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Don't blame the victim
August 19, 2008
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I read the letter 'Parenting, parenting' by Diana Williams in today's Royal Gazette with my jaw hanging open. I don't believe that I had ever read such total hogwash! I find it so sad that once again p...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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Today is Thursday, August 21, the 234th day of 2008. There are 132 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE:
1791 - Slaves rise, beginning the Haitian Revolution
1862 - British sailor Billy Barker strikes gold in western Canada's Cariboo mountains, diggin...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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The call came from space, and sent a chill through a roon full of engineers who instantly knew they were in a dire situation.
The now famous words, "Houston we have a problem", shattered the calm of the NASA control room as Apollo 13, bound for the m...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Isolating Moscow over its incursion into Georgia does not seem to be a viable option for the Bush administration — Russia is just too important to the United States.
"It seems to me that the United States has to have a darned g...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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"To continue in the same direction demanding a different destination is delusional."
There is something inherently, horribly, awry when a parent buries their child. Are we not conditioned for this grief-stricken event to be reversed?
I am sadly quali...
DATE: Aug 20, 2008
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Premier Dr. Ewart Brown convened his tourism summit late last week, bringing together some industry leaders to brainstorm how to turn around what is shaping up to be a poor year and how to improve Bermuda's tourism performance in the future.
The mere...
DATE: Aug 20, 2008
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Fog lights misuse
August 15, 2008
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The UK's Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations state that front fog lamps may not be used at any time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility; which means fog, not darkness or the fact that th...
DATE: Aug 20, 2008
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Time for gallows
August 14, 2008
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Another life has been lost and there is much talk of a Big Conversation. I recall a few years ago, there was concern about Gang Violence in Bermuda. That concept was swept under the carpet by some members on...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Robert Horton, the Permanent Secretary of Works and Engineering, deserves credit for suspending work last week on excavations for a car park to be built on the gardens of the Premier's former official residence for the next door US Consulate General....
DATE: Aug 18, 2008
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The world's best
August 14, 2008
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Mr. Fernance Perry – the Bermuda public are not "just plain rude" and are not attacking "someone for their accents and cultures" – the Caribbean coverage of the Olympic Games from 7 to 11 each morning is obv...
DATE: Aug 16, 2008
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