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As I continue to tackle the root of the problem with cricket in Bermuda, this week I want to focus on the coaching aspect of the game, or lack thereof. Coaching is an art. It is a skill, whereby the aim is to improve the individual player or team thr...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
There is nothing quite like a good PQ to start the day — on the Hill, that is, where parliamentary questions (PQs for short) are now a featured part of the day’s agenda. It is known as Question Period that typically comes up fairly early in the morni...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
In honour of Black History Month, BUEI are hosting a special screening of ‘Havana Tap’, Dale Butler’s film on talented Bermudian tap dancer, Mitchell ‘Live Wires’ Trott on Thursday, February 20. Follow Mitchell’s travels to Cuba to take lessons from ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
It is the week of red cellophane-covered chocolate boxes, anonymous cards and anything else that can be emblazoned with hearts.
But why hearts? Yes, in ancient times, the heart was considered the epicentre of life. Aristotle, (4th century B.C) consid...
DATE: Feb 12, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
“ ... there is the dream and the will to found a private kingdom ... there is the will to conquer: the impulse to fight, to prove oneself superior to others, to succeed for the sake, not of the fruits of success, but of success itself ... Finally t...
DATE: Feb 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Michael Laudrup’s firing by Swansea City this week makes it seven managers who have lost their job in the Barclays Premier League this season.
In Laudrup’s case, it does seem a bit harsh, coming a year after he guided Swansea to victory in the Capita...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Bermuda Financial Fundamentals Review Part 3 – Cash, Foreign Currency, Credit, and Money Market Mutual Funds.
Bermuda is a small island, 21 square miles, with a resident/ guest worker population of approximately 60,000. Insignificant in size, signif...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Confused or what? Here it is, February — normally the month of our winter’s discontent, marked by rainy skies, gales, hail and the thought that global warming has given way to nuclear winter — acting completely out of character.
Anoraks, woolly sweat...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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Tight Lines
Have kids they said. Along with all the vomit and tears they will bring you joy, hilarity and fierce amounts of love (true, true.) But nobody ever mentioned they might concoct a “potion” that sits fermenting in an overlooked Thermos for four days. Oh...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
The news made my head spin too: Bermudians are better off now than they were ten years ago. The average income of a two-person home was reported to be $2,767.00 a week or $144,000.00 per year. I expect a lot of Bermudians were wondering just who thes...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
