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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationNatural iron supplement; food intolerance/allergies; exploring homeopathyQ. I have been prescribed iron tablets by my doctor for heavy periods, but I would prefer to find a natural alternative. I still look pale and lack energy, so I am not even sure they are helping. What do you suggest?Katie Kelly, Isle of Man .
Isle-based cutter visits ChinaThe Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Rush is making a port call at Qingdao, China, the first major cutter to visit China since World War II.The visit is part of a professional law enforcement exchange with the Chinese coast guard. Law enforcement teams from each country were to discuss and demonstrate techniques for boarding and searching suspect vessels. Qingdao is located on the Shandong Peninsula off the Yellow Sea. .
Recreation calendarU.S. Kids Golf 2006 Cincinnati Local Tour. Begins June 12, various locations. Ages 4-12. Information: 888-3-US-KIDS or visit uskids golf.com. The top player in each age and gender group will be named Player of the Year and receive an invitation to a U.S. Kids Golf Regional Championship and the 2007 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship. .Coast Guard to conduct drillsTwo Coast Guard units, including one from California, will be performing port security and harbor defense exercises this weekend in Kaneohe Bay.The exercises, which began today and will be held nightly through the weekend, will include convoy operations and escort service off Bellows Air Force Station. The training will involve flares and the use of blank ammunition. The Coast Guard warned area residents of possible noise from the operation. SUNDAY TODAY Self-deprecation a new quality in EnglishPerhaps it was inevitable, given the prevailing resentment among many Tartan Army foot soldiers to the alleged superiority complex of the English commentators at the World Cup, that a few neanderthals should advance to the next illogical step and perpetrate acts of violence on anybody rash enough to be caught supporting Sven's brave boys in Linwood and Munich.But, honestly, as somebody who has spent the weekend surveying the wreckage of several England teams, across the sporting spectrum, it is surely a sad indictment of how Scotland has descended into such a self-perpetuating spiral of anti-Sassenach sentiment. Why have so few people noticed the air of apprehension and self-deprecating humour, which has increased among the St George brigade? On Saturday, for instance, Stuart Barnes, the erstwhile England stand-off, could not have been more scathing in his assessment of England's latest rugby debacle in Australia if he had been wearing a kilt, a See-You-Jimmy wig and carrying the Calcutta Cup. Prufrock: Mellon makes a move on ManIS Jim Mellon, the buccaneering financier, set to overturn 1,000 years of independence and conquer the Isle of Man? The entrepreneur, worth £590m according to the Sunday Times Rich List, is gaining such influence on the island, the locals call him Mr President.Mellon, whose eclectic mix of assets includes Charlemagne, the recently listed hedge fund, and Chinas biggest copper mine, has for years been a tax exile on Man but has built up his assets on the island to include a casino, an online betting company and a hotel. .
TT crash riders still 'critical'The two riders involved in a high speed crash in Monday night's Isle of Man TT practice session both remain in a critical condition in hospital.Irish rider Seamus Greene, who has head injuries, is in Walton Neurological Centre on Merseyside but is stable. Japanese rider Jun Maeda is also in a critical condition after suffering pelvic injuries and collapsed lungs. US sidecar passenger James Cornell remains critical with multiple injuries after crashing at May Hill on Saturday. His driver Doug Dano, also from the USA, is comfortable in hospital. Donegal man Greene and Maeda were airlifted to hospital in the Isle of Man after the accident on the Ballahutchin Straight. Greene was later moved to the Walton Neurological Centre in Liverpool. The riders were in collision coming out of the Union Mills section about four miles onto the circuit.
Luck of the Draw: Miller Pope's artistic career began by accident ...Once upon a time, Miller Pope lived the life of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit."We called it The Uniform," Pope said, shaking his head ruefully over a Diet Coke in Ocean Isle Beach. "Oxford shirt, button-down collar, regimental tie." Every work day - like Gregory Peck in the movie - Pope would don his full dress and take the train from Westport, Conn., to Manhattan. There, he made a living as one of New York's top illustrators, creating covers and inside sketches for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Redbook, Reader's Digest and Saga. He also did artwork for major ad agencies and helped design the illustrations and graphics for Addison-Wesley textbooks. He'd have lunch with fellow artists such as Rube Goldberg and Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. This Scotland town is always booked solidWIGTOWN, SCOTLAND - You'd drive right through the tiny place - in about a minute - if you didn't know what was there. Then again, you wouldn't be driving through in the first place, because there's arguably less beyond Wigtown than there is in it.But, oh, the charm you'd miss. Stick around for a while. Clearly something's afoot. Oh, look! A used book store. And then - huh? - another. And another... In a village of about 1,500 people, where the "downtown" is little more than two blocks, the streets are lined, almost literally, with old books. We'd heard about Wigtown from a friend. Learning we had been browsing the map of Scotland, he somewhat hesitantly mentioned it. After all, it wasn't the craggy, haunting Highlands most people know.
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