Southie Rules

Austin retweeted some news about the newest cast member joining Ray Donovan

SHO_PR ‏@SHO_PR 

Oscar nominee & Emmy winner James Woods has joined the all-star cast of the new SHOWTIME drama series #RayDonovan: http://bit.ly/11fAcTA

 Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke 

James Woods Joins Showtime Series ‘Ray Donovan’ http://dlvr.it/367X6g  via @Deadline

James Woods is going to be the recurrent character Patrick “Sully” Sullivan from South Boston, who has a very complicated history with the Donovan family. 

The series weaves the two storylines of Ray's life, his professional life of  the go-to guy who makes the problems of LA’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear and his personal life, when Ray’s South Boston dad, played by Jon Voight, gets released from prison and who's arrival in LA sets off a chain of events that shakes the entire Donovan family to its core. Austin is one of Ray's A-list clients who has a little problem with the ladies who are less lady and more laddy.

 Wonder if Austin is already setting up the poker chips

Mild on Spring Break

 It 's that time of year.  Spring break.  And Austin well he had an on screen moment.

While it's no Springbreakers, and he's not Franco he did star with two tween stars and another hottie who later made a name for herself.

Oh yeah it is..... Holiday in the Sun

Holiday had everything you need for a Spring Break movie.

The Beach

 Twins

 Awkward Running

The clueless guy

Mediocre storyline

Too small hats

Scooters!!

Stealing Yatchs

Comically sized pairings

 Waterskiing

Dolphins

Sunsets

Cluelessness

Sassitude

and getting hauled to the pokey!

And the brunette in the cast?  That's Meghan Fox.

Austin behind the scenes while making the movie.

Stop the Traffic

While Prisoner's has been shooting around Atlanta, this week they will be shooting in Atlanta, and will be causing a few changes in travel plans due to street closings.

Starting tomorrow  from 5AM  till around 7PM  production will cause a full street closure of Cleveland Avenue between Jewel Street and Winburn Terrace and Jefferson Terrace between Forest Avenue and Cleveland Avenue.  If you are in Atlanta you might get a chance to spot Jake.

Wednesday and Thursday they are going to be doing interior shoots in the area, but will be back on Friday starting at 6pm and shooting all night until 6am Saturday morning.

Looking back at the making of An Enemy, Villeneuve worked around the flow of Toronto shooting street scenes on the weekends and maximizing time on Sundays for exteriors in the city.  For Prisoners he has used to the surrounding suburbs and locales to their fullest potential to minimize shooting in downtown Atlanta.  It is not only an good economic choice (it costs a lot to shut everything down) but also good time management as well. 

While it seem like the production is on and off and all over the place in terms of scheduling, with such a large cast with a multilayer story not everyone is shooting everyday.  By scheduling it based around characters it can have some actors to come in and shoot their whole block of the story at one time. A week or two and they can go, and if need to get call back later for re-shoots if needed.   It can also give the major characters like Hugh's and Jake's time downtime between their scenes. And it seems like Villeneuve knew he would be having to work around award Hugh's award season schedule and Jake's well....just schedule period.

Ask any director and they will tell you filming anything is a logistical puzzle or nightmare (based on how you see it) trying to coordinate schedules and maximize locations and stretching every dollar you've got.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight is a group who believes LGBT young people need to be respected and cared for on the same basis as all other young people, and that when they are safe and supported in their families, schools & society they will thrive as healthy and equal citizens. Today's Out Spotlight is BeLonG To.

BeLonG To is a national organization for Irish Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) young people, between the ages of 14 and 23.

They provide direct youth work services to LGBT young people in Dublin and support LGBT youth groups all around the country. They support spaces where LGBT young people can meet each other, get involved in activities and see that their identities and selves are valuable and important.

Their belief is that the when LGBT young people experience problems this is are largely due to negative societal attitudes, they work to change these attitudes by training teachers and youth workers, running awareness campaigns in schools and youth services and working with government departments to ensure that LGBT young people are heard so that positive social change can occur.

BeLonG To grew out of a voluntary youth group – OutYouth – which had been meeting in Dublin on and off for over 15 years. The group was run by young people for young people with the support of Gay Switchboard Dublin. While OutYouth was often an excellent group and a model of youth work, sustaining its work was often difficult. Because it totally relied on the voluntary commitment and leadership capacity of young volunteers the group at times became unstable and even closed when youth leaders moved away or were no longer able to commit their energies.

In its final years a small number of very committed youth facilitators ran the group but also worked closely with a consultant who was brought in by Gay Switchboard Dublin to explore possible supports for the group. Part of that explorations was a community roundtable discussion to about putting together a sustainability plan for the group. The group got drew participation from most LGBT community groups in Dublin as well as City of Dublin Youth Services Board. Out of the meeting a smaller working group was formed, of individuals and representatives from OutYouth, The Gay Men’s Health Project, Gay Switchboard Dublin, Gay HIV Strategies, OUThouse and the City of Dublin Youth Services Board.

This steering group worked for two years developing policies and pocedures and funding proposals. Through this work the Youth Affairs Section of the Department of Education and Science committed to fund a new LGBT youth project. This funding was to be be administered by the City of Dublin Youth Services Board.

In March 2003 the new youth project opened for business with one full time youth worker. Soon after the name BeLonG To was adopted. In 2004 they launch Ireland first national LGBT youth awareness campaign So Gay! It was supported by the Equality Authorty, The Institute of Guidance Counsellors and Léargas. In 2005 BeLonG To had their second full time yourth worker and worked with Ire;and's Social Personal and Health Education support service to develop designated training for teachers on working with LGBT young people. This training was then rolled out around the country.

