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England's Oliver Wilson leads Madeira Islands Open

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May 122012

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands (AP) Oliver Wilson of England shot a 7-under 65 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Madeira Islands Open.

He has nine second-place finishes on the European Tour but has yet to win. He lost his main tour card at the end of last year

Wilson is at 13-under 131 on the mountainous Santa da Serra course. Tied for second are Sweden’s Magnus Carlsson (66) and 19-year old Joakim Lagergren (66) and England’s Andy Sullivan (64).

The tournament is being played on a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles west of Morocco.

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Dougherty: Not afraid of failing after losing card

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May 102012

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands (AP) Ryder Cup golfer Nick Dougherty returns from a six-week absence from competition looking forward to the birth of his first child and playing without a fear of failure.

Dougherty is among four former Ryder Cup players and six former champions competing Thursday in the Madeira Islands Open.

It is only Dougherty’s third event this season after competing in two Challenge Tour events, capped by a tie for fourth in the Colombia Classic in March. He’s lost all playing rights on the European Tour, where he’s won three times, so he’s concentrating on the Challenge Tour.

”It’s been a long time since I can say I am looking forward to my golf as I just punished myself so hard trying to hold onto my main European Tour card,” he said after Wednesday’s pro-am. ”I just didn’t want to go out and play but I had to. Then when I did, I played absolutely horrible. Now if I don’t play well, then it’s not going to get me down.”

He won’t compete in the BMW PGA Championship on May 24, his 30th birthday. It’s a tournament he’s played every year since 2002.

”I am looking to build back my confidence, and if I manage to win back my European Tour card, then well and good,” he said. ”If not, I will stick out here on the Challenge Tour. There’s just not the intensity or the hype around the main tour.”

Dougherty married former TV presenter Di Stewart in 2010 at St. Andrews and the couple expects their first child, a boy, in August.

”I can’t wait to become a father and Di and I are so much looking forward to the birth,” he said. ”She’s here with me this week and that’s great.”

Others in the field include former Ryder Cup players Phil Price, Niclas Fasth, Oliver Wilson and Jarmo Sandelin.

The former Madeira Islands winners who will tee up are Spain’s Santiago Luna (1995), Sandelin (1996), Fasth (2000), Welshman Bradley Dredge (2003), Argentina’s Daniel Vancsik (2007) and Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth (2008).

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Madeira Islands Open presents chance for players in dire need of success | News | PGA.com

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May 102012

MADEIRA, Portugal — There is only one European Tour event all year with less money on offer than this week’s Madeira Islands Open — but victory would still mean an awful lot to every player teeing off.

The total purse at Santo da Serra is about half what the winner will get at The Players Championship on Sunday. But with the big names all away — England’s 21-year-old Tommy Fleetwood is the highest-ranked player at 192nd in the world — opportunity knocks.

This week marks the 20th staging of the Madeira Islands Open, one of the smallest events on the European Tour but also one of the most scenically spectacular.

Take Phillip Archer. The 40-year-old from England thought of giving up the game at the end of last season, but won a European Challenge Tour event in Colombia in March and leads that second-tier tour’s Order of Merit.

“I sat down with my wife and talked about whether to carry on or not,” Archer said. “We decided that I should and I went back to an old coach I used to see during the good times. I also had some putting lessons and started a bit of fitness and it’s paying off because my results have been great.

“I’m enjoying playing again,” he added. “I’m delighted with how I’ve played so far this season and hopefully I can continue in the same vein.”

The “good times” were very good. Archer was unbeaten for Nick Faldo’s Seve Trophy team in Ireland in 2007 and had hopes of playing under him in the Ryder Cup the following year. He also tied the European Tour record with his round of 60 during the 2006 Wales Open — and missed a seven-foot putt on the last for the first-ever 59.

“My confidence is sky high at the minute, so there’s no reason why I can’t go and get another good result,” he said.

