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  2. History of beer - Wikipedia

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    Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...

  3. Religion and alcohol - Wikipedia

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    The most important reason against alcohol consumption is the effect of alcohol on the mind and soul. In Jainism, any action or reaction that alter or impacts the mind is violence (himsa) towards own self, which is a five-sense human being. Violence to other five sense beings or to own self is violence.

  4. Art Nouveau posters and graphic arts - Wikipedia

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    The rival of Scriber's was the Chapbook, which hired Will H. Bradley to design a poster in 1894 to celebrate Thanksgiving. This poster, called The Twins, with its two-dimensional format, similar to Japanese prints, and bold sinuous lines, is considered the first American Art Nouveau poster. [10]

  5. Beer Street and Gin Lane - Wikipedia

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    Charles Knight said that in Beer Street Hogarth had been "rapt beyond himself" and given the characters depicted in the scene an air of "tipsy jollity". [29] Charles Lamb considered Gin Lane sublime, and focused on the almost invisible funeral procession that Hogarth had added beyond the broken-down wall at the rear of the scene as mark of his ...

  6. History of alcoholic drinks - Wikipedia

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    In some cultures, in lieu of germinating the maize to release the starches, the maize is ground, moistened in the chicha maker's mouth and formed into small balls which are then flattened and laid out to dry. Naturally occurring diastase enzymes in the maker's saliva catalyze the breakdown of starch in the maize into maltose. Chicha de jora has ...

  7. What is Spirit Day? Why celebrities are going purple to ... - AOL

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    Spirit Day has since become an annual event for LGBTQ people and their allies to wear purple to show their support for the cause. And the need for such a day is still warranted.

  8. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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    In the Quran, [53] [54] [55] there is a prohibition on the consumption of grape-based alcoholic beverages, and intoxication is considered an abomination in the hadith of Muhammad. The schools of thought of Islamic jurisprudence have interpreted this as a strict prohibition of the consumption of all types of alcohol and declared it to be haram ...

  9. Madison Beer Has ‘Finally’ Found Her ‘Sense of Style’

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    Courtesy of Vogue/YouTube Madison Beer discovered her personal style thanks to thrift stores. Beer, 24, opened up about her fashion identity in a video interview with Vogue on Wednesday, August 23.