Saturday, March 31, 2012

[OOC] Alferd Gick High School

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Nas Chose Producers Who Were 'Gonna Be There' For Life Is Good

Salaam Remi, No I.D., Heavy D and Da Internz all worked with Esco on his upcoming LP.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway


Nas
Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News

Throughout his career, Nas has worked with some of the most celebrated hip-hop producers from Dr. Dre and DJ Premier to the Trackmasters and Swizz Beatz, but for his next LP, Life Is Good, Esco chose to keep the vibe more intimate.

"I wanted to work on a record where it's just not a lot of people," Nas said when he appeared on "RapFix Live" on Wednesday. "So it's mostly No I.D., Saalam Remi, Da Internz; those are the ones who basically gave me the music. They knew what I wanted; they sat with me."

On 2001's Stillmatic, Remi contributed the beat for "What Goes Around" and then came back the next year to give Esco two singles for his God's Son LP ("Made You Look" and "I Can"). No I.D. and Nas have some history as well. In 2007, the Nasty one hopped on the No I.D.-produced cut "Success" off of Jay-Z's American Gangster album, and late last year, Nas, Common and the Chicago producer collaborated on "Ghetto Dreams."

"I needed producers that's gonna be there and get into what I want to get into, have the conversation and start making the records based off of what I'm looking for," God's Son said.

Heavy D also lent a production hand prior to his death last year, making the beat for Life Is Good's latest single, "The Don." Nas didn't find out that Heavy sent the music for him to use until after he died however. "I looked up to Heav," he said. "He's an icon, a music icon."

What are your expectations for Nas' Life Is Good? Tell us in the comments!

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Friday, March 30, 2012

TV Movie Review: 'Great Expectations' | Movies & TV | Arts ...

Remake stays true to original - PBS?s ?Masterpiece Classic? celebrates Dickens

By Joe Bendel Created: March 29, 2012 Last Updated: March 29, 2012


Vanessa Kirby and Douglas Booth in Great Expectations,' a film about an orphaned boy who grows up to have great expectations of wealth from a mysterious patron. (Nicola Dove/ BBC)

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Just in time for Charles Dickens?s 200th birthday, the British Film Institute discovered what is thought to be the earliest Dickens silent film: G.A. Smith?s The Death of Poor Joe, circa 1901, depicting a brief scene from Oliver Twist. Over 100 years later, the Dickens canon is still a source of inspiration for both cinema and television.

PBS?s Masterpiece Classic celebrates the Dickens bicentennial with two new (at least for American audiences) productions, starting this Sunday with Great Expectations.

Phillip Pirrip is simply known as Pip. It is not just a nickname. It will become his identity. As a young orphan, Pip encounters Abel Magwitch on the moors. Though terrified, the lad helps the escaped convict at the risk of incurring his guardian older sister?s wrath.

Shortly after Magwitch?s capture, Pip is enlisted to serve as the companion to Estella Havisham, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, a mysterious spinster with a tragic past.

His trips to Miss Havisham?s Satis House are strange affairs, but they lead Pip to believe her interest will raise him out of his mean station. Yet, as soon as his hopes are raised, his would-be patroness arbitrarily dashes them. However, when a mysterious benefactor arranges for Pip to live the life of a gentleman in London and assume a considerable fortune upon reaching legal adulthood, Pip assumes he is back in the Havishams? good graces.

Yes, this is definitely Great Expectations(?Masterpiece?s? second adaptation as it happens), following the source novel quite scrupulously. The only question is which ending screenwriter Sarah Phelps chose: the more cinematic and canonical upbeat ending or Dickens?s original conclusion favored by critics such as George Orwell.

Douglas Booth as the orphan. (Nicola Dove/ BBC)

In fact, her treatment nicely captures the spirit of the great novel, well establishing the major supporting characters so viewers can fully appreciate the significance when they reappear in different contexts. Perhaps most importantly, she and director Brian Kirk devote sufficient time to Pip?s relationship with Herbert Pocket, his onetime rival turned intimate friend. In a way, their friendship proves people can change for the better, which is one of the novel?s central questions.

The movie should also interest Game of Thrones fans, featuring three alumni: Kirk at the helm, Mark Addy as the blowhard Mr. Pumblechook, and Harry Lloyd engagingly earnest as Pocket (a complete departure from the entitled Viserys Targaryen).

