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Friday, December 09, 2011
As regular readers of this blog are aware, I have been unemployed for going on two years, and my unemployment benefits ran out on the day before Thanksgiving. Since then I've hustled and brooded and been a nervous, despairing wreck, wondering about what fate has in store for me, especially when considering my very limited financial resources. In short: I'm forty-six, jobless, living in New York City (specifically in Brooklyn's Park Slope), and nothing is happening in terms of a bright light on the job horizon.
On Friday afternoon I received one of the freelance checks I'd been expecting and in no time at all most of it was spent on my rent and the bills that have been gathering moss, so, with weary heart, I went to the local supermarkets to pick up the fixings for a sandwich that would approximate the outstanding sausage and peppers delight I'd experienced just one day previous. (There's no companionship or sex going on in my life at the moment thanks to there being no merry and horny female present, comic books have lately been mostly an enormous disappointment, there have been no movies that pique my interest, so I've occasionally been taking meager comfort in food.) I first stopped at the Key Food on 5th Avenue, the one just a stone's throw from Flatbush Avenue, and snagged some of their excellent sweet Italian sausages, after which I walked up the street to the Associated market located around the corner from my humble abode to pick up the rest of what I needed.
Upon wandering the store's aisles, zombie-like, I got on line at the checkout counter and found myself directly behind some random guy and a woman who was annoyingly holding up the proceedings by trying to explain to the cashier that two of the four items she'd brought up were not the right ones on the sales circular, so she wanted to replace them. She explained this to the cashier in the most convoluted and time-consuming manner humanly possible, and myself and the guy in front of me were both about ready to pull our hair out as this decidedly one-sided exchange dragged on. "Great," I thought to myself, "not only am I about to spend most of the last of my pitiful funds, I have to wait behind this walking annoyance while doing so." Presently, one of the store's employees came over to me and steered me off of the non-moving line and had me stand at the far checkout aisle, right behind two mothers with strollers who were unloading enough food onto the counter to feed all of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. That line was clearly not going to move either, so the staffer apologized for taking me off of my first position and promptly steered me back to where I was in the first place, and in the maybe twenty seconds that elapsed between my shifts in lines, three more people had gotten on line in front of me. So there I was, stuck with a choice of two lines, neither of which was making any kind of progress.
While stuck on line behind the lady who wanted to exchange her items that were not on the sales circular, my eyes began to glaze over and my mind focused on just how my life had suffered a slow and depressing reversal of fortune from the time when I first hit NYC as a wide-eyed college grad who'd landed a job at Marvel Comics — a dream job to one of my geekish ilk — through my being let go from that job thanks to the company's Chapter 11 woes, on to my time at DC/Vertigo and the mishegoss endured there, followed by two years of unemployment before working at the barbecue joint and dealing with that place's attendant issues, finally arriving at the dead end of my largely worthless job at the design 'ho house and my subsequent unemployment in the wake of what was at the time its latest wave of brutal layoffs. I pondered how it could possibly be nearly two years — TWO YEARS — since that layoff and how my life had just lurched along as a shabby going-through-the-motions existence, and the more I considered all of that, the more morose and fed up with life I became.
Suddenly my death march down the dark corridor of memory was interrupted by a frantic-looking guy bearing a bottle of seltzer, and he looked at me with an expression of earnest need plastered across his face. He sheepishly said, "I'm sorry to be 'that guy' but can I please go ahead of you? I just have this one item…" After enduring the long lines and annoyance, I was irritated by his request, but I remembered the lessons learned as a wee lad at my mother's side during many excursions to the market, and she always let people in this guy's situation go ahead of her, simply because it was the polite and kind thing to do. A simple act of courtesy and kindness in this miserable world keeps us all civilized and all that, right? So I let the guy go ahead of me, for which he offered profuse thanks.
Then, as his one item was rung up, an alarm went off, a loud popping noise was heard (like a champagne cork) and the air around us was filled with balloons. Just as abruptly, the manager's office door burst open and out flew a video cameraman, a crew member wielding a mike on a short boom, and a guy bearing one of those enormous simulated checks as seen in sweepstakes ads on TV and in magazines. Then a large, glad-handing guy breezed over and directly addressed the seltzer guy with, "Congratulations, sir! You are this store's one-millionth customer…and you have just won FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!"
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Yes, you read that right. The guy I had let cut the line in front of me with one measly item had just won FIFTY FUCKING GRAND, all because of my act of simple courtesy.
As the celebratory atmosphere began to spread and the sweepstakes officials shook the winner's hand, the enormity of what happened poked me in the frontal lobe like a solid redwood truncheon. The understandably surprised winner reacted with "Awesome!!!" and welcomed the camera crew and sundry others with open arms.
The other shoppers who'd been on line behind me, some of whom were recognizable neighborhood locals and neighbors from the building next door to mine, at first stood there just as gobsmacked as I was, but they recovered more swiftly than I and began shouting statements along the lines of, "Oh, HELL no! That guy (indicating me) let the dude with the soda go in front of him, so he's the real winner! This isn't right!!!" As it all sank in, I said aloud, "This is a joke, right? Seriously, this has to be a joke…please tell me this is a joke…" My words were utterly ignored as the prize people began to usher the winner away for a photo op but before they could full get away, I centered myself and, with no yelling or cursing, announced to the camera in my most stentorian and serious voice, "People, here you see a prime example of exactly why being polite and considerate of others is pointless. I let this guy go ahead of me with his one item and now he's fifty thousand dollars richer. I'm unemployed and struggling and I get zero. That it. I'm out!"
That only served to fan the flames of the onlookers' outrage and they began hurling verbal abuse at the store's manager, while I, feeling a galaxy-wide sense of complete and utter defeat, just waited for my groceries to be rung up. The cashier, who's served me for years, saw how crushed I was and, looking like she was about to be physically ill, asked me "Are you okay?" to which I responded with "No, I'm most definitely not okay. I just want to take my groceries and go home…" That was certainly true. If I didn't leave right then, I would have likely smashed my head repeatedly against the nearest wall in an expression of cosmic frustration. More shoppers came over and offered to tell the manager that the seltzer guy only won because I let him cut in front of me, but I had said my piece and was resigned to the simple fact that I had once again lost in the game of life and that again I'd unwittingly been drafted as a source of amusement for whatever cruel gods there may be.
