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In September 1884, Marie started her first job as a tutor. At the same time, with her sisters Bronislawa and Helena and her teacher Bronislawa Piasecka, she continued her graduate studies (mainly in the areas of Ecology and Sociology) in secret at an underground school- the Flying University. Classes were held in private homes throughout Warsaw with groups comprised of 8-10 people. Participation in these classes was extremely dangerous. If found by the police, students faced prison, or exile in Siberia. Marie became close with a group of positivists. At the time, the study of Ecology was common to youths throughout Europe. These courses of study, along with mathematics had their own family traditions. Marie's grandfather, Joseph Sklodowski- a participant in the November 1830 uprising, was a physics and chemistry teacher but also the sponsor and principal of the Middle School in Lublin on Namiestowska St. (currently Narutowicz St.). He had lived in Lublin with his family for eight years. Her father Wladyslaw Sklodowski was a physics and mathematics teacher and her mother Bronislawa from Bogucki was a teacher.
Forty years later, Marie Sklodowska Curie would write: "I have very clear memories of the secret meetings. I can remember the pleasant atmosphere of camaraderie and intellectual collaboration. Our means were very modest, the results of our work could not be meaningful, yet to this day I believe that the beliefs which guided us are the sole foundation on which meaningful social progress can arise. However, one cannot hope to turn the world in the right direction without starting with individuals. With this goal in mind, every one of us should strive to better themselves, all the while remembering our personal responsibility for the world in its entirety, and that each one of us has the duty to help those who are most in need."
Pierre and Marie made these discoveries between 1898 and 1902 in very simple facilities; a shed with no ventilation, often leaking during rain. Previously it had been used by the Medical School as a mortuary, where medical students dissected cadavers. Marie wrote: "We had no money, no laboratory and no help, while we worked on this difficult and important task. It was as if we were creating something out of nothing-and if my years as a student were as Kazimierz Dluski put it 'a heroic period' of my life, then I can state without exaggerating that for my husband and me these years were a heroic time of our lives. In spite of this, the memories from that shed are the best ones of our lives, solely devoted to work. I often made dinner in the shed, so we would not have to interrupt any particularly important work. Occasionally a whole day passed with me mixing some broth with a ladle nearly as large as myself. In the evening I would collapse from exhaustion." In recognition of their research on the magnetism of steel and radioactivity the Academy of Sciences awarded her the Gegner prize and 3800 francs, she received word of this through her husband, because the members of the Academy did not think it proper to inform a female laureate directly.
From 1899 to 1904 the Curies submitted 32 scientific papers, some alone, others with friends. Among the published works are; M. and P. Curie, On the chemical effects of radium radiation (1899), M. Curie, On the atomic weight of barium containing radium (1900), M. and P. Curie, New radioactive bodies and the rays they emit (1900), P. Curie and A. Debierne, On induced radioactivity from radium (1901), P. Curie and H. Becquerel, The physiological effects of radium (1901), M. and P. Curie, On radioactive bodies (1901), M. Curie, On the atomic mass of radium (1902).
"This is the question that has taken over nearly all of Paris, academic circles, and feminists along with future female Academy candidates. The female candidates are of course the most interested, and their numbers were small. For the general public, Mrs Sklodowska-Curie is a ram, which with its perfection will break the gate into a keep never before breached by a woman. The calling of a Polish scientist to the Academy would not have been met with such opposition, if not for the fact that she is to become a precedent and that right behind her are other women who wish to join the Academy. These women included: Gerard d'Houville, the Countess of Noailles, Collette Willy, Marcelle Tinayre, Jeanne Catulle Mendes and many others. The Academy without a doubt acknowledges the merits of Mrs. Sklodowska- Curie's work; they undoubtedly consider her deserving of a palm above the palms of others decorated with it. It cannot be any other way, because the Academy must appreciate accomplishments of the candidate. The matter at hand is a matter of principle; therefore she does not wish to decide the issue herself. A committee of delegates from all five Academies was called and it was decided that a woman could not be prevented from receiving this highest honor; however in practice it would have been better to stick to tradition, which did not allow women to join the Academy.
Communities of learned people, feminists and above all, the candidate herself, are not satisfied with this kind of 'Solomon' solution; a press battle ensued, into which many people have been dragged; scientists, academicians and politicians. Everyone agrees on one thing: Mrs. Sklodowska is deserving of a chair in the Academy, however they are divided on the issue of whether a woman can join the Academy. The storming of the keep that is the academy by women, with wide public support continues. The question: 'Will Mrs. Sklodowska-Curie join the Academy?' is still relevant.
At the same time a second question has arisen for the future. Academicians have their traditional robes, what will the robe of a female academician look like? This was the new subject of discussion by the press, projects and mockery. Should female Academicians be uniformed the same? What will the uniform look like? Will every woman have an individual costume? The Parisian 'Femme' devoted a poll to this question, accompanying it with projects for a general uniform and individual ones for future women. The Parisian fashion community is displaying a very lively interest in the issue. They even forgot about what Marcelina Tinayre said in response to the poll; 'one should not auction the skin off of a still living bear."
From May 4 to June 28 1921 Marie and her daughters (23 year old Irena and 16 year old Ewa) went on their first trip aboard the "Olympic" to the United States. On May 15 she attended a meeting with the Association of Women with University Diplomas (1500 members attended), which was also attended by the French Ambassador , Ignacy Paderewski and his wife and American scientists. Marie received honorary New York citizenship, and various diplomas. On May 20 in the Blue Room of the White House, she met President Warren Harding, who gave her the key to a leather suitcase, containing a vial of radium. In her speech Marie said: "The President of this great republic has made me feel honored in a way no woman in America has been honored before. The purpose of a nation whose women are free to do what your countrywomen do with your help, Mr. President, is safe and sure. It gives me hope and faith in the future of Democracy. I accept this rare gift, Mr. President, in the hope that I can use it to serve mankind. I thank your country's women in the name of France. I thank them in the name of all people, whose happiness is so important to us. I love you all very much, my American friends."
