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Beyoncé - Best Thing I Never Had

2011-07-08T22:18:00.000-04:00

Cheryl Baker - Popstar to operastar week semi finals

2011-07-04T01:23:00.000-04:00

Claire Richards - Popstar to operastar week semi final

2011-07-03T16:27:00.000-04:00

Melody Thornton Pursues Solo Career, Classical Music

2011-07-03T16:07:00.000-04:00

Beyoncé - Year of 4

2011-07-01T22:34:00.000-04:00

Providenciales - 737 Takeoff

2011-07-01T01:15:00.000-04:00

Air Canada A319 Pushback and take off Turks and Caicos.MP4

2011-07-01T01:09:00.000-04:00

Keri Hilson Live: All The Boys and Pretty girl rock : Acoustic

2011-06-30T00:47:00.000-04:00

The PhilFactor: Arlene hitting Mexico

2011-06-29T22:44:00.000-04:00

The PhilFactor: Arlene hitting Mexico: "Arlene has a chance to grow into a hurricane before it makes landfall over Central Mexico on Thursday. It is getting better organized as upp..."

Trey Songz & Kelly Rowland Live (BET Awards 2011!)

2011-06-28T00:44:00.000-04:00

thebahamasweekly.com - Exuma had a low voter turnout due to inclement weather

2011-06-27T18:33:00.000-04:00

thebahamasweekly.com - Exuma had a low voter turnout due to inclement weather

Exuma, The Bahamas – Low voter turnout in Exuma, the Exuma Cays and Ragged Island was a cause of concern for local government and parliamentary registrar officials, while conducting the June 23 elections in the nation’s fourth heavily populated district.

“The poll workers were dispatched to the polls at 7 o’clock this morning. They did their pre-balloting at 7:30 and the polls opened at 8 a.m. So far, I have inspected all of the polling divisions and the process has been going along pretty smoothly,” said Ivan Ferguson, senior deputy administrator of the Exumas, and Ragged Island.

“I have had no complaints at all and I anticipate no complaints before the poll closes at 6 p.m. this afternoon.”

The slow early morning response for local government supporters was attributed to inclement weather, but was expected to pick up as the weather cleared.

“We have had inclement weather this morning and I believe that may have affected the turn out today,” said Mr. Ferguson.

“The inclement weather began at about 5:30 this morning and never stopped or subsided until about quarter to 8 and that may have affected the turn out. But it’s sunny now and I believe you will see more people at the polls to vote.”

Exumians seem to be content with their local representatives and have not challenged candidates in the five areas.

“The elections here have been somewhat low-keyed. There seems to have been very little interest in voting in certain polling divisions,” said Mr. Ferguson.

“In Exuma, there has been uncontested polling divisions in five areas and so, that is an indication of the lacklustre support that we have had for local government elections in this district.”

Exumians had brief concerns about which register would be used for the local government elections, however officials quickly established that the current register was ready to be used for this election. The new voter cards would not be distributed until the close of the local government elections to avoid confusion.

“At the outset, concerns were raised about the register that would have been used during this election. There seems to have been some confusion about the register that would have been used. But that was clarified,” said Mr. Ferguson.

“They were told that they can vote on the current register because two registers cannot be enforced at the same time. And, the new voter cards cannot be distributed at this time, while the current register is still in force, it was corrected.”

Exuma’s local government officials are pleased with the decision handed down by the central government during the 2011 Budget Communication. They are committed to adhering to transparency and accountability measures of public funds, imposed by central government.

“The local government practitioners have no choice but to follow the lead as it relates to expenditure of public funds. We’ve always expressed the importance of transparency and accountability,” said Mr. Ferguson.

“As the principle financial officer for local government, I shall insist on transparency and accountability, as it relates to the expenditure of public funds.”

Beyonce - BET Awards 2011 - Best Thing I Never Had & End of Time

2011-06-27T01:11:00.000-04:00

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera

2011-06-24T22:20:00.000-04:00

June 20 2011 - Downtown Nassau Redevelopment

2011-06-21T16:43:00.000-04:00

Beyoncè '4' Album Vocal Range: [Eb3-C6][Note By Note]

2011-06-19T21:38:00.000-04:00

Popstar to Operastar week 3 Group performance

2011-06-19T18:12:00.000-04:00

Melody Thornton - Popstar to operastar week 3

2011-06-19T16:11:00.000-04:00

Bahamian Inland Lakes

2011-06-18T23:59:00.002-04:00

Most of the Bahamian lakes are linear or crescentic in shape, and this is easily identifies
their origin in depressions between ridges. Inland lakes are shallow, usually only a few
feet deep, and rarely more than three to four meters deep. They typically have swampy
islands of mangroves within them and along the perimeters. Gradually, the swamps
expand and as a result the lakes decrease in size, so that all the lakes eventually mature
into swamps. All the major Bahamian islands have such marshy areas that were once
lakes and which usually flood when the water table rises in the rainy season. Inland lakes
are not sources of potable water in The Bahamas.
Geologically two types of lakes predominate throughout The Bahamas, ridgeland and
rockland lakes. Ridgeland lakes will form whenever the land between two ridges falls
below the level of the water table. Lakes in The Bahamas are usually small in size. A
second type of lake is a shallow, saucer-like depression in the rockland. Presumably
rockland lakes were formed while the rockland was still below sea-level, and in some
cases tidal currents may have been responsible. In general, rockland lakes are less
common throughout The Bahamas than ridgeland lakes.

