draw it.
Friday, September 19, 2008

Arthouse films

An assortment of young artists with similar styles hung out, coalesced into a scene and then got noticed by critics, curators and corporations.
Friday, September 19, 2008

Gaughen paints White House tree ornament

METICULOUS WORK – Cedar Bluffs junior Kasey Gaughen works on an ornament that will hang on the White House Christmas Tree. He was asked to do the ornament after tying for second place in the congressional art contest.
Friday, September 19, 2008

Park's newest trail aimed toward education

Learning happens everywhere a child goes, but parents, grandparents and caregivers may not always know how to support that learning
Friday, September 19, 2008

Stencil Printing Software includes 2D inspection control.

Instinctiv(TM) v9 is available with 2D Inspection (2Di) v9, which closely monitors print process to promote control of inspection system as well as productivity. To ensure optimal print quality, 2Di inspects areas on boards/stencils to determine if print quality is deteriorating. On-board guidance, operator prompts, and automated post-print inspection feedback are included in addition to ...
Friday, September 19, 2008

YESTERYEARS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pine Bluff High School boys are being used during the present labor shortage to re-paint the names of streets on corners throughout the city.
Friday, September 19, 2008

Benefits worker invented an 'army of triplets' to help gang hijack £250,000 in tax credits

A Job Centre worker invented an army of imaginary triplets to help a gang pocket £250,000 by hijacking benefits accounts.
Friday, September 19, 2008

10 Gadgets That Make You Less Physically Repulsive [Thank Giz It's Friday]

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Friday, September 19, 2008

READ: Busy bodies

These books SU AZIZ recommends below are not quiet reads. They are, literally, action books. A FEW weeks ago, a friend’s eight year old asked if I had come across any Hannah Montana ‘stuff’. Sure, I replied.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

READ: Busy bodies

These books SU AZIZ recommends below are not quiet reads. They are, literally, action books.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

St. Paul the Apostle gets a makeover

CALUMET - St. Paul the Apostle Church in Calumet has weathered more than a few storms in its first 100 years, and parishioners are making sure its best face is put forward for the next century. "We've done a great deal preparing for our centennial this year," said Ed Jenich, chair of the church's finance council. "A lot of money, effort, blood, sweat and tears has gone into this building getting
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Marvin hopes to use ingenuity in district seat

When he was a kid, Dan Marvin and some friends bought contact paper, stencils and started a custom bumper sticker business. “But we didn’t perfect the way to get the ink to stay on,” he said. “It wore off pretty quickly.”
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Scrap Pink to raise money for cancer research

One week from today, the work room at Susie Q's will be bustling with folks using brightly colored paper, stencils, scissors and all manner of tools to create lasting memories.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

"Screened Expressions" surveys 15 years of Austin's Serie Print Project

Few community arts projects have been as solidly successful as Austin's Serie Print Project. And now, as it enters its 15th year, it rightly is celebrated with a sharp retrospective at the Mexican American Cultural Center.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Obama beating McCain in cookie election

Updated 9/8: Max and Benny's Restaurant in Northbrook has been selling cookies bearing the likeness of each party's presidential candidate. So far the Obamas are outselling the McCains 20 to 1.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Triple treat

While it’s something special to have an original piece of art, this year’s Channel 10 Great TV Auction National Collection piece offers up three times the uniqueness: It’s a collaborative piece completed by a trio of Wisconsin wildlife painters.
Sunday, September 21, 2008

'Obey' Street Artist Shepard Fairey Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama

Shepard Fairey goes from plastering Andre the Giant's glaring mug on dingy overpasses to creating official artwork for the Democratic presidential campaign.
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Article: iPhone Gems: Every Drawing Application, Reviewed

Camera and music applications aside, the iPhone and iPod touch hold a lot of potential for creative users. Today, we look at another well-represented genre of creative tools: 15 different drawing and painting applications, ranging in price from free to $6. While they vary in utility and execution, and most are useful only for casual doodling, each allows the user to create art using nothing but ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sandy Tykol made an everlasting impact

Sandy “Sassy” Tykol was a mighty lady. Make no mistake about it; her diminutive size was no indication of her power. My mother always said “Beauty is as beauty does,” and Sandy was the epitome of that philosophy.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Prada: Femme Fatales Rule

Leave it to Miuccia Prada to create the most original collection of the current international season, with a thoroughly memorable metallic moment, where the models may have stumbled badly on the rambling catwalk, but the fashion aesthetic soared.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Český Dub in the Middle Ages

For this week’s Czechs in History I’ve brought you somewhere rather special – one of my favourite places in the Czech Republic – Český Dub. And I’m sitting here at about 10 at night, exhausted after a hard week’s work, just about to go to sleep in the local museum, which is all rather scary and exciting because there are things like suits of armour downstairs, which I am hoping won’t come to ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Worrisome changes roil the Mission District

Mitch Pergola, a Mission District resident since 1991, recently noticed a trend near his home. There was an influx of an entirely new group of homeless street people. "While the Inner Mission has always had its share of homeless folks," Pergola wrote in an e-...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

99 Cents Only Stores(R) Will Be Celebrating the Grand Opening of Its Newest 99 Cents Only Stores(R) by Selling 9 Apple ...

