Definition: A degradation ceremony is a rite of passage sometimes used to initiate people into total institutions such as mental hospitals, prisons, and military units.
2:05 pm August 23, 2011. The music video for Bon Iverâs âHoloceneâ premiered last week, debuting on the National Geographic website. The song, taken from Bon Iverâs self-titled album, a follow-up to 2008âs acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago, entitled âHoloceneâ was shot entirely in Iceland by the Australian director/photographer Nabil Elderkin.
Trayvon Benjamin Martin was a 17-year-old African American from Miami Gardens, Florida, who was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. Martin had gone with his father on a visit to his father's fiancÃ©e at her townhouse at The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford. On the evening of February 26, Martin was walking back alone to the fiancÃ©e's house after purchasing a bag of Skittles and an Arizona iced tea at a nearby convenience store. The ...