| Striking it rich
Wasn't it supposed to be game over after each Academy Fantasia (AF) series ended? Weren't the participants supposed to go back to daily life as a university freshy, a dentist - just ordinary folk? With the phenomenal success of the programme and the AF fan base, true visions (formerly UBC) couldn't let their potential stars fade away. Time has proven that this media giant doesn't play around with people's dreams and the nak la fun (dream-hunters) have been recruited into True Fantasia (formerly UBC Fantasia) - an artist management and music production company that has bombarded Thailand's entertainment scene with AF albums, concerts and now the upcoming AF The Musical - Ngoen, Ngoen, Ngoen. True Fantasia's managing director, Kitikorn Penrote, notes that his job has been made easier since the reality show's success has given him a head start.
10 underrated cities that deserve a visit
Many travel wish lists include cities such as New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta. But less well-known cities can be equally riveting. Here are 10 underrated cities with unexpected appeal:
1. Kansas City, Mo. // Kansas City's downtown is undergoing a $4.5 billion face-lift that includes a nine-block entertainment and shopping neighborhood. You'll find Art Deco architecture, public art and a lot of affordable sightseeing. Then you can unwind among friendly residents at one of many renowned barbecue joints.
2. Cleveland // There are tons of family-oriented things to do in this Midwestern jewel on Lake Erie's south shore. Leave the little ones at home, though, for Cleveland's main attraction: the legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
3. Truth or Consequences, N.M.
USDA is Young Jeezy's new project
USDA is a new group collaboration including Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla and Blood Raware and they are finishing up their first album which is slated for release in April 2007 on Corporate Thugz Entertainment/Def Jam. Tentatively entitled "Corporate Thuggin", the album displays each MC as a different representation of southern Hip-Hop. Jeezy has been in the studio around the clock with his two counterparts, Atlanta native Slick Pulla, also widely known as the Trapublican, who made his debut on Jeezy's first album, Thug Motivation 101, and Panama City's own Blood Raw, who has been creating his stamp from the streets to the stage as Mr. Florida since 2000. .
Convention center funding should apply to private sector too
Good government should not compete with its own corporate citizens. As employers of all sizes are the backbone of our country, government at any level should not use public money to compete with private industry.
Proposed legislation to allow Gaylord Entertainment Company to bond against a stream of new tax dollars previously earmarked solely for a proposed government-owned downtown convention center would allow Metro and the Tennessee General Assembly to level the playing field in Nashville when it comes to public funding and the hospitality industry.
Previously, an array of proposed, small hikes in tourism-related fees and taxes would have used revenue derived from the city's largest hotel facility – Gaylord's Opryland Resort & Convention Center – to fund a potentially competing downtown convention center.
Heartless Trend Of Dumping Infants
Bandar Seri Begawan - As the public outrage continues over the recent cases of two dead newborn babies, one left in a garbage dump and the other buried in a shoebox along the highway, relevant officials have sounded their fury and ways and means to deal with this deplorable malady. .
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