Articles from June 2010
June 25, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
The Waterloo Record reports that Titanic:The Artifact Exhibition will be coming to Kitchener in September at The Museum (formerly the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum). It runs from 23 Sep 2010-23 Jan 2011. Further information can be found at www.thechildrensmuseum.ca. Source: The Waterloo Record, The Museum Lands Major Titanic Exhibit, 24 June 2010
Categories: Titanic Exhibitions | 
Tags: Kitchener, Titanic Exhibition Canada, Titanic:The Artifact Exhibition, Waterloo Regional Children's Museum | 
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June 23, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
Top Chef has returned to Bravo. Hopefully it will push aside those crazy gals from New Jersey (we get it Danielle, you hate the Manzo family). Meanwhile Top Chef puts its cheftestants through the paces to find out who are just okay, good, and very good. I have decided to repost my rules for Top [...]
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bravo Top Chef, Top Chef Rules for Cheftestants, Top Chef Washington | Comments Off
June 22, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
Reuters is reporting that Sellers Capital, which has a 46% stake in Premier Exhibitions, has stated it will be selling its position. The reason is that Sellers is facing increased redemption demands and needs to return the capital to its investors. Premier states it is “assessing strategic alternatives” which means it is trying to figure [...]
Categories: Titanic | Tags: Premier Exhibitions, RMS Titanic, Sellers Capital | Comments Off
June 21, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
John Hendricks writing in the Ukiah Daily Journal about corruption wrote the following: The helmsman of the Titanic was advised of a small ice flow off the bow. Not to worry. This ship is unsinkable. So we think of the governments of the United States. We best think again. Our politicians make P.T. Barnum and [...]
Categories: Titanic Cliches | Tags: Bernie Madoff, John Hendricks, P.T. Barnum, Titanic unsinkable, Ukiah Daily Journal | Comments Off
June 16, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
There have several Titanic cliches in the past few days. Time to give them their due! First up is Hal Steger, vice president of marketing at Funambol who said: “Symbian is a great platform, but it’s also huge. It’s the Titanic of mobile operating systems… lets hope it doesn’t suffer the same fate,” said Hal [...]
Categories: Titanic Cliches | Tags: Bruce Babbit, Funambol, Hal Steger, Jesse Kline, Ken Salazar, Reason Online, Rev. James Merritt, Southern Baptists, Symbian | Comments Off
June 14, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
A few weeks ago I wrote about Ben Goldsmith and his fiancée Amanda Warrix entering a contest to have their marriage at COSI’s Titanic replica. The Mansfield News Journal reports they won the online competition. Readers will also recall that Ben Goldsmith is the great-great-grandson of Titanic survivor Frank Goldsmith, Jr. In addition to winning [...]
Categories: Titanic Miscellaneous | Tags: Amanda Warrix, Ben Goldsmith, COSI, Frank Goldsmith Jr., Wedding on Titanic Replica | Comments Off
June 14, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
The first annual “Anything That Floats” regatta was held on Saturday in Clearfield, PA during the Clearfield Riverfront Festival. Participants raced in human-powered homemade boats on a section of the Susquehanna River that flows through Witmer Park. Teams were judged not just on speed but creativity. A team for Zalno’s Jewelers crossed first and were [...]
Categories: Titanic Miscellaneous | Tags: Clearfield PA, Clearfield Riverfront Festival, Spanky's Courthouse Cafe team | Comments Off
June 10, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
According to New York Observer, Governor Patterson is on the attack against a fellow Democrat in the state senate. Senate Majority Leader Espada has stated that he would not vote for cuts that are slipped into weekly emergency budget extenders. This caused Paterson to throw some verbal bombs and naturally Titanic was invoked. “That is [...]
Categories: Titanic Cliches | Tags: Governor Paterson, New York, New York Observer, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada | Comments Off
June 7, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
Devo! A very long time ago (before the age of the Internet) my college roomate bought their record. Devo was edgy and new wave, perfect for the college student on a stuffy college campus. Today it has been reported that Devo, in addition to making their first album in 20 years, is also going to [...]
Categories: Titanic Miscellaneous | Tags: Devo, Futurama, Titanic | Comments Off
June 4, 2010 | Posted by Mark Taylor
The New Jersey Sports Authority, like many government agencies these days, is bleeding red. And they need lots of money to keep from going broke. Of course that means taxpayers get to foot the bill despite a $1.3 million cut in the payroll. To that the Star Ledger notes in its editorial: The NJSEA says [...]
Categories: Titanic Cliches | Tags: New Jersey Sports Authority, Star Ledger, Titanic deck chair | Comments Off