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For Muteesa I could never have willingly handed over his throne to Her Imperial Majesty Queen Victoria. Which explains why his son and successor, Mwanga, concertedly attempted to kick out her agents. (allAfrica.com)
Kids and cruises Oct 4, 2008
Cunard s Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria include features such as certified British nannies, age-specific activities, a traditional children s tea and complimentary group baby-sitting until midnight. Regent Seven Seas Ambassadors of the Environment youth program was created by Jacques Cousteau s son Jean-Michel and introduces kids to the natural wonders of destinations such as Alaska and Tahiti. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Malacca mustnt be missed Oct 4, 2008
Queen Victorias fountain, built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and the Malacca Clock Tower, presented by the wealthy Tan Beng Swee family, are all to be found within Dutch Square. Next, we walked up St Pauls Hill to St Pauls Church, a chapel the Portuguese built, which the Dutch later used to bury their noble dead. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Tech.view: From toilet to tap Oct 3, 2008
FEW would imagine that Queen Victoria s consort, Prince Albert, is one of the fathers of public health and modern technology ... And every time parliamentarians sought to penny-pinch his project, an adamant Queen Victoria was far from amused. (The Economist)
Book review: 'Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners' Oct 3, 2008
His mother, Queen Victoria, planned a Puritanical training regimen for her heir: he was not allowed to play with boys his own age, or to indulge in "pleasure." Bertie rebelled immediately, with schoolroom-smashing rages. When he was taken to Paris as an adolescent, he begged the country's rulers to adopt him so he could stay. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The House Bunny Sep 25, 2008
dmk_world says:"Check the $2 shop near the Queen Victoria Market.". The House Bunny. (ABC Online)
BEHIND OUR STONE WALLS: A state of happiness Sep 25, 2008
He lived in Britain when Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire and was the richest and most powerful woman in the world ... In his imagination he probably envisioned Queen Victoria as being happy because she was so rich and powerful and could seemingly do anything she wanted. (Bolton Common, MA)
Out of the closet Sep 23, 2008
(1kg, $32 for regular, or $42 for fair trade, Coffea, Queen Victoria Market. Vegemite There's no point having it unless it's on toast that's dripping butter - it has to be running down your elbows. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Incarnation in the spotlight Sep 20, 2008
SHORTLY after the Taliban had blown up the towering stone Buddhas of Bamyan in 2001, I presided over an event where a huge reproduction of one of the lost statues was draped down the southern end of the Queen Victoria Building. In preparation, I consulted the book, The Road To Oxiana, by the great British travel writer, Robert Byron, who visited the site in 1934. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Dunblane's Leighton Library Sep 20, 2008
Included in the collection are many rare first editions (such as Walter Scott s Lady of the Lake) and historical curiosities from the poems of George Buchanan to an account of life at Balmoral donated and signed by Queen Victoria. Between 1734 and around 1840 the library was used as a subscription lending library making it the oldest purpose built private library in Scotland. (Suite101.com)
Dirty dancing Sep 20, 2008
Mon Sep 15, 2008, 12:34 PM EDT. About 20 years ago, one of the more popular movies had handsome dance instructor Patrick Swayze rescuing pretty teenager Jennifer Grey from the clutches of an old fuddy duddy, namely her father. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Families flee anti-social youths Sep 19, 2008
