From a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Reporter Diana Marcum is in crisis. A long-buried personal sadness is enfolding her—and her career is stalled—when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California. […]
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Book: ‘The Tenth Island’ by Diana Marcum – Editor’s Note
Posted on 04 August 2018.
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Weather Alert! Portugal bracing for four days of record breaking heatwave
Posted on 30 July 2018.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), starting on Wednesday, Portugal mainland will be hit by a four day long heatwave, with temperatures reaching 113 Fahrenheit or higher across the country. The above average temperatures are expected to have an impact on public health and fire propagation. The IPMA declared “code […]
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Community: Cecilia Fatima finalist at the SSEP Conference- Smithsonian Institution
Posted on 20 July 2018.
Portuguese American Cecilia Fatima Louro Perez, was recently honored to speak at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum as a Finalist of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP). The SSEP is an international program organized by the National Center for Earth and Space Science exploration (NCESSE) in which students submit experiment proposals to be […]
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Got Plastic? Marine pollution and the perils of microplastic – By Len Port
Posted on 20 July 2018.
While there is no doubt about the vast scale of the plastic pollution problem, it is far from clear how places like the Algarve, mainland Portugal, are going to cope with the crisis. Marine plastic pollution, particularly microplastic material, is a serious but as yet not fully understood threat to nature and to human health. […]
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Parliament: Portuguese lawmakers approve gender change bill – Portugal
Posted on 14 July 2018.
The Portuguese parliament has approved a law allowing gender change and name change from the age of 16 without a medical report stating “identity disruption” or considering transgender identity as “an abnormal pathology or mental situation.” A previous law (2011) required transgender citizens to have a medical diagnosis that established ‘gender dysphonia’ when biological sex […]
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Sports: Red Bull Cliff Diving competition returns to São Miguel – Azores
Posted on 13 July 2018.
For the seventh consecutive year, 16 world class cliff divers from 17 countries gathered in São Miguel, Azores, to participate in the third stop of the 2018 International Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. The competition includes 28 athletes men and women from 17 countries. This stop of the extreme sports event is being held July […]
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