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We're looking forward to meeting you in Toronto, Ont. next week! Below you will find important information about the upcoming International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) 2014.
The ICRE 2014 mobile app is now available for devices, and includes valuable information about ICRE. Get quick access to the conference program, read every conference abstract, complete session evaluations and more!
Reminder – Complete your session evaluations for a chance to win one of three $100 gift certificates.
Please note, in aligning with this year's theme and in an effort to "go green", ICRE 2014 will not be offering printed programs onsite. Don't have a smartphone? Don't worry! A limited number of program supplements will be available, as well as several desktop computers to access the program online.
ICRE2014 will also not be providing participants with briefcases.
The Conference takes place at the Allstream Centre, which is located at 105 Princes' Blvd in Toronto. For those participants staying at one of the conference hotels, the Intercontinental Toronto Centre is located at 225 Front Street West, and the Fairmont Royal York is located at 100 Front Street West.
Please note that the hotel blocks are now sold out.
For hotel location, or contact information, visit the ICRE website.
Shuttles will be available to take participants from the Intercontinental to the Allstream Centre. Shuttle schedules will be posted in the lobby of the hotel as well as the reception area of the Allstream Centre. The trip will take approx. 25 minutes giving you a chance to sit back and relax while taking in Toronto's downtown sights.
Onsite Registration will open October 22 at 07:00 and is located in Pre-function Hall B of the Allstream Centre.
Tickets for the International Residency Education Awards Dinner, and the Is a tired doctor a safe doctor panel session are still available. Visit the registration desk on-site to purchase your tickets!
The opening plenary session starts on Thursday, October 23 at 1600 in Hall C of the Allstream Centre. Dr. Lorelei Lingard, a professor in the Department of Medicine at Western University and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, will be speaking on Collective competency: Adapting our concept of competence to healthcare teams. We encourage you to attend this dynamic plenary session, taking place immediately prior to the ICRE Welcoming Reception.
The exhibit hall will open on Thursday, October 23 at 1700. Complete your exhibit passport and qualify for the draw to win one of two iPads.
For general questions while onsite, please visit registration, visit one of the Royal College booths during the exhibition hours, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lastly, Toronto's weather in the fall can vary, including sunshine, rain and even snow, the latest forecast can be viewed here. You are encouraged to bring a jacket or sweater to the conference site as the temperature in meeting rooms is typically cooler.
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The US is preventing Taiwan from becoming a full-fledged nation, according to a panelist at an academic forum in Taipei yesterday.
Lin Cheng-yi (林正義), a researcher from the Institute of European and American Studies at Academia Sinica, said that a lack of support and pressure from the US was a major obstacle in Taiwan's normalization as a country.
"The Bush administration has gone from restraining just China to restraining both China and the government of Taiwan," Lin said.
While US policy on the Taiwan Strait was unsteady, Japan's approach to cross-strait affairs was "mature and stable," he added.
Lin made the remarks at a Taiwan-Japan academic exchange conference hosted by the Association of East-Asian Relations (AEAR), a quasi-official organization that facilitates exchanges with Japan in the absence of diplomatic ties. Academics from Taiwan and Japan gathered at the venue to present papers on Taiwan-Japan relations and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chen Wen-hsien (陳文賢), a professor of Taiwanese history at National Chengchi University, told the forum that there was a big gap between US President George W. Bush's pledge to safeguard Taiwan and actual support and protection.
"The US' lack of support hurts US interests in the region," Chen said, without elaborating.
He said that Taiwan's political development was unique in that the country democratized before normalizing as a nation first, whereas most democracies first came of age as nations before fully democratizing.
Amako Satoshi, a Japanese professor in the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University in Tokyo, said that China's military was growing exponentially, and posed a substantial threat to Taiwan.
"It is widely hoped that Taiwan can build up its military [in response]," Satoshi said, adding that Taiwan should cooperate with the US on security issues.
In an interview with the Taipei Times, Lin denied reports that Taiwan wasn't taking its defense seriously.
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The last two days have been beautiful in New York. The sun has been shining and everywhere I shop I'm surrounded by oranges. I was shopping for organic lemons to make Limoncello, and when I saw these organic oranges with the sun shining on them, I couldn't resist. I bought half a dozen.
Of course, when I returned home I completely forgot about the Limoncello and started candying the oranges. My original idea was to dip them in tempered dark chocolate, but when I remembered Lynn's Easy Yogurt Cake, I decided to make an orange version.
While it was cooling, I found fresh rosemary in the refrigerator. It's too late now, but next time I'm going to add a little minced rosemary, I love the way it's fragrance commingles with the orange.
Easy Orange Yogurt Cake
1 cup plain Fage Greek Yogurt
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon orange flower water
1 tablespoon rum
1/3 cup butter, melted, or organic safflower oil
1 2/3 cups self rising flour
Pinch of sea salt
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Today's lunch was grilled turkey breast and banana pancake. Grilled turkey breast is nothing special, I ate it with fresh vegetables and yogurt sauce. High in protein, low in calorie, so it is always a good option for lunch or dinner.
Banana-protein pancake is just awesome. You need 3 bananas, 4 eggs and 2-4 spoons of protein powder to make 15 smaller pancakes. After mixing the ingredients you will get a rather thick mass, which is easy to work with. The amount you pour in the frying pan will decide the final size of your pancakes. I went for small, cute ones. It is important to heat the frying pan to low flame, otherwise you will burn the pancakes. You can grease the pan with some grape seed oil.
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According to the Miami-Herald, Bush made his remarks in front of business leaders in Florida.
