Among other Australian retailers, the largest programs are Myer's MYER one program ( department store ), the Priceline Club Card ( health, beauty, home ), Amcal Club ( pharmacy ), Millers Retail Club ( apparel ), and the BB Retail Capital ( formerly Brazin Limited ) Pulse Rewards program ( Virgin, HMV, Sanity, dusk, Bras n Things, and SX sunglasses ).

" The conclusion of the letter reads: "... the third day of August we entered into a good harbour called St. John and there we found Eleuen Saile of Normans and one Brittaine and two Portugal barks all a fishing and so we are ready to depart towards Cap de Bras that is 25 leagues as shortly as we have fished and so along the Coast until we may meete with our fellowe and so with all diligence that lyes in me toward parts to that Ilands that we are command at our departing and thus Jesu save and keepe you Honourable Grace and all your Honourable Reuer.

Among others who dealt with the East are Castanheda, Antonio Galvão, Gaspar Correia, Bras de Albuquerque, Frei Gaspar da Cruz, and Frei João dos Santos.

There are several competing explanations of the origin of the name " Bras d ' Or ".

The largest communities located on Bras d ' Or Lake are the villages of Baddeck, Eskasoni, Little Bras d ' Or, St. Peter's, and Whycocomagh.

" The Bras d ’ Or Lakes are my favorite landscape on planet Earth.

The Highlands are surrounded by water with the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Cabot Strait to the north and east, the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the north and west, and Bras d ' Or Lake to the south.

" Bras are a ludicrous invention ," she wrote, " but if you make bralessness a rule, you're just subjecting yourself to yet another repression.

Baddeck would be the site of his experiments with hydrofoil technologies as well as the Aerial Experiment Association, financed by his wife, which saw the first powered flight in the British Empire when the AEA Silver Dart took off from the ice-covered waters of Bras d ' Or Lake.

On the same day, the left wing of the Armée du Nord, under the command of Marshal Michel Ney, succeeded in stopping any of Wellington's forces going to aid Blücher's Prussians by fighting a blocking action at Quatre Bras.

A weekly tourist train, the Bras d ' Or was operated by Via Rail Canada from 2000-2004 until being discontinued.

Napoleon, who was preparing to launch a crucial attack at the centre of Blücher's line, was very surprised by this news, because at 15: 30 he had sent Comte de la Bédoyère with a written note to Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras ordering him to send d ' Erlon's I Corps to attack the rear of the right Prussian flank.

* 1815 — Battle of Quatre Bras: The commander of the 92nd ( Gordon Highlanders ) Regiment of Foot, Colonel John Cameron of Fassfern, was shot and killed by a man whom he had recently flogged.

The attack began on 18 July with a massive aerial bombardment by the 9th USAAF, and ended on 20 July with a three-pronged drive to capture Bras and Hubert-Folie on the right, Fontenay on the left and Bourguébus Ridge in the centre.

He placed I Corps under the command of the Prince of Orange and it was this corps that was first contacted by the advancing French at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.

Corridor services were improved with new and faster trains, a weekly tourist train The Bras d ' Or returned Via service to Cape Breton Island for the first time since the 1990 cuts, and a commitment was made to continue operating on Vancouver Island, but western Canada continued to languish with the only service provided by the Canadian and a few remote service trains in northern BC and Manitoba.

*" Carlo Maria Giulini ", by Jean-Yves Bras, 2006, Bleu Nuit Editeur, ISBN 2-913575-81-1 ( fr )

Institution of Baldwin I ' Bras de Fer ', the first count of Flanders by Charles the Bald, the Frankish king.

In the USA, the group Trouz Bras (" Big Noise ") is led by Welshman Ray Price.

Their fourth flying machine, the Silver Dart, constructed in 1908, made the first controlled powered flight in Canada on 23 February 1909 when it was flown off the ice of Bras d ' Or Lake near Baddeck by McCurdy, who had been one of its designers.

Built in 1956 by Saunders-Roe ( Anglesey ) Ltd .( This should not be confused with HMCS Bras d ' Or, a 240 tonne hydrofoil patrol vessel, which was the result of the tests performed by the R-103 )

Canadian author and yachtsman Silver Donald Cameron describes Bras d ' Or Lake as " A basin ringed by indigo hills laced with marble.

" The lake is connected to the North Atlantic by natural channels, the Great Bras d ' Or Channel north of Boularderie Island and the Little Bras d ' Or Channel to south of Boularderie Island, connect the northeastern arm of the lake to the Cabot Strait.

The Bras d ' Or is also connected to Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Canso by means of a lock canal completed in 1869 -- the St. Peters Canal, at the southern tip of the lake.

In a paper prepared by the late Dr. Patterson for the Nova Scotia Historical Society he says he believed the name Bras d ' Or came from the Breton form of Bras'd ' eau arm of water or of the sea.

