16 September 2013
By Angelo Paratico (*) One of the most famous incidents—and there were indeed many—caused by British traders in the South China sea was that of the ship Lady Hughes in 1784. When entering Whampoa, a cannon’s salute was fired, an old European habit that greatly annoyed the Chinese. That particular cannon, unfortunately, was loaded with […]
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16 September 2013
William Starck Architects, Inc has pointed David J. Andrade as Senior Project Manager. Mr. Andrade will be responsible for overseeing project development from initial conceptual design through construction, as well as general management responsibilities. Mr. Andrade has over 10 years of experience in design and project management for commercial, pharma/biotech, industrial and residential projects. He […]
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12 September 2013
The number of births in Portugal dipped again in the first half of this year according to statistics released by the National Program on Early Diagnosis, the newborn vaccination national program. The 40,008 children born in this period represented a year-on-year fall of 3,830 births even. The total of births in 2012 came in at […]
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12 September 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s nearest Arab neighbor, Morocco, is increasingly feeling repercussions from the crises in North Africa, as are Portugal’s EU partners along the shores of the Mediterranean. Morocco is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, the same as Syria, but like many other Sunni states it has little sympathy for the regime […]
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10 September 2013
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), have launched the publication of Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir by Joseph A. Conforti, a searching portrait of a city battered by the collapse of the textile industry woven into a spirited coming of age story. […]
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10 September 2013
The Portuguese people 85th out of 156 countries in the nation’s “happiness scores” according to the 2013 World Happiness Report released Monday by the United Nations. The report shows a decrease of 0,35 points, from rank 73rd to rank 85th, in the Portuguese “happiness score” compared to the previous UN survey taken between 2007 and 2010. […]
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