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It has been a big week for news in the football world with David Beckham announcing his retirement from playing, Rio Ferdinand from representing England, Frank Lampard becoming Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer and Roberto Mancini being fired at Manc...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Nature says that it is summer. The flowers are in bloom, the farmers have crops in the field and, contrary to some opinions, there are some fish to be caught offshore. The weather has finally decided to moderate and the sun is certainly hot enough to...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Further commentary on elderly exploitation articles featured last week in The Royal Gazette.
Birthing, living, and dying is a messy business; these events are made particularly painful when there are family assets involved. History is replete with t...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
IT'S a long way from the patchy, well-worn pitch on St John's Road to the lush turf of Wembley but 22-year-old Nakhi Wells is about to step into what might be considered the most iconic of all stadiums for a second time in the space of three months.
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DATE: May 17, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Another week, another column, another visit from Little Miss Belle.
This time I have packed her back off to bed and apparently she will stay there. I “pwomise” mummy, she whispered as I tucked her back in.
Wow this one really does know how to shake m...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It’s been nine weeks since MPs trundled up the Hill to do business.
A nice break, you might think, but let’s not be too harsh here. The work of Government doesn’t just stop because the House is in recess. Besides we all know that the real work doesn...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Cricket starts this weekend with the Belco Cup competition, but forget the Belco Cup, who wins that is irrelevant to the future of Bermuda cricket.
I don’t know if it is me and my passion that is driving me on this, but I won’t stop until people wak...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
The May edition of the Bermuda Docs Weekend Film Series will be at BUEI on Sunday, May 19th with the documentary “A River Changes Course”, showing at 3pm, followed by French comedy, “In The House”, at 5.15pm.
More details on the films can be found at...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Not everything can be tweaked. I am not referring here to the Pollyanna principle in which people identify with every positive statement made about them (and ignore everything else).
An extension of that is to think that everything is wonderful and e...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
How do we speak so that someone hears us? And I don't just mean how loudly.
I'm referring to the ability to connect with others, and truly communicate our message.
I have previously written about ways to enhance rapport and tune-in to another perso...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt