Archive for the ‘Humanities’ Category

Let’s save Salvador

Monday, August 10th, 2009

This year, Salvador de Bahia, the first brazilian capital, has completed 460 years. However, according to Paulo Ormindo, chairman of the Bahia’s section of IAB - Institute of Architects of Brazil, there was no reason for celebration.
With more than 4 thousand inhabitants per square kilometer, the “Soteropolis” has a housing deficit of 100 thousand dwellings. [...]

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Invalid votes do not cause an election to be invalid

Monday, November 17th, 2008

OBS: This is an automatic Google translation from the original post in Portuguese
It is being spread on the Internet a hoax, an urban legend, this time on the outcome of Brazilian municipal elections and the vote invalid. Says the email:

An example for Brazil
Bom Jesus de Itabapoana - RJ: 89.23% of votes in [...]

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Tom Zé on Antônio Dantas and berimbaus

Friday, May 9th, 2008

My friend Pablo published a nice post talking about the reaction of composer Tom Zé to the unfortunate statements made by University of Bahia (UFBA)’s Medicine Course coordinator, Antônio Dantas. Dantas had said that the low performance of his Medicine students in ENADE (a Brazilian national exam for those who finish the university) would be [...]

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LaListaWIP

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

LaListaWIP is an interesting site that shows the popularity of different VIPs from sports, arts, culture, politics, etc., based in the number of Web pages, links and news that reference them on Internet. The site also allows the VIP popularity to be ranked based on categories, countries and regions. Another option is to directly compare [...]

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Sonhos lúcidos e despertares sucessivos

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

Isso aconteceu há alguns anos comigo.
Sonhei que estava com meu irmão e minha irmã no quarto e, de repente, percebi que era um sonho. Fiquei eufórico e comecei a dizer-lhes que estávamos dentro de um sonho e propus que acordássemos prá ver se nos lembraríamos do sonho ao mesmo tempo. Como eles não pareciam entender [...]

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