Then a woman walked over and stated she'd witnessed what had happened and that she would try and have words with the manager and try to make things right, but again I stated my desperate desire to simply leave this death camp of my own personal existential mockery. She let that thought hang for a moment and then stated that I'd just been part of a taped "social experiment" and that her crew would pay for my groceries and hand me three-hundred dollars cash up front, so would I please step over here to sign some release forms?
Double-stunned, I followed her to the secluded aisle in back of the manager's office and watched through what seemed to be someone else's perception as she reached into her coat and produced a manila envelope positively bursting with crisp fifties. She counted out the aforementioned three hundred bucks and handed it to me, after which she asked me a number of questions as I filled out a release form and gave her my full contact information. "Well, we certainly didn't expect the reaction we got of you," she stated. "Were you angry as it was all happening?" I looked her square in the face and told her, "Lady, every word I said back there was true. I am unemployed, so when a guy I'd let go in front of me wins fifty G's, you bet your sweet ass I was angry! I wanted to leave before I tore his fucking head off!!!" She laughed at that and then had me pose for two head shots, holding a piece of paper with my name written on it in strong-smelling marker and standing directly in front of the stacked maxi-pad display. She also made it clear that they needed all of my contact info in case they decided to use my footage for their show, in which case I will be paid at a professional actor's rate. As we parted, she asked me not to talk to anyone local about all of this since they planned to spring the setup on other unsuspecting shoppers over what remained of the day. (I stuck to not posting about it until the market's closing time, after which I felt it was kosher. Plus, I very much doubt they'd pull the same move in the same place the following day, so there you go.)
As I gathered my groceries, the staff of the market all came over and laughed as they apologized for setting up one of their regular customers, but I had free groceries and three-hundred bucks in hand, so I was far from mad any more. Then the seltzer guy came over, hugged me, and wished me the best, also stating that he hoped they used my footage because of the unexpected nature of my response. (I'm betting they expected the big, leather-clad black guy to flip out and act the fool in a stereotypical display of the kind of ghetto histrionics that appall/delight viewers, but what they got was obviously something they did not expect at all.) When I walked out, I ran into the film crew and they laughed their asses off as they high-fived me.
It wasn't until I returned to my apartment that I remembered seeing notices up around the Associated yesterday, notices warning people not to park in front of the place because there was to be a film shoot there the following day. I didn't pay much attention to them yesterday because the neighborhood is constantly the site of independent film shoots, Hollywood shoots, and frequent episodes of LAW & ORDER: SVU, and as a result of all of that I never give such notices a second thought, so I was the perfect mark for the show's purposes.
Still quite stunned, I called a few friends and related this story, much to their amazement, and my old friend Jim Browski clued me in to the fact that the show in question is most probably something called WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, a reality show that places unsuspecting citizens in trying situations and lets the camera roll to see how they handle whatever predicament they find themselves in. I don't have cable, so I'd never heard of the show, but I assure you I'll let you all know if they decide to air this lunacy.
48 comments:
- David said...
Around paragraph 8 I nearly sent you $300, I was feeling so bad.
- Da Nator said...
I hope posting the story will be alright.
AND I still think you should get extra for emotional trauma. Even if it gets aired and you get SAG rates, is that going to make nearly fiddy thou or make up for the aneurysm you nearly had? What if you'd just pulled out a gun and ate it? That is an effed-up joke in this economy...
So, uh... happy $300 and a story?
- Admin said...
Freaking classic!
- Admin said...
- OthelloNYC said...
Wow, I probably would have been arrested for assault at that juncture...
- Tars Tarkas said...
Wow, this is crazy!
Jesus Fucking Christ. That is so mean. I wish I could hug you right now Bunche. -- Pia
Alls well that ends well! Still I was rooting for them giving you the 50 G's!!
- Amber Love said...
Oh thank God! When I got to the $50k part I turned to mother and made her brace herself while read the rest aloud. She asked why your autobiography isn't published. Love you & congrats.
I was really trying to figure this Mystery out yesterday & I assure you- I didn't even come close! I agree with Da Nator Re trauma damages...
Great story, tho'!
- Edward Lazellari said...
Bunche, I was so depressed for you as I was reading the part about when the guy was getting your $50,000 that i had to get up and walk away from the computer before finishing the rest of the story. I'm happy I returned to finish reading it and that it turned out your act of kindness really did reward you in the end. An uplifting story in the end, but a brutally hard read in the middle for anyone that loves you and feels for you.
- nando67 said...
This is freaking awesome, Steve!!!! I was totally laughing at this story and then sad at your financial plight. I know the show, What Would You Do as I watch it with my 9-year old daughter often. She loves it! I Can't wait to see it when it airs. YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHEN IT DOES!
- CrystaljDesign said...
I feel like it goes without saying... but only you Bunche, only you. Congrats on the 3 Hundo and keep pounding the pavement for something worthwhile. You're a rare gift, whether the world realizes it yet or not!
OMG, I just farted.
- Jimmy Palmiotti said...
When amanda told me, my stomach felt like it had a tumor...but I knew something was up since she seemed not so upset. That said, will be a wonderful night of T.V. if they have the balls to air a sequence of a "non-angry" black man. lol.
Either way, they should have let you fill up 2 shopping carts of roast beef and take them as payment with another grand. If only you knew in advance...you could have faked a heart attack and sued them. oh well...go play the fucking lottery this week, will you.
and anyone out there, give this brilliant fuck a job already. Eveyone needs a good writer.
- BuddyWeb said...
Is that an actual, real story, Bunche?
- Buncheman (pop culture ronin) said...
@BuddyWeb, yes, this actually happened to me on Friday afternoon. When it comes to being mind-fucked with money while I'm hideously unemployed and living at damned near poverty level, I would not bullshit you.
- Waerloga69 said...
Wow...I was feeling really bad for you right in the middle of that story. Glad it had a mostly happy ending. Good luck on getting it aired! And better luck on finding work, man.
Jiminy Freakin' Christmas! Your fortitude & restraint is astonishing. If my ticker had survived long enough I am fairly certain that I would have behaved badly. Well played, sir! I agree, you need to go buy a lotto ticket ASAP before this streak is over.
- frosen said...
More thany anything else, this piece is brilliant. It should be published. I'd send it to New York Magazine.
Boy do I know how you feel! So many, many times, that's been me in the market without any money, for much of the past two years, it's been similar for me. What we have in common is that reality TV has entered our lives.
- Stephen Knight said...
Hang tough, Buncheman. There's a buttload of stuff a guy with your talent can do to earn some income...I'll fire some suggestions your way if you're innerested.
