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For the 10th Year in a Row, Australia Is Top Choice for a Vacation Destination, if Cost Is Not an Option, According to
As summer officially begins this week, according to a new survey, just over half (54%) of U.S. adults say they have taken or will take a vacation this summer. For many, their summer vacations will consist of visiting family and friends while others will go to the beach or take a scenic trip. U.S. adults were again more likely to say that if they could spend a vacation in any country in the world, outside the United States, and not have to worry about the cost, Australia would be their choice. Rounding out the top five vacation destination choices for U.S. adults are Italy (No. 2), Great Britain (No. 3), Ireland (No. 4) and France (No. 5). These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,351 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive(R) between June 7 and 13, 2006.
A musical battle: Bahamian artists versus music
After 40 years of song writing, producing and engineering music for some of The Bahamas' biggest artists, the pioneer has withdrawn himself from it all.Despite his passion for the arts, the music mogul said that after all of the toil; the sacrifices and struggles, he is finished with the industry.
But his is not a happy departure.
Hoyte, like many other entertainers, has discovered that not even his talents could save him from the bleak side of Bahamian music. A side where artists like Hoyte claim that other musical agendas are being pushed forward while the Bahamian melody floats behind.
If this is true and Bahamian entertainers feel unappreciated and overshadowed by foreign music, then what could it mean for current artists who battle the everyday plight of promoting their music?
What could it mean for artists who are still striving to expose themselves and the meaningful root of Bahamian music that is considered the essence of our culture?
What could it mean for the music makers of tomorrow?
PUSHED ASIDE
"What I have discovered is that I am doing so much things for other artists but I feel as if I am not getting the right push.
First brain bank planned
The government has undertaken an aggressive initiative to reverse the effects of the country's brain drain dilemma, by creating The Bahamas' first brain bank.Minister of Youth, Sports and Housing Neville Wisdom unveiled plans yesterday for the ministry to set up a working database of qualified Bahamians, so that they would be first in line to get various jobs as they come on stream.
"Far too long, many highly qualified, young, talented Bahamians have missed golden opportunities because we have failed as a nation to bank their credentials," he said.
"This will not just be an event, but it will be an ongoing attempt to prevent this brain drain that we see rearing its ugly head in The Bahamas.
"There are other countries that, as a necessity, must experience a brain drain; The Bahamas does not have to.
South metro report
Police blotterPALM BEACH — A construction worker killed during a dock reconstruction project Saturday has been identified as Esteban Perez, 38, a Guatemala native who lived in West Palm Beach, police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella said. Perez worked for Murphy Construction. He was killed when a cable broke, dropping a heavy object on him.
.Eye of the Storm: Iraqis won't run
With the media focused on the continuing terrorist campaign in Iraq, a number of political developments that affect the big picture in that country have gone largely unreported.These developments started with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's decision to think the unthinkable and come out with a national reconciliation plan. Regarded as anathema by those nostalgic for the former regime, the concept of reconciliation also sounded alarm bells among Kurdish and Shi'ite communities that had suffered under the Ba'ath.
According to sources within the new Iraqi government, sections of the coalition that supports al-Maliki in Iraq's parliament, the National Assembly, were also opposed to reconciliation in any form. At one point last May, two key groups within the coalition even threatened to walk out if al-Maliki insisted on the plan.