Other residents in Queen Victoria Gardens say they want to leave as soon as possible. They say there are fires at unoccupied houses and residents are verbally abused as they walk along their street. (BBC News -- UK)
Reiss resigns after damaging Clash over creationism Sep 19, 2008
It is true that the then Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Samuel Wilberforce, dissuaded Queen Victoria from awarding Darwin a knight-hood; but this was only after he had been goaded by Thomas Huxley, Darwins bulldog. Huxley and other early reviewers of The Origin of Species suggested a conflict with religion that neither Darwin nor the Church had evidenced, largely because the group wanted to create a scientific environment independent of clerical control. (Church Times)
Zipping off to Europe without leaving Bay Area Sep 17, 2008
High tea at the Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St. "Grab your moms and your white gloves because if ever there was a reason to slip on your grandma's pearls, this is it. Splendid little pastries and sandwiches arrive with the crusts cut off, served with secret tea blends. Throw in the amazing surroundings of the Fairmont's grand lobby, and you have an afternoon that would make Queen Victoria proud.". Diptyque, 171 Maiden Lane. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Borneo hinge to Anwar's ambition Sep 17, 2008
Formerly British crown colonies, and, before that, in the case of Sarawak, ruled by the so-called "White Rajah" Brookes family - three generations of Englishmen who fashioned the borders of present day Sarawak independent of London - and Sabah, once run by the British North Borneo Company, a company chartered by Queen Victoria, the two joined Malaya and Singapore to form Malaysia on September 16, 1963. The lightly populated states, together making up just 5. (Asia Times Online)
Henshaw -- Dirty dancing in Bountiful Sep 17, 2008
I can understand the dirty dancing ban in Bountiful, since Utah is a Mormon state and the Saints are somewhat to the right of Queen Victoria, but what are the school folks in Chicago going to do about the new high school that could be opening in 2012. It s going to be called the Social Justice High School-Pride Campus, with the welcome mat out for gay, lesbian, transgender and sexually questioning students in an atmosphere that is free of violence. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
The 'Satellite Navigation' In Our Brains Sep 16, 2008
16, 1997) Immediate left on Puddledock, right on Queen Victoria Street, left on Friday Street. New research for the first time shows through systematic brain imaging tests on London taxi drivers that a. (Science Daily)
Cannabis-like Painkillers: No Brain Effect? Sep 14, 2008
Queen Victoria used it in tea to help with her period pains, and people with a variety of conditions say that it helps alleviate their symptoms. Our new study is very promising because it suggests that we could alleviate pain by targeting the cannabinoid receptor CB2 without causing the kinds of side-effects we associate with people using cannabis itself. (Science Daily)
Eateries as design incubators Sep 14, 2008
Over each booth hangs a large drum light screened with a silhouette of Queen Victoria. And near the entrance, the crowning touch: a smoky-glass sign that urges patrons to "Keep calm and carry on." It's an existential reminder, no doubt, and perhaps also a suggestion to happy drunks on their way out into the neighbourhood. (Globe and Mail)
