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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationCeltic cultural celebrationsCelebrating its tenth anniversary this year the festival, held in the city's Grant Park on September 16th and 17th, brings together elements of Celtic culture from Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany and the Galicia region of Spain, as well as Ireland and Scotland.Visitors to Celtic Fest Chicago will be able to enjoy all the traditional elements of Celtic culture with plenty of music and dancing as well as local arts and crafts.From the Petrillo Music Shell, which will showcase a variety of traditional and cutting edge Celtic music, to the Celtic Voice Tent where visitors will be able to enjoy poetry, story-telling and song, all elements of Celtic culture will be on show.There will also be performances by Chicago's top dance groups, daily parades by the bagpipe circle, as well as an informal meeting place where the public can mix with performers and a kids' activity area.Visit the Celtic Fest Chicago website for more details.Blotters for 06/19/2006FleeingEthan Joseph Anthony, 29, of Emerald Isle, was charged Saturday by the Onslow County Office of the State Highway Patrol with fleeing to elude arrest and speeding recklessly.Bond was set at $6,000. Drugs Curtis Ray Gibson, 26, of Sunset Road, was charged Saturday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Department with possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture, sell and distribute, manufacturing marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacturing cocaine, having an open container after consuming alcohol and possession of cocaine with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver, warrants state. Bond was set at $10,000. Firearm charge William James Lewis Jr, 23, of Oak Hill Court, was charged Saturday by the Jacksonville Police Department with possession of a stolen firearm and carrying a firearm after consuming alcohol.
La. Fights Uphill Battle to Save CoastNEW 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.So, while engineers work at breakneck speeds to erect earthen levees and floodgates around New Orleans, 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 prepared to embark 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 in better days 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.
BLIND DIVER SMASHES WORLD RECORDA former soldier was today celebrating setting the world record for the deepest dive by a blind person after plunging to a depth of more than 100 metres in Egypt's Red Sea.With the support of St Dunstan's, a charity for blind ex-Servicemen and women, 38-year-old Mark Threadgold beat his previous personal best dive by more than 30 metres to record 103 metres below sea level at the Blue Hole near Dahab. The feat puts him in the elite 1% of divers worldwide who have passed the 100 metre mark. The former Royal Corps of Signals sergeant, who lost his sight in 1999 after suffering head injuries in an accident, was on top of the world after securing his record, which marks the latest stage in a remarkable personal story. Mark, originally from Sykehouse, South Yorkshire, but who now lives in Brighton, rebuilt his life with the help of St Dunstan's.
Anstey scores third podium finish at Isle of ManNew Zealand rider Bruce Anstey scored his third podium finish in four races at this year' Isle of Man motorcyling races when he finished third in the Senior TT race on Saturday.
Britain's John McGuinness took the honours for his third win of the week and set up a new outright lap record, becoming the first rider to average over 129mph (207.60km) over one lap. McGuinness' average speed was 129.451mph. Anstey was beaten by Australian Cameron Donald for second but the former Wellingtonian will have cause to remember his final lap as he tried to reel Donald in and also broke the 129mph barrier at 129.045 in the process. Anstey, riding for the Irish TAS Suzuki team, won the Superstock (1000cc) class and finished second in the Supersport (600cc) class earlier this week.
HSDPA Network Deployments Reach 100US : The latest "HSDPA Operator Commitments" survey undertaken by vendor trade association GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association, confirms that 100 HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) networks, an increase of 100% in 6 months, are in deployment or commercially launched in 49 countries and territories worldwide.HSDPA is the first evolution of 3G/WCDMA and part of the evolutionary path of 3G enhancements to the GSM technology family. The primary benefit of HSDPA is improved end-user experience for existing services, while new services are enabled. No new spectrum/carrier is needed to roll out HSDPA in the network. At present, WCDMA can provide voice and data services on the same carrier simultaneously. This also applies to HSDPA. Alan Hadden, President, GSA said: "Several recent announcements underline the quickening pace of commercialization and market take up.
For the Love of Jesus - A Biblical ReflectionMany contemporary Christians reduce the essence of Christianity to the supposed love ethic of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount [Matthew 5 - 7]. It is suggested that the essence of Christianity is merely to love everyone else and the love that seems to be cited as Christian love, the love Jesus taught, is contextualized as being by the speaker a love without any real responsibility or accountability, a love with no demands or sacrifices asked, a love that does not seek to transform but merely validate and confirm whatever already is, whether or not that the "whatever already is" is healthy and wholesome or is disordered, self-destructive, aberrant, and perhaps even self-centered, ego-driven. It seems that those who advocate such a reductionist view of the Christian faith, its core personality, and its teachings also suggest that love and respect for another person cannot also entail pointing up ethical error, dysfunctional behaviour, or misguided attempts to find real love and acceptance. |
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