The gram of precious radium arrived in France in the steel hold of a ship. Due to exhaustion, Marie let her daughters represent her at some banquets and ceremonies, Irene sometimes represented her at scientific conferences…
Marie Sklodowska Curie also came to Chicago. Ewa Curie wrote of the experience: "In Chicago she was named an honorary university member, she was offered honors and there were banquets in her name. On the first of them we were separated from the crowd by a rope. At the second one a heap of flowers at her feet nearly covered her. The third occasion exceeded them all in every aspect. It was held in the Polish neighborhood of Chicago and was attended solely by Poles. Here the shouts were not in honor of a scientist, but a Polish woman greeted by immigrants greeting her as a symbol of their far way homeland. With tears in their eyes, men and women threw themselves at Marie, kissing her hands, touch the hem of her dress." In New York on May 28 she received an honorary doctorate from Columbia University. She attended meetings in many cities and universities, she toured Standard Chemical Company lab in Pittsburgh, where radium was being commercially refined. She also went to the Grand Canyon, the sands of Texas and Niagara Falls.
On July 4, 1934 Maria Sklodowska-Curie died at the age of 67 in Sancellemoz. In an official press release Dr. Tobe concluded: "Maria Curie died as a result of malignant anemia, with abrupt symptoms and fever. Her bone marrow did not react in the usual manner most likely due to changes caused by extended radiation."
The New York Times on July 5, 1834 ran the story on the front page: "Mme. Curie Is Dead: Martyr to science- Mme. Marie Curie, whose individual and collaborative work on radium and radiology is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern science, died at six o'clock this morning. Her death, caused by anemia, was accelerated by what doctors called 'long-term exposure to radiation, which affected her bone structure, and prevented a normal reaction to the disease'. Her daughters, Ewa, who is a writer and pianist of great talent, and Mrs. Joliot, who along with her husband is continuing family tradition at the Radium Institute recently headed by her mother, were by her bed when the end came."
Family scientific traditions did not die with Marie. They were continued by Frederick and Irena Joliot-Curie, Nobel laureates in 1935 in chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements. It is worth noting that Irena briefly accepted a post as undersecretary of state in the government of socialist Leon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister. He formed the department of scientific research for her. It was the first time in France that a woman had attained such a highly placed position. Helene is one of the top specialists in low energy nuclear physics. Since 1957 she works at the Nuclear Physics Institute in Orsay (founded by her parents). Their children Helene and Pierre also became researchers. Helene's son Yves is an astrophysicist, mainly interested in planets and asteroids. Pierre Joliot is a biophysicist, a respected authority in the field of photosynthesis, professor at the College de France and dean in the Department of Cellular Biology. He is also a member of the French Academy of Science and the American Academy of Science.
Ewa Curie-Labouisse is famous as the biographer of her mother. She was a tireless activist in peacekeeping missions and a staunch opponent of communism. In 1944 she opposed naming a University after Marie Sklodowska-Curie, because it was commissioned by the pro Soviet Polish National Liberty Commission. She wrote music reviews and translated American musicals to French. Occasionally she performed herself. In the U.S. she received the National Book Award in the category of nonfiction literature. During the war she joined the army of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. After the war she took a position as director of the Department of Women's Affairs in the Ministry of Information. She was an advisor to NATO Secretary General H.L. Ismay. At the age of 50 she met the American diplomat Henry Labouisse, U.S. ambassador to France, whom she married in 1954. Labouisse as Director General of UNICEF received the Nobel Peace Prize awarded the organization. In peacekeeping missions to help children, Ewa visited 19 countries. In December 2005, she was 102 years old. In 1938, Polish president Ignacy Moscicki had awarded her the Officer's Cross "Polonia Restituta". In July 2005, President Aleksander Kwasniewski awarded her the Commander's Order of Gratitude of the Republic of Poland (it was handed to her by current president Lech Kaczynski).
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Boingo Wireless today announced the availability of a BETA version of Pocket Boingo Software for Windows Mobile 2003 . The free application is an updated version of the Pocket PC for 2002 software released last November.
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Bond was set at $250,000 Sunday for a motorist charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a 58-year-old woman walking in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood Thursday night.
Fernando Marin, 30, of the 4500 block of South Drake Avenue, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused injury or death, driving on a revoked license, not giving the right of way to a pedestrian and not having insurance, according to police News Affairs.
Ida Quintanilla was struck by a dark-colored SUV in the 4500 block of South Archer Avenue about 8:40 p.m., police said.
The driver of the SUV fled the scene, police said.
Quintanilla, of the 2600 block of West Montgomery Avenue, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she died at 9:20 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Bond was set at $250,000 for Marin during bond court on Sunday.
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If a collaboration with Big Sean, Pharrell and Wyclef Jean is any indication of his talent, Cris Cab is about to become the next big thing on the music scene. He'll perform on Monday.
Cab is a musician from Miami who was discovered by music producer Pharell Williams.
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LOS ANGELES (ESPNLosAngeles.com) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired utility player Skip Schumaker from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for minor league shortstop Jake Lemmerman, according to reports.
Schumaker is a .288 lifetime hitter over eight seasons, all in St. Louis. He has played all three outfield positions as well as second base.