New cannabis-like drugs could block pain without affecting brain, says study Sep 13, 2008 Microsoft Demonstrates an End-to-End Solution Portfolio for the Digital Content Life Cycle at IBC2008 Sep 12, 2008 Kathy Cox: a class act in any grade Sep 11, 2008 Hirst hits back at Aussie critic Sep 10, 2008 Reformed Britart rebel takes time out with 65m sale Sep 9, 2008 Being smart pays off, big Sep 9, 2008 Georgia superintendent 'smarter than a 5th grader' Sep 9, 2008 Book Review: Alternate Presidents Sep 7, 2008 This man has plenty of names but who is he? Sep 7, 2008 Superintendent wins million on '5th Grader' Sep 6, 2008 Bob Hope Estate Charity Auction Kicks Off With 'Bon Voyage' Luncheon Honoring Linda Hope Aboard Queen Mary 2 in New York Sep 5, 2008 Royal stockings sold for 8000 Sep 4, 2008 * Bush leaving a legacy of crooked administration Sep 4, 2008 UK tax fears as groups switch to Ireland Aug 31, 2008 Artists colonize a harbor outpost Aug 30, 2008 Avoid the money wars Aug 26, 2008 A is for A-line: Defining the basics of fashion Aug 26, 2008 Kitty Anderson, 89, used skills in business, arts Aug 20, 2008 Out of the Ink Bottle: YOU CHOOSE!!! Aug 20, 2008 Oh Big Ben, you're ever so naughty Aug 16, 2008 Cunard's 2009 World Cruises and Segment Voyages Offer Savvy Travelers a Pinnacle Travel Experience Aug 15, 2008 Paris Sued for Lack of Pledge Class Aug 14, 2008 Hoboken is the Jersey shoreBoathouse, park, small beach now open to public Aug 12, 2008 Tourists' most embarrassing questions revealed by English Heritage Aug 12, 2008 Prehistoric Animal Extinctions Humans' Fault? Aug 12, 2008 London Churches - St. Martin-in-the... Aug 11, 2008 The End of the Romanov Dynasty Aug 11, 2008 150 Years Ago: The First Transatlantic Telegraph Aug 8, 2008 Hospitals with pest problems Aug 6, 2008 How Belgium Gained Independence Aug 4, 2008 Queen Victoria's Bloomers Sold At Aug 2, 2008 * World News Quick Take Aug 1, 2008 Canadian buys Queen Victoria's underwear Aug 1, 2008 Victoria's secret: huge royal knickers sell for record price Jul 31, 2008 (Queen) Victoria's secret is out and sells for $9,000 Jul 31, 2008 The Star Report: John Edwards sex scandal? Hey, you didn't hear... Jul 31, 2008 Local travel agent earns Commodore certification Jul 31, 2008 Toronto woman snaps up Queen Victoria's knickers Jul 31, 2008 Tea with the queen (and 8,000 other guests) Jul 31, 2008 Hudson, Armstrong split Jul 31, 2008 Queen Victoria's bloomers auctioned Jul 31, 2008 Earthenware Victorian Staffordshire... Jul 30, 2008 QUEEN VICTORIA'S SECRET PANTIES Jul 29, 2008 Starbucks closes 61 shops, cuts 700 jobs Jul 29, 2008 Tide turns for British piers Jul 29, 2008 Retro Roos have a new beat Jul 27, 2008 Scientists prepare to turn fiction into fact with first full-face transplant Jul 25, 2008 Renovations to Parliament climb past $1-billion Jul 21, 2008 Shining his light on Super Thursday Jul 18, 2008 It's her party: Queen has 8,000 subjects to tea Jul 13, 2008 Associated British Foods Says Earnings Will Increase Outside of Sugar Unit Jul 13, 2008 24 hours in Sydney Jul 8, 2008 Client cuts barber into $32M lotto win Jul 5, 2008 Geneva to honour Swiss Victoria Cross hero Jul 4, 2008 Talk of the Town: Reposition your life with a cruise Jul 2, 2008 Tucker tricks Jul 1, 2008 Shaven ape: the origin of a very big stink Jul 1, 2008 Bizarre origins of wedding traditions Jul 1, 2008 Historic Maori Land Compensation Ag... Jun 29, 2008 Today in History Jun 28, 2008 The death of life writing Jun 28, 2008 Oppn echoes calls for cruise liner terminal for Brisbane Jun 26, 2008 Sports-mad Melbourne Jun 24, 2008 Click for Full Story Jun 20, 2008 Survival of the fittest Jun 20, 2008
Praveen Anand, Professor of Clinical Neurology and Principal Investigator of the study from the Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health at Imperial College London, said: "Although cannabis is probably best known as an illegal recreational drug, people have used it for medicinal purposes for centuries. Queen Victoria used it in tea to help with her period pains, and people with a variety of conditions say that it helps alleviate their symptoms. "Our new study is very promising because it... (EurekAlert!)
