Bling-bling - Popularization of term. "Bling-bling" was popularized as a slang term within hip-hop after the success of "Bling Bling", a 1999 hit hip-hop song by The B.G., featuring his Cash Money Records labelmates Juvenile, Lil' Wayne, Turk, Baby, and Mannie Fresh. The B.G., is credited with being the first to use the words 'bling bling'. The song, and its many follow-ups from the label, popularized not only the term, but a way of life based upon showing off expensive clothes, cars, homes, and even false ...

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Though cultural features, including language, garb, and customs vary enormously from one tribe to another, there are certain elements which are encountered frequently and shared by many tribes. Early nomadic hunters forged stone weapons from around 10,000 years ago; as the age of metallurgy dawned, newer technologies were used and more efficient weapons produced. Prior to contact with Europeans, most tribes used similar weaponry. The most common implement were the bow and arrow, ...

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Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the United States - Early history, Native Americans in the United States - The Bering Strait Land Bridge theory, Native Americans in the United States - Settling down, Native Americans in the United States - European colonization, Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts, Native Americans in the United States - Early relations, Native Americans in the United States - Removal and reservations, Native Americans in the United States - Current status, Native Americans in the United States - Cultural aspects, Native Americans in the United States - Society, Native Americans in the United States - Religion, Native Americans in the United States - Gender roles, Native Americans in the United States - Music and art, Native Americans in the United States - Economy, Native Americans in the United States - Terminology differences, Native Americans in the United States - Common usage in the U.S., Native Americans in the United States - Bibliography

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Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories. Followers believe that SSB was born on 23 November 1926, as described in the authorized biography by Narayana Kasturi. They believe that the Indian guru Aurobindo was referring to him when he said that the divine had descended on earth on 24 November 1926. [1] Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba. The popularity and the donations by ...

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Definition and meaning of inland marine insurance :

inland marine insurance: A broad type of insurance, generally covering articles that may be transported from one place to another as well as bridges, tunnels and other means of transportation. It includes goods in transit (generally excepting transoceanic) as well as numerous "floater" policies such as personal effects, personal property, jewelry, furs, and other such items.

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Definition and meaning of PERSONAL ARTICLES FLOATER :

PERSONAL ARTICLES FLOATER: A policy or an addition to a policy used to cover personal valuables, like jewelry or furs.

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Definition and meaning of INLAND MARINE INSURANCE :

INLAND MARINE INSURANCE: This broad type of coverage was developed for shipments that do not involve ocean transport. Covers articles in transit by all forms of land and air transportation as well as bridges, tunnels and other means of transportation and communication. Floaters that cover expensive personal items such as fine art and jewelry are included in this category. (See Floater)

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Definition and meaning of FLOATER :

FLOATER: Attached to a homeowners policy, a floater insures movable property, covering losses wherever they may occur. Among the items often insured with a floater are expensive jewelry, musical instruments and furs. It provides broader coverage than a regular homeowners policy for these items.

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Crown of St. Stephen - Composition. It is said that the so-called "St. Stephen" crown, contained in the present collection of royal regalia, was produced in three stages in the 11th and 13th centuries. Some scholars in Hungary, however, hold that the present St. Stephen crown is the original one. This is highly unlikely, because the crown's makeshift nature is apparent in many details. The small gold cross at the top is fixed in place by a screw which crudely penetrates Jesus's stomach, as such it is sacrilegious ...

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There are many reasons among various cultures for wearing dreadlocks. Dreads can be an expression of deep religious or spiritual convictions, a manifestation of ethnic pride, make a political statement, or be simply a fashion preference. In response to the derogatory history of the term 'dreadlocks', alternative names for the style include 'Locks' and 'African Locks'. It is also argued that the accurate term for the process of creating the style is 'locking' rather than 'dreading'. Dr ...

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Body art is every body modification for artistic or aesthetic reasons. However the term is often extended to all socially significant markings, often displaying the bearer belongs to some hereditary (e.g. tribal), age, religious or other group, and therefore on bodyparts that remain or can be 'decently' exposed in public, except if the group is private or even secret. "Mainstream" body modification body piercing - permanent placement of jewelry through an artificial fistula; sometimes further modified by stretching (pierc ...