- John A. said...
DUDE! I live in Red Hook I am 48 and I was A Hasbro Sculptor,I have been unemployed for nearly three years,unemployment long since gone, and the only differnce to our stories is that my girlfriend is my life preserver (after my condo burnt down just to add insult to injury) and has had to deal with my pathetic freelance jobs for longer than most people would after my settlement money ran out.with such a similiar story to yours when I read this I almost lost it to a burst of rage for the injustice of it all. I am Glad it turned out that you got some coin out of it all even though, that is a shitty thing to do to anyone just for a show! Good luck I hope something comes around for you.
- wolfy said...
I am blown away by this story Steve, completely blown away.
Hang in there, keep writing, keep the faith, you are too talented to not be noticed and hired soon.
- Glenn Greenberg said...
Holy crap, what a post!
Bunche, after what they put you through, they should have let you go through the store for a half hour and then paid for everything you could fit in a shopping cart.
That is BANANAS.
- The Nerdy Bird said...
Dear god, man. Thank goodness this had the ending it did or else I was gonna have to storm someone's castle. Glad you got compensated for your emotional turmoil at least.
- George said...
Hi, Steve--
Happy to hear that you got $300, happier still that you did not either collapse or ragefully stomp the interloper.
Keep writing! this is a great blog!
Todd Kalif
Здравствуйте! I read story that make sad and also laugh. I take class english so thankyou I use storys for practice. This one best and you write for magazine?
Borislav Высоцкий (Vysotsky)
- CNNfan said...
"Excuse me! We're shooting, do you mind?!?!", she screamed at me, some LAW & ORDER crew member.
To which I replied, "Yes Mam! I do mind!!!" as I threw my arms up and stormed right across the set, moving past the actors on the sidewalk.
"Like everyone should just bide their time, at 9am, and be late for work, while they shoot a scene." I thought to myself.
Dude, got here from Chez' place. Excellent restraint! Sorry bout the job situation (me, too). Good Luck!
Are you sure this is a What Would You Do episode? Because that's a really good show about ethics and this would be very unethical if it was them. Here is the website so you can see what kinds of shows they do and it's not this sort of prank: http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/
- Melissa said...
"(I'm betting they expected the big, leather-clad black guy to flip out and act the fool in a stereotypical display of the kind of ghetto histrionics that appall/delight viewers, but what they got was obviously something they did not expect at all.)"
I've seen "What Would You Do," and ghetto histrionics is absolutely not what they show or what they were expecting.
An unemployed Black man for the past two years ?
Brother, these are the Obama days. You're not even trying!
- pm317 said...
Wow, your writing reads like a Guy de Maupassant!
So they will make a lot more money feeding off of your 'predicament'. I hope they give you a good chunk if they air your video. If they don't then just $300 is not enough for what they deliberately put you through.
- EBL said...
Beyond being completely manipulated and abused, I was (as a reader) relieved that the guy in front of you did not get the $50K. I assume had you refused to let him cut the line, then he would have been the winner immediately after you had gotten your stuff paid for.
I think your reaction was perfect and well spoken. I hope you get a job soon and this nightmare period of your life is over soon.
- Dan said...
This like an episode from "Married With Children" many years ago.
- EBL said...
You are also a very good writer.
- RHJunior said...
Well, best example of "all's well that ends well." You made some unexpected money, and you might make a little more-- especially if they reuse the footage anywhere.
Basically the staff selected you right?, which means they thought "hang about, we know and like this guy, let's let him have 300 bucks and free groceries"
Them's good people
- soubriquet said...
Am I the only person it occurs to that had you not been pushed out of that line into another, then back, then you'd have been finished and out of the store before all the bells and whistles, so somebody after you would have been the centre of all that ruckus?
Which leads me to muse on randomness, and whether that was random, or was the 'store employee' and the slow customers a manipulation to get the pre-chosen mark, you, into the right place to be humiliated?
What a pity you didn't sue the bastards for submitting you to a stressful and humiliating experience, instead of signing their disclaimer.
( recent story,"A consumer court in India awarded Jennifer Robinson 50,000 rupees ($968) in damages from Jet Airways, according to the report, less than the nearly 2.6-million rupees she sought. Ms. Robinson, who works at the High Commission of Canada in India, was on a flight from Bangkok to Delhi in 2009 when she was refused a "rum drink" due to her gender, according to a court order cited by the BBC. In the order, Delhi District Consumer Forum president C.K. Chaturvedi said that the refusal was not only discriminatory but a deliberate insult in front of the other passengers.").
Now, I'd say being refused a drink with rum in it on a flight falls far short of an experience that will scar you for life,
Whereas the stunt to which you were exposed could turn you into a crazed loon who jealously guard in line no matter what desperate story the "I have only one item and..." guy weaves.
Resist it. Remain magnanimous, it's the better way to be. Poor, but good. Rather than rich and grabby.
I'm positive I've seen ABC's "What Would you Do?" show an episode just like this....it took place in a Stew Leonard's.
What's wrong with some of you people?
Maybe he was "targeted" for this project. In which case, if they hadn't done so, He wouldn't even have the $300 he received. He can whine like a baby about being embarrassed or upset, and try to throw a tantrum to get more--- or he can thank God he was put in a place to get a windfall he desperately needed.
- halojones-fan said...
You idiot, why'd you sign anything? You just signed a release letting them make money FOREVER off of video and pictures of you and you won't see a DIME. And you can't sue them for it either.
The first thing to learn about dealing with emotional experiences is to not sign anything.
- waywuwei said...
Welcome to the American Spectacle!
Wow.... That story put me through a mine field of emotions. I thank God it ended the way that it did. God bless you Bunche, and I'll keep an ear out for any writing work or anything that I can find for you. In the meantime, I'll post a link to your vault on my facebook page and blog and tell everyone I know to check it out. For some of you that know Bunche, maybe you can do the same. I'm sure we can help him. Stay strong we'll pray for you.
- PiercingMetal Ken said...
Wowza. Just wowza what a tale but at least it was not true how the kind act got someone other than you 50K. Please keep us readers posted if this will be shown anywhere.
Hi Buncheman, I read your blog from a different site, i know you are all thinking this will be on What would you do, but it really is for an Ally bank commercial. I shouldnt be telling you this but that what it was really for. It was not a plot to target you per say, but they just wanted to get lots of different people to see what would work best for the commercial. I am related to the owner and i probably know you if i saw you. Sorry for everything you experienced during that day and i just came across your blog. and i must say you are a really talented writer. I work in real estate and let me know if your interested in working as a real estate agent. If you are ever in our store again, tell alex or one of the cashiers to give you my card and give me a call. I still admire your politeness and if only people were more like you.
