Only in America? Nov 18, 2008
They ridiculed the seal he'd contrived for himself, with its Latin motto meaning, roughly, "yes, we can.'' These same rhetorical ploys did not keep Benjamin Disraeli (motto: "forti nihil difficle''; literally "nothing is difficult to the brave'') from twice becoming prime minister of Great Britain during the reign of his good friend Queen Victoria. So could we Americans stop patting ourselves on the back about the supposed uniqueness of our electing Barack Obama president? Last week, the told us... (Slate)
In Deer Lodge (61) Nov 17, 2008
Mentally ill, he thought his sister was Queen Victoria, and the prison actually printed fake checks for him to purchase properties within the walls in fake real-estate deals. Pete had the run of the place, and officials kept him at the prison until his death because they didn't think he would survive in the outside world. (Montana Standard, MT)
British hikes require raincoat, stiff upper lip Nov 16, 2008
By one estimate, it was the wettest week England had seen since Queen Victoria was on the throne. Rivers were overflowing their banks and surging through towns and villages. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Julia Gardiner Nov 15, 2008
One such experience was meeting Great Britain's Queen Victoria. Upon the sisters' return to the States, observers could not help but notice that this meeting had strongly influenced 19-year-old Julia. (Suite101.com)
Christie's auction of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection in Paris is called "sale of the century" Nov 15, 2008
"The cups had belonged to the duke of Cumberland, king of Hanover," Nicolas Kugel said in an interview, referring to Ernest Augustus, an uncle to Queen Victoria of Britain, who became king of Hanover in 1837. "Similar ones are in the Armory Chamber collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museum.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
As always, Bart and benefactor think big Nov 14, 2008
Apart from Melbourne Cups, his other Australian achievements or projects include the Queen Victoria Building and Capitol Theatre in Sydney. He is in the Racing Hall of Fame and is deputy president of the International Chess Federation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Studio shots offer glimpses of high society's best Nov 14, 2008
The glass-plate negative of this black and white photograph is one of thousands, including one of Queen Victoria, that were discovered in a Fleet Street attic in 1968 ... "Queen Victoria herself started to collect the cards of all the 'best ladies and their husbands,' and everyone in high society of course started to want to have their photograph taken, which they would leave as a calling card when they left a party," said Nicola Kuok, curator of the exhibition and assistant curator (West Asia)... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Sports-mad Melbourne Nov 13, 2008
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)
Britain's last WWI survivors at Armistice memorial Nov 11, 2008
The three men, all born during the reign of Queen Victoria, joined other service personnel at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to record the day peace returned in 1918 after four years of war that left 10 million dead on all sides. Britain's oldest war veteran Henry Allingham poses for a portrait by photographers during a visit to the Tate Britain art gallery, in central London November 10, 2008. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
First Dog Bites White House Reporter Nov 8, 2008
Humphrey Bogart, Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Queen Victoria. shall I go on. (KWTX.com, TX)
Local NAACP president: Obama will inspire Nov 6, 2008
dockery04 wrote on Nov 5, 2008 7:10 PM:" heres what I seen Researching Obama roots reveal that on his father's side, he is descended from Arab slave traders. They operated under an extended grant from Queen Victoria, who gave them the right to continue the slave trade in exchange for helping the British defeat the Madhi Army in southern Sudan and the Upper Nile region. But telling America's black community that while their ancestors were breaking the shackles of slavery, Mr. Obama's ancestors... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody Nov 5, 2008
Buffalo Bill s Wild West toured the United States and even performed for Queen Victoria of Great Britain in 1887 and even though rebuffed by the promoters of the 1893 Chicago World Fair he set up his show close to the site of the fair and gave performances without the obligation to pay any royalties. Buffalo Bills Legacy. (Suite101.com)
Tartan: A plaid for all seasons Nov 5, 2008
The intriguing study, by a senior lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, mixes the serious - as in the warp and weft of crafting the cloth - with the saucy: a miniature kilt worn as a masculine thong and the plaid underpants of John Brown, Queen Victoria's rugged servant and supposed lover ... Plaid was nearly beaten out of fashion by the abundant enthusiasm of Queen Victoria, who bought Balmoral castle in 1852 and decked the baronial rooms, herself, her husband Albert and... (International Herald Tribune)
N.F., Ont. thinking New Year's Eve Nov 5, 2008
