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Ancient Rome is famous for its public bathhouses - the Baths of Caracalla are six times larger than St. Paul's Cathedral and could serve 1,600 people at once - and the Roman commitment to hygiene didn't stop with just bathing. At one point Rome boasted 144 communal lavatories. The city's giant toilets, with their long, benchlike seats, were not used every day; for the most part, Romans threw their waste onto the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...Constellation’ in the Transept, they are talking with the building – they contemporize it.” Students filing in and out of Annenberg have certainly noticed the modern art installation exhibited in the Old World space of the Transept. “Students always stop and look around. ‘Constellation’ is not so much a contrast to the space as it is a complement to it,” Traietti says. The engagement of students with community space is a goal of the OFA’s Public Art Program, according?...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Biggers and Better | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Rhymes – “Stop Stupak, fight back?...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stu-what? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

With its charming cafés and restaurants, Altdorf makes a natural pit stop. Be sure to visit the statue of Tell and his son, which marks the spot where the apple-shooting incident supposedly took place. "We can't say for sure that Tell ever existed but we don't care," says Ralph Aschwanden, a local journalist and historian. "Man or myth, he is important to us as a symbol of our national identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swiss Pleasure Path | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...which is meant to make the E.U. a more efficient, transparent and democratic system. Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, one of the few declared candidates for the presidency, said last week that the machinations over the top jobs could ultimately damage the new leaders' authority. "The E.U. should stop working like the former Soviet Union ... in darkness and behind closed doors," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An E.U. Election Without Candidates (or a Vote) | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

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