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| 1900 - 1st class survivor Master William Thornton II Carter was born to William Ernest Carter and Lucile Polk Carter.
1974 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Marie Marthe Jerwan died of natural causes in Queens, New York, USA at the age of 86. 1903 - 3rd class passenger Master William Andrew Johnston was born to Andrew Emslie Johnston and Eliza Watson Johnston in Croydon, England, UK. 1907 - 3rd class passenger Mr Mauritz Nils Martin Ådahl married Emelie, who was not on the Titanic. 1895 - 3rd class survivor Miss Karen Marie Abelseth was born in Norway. 1887 - Fireman / Stoker and survivor Mr John Alexander Podesta was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. 1996 - The cast for James Cameron's movie "Titanic" rehearsed in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. |
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2001: January
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In this month's issue:
*News
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*B2T News
*Titanic News Although Kate Winslet failed to capture a Golden Globe nomination for her supporting role in Quills, her leading man, Geoffrey Rush managed to get a nod along with a nod for Best Original Screenplay. Kate Winslet did manage to capture a BAFTA nod for "Best British Actress." The BAFTA's this year are set to air between the Golden Globes and the Oscars in mid February. The move according to reps at the BAFTA's has nothing to do with the Oscar race. Jessical Alba of James Cameron's Dark Angel got herself a nod as Best Actress in a Drama TV Series. "Don's Plum" a pre-Titanic movie filmed by Leonardo DiCaprio and posse member Tobey Maguire is now being shown in Berlin. After a 10 million lawsuit filed by Plum's producer David Stuntman, a settlement was reached that Plum would never been released in the United States or Canada. Both actors were worried what this film's effect would be on their careers if it were released - they only filmed this as a favor to ex-posse member R.D. Robb. A New York appeals court has given the go-ahead for a $45 million dollar lawsuit against Leonardo DiCaprio whom is accused of siccing his posse on Elizabeth Berkley's boyfriend. From January 18-28 Billy Zane's new film, The Believer, about a Jewish man whom becomes a Neo-nazi will be shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, along with Kate Winslet's latest film, Enigma, about a man's race to track down the Nazi's Enigma code machine.
___________________________ Wallpaper by Mark Quote: "They asked me to give you this in gratitude..." URL of this month's wallpaper: click here
*Titanic in January's History
*Titanic Movie Fact of the Month
_________________________________ I would like to congratulate Taryn from Never an Absolution, who is the proud recipient of an award plaque distinguishing her site as B2T's Site of the Month for January, 2001. Her site is truly gorgeous, containing great graphics, frames, and most importantly, originality. Here is what Taryn had to say: Jen: What made you become interested in Titanic? Taryn: I read a story book about it in grade 4, and the massive loss of life and luxury that she had intrigued me from the beginning. Jen: How long has your site been in existence? Taryn: *whew* NA has been around since February 11, 2000. I had one site, called Super Titanic, but as I got better with my designs and content, I felt I really had to change the whole site, name too. Super Titanic is still up for viewing, however it hasn't been worked on in over a year. Jen: In your opinion, what is the best feature on your site? Taryn: I am in love with my site. I know it sounds very egotistical, but I do. The best part? I'd have to say I really enjoy my graphics. As a website designer, and I really think that the way a site looks, is one of the key factors. I chose everything to mostly be done with the Heart of the Ocean, however my frames features pictures from the boarding scene. I also think that the quality of the content on my site keeps viewers interested. Jen: What advice would you like to give to other webmasters out there? Taryn: NEVER steal anyone else's work(especially Titanic fans: we all stick together!) and that practice makes perfect! I have been doing HTML for two years now, and graphics for about 8 months. It eventually all falls into place. Visit Never an Absolution - click here
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_________________________ Tables A table divides a webpage into cells. Depending on how you code it, the table itself, the rows, the columns, and individual cells can have different characteristics and sizes. First, you need to know what each tag means. "TABLE" affects the whole table itself, so anything within the table tag should be what you want to happen in every cell. "TR" stands for "table row" which, while seldomly does, can have characteristics with the tag to affect the whole row. A row are horizontal and columns are vertical. All tables are constructed with rows (columns will be discussed later). "TD" stands for "table data" also known as a cell. There can be an infinite number of tables, rows, and cells on a webpage.
