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	<title>Comments on: Ms Hilda Smith Celebrates Her 106th Birthday</title>
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		<title>By: Shangri-La Durham-Thompson</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1127083</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shangri-La Durham-Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She is the greatest example ever.  Have a wonderful year Aunt Hilda. God bless]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She is the greatest example ever.  Have a wonderful year Aunt Hilda. God bless</p>
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		<title>By: Mazumbo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1126410</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazumbo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until Lions tell their tale , the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Charlie not everybody has the Johnny Barnes Syndrome.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Until Lions tell their tale , the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Charlie not everybody has the Johnny Barnes Syndrome.</p>
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		<title>By: Mazumbo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1126380</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazumbo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not a racist I&#039;m a NEGROPHIL there is a difference!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not a racist I&#8217;m a NEGROPHIL there is a difference!!</p>
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		<title>By: Bermale</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1126318</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bermale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely amazing Ms. Smith!

The changes you have witnessed over time must be astounding.

Congrats and here is to many more!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely amazing Ms. Smith!</p>
<p>The changes you have witnessed over time must be astounding.</p>
<p>Congrats and here is to many more!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125739</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Racism isn&#039;t funny.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racism isn&#8217;t funny.</p>
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		<title>By: Somebody's Momma</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125655</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Somebody's Momma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politricks is all about photo ops!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politricks is all about photo ops!</p>
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		<title>By: Second</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125410</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Second]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations! Happy Birthday Mrs. Smith]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations! Happy Birthday Mrs. Smith</p>
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		<title>By: Estlyn Harvey</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125378</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Estlyn Harvey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Aunt Hilda - you have always been an inspiration to me always with a bright smile and encouraging words of wisdom. I am still trying to emulate you on the piano.
Love you dearly]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Birthday Aunt Hilda &#8211; you have always been an inspiration to me always with a bright smile and encouraging words of wisdom. I am still trying to emulate you on the piano.<br />
Love you dearly</p>
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		<title>By: Chuckling</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125344</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuckling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are too funny.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are too funny.</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned Citizen</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125304</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Concerned Citizen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday Mrs Smith!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy birthday Mrs Smith!</p>
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		<title>By: smh</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125257</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[smh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i dont understand what plp has to do with his stupid comment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i dont understand what plp has to do with his stupid comment.</p>
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		<title>By: Colourless</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125095</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colourless]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#039;s the familiar story about two grasshoppers that fell into a bowl of cream. One of them complained and groaned over his plight, and he sank to the bottom and drowned. The other kept singing and cheerfully kicked his feet until the cream turned to butter and he hopped away to freedom. I reckon Aunt Hilda was like the second grasshopper!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s the familiar story about two grasshoppers that fell into a bowl of cream. One of them complained and groaned over his plight, and he sank to the bottom and drowned. The other kept singing and cheerfully kicked his feet until the cream turned to butter and he hopped away to freedom. I reckon Aunt Hilda was like the second grasshopper!</p>
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		<title>By: Mazumbo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1125032</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazumbo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMEN!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AMEN!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Frances Anne Wedderburn</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1124949</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Anne Wedderburn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Aunt Hilda Smith, who I have known all my 64yrs!  She played the piano and taught Sunday School for years at Evangel Tabernacle, during the years when black people were able to flourish in their own schools and churches and own their own homes!  May the Lord continue to bless her real good! Love, Frances Anne (nee Hodgson)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations to Aunt Hilda Smith, who I have known all my 64yrs!  She played the piano and taught Sunday School for years at Evangel Tabernacle, during the years when black people were able to flourish in their own schools and churches and own their own homes!  May the Lord continue to bless her real good! Love, Frances Anne (nee Hodgson)</p>
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		<title>By: Tiger Lily</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1124838</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiger Lily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Mrs Smith!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations Mrs Smith!</p>
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		<title>By: Mazumbo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1124825</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazumbo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading the comment on Mmmm it is incredible of those events that happened but what is conspicuously not mentioned is the era she lived in.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading the comment on Mmmm it is incredible of those events that happened but what is conspicuously not mentioned is the era she lived in.</p>
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		<title>By: BermieGirl</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1124781</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BermieGirl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing! Congratulations Mrs. Smith and Happy Birthday!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazing! Congratulations Mrs. Smith and Happy Birthday!</p>
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		<title>By: mixitup</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123933</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mixitup]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree Mazumbo..lol]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree Mazumbo..lol</p>
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		<title>By: Street Smart</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123842</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Street Smart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EXCELLENT MRS SMITH!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! GOD BLESS!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EXCELLENT MRS SMITH!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! GOD BLESS!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123826</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Concerned]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You must be a plp member. That is why I can&#039;t support you people anymore. Just hate, hate and more hate. The only racist is you. Both these guys try and help to build a better Bermuda through their public service and private business. What do you provide other than every time you write, it is a racial comment. Like Mr. John Thorne wrote, get a life, and perhaps you might start to be happier!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You must be a plp member. That is why I can&#8217;t support you people anymore. Just hate, hate and more hate. The only racist is you. Both these guys try and help to build a better Bermuda through their public service and private business. What do you provide other than every time you write, it is a racial comment. Like Mr. John Thorne wrote, get a life, and perhaps you might start to be happier!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123779</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what she would think of your racism.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder what she would think of your racism.</p>
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		<title>By: Hmmm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123706</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hmmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW, Congratulations 106 .. incredible ! Two world wars , Titanic. Mrs Smith was Alive before anyone had managed to reach the South Pole. Hope you had a Wonderful Birthday Mrs Smith.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW, Congratulations 106 .. incredible ! Two world wars , Titanic. Mrs Smith was Alive before anyone had managed to reach the South Pole. Hope you had a Wonderful Birthday Mrs Smith.</p>
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		<title>By: John E. Thorne</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123687</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John E. Thorne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go get a life!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go get a life!</p>
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		<title>By: Sparky</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123678</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sparky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Mazumbo you are so pathetic it&#039;s funny.
Happy Birthday Ms Smith :-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Mazumbo you are so pathetic it&#8217;s funny.<br />
Happy Birthday Ms Smith <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Really?</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123664</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Really?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nasty - can you not find your way to glory in a spirit that has made 106 without this type of comment? She probably has far more decorum that you will ever achieve.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nasty &#8211; can you not find your way to glory in a spirit that has made 106 without this type of comment? She probably has far more decorum that you will ever achieve.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123642</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pure photo op! Hey Milk man any more guns been turned in?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pure photo op! Hey Milk man any more guns been turned in?</p>
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		<title>By: Mazumbo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123588</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazumbo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope she was in a position to tell these guys what she had to endure back in de day, and see if they would be still smiling for their photo op !!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope she was in a position to tell these guys what she had to endure back in de day, and see if they would be still smiling for their photo op !!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Django unchained</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2013/10/hilda-smith-celebrates-106th-birthday/#comment-1123556</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Django unchained]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow</p>
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