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i let the bullies bully me, ( if u ignore the bully, the bully will get rlly pissed and does more mean stuff, and with that the bully does something so terrible, that in the end the bully regrets it for the rest if his life. i guess some ppl feel that being bullied is a sign of deep freindship....funny eh? )
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i don't.
When I was alot younger I was bullied by quite alot of people, I was treated like the outcast and everyone would just take picks at me... one day I got sick of it and, well, lets just say one of the bullies noses still doesn't look the same 6 years on...
Havn't been bullied since.
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i was bullied from age of 5 to 17 basically all my school life i was bullied because i didn't do much in school kept myself to myself i was one the tallest but chubby at first sight you would thought of me as bulky not to fuck with, i don't like violence so i held back for their safety because when i snap i go nuts i remeber one time i had 10 beating on me and thay didn't like it that i could stand up at the end of it and never went down once just stood there taking it because while thay were beating me i could see where their weak points were and could of turned the table easerly thay would of ended in hospital not with lite injuries but quiet serious injuries i don't didn't do any defence classes or anything like that i always had a nack of observing from a disstance or in a predicament but thats not good when mixed with my temper, anger or rage what ever ppl would like to see it as, end of the day thay were weak nothing more wanna be gangsters like to days young generation wimps.
exactly! someone bullied me i'd be all like oh hell no! hah(:
I'm afraid. Simply, I'm a weak person who cannot win.
Fun things are fun.
Honestly, I only saw bullies throughout younger grades. I've never really seen the stereotypical bully shown in movies who bash you into lockers and give you swirlies in the restroom. I kind of wish I did so I could have taught them a lesson, but hey, it's a good thing that there aren't many bullies where I live.
Then again, what I've said above is about the usually-seen-guy-bullies in movies.
I think just about everywhere there will be at least a few bullies who verbally abuse you for their enjoyment and ego. Unfortunately, these bullies at my school and environment come as barbie dolls who have 100+ layers of expensive make-up and have no clue what is going in the world.
if i really think about it i get verbally bullied every day, but it dont really give a shit about it, i could care less. but if someone punched me and they arent my friend i would punch back no matter how big they are...of course i would probably lose lol
i think people can defend themselves if they want but the main reasons people usually dont fight back is the school system or other rules for fear of getting in trouble.the rule in my school is if someone starts hitting you...go into the fetal position until someone comes to help you ...seriously, no one does it though
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I dont allow people to push me around, and I never will. Hell I sassed a cop once and he left me alone XD Once someone threatened to punch me so I said "Do it", they just walked away ^^
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The only time I got bullied was in middle school on the bus, and I basically clawed his face off while he pulled my hair. It was fun. ^^ Afterwards, I dunno. I got along with mostly everyone during high school. Even my bullies. But I think this is because my school was new, and it only had my grade and the grade above us attending. For the next four years, we just grew to respect each other. Some of the people that bullied me in middle school I now consider good friends.
Then again, maybe I wasn't bullied a lot, because I already scare people away. When I volunteered for a school haunted house, my teacher told me most of the people that went inside said the only frightening thing about the house was me. Afterwards, I just used that to my advantage. If someone is pissing me off, I give them this weird look, and then they immediately become uncomfortable.
I was a victim of bullying in the past, I guess the reason why I was afraid of doing anything is because of my fear of getting in trouble with adults (particularly school authorities) had I ever fight back against my bully, I had thoughts about just punching her in the face and going ape shit on her but never really did it, plus she's my neighbor and well yeah I'd get in trouble with her parents, weird thing though is that when not in school, she would treat me kindly and would even invite me to her house, I'm glad that was all in the past though and even though it affected my self esteem, it also helped me decide that I should start fighting my battles and people who would pick on me instead of succumbing to them.
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The only time I got bullied was in middle school on the bus, and I basically clawed his face off while he pulled my hair. It was fun. ^^ Afterwards, I dunno. I got along with mostly everyone during high school. Even my bullies. But I think this is because my school was new, and it only had my grade and the grade above us attending. For the next four years, we just grew to respect each other. Some of the people that bullied me in middle school I now consider good friends.
Then again, maybe I wasn't bullied a lot, because I already scare people away. When I volunteered for a school haunted house, my teacher told me most of the people that went inside said the only frightening thing about the house was me. Afterwards, I just used that to my advantage. If someone is pissing me off, I give them this weird look, and then they immediately become uncomfortable. :)
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I was bullied when I was younger. It can really mess you up if you let it get to you. From my experince I learned to just stay calm and ignore it. If you retaliate it can make matters worse, and it just shows that they can get to you. It stopped when I got in high school though, T.V. and movies make high school out to be the worst for nerds and geeks like ourselfs. Don't get me wrong I know some places have problems with bullies.
I've never been bullied nor have I ever seen one get bullied in front of my eyes, except one.. I can't tell you that he deserved it, but he sort of did, I don't know if there was a bigger problem to it than him just being annoying as hell and the rotting person he is. Sorry I think I'm bullying him right now, but this is a first, he deserved it because he was a jerk, douche and everyone tried to help him, but when they did, he used them for his advantage, and that's how he got bullied.
I've never seen a person that doesn't deserve to be bullied before, because no one has ever done that in my school, but to anyone that bullies a person that has not problem or has not done anything wrong, you are stupid, damn I hate people that blame people without knowing them fully, or just do it out of getting higher up in the world (i.e. make a lame joke about someone and the people think your funny, damn that's just stupid, I don't know why people are mean like that.)
I have never understood why people get bullied or bully, it's weird that they would do something like that to a person that doesn't deserve it, I can fully agree that someone that deserves it he should get punished in some way, but the thing is, know the people beforehand, it's stupid going up to a person saying "HAHA You're ugly" Now picture this with maybe, that the person has a decease that he/she cannot do anything about? It's just freaking stupid, that's why I was never sure about really bullying the person at my school, I always just tried to avoid him, because I don't want to bully anyone, but the things he did were just like a normal douche in the world. As I said earlier I don't know if there was a bigger problem to it than he was just a bad person, and that's why you need to know the people beforehand, It's like judging an Anime by it's cover, but not even trying to watch it to see if it's good or bad on the inside,
*I used the word stupid way to often -.-*
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As far as I can remember I've never been bullied. (but now that I think about it I probably have, but I care so little for people like that. That I probably just ignored them without even realizing it.)
However I have witnessed a lot of other people being bullied. Which is something I've never put up with. At this point in time everyone in the town I live in knows I despise bullying. Only three times in my life have I ever resorted to physical violence. Each time I was defending someone against bullies. Only the overly physical ignorant bullies who don't understand the meaning of back off. Those three actually ended up in military school (They were extreme cases)
Still I'm well known in my school for not tolerating any bull****
Being a senior I know pretty much everyone in the school. Every now and then I'll catch upperclassmen picking on freshman. All I have to do is walk up to the situation and they back off like they weren't doing anything. I always make a point to introduce new students or people who I have seen being bullied to other people who I know will make them feel welcome at the school.
In middle school I was a peer mediator (Someone students could talk to anonymously about social issues) I've definitely seen how bulling can affect people..
Bulling just pisses me off and I've seen too much of it...
That was a bit of a rant
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I used to be bullied by this one girl in my soccer team. Once my dad knew he talked to my coach and all was fine. I was always quiet and didn't like to get in trouble. Now I have no problem standing up for myself if i need to and people don't try to mess with me but otherwise my personality is still the same. It also doesn't help that I have always been the shortest person in my classes.


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|July 5, 2012, 12:45 AM
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Youth Shooting Competitions
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|July 5, 2012, 02:38 AM
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I'm kinda perturbed there aren't more of them, or more youth participating in them. I still have ribbons I won from way back in jr. high school through our county 4-H shooting team. The skills, safety, and responsibility I learned doing that was far and above anything I learned in my academic endeavors down at our little consolodated school district.
Another plus for youth competitions- is if young shooters are taught to be good stewards to the sport, then I feel those young men and women won't be so inclined to be embarrassments or liabilities to the sport when they are grown.
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I've shot USPSA matches with folks as young as nine.
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|July 5, 2012, 08:14 AM
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We have many young shooters at our club and they shoot with everyone else. I think the enjoy getting the attention and help from the old guys and really enjoy beating us as they progress.
|July 5, 2012, 02:27 PM
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One of the biggest problems with getting juniors involved in organized shooting is finding adults with the time,skill and desire to run a program. Having coached juniors teams in the past I can tell you that it is very rewarding but also very consuming of time and energy. Club level competition is the greatest resource for introducing young ones to shooting. They don't have to try to be Olympians but the exposure to organized competition plants a seed for being responsible and safe shooters.
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|July 5, 2012, 03:51 PM
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Kinda off topic, but does anyone have any reccomendations for rifles/pistols your kids can "grow" with?
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I don't prescribe to the thought of having a rifle a youngster can grow with as far as competition. I understand a lot depends on the shooters size/strength, but when/if they start out small and light, they should be allowed to upgrade as they grow. An example might be going from a CZ scout, to a CZ 452 Military Trainer, and then on into the serious rifles such as Anschutz and the like. By the time a youngster gets ready to outgrow the Military Trainer- he/she may well decide to venture into another arena such as High Power, Service Rifle, etc.
Rimfire competition can be fiercly competitive and quite costly, so I hate to see a kid sent out under-gunned. Whatever he/she starts out with should have, or be able to be set up with peep sights.
But I degress. Choosing a rifle also greatly depends on what type of competition they are gearing up for- Benchrest, 3-Position, Silhouette, Running Target. Maybe from 8/13 years old one rifle may do all for him/her. But if they are serious- they should look to specialize by 14/16 years. But, that's just my opinion.
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I have shot USPSA matches with youngsters in their early teens. They invariably handled themselves in a safe and competent manner, usually shooting the same match with a parent.
One club ran a fun match under USPSA rules that had a loaner .22 for young children to use. I saw kids as young as 7 or 8 shooting the same stages as the grownups. The RO would make any necessary reloads and carry the gun while the youngster would walk between the various shooting positions. Time was not counted, only hits were scored with plaques awarded after the match. This was a big confidence builder for the kids involved.
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My oldest grandson "Shooter" started shooting handgun competition with me when he was 8 years old.
We competed in USPSA/IPSC, Action Pistol, and Steel matches.
He actually was pretty darn good and beat many of the men that he had to compete against.
He shot the Single Stack Classic when he was 9, this was before they used USPSA rules so there was no junior class for him to compete in, he loved it.
There was a write up about him in the junior section of Front Sight magazine.
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|July 11, 2012, 01:56 PM
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I remember my competitions we held at the local club between all of the younger kids. It wasn't but about maybe 30 of us split into two age groups, but it was awesome. I can't speak for everyone but the involvement makes me think that it teaches very special habits that stick with you. Me and my dad went to the range every weekend religiously just to practice, but more importantly have fun. He gets mad at me jokingly now when I smoke him, and just tell him its his own fault!
I still have my trophies from over 10 years ago!(yes the name is correct) haha. Encourage your club to start competitions even if they will be small, I loved mine and your kids will too!
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Youngshooters post is the best representation of why getting kids into organized shooting is important. They learn safety and shooting not only from the instructors but also from people their own age. Get valuable lessons about dealing with others and memories to look back on. Some even find a new shooting partner. Their Parent. How much better can it get?
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Thanks! Although I can't speak from a parents perspective on the matter, I think it provides education and further enjoyment throughout their progressive shooting lives. Your kids wont understand what it means at the time beyond something that is fun! Anyone on the fence about the competition I would encourage to get started for their kids. Competition is good for the soul! They will thank you down the road.
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Both my sons shoot on their schools shotgun team here in South Carolina. At the 2012 South Carolina Youth Shooting Foundation state sporting clays tourney we had 360 shooters from 7th -12th grade.
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Here's one my kids have competed in the last 2 years. Though not a strictly shooting competition. The kids do compete with bow, .22, black powder and shotgun.
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Gabe enlists the assistance of internet writer Evan Saathoff to parse this epic...
Hello. Due to time constraints and a hard case of the 'I don't feel like its' I was unable to prepare a proper 'feature' review for this Blu-ray release. But fear not, I've called upon one of the superstars of online movie journalism to cover for me. You may know Evan Saathoff for his in-depth feature film analysis and criticism on websites like Badass Digest, Screen Crush, Bloody Disgusting, and CHUD. He's also currently working on the end-all exploration of Tyler Perry's film career. Tentatively titled The Unlikeliest Auteur, Saathoff claims that the book will examine, film by film, why Tyler Perry is America's most under-appreciated filmmaker. Here are some of Saathoff's words on Titanic, which he approaches from a strictly historical perspective.
Quote: Way back in what we will refer to in this document as Timeline-A, successful filmmaker James Cameron released unto the world his greatest triumph, Titanic. The three-hour film told the story of a class-stricken romance doomed by the tragic sinking of a massive ocean liner.
The film starred Wes Bentley as Jack and Heather Graham as Rose. After a present day prologue in which a deep sea research crew contacts an aged Rose to ask about the ship, we follow Jack, a wayward street rat, as he lucks into a couple tickets aboard the already legendary sea vessel. Meanwhile, young and beautiful Rose gets shoved aboard the ship by her cold and cruel fiancé (played by Peter Gallagher).
After some days at sea, Jack and Rose catch each other's interest and begin to fall in love. Before anyone knows it, he's drawing her naked and she's drawing his genetic materials in the backseat of a car. This does not go over in the rich kid camp, and many scenes of Peter Gallagher chasing Wes Bentley commence.
That's around when the ship hits an iceberg and suddenly shifts from Romeo and Juliet romance to doomed disaster film with a bit of romance on top. Everyone starts drowning all over the place as the ship fills with water. Then they're falling all over the place as it upends and breaks in half. Then they're freezing all over the place as survivors float in icy waters waiting for help. Jack is one of the popsicles. Rose lives through the night because she's floating atop a door. A really big door. Like big enough for two people. I mean, they could have at least taken turns.
The film was a massive flop, and for years, Cameron refused to accept such an unsuccessful outcome. He was so determined to make Titanic a hit that he created a time machine, traveled back to the turn of the century, built a Titanic, filled it with souls, and sunk it on an iceberg. We call this Timeline-B.
Being based on a famous true story improved Titanic's fate. The film was a hit, but still not the mega hit Cameron demanded.
So he went back again and made the film a second time. Now it starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack and Kate Winslet as Rose. We call this Timeline-C.
This recast also improved Titanic's box office fate. It was now the 10th highest grossing film of all time. Still James Cameron was unsatisfied.
So he went back a third time and reshot all the scenes with Rose's fiancé, this time replacing Peter Gallagher with Billy Zane. We call this Timeline-D, the timeline we are currently living in right now. The timeline in which Titanic is the 2nd highest grossing film of all time.
In short: Do not doubt the power of Billy Zane.
So here's the deal: I've never seen Titanic on anything but standard definition cable broadcasts, so I don't have the best idea on exactly what it is 'supposed' to look like. I don't have a theatrical memory, DVD copy or HD airing to compare it to; I only have my assumptions. The facts tell me that this 1080p, 2.35:1 (not the open-matte 1.78:1 IMAX framing, by the way) Blu-ray release represents Cameron's latest 4K digital re-mastering, minus the post-conversion 3D enhancement seen in theaters for the March 2012 re-release. The short version of this video review is that Titanic looks just about as good as you would expect and I can't imagine any huge complaints from the film's huge fan base. There are signs of DNR enhancement, which isn't surprising, but these don't really flatten any details and don't wipe out all signs of film grain. It seems that the process has its place, and that is in the hands of obsessive filmmakers with $10 million in backing funds. The grain comes and goes a bit, but generally appears accurate for something shot using Super 35 (though the occasional shutter effects might bother some folks). The basic limits of 35mm also appear in the deeper set backgrounds, but Cameron is mostly content to keep backdrops a bit out of focus and foreground textures are spectacularly fine. The clarity definitely reveals some of the seams on the special effects, too, but the general lack of edge enhancement is certainly welcome.
Some of the colour quality looks a little more 'digitalish' than it has before, specifically the vibrancy and purity of yellows and Cameron's beloved cool blues. I suppose the glowing yellow bases are meant to read as sepia (which we all know means 'period'). Again, my experience with the film isn't the most trustworthy, but I'm pretty sure skin tones were originally more natural than this and I'm almost positive the teal bits weren't quite this consistent or bright. In terms of image quality, of course, the poppy contrast is pretty spectacular and I'm particularly impressed with the less common red and orange bursts. Whites are definitely infiltrated by these yellows and/or blues, depending on time of day, but blacks are almost always perfectly deep without appearing blocky. Sometimes, the below-decks and dead of night sequences look a little darker than expected, though usually the detail increase ensures nothing goes missing entirely.
