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Defending caregivers
October 19, 2010.
Here are a few thoughts of mine on the defence of Bermuda's caregivers. The caregivers with many years experience vs. the caregivers who graduated after one year of education with a certificate in geriatrics.
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DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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The following is a letter from the visiting couple who were attacked by a burglar in their room at Grotto Bay resort last weekend:
October 20, 2010.
Dear Sir,
We have visited Bermuda three times now, it is a beautiful island, and we hope to return ne...
DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
Let's start with the critics first, Mr. Editor. Barritt may not be making this stuff up, but it hardly sets the world on fire. ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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Asked to assess Dr. Ewart Brown's performance as Premier over the last four years, many people have dodged the question, saying history will decide, not them.
That may be so, but the likelihood is that historians will be as divided as people are now ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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Today is Friday, October 22, the 295th day of 2010. There are 70 days left in the year.
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In 1918, the Great Influenza Epidemic begins, near the end of the First World War. Over 18 million people die from the flu virus.
In 1947, India and ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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This week Britain's coalition government announced its spending plans for the next four years. We are taking urgent steps to reduce the national debt and deal with the fiscal legacy we inherited. We have shown that we have the resolve and determinati...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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Today is Thursday, October 21, the 294th day of 2010. There are 71 days left in the year.
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In 1797, the US Navy frigate Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," was christened in Boston's harbour. It is still the longest serving warsh...
DATE: Oct 21, 2010
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A story in yesterday's newspaper incorrectly stated that Premier Dr. Ewart Brown was born in 1947. He was born in 1946. In the same story, it was stated that Dr. Brown was Bermuda's first Minister of Transport. In fact, he was the first Progressive L...
DATE: Oct 21, 2010
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WASHINGTON — As a wife, I understand where Ginni Thomas is coming from.
In particular, as the wife of a husband who endured a far less bruising confirmation process and is now, as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, far less the target of criti...
DATE: Oct 21, 2010
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The crime intensifies
October 18, 2010
Dear Sir,
Now is the appropriate time for me to revisit a letter entitled "You're right, Miss Cox, I am mad as hell … at people like you!", which was published in The Mid-Ocean News on Friday, September 14, 2007...
DATE: Oct 21, 2010
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