Rap-Up.com || Hip-Hop and R&B Music, News, Photos, Interviews, & Videos

2011-06-17T12:47:00.000-04:00

Rap-Up.com || Hip-Hop and R&B Music, News, Photos, Interviews, & Videos

Sweet Vendetta - New Single from Melody Thornton

2011-06-16T23:58:00.000-04:00

'Too soon' to know if we are entering heat wave

2011-06-16T12:21:00.002-04:00

Published On:Wednesday, June 15, 2011

AS temperatures in New Providence peaked at 91° F yesterday for the first time this month, MET officials said it's too soon to know if we are in the beginning stages of a heat wave.

Yesterday's temperature - two degrees above average for June - would have climb another two degrees and continue at that level for a

sustained period to be considered truly

abnormal.

Basil Dean, chief meteorologist, said: "This is the first day that we've experienced it, so we can't call it just yet. It's slightly above the normal average, but you do get those spikes throughout the month.

Summer

"Once you start getting into a stretch of a week and beyond, then for us that could be classified as a heat wave. The summer has not officially started yet, but from an historical point of view, it is normal to get 90 during this month."

Heat waves are classified as five or more consecutive days where the temperature exceeds the average of any month by five degrees.

The mean maximum temperature - a projection which considers meteorological records over the past 30 years - for the month of June is 89 degrees.

However, the maximum temperatures for June have been in the 90s since 1980, according to Mr Dean, with temperatures peaking at 95 degrees in June 2008 and 95.4 degrees in June 2010.

Humidity also contributed to the intense heat experienced yesterday, according to Mr Dean, who said another factor was humans' ability to adapt to changes in the climate.

He said: "What would have made it feel a lot hotter today would be the relative humidity. Southwest winds are bringing a lot of moist tropical air across the Bahamas.

"We go through these cycles every year, cool season and back into the hot season. It appears that we get so comfortable with the cool weather, when those 90s hit you, you soon forget it was only recently very cool.

"One way to judge it is to ask yourself, has there been any record-breaking temperatures? If not, then it's the same heat you would have experienced last year."

The hottest temperature ever recorded for New Providence, 97.7 degrees, occurred during the month of June in 1998.
Source:http://www.tribune242.com/news/06152011_at-heatwave_news_pg5

The Nassau Guardian

2011-06-15T19:38:00.000-04:00

The Nassau Guardian

Tornado uproots trees, damages buildings

A tornado touched down on New Providence Wednesday

CHESTER ROBARDS
Guardian Staff Reporter

Published: Jun 15, 2011

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A tornado tore through Southern New Providence this afternoon, snapping limbs and causing minor damage to homes and power lines. Meteorological office officials said “it was a pretty big one.”

Deputy Director of the Department of Meteorology Basil Dean said Wednesday’s tornado spawned from a system that developed in the Southern Bahamas and was on the ground for almost a half hour.

“We had no reports of hail but we got a few phone calls that indicated that a tornado did touch down,” Dean said.
“Once you have a funnel cloud and it touches the ground, that constitutes a tornado.

“It lasted for about 30 minutess from the time I sighted it. It was a pretty big one from my vantage point.

“It was confined to a relatively small area and good thing it was stationary for the most part.”

Neither the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) nor the Royal Bahamas Police Force received reports of injuries due to the tornado, according to a Report from NEMA.

“Assessment teams from NEMA went to some of the locations and observed that several trees had snapped and fallen in the streets in the Malcolm Road, East Street area,” he said.

“However, there were no reports of injuries to residents or damage to properties. The Royal Bahamas Police control room received no report of any damage or injuries to persons as a result of the weather system.

Director of NEMA Captain Stephen Russell said there were unconfirmed reports that the front door to a South Beach home was blown down by the strong wind.

Tornadoes, which appear over land, are rarely seen in the Bahamas, while waterspouts, which develop over water, appear much more frequently.

One such water spout moved onto land in Grand Bahama last year killing three workers at the Freeport Container Port.

Malcolm Allotment resident, Hewette Miller said that while standing outside her home she watched the tornado pick up debris and toss it through the air. Just outside her home the wind snapped a large branch from an Almond tree.

“I saw people’s roof tops coming up,” she said. “I saw the debris spinning in the tornado.”
Another Malcolm Allotment resident, Ronald Adderley, said he was on a roof top when he noticed the funnel cloud spinning almost 1,000 feet away.

