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Cruise ships commemorate Titanic's voyage
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The Titanic sails out of Southampton, England, in April 1912 at the start of its doomed voyage.
By Tanya Mohn, msnbc.com contributor
The new year will be a big one for Titanic enthusiasts, who will mark the 100th anniversary of the famous liner?s sinking on?April 15.
The storied shipwreck has been honored in countless books, newspaper and magazine articles, feature and documentary films, and museums. A 3-D version of? ?Titanic,? the? James Cameron directed blockbuster, is scheduled for release in April.
And passengers will be able to commemorate the centennial with two Titanic-themed cruises scheduled to sail to the exact area in the Atlantic Ocean where the ship sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg, and where more than 1,500 people lost their lives.
The cruises were designed to replicate food, entertainment and dress of the era. ?Passengers will have the opportunity to dress up in period clothing on some nights,? said Miles Morgan, founder of Miles Morgan Travel, the company that organized the Titanic Memorial Cruises.
Expert lecturers will be on board to discuss Titanic-focused topics, including Philip Littlejohn, grandson of Titanic survivor Alexander James Littlejohn, and author of "Titanic ??Waiting for Orders" which tells the story of his grandfather, who was a 1st Class Steward on the ship.?Dana McCauley, co-author of ?Last Dinner On the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner,? is the food consultant, and will help create menus based on meals eaten during the Titanic?s inaugural voyage.
?It?s been an interesting journey,? said Morgan. The inspiration began about five years ago when a gentleman walked in off the street to one of his 12 travel agencies in?England?and suggested the idea.
The MS Balmoral will sail from?Southampton?on?April 8?for a 12-night cruise and will follow the Titanic?s original itinerary. Operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ??whose parent company, Harland and Wolff, built the Titanic ??the ship has a 1,350-passenger capacity, but will carry 1,309 paying passengers on the Titanic Memorial Cruise, ?the same number that sailed on the fateful Titanic voyage,? the company said on its website.
The cruise has been sold out for about 18 months, Morgan said, so a second ship, the Azamara Journey, part of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., was added during the summer of 2011. The ship departs?New York?on April 10, ?exactly 100 years to the day the Titanic departed Southampton? the company said, for an 8-night voyage.
About one-third of the spots on the Azamara Journey are still available, Morgan said. Interior staterooms begin at $4,900. The top cabin, the Club World Owners Suite, goes for about $14,850.
The ships will make stops at cemeteries in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to visit the final resting places for many unclaimed victims, and atop the Titanic grave site on April 15, when a memorial service will be held at 2:20 a.m. ,?to pay tribute to all the brave passengers and crew on board that fateful night,? according to the company site.
?We are not releasing what will take place in advance,? Morgan said, regarding the details about the service. ?Because it is a very unusual occasion, many passengers will also find their own way to remember the moment.?
Among the passengers will be Titanic fans, but also some descendants of survivors and those who perished.
?I want to be outside on the deck, to feel how cold it would have been,? said Jill Kirby, great-niece of a ship worker, to experience ?the personal feeling of actually being there and reliving a moment that occurred? 100 years ago, to just have a feeling of how people must have felt.??Kirby, originally from?Southampton,?England,?but now of?Los Angeles, said her great-uncle, Alfred Albert White, was a crewman in the engine room, and was the only one from his department who survived the tragedy.
Often it is the famous passengers who are remembered, she said, but ?many unknown lives were lost. The cruises are excellent ways to memorialize those victims that may not be as famous. All lives are important,? she said. ?The lives of these people meant something and were cut short because of this terrible tragedy.?
Tim Wallis, of?Waterloo,?Ontario, is taking the voyage to honor his great-grandmother, Catherine Jane Wallis, who died in the sinking but whose body was never recovered. ?I just kind of felt an obligation to complete the journey,? he said.
?She made it to the rail and was about to get on a life boat, but realized that she forgot her paperwork,? said Wallis, who recounted the story based on eyewitness accounts. She went to retrieve her papers, ?but she never made it back,? he said. His great-grandmother was on the ship to work, as her husband drowned eight months earlier and she had to support her three small children.
Wallis also said he was taking the cruise to honor his aunt, who spearheaded efforts in?DNA?testing for Titanic victims, and who died on April 15, 2006. Wallis has a few other uncanny connections to the Titanic: his own birthday is April 15,?and he and James Cameron, the ?Titanic? film director, share the same hometown.
He plans to travel with his brother. The two are currently trying to find clothes that are reminiscent of 1912. ?It has not been easy, but we?ll figure it out," he said. "I?m going to do it right.?
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Intel demonstrates Near-Field Communications on upcoming Ivy ...
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Date: Monday, January 9th, 2012, 10:49
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Date: Monday, January 9th, 2012, 10:49
Category: Accessory, Hardware, wireless
This could prove spiffy.
Per Engadget and its CES coverage, Intel executive Mooly Eden has just confirmed that the company?s forthcoming Ivy Bridge chips will support Near-Field Communications (NFC), as demoed in a transaction involving a laptop and PayPass-enabled MasterCard.
NFC technology has yet to be truly demoed as incorporated into notebooks and it?ll be interesting to see which companies and developers pick up on this as well as whether this will find its way into upcoming Apple notebooks.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
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Samsung takes on LG with 55-inch OLED TV
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Samsung's Super OLED TV could be the hottest set on the market this year.
By Wilson Rothman
In 2009, Sony sold an 11-inch OLED TV. Then, for two full years, there was hardly a peep about OLED, even though it was touted as the thinnest, most efficient and highest contrast technology ever. Now, both LG and Samsung are showing off 55-inch models at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. OLED is finally ready?? or almost ready?? to compete with far cheaper LCDs for space in the living room.
Samsung's "Super OLED" TV, winner of a CES "Best of Innovations Award,"?is called by its maker "a masterpiece of accurate color reproduction and maximized performance." It has 3-D, motion control, voice control, face recognition. Of course it has the Media Hub and other features of Samsung's smart TVs, powered by a dual-core processor.
Our friend Geoff Morrison at HD Guru has this to say about the OLED TV:
Organic light-emitting diode TVs offer the promise of the best picture quality ever (and yes, we?re including CRT). Long ?vaporware? in the TV world, 2012 might be the year we see actual models. Samsung?s 55-inch model sure seems like the real deal ... maybe. They're promising a delivery in 2012, but at the moment there?s no pricing, release date, or even a model number. We remain optimistic, but skeptical.
Why is it finally the year for OLED? Sources have told HD Guru that it was advancements to the lifespan of the blue phosphor (one of three colors required for TV pictures). In terms of cost and availability, we'll have to wait and see. Regardless, we're finally pointing in the right direction. OLED is the future.
More CES 2012 coverage from msnbc.com's Gadgetbox:
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7 with LTE hands-on at CES 2012 (video)
We did have the opportunity to play with Verizon's Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the most striking feature is definitely the screen -- it's simply phenomenal, with incredible viewing angles and amazing contrast. The brushed-metal back cover further contributes to the premium feel of the device. Oh, and did we mention it's super thin? It's interesting to note that like most of Verizon's recent LTE phones, this tablet uses a micro-SIM instead of a standard-sized card. As for performance, it's top-notch with a fluid experience all around. Sadly, pricing and availability remain a mystery for now. We'll keep you posted, but in the meantime take a look at the galleries below and be sure to peek after the break for our hands-on video and the press materials.
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Interior Announces Grand Canyon Mining Moratorium
January 9, 2012 from KJZZ
The U.S. Department of the Interior is placing a 20-year moratorium on new mining claims in and around the Grand Canyon. Environmentalists say the ban is crucial to protecting the region. However, the mining industry and some Republicans say the moratorium will be harmful to Arizona's economy and the nation's energy independence.
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The Obama administration is imposing a 20-year moratorium on mining in and around the Grand Canyon. It says the ban on development will protect water supplies from potential contamination. The area is especially rich in uranium and congressional Republicans say the move will hurt job creation and energy independence.
From Flagstaff, KGZZ's Laurel Morales reports.
LAUREL MORALES, BYLINE: After years of debate and several short term bans, today's announcement focused on the long term. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar began by showing a short film about what he called the Southwest priceless American landscape.
SECRETARY KEN SALAZAR: Spectacular as it is, the Grand Canyon is more than rock and river. It's alive with more than 2,000 species of plants and animals.
MORALES: It just so happens that this treasure is surrounded by some of the richest uranium veins in the country, and when the price for uranium shot up a few years ago, mining companies staked thousands of claims on the land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.
Republican lawmakers have been pressuring the Obama administration to allow these claims to go forward, but today Secretary Salazar said no.
SALAZAR: It is the right thing to do by way of protecting the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River and the millions of Americans who live and rely on the waters of that great basin.
MORALES: Salazar pointed out that seven Southwestern states and millions of people depend on the Colorado River basin. Much of the vegetable supply for the rest of the country comes from southern California's Imperial Valley. The moratorium announced today will allow for further study of the aquifer.
Scientists say they want to look into potential harm that can come from faults, fractures and sinkholes around those abundant uranium veins. Minerals consultant Michael Berry says currently the U.S. has to import most of its uranium from Russia to fuel nuclear power plants. He insists the process of extracting these pipes of uranium is contained and clean.
MICHAEL BERRY: It seems silly when the pipes on the northern Arizona strip - they're probably some of the highest grade pipes in the country. There really isn't any evidence that shows that mining of the pipes, with today's technology, has any impact. So I think it's too bad. I think it's a missed opportunity for the country, to be honest.
MORALES: For environmental groups, today's announcement is a big win in a very long fight. Roger Clark is Air and Energy Quality Director for the Grand Canyon Trust.
ROGER CLARK: No matter what the uranium industry says, there's no guarantee that the Grand Canyon would be safe from contamination on the surface and down deep in the groundwater. We already have evidence of contamination from former mines.
MORALES: One already operating mine a few miles outside the park is grandfathered in under this moratorium, as are many other existing claims. The ban affects new and future minerals exploration. Because of that, environmentalists are pushing for legislation that would strengthen and extend the moratorium indefinitely.
For NPR News, I'm Laurel Morales in Flagstaff.
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