- Buncheman (pop culture ronin) said...
Thanks, Ahmed. I bear the store no ill will whatsoever and I love the staff of the place, so no worries there. And I found out about the Allied Bank thing a few days later via another blog, namely FUCKED IN PARK SLOPE. You can read what they had to say about this at http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/commercial-shoot-invades-park-slope-with-mean-sociological-e.html and make sure to read the reader comments.
And thanks for the offer. I'm giving it thought but I'm waiting to hear back from two jobs I applied for first.


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"God willing, a new order will come and will do away with ... everything that distances us," Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday, speaking through a translator. "All of the animosity, all of the lack of sincerity will come to an end. It will institute fairness and justice."
He said the world was losing patience with the current state of affairs. "Now even elementary school kids throughout the world have understood that the United States government is following an international policy of bullying," he said. "I do believe the system of empires has reached the end of the road. The world can no longer see an emperor commanding it."
"Everyone is aware the nuclear issue is the imposition of the will of the United States," he said. "I see the nuclear issue as a non-issue. It has become a form of one-upmanship." Ahmadinejad said he favored more dialogue, even though negotiations with world powers remain stalled after three rounds of high-level meetings since April.
He said some world leaders have suggested to him that Iran would be better off holding nuclear talks only with the United States. "Of course I am not dismissing such talks," he said, asked if he were open to discussions with the winner of the American presidential election.
Israeli leaders, however, are still openly contemplating military action again Iranian nuclear facilities, dismissing diplomacy as a dead end. Israel and many in the West suspect that Iran is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, and cite its failure to cooperate fully with nuclear inspectors. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Ahmadinejad also proposed forming a new group of 10 or 11 countries to work to end the 18-month Syrian civil war. Representatives of nations in the Middle East and elsewhere would meet in New York "very soon," he said.
Critics have accused Tehran of giving support to Syrian President Bashar Assad in carrying out massacres and other human rights violations in an attempt to crush the uprising against his rule. Activists say nearly 30,000 people have died.
Ahmadinejad said the so-called contact group hopes to get the Syrian government and opposition to sit across from each other. "I will do everything in my power to create stability, peace and understanding in Syria," Ahmadinejad said.


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By Mark Reifkind, Master SFG
I probably shouldn't write this. It's not the politically correct thing to say. Some people will be offended. But that's okay, as well as the point. Getting strong is not for everyone.
That is not to say that everyone can't be stronger, couldn't get stronger. They can, and they could. But the truth is, they won't.
Many will think about it, but few will do it. Even fewer will keep doing it. As I have been known to say "I don't make the rules, I just know 'em. And they apply to me, as well." This is one of the cases.
I have seen this over and over in the 41 years I have been a student of strength, and by direct association, of willpower, creative intent and toughness, both mental and physical. And even more directly in the last 14 years I have been a full-time personal trainer.
Everyone loves the idea of strength, of being strong. In all its many forms. Of lifting more than they have before. Of running farther and faster than before. Of resisting that cookie or piece of cake they have decided they don't want to eat. Of being able to make up their mind about something and stick with it. That kind of strength.
It ain't easy or EVERYBODY would be. It's really that simple. The bar isn't going to lift itself. The kettlebell isn't going to swing itself and no one but you can make you get out of bed early on a cold dark morning to make yourself do what you said you wanted to do.
You have to be tough. And that's okay. In fact, it's better than okay, it's good. If it were too easy, everyone would have it and then it would mean less to have it. At least to me. When I saw Pavel's first video of the 'Russian Kettlebell Challenge' these words spoke to me: "Comrades, I give you the Russian Kettlebell Challenge, for those who like it tough, and just a little bit dangerous." I was a competitive powerlifter at the time and I knew just what he meant. Real training, where one is really utilizing the body to the fullest is never easy, never comfortable. Being comfortable with being uncomfortable is the first step.
What is 'tough'? One way to look at it is being able to endure that which is unpleasant in the process of getting what one really wants to get, or to be. It is the price of admission into the world of the strong. Of being able to set one's mind to the task at hand and do that which is necessary to achieve it, or as close as possible. To be able to ignore the minor uncomfortable aspects of overcoming the inertia of laziness that seems to grow bigger every year.
James Allen, the author of 'As a Man Thinketh' has been paraphrased as saying, "Challenges don't build character, they reveal it." And so does the world of strength training. It doesn't matter if your weapon of choice is a barbell, a kettlebell or your bodyweight, the real weapon is your mind and your will. And the real obstacle is your weakness and lethargy. Even the act of challenging them will make you stronger.
To be able to confront one's weaknesses head on and do something about it. To not be pushed back by the task. To be able to say no when that is the right thing to do or to say yes and push forward despite fear or uncertainty of the outcome.
It really doesn't matter what the goal is, when one is at their limit and the next step is into the unknown, the feeling is always the same. When I could only squat 300lbs., 325 was the unknown and very scary. Confronting that bar, which could care less about my goals or dreams, was the task. Choosing to get under it and risk failure was the only real option to getting stronger. But I had to make the motion and take the risk.
But there is a great prize for those that can, and those that do. That is the feeling of being strong. Of living in the world strong. Of knowing that if they want to achieve something, they can put their all to it. That the ability to create force, which is strength, is in their capacity, in their toolbox. That gives one a confidence that literally cannot be bought, borrowed, stolen, faked, or obtained in any other manner. And few things feel as sweet. That is why strong people, when they meet, recognize and respect their peers, no matter if they are strong in very disparate disciplines, because they KNOW what that person had to do to get what they achieved. What they endured. What they sacrificed, what they chose.
Because Strength is a choice, it is an attitude. It is a belief in one's power to move things in the direction one desires. By sheer force of will and imagination. And toughness.


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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
This film was the Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects, defeating Iron Man (2008) and The Dark Knight (2008) for its transformations of the main character Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), born in 1918 at the end of the Great War, and suffering as a baby from arthritis, osteoporosis, and nearly blind from cataracts as if he was in his 80s.