The Stallion Of Death Sep 12, 2008
" As news of the killer stallion spreads, the Widow receives a letter from Queen Victoria saying she's sending a man to see the horse for himself. The stallion yarn might be a huge lie but it soon becomes a convenient excuse. "There are a whole bunch of murders happening, particularly to Aboriginal people - the white people are using the stallion to cover their tracks," Fairley says. As events take on a life of their own, the town springs into action. "They've got these musters to look for the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
FAST is working with the U.K. national news organization Times Online to index, search and ultimately monetize 200 years' worth of The Times content online, from 1785 to 1985, including 20 million articles, photographs, advertisements and letters to the editor from such figures as Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin and Karl Marx. The system has a high-quality response time, aiming for two seconds per search, as well as the ability to completely re-index the archive within 24 hours to accommodate new... (PR Newswire)
On the show, taped Aug. 6 and aired last Friday, Cox successfully answered the 11th and million-dollar question: that Queen Victoria was Britain's longest-reigning monarch. It surely helped that Cox isn't a bureaucrat or career politician. (The Augusta Chronicle)
"He probably cried when Queen Victoria died.". The Sotheby's auction, which expected to raise 65 million ($140. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
"I would expect nothing less. I bet he drives around in a horse and cart, and wept when Queen Victoria died. It all looks a bit Luddite to me.". But it was clear the attack hurt. (guardian.co.uk)
Cox became the show s first $1 million winner when she answered the last in a series of questions correctly, identifying Queen Victoria as the longest serving British monarch. The superintendent plans to donate her winnings to Macon s Georgia Academy for the Blind, Clarkston s Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and Cave Spring s Georgia School for the Deaf. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
(Correct answer: Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years from 1837 to 1901. . (USA Today -- News)
In the story, Queen Victoria pens a series of letters offended by Woodhull s scandalous behavior since her 1852 election. Woodhull takes on a free love stance, separated from her husband and living with her boyfriend in the White House, declares Frederick Douglass as her running mate and gives women and African-Americans the right to vote. (Suite101.com)
The raid was conducted by detectives attached to Strike Force Townsville, which was formed in January following a ram raid-style armed robbery at the exclusive Mondial Neuman jewellery store in Sydney's Queen Victoria Building. The balaclava-clad thieves stormed the shop with sledgehammers after crashing through the window in a stolen four-wheel-drive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
6- Panama 7- pure sugar 8- Spanish 9- The Scream 10- Lord Charles Cornwallis $1 million answer- Queen Victoria (for 63 years). . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"Not only is he recognized among the most celebrated entertainers of our time, but he was a beloved Cunard guest who often practiced his golf drives from the upper decks of Queen Mary and QE2." About Cunard Line Cunard Line, operator of the luxury ocean liners Queen Mary 2, QE2 and Queen Victoria, has long been synonymous with the quest for new discoveries and the epitome of British refinement since the company's first paddle-wheeled steamer, Britannia, crossed the Atlantic in 1840. Cunard... (PR Newswire)
Queen Victoria is believed to have worn the stockings in the 1870s. A pair of Queen Victoria's stockings have been sold at auction in Derby for 40 times the list price ... A pair of Queen Victoria's 50-inch bloomers fetched 4,500 at the same auction house in July. (BBC News)
Some nations have a gift for ceremonial, wrote the future third marquess of Salisbury, Lord Robert Cecil, after watching Queen Victoria open parliament. No poverty of means or absence of splendour inhibits them from making any pageant in which they take part both real and impressive. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Charter, an engineering company that traces its origins back to a company chaired by Cecil Rhodes and founded under the patronage of Queen Victoria, said it was switching its tax base to Ireland to cut its tax rate and compliance costs. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. (Financial Times)
"Astrodime Transit Authority," the tin-can project, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first official use of the trans-Atlantic cable - an 1858 telegram to President James Buchanan from Britain's Queen Victoria. At low tide, when it's possible to wade to the mainland, a group plans to set up a tin-can call from Bumpkin Island to nearby Hull. (Boston Globe)
We have come a long way since Queen Victoria decreed that it was unacceptable for a woman to sit on a chair that had been used by a male (it had to cool down first). We can now expose our underwear as a fashion statement, men can stay at home and raise the kids and women can become presidents. (iAfrica.com)