The TABLE, TR, and TD tags all must have a beginning tag and an end tag.
To keep track of this you may want to indent (with the tab key) when you
go from each different tag. The following is an example of a table with
two rows and with two cells each (the brackets have been removed):
<TR></TABLE> Examples of characteristics that can be used in the TABLE tag: width="[any number in pixels]" height="[any number in pixels]" border="[any number including zero]" bgcolor="[a color or hex code such as #00F00F]" background="[URL of any image to be in the background]" align="[left, right, or center]" cellpadding="[any number in pixels including zero]" Cellpadding is the space between the border of the cell and the data within. cellspacing="[any number in pixels including zero]" Cellspacing is the space between each cell.
Examples of characteristics that can be used in the TR tag:
Examples of characteristics that can be used in the TD tag: Using these characteristics requires putting them between the brackets of the opening tag. Sometimes you will want a cell to be the width or height of several other cells. This means putting colspan="[number of columns you want the cell to equal]" in the TD tag. Similarly, rowspan="[number of rows you want the cell to equal]" will span multiple rows. You will want the TD with the colspan or rowspan in it to be in the row or column that you want to get spanned first. Tables are very common on the internet. So common that I can guarantee that every major website has them. You may not be able to see them, because they used border="0" in the TABLE tag. To view the code to any page, go to "View | Source" in Internet Explorer and "View | Page Source" in Netscape. The very best way to learn about tables, and all HTML for that matter, is to view the source of sites you like and change little things in code to see what they do. I've made a page for all of you to experiment with tables: http://www.back-to-titanic.com/waves/copal/jan01_table-examples.html
_________________________ Jeff and I stood in line outside of the exibit and watched the overhead screen as various Titanic items played across mostly various quotes and so forth from survivors and the such. Finally we were moving and we "boarded." We got boarding passes as we walked up the gangplank. I had Annie Jermyn...and Jeff had a gentleman that I simply can't remember. After we walked up the gangplank and entered the "Titanic" we went down a short dark hallway and entered a room that was circular. A bell was suspended from the middle over sand and water ripples were playing against the walls. Various quotes were also painted on the walls. The bell is the bell that was on the Titanic... It gave me goosebumps instantly. After exiting the "Bell Room" you pass a office of sorts with a desk that someone had worked at while drafting the Titanic and a window from the Smoking room I believe. Then the room opened up into a large space full of things dedicated to the creation of the Titanic. In the middle of the room was a large scale Titanic model. Surrounding the walls were various artifacts and such. Jeff and I decided to kill time here while waiting for the rest of the group to catch up. Ten minutes later the group finally caught up and we all sorta split up. As luck may have it I ended up traveling with Don Lynch for most of the tour. The first room was a circular room with a water reflection playing against the walls. Quotes from various passengers were on the walls, and the bell hung from the center of the room, suspended above a pit of sand. The second room was dedicated to the construction of Titanic. In it they had a miniature version of the engines, some tools that were used on the ship, a video of real footage from the construction on the ship. Also in this room was a 10 or so foot model of Titanic to scale. Also here was a stained glass window from the smoking room, and a few other artifacts including a boot. The next room was dedicated to the passengers. In it was another video about the passengers as well as a wall that was dedicated to the passengers' pictures. Also here were letters and postcards that were recovered from the wreck, a safe, along with some money. There were SO many people against the Photo Wall though that I didn't really take the time to pour over it as much as I would have liked to. Jeff found a Boarding Pass lying on the ground and presented it to me. It was a gentleman - I forget HIS name! The following room was the "first class" room, complete with a replica stateroom. This room contained a jewelry box which had been recovered, along with this teeny-tiny fox head pin that was perfectly intact. Some other jewelry was also there, a emerald bracelet and necklace as well as a beautiful heart pendant. It was so amazing to see how perfectly preserved many of these artifacts were in this room. Also in this room was some of the dining ware that had been recovered. I was disappointed to see that only one of the royal blue teacups had made it into the exhibit, for it is my favorite out of all of the first class