Same deal with the video: I haven't seen the film in anything by stereo, so pretty much everything here is based on what I'm hearing on this re-mastered DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. It's known as a bit of a special effects feast, but Titanic is mostly devoted to its droning, chatty dialogue and James Horner's super-melodramatic musical score. But 1997 was a great year for overindulgent Dolby Digital surround mixes and even when we're meant to be paying attention to the actors, there's usually something going on in the stereo and surround channels. This mix is at its best at moments like this, where the dialogue is meant to take center stage, but music and the bustle of Cameron's highly detailed world still burst out of the additional channels. Specifically, these bits are most impressive, because they don't trip over each other or turn into aural mud. These additions range from the subtleties of ocean winds to difficult-to-miss chatting aristocrats and heavy machinery. Of course, it's the film's final act that makes the biggest impact, including the scathing and explosive initial iceberg impact, unique underwater sequences, and stretching, crumbling wood. Dynamic range is also well used during the final hour or so and the uncompressed nature of the track keeps the highest volume cracks and pops from distorting, even on my aging system. The LFE is strongly represented throughout, especially the throb of the ship itself, which differentiates in frequency, depending on exactly how far the action is from the ship's gigantic engines. The thing that always twigs me about Horner's score is how electronic it sounds. This mix does little to change my mind on the subject. The strings are plenty rich and warm, but the vocal effects sound like they're sampled effects, rather than real human voices. Funnily enough, it's not Horner's score, but the big Irish dance-off around the one-hour mark that features the most directionally enhanced and dynamically impressive music.
Remember the part of the review where I said I didn't have time to write a review of the film? Well, I had even less time to spend on re-watching it with commentary tracks, but there are three here, all of which were included in the 2005 DVD release. These include a James Cameron solo track, a 'cast and crew' track, and a historical track with historians Don Lynch and Ken Marschall.
From here, we move onto the new documentary featurettes, starting with Reflections on Titanic (1:03:50, HD), which comes in four parts. The coverage includes discussion of the film's inspirations and inception, casting, historical research, production/costume/prop design, Cameron's direction, bad press, post-production, editing, test screening at the Mall of America, the premier, reviews, the boffo box office take & lasting phenomenon, Horner's music, pop-culture reactions, Oscar awards, 3D conversion, and even the eventual backlash. Interview subjects include Cameron, producer Jon Landau, critic/film historian Joseph McBride, 'BFI Modern Classics: Titanic' author David Lubin, historians Ken Marschall and Don Lynch, Titanic forensic analyst Parks Stephenson, Lightstorm Studios VP Geoff Burdick, former News Corp president & CEO Peter Chernin, executive producer Rae Sanchini, AFI President & CEO Bob Gazzale, composer James Horner, Celine Dion, Stereo D president William Sherak, and actors Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Suzy Amis-Cameron, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Ion Gruffudd, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, and Danny Nucci.
Up next is Titanic: The Final Word (1:36:20, HD), a feature-length exploration of the historical sinking, hosted by James Cameron. It features an expert roundtable including Ken Marschall, RMS Titanic Inc. director of underwater operations PH Nargeolet, RMS director of research Bill Sauder, naval systems engineer Parks Stephenson, Titanic Historical Society chief historian Don Lynch, W.H.O.I. director of special projects David Gallo, Naval Academy architect Commander Jeffrey Stettler, and US Coast Guard naval architect and salvage engineer Brian Thomas. This doc mixes pretentious, 'thoughtful' footage of Cameron looking at models and computers, footage from the round table discussion, technical illustrations, and computer models with footage from Titanic and Cameron's other Titanic-related documentary, Ghosts of the Abyss. Besides its all too serious tone and Cameron's iffy narrative voice, I found this doc more interesting than either the film or the behind the scenes extras. Then again, I have a bit of a fetish for these kinds of forensic disaster documentaries.
Then, familiar DVD extras begin to crop up. These start with a collection of 29 deleted/extended scenes (57:30, HD), including an alternate ending, a director's introduction, and optional commentary from Cameron.
Under the 'Production' heading you will find:
- Behind the Scenes (1:03:30, SD), a massive collection of quick interviews/making-of featurettes.
- Construction Time-Lapse (4:20, SD), featuring optional commentary from documentary director Ed Marsh.
- Deep Dive Presentation (15:30, SD) with narration from Cameron.
- $200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (17:50, SD), a crew video/blooper reel.
- Three Videomatics (3:20, SD)
- Four visual effects break-downs (7:50, SD)
The extras come to an end with the 'Archive' section, which includes a Celine Dion music video, six trailers, seven TV spots, image galleries, and three parodies.
Did you really expect anything less than great from Titanic's first Blu-ray release? Paramount had great stuff to work with, thanks to James Cameron's heavy involvement with the re-mastering of his film for 3D and IMAX re-release, so there was really no reason to believe fans would get anything less than the best. The image quality remains filmic, despite some obvious use of DNR enhancement in prep for the larger format releases. The closest I can come to a real complaint is that the colour correction seems a bit strange. The lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack is a great time-capsule example of late '90s sound design and features nothing in the way of directional errors or clarity inconsistencies that I noticed. The extras are quite extensive, including two all-new documentaries and everything made previously available on DVD.
Thanks again to Evan for dropping knowledge.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Was lucky enough to be in a position to work with one of only two 70mm prints of Titanic back in '97/98 and can say I haven't seen it looking this good since then.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 10th September 2012
Discs: 4
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French and Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 English Audio Descriptive Track
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Actors Commentary, Historian Commentary, Reflections on Titanic, Titanic: The Final Word, Behind the Scenes Featurettes, Construction Time-Lapse, Deep Dive Presentation, $200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey, Videomatics, Visual Effects Break-Downs, Trailers, Music Video, Image Galleries, Parodies, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Genre: Action, Adventure and Drama
Length: 194 minutes
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Britney Spears is all smiles as she greets a crowd of adoring fans after taking the stage on ITV's X-Factor in London on Saturday.
For her first live UK television performance in over four years, the back-in-the-groove pop princess performed her hit single "Womanizer," while the five remaining X-Factor competitors gave their own renditions of Britney classics.