The move seems to have been prompted by the recommendation of new Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire, who worked with Schumaker in St. Louis. The Dodgers had been seeking a fourth outfielder, although their preference had been for a right-handed hitter.
Schumaker, 32, played a significant role in the Cardinals' World Series run in 2011, going 8-for-21 with four RBIs in the division series and World Series.
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Colquitt County - Three families trying to stay warm ended up with damaged or destroyed homes, all within seven hours of each other.
Around six Saturday evening, a mobile home on Highway 133 went up in flames and was destroyed. The renter, Javier David Aggiuer, got out safe. The fire was sparked by a faulty heater. The owner's girlfriend, Tina Brown, says, "We got home and that's what we go home to. The gentleman that rents from us said he came home and plugged in an electric heater and that was the result."
Five hours earlier, also in Colquitt County, a fireplace inside a home on Connell Road caught fire. Experts blame the wooden cross ties that were built too deep into the fireplace. Homeowners thank volunteer firefighters for putting out the fire quickly and saving the rest of the house.
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With summer winding down, here is a quick look at what we wrote about beaches along the North Shore, in case you were looking for one last visit to the coast.
Centre Island Beach Village Park – This Bayville beach is run by the town of Oyster Bay. It is open to residents and non-residents, and offers swimming in Oyster Bay Harbor and Long Island Sound, and a picnic area on the bay side. Nearby is Stehli Beach, a Bayville/Lattingtown beach, which is open to Town of Oyster Bay residents only, and offers swimming in Long Island Sound. Daily admission for residents without a sticker is $15.
Manorhaven Beach Park – This Port Washington spot offers a sandy beach, complete with playground. It also features a newly renovated 25,000-square-foot main pool area for residents and their guests, with admission rates varying and special reductions for volunteer firefighters, veterans and more. Manorhaven Park also provides full outdoor recreation activities, such as basketball, tennis, handball, horseshoe pits, racquetball and bocci courts and a skateboard park. Picnic areas, boat ramp and playground are available. Residents can purchase a seasonal parking pass for $40, which is also accepted at North Hempstead Beach Park; day parking is $15 for residents, $20 for nonresidents.
North Hempstead Beach Park – At this 60-acre park, you'll find a sandy beach and a promenade for residents who want to walk along the waterfront. There's also a fishing pier, boat ramp, bathhouse and concession area, along with basketball, handball and paddleball courts. This spot is also popular with beach volleyball players and for its Sunday summer concerts. Season parking rate for residents is $40, which is also accepted at Manorhaven Beach Park.
Sands Point Park and Preserve – This might be the only Long Island beach that has the distinction of having a castle in its proximity (unless you count some of those Hamptons mansions). Once the home of the Guggenheim family, Sands Point was taken over by Nassau County and these days offers educational programs, a museum and acres of hiking trails through woods, along a pond and a nearly one-mile stretch of shoreline, complete with bluffs and rocky sands. Fees are $10 per car, $2 for walk-ons, and free for members of the Friends of Sands Point Preserve.
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach – A Syosset staple run by the town of Oyster Bay, Theodore Roosevelt offers great North Shore bathing as well as walking trails, picnic areas, and a wide array of sports fields and courts for outdoor gaming in the summer. Daily rate is $15 a day if you don't have a town sticker.
Harry Tappen Beach – A summer respite in Glen Head, Harry Tappen Beach offers swimming in Hempstead Harbor; a picnic area; racks for sunfish, sailfish and kayaks; a boat-launching ramp; a 272-slip marina, playground, swimming pool and halfcourt basketball. Run by the Town of Oyster Bay, the beach's daily rate is $15 for those without a town sticker.


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'Iconic': Strong women defying stereotypes
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Angela Davis, Pam Grier, Alice Walker, Michelle Obama. Revolutionary Black women have evoked strong reaction throughout American history. Magazines, political campaigns, music, television and movies have relied upon deep-seated archetypes and habitually cast strong, counter-cultural Black women as mammies and sexual objects. In "Iconic: Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman" (Baylor University Press, $22.95), Lakesia Johnson explores how this belittling imagery is imposed by American media, revealing an immense cultural fear of Black women's power and potential.
"This book asks what it means to represent Black womanhood and explores how these representations are connected to the long history of representational depictions and choices that communicate the role of Black women in social movements," explains Johnson. "On the one hand, 'Iconic' explores how representations of strong, revolutionary Black women within popular culture are use to reinforce dominant, lingering and mostly negative stereotypes about Black women. On the other hand, 'Iconic' traces the numerous ways that African-American women activists, actors, writers and musicians have negotiated, confronted and resisted stereotypical representations of Black womanhood by taking control of their public images and constructing iconic depictions of and narratives about African-American womanhood ...These revolutionary Black women have used these counter images to promote a vision of racial and gender justice that is attentive to their inter-sectional experiences and committed to movements that fight against racism, sexism and other forms of oppression."
Johnson chronicles how strong Black women — truly revolutionary Black women — have nonetheless taken control of their own imaging despite consistent negative characterizations. Through their speech, demeanor, fashion and social relationships, women from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama have counteracted these depictions. With ingenuity, fortitude and focus on the greater good, these revolutionary women transformed the cultural images of themselves and, simultaneously, those of American Black women as a whole.
Seamlessly weaving together role models of past and present, from women in politics to artists and musicians, Johnson eloquently demonstrates how the revolutionary Black woman in many public forums has been — and continues to be — a central figure in challenging long-standing social injustices.
As assistant professor of gender, women's & sexuality studies and English at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, Johnson doesn't allow the media does not have the last word: "Part of what I'm doing is looking at the image of the angry Black woman, or the revolutionary Black women, gets used when she speaks truth to power."