dining ware. Third class plates were here though, along with more egg dishes(!). The next room was the boiler room, complete with coal and a watertight door. It looked pretty authentic. I kept expecting the door to drop on us at any moment. Once you walk through the door you enter the cargo hold, which had boxes and so forth. I was with Axel, Lisa and Don when we came to the big piece. It was suspended from the ceiling, over a pit of sand. We were behind it, and I was seriously considering snapping a quick shot with my camera. A worker came around from in front of it, and I decided not to. One of my main fears was of bringing attension to Don and I thought that getting railed by a worker just may do that! So I stowed away my camera and got into line to touch the "big piece." I have to admit, even though I am against the salvaging; the piece was pretty neat to see and touch. What was even cooler was watching Don experience this. I had thought he had touched the Titanic piece before. I found out later that I was wrong. He said later on he did get a charge from touching it, so that was very cool to be there (oh my am I a Titanic Freak or what?!). It was an awesome experience. There was also what was left of a bench in that room and it bothered me a lot because that is the first artifact I saw when I started my Titanic obsession at the wee age of 5. I know it wasn't the SAME bench, but to me it belonged in the sea like the picture I remember. Then we went into the Grand Staircase, and I was still beside Don. It was hilarious listening to him correct everything. Not your average Joe could walk into a museum and correct 50% of what is labeled. We were going to have him grill the "passenger" they had on the stairs, but this lady wasn't taking questions like the one a few days back. We thought that could be really great, but of course that would draw attention to Don, and that could have formed a mob. I was actually quite worried that this would happen. Although I was pretty much positive that Don would take this graciously, I wasn't sure how he would feel being asked ten thousand questions by a million Titanic fans. I quietly hoped that his picture wouldn't be anywhere in the exhibit, just in case. It would be instant insanity if he was... Then came the iceberg room. Everything in this room was lit with fiber optics. Whether this was for effects or due to the fragility of the artifacts I am not quite sure. I looked at the artifacts (a really neat pearl necklace) and went straight to the iceberg. The "iceberg" was actually a wall of ice where you were asked to put you hand on it and hold it there as long as possible. I put my hand on it and immediately was awestruck. The water was actually colder than this 'burg that I couldn't keep my hand on longer than three seconds without yanking it away. I also got hives (I am allergic to cold temperatures) so it made me appreciate what the survivors of the sinking went through even more. It was quite a depressing moment. I couldn't help but think what those people were thinking and feeling as they died, too horrific to think of. Lightroller was right, it was like knives stabbing into your body and it was only my small hand on this iceberg. I couldn't fathom what I would do if my whole body was in this. Suddenly this arm was over my head and I let out a small scream. I glanced at the owner of the arm that had just took ten years off of my life and it was none other than Don. I was kind of off in my own little world and he yanked me back with a start! I had to laugh because it was somewhat amusing. The tall people could put their hands up where the ice was snowier than solid ice and he was doing so. All over the wall there were indents of where people had held their hands for a long time, but the top was basically left untouched. Of course I had to stand on my tip toes to reach it, but I did, and it felt somewhat weird. The next room was the lifeboat room and I was standing there with Axel, and we had a discussion with Don about the artifacts. I mentioned that to me it was like walking on someone's grave. That is how I felt. You know that funny feeling you get in the base of your stomach when you are in a graveyard? That is how I felt. I felt even better when Don mentioned that he didn't agree with the salvaging either (whew). He then mentioned that the boot that was in a room earlier was most likely on someone when they perished, due to the type of boot it was. That was the point when I wanted to simply flee from the building. This was all really wrong in my mind. I guess it is due to my closer relation with death than most people. I couldn't help thinking how horrified I would be if someone was doing this to my mother's grave. Like Don said, what do we learn from a boot? The same style of boot is still easily located, there is no educational value to it, just entertainment. I was quite distressed over this. There wasn't much more to go, so I held out OK, although every two seconds I wanted to flee. I found my woman on the wall that I had (I didn't have the nerve to ask