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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationTHE SMACKDOWN REPORT FROM CANADAOkay, life here is back to normal. My apologies for my meager reporting last week and the no-port the week before. Im really bummed about not getting ECW up here yet, but after hearing about Tuesday's show, maybe its a blessing. Okay, on to the show.Miz introduces Smackdown from the audience and announces Booker vs. Lashley and Rey Mysterio vs. Gregory Helms. JBLs music hits and he makes his usual entrance via limo. Cole calls the entrance and appears to be working alone. JBL is in his suit and has a mic in hand. He claims to be Mr. Ratings and just as hes about to take a seat, Rey Mysterios music hits. JBL slaps on a headset and gets to work. He proceeds to rip on Rey. Im very curious to hear how JBL does. JBL takes off his headset and is about to enter the ring but Cole advises against it saying if he does anything stupid hell lose this job too. John McGuinness fastest ever at the Isle of Man TTMorecambe based rider John McGuinness became the fastest man ever around the Isle of Man TT course on Saturday, 3rd June 2006 - not only taking the fastest ever race record, but also upping the time for the fastest lap ever recorded during the Superbike race, with a speed of 127.93mph. .Is England Fictitious? [John Derbyshire]"Ignoring Wales for a moment, and ignoring non-territorial ethnic minorities like Jews, Pakistanis, etc., and ignoring really tiny places like the Falklands and Gibraltar, if Scotland went independent and Ireland were unified, England would become an ethnostate like, say, Denmark. When was the last time this was true? That is to say: when was the last time England was an independent country ruling only the English? I think the answer is: from 924 to 1014. 924 is when the various Saxon kingdoms of England were unified, right? And 1014 is when much of England was conquered by the Danes, after which England was pretty much continuously conjoined to non-English territories, either in Scandinavia (beginning with King Cnut) or France (beginning with William the Conqueror), or Ireland, or Scotland, or India, or whatever." [Derb] I don't have time to dig around on this, but it doesn't look right. A 10th-century Englishman's image of his country would have regarded the northeastern Danelaw as "foreign" to some degree (though admittedly it was (a) being Anglo-Saxonized throught the period, and (b) the base stock was probably still largely A-S). The Cornish-speaking "Western men" were another complicating factor, as were the pre-Danelaw Norse settlement in the northwest and Isle of Man. "There'll always be an England," no doubt...
Ireland. Royal Ulster Yacht Club to host Hamilton Shipping Sigma ...Next week twenty one of the top Sigma 33 yachts in the British Isles will gather in Bangor Marina for the Class Championship. This is the first time this prestigious one design sailing championship has come to Northern Ireland and Royal Ulster Yacht Club looks forward to welcoming sailors from the UK, Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man to Belfast Lough, one of the best sailing areas in the country. Race Officer Robin Gray will be running the racing and the fleet will be based in the Five Anchor Quay Marina at the foot of Bangors Main Street - and Royal Ulster, just a short walk from the Marina, will be the hub of all shore activities, including an attractive social scene. Among the visiting contenders expected to make the running will be Paul Scutts Carmen from Helensburgh, Scotland, who took number one slot in last years Irish Championship at the same venue.At sea. Volvo Ocean Race: Pirates of the Caribbean’s router ...It was very frustrating to watch these two sail away from us and then to have the slow light air boats the ABNs and Brunel, sail right up to us. The ABNs have upwind Code 0s and they have worked on this leg because the sea has been so flat. Yesterday morning we played the coastal effects real well and got ahead the ABNs and Brunel as we finally passed Fastnet rock and sailed along the southern coast of Ireland. There are some incredible castles and old forts along the rugged coast line. I did manage to enjoy the spectacular scenery despite my frustration at how Brasil and Ericsson had left us and were some 10 miles ahead. Yesterday afternoon the breeze filled in and ABN1 was just plain faster than us on a flat run in 16 knots of wind. This is the first time we have seen anyone out run us.Lookouts cause double troubleSEVIERVILLE, Tenn.- The Tennessee Smokies woes against in-state rival Chattanooga continued on Thursday afternoon at Smokies Park, losing a 5-1 decision that drops their record to 3-9 against the Lookouts in 2006.The Lookouts took advantage of five doubles, including three from former Smokie Dewayne Wise, to inch one game closer to the first-half championship in the North Division. The Lookouts entered the day with a two game lead over the West Tenn with the Diamond Jaxx visiting Huntsville on Thursday night. Chattanooga capitalized on Wise's first double in the second inning when catcher Ryan Hanigan slapped a single down the third base line that struck the base and redirected into left field. The redirection allowed the speedy Wise to score from second base and give the Lookouts the 1-0 advantage.
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