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I'm still getting used to this new posting format, so if this looks weird it's totally not my fault and stuff. Today's pic was just too crazy awesome not to post. As you can see this is from the set of Top Gun and features Mr. Tom Cruise and Mr. Don Simpson saluting you, the viewer. I'm quite in love with this shot, showing a very humorous side of one of the biggest movie stars in the world and one of the best action producers of the '80s and '90s.
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Dec. 10, 2010, 3:03 a.m. CST
Never liked Top Gun...
by 3Demonic
but a cool pic nonetheless!
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:11 a.m. CST
why Cruise stuff?
by Anakinredsabre
This talkback is just gonna be full of haters and bashers. why bother AICN? All the movies and pics that are out there, and you put up one that you know is gonna incite hatred towards him. The man has never hurt anyone, in fact has even helped a few people. He goes a little crazy over the fact that he found love (something a lot of you should try once you leave the basement). Michael Vick? a criminal, felony record, tortured and killed animals..plays football again and is immediately forgiven, but Cruise.. the populace can't cut Him a break?
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:42 a.m. CST
Jeez, but this site looks shite now!
by BiggusDickus
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:44 a.m. CST
Hey! If the latest post goes on top...
by BiggusDickus
...then it means that all those sad wankers who come on here to type 'first' will now have no reason for doing so.
I take it all back - this new look rocks!
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:45 a.m. CST
...apart from HTML not working...
by BiggusDickus
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:49 a.m. CST
I really enjoy
by buggerbugger
...scrolling past all of those FUCKING TITLES for a FUCKING MONTH.
Dec. 10, 2010, 4:21 a.m. CST
Might wanna make the font smaller for those BSPOTD links.
by Mike_D
just a suggestion.
Dec. 10, 2010, 5:11 a.m. CST
by John_McClanes_Vest
Dec. 10, 2010, 5:23 a.m. CST
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Dec. 10, 2010, 5:46 a.m. CST
This picture is boring as hell
by UrbanSamurai
Sorry Quint, because your section was the only thing that kept me interested in this site (that looks absolutely horrible now btw). But I have spent some time reading older reviews by Harry and, I know this is old news: Harry doesn't know shit about movies! Sure, he has seen a lot (too many?) and surely his passion and encyclopedic knowledge always comes over genuine. But his mind is too narrow to comprehend ANYTHING beyond his grasp. If it isn't like Harry expected, it sucks. If it somehow tickles one childhood memory, it rules. What makes for reviews with pages and pages full of said childhood memories with (almost) no analytical, psychological or dramaturgical insight whatsoever. And of course, the studio that sends the coolest merchandise is the best, right? I know, nobody will care, but this is my last post and visit to this site. Because it sucks. So, bye. Oh, and since I am in the mood of burning bridges: Fuck you! Fuck you very much!
Dec. 10, 2010, 6:13 a.m. CST
by scrote
BTSPOTD...sorry Quint.
Dec. 10, 2010, 6:23 a.m. CST
state bird of nj
by alex138
that is all
Dec. 10, 2010, 7:19 a.m. CST
two titty bumps will be done tonight in honor of Don
by 40VirginsAnd_aMule
Dec. 10, 2010, 8:08 a.m. CST
Geocities Circa 1997 Called
by Aquatarkusman
It thinks the layout is played-out.
Dec. 10, 2010, 9:33 a.m. CST
Site redesign is bloody awful
by AKA_Gern_Blanston
It was definitely way outdated and in need of a redesign, but seriously, did someone try to actually answer the question of 'how could it get any worse'? The TB's are a pain in the ass having to click to unlock each individual comment, Harry's DVD section that is the only other reason behind your posts Quint that guarantees my coming here are now hidden at the bottom of the front page, and the overall look of the site itself didn't change and that's one of the areas that has been screaming out for an update. Please, please fire whomever you paid (or didn't pay) to do the site redesign and convince Harry to spend the money for a prefessional to come in and give it a real update!
Really man this new redesign is a major reason to stop coming here. It's horrible.
Dec. 10, 2010, 9:34 a.m. CST
Nice pic, btw!
by AKA_Gern_Blanston
reminds me of a time when Tom Cruise was still cool and far, far away from the nutjob he's become.
"Moooom, Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet!"
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:05 a.m. CST
by Autodidact
The only site featuring design by time travelling web designers from 1997.
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:31 a.m. CST
Wrong, biggusdickus
by jim
The FIRST posters will still be here, only at the bottom. Plus, with the first post in descending order not being the first one posted, it simply gives more incentive to people to post "FIRST". They seemingly need to let everyone know that fact and will need to make more effort in this redesigned, or simply flawed, new format to make us all aware of their being first, even when many aren't.
Whenever I have been the first post, it's obvious I was first as my post is the first one, right there at the top. I never felt the need to declare my being first since any moron can see that I was indeed first. Now, first is last, which, once you know that, is just as obvious. However, since the latest post appears at the top, every frustrated firstie will be posting "first"; and they kind of will be, at least for a short while. With their post being at the top, even temporarily, it will fulfill their firsting fantasy.
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:40 a.m. CST
By the way, is this reverse ordering of the TBs
by jim
one of the bugs or one of the redesigns? If it's a bug, hope it's fixed soon; if it's supposed to be like this, WTF? Who reads bottom to top? Who wants to scroll through a post, reading it top to bottom, only to have to scroll UP to read the next post? As for the ability to Expand or Collapse the posts, why? I like that there is an Expand All button because it would drive me bonkers to have to open each one individually. But I don't get the point. What is the purpose, or benefit, of being able to expand or collapse individual posts?