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Beloved mother, daughter, and sister, Jennifer Flanagan LaVere, 36, passed away peacefully, March 31, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House, surrounded by family.
Beloved mother, daughter, and sister, Jennifer Flanagan LaVere, 36, passed away peacefully, March 31, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House, surrounded by family. Jennifer was born March 29, 1977, in Tulsa, Okla. She was joyfully welcomed by her adoptive parents, Jim and Janice Flanagan on May 13, 1977.
Jennifer attended Lansing schools from kindergarten through high school. She participated in many school activities; cheerleading in middle school, she was a part of the Lionettes and the golf team in high school. Jennifer excelled in music and participated for seven years in band. She was selected to be a Drum Major her senior year. After high school Jenny entered the Army and went through basic training at Fort Leonardwood, Mo., and became a member of the 312th Army Band in Lawrence, Kan. In the fall she attended K-State and was a member of the K-State Marching band. Jennifer received an Associates degree in Science from Kansas City Kansas Community College. She worked for many years as a Pharmacy Technician at Holst Pharmacy, CMOP and the Veteran's Administration Hospital.
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Jennifer had the opportunity to meet her birth mother, Natalie Jane Neuman, and enjoyed the reunion and welcomed her into her life with the same loving spirit she exhibited her whole life.
Jennifer fought a long and courageous battle against cancer with dignity and grace to the very end. We would like to thank Dr. Kahn and the entire staff at the KU Cancer Center for their dedication and support of Jenny. Their professionalism, thoughtfulness and kindness were greatly appreciated and will never be forgotten.
Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will begin Friday, 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Church. Inurnment at Mount Calvary Cemetery followed by a funeral luncheon at St. Francis de Sales. In lieu of flowers memorials are requested to the KU Cancer Center.


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Senator Wyden Attacked For Actually Trying To Get Stuff Done, Rather Than Playing Partisan Politics
from the why-congress-has-such-a-low-approval-rating dept
Though Democrats still have every intention of slamming Republicans who backed Ryan's earlier plan, there's sentiment in both parties that Wyden's latest move gives the GOP at least some cover.From there, the article also suggests that Wyden's efforts on SOPA/PIPA were similarly traitorous to Democrats, because (oh gosh!) he worked with Rep. Darrell Issa on SOPA/PIPA:
"It neutralizes the weapon," Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in an interview.
As if that weren't enough, Wyden also teamed up with another favorite Democratic whipping boy, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), to tear up a carefully scripted anti-piracy bill backed by one of the Democratic party's most loyal constituencies: Hollywood.Of course, Politico's narrative doesn't work as well if you follow the real timeline -- which was that Wyden was working against these bills way before Issa realized there was a problem with them. The two did team up, eventually, but not to mess up Democratic partisan politics -- but to stop a really bad bill.
This seems like a quintessential example of the kind of inside baseball reporting that commentators like Jay Rosen complain about all the time. It's reporting on politics like it's a horse race, and the most important thing is which party is winning -- not what they're actually doing.
In fact, if you want to put the Politico article in context, I would suggest first reading this Bloomberg piece from a few months ago about Senator Wyden, called, Ron Wyden, Senator From Planet Where Congress Works. That article shows a Senator who isn't focused on playing to what the party wants, but on actually getting important stuff done.
And I think most of us agree that, when it came to SOPA/PIPA, stopping those awful bills was a lot more important than some partisan politics. It's pretty ridiculous to then use that as an example of how he's messing up the game plan for Democrats. Perhaps the real lesson is that the Democrats have the wrong game plan. Millions of people lined up behind Wyden and against PIPA and SOPA. It had nothing to do with partisan politics and everything to do with what was the right thing to do. The reason why everyone hates Congress these days is because they're all focused on purely partisan politics and how much they can hurt "the other guy," rather than seeing if they can actually do something useful. That Wyden is attacked because he's trying to do something useful (and ignoring the partisan gamesmanship in the process) seems pretty pathetic.


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Have you ever been asked a stupid question during an interview; one that seemed to have no relation to the job responsibilities at all? Tech people are often caught off-guard by these apparently irrelevant questions, but there is a way you can turn these to your favor. Here is one idea.
While chatting with a couple of folks between sessions at SQLSaturday 43 last weekend, one of them expressed frustration over a seemingly ridiculous and trivial question that she was asked during an interview, and she believes it cost her the job opportunity. The question, as I remember it being described was, "What is the largest byte measurement?". The candidate made up a guess ("zetabyte") during the interview, which is actually closer than she may have realized. According to Wikipedia, there is a measurement known as zettabyte which is 10^21, and the largest one listed there is yottabyte at 10^24.
My first reaction to this question was, "That's just a hiring manager that doesn't really know what they're looking for in a candidate. Furthermore, this tells me that this manager really does not understand how to build a team." In most companies, team interaction is more important than uber-knowledge. I didn't ask, but this could also be another geek on the team trying to establish their Alpha-Geek stature. I suppose that there are a few, very few, companies that can build their businesses on hiring only the extreme alpha-geeks, but that certainly does not represent the majority of businesses in America.
My friend who was there suggested that the appropriate response to this silly question would be, "And how does this apply to the work I will be doing?" Of course this is an understandable response when you're frustrated because you know you can handle the technical aspects of the job, and it seems like the interviewer is just being silly. But it is also a direct challenge, which may not be the best approach in interviewing. I do have to admit, though, that there are those folks who just won't respect you until you do challenge them, but again, I don't think that is the majority.
So after some thought, here is my suggestion: "Well, I know that there are petabytes and exabytes and things even larger than that, but I haven't been keeping up on my list of Greek prefixes that have not yet been used, so I would have to look up the exact answer if you need it. However, I have worked with databases as large as 30 Terabytes. How big are the largest databases here at X Corporation?" Perhaps with a follow-up of, "Typically, what I have seen in companies that have databases of your size, is that the three biggest challenges they face are: A, B, and C. What would you say are the top 3 concerns that you would like the person you hire to be able to address?…Here is how I have dealt with those concerns in the past (or 'Here is how I would tackle those issues for you…')."
