Friday, April 13, 2012

Titanic

  • The Canadian Hugh Brewster joined the committed ranks of Titanic-philes in the mid-1980s, when he spent a year creating a book from images and data of Robert Ballard's discovery of the wreck.
  • (New York Times)
  • Belfast is leading the many commemorations taking place around the world in memory of those who perished on the Titanics tragic maiden voyage 100 years ago.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Computerworld - When the RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, on April 10, 1912, she was considered the ultimate passenger liner -- unparalleled in luxury, size and technology.
  • (Computerworld)
  • Early Sunday morning marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic going down, and ABC has responded with the most ambitious of TV's memorial projects.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • It's been 100 years since Titanic sank, and the victims' agonizing end still haunts us, echoing through the ages. But what about the survivors? Of the 2,208 passengers on the ship, only 25 percent of those in steerage survived.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • The R.M.S. Titanic continues to remain a heartbreaking emblem of maritime history 100 years after her ill-fated maiden voyage.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Halifax, Canada — A cold wind ripped through Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Then came the frigid rain. In a minute, I was thinking, the headstones will be shivering. Now, said Blair Beed, my guide, imagine how it would have been in those lifeboats.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Titanic is back in theaters, but this time in 3D. Are the effects good or lame? Crave UKs Luke Westaway caught a screening of James Camerons blockbuster and has the answer.
  • (CNET News)
  • Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa was set for its Grand Opening in April 1912, but the launch was delayed when Charles Melville Hays, the visionary behind the hotel, perished on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. There was also hotel furniture onboard.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Massive organ pipes tower above Grant Edwards, forming a peak that resembles the bow of a grand ocean liner headed his way. He rests fingers on the keys, feet on the pedals, and plays. Notes of terror moan from the pipes. Doom reverberates.
  • (Oregonian)

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