“I just saw in the distance the clouds just spinning and it started to come as if it was ready to touch the ground,” he said. “After that I said it’s time to pack up and roll.”

Dean said the usual afternoon convection coupled with high temperatures and light winds caused the isolated cell, which also had the ability to produce dangerous lightening and hail, to form over Southeastern New Providence.

The Meteorological office issued a severe weather warning for New Providence from 1:20 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. yesterday and a similar warning for Central Andros and the surrounding waters from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Dean said both isolated cells dissipated fairly quickly.

Utility workers were out only minutes after the tornado passed to repair phone and electricity lines.

Facebook teemed with mobile phone video and photos of the passing tornado.

The Nassau Guardian was on the scene when the tornado raced across Baillou Hill Road South moving Southwest.
Miller contended the swiftly passing tornado was not all bad. “It knocked down all our mangoes – that’s a good thing,” she said.

The Nassau Guardian

2011-06-15T19:35:00.000-04:00

The Nassau Guardian

Gulfstream Airlines planning Bahamas route expansion

JAMMAL SMITH
NG Business Reporter
jammal@nasguard.com

Published: Jun 15, 2011

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After filing for bankruptcy and subsequently going through a restructuring exercise, Gulfstream Airlines has its eyes set on a 50 percent increase in flights into The Bahamas starting this fall, according to the company’s new CEO.

Darrell Richardson said the Florida-based carrier is refocusing its efforts, with a “Take back The Bahamas” campaign in the works.

“We have boots on the ground there every day," Richardson said. “Our goal is to make every resort in The Bahamas a sales agent for our company.”

The airline is reportedly working on expanding its fleet, and is currently in negotiations with three aircraft makers to acquire 10 turboprop aircraft that seat up to 45 individuals. Its current aircraft do not have lavatories and are too small to accommodate flight attendants.

The company isn’t planning on relaunching its routes back into Nassau, saying increased competition in the capital will not make it the best avenue for expansion. It will continue to work on its current Family Island services, which include Andros, Freeport, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour, North Eleuthera, Governor’s Harbour, George Town and Bimini.

The intended resurgence of Gulfstream comes after it experienced some turbulence last year, when the airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to restructure its debt and secure long-term financing. Up to $5 million in debtor-in possession financing was arranged with Chicago-based asset-management company Victory Park Capital Advisors. Former CEO David Hackett said at the time that economic challenges influenced the decision to file for bankruptcy.

"The impact of our borrowing in the last several years to cope with consistently high fuel costs, and the economic impact of declining traffic, made it too difficult for the company to continue to meet its debt repayment needs," Hackett said at the time.

The flight carrier also faced harsh penalties with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2009, as the authority was seeking $1.3 million in civil penalties from Gulfstream for violating rules on pilots’ and dispatchers’ work hour limits and not maintaining equipment properly.

Gulfstream offers over 150 daily flights to 18 destinations in Florida and The Bahamas.

thebahamasweekly.com - NEMA partially activated due to possible tornado activity

2011-06-15T18:33:00.000-04:00

thebahamasweekly.com - NEMA partially activated due to possible tornado activity

Tornado warning extended for Central Andros

2011-06-15T17:51:00.002-04:00

3.30pm - Thunderstorm warnings have been discontinued by Bahamas Department of Meteorology as radar and satellite data indicated the intensity of thunderstorms had diminished at 2.20pm. Scattered showers and thunderstorms can still be expected and people are advised to go about their normal business but remain vigilant.

3pm - There has been confirmed tornado activity in the East Street South area. Some trees were snapped at the base, minor roof damage was done to at least one house, some fences were ripped apart and leaves and plants were scattered across lawns and yards.

There have also been unconfirmed reports of a tornado touching down in the Gladstone Road area as the system moved west, but no information is available on that at this time.

At 3pm the Bahamas Department of Meteorology extended a severe thunderstorm warning to Central Andros and surrounding waters until 4:30pm. At 2:30pm radar and satellite data indicated a cluster of thunderstorms from Fresh Creek South to Behring Point.

Some of the thunderstorms were expected to be severe at times causing strong, gusty winds, dangerous lightning, heavy showers and possible tornadic activity.

Residents in the warning area were being advised to stay indoors and away from windows until conditions improve.

1:30pm – The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has just issued a tornado warning for the island of New Providence and reports reaching The Tribune newsroom indicate that a tornado may have touched down in a residential area off East Street South. The extent of the damage done is not known at this time and the Met Office has not yet confirmed that this was indeed tornadic activity.

At 1:20 radar and satellite data indicated an organised cluster of embedded thunderstorms and heavy showers moving westwards across New Providence.

Some of these storms can be severe at times, causing strong, gusty winds, funnel clouds, tornadic activity, possible hail, dangerous lightning and heavy rain showers.

Residents of New Providence are being advised to stay indoors and away from windows during these thunderstorms. Mariners should seek safe harbour until the weather subsides.
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