Officials have announced their plans for the annual, free New Year s Eve concert in Queen Victoria Park. The concert is one of the signature of the Canadian city s six week-long Winter Festival of Lights, a major draw for the Niagara region. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Big two Coles and Woolworths come up with the goods Nov 4, 2008
Welcome to Herald Sun. November 04, 2008 12:00am. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
A vast left-hand conspiracy Nov 3, 2008
Steve Forbes, Nelson Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Julius Caesar, Queen Victoria, all lefties, hardly flaky. But for every one of those over-achieving intellectually gifted lefties, you've got Jay Leno, Goldie Hawn, Whoopie Goldberg, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Aykroyd, H.G. Wells and W.C. Fields. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Leaden Hall Girls Tend to Tomatoes as U.K. Schools Confront Credit Famine Nov 3, 2008
Wellington College, opened by Queen Victoria in 1859, canceled as too costly a 25,000-pound sound-and-light show to celebrate its next summer. A Tidal Wave. (Bloomberg)
Writer talks about prison book Nov 2, 2008
Mentally ill, he thought his sister was Queen Victoria, and the prison actually printed fake checks for him to purchase properties within the walls in fake real-estate deals. Pete had the run of the place, and officials kept him at the prison until his death because they didn t think he would survive in the outside world. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Storied QE2 headed to retirement as a floating resort in Dubai Nov 2, 2008
While the QE2 s popularity never flagged, she was eventually overtaken by newer and more technologically advanced cruise ships, including her siblings, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. Cunard expects to take delivery of a new 92,000-ton liner to be named Queen Elizabeth in the fall of 2010. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Seed to Elegance by Kevin Williams ... Oct 31, 2008
The kentia palm is also named the sentry palm because one stood guard at each corner of Queen Victoria s coffin. A favorite plant of Queen Victoria, the kentia palm liked the high ceilings of Victorian homes, allowing the plant to grow tall. (Suite101.com)
Keating launches Churchill book Oct 30, 2008
At a chance encounter with the author, two years ago in Sydney's historic Queen Victoria Building (QVB), Keating spoke about his admiration for the former British prime minister. The author confided he had just signed a contract to pen a book about Australia's relationship with Churchill. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Decorators get seal of approval for makeovers Oct 30, 2008
Oval Office desk: The Resolute desk, constructed of oak timbers from the HMS Resolute, was given to Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880. Decorator: Ted Graber of Beverly Hills. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Aamir Khan to screen TZP at the International Dyslexia Association Oct 29, 2008
Aamir had recently also been invited by queen Victoria of Sweden on her Mumbai visit. Revealing about his dinner meet, Aamir says, Well it was a real pleasure meeting her. (Real Bollywood)
* Queen leaves the colonies for the last time Oct 23, 2008
But next year, he said, he will take command of Cunards newest liner, the Queen Victoria. A new Queen Elizabeth is being built, with plans to launch in 2010. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cruise liner QE2 retiring, becoming floating hotel Oct 22, 2008
They had a similar rendezvous last January but that event also included the newest Cunard liner, Queen Victoria. Launched in 1969, the QE2 has made at least 26 round-the-world voyages and weathered a 95-foot wave during an Atlantic hurricane. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began; Timewatch; A Touch of Frost Oct 20, 2008
She was the presenter of Saturday's excellent Timewatch on the young Queen Victoria. It is to Williams's credit that before long the extraordinary story she told - of the teenager's battle to extricate herself from her scheming mother, an unscrupulous little Irish person named John Conroy and her wicked uncle, the Duke of Cumberland - diverted my attention from her preRaphaelite hair, scarlet lipstick and gold- painted eyelids. (Times Online)
Pyramid scheme offers the answer Oct 20, 2008
It began in 1897, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and ran until some clown pulled the pin on it in Sarajevo. Everything was hunky-dory - the Empire was at its height, the world map covered in reassuring splashes of pink, and those Welsh kiddies kept the coal mines running full pelt 14 hours a day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Looking Back: A long march Oct 20, 2008
You would have thought that before 1920 America would have learned something from the women who had influenced entire ages: Queen Elizabeth of England in the 16th century, Catherine the Great of Russia in the 18th century, and Queen Victoria of England in the 19th century. Their role in history no doubt later inspired India s Indira Gandhi, Britain s Margaret Thatcher and Israel s Golda Maier. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Inside the Queen's travelling bedroom in her mobile home-from-home Oct 19, 2008
