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by Colin Brown

Former World Superbike Champion James Toseland is to be the Guest of Honour at the 2011 Sports Awards sponsored by Isle of Man Bank.

James – who lives on the Island – had a successful career in Superbikes before graduating to MotoGP which is the cream of motorcycle racing.  Unfortunately, he injured his right wrist, badly, early last year in a crash while testing at Aragon in Spain.  This ultimately led him to announce his retirement from the sport last September.

Before bowing out of motorcycling James ensured he would go down in history as one of the ‘greats’ by becoming the youngest-ever Superbike World Champion and securing the title for Ducati in 2004.  He said goodbye to World Superbikes after again lifting the World crown in 2007 and moved up to MotoGP.

Geoff Karran, executive chairman of Isle of Man Sport – which hosts the sports awards ceremony – said: ‘We are delighted to have James as our Guest of Honour.  We do try and make sure we attract sportsmen and women from different sports and it is appropriate that at long last we will have a motorcyclist as guest on this most important night for sport.  I am sure James will be an inspiration to all our young sports people and will join us in making this a wonderful celebration of sport – where we can all be proud to be Manx.’

James (31) is an accomplished pianist and singer and, before his motorcycle successes, had considered a professional career in that form of entertainment.  He is now expected to resume the musical side of his life – particularly as he is engaged to singer Katie Melua.

John Lindon, Isle of Man Bank’s Community Investment Manager, said Isle of Man Sport continued to attract the biggest names in their fields to be the official guests of honour.  He added: ‘James will be the first motorcycling star to grace the event.  Given the Island’s reputation, not only as a mecca for motorcyclists but also as a production line for locally-grown talent, I am certain his presence will be eagerly anticipated.

‘James is well known as a very fine musician and it will be interesting to see whether he drops some hints as to the way his music career might develop now he has retired from the motorcycling scene.’

Doncaster-born Toseland announced his retirement in a letter, to his fans, on his website.  He explained that during his first meeting with his consultant after the crash in Spain he was warned that the damage to his wrist could be career-threatening.  Following a further crash at Nurburgring in Germany he returned to the consultant and was given the bad news.

He said: ‘The easiest way to explain it is that I don’t have enough range of movement in my wrist to race professionally and no amount of physiotherapy is going to improve that.  It all led to the verdict that it was no longer safe for me to continue a career in motorcycle racing.  I have to put the safety of the other riders on the track first, as well as thinking about my own.’

The sports awards evening takes place at the Villa Marina on Thursday March 29th with the usual categories and culminating with the presentation of the Sports man and woman of the year trophies.

Said Mr. Karran: ‘Last year was another great year for sport on the Island with the hosting of the Commonwealth Youth Games and more and more successes for our talented athletes.  The panel will have its work cut out to even agree on the nominees for awards in all the categories, let alone finding actual winners.’

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Once upon a time on the Isle of Man, there lived a poor farmer and his wife near a place called Glen Mooar. They lived in a nice little cottage and owned a bit of land on which they grew potatoes and grazed their cow.

Everyone knows fairies often play tricks, and on the Isle of Man, when the fairies were offended, sometimes they called upon the Bugganes, terrible ogres who lived in ruins and forests and waterfalls.

The Bugganes hated to be disturbed. They could shift their shapes to look like anything and anyone they wished, and so few people had ever seen them. But those who had seen them said they were enormous creatures, with coarse black hair and wrinkled skin, with red mouths and cloven feet and eyes like fire.

People often told the story of the Buggane that tore the roof off St. Trinian's church again and again because the church was built on its mountain. And people said there was a Buggane that lived in the waterfall very near the farmer's house.

The farmer was hard working and kind, but his wife was terribly lazy and liked to lie in bed. Her neighbors were forever whispering about her. "She wears out more blankets than shoes," her next-door neighbor said.

"'Tis sad," added another, "an excuse is nearer that woman than her apron is."

Every morning the farmer woke at dawn and called out to his wife, "Lose an hour in the morning and you'll be looking for it all day!" but she only turned over again. "You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind," he said. But she slumbered on.

So he set off to work in that field. Many were the days that he came home for breakfast only to find her still asleep. There was no fire. There was no food. On those days he would build a fire and cook his own gruel. Alas, he would sigh, "A cabin with plenty of food is better than a castle with none."

Often when he came home for his midday meal, his wife was still asleep. At long last, the farmer decided it was time to play a trick on her. So when he awoke, he fetched some straw from the barn. With that straw he blocked up all the windows in that little cottage.

Late in the afternoon he came home and found his wife still in bed, waiting for the day to come.

"Hurry," the farmer said, "come see the sun rise in the West!"

She quickly climbed out of bed, and the farmer opened the door to show her. The whole sky looked to be on fire, for the sun was actually setting. But the woman was frightened at the sight and asked, "What makes the sun rise in the West?"

"Must be the Buggane," the farmer said. "The hairy one that lives under the waterfall. It's a bad hen that doesn't scratch for itself. You best be careful or it might come to punish you for your lazy ways."

"What do you know of the Buggane?" the wife asked. But the farmer only said, "Ask me no questions; I'll tell you no lies."

Soon after that he went out to go fishing under the bright full moon.

As soon as he was gone, the woman realized she was hungry. But there was no bread in the cupboard, and she knew she would have to bake it. She slipped the bolt on the door so the fairies wouldn't catch her baking after sunset — the fairies did not like that kind of thing. Then she began to knead the meal. She clapped her cakes as thin as could be and picked up a knife to cut them into circles. When the first one was cut, she brushed the griddle and tossed the cake on the fire. As she picked up her knife and began to cut the second cake, she heard a knock at the door.

