Friday, April 8, 2011

Bullets flew.. it was hell - Mirror.co.uk

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Bullets flew.. it was hell
Mirror.co.uk
The Royal Navy sub was just 100 yards from the old QE2 terminal and near where hundreds of passengers were boarding P&O's Ventura cruise liner. Eleven schoolchildren aged between 14 and 16 had been waiting along the dockside when the shooting happened. ...

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Officer is shot dead on Royal Navy nuclear submarine - Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Officer is shot dead on Royal Navy nuclear submarine
Evening Standard
The submarine also has highly advanced listening systems, so sophisticated that she can detect QE2 leaving New York from as far away as the Channel. Astute also has 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, ...

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Officer is shot dead on nuclear submarine - Evening Standard

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Officer is shot dead on nuclear submarine
Evening Standard
The submarine also has highly advanced listening systems, so sophisticated that she can detect QE2 leaving New York from as far away as the Channel. Astute also has 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, ...

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Royals Only for Wedding Guests - Fox News

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Royals Only for Wedding Guests
Fox News
When then Princess Elizabeth (now QE2), married Philip Mountbatten in 1947, was the US President invited? Yes. It was Harry Truman and an invitation was extended, for he and his wife to attend or send a representative. The Trumans passed, but they did ...

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Royals Only for Wedding Guest List - Fox News

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Royals Only for Wedding Guest List
Fox News
When then Princess Elizabeth (now QE2), married Philip Mountbatten in 1947, was the US President invited? Yes. It was Harry Truman and an invitation was extended, for he and his wife to attend or send a representative. The Trumans passed, but they did ...

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Sell in May and Go Away? - Seeking Alpha

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Sell in May and Go Away?
Seeking Alpha
The end of QE2: I believe there is next to no chance this program will be extended past June given its marginal impact on economic growth and jobs, its hugely negative impact on inflation, and the changing political dynamic. When this program ends in ...

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Bonhill man sets sail for charity - Lennox Herald

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Bonhill man sets sail for charity
Lennox Herald
Allan – who helped construct the first-class cabins on the QE2 during the sixties – has already been boosted by a £1000 donation from his employers Babcock and is also being supported by friends and workmates at Faslane naval base. ...

Brady Bunch stars to visit Newbridge - Leinster Leader (press release)

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Brady Bunch stars to visit Newbridge
Leinster Leader (press release)
All six of us Brady kids went to England in 1971. Our TV dad, Robert Reed took us on the QE2. We spent a week on ship and a week in London. Bob had studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and wanted us to see British theatre. ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A Titanic night to remember - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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A Titanic night to remember
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
During the voyage they will be served food from Titanic's menus and will listen to talks from maritime historians, former QE2 captain Ron Warwick, and Philip Littlejohn, grandson of survivor Alexander James Littlejohn. There will be 350 American ...

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Federal Policies Are Stoking Inflation: Avoid Bonds, Buy Companies With ... - Seeking Alpha

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Federal Policies Are Stoking Inflation: Avoid Bonds, Buy Companies With ...
Seeking Alpha
However, given their huge run up over the last 12 to 18 months, that ship may have sailed especially given the negative impact the withdrawal of QE2 is likely to have on this asset class at least in the short term. The best area to target might be to ...

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Economists don't see Fed hiking interest rates this year - CTV.ca

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Economists don't see Fed hiking interest rates this year
CTV.ca
They believe the Fed will continue its latest program of quantitative easing, a Treasury-buying scheme known as QE2, although there are questions as to the exact timing of an interest rate hike. Here are the views of some analysts: "The minutes of the ...

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Clips from Last Night: Jesse Ventura on Wikileaks, Obama as CIA operative - CNN (blog)

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Clips from Last Night: Jesse Ventura on Wikileaks, Obama as CIA operative
CNN (blog)
Yeh Terry, Jesse belongs out there with L.RON HUBBARD, , going around the earth his space ship– How did this MORON ever get elected as governor???He is a self- serving Buffune- are there that many idiots in Minnasota??? jesse ventura is my new hero!!! ...

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Queen Elizabeth Meets QE2 for First-Time - Focus on Travel News

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Queen Elizabeth Meets QE2 for First-Time
Focus on Travel News
The Grand Celebration continues as Queen Elizabeth, Cunard Line's newest ship, made a very special maiden call to Dubai on 31 March during her Maiden World Voyage, meeting Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the longest-serving Cunarder, for the first time. ...

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The Long Wave Cycle of Fed Policy - Minyanville.com

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The Long Wave Cycle of Fed Policy
Minyanville.com
The first peak came after it was clear the Fed was bailing out AIG (AIG). The next one came when it became obvious the first cruise liner, the QE1, was being launched to support the Fed's purchase of MBS. QE2 was implemented and nobody blinked. Why? ...

Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Elizabeth meet in Dubai - CruiseCompare

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Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Elizabeth meet in Dubai
CruiseCompare
Given the tough economic situation in Dubai they have not yet commenced their extensive plans for the ship and we all wait to hear what lies ahead for QE2.” The Queen Elizabeth was visiting Dubai as part of her maiden World Voyage, which has taken her ...

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