| Sep-05-2007
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Art for life, adventures in getting a tattoo
Getting a tattoo was something I always wanted to do. I thought long and hard about it. If you are thinking about it, make sure it's not just a rush decision. I wanted something that was meaningful and not just a pretty picture. A tattoo should be as unique as the individual who is getting it.
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| Sep-07-2007
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Back to school: a conversation about tattoos
When did it happen? Was I looking the other way? How is it that the tattoo - the sailor's creative choice for venting - become an acceptable form of all-over bling for even a soccer mom?
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| Sep-21-2007
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Bill may license tattoo parlors
Red Cross, artists for legislation that allows people with decorations to donate blood sooner.
Body art has become so popular a lawmaker believes it's time for the state to license tattoo parlors and inspect them each year.
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| Sep-15-2007
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Blood bank's tattoo policy stands
Prospective donors must wait a year after getting inked.
The Community Blood Bank in Sioux Falls will not change its policy regarding donors with new tattoos, despite a recent loosening of requirements by a private blood bank.
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| Sep-21-2007
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City Turns Down Tattoo Zoning
Louis Hosino was introduced to the Shawnee City Commission this week as one of the voices who helped persuade the Oklahoma Legislature to legalize and regulate the tattoo business.
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| Sep-04-2007
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Class Action Lawsuit Launched Over Tattoos
Most of the regrets people have after getting a tattoo concern the design of permanent ink embedded in their flesh. But a group of people who had needle work done at an Oshawa parlour have something much more serious to worry about.
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| Sep-22-2007
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Consider safety, care before getting permanent art
Getting a tattoo can be a fun and exhilarating way to express personal identity or individuality.
Take the right steps for care before and after getting tattooed, or things could get ugly.
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| Sep-16-2007
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Currituck set to see its first legal tattoo parlors
Currituck County's first legal tattoo parlors are set to open soon in Moyock, but they won't offer body piercing or artwork in compromising places.
Currituck County's Board of Adjustment unexpectedly awarded permits Thursday to Bryan Beshears and Laurie Lawrence to run separate tattoo parlors in Moyock, said Ben Woody, planning director for Currituck County.
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| Sep-25-2007
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Garner man faces tattoo charges
Alvarez is charged with “PROVIDING A TATTOO TO A MINOR,” and “UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF TATTOOING,” and faces penalties of up to two years in jail and fines of $5,000.
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| Sep-27-2007
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Is tattoo-ism the new racism?
Just when one would think that our society has hit an all time judgmental high, situations like the one in San Antonio, Texas arise.
Two prospective tenants of a fairly ritzy apartment complex called The Villas, were denied residency because of visible tattoos that covered more than 40 percent of the husband's arm.
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| Sep-23-2007
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Lodi man cherishes Rita Hayworth tattoo
Christian Masot, an artist from Silk City Tattoo in Hawthorne, was carefully etching the late, great movie star into Nick Grandinetti's bicep Saturday. Grandinetti, a kick-boxing instructor in Lodi, and hundreds of other body-art aficionados swarmed the sixth annual Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth, which concludes today at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus.
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| Sep-13-2007
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No Tattoo Parlors Here!
There will be no tattoo or body piercing parlors in Tecumseh — at least not for now.
The Tecumseh City Council declined to adopt an ordinance that would have allowed the operation of such establishments here, even though a new state law allows it.
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| Sep-24-2007
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Regret that Tattoo? You're Not Alone
As more people get tattoos, more people want them removed. To many it seems like a great idea, then, years later regret creeps in.
A survey by the American Academy of Dermatology found nearly 20 percent of people with tattoos considered removal.
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