In September 2006 they held a Homophobic Bullying Seminar in partnership with the Children’s Research Centre TCD – first of its kind in Ireland. The next month The Stop Homophobic Bullying in School Campaign, was launched by Minister for State in Education Sile De Valera. It was a partnership campaign with the Equality Authority and significantly, was endorsed by the TUI, ASTI, The National Association of Principals, the Gardai, Irish Secondary Students Union and the National Parents Council. It was the largest LGBT campaign of any kind at that time. As in 2006 BeLonG To partnered with the Anti-Bullying Centre in TCD to deliver the first Irish study on LGBT young people’s experience of homophobic bullying in school. They also joined forces with the National Drugs Strategy Team and the North Inner City Drugs Task Force to carry out national research on drug use amongst LGBT young people and to develop the first and only LGBT specific drugs education and prevention service. And in response to young people presenting to BeLonG To with suicidal ideation BeLonG To delivered a submission to the National Suicide Review Group. As a result of this as well as ongoing BeLonG To campaigning, LGBT young people were included as a designated ‘at risk’ group in ReachOut, the governments ten year strategy on suicide prevention.

By further working with the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention, in 2007 BeLonG To was funded to deliver a National Development Project to establish LGBT youth supports to young people around the country. The organization also produces a manual on how to set up and run an LGBT youth group. Using this resource BeLonG To develops a network of 12 LGBT youth groups in the the coming years.

In 2008 BeLonG To were appointed to The National Youth Work Advisory Committee which advises the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the direction of services and policy for young people in Ireland. That same year Ireland's President Mary McAleese addressed BeLonG To’s National LGBT Youth Forum in Galway, where she stated:

‘By working together ... we can overcome the bias and hostility experienced by many young gay people throughout the country. No-one should have to suffer on account of their sexual orientation.’

That same year they had established their first accredited LGBT Youth Group – Shout! In Galway and opened its Online Support Service at Christmas, operating each weekend throughout the year to support young LGBT people in dealing with any issues they may have.

In 2009 BeLonG To and GLEN were co-commissioners of Supporting LGBT Lives – a national study into LGBT mental health and wellbeing, with a special emphasis on young people. This report was launched by the Minister for Health and Children. They supported the work of a number of Oireachtas groups, this included supporting the Joint Working Group on Early School Leaving, presenting to the Oireachtas Committee on the high levels of suicide, and presenting to the Committee on Education on the experiences of LGBT young people in school.

The Office for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)and BeLonG To produce ‘Homophobic Bullying Guidelines for the Youth Sector’. BeLonG advocated to having LGBT people in included in the National Drugs Strategy as a group that need greater support and working in partnership with the National Association of Principals & Deputy Principals, the Equality Authority and GLEN to deliver training to principals and schools to assist them in addressing homophobia and homophobic bullying in Irish schools. Their second accredited LGBT Youth Group in Limerick was created.

In 2010 BeLonG To launched the first ever LGBT Awareess week in Ireland, Stand Up! Show support for your LGBT friends. The first year of the campaign focuses on the Youth Work Sector. The 2013 campaign was last just last week.

Michael Barron, the director of BeLonG To, was been invited to the White House for a series of meeting with senior administration officials marking St. Patrick’s Day.

The unprecedented invitation came in recognition of BeLonG To’s groundbreaking work nationally and internationally to combat bullying in schools and to support LGBT young people facing harassment and discrimination.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

Going Green

 Both Jake and Austin should be all set for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and the wearing of the green.

They both have green tees.

And  Jake's always ready for St. Patrick's Day with his favorite green trousers

 And it looks like it has worn off on Austin too:

And they've both gone Green Globably

Double Set

Notes: Technology can be a real pain in the butt.  - Sorry for the delay.

Austin must have done some dancing because a week ago, he and Liev were able to catch a set in Malibu,

And he must have done another dance, under the radar one,  because it took a week before it really got noticed he got snapped.

And he is looking good! Very good!

Just Jared had the story and the pics, but Austin never got a mention.
The question is, with tongue firmly in cheek, did Jared not get his check to make sure to include him or did Jared get a check to make sure he didn't?

But the pictures and the story make you ask some more questions. Like:

If they surfed on the 7th (Thursday) why did it take to the 9th (Saturday) to post it?

Why would it run on the 9th - the day of the viewing party at SXSW but never mentioned the show and focused more on Naomi?

Liev brought his son five year old Samuel with him. But if how do you leave a child alone on the beach and be able to watch him to keep him safe while you surf?  What mom would let you?  And why are the pictures of Samuel so cropped you don't see anyone around him?

Could there have been a nanny or another five year old and their nanny hanging out with them?

And did you notice that Austin and Liev were standing in front of the Austin's truck?

And check out back passenger door. Now who is stuffing papers in the back passenger door?  I know Austin arms are long but not that long.

 If he's a bachelor who is he chauffeuring around that needs to ride behind the front seats?

So many questions so little surf.

Life of Pi Day

3.14 -- Pi

Jake and Pi

Could mean this:

Source

 The Pie Plate on his bike

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 Or this:

“In all the years you’ve been doing this, how often can you say that we’ve produced truly legitimate intelligence? Once? Twice? Ten times? Give me a statistic; give me a number. Give me a pie chart, I love pie charts. Anything, anything that outweighs the fact that if you torture one person you create ten, a hundred, a thousand new enemies.”

—	Douglas Freeman - Rendition

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But for the mathelete Austin

damn the decimals it will always mean this: