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Oscar Niemeyer, the last lion of architectural modernism and the most renowned cultural figure in Brazil, died Wednesday at age 104. Here, in a review essay originally published in The Atlantic magazine in 2008, literary and national editor Benjamin Schwarz appraises Niemeyer’s life and work, focusing on the architect’s most colossal, enduring, and controversial work — the city of Brasilia.

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Last night in the midst of a new snow storm post Sandy’s , I watched at last W.E. on my smart 32 inches TV.

It was one o the most beautiful experiences in my life. As soon as I woke up this morning I researched in the internet every single material I could grab about this wonderful movie , produced and directed by Madonna at the beginning of this year.

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he only temple in Hong Kong that offers facilities for Taoist wedding services, the Wong Tai Sin Temple is one of the most famous temples in Hong Kong. Known for its fortune-tellers, visitors flock here year round so that the soothsayers that reside in the temple can inform them as to their future.

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Fish is a big deal in Asia. The older generations can tell, at a taste, if the fish presented to them was wild caught or farm-raised.The Chinese believe that everything in life needs to be accomplished with a beginning and an end to have a “head” and a “tail” . Fish, therefore, need to be eaten in their entirety.

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