However, much of the attention will center on Gillian Anderson as a decidedly younger, but rather spooky Miss Havisham. Indeed, her portrayal of an emotional stunted woman almost literally haunted by her past, as well as Kirk?s embrace of the story?s gothic elements, should appeal to genre viewers.

Always reliable, Ray Winstone is perfectly cast as Magwitch, projecting the appropriate ferocity and sensitivity, depending on the circumstances. Masterpiece regular David Suchet also adds a dash of roguish flavor as Mr. Jaggers, the solicitor administering Pip?s trust.

Unfortunately, the charisma and chemistry of romantic leads Douglas Booth and Vanessa Kirby is somewhat lacking, but as with most good Dickens productions, this film can be easily enjoyed for the secondary characters.

Great Expectations is solidly entertaining television, even if the tragic love story fizzles somewhat. Unequally divided into one- and two-hour installments, it is freely recommended for its meaty supporting turns and rich period trappings when it premieres on most PBS outlets this Sunday (April 1), concluding a week later (April 8), as part of the current season of Masterpiece.

Great Expectations

Director: Brian Kirk

Starring: Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, Mark Addy, Harry Lloyd

Running Time: 60 minutes (3 episodes)

Joe Bendel writes about independent film and lives in New York. To read his most recent articles please visit http://jbspins.blogspot.com

Source: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/arts-entertainment/tv-movie-review-great-expectations-212509.html

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Knicks Stoudemire to miss up to 4 weeks

New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire (1) reacts after being fouled by Philadelphia 76ers' Spencer Hawes (00) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire (1) reacts after being fouled by Philadelphia 76ers' Spencer Hawes (00) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

(AP) ? The New York Knicks expect Amare Stoudemire to miss 2 to 4 weeks while getting treatment on his back.

The Knicks said Wednesday he won't need season-ending back surgery.

Stoudemire is returning from Miami where he was given a second opinion on the bulging disk in his back. Both doctors agreed to treat the injury through rehabilitation, which will include an epidural for pain relief.

That could allow Stoudemire to return before the regular season ends April 26.

The Knicks hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Associated Press

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Human Resources Strategy: Business Insider Takes a Look at NY's ...

March 25, 2012?at?12:04 pm

Business Insider?recently profiled 25 of the city?s hottest early stage startups, some of which are poised to become the next huge tech hit. Some of them include:

  • Picturelife?collects personal photos currently strewn across all forms of social media into one easily accessible spot
  • Rebel Mouse?hasn?t officially launched yet, but founder?Paul Berry, says it will be a social platform that combines social media, journalism and technology
  • Yoke?is a?Facebook?dating platform that connects to?Netflix?and?Amazon?APIs and makes suggestions about things people have in common
  • PublicStuff?is a platform for submitting requests to a city via the cloud. Using social media, tickets can be tracked and filled out real-time. It?s less expensive than the 311 system for connecting to government
  • Percolate?helps brands curate content relevant to consumers from social media sites.?
  • Branch?allows multiple people to contribute to the same conversation and creates expert discussions
  • Loverly?is a wedding channel that drives traffic and ad dollars to small publishers
  • Contently?is where freelance writers find work and where brands search for writers.
  • Codecademy?is trying to solve the shortage of tech talent by teaching the world to code for free online.
  • Docracy, the winner of?TechCrunch?s?spring Hackathon, crowdsources legal documents for small businesses

Source: http://innovativehrstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/business-insider-takes-look-at-nys-top.html

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

8 Points To Consider When Choosing An Online University Degree ...

Since the introduction of online degree programs, more and more colleges and universities offer online degree programs with subject areas range from business to nursing, degrees from Bachelor to MBAs and Ph.Ds. Online degree programs enable busy people to pursue their degree from any places and at their own schedule.

But, with the rapid growth and high demand in online degree programs, many fake online degree programs have been introduced by unaccredited online universities. Mistakenly earning a fake online degree definitely will not help in your educational journey. Thus, if you are considering online universities for your degree or career training, there are a few important points to consider in choosing your online degree offers by online university. This article will lists down 8 of them for your reference:

How long has the universities been established?
While a short educational history is not a red flag, a long-standing position in the educational committee is a sign of institutional security and reputability.

Is the online university accredited?
Accreditation ensures a basic level of quality in the education you receive from an institution. It also ensures your degrees will be recognized for the true achievements they are. Most potential employers review a job applicant?s educational history to make sure that he or she has received his or her education from a college, university, or program with accreditation. If your degree, diploma, or certificate comes from a school without accreditation, it could hurt your chances for future employment.