Don like everyone else had), Annie Jermyn, she was a third class passenger and lived. The gentleman that Jeff had given me was nowhere to be found on the board...It was really bothering me and I eventually gave up on locating him. The rest of the exhibit was all about the Eastland and I had recently seen the Discovery channel documentary on it, so I went and found a third class like bench to sit on and wait for the rest of the group to catch up. Off to spend some money! Oh wait a minute, I don't have my wallet. But I didn't know this at the time and got all the way up front before I noticed something was amiss in the purse. My first reaction was it was stolen. So I reluctantly put my items back and sadly walked out of the shop. The group kept offering to lend me some money, but I felt that would be too weird, but it was a nice gesture. Just shows you how kind these people were that I was with. Eventually Christina gave me back the money I had given her earlier for the hotel and all was well. People were really impressed I wasn't totally freaking out. I really thought it was quite possible I had left it in the hotel, so I wasn't going to freak until I checked every nook and cranny. I had my camera and my memories, that was all that mattered. The money could be easily replaced. Off to the bathrooms! I didn't have to go so I sat on a bench and waited for everyone else. Low and behold, Don comes up and sits beside me. I told myself not to act like a moron and struck up a conversation. He is one of the most knowledgeable men I have ever met. He told me all about various things that were in the Museum. Where we were stitting they had a map to a Castle and a Sub. He told me all about the Castle...some famous person had created it for herself and now it was on display. The sub was actually a German U-Boat that you could go into. We both wanted to go in but overheard the line was over an hour long. Darn... We then proceeded to the cafeteria and paid way more for the lunch than we should have (which was really LOW quality if I say so myself). Christina, (must have known my chicken self) tells Don that I wanted to ask him about my people on my boarding pass. I protested, but Don insisted it was OK, so I forked them over. I am assuming that I was bright red from my embarrassment of having to do this. Turns out that the man I had was a band member. I thought this was really neat because I have always loved the story of the band members. Thank god I got the salad (Don was the only other smart one to do this), the burgers and chicken at their cafeteria looked quite frightening. Put it this way, I was not able to distinguish what was what, they were charred so badly. I even passed around my Titanic mints and received a few chuckles. It was just about three o'clock and it was time to go, so our group headed out...and back to the van... Read more about my trip in the next issue!
___________________________ Captain: Edward John Smith
Born: January, 1850 At the age of 13, Smith went to Liverpool to begin a seafaring career. He joined White Star in 1880 after apprenticing with Gibson and Co., Liverpool. He took his first command in 1887. The ships he commanded included the first Republic, Coptic, Majestic, Baltic, Adriatic, and Olympic. In 1904, Smith became the commodore of the White Star fleet. His main job was to command the line's newest ships on their maiden voyage. Smith was married to a girl named Eleanor and had a young daughter named Helen Melville. On April 14 at 11:40pm the Captain was awakened by the collision and rushed to the bridge. Upon arrival he received a report of the accident from Murdoch and then made a quick inspection of the ship with Thomas Andrews. He was last seen on the bridge, his body was never found.
Born: September 21, 1872 Wilde went to sea as a younf man and served his apprenticeship on the sailing vessels of Messers. James Chambers and Co., Liverpool. He joined White Star as a junior officer and served on the Arabic, Celtic, Medic, and Cymric. He held the extra masters certificate and was a Lietenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. In 1911, he became Chief Officer of the Olympic. Wilde's wife died December 24, 1910, his twin sons did as well. He was survived by 4 children; Jane, Harry, Arnold, and Nancy and a sister. Wilde signed onto the the Titanic on April 9, 1912. On the day of the sinking little is known until the collision where he joined the Captain and Thomas Andrews on an inspection of the ship. He then took care of the even numbered boats, on the port side of the ship. He was last seen trying to free the collapsibles A and B from the roof of the officers quarters. His body was never found.
Born: February 28, 1873 Murdoch joined White Star after serving on sailin vessels. He served aboard Medic, Runic, Arabic, Adriatric, Oceanic, Olympic, and finally the Titanic. Murdoch was on the bridge at the time of the collision and worked hard to free the lifeboats. He died in the sinking and his body was never found.
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