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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationRACING - Salisbury, Wednesday 28th JuneRichard Hannon has saddled nearly as many three-year-old winners (fifteen) here at Salisbury as the other represented trainers have managed between them, and in offering both SENSUOUS and LA FANCIULLA the green light, Richard has a fine chance of snaring another gold rosette. .Louisiana Faces Battle Against Mother NatureNEW ORLEANS -- Last year's hurricanes showed that nearly every part of Louisiana's long, circuitous and sinking coast is vulnerable to catastrophic flooding similar to what happened here.Engineers are already working on the earthen levees and floodgates around New Orleans, but officials say there is also an urgent need to pour money into a second line of defense: The natural world of barrier islands and marshlands that stand between towns and the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, state and federal officials embarked on a tour of several multimillion dollar projects started before Katrina and Rita. The work involved building sand dunes, planting marsh grasses and dumping mud on shorelines. The tour of islands where pirates once held court and plantations flourished highlights the desperate, and seemingly futile, war Louisiana is fighting against Mother Nature while it tries to patch up the human mistakes of the past.
ShetlandTHE Shetland Islands are justly famous for their wildlife, especially spectacular seabird colonies, but there are many other natural delights for the visitor. Enjoy sights such as common seals hauled out like fat slugs, an otter feeding amongst glistening kelp, a field ablaze with golden marsh marigolds, a sea stack crowned rose by sea pinks, the exuberant song flight of a skylark or a summer sunset with a foreground of elegant terns.From May to July the islands enjoy long hours of sunlight, known as the simmer dim, so you can extend your wildlife watching into the evenings. Specialist wildlife tours can be arranged or just enjoy discovering the wealth of wildlife as you go. . HUTCHINSON PROBES KAWASAKI PROBLEMSTT rider Ian Hutchinson is turning detective in an effort to cure the mystery problems afflicting his McAdoo Kawasaki machines.The 26-year-old is counted among the new breed of riders expected to bring pressure to bear upon HM Plant Honda rider John McGuinness at this year's festival. But though Hutchinson is pleased with his practice times atop the 600cc ZX-6R Supersport bike, his preparations for the Superstock and Superbike races have been plagued by set-up problems afflicting the 1000cc ZX-10R machines. And after a third-place finish in yesterday's Superbike race, the Bingley-based rider confirmed a rear wheel problem had almost forced his retirement. Heading into tomorrow's Superstock race Hutchinson told PA Sport: "It's all been going fairly well on the Supersport bike, but it's the big bikes which are causing me problems.
SEE YOU IN THE FUNNIES 06/30/06Comic books have had their ups and downs over the decades, but like many of the caped, muscle-bound heroes of mainstream comic world, the industry has long co-existed with a dark id, a distorted alter ego from a parallel universe.In short, there are comics and then there are comix. While the mainstream comics have become movies and TV series, the comix, otherwise known as underground comics, have existed on counterculture cult followings and a small but dedicated core of artists who are drawn to the form. In the Detroit area, Martin Hirchak is one of the current leaders in the underground comics, or comix, field. "It's a small niche thing, but it's growing," Hirchak said at River's Edge Gallery at the opening reception for "Pop Art Funnies," an exhibition of original artwork from Hirchak's comic book of the same name drawn by him and the many Detroit area artists who have contributed to "Pop Art Funnies since Hirchak started it in 2003.
Family: Suspect in crash needs helpLarry Jacobs' family said they were searching for him in North and South Carolina when they heard he had been arrested in connection with a collision with a motorcycle in Myrtle Beach.The 67-year-old businessman had vanished late Saturday from his home in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., without taking his medication for bipolar disorder and manic depression, said his daughter, Kimberly McGillewie. Jacobs remained jailed without bond Wednesday in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center. He was charged Sunday with assault and battery with intent to kill. Witnesses told police he plowed his car into a motorcycle driven by 27-year-old Makino Robinson that morning, then drove for several miles with Robinson's wrecked bike under his car. The family now wonders what more could have been done to help Jacobs before his arrest.
After Dark: Higher Ground launches $4 band nights"We try to keep it abstract and poetic."Abstract and poetic? In hip-hop? Is there room for abstract and poetic in a genre that's become known for literal and often harsh imagery and words? Baker and his musical partner, Andrew "Image" Weiner, think so. The two have the hip-hop basics down, from Baker's askew baseball cap to Weiner's exaggerated, fingers-splayed arm gestures to the duo's rapid, syncopated, overlapping verbal rhythms. But they also aim to turn hip-hop upside-down, spilling out the often cliched misogyny, violence and hedonism and filling it instead with introspective lyrics and hints of classical music. Dark Cloud performed Wednesday at Higher Ground, which this month began offering "Fantastic $4 Band Night" during the normally slow summer season at the South Burlington nightclub's smaller Showcase Lounge. PAG to hold Speaker's Corner at Tynwald FairAfter the Tynwald Ceremony is over and for something a little different on our National Day why not head over towards the Millennium Stone on the Fair field and visit the stand of the Positive Action Group. Information on the activities of the group will be available and members will be on hand to answer any questions about its aims and objectives. PAG came into being over the past few months and is a political lobby group whose goal is to have a positive influence on the November election by bringing all the issues out in to the open which have been of concern to residents. Our further aim is to encourage prospective candidates, new and old, to nail their colours to the mast and come out in favour of the PAG Charter which calls for amongst other things Open Accountable Government, Rigorous Control of Public Finances and a Fairer Society for All.Maps drawn by heartWELL, SHE CERTAINLY FOOLED ME. A MINUTE ON Google is all it would have taken to check, but there didn't seem any point. So convincingly does Margaret Elphinstone write about the tiny island of Ellan Bride, just off the Isle of Man's south-west coast and the setting for her latest novel, that there seemed not the slightest room for doubt. Of all the fictional islands in all the world, this one feels the most solidly real. In Light, Ellan Bride is a jagged apostrophe of an island, not even half a mile wide, right in the middle of the tidal race sweeping round the southern tip of the Calf of Man. There has been a private lighthouse owned by the Duke of Atholl there for decades, but now it's 1831 and Robert Stevenson has ordered the construction of a new one. His surveyor, Archibald Buchanan, comes out with a three-man team to check the lie of the land.
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