What is the institution?s financial history/current position?
Beware of fly-by-night operations that may not be in business next year!

What other expenses are associated with your selected online degree course?
Many online degree programs may require you to attend some hours of physical classes or lab works. Thus, the online universities may assess additional items such as technology fees or lab costs.

Does the coursework of your selected online degree program meet your educational goal?
Taking irrelevant courses may waste your time and money. Ask for a list of coursework of your selected degree program and review it against your educational goal before you decide to sign up.

How current is the course material?
Ask for a list of current textbooks or other learning materials to ensure they are current and relevant.

What technological support is available to you as their online student?
Online Universities normally has a webpage for online student which allow you to logon to view your coursework status, assignment submission, getting support from online university on any course related issues and access online library if any. Check with online university on these related information.

What student services are available to online students?
Full advising, placement, and tutoring services may or may not be available to long-distance learners. Get this information from the online universities; it is important to know how much the online university can support you as their online student.

In conclusion, get as much as information on your selected online university?s program and review it to see whether it is truthful in its advertising and recruiting and the most important is whether it meet your education need and career goal.

Visit www.studykiosk.com for more information on the best listed Distance Learning Programs. Discover the ins and out of attending a ?Virtual Classroom? to earn the online degree and how it can help you succeed in realizing our education goals.

Source: http://onlinedegreesguide.know-what.com/8-points-to-consider-when-choosing-an-online-university-degree-program/

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

North Korea meetings set to boost young leader's power

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it will hold a special parliamentary session next month during which the reclusive country's new young leader, Kim Jong-un, is expected to be given a top title aimed at consolidating his grip on power.

The North has planned a series of events next month to mark the centenary of the birth of the state's founder, Kim Il-sung, including a rare ruling party conference and the controversial launch of a ballistic rocket it says will carry a satellite.

Experts say the young Kim, believed to be in his mid to late 20s, could be given two of the countries' senior most titles during the celebrations -- secretary general of the party and chairman of the defense commission.

The North's state media said on Saturday the Supreme People's Assembly, which has the formal mandate to appoint the chief of the National Defence Commission, the state's supreme military body, would meet on April 13.

The Workers' Party conference is also scheduled for the middle of next month.

The young Kim's appointment to the top posts would cement his position as paramount leader and ease lingering fears of a power struggle plunging the country into turmoil.

Kim took power after his father died in December and many analysts had feared a chaotic succession.

The young Kim only holds a military post in the ruling party. His father was chief commander of the 1.2 million-strong armed forces and general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

ROCKET LAUNCH WARNING

The United States has warned that the North's rocket launch next month will impact an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, an Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Sydney Morning Herald said that U.S. envoy Kurt Campbell on Friday briefed Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr on the ballistic missile's southward trajectory from a North Korean launch pad.

"If the missile test proceeds as North Korea has indicated, our judgment is that it will impact in an area roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines," the paper quoted Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, as saying.

"We have never seen this trajectory before. We have weighed into each of these countries and asked them to make clear that such a test is provocative and this plan should be discontinued."

The North has said the rocket's trajectory will be southwards and that will not impact neighboring countries.

North Korea wants to use the celebrations around Kim Il-sung's birthday on April 15 to showcase its emergence as a "strong and prosperous nation", even as millions go hungry and it begs for international aid.

Its vow to fire a rocket carrying a working satellite has put in jeopardy a deal struck in February with the United States to get food aid in return for a moratorium on long-range missile and nuclear tests.

The North's Foreign Ministry warned that it was "intolerable double standards" for some countries to assert that the North was the only nation not allowed to launch satellites while for the same countries, satellite launches were commonplace.

"If there will be any sinister attempt to deprive the (North) of its independent and legitimate right and put the unreasonable double standards upon it, this will inevitably compel the (North) to take countermeasures," the ministry said in a statement late on Friday.

PHILIPPINES ON ALERT

An Australian foreign ministry official told Reuters Canberra has expressed concern about the flight path which "suggest a southerly trajectory for the missile, with booster rockets landing in the Yellow Sea and off the coast of the Philippines".

Philippine Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said this week the North's launch was "unacceptable", and that it was relying on U.S. help to track it. Indonesia has also condemned it.

North Korea has conducted two similar launches. The last one, in 2009, provoked outrage in Tokyo because the rocket flew over Japan. As it did three years ago, Japan says it is prepared to shoot the rocket down if it threatens its territory.

