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‘Life of Pi’ is a beautifully filmed fantasy adventure offering an allegory of the Story of Bermuda. Both accounts include storms. On December 2, 1977 our island experienced its most drastic emotional storm. The two stories point up that while confli...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
I am finite. I am limited. I cannot tell the end from the beginning. Sometimes that makes for a good time at the movies as I wait in suspense to see not only what is going to happen next, but also how it will all turn out.
That’s what made for an en...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
Last week I outlined the basic theory of Human Needs Psychology: that we all have six fundamental emotional needs and that we will find either positive or negative ways to ensure these needs are met. The needs are certainty, variety, significance, co...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
“The major reasons given for not having health insurance coverage were unemployed (75 percent) and an unable to afford coverage (eight percent).” Health Survey of Adults in Bermuda (2011, p. 10), Bermuda Health Council.
This is the latest in a serie...
DATE: Dec 03, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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CURB’s release of its Racial Justice Platform and its focus on 15 talking points appears to have created quite a sensation on the blogs. CURB prepared this platform because we believe that if Bermuda is truly to become united, there must be healing, ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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It’s nice to see my old friend Harry Redknapp back in football management following his appointment last week at struggling Queens Park Rangers. Good old Harry brings something special to management and there is never a dull moment when he’s around,...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Winter is upon us. There is no doubt; the halls are decked, trees are lit and the solstice is a mere three weeks away. While that astronomical event may mark the start of winter, it also assures us that the sun’s warming beams will have again started...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
In his book, ‘Basic Economics’, Thomas Sowell states that “we do not have enough resources to meet everyone’s desires. The very definition of economics challenges any utopian scheme”. Citing the British economist Lionel Robbins, Sowell asserts that: ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Everyone needs a job, from the time that a child is relatively small through to virtually the end of life. Everyone needs a job, a function to perform. Call it work, a career, vocation, avocation, a chore for an allowance, or just plain puttering aro...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Have you ever noticed how frequently we are defined by our job? Go to a party, start making small talk with people you meet for the first time and inevitably the question will come up, “What do you do?” They are not asking what you like to do in your...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