"People who come here legally and illegally are the risk takers," Bush reportedly said. "If you're living in a rural area of Guatemala and you come, you're a bigger risk taker than those who stay," he added.
Of course, the first action of those who come to the country illegally is breaking the law.
Bush also said he was the "Eat Your Broccoli Governor" and implied he would be telling conservatives to embrace policies like amnesty and Common Core, which is reminiscent of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's all-in approach to global warming during his failed 2012 presidential campaign.
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See the Registrar's Web site for the official graduation requirements in the Russian Major.
About the Program
Every major, in consultation with an advisor, will choose a set of electives that will result in a concentration on one of these three areas: language, culture, or literature. Alternatively, those wishing to take courses related to Russian in such disciplines as History, Government, or Economics should consider the Russian Area Studies Major. Both majors require Russian 31, which can be omitted only by a vote of the entire Department.
Read more about:
- The Standard Russian Major for those whose interest is primarily in literature and culture, or who simply wish to attain a mastery of the language.
- The Area Studies Major is intended for those who want to learn Russian and to do work in International Studies.
- The Minor in Russian is for those who wish to obtain a minor in Russian language and literature.
- The Minor in Russian Area Studies is for those who want to learn about Russian literature and civilization without advanced language study.
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11.2 Imperialism World History
Forms of Control European countries demanded influence over the economic, political and social lives of the people in Africa They wanted to shape Africa in a way that would benefit European economies They also wanted Africans to adopt European customs
Forms of Control Europeans developed four forms of colonial control
Colony Protectorate Sphere of influence Economic imperialism
Colony Colony- A country or territory governed internally by a foreign power Example- Somaliland in East Africa was a French colony. Before independence the U.S. was a British colony
Protectorate Protectorate-A country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power Example- Britain established a protectorate over the Niger river Delta
Sphere of Influence Sphere of Influence- An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment and trading rights Example-Liberia was under the sphere of influence of the U.S.
Economic Imperialism Economic Imperialism- An independent but less developed country controlled by private businesses rather than governments Example- The Dole Fruit Company controlled pineapple trade in Hawaii
Imperial Management Methods
Indirect Control Local government officials used Limited self rule Goal- to develop future leaders Governments are based on European style but have local leaders Direct Control Foreign officials are brought in to rule No self-rule Goal-assimilation Government is based only on European style
Imperial Management Methods
Indirect Control allowed that country to have some independence Direct Control expected to control everything These countries believed that Africans were unable to handle running their country They established policies of paternalism and assimilation
paternalism and assimilation
paternalism- governing people like children. Providing for their needs but not giving them rights assimilation- based on the idea that local populations would adopt European culture and become like the Europeans. This view regarded African culture as inferior
Assignment 1. In what areas did Europeans want to influence Africa?
2. What were the four manage methods used to control African nations? 3. Choose two of these methods and explain them. Also provide an example of each. 4. Differentiate between direct and indirect control of a country. 5. Define paternalism and assimilation.
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Polymyxa betae Keskin 1964
This species of slime molds is widespread and the vector of several plant viruses, in particular Beet necrotic yellow vein virus, the causal agent of rhizomania of sugar beet. The pathogen is a single-celled organism which has been placed with the fungi or the protozoa. It infects beet roots, but does not cause any symptoms by itself. It can also infect related plant species. It disperses mainly through the transfer of contaminated soil, e.g. with farm machinery or soil attached to other root crops. Wet soil also promotes the spread of the disease. Control involves resistant cultivars, placing infected fields under quarantine and good drainage.
The resting spores which may contain the virus can persist in the soil for several decades. Under favorable conditions (wet soil and warm temperatures), each resting spore will release one primary zoospore which can infect a beet plant. The pathogen then develops a plasmodium which either becomes a zoosporangium, producing secondary zoospores (these are dispersed by water and infect other plants), or the plasmodium forms resting spores in so called sporosori. The latter are irregular in shape and approximately 30-80 µm large. The resting spores are spherical with a diameter of around 4 µm.


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An OMG Behind the Story Report:
Trying to become a positive eco example for Reese and family Jake has not moved in but moved onto the property and into a yurt in far back corner of the property. A portable,felt-covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in central Asia, a yurt can be easily transported by yak or camel. Claiming that this is better for his process for playing Dastan in PoP, Jake has taken up "residence" until filming begins, and contingency plans are in place for the possible strike. Friends realizing that anything that green and eco friendly will instantly be too much for his hostess, seeing this as potential problem. He has also installed a solar shower and a composting toilet to show his commitment to the part, and the environment. He will be using solar panels to provide energy for lightings , computers, phones and blackberries. Sources say that a flurry of phones were sent to managers and team members about the current situation.
The yurt provides a spacious open space with plenty of room for entertaining for Jake. It was constructed and in place while Reese was out of town as a surprised for her. Sources say she is not amused and is even more annoyed by what looks like a very tall cactus that casts a shadow some evenings. The cactus figure seems to be a frequent cause of friction, and that Jake is bumping into it all hours of the night. One neighbor, under anonymity, said they overheard Reese saying to send it back to Texas where it belongs, with Jake saying I didn't realize you could be prickly.
OMG's crack team of PoP psychologists have noticed that Jake has been drawing to thing that begin to Y's since the fall. Yogurt, Yoga and Yurts, have made them wonder if Jake is sending subliminal messages. Noting that G of his last named couple with the first letter of his BFF and coffee pal's first name and these leanings to things that begin with Y, could possibly be spelling out something. No confirmation on what that could be.
Monday, June 30, 2008
And sometimes Y
An OMG Behind the Story Report:
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Outspotlight XXXII
On April 26, 2008 Rufus Wainwright was presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to Rufus Wainwright. The Stephen F. Kolzak Award is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community. But it is more than just coming out after gaining success, Rufus Wainwright is one of the first male musicians to rise to fame while living an openly gay life.
Born in 1973 to folk singers Loundon Wainwright III and Kate McCarrigle, it didn't take long to know that he was going to go into the family business. "It was painfully obvious to everyone from the age of about two," Rufus recalls. "I was banging on the piano, banging on pots, putting on top hats. I think everyone knew right away." Music mixed with comedy and drama and stirred with passion his life could be written in a cross between folksongs and arias, and in a way a good description of his songwriting and music.
Rufus came out as a teenager, and has said many times in interview, he could never be in the closet because he's a terrible liar. His parents may have recognized that his son was gay, but could not handle him being gay. "We never talked about it really." He lived in fear he had been infected with the AIDS virus after he was sexually assaulted at the age of 14 when he was attacked in London's Hyde Park after picking up a man in a bar. Claiming that he survived only by pretending to be an epileptic and faking a seizure. In one interview he commented his first homosexual experience traumatized him so much, became chaste. In another interview he mentioned embarking on a promiscuous spree. He says, "I had a string of straight boyfriends. "Guys I would occasionally have sex with, maybe only make out with, but never be allowed to say they were my boyfriend."
But it has always been the music. Through weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo in Montreal, Wainwright became a fixture on the club circuit and eventually cut a series of demo tapes,DreamWorks acquired the demo tapes and signed him. Moving to New York City in the spring of 1996 and performing regularly at Club Fez, he built a loyal local audience. He relocated to Los Angeles that fall, and began recording his first studio album, Rufus Wainwright Wainwright's self-titled debut received critical acclaim; Rolling Stone magazine recognized it as one of the best albums of the year and named the singer "Best New Artist" of the year. Wainwright toured with Sean Lennon in the summer of 1998 and began his first headline tour later that year. In June 2001, his second album, Poses,was released to critical acclaim, but limited record sales. From 2001 to 2004, he toured with Tori Amos,Sting,Ben Folds, and Guster, as well as headlining the 2001 and 2002 tour in support of Poses. Despite a growing cult following and critical success, Wainwright has experienced somewhat limited commercial success in the U.S.
While working and support Poses he became addicted to crystal meth and experience temporary blindness from his addiction. It reached its peak in 2002, describing it as "the most surreal week of my life." During that week, he played a cameo role in the UK comedy television programme "Absolutely Fabulous"; spent several nights partying with the president's daughter,Barbara Bush; enjoyed a "debauched evening" with his mother and Marianne Faithfull; sang with Antony of Antony and the Johnsons for Zaldy's spring 2003 collection; and, throughout, experienced recurring hallucinations of his father. He decided shortly after that he "was either going to rehab or I was going to live with my father. I knew I needed an asshole to yell at me, and I felt he fit the bill". Seeking guidance, he telephoned his friend Elton John who persuaded him to check in to rehab which he has claimed in several interviews gave him a second chance.
He released two ep's Want One and Want Two filled with story songs of life, love, addiction, family, religion, and his sexuality; common themes in all of his work. They were repackaged together in the album Want. In May 2007, he released Release the Stars to growing and widening group of fans, some who discovered him through his contributions on such soundtracks as Moulin Rouge, I am Sam, Shrek, Meet the Robinsons and for his work on the Brokeback Mountain's soundtrack.
In 2006, Rufus took to the stage in tribute to Judy Garland and of her live performance at Carnegie Hall. He went on to do the tribute at the London Palladium and the Hollywood Bowl, release an album and DVD of the show.
He is currently working on writing his first opera, Prima Donna which he says will be about "a day in the life of an opera singer. I've been wanting to write an opera ever since I was 14, when I first heard Verdi's. After that I became an opera fanatic. All I could listen to was opera. I have more of an appreciation for pop because that's the world I live in, but my main passion is opera. So I just decided to write it, finally.
He shares his Gramercy Park home with his boyfriend, Jörn Weisbrodt, an arts administrator.
"I find that, especially in America, because being gay is relatively tolerated, now we're totally part of society and now you have to act like everyone else and move to the suburbs, and have kids, and be responsible. My argument is that all this acceptance could all change on a dime, so you always have to be a little smarter. You can't expect the world to be handed to you, and it's tremendous folly to think that now that we have totally blonde hair and act like everyone else, we will always be given the same rights and privileges and everything will be rainbows and sunshine. Life will always be a battle. But maybe that's just me. I love life as a battle."
Rufus and Jake : Release the Stars Tour
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Labels: Music, Out Spotlight, Rufus Wainwright
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Your choices for the Next Movie Club Movie-
One vote per customer, please.
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Labels: Movie Club, Polls
Friday, June 27, 2008
Deja vu all over again
Summer, London, Jake and a blonde. Sound familiar?
But on an Austin Friday? Oh yeah.
Summer, London, Jake Hammond and a familiar blonde.
Jake went to London to see this Jake, do you this Jake will be London bound to see his Jake?
Sometimes the best match ups are not the ones on Center Court. They just get the most press.
Got serve?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
And the Emmy goes to...
.... well it won't be Austin Nichols.
Not because of his performance, but the lack there of. It seems that episode, "His Visit Day 8, submitted for his performance does not have Austin in it at all. All the actors on the series were submitted with the same episode, but you'd think that they would check if the lead character of the show was actually in the episode. Could this be used for negotiations for Last of the Ninth? Hello Milch.