Queen Victoria: The British monarch who saw from her throne the first traceable global fashion trends. Victorian style morphed from oversized crinoline-cage garments of the early 1800s to a sleeker, elongated shape. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Kitty Anderson, as Queen Victoria in Tea with Scrooge, poses with grandchildren Daniel and Linda Blakely. After 35 years, Mrs. Anderson merged her company, Alpha Printing and Mailing, with Aadco, where she was vice president. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Elderberries, Fifth Wave, Flight Deck, Flo and Friends, The Flying McCoys, For Better or For Worse, For Heaven's Sake, FoxTrot, Frank & Ernest, Fred Basset, Frog Applause, The Fusco Brothers, Garfield, Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Ginger Meggs, Girls & Sports, Go Team Bob, Heart of the City, Heathcliff, Herb and Jamaal, Home and Away, Housebroken, Hubert and Abby, In the Bleachers, Ink Pen, It's All About You, Joe and Monkey, La Cucaracha, Liberty Meadows, Lio, Little Dog Lost, Loose Parts,... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Are they still frightfully repressed or could it be that Australia has become more stitched up than the land of Queen Victoria. Days later, London's clouds parted and allowed a little sunshine through. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria segment voyages offer unmatched value SOUTHAMPTON, England, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's unfavorable exchange rate is making the quest to travel and see the world more challenging than ever but experienced travelers know that, right now, those same currency fluctuations are making one of travel's ultimate "trophy trips" more affordable than ever. Priced in US dollars and immune to exchange rate variations, Cunard's World Cruises aboard flagship Queen Mary 2 and... (PR Newswire)
Oh, she starred in it alright, playing sorority queen Victoria English. But, per the lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Miami, Hilton who was also listed as an executive producer owes $75,000 in damages for failing to provide "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the movie. (E! Online)
It was home to the schooner America that in 1852 brought home Britain's Royal Yacht Squadron Cup after winning the race in front of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. The cup was then renamed the America's Cup, and is now the oldest active international competition trophy in the world. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
Not amused: One tourist was disappointed to discover that Osborne House, the former residence of Queen Victoria was not Sharon and Ozzie's home Photo: ENGLISH HERITAGE. A young visitor to Queen Victoria's summer palace Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, was told that she had nine children and asked: "Did they all have the same dad?" ... "Did they all have the same dad?" a visitor to Osborne House, Isle of White, who learned of Queen Victoria's nine children. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Author Craig Reid at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Tasmania, said "The skeletal remains provide key evidence of Tasmania's final megafauna in the dim, if not-too-distant, past." ... This study was conducted by researchers at the University of Exeter (UK), University of Wollongong (Australia), Macquarie University (Australia), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Australia), Australian National University, University of Oxford (UK), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Australia),... (Science Daily)
In 1871 they were married at St. Martin s and it was quite an event, blessed by Queen Victoria who invited her to Buckingham Palace. The Queen was so delighted with them that she gave Anna a diamond ring and a watch and chain to her husband, Martin. (Suite101.com)
The Tsarina, his wife, was a German princess and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Her birth name was Alix and her name was changed to Aleksandra when she joined the Russian Orthodox Church. (Suite101.com)
AUGUST 1858 ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH On the evening of the 16th of August, the people of the United States were startled by the intelligence that Queen Victoria s message had been received. Crowds assembled around the bulletin boards, and the news spread like wildfire. (Scientific American)
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust. (BBC News -- UK)
Great Britain said I don t think so, and moved to elect a relative of Queen Victoria instead. On June 4, 1831 a new national congress elected a German prince, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg as King of the Belgians. (Suite101.com)
Queen Victoria's Bloomers Sold At Auction ... A pair of fine cotton bloomers that Queen Victoria once wore have fetched 4,500 pounds at auction. (Oneindia)
A pair of hand-stitched and embroidered bloomers, with a waistband big enough to fit around a rain barrel, and a VR monogram proving they once belonged to Queen Victoria, sold yesterday for G4,500 (US$8,953). A Canadian collector bought the underwear, which have a 128cm waist. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
