05 October 2013
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) Born in Los Angeles, Darrell Kastin grew up in Southern California. Like twisted aces, the writer Kastin’s family radiates in two directions, with his father’s heritage in Russia and his mother’s ancestry emanating from the Azores. He currently lives in Sacramento with his lovely wife Elisabeth. Through the years, the […]
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04 October 2013
To discuss how the government shutdown is affecting small businesses, President Obama visited Thursday the M. Luis Construction Co., Inc., a small road construction company based in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Established in 1985, the $60 million company was co-founded by Portuguese-American entrepreneurs Albertina Luis along with her husband Manuel Luis. In 2008, Albertina […]
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02 October 2013
By André Darlington, Contributor (*) E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room With A View, opens in the dining room of the ‘Pensione Bertolini’. Charlotte Bartlett, travel companion and chaperone to her cousin Lucy, complains that she has not been given a room with a view of the river Arno as promised. Overhearing the conversation, a Mr. […]
01 October 2013
The 2013 Azores Ladies Open will take place October 4-6 in the Golf Club of Terceira, Praia da Vitória, one of the oldest and most iconic courses in Portugal, with a long tradition in professional golf. On its third edition, the event is the main female Portuguese golf tournament with a cash prize of €25,000. […]
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30 September 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) “It’s the science, stupid! Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and action is urgent,” tweeted Connie Hedegaard, the EU’s She could have added that Portugal, along with Denmark and Sweden, are showing the way.commissioner for climate action after Friday’s presentation in Stockholm of the most exhaustive and authoritative […]
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30 September 2013
Prime Minister Passos Coelho conservative Social Democrat Party (PSD) was defeat in the Sunday municipal elections, after pool projections revealed the opposition Socialist Party (PS) had won 36.7 percent of the vote with the Social Democrats garnering just 18.9 percent. “We had the goal of retaining the majority of town halls but that didn’t happen,” […]
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