Then maybe the submission was a cheeky nod to an on set off screen performance.
JFC did submit a different episode in one category, for best drama submitting His Visit Day 1. The wait is on to see if how may nominations JFC picks up when the nominations are announced next month. Just don't expect Austin under Best Lead Drama.
Just another pinch of JFC. Amazing what time and new pictures can do. With the pictures from the Nicked LL ranch, the mysterious Pedro supporter can be now identified as Papa Nichols.
Picture: Austin Media
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Labels: Austin, Emmy, JFC, John From Cincinnati
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The More You Know
Listen people, I have spent a lot of time on this thing. To answer all your questions:
All of the Above
yes yes yes YES!
not completely
seven, eight, nine
no comment
And now you know.
Posted by Special K at 8:15 AM 70 comments
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Go Todd Go
Bubble Boy is the like movie junk food. Panned by the experts, but oh so good you can't help yourself. You flip past the channels somehow you have to watch, and then you wonder hours later... it happened again. Kind of like potato chips (crisps to some of you) you can't stop at one and you can't believe that you finished off the bag.
Who is responsible for this? These men - Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul. These are the two who created Bubble Boy, Dr. Phreak, and the Bright and Shinys. But don't call them Ken and Cinco, they are Todds. Oh yeah they are Todds, when you write a song like Bright and Shiny you have to sing it. Next time you find yourself trapped in the Bubble Boy bubble, look for them. While Bubble Boy was not a commercial hit, they have had another, little movie called Horton Hears a Who. And Bubble Boy now has type of cult following.
An other cameo in Bubble Boy you might not have noticed - Stacey Keebler, Pro Wreslter with the WWE, Reebok spokemodel and contestant on Dancing with the Stars in the U.S. Listed at Working Girl, suspected she was one of the two ladies challenging Jimmy for the "500 dollahs".
One good thing that Bubble Boy did was show off those comedy skills Jake's had since childhood. Jake grew up with Martin Short as a neighbor, his godmother's Jamie Lee Curtis husband funny man Christopher Guest as a family friend and of course worked with Billy Crystal. "From the time he could talk," his mom quoted as saying, "Jake didn't have a chance. 'We knew he was going to be an actor since the time he was tiny,' she says. 'We figured he would just run away and join 'Saturday Night Live.' "
And he finally got his chance.
Now you can't you see him doing the Bright and Shiny video, complete with the jazz hands. Cause you know he is a Todd at heart.
And yes that is a peppermint patty eye patch.
Posted by Special K at 8:38 AM 75 comments
Labels: Bright and Shiny, Bubble Boy, Comedy, Jake, Todds
Monday, June 23, 2008
Back to Brokeback
Always a little reluctant to write about Brokeback, not because it is not loved but that is almost loved too much. So much passion and emotion tied to this movie that the feeling is that a simple post will never meet the feeling and fervor of fans.
But several recent mentions, led to this post.
Heath Ledger finds and keeps the shirts Jake Gyllenhaal had saved from their first trip to Brokeback Mountain (2005) was named one of the New 25 Romantic Gestures in The New Movie classics list in Entertainment Weekly recently. It was only behind Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's dance in Dirty Dancing, Robert Redford washing Meryl Streep's hair in Out of Africa, and John Cusack playing Peter Gabriel outside Ione Skyes window in Say Anything. All of these moment are iconic in the pantheons of romantic movies, and Brokeback is no different. In a way it has after all this time achieved the shift from gay cowboy more to classic love story, just the way Ang and the rest of the cast saw it to be when it was made. Some felt that way from the beginning but now more are shifting as well. Brokeback is will be forever a classic love story in cinema history.
This week will be another big week for Brokeback. Why now? This Friday at 9pm, after the GLAAD media awards, will be the U.S. network premiere on Bravo, a cable channel and part of parent company NBC.
What will be edited out for television? Is Bravo a test run for it to be seen on NBC? Or this NBC's solution putting it on Bravo instead on NBC?
One thing it is, is a chance to reach an audience who was too scared to go to the movie or rent the video. Putting it on network TV, in whatever form, may reach that one person, that one teen who may need it most to realize that " love is a force of nature."
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Labels: BBM, Brokeback Mountain, Heath, Jake
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Out Spotlight XXXI
The story of Mary Griffith and her son Bobby is now being made into a made for TV movie for Lifetime Television, and it has been a long time coming. There had been talk since the mid 90's about making the story Prayers for Bobby for television. Sometimes it takes the right champion for the project, and Sigourney Weaver stepped in as that champion. But who is the champion for gay teens, called Mary Griffith?
The mother of a gay son, Mary Griffith's reaction was one that is unfortunately not that uncommon, and one with tragic consequences. But through tragedy comes triumph and now Mary Griffith is an advocate and has helped many who are upset, confused, uninformed , and closed to talking about homosexuality and faith.
Mary Griffith was a devoted mother to two sons, living in Northern California and a parishioner in the in the mega church, Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church. She was devoted to her family, her faith and her church, but all of that changed, when her son Bobby told them about his homosexuality.
When Bobby was 15, he told his older brother Eddie he was gay, but made him promise not to tell anyone. After Bobby unsuccessfully tried to kill himself with a bottle of Bufferin, Eddie broke his promise.
Mary Griffith says Bobby was "humiliated" that they knew he was gay.
Things got better for Bobby when he went to a junior college which had a gay group on campus. He dated and did have boyfriends, but his mother says he always fought a battle between what he felt in his heart and what he taught was proper.