Wait! What just happened?! We took a seemingly irrelevant and frustrating question and turned it around into an opportunity to highlight our relevant skills and guide the conversation back in a direction more to our liking and benefit. In more generic terms, here is what we did:
This type of thing requires practice and some forethought. I didn't come up with this answer until a day later, which is too late when you're interviewing. I still think it is silly for an interviewer to ask something like that, but at least this is one way to spin it to your advantage while you consider whether you really want to work for someone who would ask a thing like that. Remember, interviewing is a two-way process. You're deciding whether you want to work there just as much as they are deciding whether they want you.
There is always the possibility that this was a calculated maneuver on the part of the hiring manager just to see how quickly you think on your feet and how you handle stupid questions. Maybe he knows something about the work environment and he's trying to gauge whether you'll actually fit in okay. And if that's the case, then the above response still works quite well.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground has a lot more money to spend on contracts than it once did but not as much as in the very recent past.
Such is the push-pull effect of new funding from the military's national base realignment and closure effort, coupled with tighter federal budgets and less wartime spending.
The Army post in Harford County obligated $15.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended in September. That's up $12 billion from 2005, the year the BRAC changes were announced, but down nearly $2 billion from 2011. The proving ground buys goods and services — such as software and radio-frequency sensors — needed to carry out its mission.
Contracting tallies are harder to come by for Fort Meade, the other local recipient of BRAC largesse, but businesses working with that installation tell a similar story. The Fort Meade Alliance, a nonprofit group that advocates for the Anne Arundel County base, says funding is up compared with 2005 and has been level or declining slightly in the past few years.
Loren B. Thompson, a defense analyst, thinks this experience is suggestive of how the two bases will fare under mounting national pressures on military spending.
"Aberdeen and Fort Meade will not feel the budget pinch as badly as most places," predicted Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute, a think tank in Arlington, Va. "A place like Fort Meade is really crucial to keeping the peace because of its intelligence function. In the case of Aberdeen, the military is putting much more stress on communications and networks" — a post-BRAC focus for the base — "than it is on things like tanks."
BRAC gave Aberdeen the Army Communications-Electronics Command and similar high-tech operations that had been headquartered at Fort Monmouth, N.J. Fort Meade gained several new tenants, including the large Defense Information Systems Agency, and has also benefited from non-BRAC growth in signals intelligence and cybersecurity.
Barney Michel, president of the Army Alliance in Aberdeen, a coalition that advocates for the installation, said the base has seen "tremendous growth in contracts" since the BRAC moves.
But the 2011 decision to impose across-the-board cuts on both defense and nondefense agencies starting in January — unless a compromise could be reached on deficit reduction — has affected Aberdeen contractors for months, he said.
Congress recessed for the Christmas holiday without having reached agreement on an alternative to the automatic cuts, known as sequestration. The long uncertainty has weighed on federal agencies and contractors alike.
"Over the past six months, we've seen a significant slowdown in the amount of contracts let through Aberdeen Proving Ground and the dollar value associated with the contracts," said Michel, who works at defense contractor Joint Research and Development's Belcamp office. "That's affecting businesses across the spectrum, small and large, as contracts are not renewed or renewed at lower levels or delayed as everybody awaits an outcome on potential sequestration."
Kenyata Wesley, chief associate director for small-business programs at the Communications-Electronics Command, said Aberdeen contractors are seeing changes that go beyond BRAC and the state of the federal budget.
Aberdeen is shifting from contracts that pay businesses based on the time and materials involved — a type of deal that could stick an agency with much higher costs than expected — to "cost plus fixed fee," with triggers in place to control spending, Wesley said.
Time-and-materials contracts are supposed to be issued only when it is very unclear how much time or money would be needed. When the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were at their peak, agencies felt pressure to get equipment into the field as quickly as possible.
But the days of sacrificing price for efficiency are ending, Wesley said. Aberdeen is about halfway through the transition away from loose price contracts to what should be a more certain environment, he said.
"The taxpayer will see a postwar savings," he said.
Bryon J. Young, executive director of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen, said by email that this change is already pressing costs downward — one of the reasons for the installation's falling contracting budget. He expects to see a continued "slight downward trend" in contracting dollars for the current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.
But a bit down from big is still big. Contractors gathered at Aberdeen this month for an industry conference heard about multimillion-dollar deals to be awarded in 2013 and 2014, including a few multiyear contracts worth nearly $1 billion each.


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If I want to check up on a particular Latin verb form, all I have to do is take down The Big Gold Book of Latin Verbs (555 paradigms) by Gavin Betts and there it is, all simply laid out and crystal clear.
By contrast, checking up on a Greek verb form is like being up the proverbial creek without an oar. Take for example:
φοβεῖται (he fears)
ἐφοβεῖτο (he feared)
My free Unicorn parser (faithful workhorse) will kindly parse these forms for me and provide the following information:
φοβέω, φοβήσω, ἐφόβησα, πεφόβηκα, πεφόβημαι, ἐφοβήθην: terrify; put to flight; (mid.) fear, be afraid, feel awe
φοβ-εῖται : Verb, present, indic, mid/pass, 3rd sing (contracted)
ἐφοβ-εῖτο : Verb, imperfect, indic, mid/pass, 3rd sing (contracted)
But where can I find the complete paradigm of a 'model verb' that includes this particular verb form? I'm sure it's out there somewhere, but how to locate it? What steps must I take to navigate the jungle of tables that exist?
Conversely, if I want to use the imperfect, indic, mid/pass, 3rd sing of φοβέω what steps must I follow to find it or assemble it?
