 |
 |
 |
 |
|
isle of man gardens | ||||
|
|
Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationWestward ENTERPRISE Queen Elizabeth's sea dogs spark the beginning ...In an era when North America was an unknown and mysterious place, it took many voyages, many explorers, the profit motive and a hefty dose of global politics to set the stage for the first Jamestown settlers. By Clint Schemmer
Date published: 6/3/2006 p { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; text-align: justify; background-color: transparent } VER HEARD of Sir Humphrey Gilbert? No? Well, you should have. For Gilbert, a gutsy if improbable adventurer, helped get the ball rolling when it came to England's colonization of the New World. If you like how America turned out, you're in his debt. The continent was then more remote from Europe, in Europeans' experience, than the moon is from humans today.
Macquarie plans to acquire bingo clubsMACQUARIE, the Australian bank that tried to buy the London Stock Exchange, is in talks to buy the company behind one of Britains most profitable bingo clubs for about £90m, writes Matthew Goodman.The Australian institution is believed to be one of a handful of parties shortlisted to acquire Thomas Holdings, owner of the Beacon Bingo chain. .
Img9 and MyMillionDollarCity host images and documents for freeForget hosting fees and the hassle wit FTP: now you can get your data online — for free, with no registration, and at the very heart of the Internet "city".Img9 is a free service that allows users to host images and documents online. The procedure is fast and convenient. Go to Img9.com, browse for the picture or document on your hard drive, and upload. You are automatically given a URL that you can email or post on forums.
The service helps website owners or individuals who would rather not use their own website to store their images. "The Internet has dramatically changed the way people share information," says Simon Dumville of Img9. "By providing this service, we have made this information exchange even more convenient and accessible. You no longer have to worry about bandwidth or other technical issues: you simply send a link." For MyMillionDollarCity, the service underlines their goal of creating a truly global Internet community.
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. .
Picket lines move, negotiators stand stillPicket lines along the front of Wilcox Hospital changed as the Hawaii Nurses Association and Wilcox Hospital entered the sixth day of a deadlock over staffing issues."Cars were backing up," said Lt. Alejandre Quibilan, commander of the patrol bureau. "First responders ambulance people were concerned. We're trying to meet everyone halfway." County officials reviewed statutes that affect picketing and discovered a law against blocking public roads, like Kuene, which runs along the northeast side of Wilcox.Nurses, with permission from officials, had been pacing the hospital entrance at the intersection of Kuene Road and Kuhio Highway in one minute intervals, with 30 second breaks to allow traffic to pass. The march has been moved to the emergency room entrance on Wilcox property.Nurses marching along a second entrance now march with the flow of traffic, following pedestrian rules rather than the one-minute march policy."I'm going to give it a day or two and see how it handles the traffic," Quibilan said.Wilcox Hospital spokeswoman Lani Yukimura said ambulances have no trouble getting in, but that the changes make it safer for people turning into the hosptial.Edgewood Man Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Threatening CasinosAn Edgewood man is facing federal charges after he allegedly threatened northeast Iowa casinos by letter and telephone.According to a complaint filed against him Friday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Greg Johnson admitted his threats to a postal inspector during a raid at his parents' home, where he was also living. According to an affidavit with the case, Johnson told U.S. Postal Inspector Kevin Marshall that he wrote and mailed threatening letters and telephoned bomb threats to the Isle of Capri Casino in Marquette and the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque. According to the affidavit, Johnson mailed the letters and called in the bomb threats because he saw them as justice for what the casinos did to him. Johnson had been barred from both casinos for disorderly conduct. |
|
||