"The thing with Bobby is that he could not separate from his religious teachings," she says, adding that he felt "anything positive about being gay was from Satan and it was not valid. The psychological terror just tormented him.Those feelings came from their faith. They felt that homosexuality was sick perverted, sinful and condemned by God. For her part, Mary just knew that homosexuality was "an abomination to God." And even before she knew Bobby was gay, she conveyed her feeling to him in no uncertain terms."You can't love God and be gay," she told Bobby. The family Bobby felt was a sinner, that he had to be cured by prayer and Christian counseling. Mary told him he had to repent or God would "damn him to hell and eternal punishment." She had faith that God would come to Bobby's rescue, but only if he read his Bible.
The Christian counselor recommended prayer and suggested that Bobby spend more time with his father. But Bobby's diary revealed that nothing was changing. "Why did you do this to me, God?" he wrote. "Am I going to hell? I need your seal of approval. If I had that, I would be happy. Life is so cruel and unfair."
His mother kept telling him he could change. "It seems like every time we talked, I would tell him that," she says. "I thought Bobby wasn't trying in his prayers." When Bobby became more withdrawn, she simply chalked it up to God's punishment. "Now," she says, I look back and realize he was just depressed."
When Bobby was twenty, in desperation the Griffiths decided he should move to Portland, Oregon, and live with a cousin. At first, the move seemed to help. He later took a backflip off a overpass bridge into the path of an oncoming truck. The guilt, the shame was too much for him.
The family devastated. The Griffiths met with their pastor for grief counseling. In her despair, Mary was seeking ways to atone for the loss of Bobby. She told the pastor she knew there were "other Bobbys out there" and asked how she could help them. The pastor merely shrugged his shoulders—and Mary never again returned to that church.
Mary did not lose her faith, but found a very different God from the one she worshiped at Walnut Creek Presbyterian. She reread her Bible with fresh eyes, and sought out secular books about homosexuality. She concluded that there was noting wrong with Bobby, that "he was the kind of person God wanted him to be...an equal, lovable valuable part of God's creation." She says now, "I helped instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience."
Shortly after Bobby's death, Mary Griffith discovered PFLAG. For some years, she was president of an East San Francisco Bay PFLAG chapter and appeared frequently on television talk shows, usually wearing a button with Bobby's picture and another with the PFLAG message, "We love our gay and lesbian children." She has cooperated in the filming of documentaries about the Griffith family tragedy, and is the subject of a the book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, by Leroy Aarons, founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and a former national correspondent for the Washington Post. Now being filmed for Lifetime. She campaigns tirelessly for the cause of public school counseling supportive of gay teenagers, believing that Bobby would still be alive if his high school had had such a program.
She testified before the House Economic and Educational Opportunities subcommittee investigative hearing on Parents, Schools and Values, trying to prevent any sex education from being taught in the schools, especially anything to do with homosexuality. "I gave them a description of my son and how religious ideology and their stands on homosexuality caused him a lot of guilt and depression, and how the dehumanizing and demoralizing slander led to his suicide," she said.
"Seeds of fear are planted in the mind of ignorance," she told the subcommittee. "From then on, ignorance listens, and believes without question the demoralizing and dehumanizing slander spread about our children. This rhetoric destroyed our son's life, and countless children today. I have learned all too well that hell has no fury like that of ignorance and fear. Special interest groups use them to promote prejudice, discrimination, rejection, and violence against our children.
"Suicide is the ultimate form of censorship," she continued. "Daily, our children are being accused, judged, convicted and sentenced to a life of spiritual poverty, degradation of self-esteem and personal worth. An epidemic of violence and suicide among our children is the ultimate result. All because of hearsay, ugly rumors, half-truths and outright lies."She has taken such tragedy and turned into triumph helping parents, friends, family and those coming out understand, accept, and embrace the gift of life and their creation just as they are.
Mary Griffith has since accepted that there was nothing wrong with Bobby in the eyes of God. "God had not cured our son. Why? Because Bobby was created in God's image. There was nothing to cure."
Posted by Special K at 9:48 AM 52 comments
Labels: Mary Griffith, Out Spotlight, Prayers for Bobby
Saturday, June 21, 2008
OMG Movie Club Summer Fun Edition
Summer brings summer movies. Light like popcorn, nothing heavy, or deep. Many comedy and guilty pleasures are release during the lightheartedness of summer, and what a perfect time for a comedy or guilty pleasure or maybe even a musical on the OMG Movie Club. Let's us know what would be fun to watch and share together.
Just a few movies to consider or to jumpstart your movie thinking: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Sordid Lives, Kiss Me Guido, Rent, or maybe South Pacific will rise some attention in the musical category. And there are many more out there. Let's us know what you think.
What is that great fun movie you want to see and share?
We'll take suggestions for today and through the week, vote next Saturday, June 28th for our choice and discuss on Saturday July 19th. BYOP (Bring your own Popcorn)
Posted by Special K at 7:12 AM 32 comments
Labels: Comedies, Movie Club, Musicals. Guilty Pleasures
Friday, June 20, 2008
Summertime...the living is easy
According published studies, today is the happiest day of the year. Because it's the solstice? That's That the Celtic beat LA? (sorry had to go there once) Longest amount of sunlight of the entire year? The first official day of summer for many? Or is it just because it's Austin Friday?
Posted by Special K at 8:22 AM 86 comments
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Austin filming Prayers for Bobby, it great news, and it has been too long since we have seen him in front of a camera. While we think he not working enough, he is working more than the majority of actors in Hollywood who are out there trying to get parts. But that's not the focus here, its the parts he's taking that are interesting. And not just for the obvious this time.
