The Portuguese are amongst Europe’s most pessimistic people as regards the continent’s economic outlook, the 2011 Eurobarometer’s spring public opinion report revealed Thursday. At a time when most Europeans think the worst has past, Portugal with Greece, Cyprus and Ireland, were the most pessimistic European countries, while the most optimistic were Denmark, Estonia, and Austria. According […]
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Portuguese the most pessimistic amongst Europeans
Posted on 06 August 2011.
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Alberto Costa: A tale of fatherly love – People
Posted on 05 August 2011.
Inspired by the birth of his daughter Tyche with Down syndrome, Brazilian physician and neuroscientist, Alberto Costa, spent 15 years researching a cure for the genetic disorder. In an interview for the New York Times, Dr. Costa tells how he dealt with the pain of realizing Tyche was born with a condition for which there […]
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Prophecy claim: Vatican to be destroyed August 17 – Fatima
Posted on 04 August 2011.
An extreme Marian organization behind the obscure Fatima Movement has claimed that, according to a new interpretation of the Third Secret of Fatima, the Vatican will be destroyed on August 17, 2011. Their website, displaying cryptic symbols and end-time warnings, includes a countdown clock towards the Vatican impending doomsday. According to their claim, the prediction […]
Exhibit: “Visualizing Lisbon’s Traffic” – MoMA, NYC
Posted on 03 August 2011.
The installation video “Visualizing Lisbon’s Traffic,” portraying the traffic of Lisbon as a metaphor for living organisms, is part of the “Talk To Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC, through November 7. The processing software installation is a creation of a team led […]
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Earthquake magnitude 4.1 rattles Faial – Azores
Posted on 03 August 2011.
An undersea earthquake, magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale, struck close to the Azores on Monday afternoon at 100 km near Capelo, Faial. The quake struck at 4:15 PM GMT at a depth of 10 kilometers. There is no record of any damage or injury. Earthquake occurrences are common in the Azores, for the most part […]
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Terceira: 27th International Folklore Festival – Azores
Posted on 02 August 2011.
The 27th International Folklore Festival of the Azores will be held on August 7-13, in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, with the participation of visiting groups from mainland Portugal and 11 countries, namely Belgium, Slovakia, Spain, Estonia, France, Indonesia, Italy, Norway, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Established in 1983, in Angra do Heroísmo, the International Folklore Festival of […]
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