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Ridley Scott's Forever War In 3D
bowman9991 writes "Ridley Scott's next science fiction film, his first since Blade Runner, will be a 3D adaptation of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, an action packed novel about the impact of the time dilation effect on soldiers returning from an interstellar war against the mysterious Tauran species. Scott recently decided to move to 3D after watching footage of James Cameron's yet to be released science fiction epic Avatar. The Forever War, Cameron's Avatar, and Scott's other upcoming science fiction project, Brave New World, will make the next five years a fantastic time to be a science fiction movie enthusiast."
I guess that comeuppance never really materialized? You thought you were "smarter" than your more popular tormenters, and that one day, you'd show them- you'd study hard for that computer science degree and make a million-billion dollars, while Suzy the homecoming queen wound up working at Denny's and those mean jocks wound up in prison or working as auto mechanics. Guess it didn't work out that way- instead you've been working at Best Buy and languishing in some junior college for years, while those popular kids you loved to hate have already graduated college and actually started their lives, leaving you in the dust. It's unfair, but there's nothing you can do about it.
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/news/2009/03/04/popular-kids-earn-more
Popular kids earn more
Being popular with your peers at school could mean you earn more as an adult. That's according to new research by a team at ISER.
The research, which used American data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, found a clear link between a student's popularity and their level of earnings later in life. As part of a wider long-term or longitudinal survey, High School students in the area were asked about their friendships, and then, 35 years later, how much they were earning.
The study asked students to nominate up to three best friends from their class. When analysing the data, the ISER team deemed those students who received high numbers of nominations as most popular. Those students who gave higher numbers of nominations were deemed more gregarious or out going.
The research showed that being gregarious had no effect on the students' earnings later on, while being popular did. Every extra friend nomination was associated with a two per cent higher wage, and there was a 10 per cent earnings difference between the bottom fifth and top fifth of the popularity range.
Commenting on the research findings, Professor Steve Pudney said the work emphasized the critical importance of the early development of social skills alongside learning as a basis for economic success in adult life.
The research also found evidence that the early family environment and the type and size of school play a significant role in shaping friendship networks.
1-Cup, 2-Girls, 3-D?
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