Not worried about small screen or large he seems to bounce back and forth, just looking for projects that interest him, and more from the artistic perspective as an actor than for career building momentum. After the title lead in a series he has no problem picking up small guest roles, and supporting acting roles rather than waiting on more lead role offers. Seems that their is no ego or sense of entitlement to his acting. Yes he starred in a movie that made well over 500 million, and had a budget of more than entire budget of Lifetime Television but he has no problem playing a second, third or forth support role in a Lifetime movie. He doesn't seem to throw what he did for work, he just let's the performance he's done speak for themselves.
Bottom line: Austin doesn't seem to be chasing fame, but just wanting to act. Acting in what he likes more than anything else.
Could be completely wrong and maybe he is taking the only parts being offered to him. Tend not to think so but what do you think?
And for more pictures and information about Austin and Prayer for Bobby - check out Spooky2th's.
Posted by Special K at 7:52 AM 75 comments
Labels: Austin, Lifetime, Prayers for Bobby, Television
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Monkey Business
Hate to break it to you but there's no monkey in Prince of Persia, that was Aladdin. No no, I'm sure. I have the script. No monkey. But if you do something with the hair, the backhair, the brows, and start wearing pants, I will see what I can do about some stand in work.
Posted by Special K at 7:04 AM 41 comments
Labels: Jake, Monkey, Prince of Persia
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Wu Tang Wallabe or Wanna Be
High end British shoemaker C. and J. Clark Ltd, better known as Clarks, creates classic shoes including the Wallabe, which have received homage by Method Man and Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan and in their songs. Ghostface Killah has put the Wallabe on the cover of his album, Ironman.
So the question is Austin giving a shout out to Wu-Tang with his footwear. Or is he just a wannabe trying to pass with Clarks Desert boots?
Whatever you gotta suspect that Austin's got a little something for the Wu-Tang. With being a Don an all.
Posted by Special K at 6:35 AM 37 comments
Labels: Austin, Wallabe, Wu Tang Clan
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Way Back After Tomorrow
Prehistoric Jake
"I knew I wanted to have good actors who had some talent. But I didn't want someone to say, `Oh, look, there's Jake Gyllenhaal running after a mammoth.' "
- Roland Emmerich, director of "10,000 B.C.," on his reluctance to hire familiar faces.
Jake Animal hunter. Dressed in animal skins pursuing the Mammoth. Wouldn't have been too hard on the eyes. And it seems like Austin had been working on a character like that for a long time. But it wasn't too be.
Roland mentioning Jake is a reminder of The Day after Tomorrow, and a mysterious mention of an actor's trailer that blew up on set in Montreal, in an interview with co-star Arjay Smith.
It seems too much gas was pumped into the trailer. But who's trailer was it? Was it a chicken with shallots experiment gone wrong? : ) Anyone else remember hearing of a trailer blowing up?
When you look back on filming, is there one day of filming that sticks out in your mind?
Wow. There's one day that sticks out in mind but it wasn't a filming day. The whole shoot was just awesome, everybody was just pleasant. But one day one of our actor's trailers blew up and that was a frantic day. Thank God they weren't in there.
Wonder what this would have looked like in 10,000 B.C. costuming. Well Austin could've taken his shirt off again.
Posted by Special K at 7:56 AM 47 comments
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Out Spotlight 30
Before NPH, and TR, there was B.D. B.D. Wong, and Father's Day is the perfect day to spotlight this out actor, father, and writer.
B.D. was born Bradley Daryl Wong was born in 1962 in San Francisco CA, with a early love of music. He was encourage by his family, to follow his love, leading to discover acting as child. Raised in no single formal religion he was he developed an avid interest in Bible stories through musicals such as Godspell, Jesus Christ, Superstar, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His high school drama teacher encouraged him to become a part of Bay Area community theater scene. After graduating from SF State University he pursued his dream of acting in Manhattan. With small parts in dinner theater and off Broadway, and screen debut with a small part in Karate Kid II.
Shortening his name to B.D., he made his breakthrough in the gender elusive M. Butterfly. He made on of the greatest Broadway debuts in history, with the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent and Theatre World awards for his portrayal of Song Liling. He is the only actor to win to all of these awards for the same show.
His stage success led to leads in Jurassic Park, and playing the gay Kico Govantes in Randy Shilt's landmark AIDS novel in HBO's adaptation of And the Band Played On. He may also be remembered many for his role in the Father of the Bride and sequel playing the flamboyant wedding planner assistant Howard Weinstein. While played characters on television and screen, he remained publicly closeted, privately he was out and supported.
He remained publicly closeted until 2003, making this comment in a interview to Zap2It several years later about why he hadn't come out sooner. "I'm a pretty private person, not just a big discloser in general, but also there was an issue of my career. Acting was really my entire world, but I entered a field that was particularly non-welcoming to me as an Asian-American. The opportunities already were somewhat limited to me, so it felt almost like a kind of career suicide to be completely out as a gay man. I bought into that for a long time".
What changed all that? Fatherhood.
Before his success on Broadway, B.D. had been in a long term relationship with his agent Richie Jackson. B.D. and Richie wanted to have children, so they embarked on a journey that would have them experiencing the highs and lows of expecting and parenthood. By 2000, they were in "infanticipating" and using a surrogate they became pregnant with twins produced by B.D's sperm and Richie's sisters Sue's egg.
A normal pregnancy is 40 weeks but B.D. and Richie were thrusted into parenthood when their surrogate, Shauna Berringer went into labor at 28 weeks. Their sons Boaz Dov and then Jackson Foo were born. Boaz Dov was sadly passed away ninety minutes after being born and B.D and Richie were in a fight to save their son Jackson's life, not only due to his prematurity but due to twin to twin transfusion syndrome, that has played a role in taking Boaz Dov. It is when the blood supply is only received from the placenta to one twin and the the other receives it through his twin rather than the placenta.