A computer-generated copy of Pitt's aged face was grafted by special effects experts onto various smaller bodies during Benjamin's growing-up (or growing-down) years, especially during the first third of the film. The breakthrough special effects were elaborate and seamlessly integrated, using a new facial performance capturing system called "Contour" to track an actor's facial movement in three-dimensional space. The studio, Digital Domain, admitted: "There's 325 shots - 52 minutes of the film - where there is no actual footage of Brad."
In his early years, at age 5 approximately, he appeared to be a short, frail, bald elderly man with glasses. He graduated from a wheel chair to a cane, and then in puberty grew hair, gained muscle tone, and looked healthier. At around age 17, he took a job on a tugboat, through the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the war years. After the war, Benjamin appeared to be 50 years old, although he was only 26 chronologically. [Also, prosthetic make-up allowed Cate Blanchett to morph into a withered, dying old woman.]
In 1962, after the healing of lover/girlfriend Daisy (Cate Blanchett) following a car accident, Benjamin appeared to be in his late 30s or early 40s, and both of them were in the prime of their lives. When he was 49 years old in 1967, she was 43 years old ("We are almost the same age"). Things went on the decline after that --- after their baby born out of wedlock in 1968, who was named Caroline, had her first birthday, Benjamin decided that the baby deserved a father and not a playmate, and left everything to Daisy before leaving to wander the world.
By film's end, Benjamin as a minor 12 year old (with acne) (portrayed by a younger actor) was found living in a condemned building in New Orleans. Daisy cared for Benjamin, who didn't recognize her but felt like he should know her, since he was suffering from the effects of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Eventually, he became an infant in Daisy's arms, where he died. On her deathbed, the film's twist was revealed and seen in flashback. Daisy revealed that her 40-ish daughter Caroline (Julia Ormond) was Daisy's daughter by Benjamin, born out of wedlock.
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1918 - Birth
approx 5 years old
in the 1930s
1945 - 26 yrs old
As a young man, approx. 40 years in the 1960s
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as 12 year old
Doctor Who (2005- ) - TV Show Episode "Partners in Crime"
This BBC science-fiction TV show was the first to use the Massive AI system software, normally used for crowd sequences or for battle sequences in science-fiction and fantasy films (i.e., The Lord of the Rings).
Now in its 4th season (or series) during 2008, in the first of its 13 episodes, "Partners in Crime," (airing in late April of 2008), an investigation was underway regarding weight-loss pills tested by Adipose Industries.
The revolutionary pills, taken at night, caused excess fat to literally melt away in the form of tiny marshmallowy creatures, as seen in CGI sequences. People taking the pill dissolved (and died in the process) into dozens of fat blobs as the advertisement claimed: "the fat just walks away."
The alien creatures, called Adipose, were short white blobs that then terrorized London.
Pixar's and Disney's animated science-fiction love story (their 9th film), filmed like a live-action film, was set in the year 2805. It told about the title character - the last lone garbage-compacting robot on Earth named WALL·E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) (voice of Ben Burtt).
The ecological robot (similar to the robot in Short Circuit (1986) and to Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) was composed of a pair of binoculars (for eyes), with a turtle-like body and tank treads for locomotion.
His modern female robotic counterpart was EVE (short for Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) (voice of Elissa Knight), a sleek, white-shelled probe droid-robot that was sent to check on the progress of the clean-up and to locate plant life.
In a clever reversal for a Pixar feature-length film, and a first, the animated film contained live-action segments and real-characters, including a VCR recording of the musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), and the Buy-N-Large (B&L) Flight and Global CEO Shelby Forthwright (Fred Willard) on the spaceship AXIOM making video announcements to the fat, Bob's Big-Boy style, corpulent and lazy fatsos (and the Captain, voice of Jeff Garlin) reclining on floating, robotic lounge chairs on their 700th year anniversary of their 5-year cruise.
Waltz with Bashir (2008, Isr.) (aka Vals Im Bashir)
Waltz with Bashir (2008, Isr.) was the first animated film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film Oscar category.
Functioning partially as an oral-history documentary, the introspective, dream-like anti-war polemic was a confessional account of director Ari Folman's devastating and traumatic experience as a young Israeli soldier during his country's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, and its massacre of Palestinian refugees.
It took two years to animate, and was completed by a team of artists who combined hand-drawing with the latest technological tools - resulting in thick-lined, near-monochromatic animated images - frequently seen in strange yellowish light.
The animators based their drawings on staged and videotaped interviews, although the end result looked similar in some ways to the rotoscope technique used in Linklater's film Waking Life (2001).
Avatar (2009)
Visionary director James Cameron's monumental work (his first feature film since Titanic (1997)) was this futuristic, epic 3-D live-action film, with ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special effects. Much of the film's reported budget of over $300 million was spent on cutting-edge CGI and advanced motion-capture techniques. (40% of the film was live-action while 60% was photo-realistic CGI).
Although originally scheduled for release in late spring of 2009, the opening was delayed until mid-December 2009, due to the demands of the special effects on computer renderings, and the installation of 3-D projection systems to accommodate the film worldwide.
Over a period of years, Cameron designed dual-function cameras that simultaneously filmed in both conventional 2-D and state of the art 3-D. The film utilized motion performance-capture assisted CGI technology with actors on a stage (called the Volume), to create the sympathetic Na'vi characters.
The technique of performance capture involved putting actors into bodysuits covered with tiny dots, while about 140 digital cameras captured their body movements. Also, a tiny helmet-rigged camera (on a skullcap) was used for recording finer facial, eye, and head movements. And then the digitally-recorded data was used by animators to create the characters in their virtual world environment.
Various striking elements in the film included:
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Performance capture-advocate Robert Zemeckis had previously experimented with the technology in his own The Polar Express (2004) and Beowulf (2007), and used the technique in this film -- Disney's 3-D A Christmas Carol (2009), an adaptation of Dickens' 1843 classic story. It was released in both Disney Digital 3-D and in IMAX 3-D (it was the first Disney animated film released in this format). It was Zemeckis' first film with Disney since Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
In the film, Jim Carrey played multiple roles, including old miser Scrooge (at different stages of his life) and the three Christmas ghosts.
Performance capture (or motion capture) digitally blends live performance and animated elements. Actors wore heavy, dot-sensor-covered spandex body suits and a helmet, and initially acted out their scenes in isolation from other sets, props, costumes, or actors.
Expressions and movements were first recorded by digital cameras as 3D "moving data points" - and afterwards, the digitally-recorded performances were translated and embellished by key-frame artists and integrated into an exclusively virtual environment (Victorian London).
