U.S. Boots On The Run Around in Syria and Yes Means Yes

Staff Writer, DB Holmes
Military / News
___________________________________

U.S. Boots On The Run Around in Syria and Yes Means Yes with Jessica Drake 

On this episode of “Watching the Hawks” Tyrel Ventura and Tabetha Wallace discuss U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s new plan for direct action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq that includes U.S. boots on the ground, then they delve into the FBI’s investigation into the owners of Hobby Lobby’s allegedly illegal acquisition of ancient tablets from Iraq for their billion dollar Museum of the Bible.

Tyrel then brings us a startling discovery of just how much we are what we eat when it comes to hot dogs. Next sex educator and adult film star Jessica Drake enters the Hawks Nest to discuss California’s new sexual consent laws and the importance of honest sexual education. RT Correspondent Brigida Santos brings us a report on the current scientific argument over when the next massive earthquake will hit southern California and finally Tabetha Wallace brings us a look at The American Society for Microbiology’s first-ever Agar Art contest where bacteria is the paint on the canvass.

Source:  Watching the Hawks

Bob Ross: Christmas Eve Snow

Staff Writer, Katrina Chisveski
Art / Holidays
_____________________________________

Bob Ross when he was teaching painting on PBS. 

 Bob Ross: Christmas Eve Snow

The finished painting:

 You are missed.


Source: Youtube

Sulawesi Cave Confirmed: Oldest Art in Human History Thus Far

Staff Writer, DL Mullan

Archaeology / Art
____________________________________

In humans, when did creativity begin? Was it solely Europeans as has the evidence has suggested these many years? Or, is creativity simply a human trait for which we have yet to discover the remnants in other ancient civilizations? 

Enter the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Human history will never be the same again. 

“The minimum age for (the outline of the hand) is 39,900 years old, which makes it the oldest hand stencil in the world,” said Dr Aubert.

“Next to it is a pig that has a minimum age of 35,400 years old, and this is one of the oldest figurative depictions in the world, if not the oldest one,” he told BBC News.

This also indicates a relatively stable human civilization region as the cave paintings were drawn over an 13,000 year time period. 

Other cave paintings around the world are:

Compare the painting above from Bone with the one immediately below, which is from El Castillo cave in northern Spain, and dated to be 37,300 years old by researchers at Bristol University.

What does this mean for human history? That art did not begin in Europe. This dating of the Indonesian cave art shows that art traveled with humans across history. The realization that art and creativity may have followed along to Europe from Africa itself.

Human art could go back as far as 60,000 years.

The source link also contains an interactive video of the site. 

Source: BBC

Big Ballet

Staff Writer, Katrina Chisveski

Arts / Culture / Society

______________________________________

Society assigns women parts to play, if those parts are positive or not. A choreographer, Eygeniy Panfilov, has decided to take on women, weight, and art. This short documentary shows how size has nothing to do with performance.

Big Ballet

One of the top choreographers in Russia, Evgeniy Panfilov, established a professional ballet troupe from plus-size amateur dancers. He has proved to the world that people of a larger build are able to go beyond life's obstacles and dance with similar grace and dignity as traditional ballet dancers. Join RT to see how ballerinas weighing no less than 200 pounds enchant their audience with both classical and modern ballet pieces, proving they are not lacking confidence in realizing their dreams of dancing.

Source: RT 

Never Forget the Power of Music

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Music / Education
_____________________________________

Thunderstruck

So your child does not want to learn how to play an instrument. It's not the drums. It's not the guitar. It's not anything cool. 

It does not matter the instrument as long as they learn how to play AC/DC on it.

Art and music help children synthesize and learn math skills as well as timing and spatial design. So gather your kids and watch Thunderstruck. Then they might think learning an instrument is important after all.

Source: Youtube, Sharedots,