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52-year Jessamine County educator Robin Fain to turn 100 Saturday
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comA hundred years ago this Saturday night, the Titanic ocean liner hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. That same night, the life of a titanic figure in Jessamine County education began in a country farmhouse. Robin Fain celebrates...Tags: High Schools, Education, Judges, Schools, Crime, Law and Justice
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Titanic the Experience: Wreck site expert to speak Sunday
Titanic the Experience has a limited number of seats left for its "Titanic 101" sessions with P.H. Nargeolet on Sunday afternoon. The International Drive attraction will be home to informational sessions marking the 101st anniversary of the singing of...
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Titanic violin found: Instrument recovered in attic bears message
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe violin of the Titanic bandleader, who played as he and bandmates went down with the ship, has been recovered, ...... -
Caldecott, Newbery Medals awarded by American Library Assn.
The American Library Assn. announced its 2013 book award winners Monday at its annual national conference, held this year in Seattle. While the best-known awards are the John Newbery Medal and the Caledecott Medal, there are dozens of awards, each of...
Tags: Human Interest, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Books, Awards and Prizes, Matthew Shepard
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Jewels of Titanic on display at International Drive attraction
Jewelry that went down with Titanic and stayed on the floor of the ocean for 75 years is on display for a limited time at Titanic: The Experience on International Drive. More than a dozen items are on exhibit through March 12, including diamond rings,...
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April: Teacher of the Year, The Aegis honored
The title of Teacher of the Year for Harford County was given to Christina O'Neill, Bel Air Middle School language arts teacher. O'Neill was chosen from the more than 3,200 teachers in the county. Election Day for the Harford County presidential primary...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice
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Album review: Bob Dylan rides this 'Tempest'
Bob Dylan "Tempest" Columbia; 3 stars Not to be morbid, but every time I take a day off or leave for vacation, I say a little prayer for the health of Bob Dylan. So large is his presence on generations of American music fans that when his heart...Tags: John Lennon, Music Theater, Mark Twain, Bob Dylan, Music
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Remembering big loss of 'humanity'
The centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was in April (the topic of two recent columns). But we also just marked another important date in the history of transportation. It was 75 years ago this month that the airship Hindenberg burst into...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, World War I (1914-1918), Lynn University, American Civil War (1861-1865), Germany
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Book written in 1898 describes wreck of Titanic in 1912
KIAHNo shortage of books has been written about the Titanic disaster in 1912. Yet none, perhaps, is more intriguing than this little known-book by a man named Morgan Robertson. Robertson tells the story in chilling detail, the shortage of lifeboats, the icy...Tags: Ayn Rand
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Titanic: For many victims, their final resting place is in Halifax, Canada
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....
Tags: Mayflower Voyage (1620), Dining and Drinking, John Green, Titanic (movie, 1997), Arts and Culture
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Why are we still so fascinated with the Titanic?
HALIFAX, Canada — Simple, says the gravedigger. It's about the movie. No, says the academic. It's about the money. Absolutely not, says the model-ship builder. It's about people. This is what happens when you ask why the sinking of the Titanic...
Tags: John Green, Auction Service, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Woodlawn (Bronx, New York)
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Unsinkable ship, unthinkable disaster
Who was on board and who survived?
That's what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line's famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago Sunday in the North Atlantic Ocean. News of the ocean liner's peril was...Tags: Chicago, Atlantic Ocean
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