And the Victoria, who owned the underwear, was none other than the great Queen Victoria of Britain ... Yes, Queen Victoria's underwear is the latest addition to my collection of thousands of items related to her period,'' Barbara Rusch told IANS. ... Which show that Queen Victoria was a huge woman, though she was not even five feet tall. (India Times)
A pair of bloomers that once belonged to Queen Victoria have been sold for 4,500 at an auction in Derby ... Auctioneer Charles Hanson said: "These pants, considering their provenance and pedigree, are very exciting... we know that they are hers [Queen Victoria]." ... Mr Hanson said the bloomers were an interesting piece of social history that indicated Queen Victoria was "a very big lady of quite small stature with a very wide girth". (BBC News -- UK)
APSamantha Rhodes models a pair of bloomers that oncebelonged to Britain's Queen Victoria ... A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers, with a 50-inch waist, were snapped up for $9,000 by a Canadian buyer at a central England auction Wednesday ... Auctioneer Charles Hanson said Queen Victoria's underpants belonged to "a very big lady of quite small stature with a very wide girth." She was said to be 5 feet tall. (MSNBC -- International)
Queen Victoria would not be pleased. In today's celebrity auction news: A pair of white bloomers with a 50-inch waist but very short in features, belonging to Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Wednesday sold for 9,000 to a Canadian collector (those pervy Canucks. (San Jose Mercury News)
Winter Garden travel professional Chanda Lewis of LOKA Luxury Cruises-Spas-Tours, has achieved the prestigious status of Commodore in the Cunard Academy training program, certifying her as a Cunard Line expert for booking travel on the company's flagship Queen Mary 2, QE2 and Queen Victoria. As a Commodore, Lewis joins an exclusive group of travel professionals who are recognized by Cunard at the academy's highest level for qualifications and knowledge as a voyage planning professional. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers, with a 50-inch waist, were snapped up for almost $9,000 by a Canadian buyer at a central England auction yesterday. Barbara Rusch of Toronto has collected Queen Victoria memorabilia of all kinds for about 25 years, but has never been able to bid on a pair of her bloomers before ... A young woman models the pair of bloomers said to have belonged to Queen Victoria. (Globe and Mail -- National)
When Queen Victoria started the garden party tradition. Back then, the parties were called breakfasts, even though they took place in the afternoon. (The Palm Beach Post)
A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers, with a 50-inch waist, were bought for $9,000 by a Canadian buyer at a central England auction Wednesday The handmade knickers belonged to a family in western England whose ancestor was a lady-in-waiting for the queen ... Queen Victoria lived from 1819 to 1901, became queen at age 18 and was Britain's longest-reigning monarch. (Seattle Times)
LONDON: Queen Victoria must be turning in her grave knowing that her undergarments have been auctioned, revealing her ample measurements ... A London collector snapped up Queen Victoria's chemise for 3,800 pounds ... Queen Victoria's underwear had been kept by one of her ladies-in-waiting and was sold by a family from Lincolnshire, who are said to be "delighted" with the outcome. (India Times, India)
Values are highest for the most famous celebrities, with the exception of Queen Victoria due to the overwhelming quantities in which she was reproduced. Source. (Suite101.com)
QUEEN VICTORIA'S UNDERGARMENTS DISCOVERED AND AUCTIONED BY OLD ENGLISH FAMILY - New York Post ... QUEEN VICTORIA'S SECRET PANTIES ... They are the last sad thing on the road to stylistic surrender," writes GQ's Glenn O'Brien. NOW WE don't want to be telling the Victoria's Secret folks how to run their amazing business, but it wouldn't hurt if they took some thin, snazzy, young models and put them into Queen Victoria's bloomers. These non-tighty-whities measure 50 inches across, and as most... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
They first sprung up as the growth of railways and better working conditions under Queen Victoria prompted more people to take seaside holidays but fell out of fashion in the 1960s as package breaks opened up mass market foreign travel. Now, though, Britain's 55 piers could be on the cusp of a revival as rocky economic conditions mean many people including Prime Minister Gordon Brown are holidaying in their own country this year, while there has also been a string of redevelopment projects... (iAfrica.com)
" Captain Adam Simpson describes the players wearing their traditional strip during last Friday night's warm-up, before changing into their alternative outfit as the Collingwood clash jumper saga rumbled on, as "a two-pronged attack". It was "a bit of a stance on what we want to do with the jumper", Simpson said, but also a nod to the club's 1975 and '77 premiership players, who were embraced that night in a way none will forget. Seven weeks ago, chairman James Brayshaw handed out copies of The... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
queen victoria hospital nhs trust. east grinstead. (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