Jackson Foo was dubbed "the chestnut man" because they thought they he had the weary world wise face of the men who sold chestnuts in NY. While Jackson Foo was in the hospital for the next three month, B.D. began sending emails full and emotion, candor and sometime humor to his family and friends. Encourage by those same family and friends he gather these together into a book that talke about Jackson Foo, their loss of Boaz Dov and JF's two daddies . This book, Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures of The Chestnut Man, was not just about JF's journey but BD's as well. The book published in 2003 was a part of BD coming out. "I wanted a reason to help me come out. And this book became a reason and that allows me to do it 1,000 percent. I'm perfectly happy going on TV now and saying, "I'm a gay man. I'm happy and proud to say that."
About the price of coming-out publicly, B.D. shared this concern with the Advocate in 2003: "Some days, I think, 'You're never going to work again.' I think there's a real reason to worry, as anyone reading this magazine can understand. The book, for me, means I'm calling into question the whole career thing. But that's OK."
Wong needn't have worried. Professionally, he's thrived. He had was on the acclaimed HBO series OZ, as Father Ray Mukada for six seasons and Dr. George Huang, on Law and Order: SVU. Unfortunately coming out was there was a personal sacrifice of the break up of this long term relationship with Richie Jackson. B.D. single parents his son JF, and Richie continues his relationship as an uncle.
B.D. has been vocal about his motivation for becoming a parent, in 2003, telling Gay City News, "It's too much of a pain in the ass to have a kid just because you think it's great as a gay person to do that. I had a real strong impulse to be a father, to share a relationship with a person….a parental blood relationship."
Among the many things learned upon becoming a father, B.D. shared these insights in 2003, with his hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle: "Prior to the day the sky opened up," the birth of the twins, "I wasn't totally me for some reason and now I'm getting an idea of who I am."
A devoted and loving father what is better to celebrate every day not just Father's Day.
Happy Father's Day B.D. and Jackson Foo.
B.D Wong and John Lithgow in M.Butterfly for the Tony Awards
And props to Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts who marched with his daughter Kathrine in Boston's Pride Parade yesterday. Kathrine came out publicly this week with the love and support of her parents.
Posted by Special K at 9:00 AM 58 comments
Labels: B.D. Wong, Coming Out, Father's Day, Fathers, Sons
Saturday, June 14, 2008
More Finish Nails needed
They booked the room months in advanced and just couldn't afford to lose the deposit, so Nailed had its wrap party or more like night out with free drinks and snacks last Wednesday before filming has finished. What optimism. Then again, SC might not give them the check unless they did all those Hollywood things, umbrella holders - check, check, film - check, pay crew - check, party - .... no party no check.
Sadly Jess and Jake didn't join in the fun. Who knows they may have had to work through it, or just maybe just didn't want to answer those pesky cocktail questions that seem to come up. With Nailed it might have been a minefield. Money woes, layoffs, definitely things not spoken about at a party and charm can only take you so far when a Southern lady is persistent asking about wedding bells. What would Jess say? ; )
So no worries buckaroos, Nailed is still hammering away, unfortunately Jake may have to watch the Lakers lose in South Carolina on Sunday night. (kidding kidding, - Go Celtics!)
And all this talk about singing cowboys, sisters, and Clooney this week....well you'll see, ok hear.
And hey Happy Saturday, make it a good one!
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Music Man
He's said that the "kid" can sing, and sure he has heard Jake many times. From Jimmy Kimmel, know that the he rocked show choir. They both love music and have been out to catch some shows. Jake has talked of drums in the past and a brief bit of band past, but what about Austin? Do you think he's gotta some more musician in him than just singing? Past band geek? Or garage band? A lead guitar? Or funky bass man? Alternative? Rock? Texas Blues?
Rock Band or Guitar Hero must be sitting on the shelf always ready to play. Somehow you can picture them and friends rocking out on the X box. Makes you wonder what songs get picked. But can totally picture the hilarity of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper as they try to give it more cowbell like Will Ferrell. And forget about it there is definitely some karaoke in the past present and future, without a doubt.
One thing is certain is that this duet makes beautiful music.
Black & White Photo courtesy of Austin Media.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Give it your best shot and see what you come up with. Have fun
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We find that the angle between elementary lattice vectors obviously affects the bandwidth and dispersion of slow light in photonic crystal line-defect waveguides. When the fluctuation of group index is strictly limited in a ±1% range, the oblique lattice structures with the angle between elementary lattice vectors slightly larger than 60° have broader available bandwidth of flat band slow light than triangular lattice structures. For example, for the angle 66°, there are increases of the available bandwidth from 20% to 68% for several different structures. For the same angle and a ±10% variation in group velocity, when group indices are nearly constants of 30, 48.5, 80 and 130, their corresponding bandwidths of flat band reach 20 nm, 11.8 nm, 7.3 nm and 3.9 nm around 1550 nm, respectively. The increasing of bandwidth is related to the shift of the anticrossing point towards smaller wave numbers.
