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Portugal Breaks Out in Latest “Fast & Furious”

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 21, 20232 min read

Portugal Breaks Out in Latest “Fast & Furious”

Velocidade Furiosa 10 opened on May 18 in Portugal. (Video by MEDIA) While looking for locations of the action film, Fast X: Fast &...

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Subway Death of Schizophrenic Fuels Political Madness

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 16, 20238 min read

Subway Death of Schizophrenic Fuels Political Madness

Jordan Neely is pictured before going to see Michael Jackson's This Is It at the Regal Cinemas in New York’s Times Square in 2009. ...

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Grace Bumbry: American "Venus" Diva (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023)

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 15, 20233 min read

Grace Bumbry: American "Venus" Diva (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023)

Grace Bumby "maintained a bit of a Carmen-esque spirit offstage. She dressed as Bizet's heroine in a promotional campaign for Lamborghini...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 11, 20233 min read

Eulogy for My Little Brother

The author and Clive Williams Kirkwood, Jr. (June 30, 1958-April 29, 2023) Good morning, Everyone. "A gentle teddy bear" is how a cousin...

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Coimbra Monastery Symbolized Power of Portugal's Capital

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 3, 20232 min read

Coimbra Monastery Symbolized Power of Portugal's Capital

To make room for the tombs of kings Afonso Henriques (about 1109-1185) and Sancho I (1154-1211) on the church’s altar, the choir stalls...

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Carnation Revolution in Portugal: Power of the People (Zeca Afonso and Chaplin)

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 25, 20234 min read

Carnation Revolution in Portugal: Power of the People (Zeca Afonso and Chaplin)

In the 1960s, a new movement led the singers of fado in Coimbra to incorporate ballad and folklore. The artists began interpreting lines...

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Big Increase of Brazilians, Belizeans Counted as Latino Due to U.S. Census Processing Error

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 19, 202312 min read

Big Increase of Brazilians, Belizeans Counted as Latino Due to U.S. Census Processing Error

If you answered ‘Yes’, and wrote in a federally defined non-Hispanic country, your response would be changed to ‘No’. However, those...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 10, 20232 min read

Cuckoos: Spring, Music and Cuckoldry

The cuckoo’s call inspires music and signifies the arrival of spring. The bird’s habits, on the other hand, symbolize cuckoldry in...

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Belize Reaffirms Ties With Taiwan on Leader’s Visit

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 3, 20236 min read

Belize Reaffirms Ties With Taiwan on Leader’s Visit

President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, Belize (Photo by Taiwan...

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April 19: Lithium Plan Deadline Extended for Public

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 29, 202323 min read

April 19: Lithium Plan Deadline Extended for Public

Of the 35 fauna species of conservation concern, 15 are birds. Montagu’s harrier is one of three endangered birds in the proposed mining...

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Smithsonian Head in Egypt: "Power of History"

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 25, 202324 min read

Smithsonian Head in Egypt: "Power of History"

“I (had) always thought that it was much more important that I was the first historian (to lead the Smithsonian) because the Smithsonian...

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Portugal Delays Contested Rural Fire Rules

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 21, 20235 min read

Portugal Delays Contested Rural Fire Rules

Portugal has one of the highest wildfire-risk rankings in Europe. Researchers cite the same contributing factors: shifting demographics...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 17, 20234 min read

Belize Promotes Soursop Cultivation

Brazilian agronomist, Dr. Abel Rebouças, reveals a soursop's edible white pulp and fiber along with a core of indigestible black seeds. A...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 9, 20235 min read

Unsung Riches of Coimbra Museum

The Machado de Castro National Museum is named for the Coimbra native who was a renowned sculptor throughout Europe in the 18th and early...

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Portugal: Have Your Say on Lithium-Battery Plant by March 20

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 1, 20239 min read

Portugal: Have Your Say on Lithium-Battery Plant by March 20

The economy of the municipality of Sines depends on energy, oil refining port activity, fishing, tourism and trade. A proposal for a...

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"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 8: "It's Up to Me" and Epilogue)

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Feb 28, 20232 min read

"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 8: "It's Up to Me" and Epilogue)

Thompson Memorial Chapel, an interfaith sanctuary at Williams College, was completed in 1904 in memory of Frederick Ferris Thompson...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Feb 22, 202321 min read

The Intricate History of Black Colleges

Students at Atlanta University, chartered by the American Missionary Association in 1869 (Photo from Era of progress and promise,...

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"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 7: "Looking for a Star")

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Feb 21, 20232 min read

"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 7: "Looking for a Star")

Baxter Hall (1954-2004), on the left, housed the Snack Bar, student union and dining hall. It was named for James Phinney Baxter III,...

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Portugal’s Iberian Wolf Delays Lithium Mine Approval

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Feb 20, 20233 min read

Portugal’s Iberian Wolf Delays Lithium Mine Approval

The Iberian wolf, endangered in Portugal, is protected by national and international laws. Despite sustained protest, the Portuguese...

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"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 6: "Choice: Illusory")

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Feb 14, 20233 min read

"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 6: "Choice: Illusory")

Mission Hill leads to Mission Park, named for the 10-acre tract of land bought by a group of Williams alumni in 1855 to commemorate the...

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