| Nov-25-2007
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San Jose police with tattoos may be ordered to find cover
The San Jose Police Department recently adopted a policy that prohibits cops from displaying tattoos while on duty. So officers with tattoos will either have to wear long-sleeved shirts year-round to cover them up or have them removed.
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| Nov-05-2007
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Tainted Works Worry Vermont Tattoo Artists
Tattooing is an industry that's all about image: personality expressed in body art.
So when three cases of the potent bacteria known as MRSA were traced to an unlicensed artist in Rutland County, the ink in newspaper headlines across the state made professional tattooist Jesse Fowler nervous his entire industry would be tainted.
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| Nov-01-2007
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Tattoo popularity booming since the 1970s
It doesn't matter who you are or what your profession is. It doesn't matter if you're in the East Village or East Alabama. Whatever your socio-demographic - from prisoners to princesses - having a tattoo is now an acceptable practice throughout most of society.
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| Nov-27-2007
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Tattoo Regret? Regrets Are Not Uncommon for People with Tattoos
The tattoo is more popular than ever. According to a recent Pew Research Center* poll, 36% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 have a tattoo and 40 percent of Americans between 26 and 40 have a tattoo. With so many people getting tattoos, it is not surprising that some have regrets.
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| Nov-06-2007
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Tattooed cops on the beat!
The Maltese Police Corps does not allow its officers to have tattoos in any parts of their body which remain exposed when they wear their uniforms.
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| Nov-15-2007
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Tattooed man barred from becoming a police recruit
A 30-year-old would- be police recruit, filed an application to the First Hall of Civil Court in its Constitutional Jurisdiction against the Police Commissioner saying that his application to enter the police corps was rejected because he had tattoos on his arms.
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| Nov-01-2007
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Tattooing law is one-year old
Oklahoma hits the one year mark, on legalizing a permanent mark... tattooing. November first of last year, tattooing became legal, with the health department regulating it.
There are 215 licensed tattoo artists in the state, but just 4 health department employees regulate the trade.
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| Nov-02-2007
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The college prof who was fascinated by tattoos
The late Aba Bayefsky (1923-2001) is usually thought of as a quintessentially Toronto painter, best remembered for portraits and for his paintings of Toronto's Kensington Market. That makes his passion for Japanese tattoo-art - witnessed by his show at Toronto's Beckett Fine Art - all the more surprising.
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| Nov-05-2007
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West Chester offers tattoo parlors for students
Flowers, hearts and naked girls. Just about anything can be drawn on your body for the right price. Tattooing has yet to go out of style, and with shows like Miami Ink and LA Ink more people are looking to get something meaningful put on them.
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