Nicolau nasceu em uma família cristã rica em Patara por volta de 280 DC. O lugar fica perto de Myra, na Turquia dos dias modernos. Ele era tão gentil e piedoso que ajudava qualquer pessoa que cruzasse seu caminho e logo muitas lendas sobre suas boas ações se tornaram populares. Mais tarde, ele se tornou… Read More
Há pouco mais de 110 anos, o jornalista do New York Sun, Frank Church, publicou a resposta a uma pergunta de uma menina de oito anos: Papai Noel existe? O editorial, que trazia a famosa réplica “Sim, Virgínia, Papai Noel Existe”, tornou-se parte indelével do folclore natalino popular nos Estados Unidos e Canadá. Em 1897,… Read More
If we were still capable of being energized or inspired, this kid’s can-do attitude might actually do the trick. He’s more excited about pulling off a successful bike ride than most of us are about being alive. Just think — if your boss was anywhere near this good at motivating you, you wouldn’t even be watching… Read More
The movie “The Intern,” with Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway, has a lot to teach about what it means to be a leader and treat colleagues, superiors, and employees humanely, especially for women in leadership. The idea of the film is to show that it is never too late to learn the “basics”: just… Read More
Cyber Monday is now more than a decade old and was created as an online counterpoint to the brick-and-mortar-heavy Black Friday. In addition to giving online retailers a piece of the Thanksgiving weekend pie, it gives holiday deal-hunters a more convenient shopping option. It takes place on Nov. 29 in 2021. Whether Cyber Monday still… Read More
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on… Read More
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November), often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened very early and offered promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many… Read More
No TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl apresentou resultados surpreendentes sobre como os bebês aprendem uma língua sobre outra -, ouvindo os seres humanos ao seu redor e “fazendo estatísticas” sobre os sons que eles precisam saber. Experimentos de laboratório (e tomografias cerebrais) mostram como os bebês de 6 meses de idade, usam um raciocínio sofisticado para entender… Read More
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