Friday, May 17, 2013

Titanic presentation

titanic

titanic survivor (Michael A. Findlay, USA) Mrs Sam Aks (Leah Rosen), 18, was born in Warsaw, Poland on 18 March 1894, the daughter of Morris Rosen, who in 1912 lived at 25 Brunswick Street, London. She boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her baby son Frank Philip Aks (ticket number 392091, £9 7s). Leah and "Filly" had left their home in London for 195 Chapel Street, Norfolk, Virginia where Leah's Husband Samuel, a tailor, was waiting for them. On the night of the sinking Leah Aks was forced up to the boat deck she found herself next to Madeleine Astor. Upon seeing the baby Mrs Astor removed her shawl and wrapped it around him. Not long after as Leah stood on the deck clutching her baby son he was suddenly torn away from her and tossed into lifeboat 11 which was being prepared for lowering, as she struggled to retrieve him she was restrained by crewmen who thought she was trying to rush the boat. Filly was caught by Elizabeth Nye who sat him on her lap, later she wrapped him in a steamer blanket to keep him warm.. Meanwhile Leah, still in a state of shock, was pushed into lifeboat 13 next to Selena Rogers Cook. After their rescue Leah and Selena were walking together on the deck of the Carpathia when an Italian woman (possibly Argene del Carlo) passed them holding a baby, Leah recognized Filly at once. She went to Captain Rostron and appealed to him to help her get her baby back, he took the two women to his room and asked each to provide proof of identity. Leah was able to describe a birthmark on Filly's chest and he was returned to her. She was so grateful to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia for her rescue that the following yearly giving birth to her only daughter she named her Sarah Carpathia Aks. But the nuns at the hospital when filling out her birth certificate put down Sarah Titanic Aks! The bitter cold she had endured in the lifeboat while awaiting her rescue had permanently damaged her eardrums and she suffered from a partial loss of hearing for the rest of her life. Mrs Aks died on 22 June 1967 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

Friday, March 8, 2013

where have I lived??

when i was little my parents moved from apartment to apartment in Illinois. we then moved to Kansas and have lived in one duplex for most of my life, then we moved into a house.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Telepresence Technology

the Telepresence Technology is a great idea created by Vgo communications. The company made a robot that is designed to help kids that are not able to go to school. the way the robot is designed is also nice as it is not humongous and is also not to small. It has cameras and audio so the kids can communicate with there classmates as if they were actually there. The robot itself doesn't look to hard to operate which is good for the younger kids too as it would be a pain for them to operate it laying down and the controls being all over the place.

Friday, January 11, 2013

wordle

This is a wordle created by me with my name, My favorite car, My favorite animal, My favorite song and of course food!!!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

About me =)

hello world I'm Joshua Herron. The masculine given name Joshua derives from the Hebrew male given name Yehoshua, meaning 'the Lord' is salvation. My favorite ice cream is chocolate chip cookie dough. :) If I had a million dollars I would buy the stuff I need first and then buy everything I have always wanted but could not get.