President Donald Trump took to Fox News on Tuesday morning to defend his flip-flop on labeling China a currency manipulator. And what we got was a perfect little illustration of a president who believes his campaign-trail promises mean basically nothing.

Here's the exchange with "Fox and Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt:

TRUMP: Somebody said "Currency manipulation." What am I going to do? In the middle of him talking with North Korea, I'm going to hit them with currency manipulation? This is the fake media that just does a number. Think of it: He's working so nicely, many coal ships have been sent back, fuel has been sent back, they're not dealing the same way. Nobody's ever seen it like that. Nobody's ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China, and then the fake media goes, "Donald Trump has changed his stance on China." I haven't changed my stance. China's trying to help us. I don't know if they are going to be able to or not, but do I want to start heavy, heavy trade or currency manipulation statements against someone who's out there trying to stop what could be a very bad situation? You understand that.

EARHARDT: I understand that.

Yes, we all understand that.

Except that the "fake media" didn't invent anything here. Trump has said repeatedly that he would label China a currency manipulator as many as a dozen times as a 2016 candidate and three times on Twitter back in 2012, according to the Donald Trump database. This is the definition of him changing his stance; Trump's contention that it isn't is complete nonsense.

Trump's "Contract with the American Voter," which is still on his campaign website and is labeled a "contract" (!), pledges to do this within 100 days: "THIRD, I will direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator." And here's what Trump said in late October in Florida: "I blame our politicians for letting this take place. So easy to stop. So easy to stop."

Except that it's apparently not so easy to stop, which is really the point here. As Trump has acknowledged to his credit, perhaps China plays a significant role in containing North Korea and is otherwise a world power to be reckoned with. Against that backdrop, labeling it a currency manipulator is a dicey move.

But that backdrop was very much the same when Trump made this promise, over and over. And he still made it, over and over.

This is a nice little microcosm of Trump's repeated flip-flops and contortions. It goes a little something like this:

1. Amateur politician makes big statement (in this case, that China is a currency manipulator)

2. Amateur politician promises to take swift and controversial action (to label China a currency manipulator as president)

3. Crowd cheers

4. Amateur politician repeats promise over and over, to more cheers

5. Amateur politician actually becomes president

6. Amateur politician-president realizes his stance was completely impractical (given China's role in containing North Korea, among other things)

7. Amateur politician-president can't understand why people would have taken him at his word in the first place

The arc is completely similar on any number of Trump campaign-trail promises and applause lines: prosecuting Hillary Clinton, repealing Obamacare, attacking Barack Obama for golfing as president, renegotiating the Iran deal, calling NATO obsolete, etc. Trump made big promises and statements on each that proved impractical once he was actually in position to make good on them. So he didn't even try. And on each one, he simply wants us to grant him a mulligan.

The only conclusions from there are: a) He makes big promises about hugely consequential issues without doing his homework confirming the belief that he's in way over his head or b) He says these things without ever planning to do them lying to his supporters. It's the old "Stupid or Liar" theory.

It's one thing to come across new information as president; it's another to have been completely unaware of things like China's role in North Korea while making huge promises as a candidate. That's Foreign Policy 101 stuff.

And this casual approach to facts and the political and foreign policy realities of the day has cost Trump dearly when it comes to his credibility.

Aaron Blake is senior political reporter for Washington Post's The Fix.

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The production team at Greys Anatomy including set decorator Nicole Cramer, former set decorator Karen Bruck, and costume designer Mimi Melgaard knows how to put on a helluva wedding, especially 13 seasons into the ABC drama.

I'm not a wedding planner, but we always joke that I could be after how many weddings weve done, Nicole tells Cosmopolitan.

Everyones always shocked when they find out weve put a wedding together in 10 days, Mimi adds. Were kind of used to it.

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Karen says she got the instruction that this would be Shondas dream wedding That kinda freaked me out. I said, Oh my god, how am I going to live up to that? but notes it wasnt Cristinas dream wedding.

We had to make it a little over the top so it was definitely not Cristinas personality. Nothing about it was her personality, she says.

Im sure that there are brides who can relate to that in real life being dressed up and propped up and having to walk through and have a wedding with 200 people, and you only want to talk to four.

The dress got its own stunt double for the scene in which Meredith rips it off her.

We took the zipper out and inserted a piece of silk fabric that was attached by Velcro and she cut into that, and that piece of silk was easily replaceable for each take we needed to shoot, Mimi says.

Izzie ended up with the nuptials of her dreams after Meredith donated her wedding to her, a wedding Izzie had planned herself amid her cancer treatment.

Her wedding was the fairytale wedding over the top, with candles, romantic, Nicole says.

That was Shondas notes: that Izzie was living vicariously through Meredith by planning the best, most beautiful wedding she could.

Shonda and I wanted her to feel like a princess you know, its a princess wedding, she could be dying, Mimi says of the Kenneth Pool for Amsale dress.

So its a big, beautiful dress with sparkles.

After the Burke fiasco, Cristina had more say over her second wedding, opting for a home wedding, sweet and sophisticated, as Nicole describes it.

