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  • Tottenham to play in the Bahamas for the first time

    An English Premier League club will play in the Bahamas for the first time to mark the country's 40th anniversary of independence. Tottenham Hotspur will play Jamaica in an exhibition match at the new $30 million Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau this week, reports CMC. Both teams accepted an invitation from the Bahamas government to play the match, one of several major events in ...

  • Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds

    The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...

  • 15 nations for ophthalmology meet in Cuba

    The 7th International Ophthalmology Congress, to be held here June 29-31, will draw experts from 15 countries, Xinhua reported. Over 600 Cuban experts will attend the meeting to showcase the country's latest developments in ophthalmological research. This was carried out over the past few years in conjunction with "Mission Miracle," a joint Cuba-Venezuela programme launched in 2004 to provide ...

  • Puerto Rico teacher prison guard held for child porn

    A teacher and a prison guard were arrested in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the US attorney in San Juan, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, announced Tuesday. She said in a statement that educator Rigel Colon Cruzado was arrested Monday after investigators discovered that he had been having sexually-oriented conversations with a 12-year-old girl. Rodriguez said that the investigation ...

  • Cuba permits individuals to import mopeds

    Cuban customs authorities have authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. Resolution 143 published Monday in the island's Official Gazette sets forth that Cuban citizens traveling abroad may import refrigerators, air conditioners of any type or model, microwave ovens, stoves and ...

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Coach Carter

Coach Carter

The Western is usually held up as the genre that best exemplifies the mythological American ideal of the power of the individual to right wrongs, but I would argue that it is the inspirational coach/teacher genre that really drives this message home. A relatively new dramatic subgenre tha ... ...

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  • OAS to Hold Workshop for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in El Salvador

    OAS to Hold Workshop for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in El Salvador May 22, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold, on Thursday, May 23, in San Salvador, the first Regional Workshop on "Mechanisms of Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development" for the ...

  • Jenny Lins death remembered with Castro Valley service candlelight walk

    CASTRO VALLEY -- A service to mark the 19th anniversary of teenager Jenny Lin is planned for Friday.The public service will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Castro Valley Library. A candlelight walk in downtown Castro Valley will take place afterward.No arrests have been made in the death of Jenny, 14, who was killed in her home on May 17, 1994.The Jenny Lin Foundation sponsored a contest to raise ...

  • Olympics-Puerto Ricos Carrion makes run for IOC presidency

    By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN | Wed May 22, 2013 8:59am EDT BERLIN May 22 (Reuters) - Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports job. The 60-year-old Carrion, who is chairman of Puerto Rican lender Popular ...

  • Dominican Republic eyes growth to slash poverty

    SANTO DOMINGO.- Economic growth that translates into poverty reduction and a stronger middle class in the Dominican Republic was at the center of a series of concrete actions presented Tuesday in a high-level national ceremony hosted by the country at the Presidential Palace. The presentation is part of the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), a two-year regional platform for dialogue to foster higher ...

  • Royal Caribbean vote has CEO against major holder Bloomberg reports

    Royal Caribbean's largest investor is challenging Chairman and CEO Richard Fain by supporting a plan that could lead to a board shakeup at the second-largest cruise operator, reports Bloomberg. The measure is supported by A. Wilhelmsen AS, owner of a 19% stake, whose chairman, Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen, is a Royal Caribbean ...

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