Author, Titanic survivor. Born Helen Churchill Hungerford on October 5, 1861, in New York, New York. A world traveler and author, Helen Churchill Candee survived in one of the deadliest sea accidents of the twentieth century aboard the luxury liner Titanic in 1912.

One of her earlier works was How Women May Earn a Living (1900), which was groundbreaking for the times. It advised women on how to support themselves without having to rely on a man. She was a single mother herself with two children from her marriage to Edward Candee to care for. While she came from an affluent background, she did not have a lot of money of her own. Writing articles was her primary means of income, and she tackled a broad range of subjects from politics to decorative arts.

Candee also wrote fiction, publishing the western novel, An Oklahoma Romance, in 1901. This was followed up by a nonfiction title, Decorative Styles and Periods in the Home (1906). Around this time, she lived in Washington, D.C. Candee spent some time abroad in the early 1910s and chose to spend some time in Europe during the beginning of 1912. Mixing business with pleasure, she conducted some research for a book on tapestries.

On April 10, 1912, Candee boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg, France. She was returning home after learning that her son Howard had been injured in an accident. As a single woman, she attracted a fair amount of attention from some of the unattached men on the ship. Among her admirers were architect Edward A. Kent, English sculptor Hugh Woolner, and Colonel Archibald Gracie.

After a dinner and a concert, Candee returned to her cabin on the night of April 14. A short time later, the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. She was then told her to get dressed and get on deck. Boarding Lifeboat 6, Candee joined Molly Brown and some of the other passengers and crew to make her escape from the sinking vessel.

The lifeboat was under the command of quartermaster Robert Hitchens. After the Titanic went down, Candee cried out that “we must go back,” according to Titanic: A Night Remembered. Several other passengers, including Brown, supported Candee’s idea of searching for more survivors in the water. But Hitchens refused to go back.

On the morning of April 15, Candee and the rest of Lifeboat 6 were rescued and brought aboard the Carpathia, a ship that answered the Titanic’s distress call.

Despite her first-hand experience with tragedy at sea, Candee continued to be an avid traveler. She wrote two books based on her travels in the Far East, Angkor the Magnificent: the Wonder City of Ancient Cambodia (1924) and New Journeys in Old Asia: Indo-China, Siam, Java, Bali (1927).

Candee died in York, Maine, in 1949.

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née Hillary Diane Rodham

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QUICK FACTS
Born: October 26, 1947 (Illinois)
Lives in: Chappaqua, New York
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Family: Married husband and future U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1975, 1 daughter Chelsea
Parents: Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma Howell
Siblings: Two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony
Religion: Methodist
Drives a: Lexus LS460H
Education:
- Graduated: Wellesley College (1969) - Major: Political Science
- Law Degree from Yale (1973) - Major: J.D.
Career:
Attorney with Rose Law Firm (1979-1993)
First Lady of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992)
First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
U.S. Junior Senator from New York sworn in January 3, 2001
Government Committees:
- Committee on Budget (2001-2002)
- Committee on Armed Services (2003-present)
- Committee on Environment and Public Works (2001-present)
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2001-present)
- Special Committee on Aging
- Commissioner of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (2001-present)
Books:
- It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us (1996)
- Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids’ Letters to the First Pets (1998)
- An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History (2000)
- Living History (2003)
Campaign Buzzwords: Hillblazers, HillRaisers, Hillstars
Noteworthy Donors: Martha Stewart, Warren Buffett

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a former First Lady, the junior U.S. Senator from New York and a Democratic candidate for president in 2008.

Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, a picturesque suburb located 15 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.

She was the eldest daughter of Hugh Rodham, a prosperous fabric store owner, and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham. Hillary had two younger brothers, including Hugh, Jr. (born 1950) and Anthony (born 1954).

As a young woman, Hillary Rodham was active in young Republican groups and campaigned for Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater in 1964. She was inspired to work in some form of public service after hearing a speech in Chicago by the Reverend Martin Luther King and became a Democrat in 1968. Rodham attended Wellesley College; she was active in student politics and was elected Senior Class president before she graduated in 1969. She then attended Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton. Graduating with honors in 1973, she also attended one post-graduate year of study on children and medicine at Yale Child Study Center. Hillary worked at various jobs during her summers as a college student. In 1971, she first came to Washington, D.C to work on U.S. Senator Walter Mondale’s subcommittee on migrant workers. In the summer of 1972, she worked in the western states for the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern. In the spring of 1974, Rodham became a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff, advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives during the Watergate Scandal. After President Richard M. Nixon resigned in August, she became a faculty member of the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville, where her Yale Law School classmate and boyfriend Bill Clinton was teaching as well.

