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When the final switch was pulled to shut down the lights and mark the end of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last weekend, it ended 2½ weeks of spectacular events, which included the gutsy effort in the women’s triathlon by Bermuda’s Flora Duffy,...
DATE: Aug 27, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Last week, readers responded in great sympathy to the account of the grandmother who spent her lump sum retirement pension to care for her dying daughter.
To lose a child that you have born, cared for, loved with all your being since conception is s...
DATE: Aug 27, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Chloe is in the kitchen making mini pancakes. It’s taking 900 years and using up every last drop of my parenting patience. She also has a blueberry compote bubbling away which is pretty delicious and very posh.
But I am at the end of my summer holida...
DATE: Aug 26, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
“gi•ant/ji?nt/
noun
1. an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.
synonyms: colossus, behemoth, Brobdingnagian, mammoth ...”
— Oxford Dictionaries
If one were to say that they had met a giant and this giant was their friend, t...
DATE: Aug 26, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Since about early 2012, the Progressive Labour Party has turned demagoguery into a national sport. It started off very early, with Marc Bean characterising the Bermuda Government as “the demonic, Harry Potter One Bermuda Alliance”. If I had to guess,...
DATE: Aug 25, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryant Trew
In honour of the Rio Olympics, where gladly, it came off without any international incidents (beside Mr Lochte’s interesting tales to the police), I want to share a proposed list of events at the Inaugural Baby Olympics.
For the first time in history...
DATE: Aug 25, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Husayn Symonds
Sticking to a regular exercise plan isn’t easy, even for me. Sometimes I barely manage two sessions of cardio from my Zumba classes. I blame it on the weather, sleep or a bad day. But these issues don’t have to stand in our way.
Let’s consider a few...
DATE: Aug 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Betty Doyling
It’s always interesting getting to know what I didn’t know that I didn’t know. The conference I was raving about last week was organised by the Applied Improvisation Network.
What is applied improvisation? I wasn’t sure myself when I signed up. It t...
DATE: Aug 24, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the western hemisphere.
While cardiac prevention has traditionally focused on controlling high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol levels, and smoking and making healthy choices in regard to ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Joe Yammine, MD
Dear Dr. Nekia,
My wife and I have been married for forty years and I think that we have settled into a routine. We have had a good life together. Raised our children, and enjoy our grandchildren, but I don’t think that we enjoy one another as much...
DATE: Aug 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