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:45 a.m. CST
DELETE button?
by jim
Maybe I'm late to the party (wasn't around yesterday), but what's the deal with the delete button? What, when some nerd makes an ass of himself and gets schooled by everyone he can now delete said post and claim "I never said that". What kind of pussified, actions without responsibility, everyone gets a second chance to make a first impression, revisionist world do we live in?
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:52 a.m. CST
FU xenu!!!! woot!!!!
by alice133
theres actually a glynox onxytynz sydhyzmphlor in his finger to shield xenu glynxstryhr beams.
Dec. 10, 2010, 11:25 a.m. CST
I have to click on every individual comment to read them all?
by slone13
WHAT. THE. FUCK? How about a "Read all" option????
Dec. 10, 2010, 11:25 a.m. CST
If the purveyors of this site really care...
by alienindisguise
you'll change it back to what it was!!!! There are NO benefits to the change that's underway. Maybe there will be but you know how impatient everyone here can be. For now I'm hitting up SuperheroHype until I see a point in returning here.
Dec. 10, 2010, 11:33 a.m. CST
Nevermind. Found the "expand all" button.
by slone13
Dec. 10, 2010, 12:45 p.m. CST
Is that the Scientology salute?
by ccchhhrrriiisssm
...or how Tom Cruise feels about his women when they get too old?
Dec. 10, 2010, 12:48 p.m. CST
Any picture of Don Simpsion...
by DougMcKenzie
needs to be captioned "MORE COCAINE!". The man made that drug a lifestyle. I don't think any person in the U.S. aside from George Jung personifies 80s cocaine excess than Simpson.
Dec. 10, 2010, 1:06 p.m. CST
At least the site is still shit brown.
by tj donkey show
At least.
Dec. 10, 2010, 1:08 p.m. CST
Wow AICN
by MANNZILLA
Aicn froze twice when I tried clicking on the article "The AICN Situation" which apparently explains why everything is fucked up on the site. So the the article explaining why everything doesnt work doesnt even work! I am starting to the think the apeal of this website is because it is like watching a trainwreck in motion. You never know what unpredictable crap will go on. There are safe and stiff and predicable sites like hitfix with boring talkbacks, and then there are sites like this with it's chaotic appeal... Kind of like an early 90's Guns & Roses concert where you never knew what you were going to get. BTW great pic Quint, back when movies, were movies. If Top Gun were made today, all the F-14's or rather they would be f-22's would be all crap cgi. No real piloting needed.
Dec. 10, 2010, 1:16 p.m. CST
Wow, that is inspired
by Snookeroo
What did they do for an encore? Moon everyone?
Dec. 10, 2010, 2:05 p.m. CST
how about a delete button for other posters posts.
by alice133
click revenue gold.
Dec. 10, 2010, 2:28 p.m. CST
Sorry, Quint
by Le Vicious Fishus
Shittiest photo yet. Still--given the epic site redesign clusterfuck--it's strangely fitting...
Dec. 10, 2010, 2:43 p.m. CST
Tom to Don: "Mine smells like Jerry's ass, how about yours?"
by skimn
Don to Tom: "Funny, mine smells like your ass..."
Dec. 10, 2010, 2:45 p.m. CST
Unable to see pics
by DoogieHowitzer
Anyone else having problems seeing pics since the update? Firefox shows text only, and EEEEKxplorer won't even load th damn website. Weirdness.
Dec. 10, 2010, 3:35 p.m. CST
I'm with anakinsredsabre....
by SubliminalJones
I don't get the overwhelming dislike for Cruise these days. It can't just be the Xenu thing, or Travolta, Big Willy and a bunch of others would get the same vitriolic hatred. It's as if everyone suddenly fell in mindless lockstep with the mainstream media's "outrage" that Tommy Boy dared to jump disrespectfully up and down on her royal highness Oprah's couch, so he clearly must be a lunatic asshole. Much like Gibson, I don't give a flying fuck what Cruise does or says in his personal life, as long as he keeps giving us quality movies to enjoy......oh, wait, NOW I get it where all the hate comes from.
Dec. 10, 2010, 4:24 p.m. CST
Please go back to chronological order
by Adelai Niska
talkback should go in logical order, not reverse. Should be closer to a forum thread than a twitter feed, since multiple people will respond to each other.
Dec. 10, 2010, 4:28 p.m. CST
Cruise Hatred
by Le Vicious Fishus
It's mainly backlash, though the guy is (imo) void of real talent as an actor (and ruined serious dramatic films like RAIN MAN--again imo). I hate his aura of phoniness--onscreen and off.
 Only movie I really admired his acting in was MAGNOLIA--and he was essentially playing a satirical version of himself.
 Mel Gibson, OTOH, is a major talent and a terrific actor. And, even though he's personally less likable than Dick Cheney in a wheelchair, I still would enjoy seeing Gibson onscreen in the future. Cruise? Not so much.
Dec. 10, 2010, 4:30 p.m. CST
What have they done to this place?
by kwisatzhaderach
The new format is shocking...
Dec. 10, 2010, 6:59 p.m. CST
I remember when Cruise was cool.
by DrGoodspeed
Then he got older.
Dec. 10, 2010, 9:25 p.m. CST
"I feel the need...the need...for finger!"
by MrMysteryGuest
Dec. 10, 2010, 9:45 p.m. CST
It took forever to get down to the talkbacks
by boogel
It's nice having the previous BTS pic listed but...I don't know...more than one column might make the page a little easier to navigate. And that was my obligatory AICN bitch of the day.