Rodham married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975, at their home in Fayetteville. Before he proposed marriage, Clinton had secretly purchased a small house that she had remarked that she liked. When he proposed marriage to her and she accepted, he revealed that they owned the house. Their daughter, Chelsea Victoria, was born February 27, 1980.

In 1976, she worked on Jimmy Carter’s successful campaign for president while husband Bill was elected Attorney General.  He was elected governor in 1978 at age 32, lost re-election in 1980, but came back to win in 1982, 1984, 1986 (when the term of office was expanded from two to four years) and 1990.

Hillary kept her maiden name, joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock and in 1977 was appointed to part-time chairman of the Legal Services Corporation by President Carter.

As First Lady of Arkansas for a dozen years (1979-1981, 1983-1992), she chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Legal Services and the Children’s Defense Fund.

During this period, she and her husband invested in the Whitewater real estate project. The project’s bank, Morgan Guaranty Savings and Loan failed, costing the federal government $73 million. Whitewater later became the subject of congressional hearings and an independent counsel investigation.

She also served on the boards of TCBY and Wal-Mart. In 1988 and 1991, The National Law Journal named her one of the 100 most powerful lawyers in America.

During the 1992 presidential campaign, she emerged as a dynamic and valued partner of her husband, and as president he named her to head the Task Force on National Health Reform (1993). The controversial commission produced a complicated plan which never came to the floor of either house. It was abandoned in September 1994.

Inevitably there were charges of everything from old-fashioned nepotism to new-fashioned feminism, and she became the butt of both good-natured humor and vicious accusations. However, less partisan observers recognized her as simply an example of the new American woman.

She authored It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us (1996) and donated the proceeds to children’s hospitals.  In it, she advocated for a society which meets all a child’s needs.

In 1998, the White House was engulfed with the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. Though she publicly supported her husband, Mrs. Clinton reportedly considered leaving her marriage.  He was impeached, but the U.S. Senate failed to convict and he remained in office.

With her husband limited to two terms in the White House, Mrs. Clinton decided she would seek the U.S. Senate seat from New York held by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He was retiring after four terms. Despite early problems, and charges of carpet bagging, Clinton beat popular Republican Rick Lazio by a surprisingly wide margin: 55 to 43 percent.

Clinton became the first wife of a president to seek and win national office and the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from New York. She easily won re-election in November 2006.

Meantime, a volume of her memoirs, Living History, appeared in 2003.

In early 2007, Hillary Clinton announced her plans to strive for another first—to be the first female president.

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Bio:
Herdian Mohammad also known as HerdiOflo aka OFLO was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 28, 1980 approx 6:00 am. He spent 7 years of his life in Cijantung II, Jakarta Timur, where in 1987 he and his family flew to the United States of America to follow his father on continuing his father’s further education. Living in the US, he grew the love of the sport of basketball as well as the love of the culture of Hip Hop. His writing skills as well as his love of the sport of basketball pushed him to exceed the limits and chase after his childhood dreams of playing basketball and becoming a Hip Hop Emcee as a true profession. After returning to his homeland of Jakarta, Indonesia in 1998, he first captivated one of his dreams where he inked a multi-year contract with a local semi-pro basketball team of Indonesia Muda Texmaco competing in the so-called KOBATAMA back then (it is currently called the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL)). He has been featured in numerous magazines (Hai, Pertama, Gadis, etc), Sports Tabloid Media (Bola,Go,www.basketindonesia,etc.), Radios (Prambors, MTV sky, ARDAN, Radio Palembang,etc.), Television (RCTI, SCTV, Global-TV,etc.) as he has been visible in the National Basketball podium of National competition. His skills on the court dazzled fans nation wide of his versatile dribbling skills as well as his off-the court friendly attitude which gave him the respect he deserved. He grew his fan base at an enormous speed when he was selected in the 2002 Indonesian NUVO KOBATAMA All-star team as well as being elected as the first Professional Indonesian Basketball player to join the dazzling & entertaining team of “Freestyle Basketball Indonesia”, “Freestylers”. Herdi’s Hip Hop Emcee exposure came in 2002 during a local press conference of the Nuvo Kobatama All-Stars in Bandung, where he fascinated reporters, and fans as he demonstrated his skills as a Hip Hop “Rapper” in front of the large gathering in Bandung Super Mall (BSM). From that moment on, he is known as a basketball player with numerous talents such as half-time entertainer in the Freestyle Indonesian Basketball team as well as a Hip Hop “Emcee” climbing up in the local Indonesian Hip Hop scene. He has performed at local clubs, school events (pensy), product launches, birthday celebrations (ex.GADIS, etc.), opening act for Too Phat at Cilandak Town Square, performing on Global TVs “Lets Dance,” as well as huge performances on live television (Global-TV) in front of thousands in the 2005 A-Mild IBL FINAL FOUR Halftime show as well as in the 2005 halftime show of the A-Mild IBL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES in Hall-A Senayan. He was also the voice of the jingle of the L.A. Lights Streetball 2007 as he took first place in the L.A. Lights Streetball emcee contest. And just recently, he toured to 6 cities across Indonesia to promote his EP album while being selected in the 2007 Amild IBL All-Star Roadshow. He is currently playing for the team of Kalila Jakarta in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). Herdi’Oflo, being a familiar name in the local Hip Hop scene of Hip hop Indonesia, is one of the most anticipated, labeled,”BALLER-EMCEE”, to release his music and sounds in the growing genre of Hip Hop in the local Indonesian Music Industry. His debut CD-EP is finally released titled, Herdi’Oflo EP “Keep On Pushin.” Hear it first now!! Lookout for his LP and new sounds to be released in 2008!