The rocket launch, which the United States and other countries say is the same as a ballistic missile test, is banned under U.N. resolutions.

Even China, North Korea's main ally, has expressed its worry over the launch, scheduled for between April 12 and April 16, and has urged the North to "stay calm and exercise restraint and avoid escalation".

The secretive North has twice tested a nuclear device, but experts doubt whether it yet has the ability to miniaturize an atomic bomb to fit inside a warhead.

The North's rocket launch is expected to be one of main issues up for discussion when about 50 world leaders gather in Seoul on Monday for Nuclear Security Summit. Among those attending are China's president, Hu Jintao, and U.S. President Barack Obama.

(Additonal reporting by Manila, Canberra and Jakarta bureaus; Editing by Jack Kim and Robert Birsel)

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

TSB Hub 2012 Wedding Expo

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TSB Hub is excited to showcase some of the best wedding providers in Taranaki at the TSB Hub 2012 Wedding Expo. Local suppliers will be on hand to give brides and grooms the best advice on a wide range of products and services to make their special day, everything they dreamed it would ever be. There will be make-up demonstrations, bridal and mother of the bride fashion shows and cupcake sampling!

The wedding expo is a chance for wedding couples to meet with suppliers face to face rather than spending hours searching for suppliers online. Exhibitors include:
- Hairdressers
- Mother of the bride fashion
- Wedding dresses
- Beauticians & spas
- Gifts
- Florists
- Wedding cakes
- Wedding cars
- Suit hire
- Photographers & videographers
- Travel agents
- Wedding stationary
- And many more

One lucky couple will win an amazing wedding prize package worth over $2500!

TSB Hub is situated in the heart of Hawera and is within an hour?s drive of New Plymouth and Whanganui with plenty of onsite parking.

For more information please contact TSB Hub on 06 278 0646.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

New SA Energy Drink Company looking to sponsor Gaming Clans

It?s Friday, and as is slowly becoming tradition, Friday is clan day around here.? Usually it?s a clan profile, but this week, Undead Ed landed up consuming a few too many energy drinks and last we heard he was heading to the top of Everest.? It?s a good thing he had an ozone level energy drink then?

In recent times, there?s been a renewed drive by a variety of community members, role-players and businesses to get the South African competitive gaming sector out from its hiding place and into the big international scene.? PC gaming has always been much closer to achieving that status than console gaming, but with the number of tournaments and LANs increasing across all platforms, the time of professional gaming in South Africa must be drawing near.? Yes, maybe one of these days you really could play games to make a living.? Or at the very least make enough to buy something to drink along with that loaf of bread.

There is a new company keen to be part of that exciting growth and who plan to do so by offering some South African clans a sponsorship deal.

Ozone Energy Drink South Africa.? So new to South Africa we?re almost able to help take the wrapping off ? but already internationally established since 2006.

Ozone Africa officially launches this coming Monday and according Wickus Nel from the company, the energy drink has been proven in the international market with its ?traditional taste with a smoother aftertaste? and ?significantly cheaper cost?.

Along with sponsoring more traditional events, Ozone Africa is keen to extend sponsorship to some of the gaming clans of South Africa.? Sponsorship will start with clan and product branded clothing along with product itself.? This may grow in the future as relationships develop.

Of course, you may be wondering how you can get in on this.? For now, it?s simple.? If you are a clan in South Africa, drop us a line at info@zombiegamer.co.za and we will profile your clan.? Each clan will be considered and the clans that merit sponsorship will be approached by Ozone Africa. ?Each of our clan profiles will now be ?Powered by Ozone Energy Drink South Africa? and there will be random prizes given to the participating clans and some of the people commenting on the profile.? So get to it.

Finally, Ozone is currently running a competition on their Facebook Page.? You can also check out their website and follow them on Twitter.

Normal programming ? if anything is ever normal around here ? will resume next week with upcoming clan profiles lined up including Xbox 360 clan Ground Zero and PS3 clans eVo and Nine Inch Ninjas.? On Wednesday, be sure to check in, as we will be starting a similar feature focusing on individual South African gamers, along with community members, industry folk and others who just want to be part of the South African gaming scene and we will kick that off with PS3 Fighting Tournament organisers Cape Town Showdown.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Olivia Wilde to host EIF Revlon Run/Walk in NYC

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, actress Olivia Wilde poses at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Wilde will host the EIF Revlon Run/Walk in New York on May 5. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, actress Olivia Wilde poses at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Wilde will host the EIF Revlon Run/Walk in New York on May 5. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, actress Olivia Wilde poses at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Wilde will host the EIF Revlon Run/Walk in New York on May 5. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

(AP) ? Nine years ago, actress Olivia Wilde ran, or rather walked, in the EIF Revlon Run/Walk. This year she will host it for the first time when it takes to the streets of New York on May 5. Wilde joins fellow first-time ambassador Emma Stone for the event that supports women's cancer research.

