By Monitor Staff Writer Jennifer Garcia

The Boyer Company was asked point blank in a telephone call to its Salt Lake City Headquarters Thursday if it’s pulling out of the Trinity Site Project.

“The world’s not that simple as a yes or no answer,” said Wade Williams, a partner in the company.

Williams set the record straight saying The Boyer Company is working very hard to stay in the game but if they can’t come up with a project model in the next 30 days that works in this economic downturn – the deal’s done for.

Read the story in the Los Alamos Monitor.

All of the fox original shows, (Hells Kitchen, Prison Break, 24, American Idol) concluded this past week or two, before I get to those I’m going to start out with a four-season series that had its series finale a few weeks back.

Prison Break

Prison Break is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005, concluded on May 15, 2009 and has a short movie that aired on May 24, 2009 and two more episodes airing on July 21 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other, a genius, devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison. The series is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. The current executive producers are head writer Scheuring, co-head writer Matt Olmstead, Kevin Hooks, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Neal H. Moritz, and Brett Ratner. The series’ theme music is composed by Ramin Djawadi, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006.

Prison Break revolves around two brothers: one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his younger sibling, a genius who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison. The brothers, along with six other prisoners at Fox River State Penitentiary, manage to escape, and the second season follows a massive manhunt chasing the group. Dubbed the Fox River Eight, the group splits and members go their individual way, occasionally meeting up to help each other. They struggle to escape from the police while avoiding a secret group of multinationals called The Company, that wants them all dead.

The series was originally turned down by Fox in 2003, which was concerned about the long-term prospects of such a series. Following the popularity of serialized prime time television series Lost and 24, Fox decided to back production in 2004. The first season received generally positive reviews, and performed well in the ratings. The first season was originally planned for a 13-episode run, but was extended to include an extra nine episodes due to its popularity. Prison Break has been nominated for several industry awards, and won the 2006 People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama.

Main Cast

Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield (Season 1–4): Michael is Lincoln’s brother and worked as a structural engineer before devoting full-time to his brother’s case. In order to save his brother’s life, Michael creates an elaborate plan to help his brother escape from prison.

Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows (Season 1–4): Lincoln is a high school drop-out and a convicted felon, who is wrongfully accused of and charged with the murder of Terence Steadman, the brother of the Vice President of the United States.

Marshall Allman as Lincoln “L. J.” Burrows Jr (Season 1–4): L. J. is the teenage son of Lincoln Burrows and is greatly affected by his father’s death sentence. He is forced into hiding after he becomes the target of the people who want Lincoln dead.

Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre (Season 1–4): Sucre develops a friendship with Michael during time at Fox River State Penitentiary, where he was his cell-mate. He becomes Michael and Lincoln’s ally, and provides comic relief to the show. His character’s story focuses mainly on his wish to reunite with his girlfriend.

Robert Knepper as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell (Season 1–4): T-Bag appears in all four seasons of the series as a cunning, violent and manipulative psychopath, consistently underestimated by those around him. T-Bag will stop at nothing to get what he wants and let’s nothing stand in his way. However T-Bags plans tend to fail much to our amusement.

Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles “C-Note” Franklin (Season 1–2, 4): Desperate for his family, C-Note blackmails Michael at Fox River to join his escape team. He appears in the series as a major character in the first and second seasons.

Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi (Season 1–2, 4): Sara is the prison doctor at Fox River and the daughter of Governor Frank Tancredi, who is linked into the plot that brings Lincoln to Fox River. She takes a liking to Michael and eventually aids his escape. She ultimately joins them on the run.

William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone (Season 2–4): Introduced as an FBI agent in the second season, Mahone’s assignment was to locate the fugitives. Mahone is intellectually matched with Michael and his background unfolds as the series progresses. In season 3 he finds himself incarcerated with Michael in Sona and is eventually forced to become his ally through season 4.

Peter Stormare as John Abruzzi (Season 1-2): Due to his role as the leader of a Chicago mafia, Abruzzi became a prominent figure at Fox River State Penitentiary. He agrees to provide an escape plane for Michael in exchange for the location of the eyewitness to his crimes, Otto Fibonacci. He appears regularly in the first half of the first season and makes selected appearances towards the end of the first season and the beginning of the second season.

Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan (Season 1–2): Veronica is Michael and Lincoln’s childhood friend and decides to review Lincoln’s case at Michael’s insistence. She becomes Lincoln’s lawyer and appears as a major character in the first season.

Wade Williams as Brad Bellick (Season 1–4): Appearing in all four seasons, Bellick was introduced as the captain of Fox River’s correctional officers.

Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman (Season 1–2, 4): Kellerman was introduced as a Secret Service agent working for the Vice President to make sure that the execution of Lincoln Burrows goes smoothly. Eventually, his character changes from that of a villain to an ally to Michael and Lincoln. He appears as a major character in the first and second seasons.

Michael Rapaport as Donald Self (Season 4): Introduced in season 4, Self is a Department of Homeland Security special agent who teams up with the gang to take down The Company.

Personal View

I watched all of the episoders of all four series, and I have to say the first season was outstanding. The best TV show I have ever watched. The show debuted on August 29, 2005 to an estimated audience of 10.5 million viewers. Fox had not seen such success for summertime Monday numbers since Melrose Place and Ally McBeal aired in September 1998. The premiere was ranked first in both the 18-49 and 18-34 demographics. According to The New York Times, Prison Break was “more intriguing than most of the new network series, and it certainly is one of the most original”, complimenting its ability to create a “suspenseful thriller” and its “authentic look”. Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly dubbed it as one of the best new shows of 2005. Due to its ratings success, Fox decided to extend Prison Break by an extra nine episodes, making it the first new series in the 2005-06 TV season to receive a full season order of 22 episodes. The series averaged 9.2 million viewers per week in its first season, and was renewed for a second season.

The second season was good, obviously not as great as Season 1, but it was still a solid season. Mike Duffy of the Detroit Free Press commended the premiere for delivering “rocking good entertainment”, and living up to the standard set by the first season. Duffy praised the “motley crew of cellblock characters” and the “taut, ingenious storytelling of series creator Paul T. Scheuring and his staff.” Robert Bianco of USA Today commented on the “harebrained absurdities that have swamped this show”, and accused the writers of being “incredibly lazy” for the continuous use of the tattoo as an “all-purpose plot fix”. Ahsan Haque and Christopher Monfette of IGN credited the creators for not being afraid to take risks, which they felt “paid off for the most part”. The reviewers found the biggest success factors to be “the constant swerves and twists” throughout the season, and “the development of the hero-villain relationship between Scofield and Mahone”. The premiere of the season obtained an average of 9.40 million American viewers, a decrease from the 10.50 million viewers who watched the series premiere, and the 10.24 million viewers who watch the first season finale. The season obtained its largest audience with the episode, “Chicago”, which averaged 10.12 million viewers; however, the season finale received one of the lowest audiences in the series’ history with 8.12 million viewers. The season averaged 9.30 million American viewers for all 22 episodes. Out of all regular primetime programming that aired during the 2005–2006 American television season, Prison Break ranked #51 out of #142, according to the Nielsen Ratings system.

Now Season 3 is where this series lost all of it’s fans in my opinion. Season 1 was outstanding, Season 2 was pretty good and Season 3 we could have done without. The entire setting occured in a Panama prison called “Sona”, where the characters really did not get up to much event wise. Contrary to Season 1, where although it was entirely held at Fox River, there was lot of character growth and twists. Season 3 had none of that, completely lost it’s touch from the other seasons. The premiere of the third season obtained an average of 7.51 million viewers, and it suffered almost a million less viewers on an average week than Season 2. Season 2 averaged 9.3 million viewers compared to Season 2 at 8.2 million viewers.

They brought it all together in Season 4. Everything that they worked for in Season 1 and 2 went down the drain with Season 3, but they brought back life to the show with Season 4. There was lot more twists, deaths, and cliff-hangers to certain episodes. The great thing was with the series finale, they didn’t leave you hanging. They sealed up most of the loose ends besides a couple minor details, and really that’s all you can ask for. No viewer wants to watch a season to have it’s finale just leave you hanging when you know there isn’t another season. Although season 4 had the lowest weekly average viewers with 5.3 million, and only had 6.5 million tune in for the two-hour premiere, the show still led the ratings among the 18-49 demographic.

Esta noche se estrena la cuarta (y última) temporada de la serie PRISON BREAK (23:05; La Sexta).

Sinopsis breve: un tipo es acusado de un asesinato, su hermano se hace encarcelar para, con un meticuloso plan preparado de antemano, sacarlo en una complicada fuga.

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Cuando La Sexta empezó su emisión esta serie fue su gran apuesta; la emitían y la reponían sin cesar. La segunda temporada tuvo una gran promoción en la cadena (pero el argumento sufrió una caída de interés más que evidente). La tercera temporada es sólo apta para fans (poquísimo o nulo interés; sólo la voluntad de seguir viendo al héroe y a sus compañeros de fatigas). Y la cuarta…

Hace poco leí que la FOX (su productora) ya ha decidido que la cuarta sea la última. La audiencia americana está por los suelos y el argumento ya no da más de sí (en realidad, el argumento sólo daba para una temporada). Desde que se fugan de la cárcel de Fox River, todo ha sido un intento de seguir “la fuga” fuera de la cárcel (temporada 2), o de volver al ambiente carcelero (temporada 3). Apéndices extirpables a la historia.