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Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common disorder of mineral metabolism characterized by the excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone and an elevated serum calcium level. Most patients have a single adenomatous parathyroid gland, but hyperplasia of all four parathyroid glands occurs in about 15% to 20% of patients. Primary hyperparathyroidism is often discovered in patients after a routine multichannel screening test obtained in the course of an evaluation for other reasons (1, 2). For these patients, because they appear to be asymptomatic and without any of the potential complications of primary hyperparathyroidism, surgical removal of the adenomatous or hyperplastic parathyroid tissue is
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Lying to those with Dementia
January 31, 2011
I've touched on this subject in earlier blogs, but I think it merits its own treatment. Most of us are brought up to be truthful people. Lying is just one of those things you avoid like the plague. However, when a person has dementia, all the rules change. This thought is completely offensive. It even offends me as I type it, but perhaps it will make more sense if I give some examples.
Miss Ruth, a lady with dementia in her 90's, had a home health nurse come to her house several times a week. When the nurse arrived, Miss Ruth would say joyfully, "I had breakfast with my mother today." The nurse would reply, "Miss Ruth, your mother has been dead for many years." Every time the nurse "re-oriented" her, Miss Ruth grieved her mother's death anew in her mind and heart.
Most of us would agree that the nurse chose legalism over kindness and compassion in Miss Ruth's case. If the nurse had said, "Really? What did you talk about? What did you have to eat?" She would not have been lying, just asking Miss Ruth questions about the morning as Miss Ruth remembered it.
"I had breakfast with my mother today," when you know her mother is dead. "You need to take me home now," when he is home. "I've already had my bath," when you can smell that she hasn't. "The people in the next room are having a party," when you are in the house alone with him.
How do you respond? The best way to respond is to choose kindness over truthfulness, compassion over being correct, love over being right.
"You need to take me home now." Your father is home, but it's not the home he recognizes. There is no home he recognizes, so you respond, "Yes, dad, I'll take you home. I just need to finish a few things first. While you're here, would you help me with…."
"I've already had my bath." Your mother has not had her bath, but your respond, "You're right. Would you mind if I change your shirt, though? I think there is a spot on it and I want to put it in the wash before it stains." Then, do the same with her pants. Ask her to hold a warm washcloth, lead her to the tub. Tell her that, since the bath water is already run, she might as well take a bath. Break everything down into very the smallest steps, since something involving multiple steps like taking a bath may be intimidating and confusing.
"There are people in the next room who are having a party." What should your reply be? "Should we join them?" or "Good heavens! It sounds really wild!" or "Yes, but I will ask them to keep it down, since you're ready for bed."
There are a million different situations when you have a choice: Be truthful and upset the person with dementia OR be kind and lie / avoid the truth. Those with dementia cannot re-enter the "real world." You cannot convince them that their hallucinations are false or their remembrance of events is incorrect, so trying to "re-orient" them to reality is pointless. Furthermore, if you constantly correct them, they will grow less and less sure of themselves, risking depression (a very common issue in those with dementia). Even if they don't remember the exact words, they will remember how you made them feel. Choose kindness. Validate who they are, even in their confused state. In most cases, being right doesn't matter anymore anyway.
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good article, incredible page design and style, carry on the great work
As a caregiver, I believe in using compassion over telling the truth.. but what would then be a proper approach to someone who is aggressive and at times violent who is lied to by family members that he is not in a home but at a hotel until he gets better?


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New Wave of Drone Strikes Has Al-Qaeda Crying
President Obama sure does blow up a lot of stuff for being a dove, and al-Qaeda is crying about it. On January 23, the group's chief of media in Pakistan, Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, released a tape on the Internet that complained about the CIA's relentless campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan.
"There were many areas where we once had freedom, but now they have been lost. We are the ones that are losing people, we are the ones facing shortages of resources. Our land is shrinking and drones are flying in the sky," Farooq said.
If an American commander said that, everyone would scream that we are losing. Yet, here we have al-Qaeda, a group not known for its humility, publicly panicking. This isn't the first time this has happened. In July 2009, Abu Yahya al-Libi, a senior al-Qaeda commander in Pakistan that some have dubbed "the next Osama," released a book on the Internet that expressed similar exasperation. He warned that the number of Western spies in and around the organization had become "like swarms of locusts," resulting in the arrests of operatives and enabling the U.S. to pound away with drone strikes.
"How many heroic leaders have been kidnapped at their hands? How many major mujahidin were surprised to be imprisoned or traced? Even the military and financial supply roads of the mujahidin, which are far from the enemy's surveillance, were found by the spies," al-Libi wrote.
His paranoid words are sure to stoke further anxiety and distrust among terrorists who look to al-Libi for encouragement and confidence.
"They have among them old hunchbacked men who cannot even walk, strong young men, weak women inside their house, young girls, and even children who did not reach puberty yet. The spy might be a doctor, nurse, engineer, student, preacher, scholar, runner, or a taxi driver. The spy can be anyone," he writes. He flatly states that these spies have "penetrate[d] the ranks of the Muslims generally, and the mujahidin specifically."
Prior to al-Libi's lament, a member of the Pakistani Taliban judged credible by New York Times told the newspaper in May 2009 that "[t]he drones are effective." He admitted that they had successfully knocked out top al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders and claimed they had killed 29 friends.
When it comes to Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Obama has been much more of a hawk than his predecessor. Obama launched more strikes during his first year in office than during the entire eight years of the Bush administration. He dramatically increased the number of drone strikes in Pakistan by 300% -- to an average of three per week. The number of strikes then doubled in 2010 to 115.
Plus, contrary to the claims of anti-war activists and the anti-American propaganda apparatus, these strikes are humane. A U.S. government review in May 2010 concluded that in the previous two years, less than 30 civilians were killed -- and these "civilians" included people like Mullah Omar's second wife, who was with a group that was targeted. It stated that at least 500 terrorists, including 14 high-level and two dozen high- or mid-level leaders, were killed. Reuters put the number above 850.


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