"Emma and I will kick off the event and welcome everybody, then we'll participate," Wilde said of her duties, which includes pounding the pavement with thousands of participants.

Wilde says she may run alongside Stone, but only for a short time.

"Maybe Emma will run in the front, and I'll bring up the rear," Wilde joked. "I probably will have such shin splints after attempting to run I will be recovering on ice."

The EIF Revlon Run/Walk is one of the nation's largest single-day fundraisers. Each year, tens of thousands participate in its New York and Los Angeles event. The company has distributed more than $65 million to date for research projects.

Wilde says she's proud to participate because cancer has affected several women in her life and she's eager to help find a cure. She feels the best chance comes from the private sector.

"I'm optimistic that in my lifetime we will find one. Or certainly in the same way that's happened with HIV in the last 30 years where treatment has gotten to a much better place. But that can only happen if there's money behind research and that doesn't just happen magically," Wilde said.

She added: "It's incredibly important to view the influence that multinational companies like Revlon have for the greater good."

The Revlon Run/Walk comes to Los Angeles on May 12, where six-time host Halle Berry takes to the streets to help find a cure.

___

Online:

http://www.revlonrunwalk.org

http://www.eifoundation.org

___

John Carucci covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow him at http://www.twitter.com/jcarucci_ap

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Titanic a magnet for kids, fine line for educators

NEW YORK (AP) ? Eleven-year-old John Payne has been a student of the Titanic since kindergarten.

He has scrupulously researched the ship, built a model out of Lego freehand and successfully lobbied his fifth-grade teacher in suburban Chicago to let him mark the disaster's centennial with a multimedia presentation for his class.

What's not to like? There's mystery, high technology and heroes. Sunken treasure, conspiracy theories and jarring tales of rich vs. poor.

But there's also death, lots of it, and that has some parents, teachers and writers of children's books balancing potentially scary details with more palatable, inspirational fare focused on survivors, animals on board or the mechanics of shipbuilding.

John "doesn't ask questions about the dead and other darker aspects" of what went on that moonless night in the North Atlantic, said his mother, Virginia Tobin Payne.

"He's a sensitive kid. We try to temper all of it so it doesn't become an obsession," she said. "After the anniversary passes, I hope we can sort of close the book on him looking for more information about it."

Barry Denenberg struggled with how to depict the horror in his new book "Titanic Sinks!" The sepia-tone hardcover, written as a mock magazine, was released ahead of the April 14 anniversary and has already made it into schools. The book, from Viking, is intended for kids 9 and older and doesn't hold back much as it blends fact and fiction for a meticulous, realistic feel that draws on the official record.

"There's only one little line in the book about how most of the people froze to death. They did not drown," Denenberg said. "Hypothermia is a much longer death. I had to make a decision about what's accurate and what's ghoulish."

Debbie Shoulders teaches eighth-grade English in Clarksville, Tenn., but her new "T is for Titanic" alphabet book from Sleeping Bear Press is intended for far younger children.

"The word 'died' doesn't appear often in the book," she said. "We softened it with 'perished' or 'did not live.' The goal was to remember what the people on board contributed, not so much what happened to them."

Tracey Friedlander in Bethesda, Md., has a Titanic-obsessed 9-year-old, but she doesn't shy away from the rough stuff. She thinks the story offers teachers and parents perfect real-life lessons on perseverance, loyalty, the dangers of arrogance and the shortcomings of technology as kids learn to sort out the complexities of their own lives.

"Kids like Kade have grown up in the shadows of 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a red, yellow, green terrorist alert color code system," Friedlander said. "Like most of us, he's trying to make sense of the world around him and the accompanying human tragedies. The Titanic happens to present an incredible learning opportunity for curious minds."

Considered a marvel of shipbuilding, for instance, the luxury liner went down anyway after striking the iceberg on her maiden voyage, offering kids a solid and exciting look at the marriage between technology and human decision-making, she said.

