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An essential part of the London art calendar, the Summer Exhibition is visited by over 100,000 people and attracts entries from around 9,000 artists, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and architectural models.This years exhibition co-ordinators Royal Academicians Peter Cook, David Mach and Alison Wilding have chosen a theme that artists are encouraged to explore: From Life. While not compulsory, it is hoped it will inspire new work from artists responding to the concept of life and living. After a careful selection process, over 1,000 art works will be exhibited, the majority of which will be for sale, offering an unrivalled opportunity for collectors and the public to purchase original artworks.
The Summer Exhibition recognises artists of exceptional merit, awarding a total of 70,000 prize money across several categories, donated by commercial and industrial sponsors as well as generous individuals.
Rand ready for '06 storms
Grand Bahama's only hospital, the Rand in Freeport, has upgraded its water and electricity generating capacity in readiness for the hurricane season.A 1,200-gallon per day reverse osmosis system has been installed, water storage capacity has been increased to 12,000 gallons, and a new 800 kva generator has been mounted on a three-foot platform.
"The Rand can be at ease now to know that there are in place back up systems should there be interruptions in supply from the city," said Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) managing director Herbert Brown.
Mr Brown was in Grand Bahama last weekend to inspect the hurricane readiness of the Rand Hospital and clinics in other districts. He was accompanied by Anthone Ward, Deputy Director, Shared Services, Capital Development Unit.
PLAYSKOOL Sets Sail with Disney Cruise Line
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) and Disney Cruise Line announced today that new PLAYSKOOL products and Hasbro activities such as a PIRATE MR. POTATO HEAD game and the PLAYSKOOL AGES AND STAGES system will board the line's two ships, further integrating Hasbro products into the fleet's entertainment programs for infants, children and families. The initiative is part of a long-term arrangement between Hasbro and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts."This program is such a natural fit as both PLAYSKOOL and Disney are about sparking imagination and discovery," said Lorrie Browning, general manager of infant/preschool at Hasbro. "The introduction of PLAYSKOOL toys and related activities in the ship's play centers translates to fun for kids and trust for parents. We expect that kids will enjoy the fun and comfort of playing with PLAYSKOOL toys that they already have at home while also discovering new play experiences that will stay with them for years to come."
Children aboard the 2,700 passenger Disney Wonder and Disney Magic ships will engage with PLAYSKOOL products at various levels of discovery and play.
Reality TV bought home for county family
Several local businesses and the Crosson family of Prince George's County were featured on the June 16 episode of the nationally syndicated reality/cause television series HomeTeam.HomeTeam selects deserving individuals and families from across the country and surprises them with a new home and financial coaching. HomeTeam airs in the Washington market on WJLA-TV channel 7 and is hosted by former The Apprentice season one contestant Troy McClain.
The fortunate HomeTeam recipients receive a down payment and all housing costs, excluding utilities, are covered for one year. Like many similar television programs, the quest to complete the home improvements and gather the furnishings within the short time frame comprises a large portion of the production.
Unlike similar television programs, HomeTeam operates on a relatively small budget that relies heavily on charitable donations.
Historic bargain struck
After four months of "long and arduous" negotiations, government officials and The Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) are finally making progress.Minister of Education, Science and Technology Alfred Sears announced that yesterday's signing of the first Collective Bargaining Agreement was a historic one as it is the first document signed by the parties since the execution of the recognition agreement of 1965.
According to Minister Sears, this agreement will provide for peace and harmony in the workplace and will recognise the need or the establishment of a framework within which the industrial relations would be properly managed and pursued. In the end, the five-year agreement will pay out approximately $20.5 million to Bahamian teachers.
The BUT had been pushing for a lump sum payment of $4,000 plus other increases and benefits .
No, we are not giving away cruises to Bermuda!
As we said last week, some idiot has glomped (a Maine word, not found in any dictionary) onto our Web site, which is wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com, and is sending out notices that say, "Congratulations, you just won a cruise to the Bahamas, plus $$1,000 in travel cash. Call now, 866-704-8454."
As with 99 percent of these bogus messages, somebody is trying to take advantage of unsuspecting folks. A call from the newspaper's phone number ends in dead silence, while a call from a cell phone nets a recording that says, "Welcome to the conference center' please enter your pass code, this entry code is invalid, call your conference leader for assistance…" and on and on.
Any computer-savvy person who would like to disrupt this process of sending out messages from our Web site is asked to contact the newspaper immediately (882-6355).