How do you gurus for whom this has become second nature do it? I would be so grateful if you could walk me through SOME EXAMPLES step by step, thus revealing the mental algorithm you use. And does anyone know of a textbook whose author walks the learner stepwise through this process?
Also, why hasn't some bright professor, after choosing certain verbs to serve as 'models' and creating the appropriate paradigms, made a list of the 1000 most common verbs and included in each entry the appropriate model verb to which the learner may refer? Would this be so difficult?


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The Department of Education hosted a series of meetings on April 25, 2007, concerning the development of a new school funding formula. Two meetings were held with legislators and their staff and one with representatives of stakeholder groups. The independent consulting firm Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA) did a presentation on funding formula development and the professional judgment panel process utilized by the New Jersey Department of Education in consultation with APA. Education stakeholders representing various constituencies from across the state were invited to the Department of Education to hear the presentation. After each presentation, John Augenblick and Justin Silverstein of APA fielded questions from the audience. Click here to view their PowerPoint presentation.


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BCSO golf tournament set for Friday
The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office 2012 fall golf tournament will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Hampton Hall.
The tournament raises money for the office's annual appreciation dinner, which honors deputies, administrative staff and volunteers for their service throughout the year.
The field is limited to 94 golfers. Contact Brian Baird at 355-3405 for details.
Callawassie Island tournament Monday
The 12th annual Friends of Callawassie charity golf tournament is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, at the Tom Fazio-designed Callawassie Island Club Course.
The "Tee It Up for a Worthy Cause" tournament will have a shotgun start, feature the modified Pinehurst (USGA) format, and will be limited to 60 two-person teams. Cost is $135 per player and includes green fee, cart fee, prize merchandise and an awards luncheon.
Tickets are available by calling the Callawassie Island Club Pro Shop at 987-2161.
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Four local golf clubs are teaming up for the sixth annual Military Veterans Golf Week, Nov. 12-16.
Active duty and retired military personnel, as well as disabled veterans, are invited for a complimentary round of golf on the Pete Dye signature course at Hampton Hall, Dolphin Head, Callawassie Island, and Belfair Plantation.
Through the contributions of many area donors, food and beverages will also be provided.
Last year, more than 200 military personnel participated in the event. They came from Beaufort Marine Air Station, Parris Island, Fort Stewart and other local communities.
Palmetto Animal League charity golf tournament
Palmetto Animal League's Putt for PAL charity golf tournament will be held at noon Dec. 3 at Belfair's Fazio West Course.
The $150 fee includes a buffet lunch, golf, prizes and appetizers/wine/beer after play. The format will be a four-person shamble.
All proceeds will be used to fund programs at PAL's adoption center in the Riverwalk Business Park.
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I cannot count the times that someone has come into the shop and asked me to take a look at their .22 caliber pistol. Their problem? Every few rounds their ammo seems to jam inside the gun. It must be the gun, right? In theory yes, but it could be easier than that.
I cannot count the times that someone has come into the shop and asked me to take a look at their .22 caliber pistol. Their problem? Every few rounds their ammo seems to jam inside the gun. It must be the gun, right? In theory yes, but it could be easier than that.
A handgun is made up several parts that include a barrel to direct the bullet, a trigger to cause the gun to fire and a magazine to hold the ammunition until it is needed. The simple magazine (also referred to as a clip) is nothing to fear, but given a strong spring and the very light weight of .22 ammo, you could have a feed problem.
My simple advice is before declaring that your gun is broken, try loading your magazines (especially if they are new) with about half as many rounds as it can hold and leave it for about a week. This may help take some of the tension off and make the �feeding� process less forceful, thereby providing you with a smooth transaction.
The reason I don�t recommend storing magazines filled to capacity is that I don�t want you to weaken your spring either. If you like to keep your magazines loaded, then make it a practice to clear the ammo and reload them, perhaps changing the number of rounds you keep in them.
If you find that loading your magazine is painful, buy a speed loader. These simple devices range from $10 to $40 and can be found in most gun shops or sporting goods stores. Instead of your fingers taking the burden, a plastic piece forces down the spring, reducing the tension so that you can slide the bullet in with ease. There are numerous videos on the internet to assist you if you find it confusing.
Also remember when you clean your gun that the magazine requires maintenance too. A simple squirt of oil can keep the parts moving and help keep out gunk and debris.
Interested in buying more magazines for your gun? Look for ones made by the gun manufacturer; and if those are not available, check out the after-market products. Growing up my father said, �always buy the best paintbrush you can afford, it will treat you well.� I have found that this applies to magazines too. If you expect it to last and provide you with years of service, make sure you get the best quality available; and don�t make the mistake of not buying additional magazines when you purchase the firearm. More often than not, I hear people complaining that they wished they had bought two or three more magazines when they bought their gun new because now they can�t find them anywhere.
A gun is no good without a working magazine to keep it fed.
Remember, knowledge is power, and I want to give a great big thank you to my fan Dr. Kirk for guiding me toward the idea for this week�s article!
Dorothy Royal is the owner of Surf City Guns and Ammo, mother of two wonderful children, ringmaster of a herd of miniature ponies and an avid member of the Surf City Writers Group and Topsail Book Club.


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Cupcakes For The Team
(aka How I Became The COOL Team Mom)
My son's basketball season is starting. We had our first practice last week, and our first game will be this week. While I don't actively set out to be the over-the-top mom that everyone rolls their eyes at, I do like to find ways to reward our team for an effort well done. And this week, I found a perfect and easy treat to make for the boys that was a definite slam dunk! I made basketball goal cupcakes!