Dec. 10, 2010, 9:53 p.m. CST
slone13... "expand all" is what you want.
by MurderMostFowl
I don't know why it's not enabled by default. What's killing me is all the empty space. Maybe it's just my font on Safari, but it everything takes at least twice the space now.

 Always loved Top Gun. Even have the obligatory picture of myself and friends at the "bar" in San Diego ( Kansas City BBQ that is )
Dec. 10, 2010, 10:06 p.m. CST
Bummer no John Lennon BTS Pic!
by Drunken Busboy
Should have shown John the love!! Could have easily slipped in a Hard Days Night, Help or How I Won The War pic! Almost as bad as no Obit for Ed McMahon! Just sayin!
Dec. 11, 2010, 4:06 a.m. CST
Ahhh...Don Simpson. The man who used drugs until they killed him
by JonChambers
Dec. 11, 2010, 4:06 a.m. CST
Ahhh...Don Simpson. The man who used drugs until they killed him
by JonChambers
Dec. 11, 2010, 4:07 a.m. CST
Simpson made great films . . . and he was a hideous asshole
by JonChambers
Dec. 11, 2010, 12:29 p.m. CST
Don Simpson.... true excess at it's finest....
by sam jacksons wig
... I'll bet he pissed in a hookers mouth while Cruise watched directly after this picture was taken.
Dec. 11, 2010, 1:15 p.m. CST
Need an archive instead of every past link.
by Adam ford
Takes too long to scroll down and read about everything else that's wrong with this site in the comments.
Dec. 11, 2010, 3:55 p.m. CST
Tom Gun is a big pile of homo shit
by disfigurehead
Horrible movie.
which one?
Dec. 13, 2010, 3:46 a.m. CST
Gayest movie ever made. More importantly, it's also...
by AsimovLives
... one of thge worst movie ever made in the 80s. No, i rephrase that: one of the worst movie ever made in the whole history of american cinema. The posh looking production values don't disguyise what has to be one ofthe most moronic retard dumbed down "zombies made this" movie i ever had the displeasure to suffer through. This movie is also one, if not, the purest example of the "high concept" style of filmmaking. An abomination. I say this movie is the very sourse of all the bad blockbusters that ever come out of Holylwood since then. Van Helsing sucks? Blame Top Gun. Terminator 4 sucks? Blame Top Gun. You get the drill. This Top Gun piece of shit of a movie abomination is what convinced Holylwood, once and for all, that makig movies as if the audiences are a bnch of slackjawed retatrds is the way to go. Thanks a fucking lot, Don Simpson, i hope you burn in fucking hell! You dying in the bathroom while taking a shit was a fitting ending for your miserable life. Yeah, i read the biography. Fuck, how i despise that guy.
Dec. 13, 2010, 3:49 a.m. CST
Don Simpson died while taking a shit
by AsimovLives
True story. He was found dead in his bathroom. He has a massive heart attack while taking a shit. Found with him was a glass of wine (who drinks wine while taking a shit??) and a book, a biography of Oliver Stone. I don't know to whom this sceneario is more humiliating, if for Simpson or for Oliver Stone.
Dec. 13, 2010, 3:50 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Tom Cruise never hurted anyone? Obviously you never saw DAYS OF THUNDER and FAR AND AWAY. People have been put to death for lesser crimes.
Dec. 13, 2010, 3:58 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Don Simpson made good movies? DAYS OF THUNDER and ARMAGEDDON (to name a few) should now be mistaken for good movies now? This is news!! If anything, it's a hard time to find a good movie produced under Simpson's aegis. The exact opposite is true. Whenever i think of bad 80s movies, the name of Don Simpson and his partner in crime Jerry Bruckheimer imediatly comes to mind.
Dec. 13, 2010, 12:26 p.m. CST
by Meadowe
Seriously I loved this fliq before...I loved the fact that Iceman was the "badguy" but he was pretty much callin' it like it was....and maveriq was a diq but basiqally the goodguy. 24-25 years later, I still thinq fat Val can kick botox Tom's a$$.
Dec. 13, 2010, 12:29 p.m. CST
by Meadowe
that's some craaaaaazy $%^%
Dec. 13, 2010, 1:23 p.m. CST
Until ARMAGEDDON come about...
by AsimovLives
... TOP GUN was the movie i most hated and despised. I still feel a tremendous dislike for this horrible retarded piece of shit of a "movie".
Dec. 13, 2010, 2:57 p.m. CST
X-men 3 is worse than Top Gun
by Smack_Teddy
And Mortal Kombat 2
I personally blame Xmen 3 for the state of modern big budget cinema production.
Dec. 13, 2010, 4:50 p.m. CST
by AsimovLives
No they aren't because they didn't influenced the move industry to a way that it's repercutions are still felt to this day. TOP GUN is not only bad, it's pernicious.
