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Grace Bumbry: American "Venus" Diva (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023)
Grace Bumby "maintained a bit of a Carmen-esque spirit offstage. She dressed as Bizet's heroine in a promotional campaign for Lamborghini...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 11
- 3 min
Eulogy for My Little Brother
The author and Clive Williams Kirkwood, Jr. (June 30, 1958-April 29, 2023) Good morning, Everyone. "A gentle teddy bear" is how a cousin...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 3
- 2 min
Coimbra Monastery Symbolized Power of Portugal's Capital
To make room for the tombs of kings Afonso Henriques (about 1109-1185) and Sancho I (1154-1211) on the church’s altar, the choir stalls...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Carnation Revolution in Portugal: Power of the People (Zeca Afonso and Chaplin)
In the 1960s, a new movement led the singers of fado in Coimbra to incorporate ballad and folklore. The artists began interpreting lines...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 19
- 12 min
Big Increase of Brazilians, Belizeans Counted as Latino Due to U.S. Census Processing Error
If you answered ‘Yes’, and wrote in a federally defined non-Hispanic country, your response would be changed to ‘No’. However, those...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 10
- 2 min
Cuckoos: Spring, Music and Cuckoldry
The cuckoo’s call inspires music and signifies the arrival of spring. The bird’s habits, on the other hand, symbolize cuckoldry in...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 3
- 6 min
Belize Reaffirms Ties With Taiwan on Leader’s Visit
President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, Belize (Photo by Taiwan...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 29
- 23 min
April 19: Lithium Plan Deadline Extended for Public
Of the 35 fauna species of conservation concern, 15 are birds. Montagu’s harrier is one of three endangered birds in the proposed mining...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 25
- 24 min
Smithsonian Head in Egypt: "Power of History"
“I (had) always thought that it was much more important that I was the first historian (to lead the Smithsonian) because the Smithsonian...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 21
- 5 min
Portugal Delays Contested Rural Fire Rules
Portugal has one of the highest wildfire-risk rankings in Europe. Researchers cite the same contributing factors: shifting demographics...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 17
- 4 min
Belize Promotes Soursop Cultivation
Brazilian agronomist, Dr. Abel Rebouças, reveals a soursop's edible white pulp and fiber along with a core of indigestible black seeds. A...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 9
- 5 min
Unsung Riches of Coimbra Museum
The Machado de Castro National Museum is named for the Coimbra native who was a renowned sculptor throughout Europe in the 18th and early...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 1
- 9 min
Portugal: Have Your Say on Lithium-Battery Plant by March 20
The economy of the municipality of Sines depends on energy, oil refining port activity, fishing, tourism and trade. A proposal for a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 28
- 2 min
"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 8: "It's Up to Me" and Epilogue)
Thompson Memorial Chapel, an interfaith sanctuary at Williams College, was completed in 1904 in memory of Frederick Ferris Thompson...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 22
- 21 min
The Intricate History of Black Colleges
Students at Atlanta University, chartered by the American Missionary Association in 1869 (Photo from Era of progress and promise,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 21
- 2 min
"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 7: "Looking for a Star")
Baxter Hall (1954-2004), on the left, housed the Snack Bar, student union and dining hall. It was named for James Phinney Baxter III,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Portugal’s Iberian Wolf Delays Lithium Mine Approval
The Iberian wolf, endangered in Portugal, is protected by national and international laws. Despite sustained protest, the Portuguese...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 14
- 3 min
"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 6: "Choice: Illusory")
Mission Hill leads to Mission Park, named for the 10-acre tract of land bought by a group of Williams alumni in 1855 to commemorate the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 12
- 6 min
White Storks’ Population Soars in Portugal
White storks in the municipality of Alvito, Beja District, in the Alentejo (Photo by Ines Catry) Thirty years ago, the white stork was a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Feb 7
- 2 min
"Sacred Waters: 19 and Pregnant" (Chapter 5: "Bolting")
On the Green River, South Williamstown, Massachusetts (By John Lee Fitch, 1836-1895) CHAPTER 2 Like a wild mare, I bolted from the walls...
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