05 April 2011
A recipe for a best-selling, Luis Rocha’s debut novel in the United States “The Pope’s Assassin” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) is loaded with action. The plot tells about a struggle between the Vatican and the Jesuit Order with priests killing and being murdered for trying to access old artifacts and secrets. When the killing begins, Rocha […]
Posted in Books
05 April 2011
Katy Perry is always up to something these days. Now she has been accused of emulating Lady Gaga on her new video for ‘E.T.’ Katy released her new video last week, and it was immediately compared to Gaga’s recent video for ‘Born This Way’. Both videos feature extra-terrestrial themes and ideas of re-birth, as well […]
Posted in Community, Entertainment, People
05 April 2011
Researchers at the North Carolina State University found that craniofacial differences between contemporary men and women are less pronounced than they were in the 16th century. The study which examined hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese skulls spanning four centuries, also found that, while craniofacial features for both sexes in Spain have changed over time, the […]
Posted in Education
05 April 2011
The Associação Portuguesa de Estudos-Anglo-Americanos (APEAA) — Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies — is organizing its international Annual APEAA Conference 2011 dedicated to the theme “Current Debates in English and American Studies.” The conference will be held on May 12-14 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Coimbra. The general aim […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Education, Featured
05 April 2011
A job fair for Portuguese and Spanish speakers in the United States, organized by LatPro and The National Society for Hispanic Professionals will take place April 14th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City. The event will match bilingual or bicultural professionals with top companies that value their multicultural […]
Posted in Community
05 April 2011
British luxury liner Queen Victoria — with nearly 3,000 passengers and crew on board (1,912 passengers and 970 crew members) — is under way en route from Nassau to Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The cruise liner left Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglades) on March 29, on her 16 days cruise, stopping at the Bahamas […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Life Style, Travel
