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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationPeroni Nastro Azzurro Hits The High Seas With Nautor's Swan 45 ...Newport, R.I., USA (14 June 2006) - Today, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the jewel in SABMiller's international premium brand portfolio, announces that it is partnering with Nautor's Swan 45 Class in a bid to pay tribute to its sailing heritage and together create a new and compelling Italian legacy for yacht racing. The stylish Italian beer brand will act as the exclusive sponsor of the international Swan 45 Class fleet. The relationship marks a new chapter in Peroni's long-term support of sailing, with the Peroni Nastro Azzurro Swan 45 Class setting sail in the Swan East American Circuit during the Centennial Newport to Bermuda on 16th June 2006."As we continue to introduce Peroni Nastro Azzurro into new and exciting markets around the world, we wanted to develop a stylish, long-term global sponsorship property with a like-minded brand that really leveraged Peroni's sailing heritage," says Chris Taylor, SABMiller's International Brand Director for Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Pirates' tales to treasure in cityNO doubt swashbucklers of all ages will flock to see Johnny Depp swanning around exotic tropical islands when Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is released in our city's cinemas on Thursday. However, pirates didn't just limit themselves to the balmy tropics.Indeed the good citizens of Edinburgh have also seen their share of pirates over the years, and I don't just mean the ticket touts at Murrayfield. .Swap pain to achieve gainA Diploma of Remedial Massage, and acupressure, shiatsu and sports massage qualifications soon followed, giving Mr McCarthy a good understanding of the body before he studied a form of myotherapy in 1993, now called SLM Bodywork.With skills to treat pain and injury, he started to specialise in the treatment of pain and injury achieving great results. The treatment is a hands-on holistic massage which gives outstanding results to alleviate pain and injury, he said. Tight adherent muscles are the cause of many ailments. This treatment is one of the most thorough remedial treatments available. Mr McCarthy has a vast knowledge and interest in sports medicine and sports nutrition and also incorporates Chinese medicine in his philosophy and practice, which results in a mixture of Eastern and Western principles in his treatments. The Vacation Manifesto: Radical Ideas to Grow the Quad CitiesEditor's note: Last year, after a European vacation, longtime Renaissance Rock Island leader Dan Carmody submitted a draft of a "Vacation Manifesto" - a series of anecdotes and ideas for the Quad Cities.In the year since, Carmody left our area for Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he serves as president of the Downtown Improvement District. We recently asked him to revisit his manifesto. Here it is. We welcome your ideas in the comments section of the article.
City Centre; Manchester, England. People on the street, lots of them. Regardless of the size of the town, pedestrians fill UK city centers in dramatic contrast with most American downtowns, which look as if a neutron bomb had been deployed. Less reliance on the automobile and more fragmented retailing accounts for much of the difference.
Special Series: New Orleans Part IIBy HARRIETTE BRAINARD"This place has no name, and all of us know it. The city is exposed: flesh and blood, muscle and bone. New Orleans is a fresh wound, sliced open by the shrapnel of a storm." So notes CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper in his upcoming book on the wreckage left last August in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina called "Dispatches from the Edge." On the scene for weeks, Cooper recalls the immediacy of the need just to survive and of the serious wound inflicted by the storm. "When (Coast Guard Pilot Lt. Roerick) sleeps," Cooper relayed in one report, "she still sees the faces of people waiting to be rescued. ‘You go to bed at night completely exhausted,’ she says, ‘knowing there are still thousands of people out there.
Poker site to place big bet on rivalTHE worlds largest internet poker company, Party Gaming, is in talks to acquire Gamebookers, the online sports-betting company, for about £50m.A deal would be the first acquisition for Party Gaming since it floated a year ago. An announcement could be made in the next two or three weeks. .
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