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Posted on 30 April 2014. Tags: AASA, Alberto M. Carvalho, Arne Duncan, immigrant, Lisbon, Miami-Dade County Schools, National Superintendent of the Year, Portugal, Portuguese, President Barack Obama, Superintendent, White House
Alberto M. Carvalho, 49, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and National Superintendent of the Year, will be honored by President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at a White House ceremony, on May 1, during the National Teacher of the Year announcement. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Carvalho immigrated to the United […]
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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 25 April 2014. Tags: Alasdair McIntyre, Applied Philosophy, April 25, author, Bernard Lonergan, Carolina Matos, Catholic University, Charles Taylor, citizenship, D. Duarte de Bragança, democracy, Education., Emmanuel Levinas, Eric Voegelin, Ethics, Fernando Pessoa, Franz Rosenzweig, Gabriel Marcel, Giusepe Zanghi, Governance, Hans Jonas, history, IDP, Instituto da Democracia Portuguesa, interview, Jorge Dias, Martin Buber, Mendo Henriques, Nazaré Barros, Olá Consciência, philosopher, philosophy, Philosophy of Consciousness, Political Philosophy, Portugal, Portuguese, religion, revolution, T.S. Elliot, Viktor Frankl
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Mendo Henriques is an associate professor at the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal. His many areas of interest include Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Consciousness, Applied Philosophy, Ethics, History, Citizenship, Literature, Governance, Religion and Education. He has written extensively on Fernando Pessoa, Bernard Lonergan, and Eric Voegelin and is the author […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
Posted on 24 April 2014. Tags: appointed, Bank of Canada, Canadian, Carlos Leitão, immigrant, immigration, Laurentian Bank Securities, Liberal Party, McGill University, Minister of Finance, Philippe Couillard, Pierre Marsan..Portuguese Canadian, Portugal, Portuguese, Quebec, Robert-Baldwin.district, Royal Bank
Canadian Portuguese Economist Carlos Leitão was appointed, April 23, Quebec Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Philippe Couillard, following the April 7 election. He replaces outgoing Pierre Marsan. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, the Portuguese born Canadian politician was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election, representing the provincial […]
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Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
Posted on 22 April 2014. Tags: Eca de Queiroz, English, fiction, Margaret Jull Costa, mystery, novel, Portugal, Portuguese, Queiros, Ramalho Ortigão, The Mystery of the Sintra Road
In Eça de Queiroz’s first novel and Portugal’s first mystery-cum-detective novel in its first English translation, two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Life Style, Portugal, Travel
Posted on 22 April 2014. Tags: Abraham Roback, Anthony Quinn, Caesar Romero, Charles Dickens, Charles Reis Felix, Cink, Dago, Ferdinand Magelhaens, Frank R. Stockton, Frank Shay, Frog, Guido, Guinea, Jack London, Jap, John Scribner Jenness, Joseph Smith, Kike, Kraut, Malcolm Cowley, Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Polack, Portagee, Portegee, Porteghee, Portigee, Portingale, Portogee, Portugee, Portugee.Portygee, Spick, The Portygee, Thomas J. Braga, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, W. H. Bishop, W. H. Macy, Wop
“To study is to learn, to understand, and to know, though not necessarily to approve, condone, or accept.” It is in the spirit of this anonymous, undated motto that the following essay was undertaken and is now offered. — G.M. One need not consult Abraham Roback’s Dictionary of International Slurs, published in 1944 […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal
Posted on 21 April 2014.
A group of Portuguese-American writers will present a public reading on April 23, at 6pm, at the Portuguese Consulate General, 3298 Washington Street, in San Francisco, California. Organized by the Kale Soup to the Soul(KSFS) initiative, readers include Frank Gaspar, Anthony Barcellos, Darrell Kastin, Scott Laughlin, and Millicent Borges Accardi. The authors will read from […]
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