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I am in what is loosely called a “people-helping” profession. I've been in one people-helping profession or another since 1967. I've been a neuropsychiatric technician helping combat personnel return to civilian life after becoming psychologically tr...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
The hospitality industry in Bermuda has been a prominent subject in the local news lately. The recent foreclosure on the Belmont/Newstead Resort and the “special development order” issued for Tucker’s Point has highlighted the dire predicament that t...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
To paraphrase Shakespeare’s Richard III, oh, but the winter of our discontent is upon us.
While most of us languish ashore contemplating a bright, sunny, and calm future expedition or two, the reality is that the professionals are always ready to tak...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
What a week in English - football thrills and heartbreak from the best clubs in the country.
Shameful Arsenal! They have no excuse for what they did, losing a 4-0 lead as Newcastle came back with four second-half goals to earn a draw.
There is no way...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Our Fiscal Directive Report for the next 12 months is imminent. In short, the new Budget for the Country will be announced in Parliament. Speculations about draconian efficiency measures accompanied by simultaneous defences that running up expensive ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
As always in life, there may be unintended consequences to otherwise well-intended actions. This axiom has been proved again and again in the financial industry. Use of the new Leveraged and Inverse ETFs has resulted in blow-ups in trading on the S&P...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Patrice Horner
After our humiliating defeat to Canada at the Under-19s tournament in Florida this week, in which we were bowled all out for 87, I received an e-mail that said: “If these are Bermuda's future we are in some serious trouble”.
I beg to differ, but if ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
CRICKET'S World Cup in which Bermuda made history now seems a distant memory.
It was, in fact, just four years ago. The next World Cup will start later this month in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh the latter two having been among Bermuda's opponents ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
So we’re back to shootings and murders! Come on Bermuda, we can really do better than this. Yes, we can. There has to be more to life than running around selling drugs and killing another guy who would dare sell drugs in an area where I would sell th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
“You're all healthy mummy,” Doctor Chloe informed me, “…but you have a horse in your ear.”
I have to say I was surprised as I couldn't feel anything, but my three-year-old solemnly confirmed this was the case. “How will we get it out?” I asked, upon...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
