Art and Culture Articles and Ezines
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1. The Anatomy of a Sword
November 20, 2009
A sword is basically a long piece of metal that is used by many civilizations throughout the world as a cutting device or more frequently, as a weapon. Unlike the spear or the bow, swords are used purely as a military weapon. The shape of a sword is typically symbolic of warfare or a culture’s state of power. There are multiple types of swords from all over the world, from all different times. However, the anatomy of all swords is pretty similar across the globe.
The traditional sword is made up of a blade and a hilt. One can perform three types of attacks with the blade; that is striking... (read more)
Author: Autumn Rose | Article Views: 3
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2. Holiday Films for the Whole Family
November 20, 2009
The holidays are just around the corner. If you have a family, then it's probably prime time to start planning how all the holiday festivities will pan out. For those cold snowy days, spend some quality family time indoors and celebrate the holidays with some hot cocoa next to the fireplace. Here is a list of seven holiday movies that the whole family will love.
1. "It's a Wonderful Life" is a great family movie. The moral of the story is to have the right perspective on life because even though horrible things may occur, this life truly is wonderful. Generally, children under six may not... (read more)
Author: Autumn Rose | Article Views: 1
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3. Eco-design, How Patio Furniture is Changing
November 20, 2009
There is a new patio furniture design that is based on environmental friendliness. It is called Eco Design and the concept is beginning to increase more and more every year. This type of design was established with the amazing efforts of governments, companies, and the every day U.S. citizen. One outgrowth that is extremely unique, even in post-modern furniture is something called Live edge, this is the return to natural shapes and textures within the home.
Modernism is the artistic movement that brought Eco Design in the limelight. It began around the 1950’s and in the 1960’s and 70’s i... (read more)
Author: Autumn Rose | Article Views: 3
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4. The Sky Is The Limit When It Comes To Design
November 20, 2009
Architecture, fashion there are so many various types of design it makes it hard for one to choose. We all have our own preference of what kind of design we prefer rather it is graphic, tattoo, web, interior or architecture there is job field for all of them and they are becoming more and more popular every day.
Graphic design is described in several different ways; there is modern, hip hop or contemporary graphic designs. Graphic design is categorized when someone takes a variation of colors and styles and places them together into a design or form of art. Graphic design can also be use... (read more)
Author: Annie Deakin | Article Views: 2
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5. How To Get Your BLOGS Site Feed Listed In Yahoo A
November 20, 2009
RSS Real Simple Syndication is a very Powerful technology that has been around for quite some time and when used correctly, can build an audience overnight.
If you want a crash course on what RSS is, in more depth, since the nature of this article is to show you how to get your Blogs Site Feed listed in Yahoo! and MSN, I have provided a link to a page full of articles on RSS related issues. http www.bookstoretoday.com Now, depending on where your Blog is hosted, whether its through a free service like Blogger.com http www.bookstoretoday.comor hosted on your websites server y... (read more)
Author: monika arora | Article Views: 2
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6. Britney Spears Gallery
November 20, 2009
If you think Britney Spears is hot, then you definitely should see some of the Britney Spears galleries that are out there. Brit is one of the most photographed women in the word and there are pictures of her of all kinds. Interestingly though, while there are a great many pictures of her that were officially shot, the shots of her showing herself as she actually is, with all the tattoos are somewhat rare. This is because Britney does not allow herself to be exposed in public with all her flaws.
It is common for official Britney Spears galleries to have the pop star looking in her best l... (read more)
Author: Chuck White | Article Views: 2
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7. Glitter graphics makes your profile sparkling.
November 20, 2009
Last time a great amount of new words emerged in the field of Global Network. Today we are able not just search for information but besides seek after new acquaintances with the help of Internet. Now you are able to acquire free of charge access to many public networks, where you can to deal for hours. Recently a lot of parents are anxious by that thing, that their kids spend great deal of time dealing on these networks. Here appears the matter that most of children have chosen virtual friendship in exchange for real one with their classmates. So parents disquiet that they children became lapt... (read more)
Author: Levi Morin | Article Views: 2
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8. Discover more acquaintances using glitter graphics.
November 20, 2009
Have you ever heard concerning so famous these days public networks like MySpace, Orkut, Facebook and many others? Here you can find your old pals, contact your kins, discover novel friends or even find novel amity. But to find new comrades on public networks at first you must possess your personal account there. Large amounts of laptop users hold their registration on the social websites. Today there are millions of registrations on these websites, that is millions of persons who communicate with each other.So as we understand many persond produce their accounts on these public networks cos t... (read more)
Author: Leonel Powers | Article Views: 2
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9. Tattoo Kits-Ideal for Beginners
November 20, 2009
The art of tattooing is interesting which need certain tools to perform it which are available in the form of tattoo kits. If someone wants to start tattoo work as professional then they need to search about tattoo kits. You can buy kit from the tattoo equipment stores and even you can buy it from the online stores too. Buying a kit at an initial stage of business or as a beginner is a good step because you don’t need to spend too much money for buying it. The kits are offered at different prices because it depends on the type of equipments they are offering.