Short Interview:
How did this all start?

I’ve been writing poetry and listening to Hiphop music ever since I was in elementary school as I never really thought of putting the two together to begin a music career in Hiphop. I’ve been a basketball person for as long as I remember as I have spent my days polishing my jumpshot, increasing my dribbling skills and all that needs to be accomplished for a successful basketball player. I successfully signed a multi-year contract at the age of 18 to play in the proffesional basketball league of Indonesia. I would write on my days off from practice as I would occasionally lace rhymes on my computer. I began to take Hiphop to a more proffesional level back in 2002 after my late mother, Hermien Widjajanti - R.I.P - passed away due to Cancer. I was faced with dark nights as I turned daily on my writing and self thought to heal all the pain within me. I continued to write rhymes and recording my sounds on my computer. I then started performing across Indonesia on my off season anywhere I could to get exposure and experience in the Hiphop game. As I came across many talented Hiphop producers throughout these 5 years, I knew my destiny is pursuing this Hiphop to the fullest. As I am still a professional basketball player, it is time to just unleash the magic.

Why the name HerdiOflo?

When I first started flowin’ on the mic I had a dificult time of finding a name for myself as I was mostly emphasising on my production and lyrical skills. I had not put much thought in a name. In 2003 after recording a CD with american producer Marcus Williams, he gave me the name HerdiOflo because - my rhymes flows smooth and sway like water.

What are your Hiphop goals?

My goals in Hiphop are establishing myself as an emcee with a unique flavor in the game as well as being one of the Hiphop cats in Indonesia to go international. I feel that getting access to music in the southeast asian region is so easy due to piracy, that musicians these days need to step up their game and create something fresh from the oven. I think one of the measurements of success would be an artist having die hard fans from their own country as well as other countries around the world.

Share to us your Hip Hop journey?

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been writing rhymes since my elementary days as writing and music was a big part of my personal life. To fast forward a bit, I tried to further my music career by lacing rhymes and recording my flows on my computer in search of music producers who might be interested in working together. I shopped my demo around everywhere I could and finally in 2003, an American music producer by the name of Marcus Williams agreed to start a music project together. At the time, he happened to reside in Bali where we worked out a deal as we laced 10 songs that would be released in the US. It was the stepping stone of my music career as when I flew back to Jakarta, I was picked up by the manager of “Freestyle Basketball Indonesia” Bang Jul khaerudin - “The Godfather Of Indonesian Streetball”, whom agreed to conceptualize a new concept of shows where I would flow on the mic with my partner name Subhan; who is currently a rising model, movie star & commercial artist; as we kicked open every ‘Freestyle Basketbal Show’ with the two of us flowing on the mic. It was such a good experience as it exposed me to perform in front of hundreds and at times even in front of thousands. From there really kicked start the momentum of my music career which lead to the formation of HollaBack Family and into meeting so many Indonesian producers.

Any last messages for any aspiring Hiphop talents in the southeast asian region?

My single word that I can give ya’ll would be “Perseverance” - without that your’re bound to go nowhere if you decide to quit due to obstacles. The Hiphop market is so over crowded with talent and if you don’t believe in yourself - nobody will! So keep on pushing it and fulfill your dreams. Don’t let them haters bring you down. It should only bring you up. “Say haters, we love you, say haters we love you..” - Sweet Martabak ‘Ada Sumur Di Ladang’ (Rapvolusi) -

in full Heinrich Theodor Böll

byname El Petiso (Spanish: “The Short One”)