Another 60-shooter playing this week is Bradley Dredge, and his came on this very course. That was during an eight-shot victory in 2003, two years before he won the World Cup with Stephen Dodd, but Dredge is now ranked 319th in the world.

“It’s always nice to come back to a place where I’ve played well in the past,” he said. “The 60 stands out, obviously. I had a putt from about seven or eight feet on the 17th which unfortunately I missed.

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Ex-Cook Islands PM dies

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May 102012

Former Cook Islands prime minister Sir Geoffrey Henry has died aged 71.

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Key pays tribute to ex-Cook Islands PM

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May 102012

Prime Minister John Key says the death of former Cook Island prime minister Sir Geoffrey Henry is sad news.

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May 102012

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South Shore, Cape & Islands Beer Week offers an education in beer

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May 092012

A selection of craft brews.

Hold the Pinot. Nix the Merlot beer is fast becoming the new wine. And if you dont know your stouts from your porters or your ales from lagers, then attend next weeks regional kegger, and you can get a crash course in all things craft beer when the South Shore, Cape & Islands Beer Week returns May 12-19 to pubs, liquor stores and restaurants across the region. That ought to get you hip on your hops.

Its one of those things where if you wanted to get involved with beer, then this is a good place to start, said Leo Finn, general manager of the British Beer Company in Plymouth. For their part in Beer Week, the BBC is hosting a beer dinner on May 16. Its a five-course meal for $50, featuring brews from Offshore Ale Company in Marthas Vineyard and Cisco Brewers in Nantucket.

We pair their beers with the five courses, and the distributors will talk about the beer and tell fun facts. Its a good time, Finn said.

South Shore, Cape & Islands Beer Week is tapping into the beer trend. Craft beer was an $8.7 billion industry in the U.S. last year, according to the Boulder, Colo.-based Brewers Association. There were about 1,989 breweries operating in the U.S. in 2011, the highest level since the late 1800s. Craft beer sales rose 13 percent in 2011 over 2010 nationwide. Two-hundred-and-fifty breweries (174 microbreweries and 76 brewpubs) opened last year.

The 21-to-32 age bracket are total beer geeks, Finn said. Its like wine used to be, with so many different styles.

IPA is the most popular beer, Finn said, and it comes in many forms: hoppy, black, flowery, mild. Finns favorites are the Fullers London Porter and a brew from Boddington, which he describes as a blonde-colored Guinness.

Its an exciting time to be in beer, Finn said.

Among the events are beer dinners, a Provincetown craft beer crawl and the popular tap takeovers, where a bars taps are turned over to one brewer for the night.

Benjamin Franklin would have loved this. After all, he once said: Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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Research and Markets: 4Q11 Faroe Islands Mobile Operator Forecast, 2012 - 2015: Faroe Islands to have over 63,000 ...

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May 092012

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/t3lv74/4q11_faroe_islands) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.’s new report “4Q11 Faroe Islands Mobile Operator Forecast, 2012 – 2015: Faroe Islands to have over 63,000 mobile subscriber connections in 2015″ to their offering.

Mobile Operator Forecast on the Faroe Islands (a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark) provides key metrics for the country’s wireless market. The forecast is based on proprietary, country-specific forecasting models. These models deploy multiple regression analysis and cross-impact matrices that estimate relationships between subscriber data, technology use and deployment data, overall economic and demographic changes expected in a particular country; and relate these to company operational and financial metrics.

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– Faroese Telecom (Froya Tele)

– Vodafone Faroe Islands (Vodafone Group Plc)

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Annual Results & Forecasts for each of the above operators is covered in this report for: CY 2001-CY 2015.

Quarterly Results & Forecasts are covered for: March 2003 – December 2013

– Prepaid And Postpaid Subscribers

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Orkin Establishes Franchise in Turks and Caicos Islands

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May 092012

ATLANTA, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Rollins Inc., a nationwide consumer services company (ROL), announced today that the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Orkin, has established the company’s 21st international franchise in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.