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Ahora es muy fácil decir eso de “es una gran serie que a base de exprimirla, la han estropeado”, pero PRISON BREAK nunca ha sido una gran serie.

La primera temporada es entretenida, bastante entretenida, y contiene muchos “giros inesperados” que resultan atractivos, y engancha. A la trama central, se le acoplan secundarios remarcables (ese John Abruzzi, por ejemplo), aunque otros, son simplemente espantosos (Verónica Donovan; dadme veneno, por favor…).

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Yo le tengo mucho cariño a PRISON BREAK. Debuté en el mundo de los fanfics realizando una parodia, y es la serie que más he “versionado” (hasta tres fics sobre ella, -uno duerme en un cajón por la falta de interés del público-). Si sois seguidores de la serie, y tenéis una pizca de sentido del humor:

Prision Brik: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3489478/1/Prision_Brik
Prision Zip: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4193953/1/PRISiON_zip

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Hoy (y mientras la sigan emitiendo) la veré. Para ver los coletazos de mi héroe.*

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* Nota: Conviene reseñar que no me refiero al protagonista, ese Wentworth Miller enfundado en los tatuajes de Michael Scofield, ni a su talurdo hermano, ni al amigo cubano, sino al maravilloso y genial personaje interpretado por Robert Kneeper: Theodore Bagwell, “T-Bag”

Teddy

Con el paso de las temporadas, han matizado y suavizado un personaje que en origen era racista, asesino, pedófilo y estaba muy orgulloso de ello. Craso error: Cuando más malo era T-Bag, mejor era la serie.

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I remember rushing to see Norbit in theaters (my apologies to the elderly lady walking down Tropicana St. — someone should show her the proper way to handle a cane) just so I could see a shirtless Lester Speight (aka Reebok’s Terry Tate) as promised by the trailer.  Unfortunately, his 10-seconds shirtless scene in the trailer was the exact 10-seconds shirtless scene I saw in the movie.  And being a glutton for punishment, I then bought the DVD so I could own that 10-seconds shirtless scene.

Lo and behold, I found more clips of a shirtless Lester Speight in the DVD’s “Deleted Scenes”!  Huzzah!  Here are some screenshots of this massive musclebear who is undoubtedly bulging with primo muscles…

(Unfortunately, his Official Site appears to be down.  Hopefully, it is just temporary.)

Here’s a classic viral video of Lester Speight’s alter-ego, Terrible Terry Tate, on vacation.  The money shots are at 0:40 and 1:46; and if you have amazing vision, a quickie fourth of a second right at 0:50.  Lol.

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[FUN FACT: Wade Williams as Officer-turned-prisoner Bellick beat the living daylights out of Lester Speight's character in Season 1 of Prison Break.  Thank you to The Origami Crane for the stills.]

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Angry voter threatens Registrar, says he needs to ‘keep the n***** out of office’

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday October 8, 2008

A Monroe, Louisiana man is facing a felony terrorizing charge after a racially charged, profane exchange with his Registrar of Voters and police officers who would later arrest him.

75-year-old Wade Williams, arrested Wednesday morning, was angry that he hadn’t yet received his voter registration card. According to the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office, Williams threatened a state official over the phone that he would “empty his shotgun,” stating an urgent need to vote to “keep the nigger out of office.” On the way to be booked at the Ouachita Correctional Center, Williams reportedly “continued his ‘tirade’ about niggers and also stated that he had a shotgun, but had hidden it at his residence.”

The affidavit also states that Williams was informed over the phone that he would be able to vote simply by showing a form of identification at the polling place.

No specific political candidate was named in the affidavit, available to view at The Smoking Gun.

Good lord.  Another right-winger threatening violence if Barack Obama is elected president.  Because they’re so different from radical Islamists, seriously.  Just another rabid right-tard nutsac to add to a growing list of rabid right-tard nutsacs.  The man on the right is named Wade Williams, and here’s what he did:

OCTOBER 8–Angered by a delay in the receipt of his voter registration card, a Louisiana man today threatened election officials, claiming that he urgently needed to cast a ballot to “keep the nigger out of office,” according to police. Wade Williams, 75, was arrested this morning on a felony terrorizing charge after allegedly calling the Registrar of Voters and warning that he would come to the state office and empty his shotgun unless he got his registration card. Using profanity and racial slurs, Williams told a state official “about needing to vote to ‘keep the nigger out of office,” according to an Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office affidavit, a copy of which you’ll find here. Though the document does not name the candidate to which Williams is so violently opposed, it seems likely he was referring to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. After being arrested at his Monroe home, Williams was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center, where the below mug shot was snapped. En route to the jail, he “continued his ‘tirade’ about niggers and also stated that he had a shotgun, but had it hidden at his residence,” reported Lt. Michael Judd.