She already had a wedding that was so unlike her, so I wanted this one to feel like her, Mimi says. Shonda and Sandra Oh both loved it.

The team wanted to make sure Calzona wore different styles so it doesnt look like two big, white dresses, Mimi says.

They chose a traditional wedding dress for Callie because shes from a more traditional family, her familys Catholic and an off-white dress of torn chiffon for Arizona because Callie was in white, and that color with Jessicas skin just worked perfectly.

Though Calzona ultimately broke up long after the wedding which was filmed at Descanso Gardens they live on in matrimonial bliss in Shondaland headquarters.

We found somebody local in Los Angeles to make the little cake topper to match Callie and Arizona and their dresses, Nicole reveals.

Shonda actually has that cake topper in her office now.

Bailey is that perfect mix of a soft, feminine person who has a strong job So I wanted a really feminine dress for her, Mimi says of this wedding, filmed at Calamigos Ranch with a budget of around $40,000.

We started with a dress and altered it a lot I added the bling around the sweetheart neckline. I added the belt Chandra [Wilson] looks so good in things that hug her figure, which is amazing, that I just went for it.

But Baileys wedding dress wasnt the only one Mimi needed to find.

That was an interesting episode because it went into Richard dancing with his wife, Adele, whod just died, she says.

We had to get a dress for her, too. We tried to get something that felt vintage-y since their wedding was supposed to be decades ago.

Shonda & Co. wanted a barn wedding to reflect Aprils upbringing on a farm, so the team settled on Windy Hill Ranch at El Campeon Farms and decked it out with huge chandeliers, twinkle lights, and cutesy signs. (We were like, April would do this, for sure.)

All told, the wedding cost $20k, even without a reception. Still, it was a breeze, Nicole says.

Of all the weddings, this one was probably the least stressful because the venue was pretty already, she explains. Of course, what youre seeing out the barn doors, the mountain and the lake, are a green screen.

While searching the web for inspiration, Mimi found a dress with which she fell in love, one designed by Peter Langner in Rome.

We sent [Sarah Drews] measurements, and Peter made it with very few changes. The process is usually four or five months for real brides, and he did it lickety-split.

Mimi reveals she and the shows wonderful full-time seamstress created Catherines dress in-house.

Hopefully that seamstress was one of the crew members who ate the three-tier wedding cake by Cake and Art in Los Angeles after filming finished Nicole cant remember if it even made it into the episode!

Nicole reveals this wedding has special significance for the team: The reception took place at Meredith and Dereks house, which we called the The Dream House. It was the last time we ever filmed on that set.

[Caterina Scorsone] was secretly pregnant, so I had to choose a loose silhouette, because nobody [from the show] knew she was pregnant besides Shonda and me, Mimi reveals.

Amelia is so strong, but she has broken parts, so we tried on a lot of dresses to find something that wasnt too girly, wasnt too precious, but that was also beautiful and honored the day for her.

Mimi also says she had to make two other versions of the same dresses one for the rainy scenes of the Season 12 finale and one for the Season 13 premiere when Caterinas pregnancy was much further along.

The production team at Greys Anatomy including set decorator Nicole Cramer, former set decorator Karen Bruck, and costume designer Mimi Melgaard knows how to put on a helluva wedding, especially 13 seasons into the ABC drama.

I'm not a wedding planner, but we always joke that I could be after how many weddings weve done, Nicole tells Cosmopolitan.

Everyones always shocked when they find out weve put a wedding together in 10 days, Mimi adds. Were kind of used to it.

Read on for the behind-the-scenes secrets the women shared, and tune in as Greys Anatomy Season 13 airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m ET on ABC.

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Oscar Wilde believed Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. Upon viewing the accompanying video animation of the anatomical relationships of Pectoralis Major and Minor created by Dr. Raf Ratinam, I became truly inspired.

Inspired to write an article, even two. Inspired by the mastery of the complexity of the human formand, an artists understanding of it. Inspired to explore the possibilities of the endless meaningful and powerful ways to impact my chosen field of medicine. Ways that involve navigating traditional and outside-of-the-box realms. All carrying the potential to change the world.

So, I will let you be the judge of whether life influenced art or art influenced life. Isnt that the purpose of such endeavors anyway? To question. To propel. To push the envelope and advance thought. To spark innovation.

Anatomy is complex. Its intricate labyrinth is the source of our capacity to grasp and turn a door knob. Walk down the street. Carry on conversation. Compete in escalating physical and intellectual endeavors. Each well-positioned nerve, vessel and organ permits our ability to function and thrive.

Comprehension of 3D planes and a firm grasp of spatial relations is requisite to depicting it let alone performing advanced surgeries. But, those surgeons start somewhere and it isnt the operating room. Books and simulations and ever-advancing technologies are speedily disrupting the field whether it be in medical education or biomedical engineering, to name a few. The future is bright and without limitation.

As you can tell, my outlook was expanded and energized by this artists work. So, I reached out to him via social media to learn more about his path and plans. Dr. Ratinam was working as an animator (or artist) with the goal of getting a job at a company like Pixar (he loves Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles). Then, he was offered a place in Graduate Medicine at the University of Melbourne, obtaining his medical degree in 2009. After graduating, he became a surgical resident at Monash Health in Victoria, Australia. Now, he is pursuing his PhD in 3D Printing/Anatomy at The Centre for Human Anatomy Education Faculty of Medicine, Monash University.

