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May 1, 2020



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May 4, 2020



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May 5, 2020



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May 6, 2020



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May 7, 2020



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As It Happens: The Thursday Edition

May 7, 2020



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May 8, 2020



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ING uitblinker op groen Damrak

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) De Amsterdamse beurs is de week in het groen geindigd. De AEX steeg 0,8 procent naar 520,57 punten.




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Wall Street positief het weekend in ondanks zwak banenrapport

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Wall Street is vrijdag hoger geindigd. De SP 500 steeg 1,7 procent op 2.930 punten. De Dow Jones index won 1,9 procent op een slot van 24.331 punten en de Nasdaq ging 1,6 procent hoger tot 9.121 punten




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Beursupdate: AEX op Wall Street

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Op Wall Street zijn vrijdag zes van de negen AEX-genoteerde fondsen ten opzichte van het slot in Amsterdam hoger gesloten.




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Populariteit en gebruik vaste telefoonlijnen blijft dalen

Het aantal Nederlandse consumenten dat een vaste telefoonlijn belangrijk vindt, blijft dalen. Een trend die al in 2014 ingezet is. De meest voorkomende reden waarom consumenten nog een vaste telefoonlijn in huis hebben? Omdat de vaste telefoniedienst onderdeel uitmaakt van het internet en bellen abonnement of alles-in-1 pakket. Dat zegt ruim een kwart (26%) van de consumenten in het meest recente telefoniemarkt onderzoek van Telecompaper.




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Glasvezel en VDSL worden vaker aanbevolen dan kabel

Internet en tv providers met abonnementen via glasvezel of VDSL worden door consumenten vaker aangeprezen bij familie, vrienden en collega's dan kabelproviders. Dat blijkt uit een recent Net Promoter Score (NPS) onderzoek van Telecompaper. Glasvezel- en VDSL providers scoren bijna vier keer hoger dan kabelproviders.




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Omzet telecom daalt maar kwaliteit breedband stijgt

De ACM publiceerde onlangs de meest recente Telecommonitor, een open halfjaarlijkse rapportage, over de status van de telecommarkt in de tweede helft van 2019. Daarin worden naast informatie over marktaandelen en abonnementen in de mobiele- en breedbandmarkt ook de jaaromzetten gepubliceerd die de vaste en mobiele netwerken genereren.




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Can we cultivate social solidarity in a time of physical distancing?

Any meaningful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require imagination, risk, solidarity and vulnerability; it will mean refusing to ‘free-ride’ and a willingness to sacrifice. How can we cultivate this capacity for social solidarity in our time of social fragmentation and mutual distancing?



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Video: Bermuda’s Olympic Medalist Clarence Hill

[Written by Generation Next’s Eron Hill] This past week, I was blessed with the opportunity to sit down with Bermuda’s only Olympic medalist, Mr. Clarence Hill. At the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal, Canada, Mr. Hill successfully fought his way to the winner’s podium, having earned a bronze medal in boxing. This heavyweight champion of […]

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Updates: Nikki Bascome Wins IBA Boxing Title

[Updating] A number of boxers will be in the ring this evening [Nov 24], as the ‘Redemption Fight Night’ event takes place at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, with the headline fight to see professional Bermudian boxer Nikki Bascome take on David Martinez of Mexico. According to the fight card released by the Bermuda Boxing Federation, fighters in […]

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Photos: Nikki Bascome Defeats David Martinez

Professional boxer Nikki Bascome brought the crowd to their feet last night [Nov 24], as the Bermudian boxer defeated David Martinez from Mexico to claim the International Boxing Association [IBA] Welterweight Championship Title. The match was the title fight in last night’s ‘Redemption Fight Night’ at the Fairmont Southampton, which saw a number of bouts […]

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‘Well Done To Bermuda’s Hometown Champion’

The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports Lovitta Foggo congratulated professional boxer Nikki Bascome on his win this weekend against David Martinez from Mexico. “I want to send out a huge congratulations to Nikki on claiming the International Boxing Association [IBA] Welterweight Championship Title,” said Minister Foggo. “He is an inspiration to our young […]

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Fighters To Take To The Ring On Saturday Night

Epic Entertainment has revealed their action-packed schedule for the boxing event scheduled for Saturday night [June 29] at the Victualling Yard in the Royal Naval Dockyard. “With such a diverse undercard, Saturday night’s main event will surely fire up the crowd in support for Bermuda’s own Nikki “Niffty” Bascome [8-1, 2 KOs] and Philippines native […]

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FUELLED Bermuda Launch Party On July 23

Former WBA Middleweight world boxing champion Teresa Perozzi and author of health & lifestyle book FUELLED, Agathe Holowatinc have announced the launch party of their company FUELLED Bermuda Ltd on Tuesday, July 23rd at Alchemy Fitness Studio on Reid Street from 6:30pm – 9.00pm. A spokesperson said, “Teresa Perozzi, former WBA Middleweight world boxing champion, […]

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Bermuda Boxing Youth To Compete In Canada

Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] youth program athletes are off to compete in Scarsborough, Canada in the Olympic-Style boxing event, set to take place this Saturday August 24th, 2019. The event, hosted by Gideon Boxing Academy, will see five youth travel to train and compete. The team, Carlita Trott, Otero Smith, DaMeko Francis-Dill, Kahlil Smythe and […]

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Boxing: Line Up For Saturday’s Fight Night

Epic Entertainment is getting set to present its first boxing event the year on Saturday evening [Jan 18] with Bermuda’s Nikki “Nifty” Bascome to match up against England’s Ryan “The Wasp” Oliver at Fairmont Southampton’s Poinciana Ballroom. In addition to the main event, a host of other fighters will get in the ring, with Bermuda’s […]

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Live Updates: Fight Night Champion Boxing

[Updating] A number of boxers will be in the ring this evening [Jan 18], as the ‘Fight Night Champion’ event takes place at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, with the headline fight to see professional Bermudian boxer Nikki Bascome take on Ryan Oliver of England, while Bermuda’s Andre Lambe and Mikey Parsons are both set to […]

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Daughter - If You Leave

A damaged debut, the way the hues of its bruises blend proving wholly hypnotic.




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The architecture of dread, mustard museum, seeds after bushfire, Amsterdam




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Jane Austen-esq dating or more of the same? Online dating, pandemic-style

Claims abound about how COVID-19 is affecting online dating. Some say that because the prospect of physical sex is off the table, people are spending more time getting to know each other. Think less ghosting, more talking. But researchers warn it’s too soon to make any major declarations about the changing nature of online trysts.




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Walking Together: David Wardong Collard and John Holley

David Wardong Collard and John Holley share the story of their working relationship and friendship.




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Weekend Life Matters: online privacy, online dating in lockdown, the rings of aging, a song for Ramona

Now, more than ever, are we sacrificing privacy online for connection? The changes in online dating behaviour during lockdown, and ruminations on aging when you still feel 28. Plus a song for its namesake.




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Arnaldo Antunes - A Curva da Cintura

Unusual supergroup delivers a set that’s more sketches than songs proper.




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Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica

An adventurous project that has been executed with tasteful verve.




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Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde!

As pure a life-affirming rush as the best pop music in any language.




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Adam Brand from success to love and pain




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Vika and Linda Bull and their love of family and music




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Tattoo Tim's last day at MONA




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'Truly surreal': Isolating on an abandoned ski mountain in Canada

When the COVID-19 restrictions hit Big White in British Columbia, Canada, 90 per cent of the mountain dwellers left within 24 hours, leaving behind hundreds of dollars worth of ski equipment and even abandoning their cars in the street.




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Research Filter: Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th birthday

Thirty years since the Hubble Space Telescope launched it's still providing vital space data having delivered us more than 1.4 million observations.




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Kindness in the time of coronavirus: Dancing with myself

Where many are likely bored of their home surroundings and ready to break loose into the world, Neridah in Brisbane is inspiring her community to stay indoors with her Quarantine Dance Class.




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Country Drive: What's next for troubled Paradise Dam?

RN Drive's Country Drive ploughs through some of the most important news of the week from rural and regional Australia.




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Coalition contest to pick Eden-Monaro candidate in strife

The Coalition contest to choose a candidate for the Eden-Monaro by-election is rapidly descending into farce.




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Privacy experts warn of dangers in implementation of COVIDSafe app legislation

Parliament is set to pass legislation introducing tough penalties for people or agencies who access data from the COVIDSafe app in violation of its stated purpose.




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Darren Hayman & The Long Parliament - The Violence

A concept album about the 17th century witch trials of Essex? Yes please.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 (feat. piano: Mitsuko Uchida; The Cleveland Orchestra)

Uchida's measured approach reaps rewards, capturing the joy in this life-affirming music.




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Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Books I and II) (feat. piano: András Schiff)

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.




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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.




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Country Breakfast Features Saturday 9th May

This week we find out why the US meat industry is in coronavirus chaos; hear the Belgian potato industry's cry for frites; and discover why this Mothers' Day will be a great one for flower growers.




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David Bowie - The Next Day

A triumphant, almost defiant, return – innovative, dark, bold and creative.




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Singapore’s coronavirus advice to Australia, and Max Hastings on the Dambusters

Hear from the chair of Infection Control at the National University Hospital in Singapore, who says home isolation is impossible to enforce, and everyone who tests positive for coronavirus should be isolated in hospitals or in designated hotels until they recover. Plus, veteran British historian Max Hastings discusses his new history of the World War Two Dambusters raid.




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Bob Pickersgill was a station hand at Bonnie Doon when he rescued the family's three-year-old daughter from a fire




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Outback Queensland pioneering single mother's daily rainfall records recognised 100 years on

When outback pioneering single mother Mary Emmott started rainfall records in 1914 she had no idea how important they would be.




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Another question for the governor: Will he move to make voting safer in November? UPDATE

Good government groups are pressing Gov. Asa Hutchinson to act now to encourage absentee voting in the November election.

The post Another question for the governor: Will he move to make voting safer in November? UPDATE appeared first on Arkansas Times.