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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationTT 2006; THURSDAY PRACTICEThis afternoons practice session for the Isle of Man TT was halted when a sidecar crashed and then went on fire. The course was opened to allow the Fire Brigade to deal with the incident and so that the sidecar and debris could be removed.It happened at Rhencullen, about 16 miles from the start, and involved the machine of Dave Molyneux, the outright sidecar lap record holder and 11-times TT winner. The outfit crashed and shortly afterwards went on fire. Molyneux and his passenger Craig Hallam were taken to Nobles Hospital, by helicopter, and the sidecar practice resumed after 40 minutes. Molyneux has possible arm and chest injuries while Hallam was said to be suffering from friction burns. Earlier, Guy Martin got the session underway with a lap of 126.799 miles an hour, from a standing start, on his Superbike Yamaha and followed this up with a second lap of 124.771. Silver Seeking New Equilibrium Following ETF LaunchHOUSTON (ResourceInvestor.com) -- From its August 2005 low of $6.64, in just eight short months the dollar denominated spot price of silver exploded a whopping 129% to $15.21 on May 11, largely on speculation and front-running of Barclays silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust [AMEX:SLV]. In a May 11 RI report, Hidden Silver About to Surface, your humble correspondent (and 25-year student of the bullion markets) pointed out that some well respected sliver commenting analysts had been overlooking a potentially large uncounted supply source for silver. That source is silver held in private hoards of all sizes and in many forms. The potential issue was that because of the over-enthusiastic under-reporting of the potential amount of metal available, many investors were likely under the impression that a potential squeeze for the metal could be underway.TT 2006; SENIOR RACE RESULTSpectators in the sun-kissed Isle of Man saw the fastest race in TT history today when John McGuinness completed his third win of the week, in the 2e2 Group Senior Race, and set up a new outright lap record at over 129 miles an hour! It was his 11th TT victory and moved him up to level third on the list of all-time greats.Conditions were perfect for the final race of the 2006 TT, with the thermometer heading well into the 70s, and McGuinness took full advantage to lead from start to finish. His absolute record lap, on his Honda, was timed at 129.451. Australian Cameron Donald took his first podium position in second place and afterwards confessed himself to be stunned at his achievement. He finished 21 seconds behind McGuinness, with Bruce Anstey third. Bruce will have cause to remember his final lap as he tried to catch Donald. Pagans have their rites, tooDoes dancing in a circle, decked out in ancient garb, in the dead of night, while banging a tambourine, constitute a crime? This is the question many of the big-beards in the Greek Orthodox Church have been forced to ask as the realisation has dawned that Apollo-loving pagans are among us again. If the black-shrouded paragons of resolutely Christian Greece thought they could keep the believers of ancient polytheism at bay, they have had to think again. Last week, like a thunderbolt from Zeus himself, an unexpectedly large horde of pre-Christian devotees descended on Mount Olympus for the annual Prometheus festival. Many wore white robes although a minority, it is true, came wearing little more than their love for the 12 ancient gods. But a bit of near-nudity notwithstanding, their arrival might have gone unnoticed had it not been for the fact that there were 4,000 of them dancing in the wood-encircled meadow halfway up the mountainside.
Murder hunt after pensioner is found battered to deathA MURDER hunt was under way today after an elderly man was found dead in his home.A neighbour has told how he saw a hammer lying on the living room floor next to the bloody and battered body of the pensioner as he peered through a flat window. .'Prairie' makes its isle returnNot only is Garrison Keillor celebrating the release of his "Prairie Home Companion" in theaters nationwide this weekend, his radio variety show is winding down its 25th anniversary season and will air its grand finale from right here in Hawaii in November.The show, heard here on KHPR, marks its return to the islands, last here in early January of 2002. There will be two shows on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Blaisdell Concert Hall: a 12:45 p.m. midday performance that will be broadcast live throughout the country and a good part of Europe and Asia, and a second, 7:30 p.m. performance, which will not be broadcast. Genial host Keillor will be joined by his regular cast of actors and musicians, including the Guys' All-Star Shoe Band, led by pianist Rich Dworsky, actors Tim Russell and Sue Scott, and sound effects man Fred Newman.
VICTORY'S THE PITS FOR MARTINTT rider Guy Martin is hoping his pit-stop strategy will prove the difference between success and failure in Monday's Superstock race.The 24-year-old was first off in Saturday's Superbike race but his challenge for honours came to an abrupt end as his AIM Racing Yamaha R1 succumbed to mechanical problems on the opening lap of six over the Mountain Course. Martin, from Kirmington in Lincolnshire, will resume his campaign for honours on the Isle of Man when the Superstock race gets under way this morning. And after setting the fourth-fastest time over the course of seven practice sessions on the 37.73 Mountain Course, he told PA Sport: "I've been pleased with the way practice has gone but you win no medals for practice times do you? "I'm here to win my first TT this year but it's not a one-man effort and I've got a good bunch of guys alongside me.
For 62p, a year of the Queen or a minute of England v PortugalBuckingham Palace dug deep into its reserves of hubris yesterday to come up with a topical World Cup analogy for the Queen's cost to the nation.In previous years, Alan Reid, the keeper of the privy purse, has compared the 80-year-old monarch to the price of a loaf of bread and two pints of milk. This time, issuing the Royal Public Finances annual report, he claimed that the purely notional annual cost of Her Majesty to her subjects was 62p a head, or a minute's worth of attendance at Saturday's England versus Portugal match. .
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