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Crisis of Imagination Will Deepen Under Musk
An integrated circuit is a set of electronic components and their interconnections. Pictured above is detail of part of a chip through...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jan 93 min read
Atypical Santa Ana Winds Fan Catastrophic L.A. Fires
The fires are spreading and more are igniting in Los Angeles County. (From USA Today  and other publications on January 8) I first felt...
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Jan 73 min read
Coimbra Show: Artist Daniela Guerreiro Reveals Women in Their Private Spaces
Daniela Guerreiro's Petunia (2023), oil on canvas At day's end, women, who share nothing else but their gender, arrive home. In their...
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Dec 31, 20248 min read
A Black American Emigrant's Road to Portugal
The author in the Norman castle of Aci Castello, Catania, Sicily, in 1994 I am an immigrant. "This must be distinctly understood, or...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 21, 20247 min read
Lisbon Police Action Shocks Ex-Parliament Head, Assures Prime Minister
The PSP police lined up dozens of people, who faced and held the wall with outstretched arms, unable to move for more than an hour while...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Portugal's "Cante Alentejano" Voices Grow Stronger in 10 Years of UNESCO Tribute
No Alentejo eu trabalho, Cultivando a dura terra, Vou fumando o meu cigarro, Vou cumprindo o meu horário, Lancando a semente a terra; é...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 10, 20247 min read
Portugal Grants Land Easements to Savannah Lithium
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recognized the Barroso region as a Globally Important Agricultural...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 6, 20245 min read
"Portuguese From London": Dancer Jorge Salavisa Honored by Honoring Others
At home in the air -- Jorge Salavisa with Hellen Starr in the first act of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake on a London stage (Photo...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 29, 20243 min read
Portugal: Galp Drops Plans to Build Lithium Refinery
(From article by Monash University, Australia) Portuguese energy company Galp has decided not to proceed with its 1.1 billion-euro...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 25, 202410 min read
Portugal's Assembly to Mark Contentious 1975 Failed Coup
The first of more than 30 "flash" messages which U.S. Ambassador Frank Carlucci sent back to Washington, D.C. on the November 25, 1975...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Portugal: Art From its Heart
The Other Worlds Artist Collective exhibit is at the Verdalhão Restaurant, Rua da Indústria, in Tábua, Coimbra District, until Sunday,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 15, 20245 min read
Coimbra Exhibit: A Who's Who of Counterculture Art
Ouve-me ( Listen to Me ) (1979) by Helena Almeida is in the exhibit at Centro de Arte Visuais, Pátio da Inquisição, in Coimbra,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 5, 20241 min read
Americans: How to Save Our Democracy
(Photo from Pixabay) When I was in the sixth grade at St. Ladislaus Elementary School, the class ate lunch at our desks. Volunteer "lunch...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 4, 20246 min read
Portugal's Protected Cork Oaks Must Be Cleared for Lithium-Battery Factory's High-Voltage Lines
Legislation imposes heavy fines for damage or improper management of cork oaks. For example, it is not permitted to fell cork oaks whose...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 28, 20244 min read
Portuguese Kids to Design Projects Detecting Fake News
"Beaches in the Algarve evacuated yesterday afternoon": Mirage wave scares bathers" -- Grupo Impresa CEO Francisco Pedro Balsemão said...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 18, 20249 min read
Portugal's First Woman Prime Minister: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
"An avowed Catholic and leftist, single and a feminist before her time, strong-willed and sweet, she left a mark on those who knew her,"...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 10, 20244 min read
Portuguese Modernist Almada Negreiros Represents in Spain
In a cultural initiative with Spain, Auto-Retrato em Grupo ( Pintura para o café "A Brasileira" do Chiado, Lisboa ), or Self-Portrait in...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Autumn Migration: "Why Not Stay On?" From "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame
Four animal friends -- Mr. Water Rat, Mr. Mole, Mr. Badger and Mr. Toad -- protect each other in their adventures through Britain's four...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 26, 20245 min read
Portuguese Historic Famel Motorbike to Ride Into the Future
The esteemed Famel bike, which is found today in the garages of some owners and on the rural roads of others (Photo from Motos de...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 20, 20245 min read
Portugal, Tábua Mourn Firefighters, Victims of Shocking Fires
(From left to right) Sónia Cláudia Melo, Paulo Jorge Santos and Susana Cristina Carvalho are the three volunteer firefighters from Vila...
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