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Body modification, Body modification - Controversy, Body modification - Typology of body modification, Body modification - Individuals known for extensive body modification, Body modification - Sources and References

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The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. The temples of the Greek religion generally were not public gathering places where people gathered socially for collective indoor prayer; most temples held little more than a cult idol of the deity and the accumulated votive gifts, which might amount to a treasury. When we are told in studies of mythology that "horses are sacred to Poseidon" or roosters to Hermes, what this meant first and foremost was that these ani ...

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Novena To St John Bosco Begin this prayer on January 23 and end on the feast day of St. John Bosco, January 31. Be sure to remember the intentions of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who work to help underprivileged youth in developing countries across the world. Father and teacher of Young, In need of special help, I appeal with confidence to you, O Saint Don Bosco, for I require not only spiritual graces, but als ...

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Saint John Bosco, Saint John Bosco - Early Ministry among the Youth of Turin, Saint John Bosco - Character and Growth of the Oratory

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The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. In general, the Greeks distinguished sacrifices given to the Olympian gods from those given to chthonic (from chthôn, earth) or earth-bound gods (like Hades, Hekate, and so on). Sacrifices served multiple functions: one sacrificed before important undertakings, to introduce a new-born child to the phratry or district, to introduce a young man on the verge of manhood into the society of those engaged in politics. The ...

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Cult figure - Actors and actresses. André the Giant - 6 foot, 10 inch actor and professional wrestler dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world," also the inspiration of the street art campaign André the Giant Has a Posse Bruce Campbell - self-proclaimed B-movie actor, known for dropping memorable one-liners as Ash in the comedy/horror film The Evil Dead and its sequels Zbigniew Cybulski - actor known as the "Polish James Dean" Divine - drag queen who starred in many undergr ...

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Main articles: Arts and Entertainment in India and Culture of India India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history. It has always absorbed customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immigrants. Many cultural practices, languages, customs and even monuments are examples of this co-mingling over centuries. Famous monuments, such as the Taj Mahal and other examples of Islamic-inspired architecture have been inherited from the Mughal dynasty. These are the result of a syncretic tradition that combined elemen ...

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Diwali is celebrated over five days in most of North India as: Diwali - First day. The first day of the festival is known as Dhan teras or Dhantrayodashi. Dhan means "wealth" and Trayodashi means "13th day". Thus, as the name implies, this day falls on the 13th day of the first half of the lunar month. On this day, it is believed that Lord Dhanvantari emerged from the waters of the ocean holding the knowledge of the spiritual medicines of Ayurveda, to help ...

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The darky icon itself—googly-eyed, with inky skin; exaggerated white, pink or red lips; and bright, white teeth—became a common motif first in the U.S., then worldwide, in entertainment, children's literature, mechanical banks and other toys and games of all sorts, cartoons and comic strips, advertisements, jewelry, textiles, postcards, sheet music, food branding and packaging, and other consumer goods. In 1895, the Golliwogg surfaced in Great Britain, the product of American-born children's book illustrator Florence Kate Upton, w ...

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Blackface, Blackface - History and the shaping of racist archetypes, Blackface - Blackface and darky iconography, Blackface - Modern-day manifestations, Blackface - The Netherlands' Zwarte Piet, Blackface - The coons of Cape Town and Auckland, Blackface - In the U.S., Blackface - Blackface minstrelsy and world popular culture, Blackface - Blackface spinoffs, Blackface - Compare, Blackface - Bibliography

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Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codified during a time when polytheism and idolatry was the norm. In polytheistic religions, gods are typically ascribed human or human/animal bodies (including gender and even race), family relationships, and human failings (including intra-familial struggles, jealousy, revenge, and a whole host of negative human traits). It was the break from this mindset that marked Abraham's founding of the Jewish religion. Judaism does not a ...

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Jewelry: . (See also the book "In A Dream, In A Vision of the Night" by Susan Noone Riddle). (Mal. 3:17; 1 Cor. 3:12; Ex. 19:5; 2 Tim. 4:3; Prov. 11:22; 17:8; James 2:2)

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Rings: Worn as jewelry: Self glorification.

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Bracelet: See also Jewelry: Spirit of the world; commitment; confinement of the wrist which affects service. (Gen. 24:22; Ez. 16:11; Is. 3:19)

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Ring: Wedding, Engagement: . (See also the book "In A Dream, In A Vision of the Night" by Susan Noone Riddle).

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