After demonstrating their airplanes using tricycle landing wheels and other innovations, Bell's laboratory on Beinn Bhreagh designed and built a hydrofoil boat-the HD4-which set a water speed record of 71 MPH ( 63 knots ) in 1919., an experimental 1960s-era Canadian Forces hydrofoil, reportedly the world's fastest warship ever built, was named Bras d ' Or in honor of the hydrofoils tested long before on Baddeck Bay in the Bras d ' Or Lake by Bell.

Via Rail Canada's weekly Halifax – Sydney tourist passenger train, the Bras d ' Or was named in honour of the spectacular scenery provided by Bras d ' Or Lake along the eastern part of its journey.

In December 1995, his denaturalization was confirmed by the US Department of State: Mari Bras was no longer a US citizen.

In the early 1980s, Ivor Biggun released " Bras on 45 " ( a. k. a. " Bra Size 45 "), a novelty song about a woman with large breasts, which was very close to sounding like a Stars-on-45-style medley of recognizable songs, including Gary Numan's " Cars " and Ian Dury's " Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick ".

At the Dutch headquarters at Genappe ( about five kilometres ( 3 miles ) from Quatre Bras ), Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, realising the danger ordered Lieutenant-General Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky the commander of the 2nd Dutch Division to dispatch his 2nd Brigade ( Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ) to occupy Quatre Bras.

For the final chapter in Napoleon's history, the 32nd fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras, arriving about 2 pm just in time to help halt the French advance.

Swiss Cottage Secondary School started in 1962 with about 200 pupils, housed at Raffles Institution in Bras Basah Road as the school building along Dunearn Road was still under construction.

A line running from Oedjong Raja () in Sumatra to Poeloe Bras ( Breuëh ) and on through the Western Islands of the Nicobar Group to Sandy Point in Little Andaman Island, in such a way that all the narrow waters appertain to the Burma Sea.

David Bras Francisco ( 22 February 1841 – 29 April 1888 ) was a member of the La Grange expedition of 1864, which searched for three men missing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas ( modern spelling Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas ), often subtitled as the Epitaph of a Small Winner, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.

While the film portrayed the events of the " Hundred Days " quite faithfully, including some allusions to and scenes from the Battle of Ligny and of Quatre Bras, there were a few mistakes, presumably made for artistic purposes, and some characters act as ciphers for others.

The global lingerie market in 2003 was estimated at $ 29 billion, while in 2005, Bras accounted for 56 per cent of the lingerie market and briefs represented 29 per cent.

* Hydrofoil Warships: When the Arrow and related programs were terminated, twelve key engineers from this team departed for deHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. to work on what become HMCS Bras d ' Or, possibly the world's fastest warship to present day ( 2011 ).

Ney attacked Wellington at Quatre Bras ( and received criticism for attacking slowly ,) while Napoleon attacked Blücher's Prussians at Ligny.

Although Ney was criticized for not capturing Quatre Bras early, there is still debate as to what time Napoleon actually ordered Ney to capture Quatre Bras.

The reason for the sudden change in movement is that Ney had ordered d ' Erlon to come to his aid at Quatre Bras.

Route cuts under the Martin government included the withdrawal of the seasonal Bras d ' Or tourist train, which ran for the last time in September 2004, and the Montreal-Toronto overnight Enterprise, which was discontinued in September 2005.

On 15 June, the night before the Battle of Quatre Bras, his wife held a ball for his fellow officers.

It took him 168 feet in the air above Bras d ' Or Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada, and flew for seven minutes.

Baddeck hosts a yacht club which is the focal point for cruising on Bras d ' Or Lake, as well as a world-class golf course, a lake-front resort, numerous hotels / motels, restaurants, small shops, and a small airport in the foothills above the town.

Nearby attractions such as the Cape Breton Highlands, Bras d ' Or Lake and Fortress of Louisbourg have made Cape Breton Island a tourism destination for many years.

* R-103 – a 17 ton hydrofoil for Royal Canadian Navy, Known as " Bras d ' Or ".

On 15 June as the Prussian I Corps withdrew towards Ligny, there was a danger for the Coalition forces that Ney would be able to advance through Quatre Bras and take his objectives with little or no Coalition opposition.

General Lefebvre-Desnouëtte requested infantry support, but as night was approaching, and his infantry was strung out along Brussels-Charleroi road Ney declined the request deciding to camp for the night and approach Quatre Bras in force the following day.

In 2003, National Geographic Traveler rated Cape Breton Island its second-ranked worldwide destination for sustainable tourism, citing Bras d ' Or Lake as having a major influence on this designation.

Quatre Bras ( French for " four arms ") is a common name given to a crossroad in French.

The latter is usually referred to as Vier-Armenkruispunt ( in Dutch ) or Quatre Bras de Tervuren, ( in French ) and is a key location for car traffic around Brussels.

Grey for our Cape Breton SteelGold for the golden sunsets shining bright on the lakes of Bras d ' OrGreen for our lofty mountains, our valleys and our fieldsTo show us God's hand has lingeredTo Bless Cape Breton's shore.