A statue of Queen Victoria sits in the middle of the renovated Parliament Hill library in Ottawa. A ceremony marking the completion of the renovations took place in May, 2006. (Globe and Mail)
A mix of pilgrims and office workers crammed onto the steps of the Sydney Hospital and around the statue of Queen Victoria opposite Hyde Park. Harbour vantage points had been scouted and secured early. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have 140 years ago when Queen Victoria started the tradition: men in tails and top hats, women in floral dresses and elaborate hats. It resembled a scene from a 19th-century painting. (AZCentral -- News)
The tea maker has been a supplier to British monarchs since 1837, when it was granted a royal warrant by Queen Victoria. Primark had 179 stores with 5. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Sieve through the grand Queen Victoria Building (known as the QVB) and David Jones department store in town, then head east across Hyde Park -- stopping off at the art deco Anzac war memorial -- towards Oxford Street, where there are some great boutiques. Sydney is also a good place to buy opals and pearls. (CNN -- Travel)
Grade four and six students from Queen Victoria Public School about. Cricket across the pond Twelves youth from Toronto's priority neighbourhoods and the GTA are. (Toronto Sun)
This valiant defence of the garrison was rewarded by Queen Victoria's government with no fewer than 11 Victoria Cross medals, and was later immortalised in the 1964 film Zulu, starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine ... The VC was introduced on January 29, 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
The Regent Seven Seas cruise ship Voyager is small, 550 passengers, so one might not consider a ship this size for trans-Atlantic crossings, a market dominated by names like QE 2 and the Queen Victoria. But we like the intimacy and relaxed freedom of the smaller vessels, not to mention the high passenger/crew ratio and special services like a butler, so we chose the Voyager for the celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
In the longer term, the markets may become a permanent daily produce market, Sydney's answer to Melbourne's long-established Queen Victoria Market. Eveleigh Markets, 235 Wilson Street, Darlington. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In 1842, Queen Victoria went to London Zoo. She was not amused: "The orang-outang is too wonderful he is frightfully, and painfully, and disagreeably human." A hundred and thirty-seven years later, David Attenborough entranced the world when he cavorted with gorillas in Life on Earth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
It was dear ol' Queen Victoria (whose reign lasted from 1837-1901) who made white fashionable. She wore a pale gown trimmed in orange blossoms for her 1840 wedding to her first cousin, Prince Albert. (CNN -- Law)
In 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi transferred sovereignty over New Zealand from the Maori chiefs to Queen Victoria, making New Zealand the newest part of the British Empire. Though the treaty purported to preserve land ownership in the Maori tribes in its second article, this article also granted exclusive preemption rights to the Queen. (Suite101.com)
In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.. (Yahoo News)
"What often happens is that a perfectly solid biography from 1978 gets rewritten with an eye to the intellectual moment, without the addition of a single bit of new information." The result: a George Eliot for the New Labour age (I plead guilty), or a queer Queen Victoria for the noughties, or the six wives of Henry VIII refashioned as the post-feminist heroines from Sex and the City. Why doesn't anyone say or do something about these acts of biographical cannibalism. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
In February, the Queen Victoria liner was forced to dock at the grain terminal and passengers had to wade through flooded temporary facilities. Councillor Newman says he is disappointed the flagships of the world's largest cruise line will bypass the city next year. (ABC Online)
The match day atmosphere even permeates the city's Queen Victoria Market where a gruff-voiced butcher cuts his prices as kick-off approaches, imploring customers: "Come on ladies and gents, we've got to get off to the footy!". In a nation where sport is hard-wired into the psyche from birth, Melbourne, embraces its games with a passion that even other Australians regard as close to obsession. (iAfrica.com)
In 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state. In 1943, race rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths. (KWTX.com, TX)
Queen Victoria went horseback riding, Madame Tussaud announced a wax image of U.S. President James Buchanan, and the steamship North Star arrived from New York in 11 days and six hours, a new record. But in the evening of that date, 150 years ago, an event occurred which, according to the journalist Arnold Brackman, was "one of the great watersheds in the history of Western civilization." Members of the London's august Linnean Society on Piccadilly heard two unpublished fragments about evolution... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
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