What of human error? Was the ship traveling too fast? Why, though in line with regulations of the time ? 1912 ? did the Titanic set off with only 20 lifeboats for more than 2,200 people. Were poor immigrants in steerage prevented at gunpoint and by locked gates from boarding lifeboats, in favor of the wealthy?

The Titanic, Friedlander said, touches on "precarious circumstances and how someone's socio-economic class can potentially affect the way their life is valued by others and why that's inappropriate and immoral."

John Payne's mom was nervous about him seeing James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, "Titanic," when a 3-D version hits theaters in April. He's seen the edited-for-TV version over and over again.

"The people who died, who sacrificed, I think they were really brave to die like that," he said. "I really liked the movie but the parts I found scary were the parts where Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) were trapped in the sinking parts."

Karen Heafer, a second-grade teacher in Lincoln, Neb., has been in the classroom for 31 years. She read a fictionalized account of a mascot cat on the Titanic to her students a couple of years ago and considers the story valuable, even half told.

"I use generalities. We don't go into a specific number of people killed," Heafer said. "A lot of them are curious about how the people survived, how long did they have to stay on the water, who found them? They're more drawn to the survivors than the ones who drowned."

Not so for Will Bousquette III, a 9-year-old at The Browning School in Manhattan. Assistant librarian Susan Levine invited Denenberg to the private Upper East Side prep school for boys after choosing his book for her third-grade reading group for fathers and sons.

Will was especially touched by the story of Isidor and Ida Straus. The co-owner of Macy's department store and his wife of 40 years went down with the ship together after she refused a spot in a lifeboat.

"It was heart-touching," Will said. "It made me sad, then it felt sweet. I was greatly surprised. I also didn't realize how cold the water was. I could feel the emotions but I wasn't freaked out."

Lucy Sullivan spares no detail during a Titanic unit for her seventh-grade language arts students in Brookfield, Conn. For seven years, she has assigned each real-life Titanic characters as she slowly lets the tragedy play out in class over a week or so.

She arranges their desks by type of ticket she issues them at the beginning, with first-class passengers assigned prime spots. They journal about the story throughout, learn of the mysterious missing locker key that left a lookout without binoculars and watch as she rolls a cardboard model of the ship around the classroom on a cart to demonstrate the crash itself.

At the end, her students discover whether their characters lived or died.

"When you're replaying something for 12-year-olds, the amount of information that allows you to put this puzzle together minute by minute is very powerful," Sullivan said. "Those students who never really liked fiction find this to be delicious and those who hate fiction and love nonfiction find this to be delicious."

Why? "It's a combination of gaudy details and tragic events. It doesn't get any better than that. You own the kids if you use even a small percentage of what's available on this to teach," she said.

The effort wasn't lost on her groups this year. Sam Petriccione, 12, calls the Titanic "a day that will always live in infamy."

He added: "It shows me that being cocky and arrogant doesn't really pay off. The people in the cockpit were so positive that the ship couldn't sink that they refused to shut down the ship and stop because of the icebergs."

Jasmine Davis in Pittsburgh wasn't one of Sullivan's students, but she was definitely a Titanic-obsessed kid. She's 23 now but at 9 couldn't get enough of the subject, including Robert Ballard's 1985 discovery of the wreck strewn half a mile across the ocean floor. The oceanographer and marine biologist's video and photos ignited interest in the wreck among a new generation of kids.

In fourth grade, Davis wasn't allowed to bring school library books to recess, "but I convinced my teacher to let me take this massive novel about the Titanic outside. It was such a big book. How else was I going to finish it?"

For 20 years, Ballard's JASON Project has offered middle school teachers materials and expertise for deeper exploration of the sciences in a variety of disciplines, including his own. More than 10 million students have participated, Davis among them.

"It's hard for a kid to grasp the scope of the Titanic," she said. "I remember seeing the images of the wreck taken by Ballard when I did the JASON Project. That was really haunting."

Children's writer Mary Pope Osborne began her popular fiction series, "Magic Tree House," along with nonfiction companions, around the time the JASON Project began.

"I spent the first 10 years asking kids all over the country what they wanted me to write about. They wanted me to write about the Titanic but I kept saying, 'No, it's too sad. It's too depressing.'"

She finally took it on in 1999 with "Tonight on the Titanic," her 17th book for 6- to 10-year-olds featuring her kid characters Jack and his sister, Annie.

"It has a mythic power. It's not right next to their lives," Osborne said. "I've had very few children ask me to write about 9/11, for instance. I think 100 years from now they would."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-magnet-kids-fine-line-educators-161016904.html

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