“Orkin continues to expand internationally with Orkin Turks and Caicos, our third international franchise this year,” said Tom Luczynski, Orkin vice president of U.S. and international development and franchising. “The tropical, moist weather conditions create unique pest challenges, and we are pleased to bring Orkin’s quality services to the area and expand our presence in the Caribbean.”

Orkin Turks and Caicos will offer commercial pest control, focusing mainly on the hospitality sector located there. The franchise owners are Ben and Bradley Walkin. Ben Walkin is the owner of Walkin Diversified Services on the island. Bradley Walkin will be the general manager of the franchise and will travel to Atlanta, Orkin’s U.S. headquarters, for initial training at the company’s award-winning training center later this month.

In the region, Orkin has operations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and franchise operations in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Central America.

About Orkin, LLC

Founded in 1901, Atlanta-based Orkin is an industry leader in essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects in the United States, Canada, Europe, Central America, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and Mexico. With more than 400 locations, Orkin’s almost 8,000 employees serve approximately 1.7 million customers. The company serves homeowners and numerous industries, including food and beverage processing, foodservice, hospitality, healthcare, retail, warehousing, property/facilities management, schools and institutions. Orkin is proud to be recognized by the National Pest Management Association as a QualityPro and GreenPro-certified company, addressing not only our customer’s pest control needs, but also their concern for protecting the environment. Learn more about Orkin at http://orkin.com. Orkin is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rollins Inc. (ROL).

About Rollins

Rollins Inc. is a premier North American consumer and commercial services company. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin LLC, Orkin Canada, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, Waltham Services LLC, Crane Pest Control and Trutech LLC, the company provides essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to more than 2 million customers in the United States, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, Africa and Mexico from more than 500 locations. You can learn more about our subsidiaries by visiting our web sites at http://orkin.com, http://orkincanada.ca, http://pestdefense.com, http://westernpest.com, http://indfumco.com, http://walthamservices.com, http://cranepestcontrol.com, http://trutechinc.com and http://rollins.com. You can also find this and other news releases at http://rollins.com by accessing the news releases button.

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Cayman Airways Launches Non-Stop Service Between Dallas and the Cayman Islands

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May 092012

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Cayman Airways has announced the launch of non-stop service from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Grand Cayman to commence this June. Effective June 23, 2012 September 2, 2012, Cayman Airways will operate weekly service from Dallas to Grand Cayman on Sunday and from Grand Cayman to Dallas on Saturday, starting at $399.

Just in time for the summer season, the introduction of this flight route allows Dallas and Texas residents an easy escape from the hustle of everyday life to head to the Cayman Islands for some fun in the famed turquoise waters and white sandy beaches. Visitors can also take advantage of Cayman’s affordable summer promotion, Cayman Summer Splash, enjoying 5th night free accommodations including a $100 resort credit. Business class service is available.

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1000 Islands landmark for sale at $2.5 million

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May 082012

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There’s been some very cool things for sale around the Thousand Islands recently, obviously islands, but also lighthouses, boathouses and even castles. But this one ranks right up there, a 400-foot tower just across the border that’s become a must-see for tourists. Our Brian Dwyer gives us a tour of what $2.5 million can buy you.

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ONTARIO, CANADA — As you approach the U.S./Canadian border you can’t miss it. On Hill Island in Ontario, standing 400 feet in the sky, the 1000 Islands Skydeck.

“There’s no other place you can go in this area and see what you see when you come up here,” Skydeck Office Manager Linda Campbell said.

Built in 1965, the tower attracts some 40,000 people a year and they come from everywhere.

“All over the world,” Skydeck Supervisor Pat Cranker said. “We get mostly Europeans, Australians, New Zealand, all through the states and all across Canada.”

To get to the top, there’s 720 stairs to get up to 400 feet. But those are for maintenance workers only. People can use the speed elevator that takes about 40 seconds to reach the top.

“There’s not a spot to look at up here that isn’t worth seeing,” Campbell said.