Make or purchase mini-cupcakes. I prefer to make my own, simply because the ones at the store always come with a slew of frosting on them. For this snack, I make sure that all the cupcakes are frosted flush with the wrapper with white frosting. Then, using orange gel icing, I trim the outside edge of the cupcake. Set these to the side. Next, take a sugar cookie (again, either homemade or pre-made – a cookie that is about 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter works bets) and frost half of it (like a half circle). Pipe the orange gel along the frosted edge, and pipe an orange square box in the middle for the "backboard" of the goal. Then, dab a bit of frosting on the unfrosted part of the cookie (in the center) and press the cupcake into it (the cupcake is the "net"). Use a mini basketball chocolate (you can usually find these around Valentine's Day in the candy aisle for those sports enthusiasts) and use frosting to secure it to the backboard and net. Let the whole thing set for about 30 minutes before standing up.
These were so easy to create and were a hit with the boys!


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Curiosity may be detrimental to cats, but it is also the key to being a good fund-raiser, says Priya McCue, who was appointed chief development officer of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in October 2009.
"We are the nosiest people in the world," she said with a laugh. "We really, really are interested in people and what makes them tick and what motivates them, what makes them want to be interested in and support an organization."
She's also intensely curious about the science being done here. During her first months at WHOI, in addition to meeting as many WHOI trustees, corporation members, and donors as she could, she's visited at least one laboratory every week to talk with scientists and learn about their research and what they need from the Institution to keep doing their work.
"There are so many exciting, promising scientific pursuits going on here," she said. "You meet with one scientist and you think, 'That's the coolest thing I've ever heard.' And then the next day you meet with another one and you think, 'Wait a second, there's even more!' It's great."
A native of Rochester, N.Y., McCue grew up as "a Kodak kid," she said. Her father, who has a Ph.D. in physics, headed Kodak's microelectronics division. She attended Cornell University, majoring in biopsychology, and began working as a fund-raiser for her alma mater a couple of years after graduation. Before embarking on her career, though, she took a little time to explore. She taught English at a school in Thailand and traveled around India, where her father was born.
In 1997 she went to work in the development office at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Over the next 12 years she rose to the position of associate vice president for development, overseeing programs that generated nearly $50 million a year in private gifts.
"It was a wonderful place to work, because I had very close partnerships with the scientists there and learned about their work and how to translate it to a lay audience," she said. The experience showed her that she loved the science aspects of her job as much as the fund-raising activities.
"Once I was there a few years I realized, this is absolutely perfect for me," she said. "While arts organizations and liberal arts universities are wonderful places and deserve funding, for me, I need to fund-raise for a place that I feel passionate about. And I knew then that wherever I went next would have to be a research institution."
McCue said WHOI has been fortunate this past year in receiving a good share of federal economic stimulus funding, which has helped compensate for a drop in private contributions traceable to the tough financial climate. Having strong support from both private and public sources is like diversifying one's own investment portfolio, she said. It protects the Institution against economic downturns and can make the difference between an institution that is merely adequate and one that truly excels.
"I think that if we can build our private philanthropy into a solid revenue stream that can particularly fund efforts that federal agencies will not fund—such as salary support, endowed chairs for our senior scientists, capital improvements, seed funding for innovative high-risk research—that's where I think we can add value."
She said her near-term major goal is to devise and execute a five-year fund-raising plan that will greatly expand WHOI's donor base. "We are very fortunate to have a wonderful, very loyal and very generous donor base right now," she said. "One of our opportunities at WHOI is to really sing our song and tell our mission to an even broader audience."
Doing so will require her and her team to translate WHOI research in clear terms for potential supporters and hone a message about the Institution's work that will resonate farther and wider, she said.
McCue said her challenges at WHOI will be somewhat different from those she dealt with at Dana-Farber, where the development team had a very visible and popular "brand name" in the Jimmy Fund. Supporting research aimed at defeating childhood and adult cancers, the Jimmy Fund has been active for decades and is the favorite charity of the Red Sox. With 98-percent name recognition in New England, it has vast grassroots support. Massachusetts drivers can even buy a license plate with the Fund's name and logo on it.
In contrast, McCue said, the wide range and complexities of the ocean-related questions being investigated by WHOI scientists pose a challenge in that the Institution's research can't be summed up in a single brief statement that potential donors can readily relate to.
In McCue's view, "environmental advocacy organizations often will take a stance on an issue, which gives them a very clear mission and a very clear message," she said. "That can be a big advantage when seeking support. But, on the other hand, they do have a biased viewpoint when it comes to societal issues."
That's where WHOI stands out.
"WHOI scientists, for the most part, have no agenda beyond pursuing basic research," she said. "We go out into the ocean and bring back knowledge about how our oceans work, how the oceans affect us, and how our actions affect the oceans. Not all of our research is so obviously and immediately applicable to people. But the discoveries WHOI scientists make provide the foundation for making wiser decisions and policies to deal with many of society's greatest challenges—from adapting to climate change, to mitigating natural hazards, to managing food, water, and energy resources, even national security. I don't think there's any place in the world focusing on ocean sciences that does that as well as we do."
WHOI's new chief development officer, Priya McCue (left), relishes learning about the science being done by WHOI researchers. Here, she observes a demonstration by marine geochemist Meg Tivey, who studies deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The rock specimens on the bench came from different chimney-like formations created when minerals precipitate from hot fluids that mix with cold seawater as they vent from the seafloor. Tivey is showing McCue how she measures the specimens' permeability—that is, how easily fluids flow through them. Here's how it works: A rubber tip is used to seal the tip of a pump against the rock surface, and the pump is used to create a vacuum. As air passes through the rock (from all portions except where the rubber tip is placed), the vacuum will dissipate. The time it takes for the vacuum to dissipate is a measure of the rock's permeability. Measurements are being carried out on many different vent deposit samples to help determine where fluid flows most easily through them. This information helps scientists learn how the deposits grow, and which areas in them provide the best places for organisms to reside. (Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)