I think it’s fair to ask:  Why are white men so stupid?  I mean, they have the same opportunities as everybody else, yet so many of them grow up to be functionally retarded hicks.

Headdesk.

(h/t RadicalRuss & AMERICAblog)

[Just a note: I might be posting intermittently as I'm involved in community work with the upcoming presidential election.  But I'll do my darnedest to post as much as I can.]

A big “Thank You!” to Scott for giving me a heads up on Wade Williams’ revealing scene in Ken Park.  I’ve already said my negative opinion on the two films that I have seen from Larry Clark, and this film really did not do anything to change my mind (even though I just skipped through the film to get through Wade Williams’ scenes)…

Regardless, this film has blessed us with Wade Williams in all sorts of ways that completely catered to my fetishes…  Let us begin.

Pumping iron…

Muscle flexing…

Armpit shots…

And, of course, just being shirtless…

I’ve debated about posting the “private part” screenshots, but this is a PG-13 blog.  The scene is not “technically” erotic as we only see his goods because he’s relieving himself.  Anyway, here’s a teaser of sorts…

Anyway, it’s been like 5 hours since I’ve uploaded a scene from this film and it’s still being processed by YouTube.  Hopefully it gets approved or something…

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Here is Wade Williams as Officer — correction — ex-Officer and fugitive Brad Bellick in a commercial for the Isuzu Vehicross…

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I have to admit, besides Heroes, Prison Break is one of my favorite television shows right now.  Yes, they’re really stretching the concept, the scenarios they get in to are pretty much outlandish and almost unbelievable, and the coincidences and questionable motives of the characters are pretty much worthy of viewer hatred.

So why do I love it?  I’ll break it down to these (coupled with random screenshots of Brad Bellick revealing his lovely chest hair in Season 4, Episode 6).

1. Spectacular acting all around.  There is not a single character who I do/did not like.  I also love the surreal dialogue they would sometimes have.  Sometimes, I swear that the dialogue was written by the creator of Dawson’s Creek.  And that’s not a bad thing.

2. The whole series is like watching a point-and-click adventure game.  Being a fan of such interactive fiction, Prison Break is a dream come true.  Use a piece of oil-dipped comb, ballpoint ink, and sulfur to create a mini-bomb, thereby causing a distraction for the guards at precisely 4:32 pm!  (I just made that one up.)

3. It’s a perfect show for those who feel that the world is just out to get them.  Sometimes, my life is a series of seemingly endless stress, heartaches, and frustrations.  This show is a perfect outlet to relieve my personal tensions and sadness; as I sometimes feel that I always seem to have the worst of luck.

I have yet to get Season 3 on DVD as it’s the season where Officer Bellick got stripped to his underwear.  Unfortunately, he was pretty beat up in most of those scenes so they’re not really “pleasant” images to look at.  Anyway, in the final episode of Season 2, we saw a glimpse of Bellick in such an unfortunate predicament in that dreadful Panamanian prison called Sona…

The following paragraph must be read out loud (yet quietly) in Michael Scofield’s voice…

This following paragraph is utterly random, yet not.  The recent screenshots above show a local television’s watermark of “FOX41 WDRB.”  While perusing the local news website of WDRB, I have uncovered a local weatherman who used to work for The Weather Channel.  His name is Paul Emmick.  If you notice, the last 3 letters of his name are “I,” “C,” and “K.”  Wade Williams’ character’s last name is “Bellick” which also ends in “I,” “C,” and “K.”  By staring at all three letters, I have decrypted The Company’s code.  We now know the exact location of the last and final piece of Scylla!

*cue Prison Break’s heartpounding tun-tun-tun! then cut to commercial*

Seriously though, Paul Emmick has one of the most mesmerizing voices ever.  I can listen to him talk about the lack of humidity in Vegas and actually be enthralled.

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It’s amazing to how the English language has so many definitions for every word. Words no longer derive there meaning from a dictionary but rather they have morphed into what we believe the word to mean. Our culture has become so “relative” that even the very definition of words come down to the individuals interpretation and what means one thing to one mean may take on a totally different meaning for someone else. Just look at the popularity of wikipedia. A social dictionary so to speak that allows us to derive meaning to words simply by popular vote.

This is why I’ve chosen to define for you my understanding of the phrase “live justice – love community – give grace”. So in the next three following post I will expand upon the very meaning, and resolving action of this phrase; what it means for me and hopefully it will inspire you to adopt this phrase to inspire meaning in your life.