Dec. 13, 2010, 5:31 p.m. CST
fair enough Asimov, but
by Smack_Teddy
i know people who would go back furthur & swear that Star Wars kicked it all off in that sense, and the horrible truth is thats all to blame for the repercussions. And im sure theres many between that & top gun & after that other folk would be ready to pick at for the same effect... so i blame Xmen3 just cos i can't stand that god-damned movie so much. But really the blame goes back way before Star Wars, Top Gun just got on the wheel track while it was coming up again so to speak. Also Goose & Maverick singing great balls of fires & googes death are forever indelibly burned into my brain along with happy memories, so how could you say such a thing? etc. Also Christ man thats harsh its not like Don Simpson was Hitler or anything, not even remotely close. Michael Bays probably closer, simply because he orders Stoner Woman to get on planes & go for a ride without question & boots them & does his best to destroy the career of the fifteen yr old girel he first handpicked to do a wet t-shirt dance... But fuck man....one day i will spot a post where you actually like something or express your approval of it
Dec. 13, 2010, 5:37 p.m. CST
And both Xmen3 and Mortal Kombat 2 are easily worse than Top Gun
by Smack_Teddy
just because they are
Dec. 14, 2010, 5:53 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
I don't blame Star Wars for the dumbification of 80's and today's Holywood. Star Wars was made with honest intentions, of delivering a damn good old fashioned piece of entertaiment for the masses. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Sure, some dumb ass executives and hacks took the wrong lessons from SW and run with it. And while TOP GUN didn't started the whole "high concept" thing, it's the epythome of that. It's high concept at it's purest from. It's the movie tha tproved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the retard notion of high concept can work and make for popular movies. And it was the move that fucked up holywood. And no, X-Men 3 and mortal Kombat 2, detestable movies that they are, they ar enot worst then TOP GUN. TOP SHIT is far worst in every level. It is one of the worst movie ever made that was not made by Michael Bay. XMen3 and MK2 are mere amateurs compared to the shittiness of TOP GUN. And i fucking detested XMEN3. And it's not hard for you to see a pos tof mine where i approve and praise the hell out of movies or Tv shows. Check out any post of mine about THE DARK KNIGHT, BATMAN BEGINS, INCEPTION, BLADE RUNNER, 2001, MOON, DISTRICT 9, THE WALKING DEAD, CARNIVALE or ROME, to name a few.
Dec. 14, 2010, 11:53 a.m. CST
Will Do
by Smack_Teddy
If you wrote a short essay or examination of Top Guns shittness eclipsing Xmen3's, or just the level of awfulness you are talking about in its own right, you would be welcome. I get the impression theres more to it though, and Top Gun broke your heart, like Xmen3 did mine...otherwise i can't help but feel we would both save all our hate and "worst movie of all time" sentiments for Twilight, or something....but im sorry i missed your Walking Dead & Inception posts recently.
 Xmen3 is worse than Top Gun because first of all it just is that bad, its a god-awful shambles of the themes & potential of Xmen in general; it emasculated Wolverine worse than Origions & managed to make Kesley Grammer as Beast simply a fucking 3rd rate Kryton from Red Dwarf, and it completely spunked its wad on the death of Xavier, Summers, The Pheonix storyline, and seeing through a great final chapter in its own right in the most wasteful & pointless & cynically churned out but we really care about the material! way. At least Top Gun does not pretend to be anything more than it is, as dumb as it is.
Dec. 14, 2010, 3:05 p.m. CST
by AsimovLives
TOP GUN didn't broke my heart, it broke my intestines, and i had a terrible case of the shits after i saw it. Very much like what also happened when i saw ARMAGEDDON and ABRAMS TREK.
Dec. 15, 2010, 6:08 p.m. CST
by Smack_Teddy
I'm more vulnerable or reactive to 'Gone with the Wind' on that level of affectivness
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Definition: 'Axonal Degeneration'
axonal degenerationType: Term
1. a type of peripheral nerve fiber response to insult, wherein axon death and subsequent breakdown occur, with secondary breakdown of the myelin sheath associated; caused by focal injury to peripheral nerve fibers; often referred to as wallerian degeneration.
Synonyms: axon degeneration
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The Park School would like to congratulate Steve Tropiano and Steve Seidman, winners of the Park School Writing Award for faculty.
The Park Faculty Writing Award is given to a full-time Park faculty member for work published or similarly peer reviewed that demonstrates creativity, impact, originality, and mastery. The award may be given for a published book, a peer reviewed scholarly essay, a journalistic article, or a script that has been produced and screened. This year, the judges for the Faculty Writing Award recommended to give the award to two nominees.
Nancy Cornwell, professor and chair of the Television-Radio Department, recently spoke about a wide range of media topics including the Comcast-NBC merger, the future of broadcast television in the age of Hulu, NBC's handling of the Conan O'Brien show and more on WVBR-FM's, Sunday Forum, "The Future of the Media: Will the Superbowl Ever Be Broadcast on Cable?"
WVBR-FM maintains an archive of its Sunday Forum programs at http://wvbr.com/sundayforum.
Three IC students minoring in International Communications, Daniel Haack ('10), Susannah Faulkner ('12) and Joe Bagliere ('11), in collaboration with Dr. Katalin Lustyik (Assistant Professor, TVR) will present a research paper titled "Disney, Al Jazeera, the BBC and the Global Children's TV Landscape" at the Global Media and Communication (GlobalFusion) Conference taking place on October 16-18 at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Lustyik will also present her study "Transnational Children's TV in the Global Media Landscape: The Case of Nickelodeon in the South Pacific."
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Seasonal manatee speed zones begin Nov. 15by Willie Howard
With the onset of cooler weather, manatees are on the move, and boaters in many areas must slow down.
The protected marine mammals move south in the winter, seeking warmer water, and often gather around the warm-water outflows from power plants such as the Florida Power & Light plant just south of Peanut Island in Riviera Beach.
Seasonal manatee speed zones for boaters take effect Monday and remain in effect through March 31.
In Palm Beach County, those include slow- and idle-speed zones north and south of Peanut Island. In Jupiter, look for seasonal manatee slow-speed zones outside the main channel in the Loxahatchee River and in the North and Southwest forks of the Loxahatchee River.
Since January, a record-high 17 manatee deaths have been reported in Palm Beach County. Only two of those deaths were caused by boats.