The present Royal Family has few extraordinary culinary demands, unlike some previous monarchs: Edward VII preferred to eat food that had been shot, caught or trapped on his own estates, while Queen Victoria believed it was 'unnatural' and harmful to the digestion to eat while on the move ... While Queen Victoria's was the first train in the world to have a lavatory installed on board - in 1850, at the suggestion of Prince Albert - only the Prince Consort used it in the early days of Royal... (Daily Mail)
American Use of Christmas Trees Oct 18, 2008
Christmas trees enjoyed popularity throughout Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries but it was Queen Victoria of England who really popularized the Christmas tree in the 19th century. After a brief decline when she died, Christmas trees rose again in popularity in the latter part of the 20th century. (Suite101.com)
Concorde & `queens' — British empire's NY comeback Oct 18, 2008
The QM2, at 151,000 tons more than twice the size of the dowager QE2, along with the one-year-old Queen Victoria and yet another Queen Elizabeth now destined for completion in 2010, will sail on. Buzz Up. (Yahoo News)
Q.E. 2 makes final visit to New York Oct 17, 2008
Thursday's ceremony was a reprise of sorts, nine months after the first encounter of three queens the Elizabeth and Mary ships plus the latest Cunard liner, the Queen Victoria, launched last year in New York harbor last January. The Cunard fleet, the only line still providing regular transatlantic passenger service, is to be joined by a new Queen Elizabeth in 2010. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Queen Elizabeth 2 makes swan song visit to NYC Oct 17, 2008
The ships had a similar meeting in the harbor last January but that event also included the newest Cunard liner, Queen Victoria. Launched in 1969, the QE2 has made at least 26 round-the-world voyages and weathered a 95-foot wave during an Atlantic hurricane. (Yahoo News)
Celibacy the key to a long life Oct 11, 2008
Miss Meadmore was born in Glasgow in 1903, two years after Queen Victoria died, and she remembers the Titanic sinking and the outbreak of WWI.. Clara in her 30s. (BBC News)
Charlotte Kohler, at 99; was Va. Quarterly Review editor Oct 10, 2008
Her successor as editor, Staige Blackford, said, "Following Charlotte was like following Queen Victoria to the throne.". Ms. Kohler taught in the university's English department for four years, and then retired to a genteel, somewhat reclusive life of reading and thinking. (Boston Globe)
I Haven't Had Sex For 105 Years Oct 10, 2008
Clara was born in 1903 - just two years after the death of Queen Victoria - and remembers the Titanic sinking when she was just eight and the outbreak of the First World War. She served in Egypt during the Second World War. (Glasgow Daily Record)
EG Listings: Oct 10, 2008
How things have and haven't changed the gene that Queen Victoria passed on to the royal families of Europe and Russia is still around but people with haemophilia are getting on with their lives ... Until October 17, Queen Victoria's Women's Centre, 210 Lonsdale St, city, 8387 2646 or. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
'Conducting, like molten lava, never stops' Oct 7, 2008
He talked expansively and with growing passion about the rich 400-year history of Western classical music, how when he first heard a Brahms Symphony being played by an orchestra in Vienna it was like my ears had opened for the first time, what it was like to play with Pandit Ravi Shankar, how Wagner is like the Queen Victoria of Europe, musically speaking, and why conductors live so long. Its because they love what they do. Its a spiritual experience, it doesnt stop. (Times of India)
Wedding Ring and its Beginnings Oct 6, 2008
In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert handed out six dozen rings to guests, each engraved with the queen's profile, on their wedding day. 20th Century Wedding Rings. (Suite101.com)
The Geological Survey of Canada Oct 6, 2008
William Logan was knighted for his exacting work by Queen Victoria in 1856. Regarded as a top Canadian scientist who excelled in map-making, art and promotion of geology, a mountain was named in his honour - Mount Logan in British Columbia. (Suite101.com)
The Woman Who Never Stopped Talking Oct 6, 2008
(I was reminded of that haunting moment in Strachey's Queen Victoria, when the newly crowned 18-year-old asks to be left alone for an hour. At its end she issues her first royal edict, essentially amputating her mother from her side. (Slate)
Uganda: Chwa Kabalega - Country's Anti-Colonialism Hero Oct 5, 2008
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)
London's Luxury Hotels - Brown's Oct 5, 2008
London's history lives in the places like Brown's hotel, where Queen Victoria occasionally would eat ... Queen Victoria frequently came to dine but not to stay overnight as Buckingham Palace is just a short walk from the hotel. (Suite101.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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
Microsoft Demonstrates an End-to-End Solution Portfolio for the Digital Content Life Cycle at IBC2008 Sep 12, 2008
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)
Kathy Cox: a class act in any grade Sep 11, 2008
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)