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CSU Channel Islands dedicates new entrance road

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May 082012

CSU Channel Islands will have a ribbon-cutting for its new entrance road this week.

The ceremony, which is open to the public, will be Friday at 9 a.m. on the Camarillo campus.

The new entrance road connects Lewis Road with the central part of campus. The original road into campus will remain open, but will be primarily for people going to University Glen, the nearby housing development.

The four-lane road was built with environmental elements, including its surface, which was built with recycled tires. It is designed to accommodate Channel Islands’ eventual enrollment about 15,000 students.

The road cost $21 million, with most of the funding coming from state bond funds.

Those who wish to attend the ceremony should respond to Alissa Larreta at 437-8916 or alissa.laretta@csuci.edu. Participants should plan to arrive on campus by 8:15 a.m., then take a shuttle to the ceremony.

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Solomon Islands to Work Towards Improved Services

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May 082012

Grant Signing: Solomon Islands to Work Towards Improved Services World Bank, Government of Solomon Islands Sign US$2 Million Development Policy Grant

MANILA, May 4, 2012 —– Today the World Bank and the Government of Solomon Islands signed a US$2 million grant agreement to boost the economy and support effective service delivery for the countrys population of 530,000 people. The agreement was signed by Pamela Cox, Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific at the World Bankand Rick Houenipwela, Minister for Finance in Solomon Islands at the annual meetings of the Asian Development Bank in Manila.

Over recent years the Government of Solomon Islands has delivered on a number of important reforms that have helped build a stronger economy, said Cox. The grant will take this forward and deliver better services and poverty reduction for all Solomon Islanders.

Developed in coordination with the government-led multi-donor Core Economic Working Group, the operation will support government-led reforms that will help to improve the budget process, make the process more consultative and encourage civil society involvement. It will also help strengthen financial management of state owned enterprises in the water and electricity sectors.

In addition the funding will support the Governments efforts to provide clearer information about mining revenues, as they look to achieve compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI is a global initiative that aims to strengthen governance in the extractives sector, a growing industry in Solomon Islands.

These reforms, along with additional efforts by the government and its donor partners, are expected to contribute over time to an improvement in public service delivery for the country’s citizens.

The operation supports the priorities of the Solomon Islands Governments National Development Strategy, 2011-20, which focuses on efficient service delivery, transparency and accountability. It will be funded by a grant from the International Development Association, the World Banks fund for the poorest countries.

For more information about the World Bank in the Pacific, please visit www.worldbank.org/pi

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Body found near Coronado Islands may be from yacht race accident

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May 082012

The San Diego County medical examiner is inspecting a body found floating near the Coronado Islands to determine if it is the fourth crew member from the sailboat that sankduring the Newport Beach to Ensenada regatta.

Three bodies were found amid the debris ofthe 37-foot sailboat Aegean within hours of the craft disappearing. The fourth crew member, the boat’s owner and skipper Theo Mavromatis, 49, of Redondo Beach,was not recovered.

A body was discovered Sunday by fishermen. The medical examiner is set to determine the cause of death and the identity. The rocky and largely unpopulated Coronado Islands, about 15 miles south of San Diego, are governed by Mexico.

The Coast Guard continues to investigate the sinking to determine a cause. One theory is that it was hit by a larger vessel; another is that it went off course and smashed on the rocks. The Aegean disappeared around 1:30 a.m. on April 28.

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Eruption Spotted at Mt. Curry in the South Sandwich Islands

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May 032012

Plume from a potential eruption from Mt. Curry in the South Sandwich Islands, seen on May 2, 2012. Image courtesy of NASA.