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
The DreamWorks sci-fi spoof of 50s monster B-movies, Monsters vs. Aliens, was the first computer-animated feature film to be shot directly in stereoscopic 3-D -- dubbed the Ultimate 3-D. Previously, 3-D CGI films were made in a non 3-D version and then dimensionalized.
[Note: Other 3-D computer animated films would also debut in the new format: 20th Century Fox's and James Cameron's Avatar (2009), Fox's Ice Age 3 (2009), Disney's motion-capture A Christmas Carol (2009), and Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010).]
Watchmen (2009)
In this filmed adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel (a 12-issue publication by DC Comics between 1986 and 1987) by director Zack Snyder, the photo-realistic, all-CGI character of the all-powerful, blue-glowing "atomized" scientist Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) was created with the process of motion capture. Dr. Manhattan's character appeared in approximately 38 minutes of the entire film.
Crudup wore a specially-designed motion capture suit covered with pattern markers and face markers - he was filmed with two to four HD "witness" cameras (in addition to the film's master camera) to capture his overall full-body movements and facial expressions. All the cameras were synced so animators could then triangulate Crudup's performance in-frame.
The number of black facial markers on the suit was a record 165 spot points, allowing the animators to track his expressions through video and then use that data as a jumping-off point to hand-animate Manhattan's face. Crudup's suit was also equipped with 2500 LEDs to create Manhattan's diffuse blue glow.
Film Milestones in Visual/Special Effects (F/X)
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Introduction | 1880s-1890s | 1900-1905 | 1906-1920 | 1921-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | 1950-1959
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I've studied Japanese culture and I believe it was said by Lupos that companies are very responsive to customer pressure. It's interesting that the GM's serve as a middle man extension for the people really in charge-the ones in Japan. I'd very much like to interact directly with them through this site if at all possible to better understand their reasoning behind XXX number of things-be it the EX card pricing or why Refess got the big Nerf Bomb.
What I'm afraid of happening is that customer pressure will direct this game down the wrong path-as in, a number of people complain and the Japanese cave in to whatever their demands are. I am one of the many people that was upset with the EX cards release, but I think we should let up on the pressure some and just watch and see what happens. It may work out or not-it's impossible to please everyone. As far as I can see, many people have bought the EX packs (especially in Folart) and therefore I tend to lose more often because of it.
Another fear I have is that several forum members (including me) may have lit a fire for all free players in Folart to abandon ship. I urge you to HOLD ON and see what happens-the staff are responding and as Castor has said, the cards aren't groundbreaking (except for the Lebeau thing thank god). So let's just wait and see what happens.
The problem as I see it now lies in the ridiculous pool of people that play in Folart. For those who aren't familiar, it's usually a few free players that are ranked 10-15 and the ten 20+ players that choose to purchase cards. I think the problem is clear enough. As I understand, this has been taken note of by the GMs and is being addressed. If something is done about it, the problem's solved and life can go on.
What it all boils down to is the fact that all of us love this game and want to see it succeed otherwise we wouldn't be sitting here posting away and carrying on with our opinions. Let's just have a little faith in the powers that be and weather the storm-this game is just in its infant stages after all.


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And what is your Top 10,SuperTeenTopia?
I thought you didn't want to talk about it anymore.But regardless,so far this is the first classic I've given under 4 stars since you joined the forummso why do you expect it?
As for the debate of which is the auteur of the film(director,writer or producer)...I don't know that,but I do know the script is the foundation for me.If the script sucks,the movie can't be good(but it can be saved by other things).I'm not saying KANE has a bad script.It was one ahead of it's time because it used a narrative nobody had used until then.I'm just saying the story isn't interesting,and that's mainly because the character isn't interesting.


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I just killed a man. I just dragged his body to my garage. I know I'm not thinking clearly; my mind is very confused. If my writing doesn't make sense to you, please forgive me. I'm nervous, and I don't have time to organize my thoughts.
The most important thing right now is to apologize to the family of that man. I swear to God that I didn't mean to kill him. I was defending myself. I killed him in self-defense. I'm sure that I am a pacifist, but at times when I see injustices, I become violent, so you might say that I'm a violent pacifist.
Since I'm in a hurry and because of the urgent situation, this will also be used as my will.
I need to start from the beginning, you just need to know that there's not a single lie in all that I write here. So in a way this is my confession too.
One of my dogs had been sick for a few days. I knew he was gravely ill. In fact, I thought he was going to be dead at daybreak. He's barely alive now. Last night, I let him stay in the garage, and I put my other two dogs in the back patio. In the morning, Dylan (my sick dog) had a mess in the garage, a terrible mess; he is indeed very sick. The smell was unbearable. I began to clean the cement floor with a water hose. I put my three dogs in the back patio, and since I was using the hose from the patio, I couldn't close the door, so the door was ajar. I concentrated in cleaning up my dog mess, when I noticed a man walking his dog, a big German Sheppard. We shared a friendly smile at each other, when suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw my dogs parading by my side, barking and heading menacingly toward the man and his dog.
What happened next it's still confusing to me. I hope I can be impartially truthful and objective. First, the man kicked my smaller dog, Frida to the middle of the road; I thought for sure she was dead. Then, he kicked Dylan, the poor dog, he had been barely alive. He hadn't eaten a thing for the last four days. Meanwhile, Diego, (an adult Husky) my other dog, was involved in a fight for his life with the German Sheppard. I must say that Diego is very strong and fierce, but nice and loyal at the same time.
I'm positive that Diego would have killed the other dog. But the man, (a big African-American) started kicking Diego too that's when my blood began to boil, and I kicked that man as hard as I could on his ribs. Then he turned and hit me on the head; he almost knocked me out. I fell to the ground, but I immediately stood up, ran to my garage and grabbed a piece of metal pipe that I keep in a corner for occasions like this. I know the pipe is a weapon, a lethal weapon if I'm mad enough. I went back and hit him with the pipe on the head several times as hard as I could, maybe too many times. I kept hitting him even after he was down on the floor, perhaps the last blows were unnecessary.
Then, I hit his dog a few times too. When I began to reason and when I came out of my stupor, I turned around to see if anybody had witnessed what just happened, but nobody was around, not a single person was in sight. Then I dragged the man to my garage, and his dog too.
Then I picked up Frida from the middle of the road; she was still alive. Dylan, my poor skinny dog, went back to the garage on his own, he could barely walk, but he made it. Then I closed the garage door. I thought my heart was going to explode. I could see my chest expanding rapidly as never before. Now, all I could think of was the cops showing up and taking me to jail for the rest of my life.
