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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jan 2, 20226 min read
Think IBM: Think Paul Rand
He introduced stripes in 1972 to make the logo less heavy and more dynamic. In his six-decade career, Paul Rand changed the direction of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 29, 20213 min read
Turning the World Right Side Up
Death chooses sides for a high-stakes chess game with the crusader in The Seventh Seal. “The village of my birth is the center of my...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 27, 20213 min read
Portugal: Vaccines Cut Death Rate 1 Year On
The only place on the mainland where it snows: the Serra da Estrela mountain range. One year ago, Portugal administered the first vaccine...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 21, 202110 min read
Portugal: Immigrants Break Records for Taxes, Births, Citizenship
"If you are from Bangladesh, you receive 32 percent less" in pay than a national. Not even the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the increase of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 20, 20215 min read
How to Save Portugal From “Demographic Suicide”
Portugal has the third oldest population, after Japan and Italy. (Photo by Ana Baiao) Portugal’s fast-aging population shocked experts...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 19, 20215 min read
From Cairo to L.A.: Van-Leo’s Photo Exhibit Erases Differences Between East and West
Self-portrait His photographs of Egyptian cinema giant Omar Sharif and other actors popularized his name. Van-Leo would make each sitter,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 13, 20215 min read
Portugal: Children COVID-19 Vaccines Start This Weekend
A three-month program for voluntary vaccination of children 5 to 11 years old against COVID-19 is scheduled to start on the weekend of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 10, 202111 min read
Mark Bradford’s Art Giving Shelter in Portugal
The artist with one of his pieces inspired by the medieval tapestries, The Hunt of the Unicorn (Photo by Rui Duarte Silva) Creative...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 7, 20213 min read
Pedrogao Fire: “Failure of Strategy”
The former director of the Civil Protection Agency testified that there was a “delay in setting up the command post” in the horrific...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Belize Giving Away $60,000 in Vaccine Raffles
Mr. Sidney Russell rounding up his horses and cattle on his land at Bermuda Landing When visiting Bermuda Landing many years ago, my...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Pedrogao’s “Out-of-the-Ordinary” Fire Conditions
Two schist stones that saved several in the fire became a memorial to 11 villagers and a “monument to life” in Nodeirinho one year later....
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 27, 20214 min read
Portugal Ramps Up COVID-19 Boosters, Restrictions
Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that he “regretted” the increased deaths and hospitalizations. As the number of new COVID-19 infections...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Pedrogao Housing Trial: “Giant With Feet of Clay”
"People in shock, traumatized, lost and confused” “A giant with feet of clay”, a defense attorney called the trial of alleged...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 22, 202118 min read
Portugal: Have Your Say on Lithium Mining by December 10
Upper plateau of Serra da Estrela (Photo by Interpretation Center of Serra da Estrela (CISE-Seia) A few years from now, frolicking in the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Pedrogao Housing Trial: "Clean Hands" of 2 Ex-Officials
The Pedrogao Grande fire housing trial is looking for scapegoats, the defense lawyer said in his closing arguments on November 18. Bruno...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 14, 20215 min read
Belize's COVID-19 Vaccine Rate Doubles
When I would get frustrated at accomplishing a task, my mother would say to me in Belizean Kriol, “When yuh nuh have Mami, use Daddy.” In...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Pedrogao Fire Rebuild: State Wants Jail for 2 Ex-Officials
Pedrogao Grande ex-President Valdemar Alves (Photo by Fernando Fontes/Global Imagens) The prosecution asked for the imprisonment of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Why an Olive Branch Is Sign of Peace
The tree outside my back door I look upwards only during the olive harvest. Standing under the silvery green leaves of a tree, it seems...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Pedrogao Trial: Fire Chief Did All He Could, Expert Says
The June 2017 fire devastated Escalos Fundeiros village in Pedrogao Grande municipality. An expert witness in the Pedrogao Grande fire...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 4, 20213 min read
Pedrogao’s “Tunnel of Flames” Caused by System Failure
Most of the deaths occurred on National Road 236-1, which connects Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos. ...
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