This is pretty interesting news the NASA Aqua satellite spotted an eruption going on at Mt. Curry* in the South Sandwich Islands. The South Sandwich Islands are located to the southeast of South America in an odd subduction zone where South America is subducting under the Sandwich microplate. Not much is known about Mt. Curry on Zavodovski Island it is a basaltic stratovolcano (typical in island arcs) and it is thought to have last erupted in 1819, although the Global Volcanism Program lists a number of unconfirmed small eruptions as recently as 1930. These images of Curry from 2000 show that the volcano does produce minor plumes, so this could be more of a strong steam-and-ash plume than a new eruption. However, confirmation will be difficult as few people live in the South Sandwich Islands and Zavodovski Island is uninhabited, so well likely be relying on remote sensing to track this eruption. This eruption has some shades of Nabro remote, not well known and spotted by satellite first.

*A lot of news sources are referring to the volcano as Mt. Asphyxia, which is a cool name, but according to the GVP, the volcano is called Mt. Curry. Looks like Wikipedia refers to the volcano as Mt. Asphyxia, but Im not sure I buy that name.

Image: The plume from Mt. Curry in the South Sandwich Islands NASA Goddard / Flickr

{Special thanks to Jill Donaho for this news.}

Erik Klemetti is an assistant professor of Geosciences at Denison University. His passion in geology is volcanoes, and he has studied them all over the world. You can follow Erik on Twitter, where you’ll get volcano news and the occasional baseball comment.

Solomon Islands 'blond' gene found

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Another Genetic Quirk of the Solomon Islands: Blond Hair

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Tokyo wants to buy some disputed islands

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May 032012

TOKYO, May 2 (UPI) — Tokyo residents have been digging into their pockets to help buy a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea, officials said Wednesday.

City officials said that 76 million yen ($950,000) has been contributed since a special account for donations was set up last Friday, Kyodo News reported.

The Senkaku Islands include five islands and three rocks, all uninhabited. They are about equally distant from Japan and China, and somewhat closer to Taiwan.

Japan annexed the islands more than a century ago, but both China and Taiwan say they are part of Taiwan, which in China’s eyes would make them Chinese territory. China calls them the Diaoyu islands and to the Taiwanese they are the Diaoyutai.

Tokyo Gov. Shintato Ishihara said last month the city is negotiating to buy three of the islands.

Japanese entrepreneur Koga Tatsushiro built a bonito processing plant on the islands in the early 1900s. Though the business failed in the early 1940s, the plots of land are technically the private property of his descendants, the Kurihara family, who live in Saitama prefecture.

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Iran attitude on Gulf islands 'unacceptable': Saudi

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May 032012

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has described as “unacceptable” Iran's attitude towards three islands under its control which Gulf Cooperation Council member UAE claims it owns, a report said.

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Iran sends more politicians to disputed islands

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Apr 292012

The Iranian government is to send a delegation of politicians to three disputed islands in the Arabian Gulf claimed by both the Islamic Republic and the UAE, it was reported.

According to the semi official Mehr news agency, a number of lawmakers sitting on Irans Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee were due to visit Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs today in a bid to assert Irans claim to the islands.

Member of Parliament (MP) Gholamreza Karami was quoted by Mehr as saying Iran was the powerful guards of the islands.

Karama disputed the UAE’s claim to the islands, which is backed by nations including the US, France and Italy.

Instead of causing conflict it is better that countries think about good neighbourliness, he reportedly said.

Last week, Iran claimed it had deployed forces to the disputed islands.

Speaking to news agency Fars, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s (IRGC) Naval Forces, said that personnel and military hardware had been moved to the islands.

“Various types of offensive and defensive systems, including brigades of IRGC marines, have been deployed in the Iranian islands, specially in Abu Musa, the Lesser Tunb and the Greater Tunb,” he said.

“Owing to the position of these islands, both in terms of defence and offence, the IRGC navy will allow no enemy to step onto these islands and even enter their territorial waters,” Fadavi continued.

He added that any incursions on to the islands would prompt a “strong response” from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

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1000 Islands landmark for sale at $2.5 million

CSU Channel Islands dedicates new entrance road

Solomon Islands to Work Towards Improved Services

Body found near Coronado Islands may be from yacht race accident

Eruption Spotted at Mt. Curry in the South Sandwich Islands

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