The kits in which you can fi... (read more)
Author: Yvonne Yu | Article Views: 4
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10. Pick up glitters to your liking and have fun!
November 20, 2009
With the invention of I-net it started to bring us novel chances from the earlier times till today. One of these inventions is public networks which supply us with possibilities to stay in touch even with kins or mates who are far away from your place. Among diverse social sites as Orkurt, Facebook, MySpace is more often visited one and includes more than 50 million of people who valued profits of communication per Global Network. It is not only web portal for boundless dealing but as well the custody of most popular and beloved songs, videos, films and for certain your novel pals' profiles wh... (read more)
Author: Leo Goodman | Article Views: 3
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11. New Year 2010:-Welcome New Year with great excitement
November 20, 2009
2010 is arriving, New Year again new start of life. It is one more achieving step towards the fulfillment of goals and dreams. People celebrate New Year leaving all the grudges and sadness behind with their loved ones. On the eve of New Year whole world join together holding its breath to celebrate the New Year as the clock strike twelve.The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring). The... (read more)
Author: chaman goyal | Article Views: 3
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12. chinese New Year:-The most important celebration in the Chinese calendar
November 20, 2009
The Chinese New Year that is celebrated for about fifteen days is one moment in the year when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment. The Chinese New Year gets determined by the Chinese New Year calendar and therefore it is sometimes called the Lunar New Year. As every one is aware of its significance, the working people in china can take weeks of holidays so that they can join the company of their near and dear ones and a feast with their family members on the Chinese New Year eve or Lunar New Year's Eve. Although with the changing times and increasing mobili... (read more)
Author: chaman goyal | Article Views: 3
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13. Affix a few of shine to simple words applying glitter graphics.
November 20, 2009
Internet gives us at present chance to communicate being at far remoteness from one another. Nowadays dealing via public networks earns bigger popularity. It is more interesting and interesting than sending just messages. Such large public websites such as MySpace, Orkut, Facebook turned up an integral part of our daily life. But amongst all, MySpace holds greater repute and quantity of participants. Here you should at first possess your personal registration and only then you'll have an opportunity to fill your proper profile. Here is the outlet of your desire. You may change your site anyhow... (read more)
Author: Kenny Benton | Article Views: 2
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14. Basketball betting - Learn more about it
November 20, 2009
Compared to the other major sports, basketball betting can be believed to be the best, an individual uses the point spread to place a bet. This not the only way an individual can bet but it's the most common. In this kind of gambling, the team with the highest chance of winning is the favorite and the other team is known as the long shot. The long shot is given points by the favourite in gambling. It's also referred to as the over or under. The person putting the bet is required to forecast the overall total frighten at the end of a particular game. If the game acquires an overall score... (read more)
Author: Bennie Ramos | Article Views: 2
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15. Candles For Children We Have Lost
November 20, 2009
For most women, having a baby and being a mother is the best experience - a miracle some would say. After nine months of pregnancy, a new role is vested upon their shoulders. And the succeeding days, nights and months would be filled with late-night cradling, crying, laughing and feeding. But all these seem not to matter for as long as the baby’s healthy and happy. But for reasons beyond our control, our precious little angels can be gone. So are the chances to see them grow, go to school, enjoy the teenage years, see them going steady with their chosen partneres, get married and start a fami... (read more)
Author: Krystal Bennion | Article Views: 2
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16. Features of Cloisonné Paintings
November 20, 2009
Cloisonné painting is a kind of unique purely handed-made craft painting which is mainly made of copper wire and a natural colored stone. The whole process needs many steps: Drawing, Copper Wire Inlay, Enamel Filling, Polishing, Gilding and so on. Every step has to be perfect, if one fails, the entire work has been done in vain.
Cloisonné Painting originated in Ming Dynasty in China and has a history of over six hundreds of years. Modern Cloisonné Painting combines the skills of oil painting, traditional Chinese painting, watercolor painting and other paintings. With some special techniqu... (read more)
Author: lan you | Article Views: 6
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17. Vacation in the Paradise of Belize!