To avoid manatees, boaters should scan the water in front of them for half-moon-shaped swirls, mud trails or manatee snouts. Polarized sunglasses help boaters better see manatees. Staying in marked channels also reduces the chance of hitting one.
"If you think you see a manatee, give it plenty of room because it may not be alone," said Kipp Frohlich, leader of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission's Imperiled Species Management Section.
To report a violation of boating laws or an injured or dead manatee, call the state's Wildlife Alert Hotline at (888) 404-3922.
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I feel like the scrutiny they've put Alistair Overeem under is a lot more stringent than with most other fighters. I wasn't aware that they had instituted pre-fight random drug testing. Has this always been their practice? I've never heard of it before this Lesnar/Overeem fight but maybe it was never an issue because no one had evaded one of these tests.
In any case, I feel like they're really raking him over the coals here. When it was Josh Barnett having license issues I understood after failing THREE drug tests. When it was Chael Sonnen using the Chewbacca defense I am not sure which one of his many problems he was being held accountable for by being denied a license, but it still made sense.
Alistair Overeem's only crime is just not fighting stateside and then eating horses until he looked like the Brown Adonis. He definitely doesn't look natural, but they don't have anything to suggest that. He's never had any issues in the past so why are they giving so much grief about getting licensed now? I am glad that he did get his license but with so much deliberation it seemed like they didn't want to give it to him.
It also bothers me how there seems to be no real rules or laws to abide by here, it's basically just a think tank in a public forum and you just throw out suggestions until enough people are agreeable, and then act like justice was served. All I'm saying is something's gotta change, this system is ridiculous.


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Feds reportedly plan to prosecute hackers sponsored by other nations
Possible targets also include governments and companies involved in intrusions.
Possible targets also include governments and companies involved in intrusions.
The publisher wants to merge with Random House and start with a clean slate.
Landmark privacy case was decided by Supreme Court—but criminal retrial goes on.
Data analysis shows that Minneapolis police took 2.1 million records in 90 days.
A possible anti-competition backlash may be behind the move.
PC Rental Agent was supposed to stem theft. Instead, it sparked a firestorm.
Samsung's request for a new trial because of jury misconduct is also denied.
Christopher Chaney, who had pled guilty this year, heads to federal prison.
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a one-stop shop for transparency donations.
Fox: Ad-skipping DVRs will "cut the legs out" from ad-supported TV model.
Picketing yahoos want to show up at Sandy Hook Elementary; Anon has other ideas.
German watchdog says the issue is turning location data sharing on by default.
Rolling out strong encryption for Gmail would be a win-win situation for Google.
Vint Cerf says, "The good guys did not win," while ITU head dismisses concern.
Suit over domestic surveillance will reveal state secrets, say DOJ lawyers.
Jury finds Apple, LG not guilty of infringing video compression patents.
GOP senators may look to ban tracking apps but give leeway to other services.
United States Trade Representative removes Taobao, but targets others worldwide.
Digital car service was stymied by regulators but has won a key vote.
US, UK, Canada, and other allies staunchly oppose attempt for online regulation.
Patent trolling goes corporate—and wins.
Fifth Circuit court says that spoofing for mystery shopping is OK, for example.
UN body won't "take over" the Internet—but it could hold back its progress.
The parties agreed to suspend "most favored nation" agreements for five years.
Law promises to shut up that Five Hour Energy guy.
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Runner discovers she has two extremely rare genetic diseases, teaches herself genetics.
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Entry and fixed costs in charitable sectors
AbstractFixed costs that are not sunk do not translate into entry barriers against for-profit competitors. We show that in the case of non-commercial, not- for-profit providers, the presence of fixed costs may protect the position of an inefficient incumbent. In these situations, successfully contesting the position of incumbents may require new providers to adopt a for- profit organizational form – notwithstanding the moral hazard problem that this might entail when quality of provision is difficult to monitor – or, alternatively, to secure core funding from government or from a large private donor.
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We are getting another brief respite from the cold, but will return to the deep freeze by early next week. Yes, we live in Minnesota but the weather still takes a toll on people. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is the clinical term for the winter blues and with shorter days and less light, the symptoms can be easy to see and feel.
"The symptoms are similar to general depression but occur on more of a seasonal basis," Dr. Sara Larson Luke, a Psychologist at Allina Medical Clinic said. "We see more depressed mood, more hopelessness, a loss of interest in things you enjoy doing."
Although at some point during the winter months, most will suffer some with the winter blues, but the key is understanding at what point to get some help.
"The things we talk about are if symptoms begin to affect your work life or performance or family relationships. If it is starting to affect your social relationships or school or if you start to feel suicidal, then reach out to your doctor for help," Dr. Larson Luke said.
There are ways to help boost your mood and help pull you out of the blues such as activities that will give you exposure to more natural light, being outside in the natural light and early exercise will all help.
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A life-long involvement with theatre and film as both performer and writer began early, growing up in Hollywood, CA, where Jesse Wilson performed in plays, TV shows and commercials. A graduate of the LA High School for the Performing Arts, Jesse traveled east to attain a BFA for theatre in the prestigious Juilliard School. Remaining in New York, and later Philadelphia, he developed material for his one-man shows, performed throughout the region. His most recent production, "Face the City," written for high school and college audiences, combines visual and animation projections in a multimedia presentation of the artist's journey to find themselves in the "real world." "The Night the Moon Ate My Room!" written
and performed with music for young audiences to experience self-discovery, is created
with the support of The Kennedy Center's Imagination Celebration and Pikes Peak
Library District. Jesse teaches theatre and music at Academy for Advanced & Creative
Learning, and The Colorado Springs Conservatory.