"Who's there?" she called, but no one answered. Then she heard another sound, someone knocking harder and way up high on the door.

"Who's there?" she asked again. This time a thick, gravelly voice answered, "Open for me, for I am he."

That made no sense, so she ignored the voice. But the voice cried again, "Open for me for I am he." Before she could say a word, the door burst open, and there stood the hideous Buggane.

Before she could run, that Buggane clutched her by her apron and swung her over its wide shoulder and ran down the hill all the way to the top of Spooyt Vooar, the huge waterfall.

The woman was terrified. She could hear those roaring waters, and from above she saw the stream turning to spray as it hit the rocks. She knew she would drown as the Buggane swung her high into the air, preparing to toss her down the falls.

Just then she remembered the knife in her hands. Quick as she could, she cut her apron strings and tumbled onto the ground. She rolled away, but the Buggane stumbled and fell forward, right into that waterfall.

The Buggane rolled and bounced, head over heels. People from miles away could hear the creature roaring, "Rumble, rumble, rumble, it is I who tumble." Then they heard a splash.

And no one saw that Buggane ever again. People say that farmer's wife learned her lesson. She gave up her lazy ways and became as good a wife as a farmer could wish for. She always baked bread well before the sunset, so as to not offend the fairy folk!

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Sleepwell Hotels raise £1,000 for Hospice Isle of Man

General Manager Shriharsh Naik and Group HR Manager Linda Maddrell from Sleepwell Hotels are pleased to announce that their fundraising total for Rebecca House, Hospice Isle of Man, came to the generous contribution of £1,000. 

The donations were made by guests following their stay at both the Chesterhouse and Rutland Hotels, as well as through a series of social evenings held by the staff.  Hosting an end-of-season party including a raffle, all prizes were kindly donated by local suppliers, with ticket costs for the event also contributing to the final amount. 

Also pictured is Terri Cook from the fundraising team at the Children’s Hospice who thanked Sleepwell Hotels for all their endeavours.

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by The Treasury

Treasury is to progress new legislation to prevent the Isle of Man from being used by so-called ‘vulture funds’, Minister Eddie Teare MHK announced today (Friday February 3, 2012).

The move follows recent agreement by the Council of Ministers that the Island should introduce its own legislation equivalent to the UK Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010.  The Act seeks to prevent businesses known as ‘vulture funds’ from buying up the debts of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) for a fraction of their original price and then using the UK courts to sue for the full value of the debt, plus interest.  The legislation seeks to outlaw a practice that undermines international debt relief efforts.

The law was introduced in response to a joint initiative between the IMF and World Bank to provide debt relief to HIPCs which qualify for cancellation of most debts to the World Bank, IMF and the governments of rich countries.  Prior to the introduction of the Act some debts fell outside the scope of the original initiative.

Minister Teare explained: ‘We have no evidence of vulture fund activity in the Isle of Man and as an internationally responsible country we do not want it here. The Manx Government is happy to introduce legislation to ensure that our Island is not used for the disreputable business of exploiting Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.’

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The Manx Government is happy to introduce legislation to ensure that our Island is not used for the disreputable business of exploiting Heavily Indebted Poor Countries."

Eddie Teare MHK, Treasury Minister

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by Department of Health

The first Isle of Man Self Care Summit took place on 31st January 2012.  Present were Minister for Health David Anderson MHK, Member for Health, Dudley Butt MLC, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, patients, carers, third sector representatives, and senior managers.  The summit was called to take forward Patient Self Care, one of the key priorities for the Department’s ‘Strategy for Health’.
 
Jane Cooper, a Director from Talking Health Network attended the summit as the keynote speaker. Jane has a wealth of knowledge regarding Self Management issues and has been at the forefront of the development of lay led self management programmes for people with long term health condition in the UK for the last 15 years. The Summit was chaired by the Department of Health Chief Executive David Killip who said: “This summit has been a great success for the future of self care on the Island and will certainly help as a catalyst to drive us forward in developing this increasingly important sphere of healthcare.”
 
Minister for Health, David Anderson MHK said: “Work is well underway with the delivery of the Department’s Health Strategy, which was launched almost a year ago.  A great deal of work is involved, and the changes we want to make to improving and transforming care won’t happen overnight; but we’re making steady progress which I’m delighted with.”
 
What is ‘Self Management’?
Self Management is an integral part of daily life and is all about individuals taking responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, with support from the people involved in their care and in conjunction with care received from health and social care professionals. Self care includes the actions people take every day in order to stay fit and maintain good physical and mental health, meet their social and psychological needs, prevent illness or accidents and care more effectively for minor ailments and long term conditions.  People living with a long term condition can benefit enormously from being supported to self care. They can live longer, suffer less pain, anxiety, depression and fatigue, have a better quality of life, and be more active and independent.
 
The summit heard presenters outline different self care initiatives available on the Island.  They included;
Steve Sieling, Chief Ambulance Officer who gave an overview of the “Choose Well” Campaign, Physiotherapists Christine Wright and Christine Cole who talked about “Self Management, The Physio Approach” and Ann Corkill, Norman Kneen and Fiona Baxter who presented the “Live Well Stay Well” Programme .
 
Cath Quilliam, Director of Community Nursing, said: “This summit has been a fantastic opportunity to develop the future of Self Management on the Island. It was wonderful to see such a variety of services working together to improve patient and client care on the Island.”
 
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summit has been a fantastic opportunity to develop the future of Self Management on the Island

Cath Quilliam, Director of Community Nursing

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