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif.----The new Apple 4GB iPod Nano will be sold for only 99¢ to the first 9 customers of the newest 99¢ Only Stores® on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 8 a.m.
Thursday, September 25, 2008

99 Cents Only Stores(R) Will Be Celebrating the Grand Opening of Its Newest 99 Cents Only Stores(R) by Selling 9 Apple ...

The new Apple 4GB iPod Nano will be sold for only 99 cents to the first 9 customers of the newest 99 Cents Only Stores(R) on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 8 a.m. The next 99 customers can purchase a scooter for only 99 cents at the ribbon-cutting grand opening of the new 99 Cents Only Stores(R) located in Richmond, California.
Thursday, September 25, 2008

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Google

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Friday, September 26, 2008

Better Homes and Gardens and BHG.com Launch 100 Days of Holidays with Halloween Costume Ideas, Pumpkin Carving ...

Holiday program offers free recipes, party themes, decorating ideas, craft projects, slide shows, email newsletters, how to videos, online courses and photo contests
Friday, September 26, 2008

Better Homes and Gardens and BHG.com Launch 100 Days of Holidays with Halloween Costume Ideas, Pumpkin Carving ...

Holiday program offers free recipes, party themes, decorating ideas, craft projects, slide shows, email newsletters, how to videos, online courses and photo contests (PRWeb Sep 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1388374.htm
Friday, September 26, 2008

This Is Our Youth

There are two big things going on in the world of education this week. The first is The National Inner City Conference 2007 . Sponsored by the Toronto School District Board and the Ontario Institute of Education Centre for Urban Schooling, the focus is on helping city kids get learned.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

You Write The Reviews: Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

The visual work of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) and William Burroughs (1914-1997) is explored in this fascinating joint exhibition. At first, it seemed an arbitrary pairing of two figures whose work I assumed would have little in common; but, after two visits, I've come around to the idea that there is something in this unusual union after all.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Man accused of running "Chop Shop" arrested

Investigators are calling it a "chop shop" operation -- a theft ring that spans from Pensacola to Baldwin County.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

These Monsters and Wintermute: DiScover faves on tour from tonight

What's this? Two most-excellent DiScover-covered acts on tour together, from tonight? Yip: so get on down to Wintermute (pictured) and These Monsters as and when you're able
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Czech artist fined for traffic light stunt

PRAGUE (AFP) - A Czech artist was fined 60,000 koruna (2,400 euros, 3,750 dollars) on Wednesday for replacing the glass in pedestrian crossing traffic lights with stencils of comical and vulgar figures.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Designing clothes is not simply for big cities

BRICKS APPAREL Q & A. Andrew Bair and Thaddeus Huber Q:What are your titles? Creators? Collaborators? AB: Bricksters. Cause Bricks is a verb in my vocabulary, so ... TH: I'm the bricks-EST. AB: And I'm the bricks-IST. TH: It's just EST and IST. Q:I remember when Bricks started in high school.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Mural made for younger set

Freshmen in the Humanitarian Club at the high school paint a food pyramid mural in the Shaker Lane School gym to remind kids that healthy kids are active ones.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

World in brief

NAIROBI Eleven elderly people were killed by a mob who accused them of witchcraft and set them on fire.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Fethra Press opens in Pawling

One has only to walk into the studio on the first floor of 3 Memorial Avenue to appreciate the high energy and exuberance of its new tenant, local artist Leslie Enders Lee. Lee has opened her business, Fethra Press, at this location.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

New 'Indiana Jones' film gives Fresno a few minutes of fame

FRESNO -- Cast and crew of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" spent one day filming in Fresno County in October. Scenes were shot at Eagle Field in Firebaugh and Chandler Field in Fresno.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Gutenberg's Glorious Text

According to some, the printed word — those paper-borne squiggles of ink you're currently gazing at — will be obsolete in another generation or two. This, of course, remains to be seen, and in the meantime the Morgan Library's installation of its three Gutenberg Bibles provides a glorious reminder of the aesthetic virtues of printed text. It also illuminates the early challenges posed by the ...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dos Palos' Eagle Field has role in new Indiana Jones movie

FRESNO -- Cast and crew of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" spent one day filming in Fresno County in October. Scenes were shot at Eagle Field in rural Dos Palos and Chandler Field in Fresno.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dos Palos' Eagle Field has role in new Indiana Jones movie

FRESNO -- Cast and crew of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" spent one day filming in rural Dos Palos in October. Scenes were shot at Eagle Field in Dos Palos and Chandler Field in Fresno.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Putting Out a ?Willkommen? Mat

Joel Grey?s tiny bungalow in Venice, Calif., is 650 square feet of white walls, windows, ceiling and rafters.
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Decorating with Inspirational Words

Special inspirational words enlighten our mood. When we decorate our homes with inspirational words we enhance our daily attitude towards life.
Friday, May 23, 2008

Clutter-free, with kids

Even in the neatest of homes, children’s bedrooms are magnets for clutter. Parents battle the constant influx of stuff — everything from school art projects to gifts from grandparents, hand-me-downs from friends and the plastic freebies that come with fast-food meals.
Saturday, May 24, 2008

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