November 20, 2009
By Phillip AguirreBelize(VACATION HOMES)is no longer hidden; it's now out in the open, so to speak. Compared to other destinations Belize(VACATION HOMES) is still a tropical wonderland; Mother Nature herself has crafted this land of contrasts. In the minds of newlyweds Belize(VACATION HOMES) conjures up visions of romance and idyllic locations: in the minds of back-packers (adventure seekers) Belize(VACATION HOMES) conjures up visions of verdant jungle and lush bush. What most people find attractive about Belize(VACATION HOMES) is the ease of accessibility by air, land and sea. As soon as... (read more)
Author: Winston Dejesus | Article Views: 3
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18. Starting An Acting Career: Essential Guidelines
November 20, 2009
If you’re interested in starting an acting career, you’ve likely heard that it requires an abundance of hard work and know-how; but what is it, specifically, that you need to know? Industry professionals agree on several essentials for starting an acting career, some of which are listed here:
Learn from others. This is a broad directive that ranges from talking with working actors, to studying their techniques on television and cinema, to visiting their websites and other outlets. As with any profession, those starting an acting career can best learn from those who have done it themselves... (read more)
Author: Peter Weshall | Article Views: 2
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19. Live Music At Music Millennium this week
November 20, 2009
Oregon Music NewsLive Music At Music Millennium this weekNovember 19, 2009Upcoming in-store performances & events:(All in-store performances are at Music Millennium -32nd & E Burnside, 503-231-8926)FANFARLOThursday, 11/19 – 6 PMThe passion, the obsession, the dissolution of intellectual rigour; heart and longing colliding with mind and matter; these are the recurrent themes of Fanfarlo. As aging instruments are brought back to life with a creaking aching beauty, a bizarre collection of characters join our midst, each an accidental Fanfarlo metaphor – the irrational pursuit of an otherwise inte... (read more)
Author: Matt Bratschi | Article Views: 1
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20. Lookbook - The Look And Feel (This-A-Way)
November 20, 2009
Oregon Music Newsby Dylan James Peterson November 19, 2009Lookbook is kind of like a poor man’s Joy Division. Actually, scratch that, they’re more like a less polished version of Interpol. The ominous harmonies and ethereal vocals echoing over extended stretches of robotically rhythmic bass notes and disco guitar riffs. It’s all been done before, but with much greater success. It’s nothing against Lookbook themselves, but they’re just a few years late on a sound that was already a couple decades too late.If Lookbook could have waited a little longer before making The Look and Feel, they might ... (read more)
Author: Matt Bratschi | Article Views: 3
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21. Ben Darwish & Andrew Oliver: Indie Jazz keyboard stars sit down over coffee
November 20, 2009
Oregon Music Newsby Tom D'Antoni on November 17, 2009Andrew Oliver and Ben Darwish…alphabetical by first name…are two of the stars of the explosion of young players with which Portland has been blessed in the past couple of years.They are both keyboardists and composers, they both lead multiple bands playing a wide spectrum of music, both come from academic backgrounds and they’re both twenty-five year old Portland natives. At this age they are better known than many players twice their age who began playing before these two were born.At a coffee shop on NE Alberta Street, in their neighborhoo... (read more)
Author: Matt Bratschi | Article Views: 3
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22. The Dimes: Making history by telling it
November 20, 2009
Oregon Music Newsby Barbara Mitchell on November 18, 2009Sometimes the story behind a recording can eclipse the music itself, as it has repeatedly with local folk-pop outfit The Dimes.Stories about the band tend to focus on its unusual subject materials — the songs on the band’s first album were the result of a discovery of a bunch of Depression-era newspapers under the floorboards of guitarist Pierre Kaiser’s house, while the brand new album, "The King Can Drink The Harbor Dry" is a postcard to Boston and its rich history, from the martyrdom of Mary Dyer through the Revolutionary War, the suf... (read more)
Author: Matt Bratschi | Article Views: 2
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23. Rise and Fall of the Blood Bank
November 20, 2009
Oregon Music Newsby Nathan Stueve on November 19, 2009For anyone old enough to drink, Portland is a great place to catch a wide assortment of live music on any given night of the week. With a diverse array of venues catering to various tastes and genres, it isn’t difficult to discover something worth delving into and pass an evening immersed in the spell of musical expression, so long as you can afford the cover.The situation is entirely different for anyone born less than 21 years ago. Although a few clubs (Satyricon, Backspace, Roseland Theater, Crystal Ballroom, Hawthorne Theater) are equip... (read more)
Author: Matt Bratschi | Article Views: 3
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24. How to Figure Draw- Draw People the Right Way
November 19, 2009
For every artist, learning how to figure draw is an accomplishment that is held in high regard. Just about any person that has some drawing ability can master drawing fruit, shapes, or basic objects, but it is much more difficult to accurately and realistically draw the human form. The difficulty of this task is due in part to the fact that no two people are the same, that the human body is made up of many complex elements, and that perception varies a great deal. If you are just beginning to learn how to figure draw or if you are looking to improve upon your current ability, there are seve... (read more)
Author: Todd Harris | Article Views: 10
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25. Waste Can Become Art
November 19, 2009
Popularly known as e-waste, electronic waste or the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), the term is directed to obsolete, discarded, broken electronic and electrical devices, which almost all families are guilty of throwing out. One of the popular ways of disposing old and battered phones, TVs, laptops and computers is through landfills. Another way is exporting still usable electronic and electrical gadgets to developing countries. And that is where the problem begins. The United Nations Environment Program reports that 50 tons of electronic wastes are being thrown each year. I... (read more)
Author: Tricia Oliver | Article Views: 2
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