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POR QUE SOMOS TÃO SUBMISSOS E COMPLACENTES?
Leopoldo CostaUm povo é moldado pelas suas crenças e tradições. Nós, o povo brasileiro herdamos dos colonizadores, os portugueses cristãos fanáticos e de moral duvidosa, um comportamento extremamente...
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THE DINING ROOM
By the time Mr. Marsham came to build his house, it would have been unthinkable for a man of his position not to have a formal dining room in which to entertain. But just how formal and how spacious...
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MEDIEVAL HYGIENE
Medieval noble taking his bathPeople in the Middle Ages have acquired something of a bad reputation when it comes to cleanliness, especially the peasantry. However, despite the general lack of running...
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ARMENIAN MYTHOLOGY
Moses of Khoren (Movses Khorenatsi) 5th-century Armenian historianThe mythology of ancient Armenia is a rich blend of indigenous traditions with imported ideas from neighbouring cultures and migrating...
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WHAT YOU EAT AND WHY
1. Identify diet and lifestyle factors that contribute to the 10 leading causes of death in North America.2. Define the terms nutrition, carbohydrate, protein, lipid (fat), alcohol, vitamin, mineral,...
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THE MEANS OF DETENTION IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
In the course of the eleventh century, mentions of imprisonment creep back into the sources. In part this is because the number and variety of writings available to historians increase, if by no means...
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GEOPOLITICS
As I planned and conducted a research project on the geopolitical consequences of contemporary US migrant detention and deportation policies, I realized that the project would not fit neatly within any...
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THE REGIONS OF BRAZIL AND HOW THEY TASTE
The cooking of Brazil stands apart from all other South American cuisines because of its unique ingredients and fl avors. Brazil’s fascinating mixture of cultures, which blends native Indian,...
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A SHORT HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE - THE BATHROOM
Bathroom (1888)It would not be easy to find a statement on hygiene more wrong, or at least more incomplete, than this one by the celebrated architectural critic Lewis Mumford in his classic work The...
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A QUICK HISTORY OF BATHROOM
Topped only by the kitchen, the bathroom is one of the most important, and therefore most installed or renovated rooms in any house or apartment. Twenty-first-century Americans LOVE their bathrooms. We...
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QUE LINGUA FALAVA O PRIMEIRO REI DE PORTUGAL D. AFONSO HENRIQUES?
Latim clássico não era certamente. Não só a nossa língua provém do latim vulgar, das ruas, e não do latim clássico – como seria de estranhar que o latim, ao longo de mais de 1000 anos, não mudasse....
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BEGINNINGS OF AUTRALIA
How and when did Australia begin? One version of the country's origins - a version taught to generations of school children and set down in literature and art, memorials and anniversaries - would have...
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SONHANDO A INDEPENDÊNCIA DO BRASIL
"A Prisão de Tiradentes" tela de Antonio Parreiras (1914)Tiradentes era um homem angustiado, naquele princípio de 1787. Foi tropeiro e comerciante, arriscava-se como dentista e cirurgião, tinha terras...
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SEX AND FAMILY IN THE DAILY LIFE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Islamic law “assigned men and women distinct social roles, and made many rights and obligations contingent upon gender identity.” 1 Along “with distinctions between free and slave, and between Muslim...
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ANGELS AND ANGELOLOGY
An immortal being who lives in the spirit world and serves as an intermediary between God and humanity. The word "angel" is derived from the Greek angelos and the Latin angelus, which mean "messenger."...
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BRIEF HISTORY OF BROADCAST MEDIA IN BRAZIL
Broadcasting airwaves are public in Brazil, and a federal government agency grants licenses to media companies operating radio and television stations. There are five large privately owned national...
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WHY THE FRIES TASTE GOOD
To reach the J.R. Simplot Plant in Aberdeen, Idaho, you drive through downtown Aberdeen, population 2,000, and keep heading north, past the half dozen shops on Main Street. Then turn right at the Tiger...
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TOP TEN BIZARRE EATING HABITS
10 ORTHOREXIA Characterized by the obsession with eating healthy foods, this disease can be confused with and/or diagnosed as anorexia, the main difference being the reasoning behind the eating habits....
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FOOD AND CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD - BENIN
Aloko (Fried Plaintain)Geography Benin is in western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea and west of Nigeria. Dense vegetation covers most of the land: a coastal strip, a swampy forested plateau, and...
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MAYA PALACE KITCHENS
Before the development of haute cuisine in eighteenth-century Italy, courtly food in the noble houses of Europe conformed more to a tradition of extravagant displays than to innovative preparations...
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