What I was watching was surreal. The bloody sight, the disfigured man's face and the dead dog, it was all too much. Today was supposed to be just another regular day. Then I realized that my three dogs were staring at me, startled like me, as if saying, "Now what boss?"
I need to get away from here, right away. I can't think. I need to disappear. I feel deeply sorry for the man's family. I feel miserable. How this did happen? Today's events shouldn't be part of my life.
I have to be selfish for a moment. I need to think about me now. I'll go back to Mexico. I don't want to spend what's left of my life incarcerated. If they put me in jail, or if I disappear in Mexico, I know I won't see my family or my friends anymore. The man I just killed won't suffer anymore, but I'll be suffering for the rest of my life. I just killed my future too. It feels like I'm a dead man too, but I'd rather be a lonely free man, than a miserable man in prison.
I want to leave the pool table to my son, the flat TV to my sister, and my three dogs to my daughter. I don't care what they do with the rest. I feel terrible it ended this way. I'm glad I won the fight anyhow, this is better than a permanent visit to the cemetery. I hate funerals. I love you all, and I will miss you very much.
I'm sure God witnessed it all, He knows I'm not lying. It was all in self-defense. I wish I could write better and be able to describe properly how bad I feel.
What bothers me the most is that today is my daughter's birthday.
Wait, someone's at the door . . .
Edmundo Barraza
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The Creativity 2011 prize, has been awarded to Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Cars Switzerland for this year's best stand at the motor show. It was the consistent performance that was especially appealing to the jury, reflecting the brand and its values in an excellent way.
The reasons for the jury to pick Volvo as number one were motivated as follows:
Context: the choice of wood for the floor creates an exclusive feeling but still gives an embracing impression. It represents perfectly what Scandinavian design represents - a feeling of relaxation and self-contemplation.
Technology: The integration of mainly three main-screens, that are visible from every angle in the exhibition hall and also in the connectivity room is perfect. A sheltered room allows the visitor to utilise and experience new technologies in an intelligent way.
Innovation: The flagship of the brand - the V60 Plug-in Hybrid - is presented centrally and perfectly on stage. The other models are presented in an optimized way and are easily accessible both to the public and to those who present the cars.
"We are extremely happy and honoured to receive the Creativity Award for the very first time here in Geneva. Congratulations to all who have worked on developing the concept and to those who built the stand. It is a tremendous acknowledgement to them all", says Anouk Poelman, President of Volvo Cars Switzerland.
In conclusion the jury states that even though placed in the middle of the exhibition hall, the Volvo stand uses its quality concepts and opportunities well.
Transparency and openness differentiate the Volvo stand from the competitors.
The other stands nominated were Smart's and BMW's.
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If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?
If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have approved.
If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?
If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush could not make up his mind about Afghanistan would you have approved?
If George W. Bush could not call a terrorist a terrorist or okayed trials for terrorist in N.Y. would you have approved?
Would you have thought differently about George W. Bush if he had pushed to Socialize health care?
If George W. Bush had not gone to church after elected would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 11 months -- so you'll have three years and one month to come up with an answer.
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Dec 3 @ 7:14PM
Lol...no sir. 3 years and one month? Not if someone does the right thing and takes him out of office before then. Too bad we don't have a vote of no confidence here , so when he screws up too badly, WE THE PEOPLE could take him out of office.
Dec 3 @ 7:26PM
Unbelievable! There are actually people on this site not afraid to post comments calling a spade a spade. AND, you idiots, that is not intended to be a racial slur, merely my literary license and a definition of a phrase: "To speak plainly - to describe something as it really is". And that is what this blogging business is all about.
Dec 3 @ 7:49PM
I'll make a prediction for you now. Obama will be re-elected. Republicans will gain seats in Congress in 2010, but Obama will easily win reelection in 2012.
I saw the same frenzy in 1993 and 1994 after Clinton was elected. Republicans predicted the end of the world when his tax increase passed. They helped kill his health care reform bill (with the help of Democrats). They investigated travelgate, They investigated Vince Foster. They investigated Whitewater.
They did great in the 1994 midterm elections. Then they imploded, and got slaughtered in 1996 and again in the 1998 midterms (which took place in the midst of Clinton's Lewinsky disgrace and should have been a cakewalk).
They haven't learned that you can't win simply by attacking the guy in power. It makes them look small and petty. To win you have to look like you're involved in the governing process, and Republicans aren't offering credible proposals.
Dec 3 @ 7:56PM
Nor has a credible Republican candidate emerged as yet, but we still have one more year to go before prospective candidates will begin their rants. However, it's just to soon to make predictions. So far Obama is showing he's inexperienced and deaf.
Dec 3 @ 8:45PM
Most people know the total disdain I hold towards politics in general and the simpleton politicians in particular- however... I do agree with
^^^^^- it's too early for predictions at this time!
Dec 3 @ 10:02PM
Careful there somnium, agreeing with me could get you in trouble with the clan....but I suspect you're your own man.
Dec 3 @ 10:05PM
George Bush was an idiot...
No fucking shit! Gee, what a revelation.
Every president in my lifetime looks brilliant compared to George W. Bush.No president ever fucked up the country more than he did. Don't believe me, go to the unemployment line. Like his foreign policy, join the army and volunteer to serve in Iraq. Geez...don't blame the stink of our national situation today on anyone else for the stench emanating from his turds.
Dec 4 @ 1:16AM
There are those nuts that think the world will end in 2012. It won't end, there
will be a U-haul taking the WORST president in the History of the world, back
to Chicago. Only those that love Mao and Stalin will shed a tear.
On an even brighter side, Botox-olisi will no longer piss away so much tax-payer
hard earned money. Sadly, the Republicans that take the seats of the Blue Dogs
will not have learned, and they will continue the course of destruction that Bill C.
set us on, years ago.
In the future......20 years from now, when the Democrats once again gain the
majority of both houses and 1600 Pennsylvania.....their rally cry will STILL be...
IT's all the FAULT of G W Bush.
(And never to accept blame for their own failed policies)
Dec 4 @ 5:37AM
In the future......20 years from now, when the Democrats once again gain the
majority of both houses and 1600 Pennsylvania.....their rally cry will STILL be...
IT's all the FAULT of G W Bush.
(And never to accept blame for their own failed policies)
That would be almost as incredible as Republicans today laying blame for the current economy at Obama's feet.
