Archive for January, 2010
Lucky Draw Shipwreck Survivor Quiz
Every month, two lucky people will will be entered in a drawing for a FREE autographed copy of Alive on the Andrea Doria! The Greatest Sea Rescue in History.
Submit the answers to this month’s LUCKY DRAW quiz at www.PieretteSimpson.com; click on “Special Offer and Complimentary Copy”. Then fill out the required information in order to receive a response and your book. Enter the number of the survivor from the following list next to the name of the shipwreck that they survived in the form below.
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Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning to
dance in the rain! – Joyce Schneider
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
| Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have
within you the strength,the patience and the passion to reach for the
stars to change the world.”- Harriet Tubman
What are your favorite quotes?
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A Link to the Andrea Doria
A producer from Rome who came to my home in Michigan for an interview observed, “It seems like everyone has a connection to the Andrea Doria.” In my authorial journey I have found this to be immensely true.
My gentleman Richard Haskin and I attended Detroit’s North American International Auto Show. So, where’s the link to the ship that brought me to America? The Chrysler brand. It is explained in chapter 12 , “Diving the Doria” in Alive in the Andrea Doria:
“One fascinating ‘casualty’ of the Andrea Doria sinking was a beautiful, one-of-a-kind automobile called the Norseman. This special prototype, with an unusual cantilevered roof and no side pillars, was designed by Chrysler and built by the Italian company Ghia. The estimated cost was $150,000 ( in $1956). It was on its way to New York on the Doria, in tenet for the 1957 auto show circuit. But sadly, it would never be seen by the public.”
The beautiful Norseman is now in a larger cargo hold: the Atlantic Ocean. If only its long, sleek design, a glimmer of beautiful models to come, had been an inspiration for 2010 models! Whatever happened to creativity at Chrysler—and a majority of American cars for that matter?
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THE PROTEST ship Ady Gil engaged by Sea Shepherd has been holed in a collision with Japanese whalers on the high seas off Antarctica.
Survival on our seas manifests in different ways. Watch this video of the protests ship Ady Gil (engaged by Sea Shepherd) and decide for yourself who collided into whom. But more importantly, ask yourself what can be done to protect one of earth’s most beautiful creatures: the whales. Obviously, anti-whaling ships have a huge battle ahead of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbuq0YEIPNU
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On the floors of New York City’s waterways, no fewer than one hundred and seventy shipwrecks languish. Although their exact locations must remain secret to thwart the efforts of amateur looters, we are asking you to dive in and mine the wreckage.
Draw your inspiration from our gallery of shipwreck images and tell a story—fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry—in 3000 words or less, that brings these ghost ships back to life.
As with our regular submissions, we are not asking for explanations, but rather the stories that these shipwrecks evoke. Be as creative as possible, but to qualify for the contest, your story must reference a shipwreck specifically in the NYC waterways. (This doesn’t mean you need to write about a shipwreck that actually happened, but your story must reference the waterways around the city.)
Underwater New York presents the Shipwreck Story Contest in conjunction with the American Folk Art Museum’s exhibition, Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Maritime and Landscape Painter.
The winning story will be published in Underwater New York, and its author will have the chance to read at Underwater New York Free Music Friday: Shipwreck Stories at the American Folk Art Museum on March 5, 2010.
Contest details:
- Submit your entry using our online form and write “Shipwreck Story Contest” in the “which object” line.
- The deadline for submissions is February 12, 2010.
- Contest winners will be announced on the Underwater New York website on February 23rd.
- Questions? Contact us at underwaternewyork (at) gmail (dot) com
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These were my Google News Alert Sea Piracy headlines for December 30, 2010.
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Somali Pirates Attack Kuwaiti Oil Tanker |
| Infamous Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP |
| PIRATES NAB SHIP |
| UK Flagged MV St. James Park Pirated in Gulf of Aden |
| World in Brief, Dec. 29, 2009 |
| India and Japan: Strategic convergence |
| Shipping cargo to US, Europe to become costlier from January
Although there have been fewer human casualties in 2009, there has been an increase of incidents. |
| Alarming, costly, dangerous, and despicable; these words describe my sentiments about this international piracy problem. Is there a silver lining? Will it be our oceans that unite continents toward economic, and even personal survival? Let us all become part of the solution.While we ponder our existence, I take this opportunity to wish every creature on this planet a safe, healthy, prosperous and enlightening 2010. |
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