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• Distracting Signs & Objects
  by Mark Richards

  I don’t know whether it’s just the way Sydney is, though it’s sometimes very difficult to get the best shot when there are so many distra…

  I don’t know whether it’s just the way Sydney is, though it’s sometimes very difficult to get the best shot when there are so many distracting elements in a scene, like signs and poles, posts, wires, rubbish etc. Even when viewing from alternative angles something seems to be in the way. If anyone else reads this and finds or feels the same please let me know? And how you’ve gotten around these obstacles other than to try and digitally remove them in post processing software.

• Titanic Artifact Exhibit
  by Renate Mairie

  This exhibit recently closed in Denver. What an amazing and obsessive day! Each person receives a passenger’s ticket (whose name was re…

  This exhibit recently closed in Denver. What an amazing and obsessive day! Each person receives a passenger’s ticket (whose name was really a passenger on the Titanic) upon entry. You get to find out at the end of the exhibit if you survived or not. There were many artifacts recovered from the bottom of the ocean on display. The most compelling were those also linked with a personal story or witness account. I still struggle with a division of Spirit and Science. This is (morbidly) fascinating material, but in reality, I feel it is a gravesite and should be treated as sacred. My name was Mrs. John Sage (Annie Elizabeth Cazaly-Sage), age 44. She boarded with her husband and 9 children, immigrating to Florida from England for a new life. Her husband had purchased a farm intending to grow fruit and pecans. None of them arrived in Florida. One of the only (entire) families to perish. Tickets were in third class where most peoples perished. Annie’s body was never recovered, but a witness indicates that the family was seen on deck shortly before the “end.” It is possible that they were awaiting a life boat when the Titanic sunk. One of the travesties of this tragedy was the lack of lifeboats. A Director of the White Star Line that built the Titanic was onboard. He is said to be responsible for the LACK of lifeboats, but guess who was evacuated on a half-full lifeboat? This very Director. I wondered how he felt living the rest of his life out, thinking of those who died. I also wonder if I would have been a coward in the same situation, I hope not… I wish to be like Benjamin Guggenheim onboard, “We’ve dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.” He also gave a survivor a message saying, “If anything should happen to me, tell my wife I’ve done my best in doing my duty.” -but I recognize my Idealist tendencies. After returning home, we googled the names and discovered many more fascinating stories as well as incredible photographs of the Titanic’s Atlantic Maiden Voyage before its encounter with the infamous iceberg. Children in Peterborough, England honor the Sage family to this day when learning about the Titanic. They even pay respects to the Sage family’s last known address. Grateful to see that nearly 100 years later, these lives are well known and honored!