The last time unemployment was this high was in 1983, when Ronald Reagan had been President for over two years. Republicans blamed the economy on Carter, and in fact the economy had been weak (but unemployment had been much lower) when Reagan took over.
So when I hear Republicans blaming Obama (who has been in office for less than a year) for the economy (which was in the shitter well before Bush left office), I have to laugh.
Get a sense of history, folks. Everything old is new again.
Dec 4 @ 7:40AM
Liberals do not have the intelligence to understand this but I will say it again anyway.
This economy collapsed because of the home lending practices promoted and forced upon banks by Liberal Democrats like Obama ( top campaign receiver from Mack and Mae)
Obama, Barney (My boy lollipop) Frank, and Chris (buy me a new house) Dowd were all involved....
Yes "Wall Street" went along with the heist ( mostly Dem voters btw...) but greed is greed all because Liberal Democrats learned that if you cater and give away govt money to a class of voters, they will keep voting for you..
SO if Liberals would ever WAKE UP to this evil practice and help CONSERVATIVES to stop the madness ( as seen by Tea Parties all year long ) then we can get our country back from these socialist assholes that YOU elected...
Dec 4 @ 7:52AM
I will make a prediction.
The election in 2012 will be a bigger landslide for the Republican Party then Karters defeat...
The economy under this socialistic oppression is only going to spiral DOWNWARD and fail under the tax burden that Obama is about to lay at the feet of all Americans and our children, grand children and our great great grand children,,,
This is already THE WORST PRESIDENT we have ever seen....
Dec 4 @ 8:07AM
If George Bush was an idiot...
What do you mean?
Dec 4 @ 8:36AM
This discourse is ceasing to be interesting but rather becoming an irrational run of the weird, odd, and peculiar.
I done with this one except to say that Jesus Christ could return in the Second Coming and there would be people screaming he was Satan if he didn't profess to be a republican.
Dec 4 @ 9:02AM
Obviously sarcasim 'bout the second comming, as anyone that's been exposed to ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, N.Y. Times, or any other Self Proclaimed Intelligencia source, knows the 'Annointed One', is already in the White House.
Hey, he got the NOBEL Peace Prize, just for NOT being G.W. Bush and will fix
the environment with all that fraudulent data when he goes to Copenhagen.
Dec 4 @ 9:33AM
Careful there somnium, agreeing with me could get you in trouble with the clan....but I suspect you're your own man
cute comment..shows you don't read everything....see we may not see alot the same BUT HERE for examp we agree....and i wish WE were wrong.....the countrys in shit and i have doubts of his ability to dig us out..OR even grasp the concept of where we are.....
Dec 4 @ 3:18PM
Some very intelligent comments made on this blog. Kudos
Dec 4 @ 5:24PM
I received this in email (I won't identify the sender):
I noted it on my calendar and I will follow up either way,,,
If he survives till that election, or the USA does, I think it will be a greater defeat then Karter...
Two comments on this gem.
1) Note how the sender speculates that President Obama won't survive until the next election. Lovely.
2) He also speculated that the USA won't survive Obama. When did conservatives become such drama queens? The USA is strong enough to survive any legally elected President, whether "patriots" like the sender agree or not.
Dec 5 @ 4:24PM
el_gato, I wouldn't go so far as to say Liberals lack intelligence, I resist blanket statements, but I do believe many suffer what has commonly been referred to as "
Bush Derangement Syndrome
" coined by Charles Krautheimer, noted Fox News Commentator and psychiatrist.
"Krauthammer defined Bush Derangement Syndrome as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency — nay — the very existence of George Bush"........ [the term indicates a belief that some extreme criticisms of President Bush are of emotional origins rather than based on facts or logic]."
Dec 6 @ 5:08PM
iom a combat vet
yes he is black and stubed.not because of being he is just a plain run of the nmill asshole
chuck now i ll be wathhed by all the feds shit non them to there dont do to well in the doing right dept
Dec 6 @ 5:13PM
sorry my blog did not come out well at all i missised alot of keys im just getting old and have seen to much.im sure as hell ready to leave this world.it has to be better.i have seen to many bad things
chuck again sorry for the outher blog
Dec 6 @ 5:14PM
sorry my blog did not come out well at all i missised alot of keys im just getting old and have seen to much.im sure as hell ready to leave this world.it has to be better.i have seen to many bad things
chuck again sorry for the outher blog
Dec 6 @ 5:21PM
sorry my blog did not come out well at all i missised alot of keys im just getting old and have seen to much.im sure as hell ready to leave this world.it has to be better.i have seen to many bad things
chuck again sorry for the out her blog
Dec 6 @ 5:27PM
Hang around for awhile Chuck. We could all benefit from what you have to say, as well as what you have experienced.
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The Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville hosted a variety of guests -- all united by one purpose.
Museum board member Virgil Murray explains, "[The event is] ...to let everyone know as a whole what we have accomplished and what we're still trying to accomplish, and some of the achievements by blacks."
The south Georgia community came together to celebrate service men and women -- and Black History Month with a
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Dewey Riou rode up from Tallahassee with the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club.
Says Riou, "It makes me very happy and it makes me very proud that we are able to share this history with people who are interested."
The activity-filled day included tours of the museum, and videos that showed what life is like for an active duty military person.
The Buffalo Soldiers Calvary out of Marianna, Florida even stopped by for a visit.
Coordinators say their mission is to remind people about the sacrifices active and retired service men and women have made -- as well as prepare a younger generation to carry on the rich oral tradition of African-American history.
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- Title
- Influence of quantum coherence on propagation of a pulsed light in a triple quantum well
- Author(s)
- Chen, Aixi
- Abstract
- In a triple semiconductor quantum well structure coupled by two external fields, we investigate the influence of atomic coherence induced by external fields and decay interference on the absorption and dispersion of a weak pulsed light, and slow light can be achieved in this system. Quantum well structure behaves as 'artificial atom' and its advantage of easy integration makes it has some practical applications.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
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- Optics Express, Vol. 19, no. 13 (Jun 2011), pp. 11944-11950
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- 2011
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- 0205 Optical Physics; 0903 Biomedical Engineering; 1113 Ophthalmology and Optometry
- Keyword(s)
- Propagation; Pulsed light; Quantum coherence; Quantum well
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- Optical Society of America
- 1094-4087
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- Copyright © 2011 Optical Society of America. Published version of the paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.19.011944. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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