According to Dr. Ratinam, his current academic focus looks at the potential uses of three-dimensional printing in surgery and surgical (simulation) training. We are looking at 3-D printing technology and seeing if it can be potentially altered to better suit its use in anatomy and surgical teaching. Through the Anatomy and Developmental Biology Department, he is assessing the usefulness of such technology in hand surgery. Formally trained in 2-D and 3-D computer animation, he works on a casual basis as a surgical illustrator creating 2D/3D illustrations and animations for consultant surgeons.

To appreciate the wide spectrum of opportunity such an integrated background can yield, review his publication in Innovations: Technology & Techniques in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery by the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. He was a co-author and drew the rendering that explains Modified Tightening for Figure-of-Eight Sternal Wiring Closure.

With certain open heart surgeries, the sternumthe bony column in the center of ones chestis drilled through from top to bottom. Unless you have been in those operative cases (which I have during a cardiothoracic surgical rotation years ago), a drawing like the one in that journal is invaluable and informative.

Teaching medical students particularly in human anatomy is Dr. Ratinams passion. Ultimately, his goal is to become an academic surgeon who is highly involved in the teaching of future doctors and surgeons and being involved in advancements in surgical simulation technology. I also have a strong interest in new virtual reality technologies. Additionally, his main aim for the rest of my professional life is to create an Atlas of Anatomy while becoming a general or plastic surgeon. Makes sense.

Enjoy his various pieces interwoven throughout this article (the other video is a portrait of Daenerys from Game of Thrones). Dr. Ratinam reminds us that there are many routes into any career path these days which is great. I feel that it brings people with unique skillsets into the classroom or clinic.

Though his unique educational background and training propel him to innumerable career choices, it is possible to be a surgical or medical illustrator without needing to go to medical school. Check back tomorrow where I discuss how to pursue that course in the United States in my follow-up article, 5 Fun Ways to Impact Medicine (Without Needing Medical School).

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Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from the previous weeks Columbus Crew SC match.

For Week 7 on the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Ola Kamaras 37th minute tap-in goal that put Crew SC level with Toronto FC at 1-1, as part of the 2-1 win on Saturday.

Heres a look at the finish from the Columbus striker.

In the 20th minute, Jozy Altidore put Toronto in the lead with a headed goal off a Victor Vazquez corner kick. Toronto controlled much of the first 37 minutes, but Columbus begun to settle down and get back into this match.

Kamaras equalizing goal begins with a TFC throw in. Toronto left center-back Justin Morrow had three options in the above photo: center midfielder Michael Bradley, left midfielder Raheem Edwards, and center midfielder Armando Cooper. An unmarked Bradley was probably the best option, but Morrow instead opted to make a short throw to Cooper. Morrows throw barely reached Cooper, who was easily dispossessed by Crew SC winger Niko Hansen.

Above, notice that Crew SC attacking midfielder Federico Higuain is moving ahead of Morrow even before Hansen receives the bad throw in.

Having received Morrows errant throw in, Hansen plays a quick, safe ball to Higuain. Like many goals, the Crew SC equalizer hangs multiple decisions. This finish is the direct result of the Black & Gold rookie making multiple good choices in his first start for the Columbus.

Here, Hansen could have played a quick square ball to Artur or a longer pass to Kamara, but he instead leaned on Crew SCs veteran playmaker and that decision resulted in the goal.

Immediately after Hansen passes to Higuain, he makes an overlapping run along the touchline, dragging Morrow with him. Higuain now has three options: an early through ball to a goal-bound Kamara; a difficult square pass, around Bradley, to Justin Meram; or to slowdown his run and make a pass to the overlapping Hansen.

Seeing Hansen beat Morrow, Cooper shifts off of Higuain and onto the winger. This small movement opens up a passing lane behind Cooper, and into the path of the speedy Hansen.

Niko continues his run at full pace, and Higuain plays an inch-perfect through ball behind Cooper and into the path of the Crew SC winger. Hansens speed sends him goal-bound with space between him and the next defender.

Having received the ball and beaten both Morrow and Cooper, Hansen now has three options. He can continue his dribble forward and force Toronto center-back, and Ohio native, Nick Hagglund to pick him up; he could play a difficult pass to Kamara, who would potentially have a shot on goal; or, he could play an easy pass into the path of Meram.

The Crew SC winger makes the wise decision to continue his dribble, driving himself closer to the goal and forcing Hagglund to leave Kamara, who is running the channel between the Toronto center backs, and open up space for a pass to the striker.

Again, Hansen has a decision to make. He could pass the ball into the path of Kamara, who is onside and heading toward the goal or he could play into the path of Meram, who is unmarked but somewhat shielded by Michael Bradley.

From this angle on the same play, you can better see why Hansen made the correct decision to slot the ball into Kamara. Here you can see that Bradley might have been able to get to a pass to Meram and that Kamara was onside and only marked from behind.

Hansen makes the decision to send Kamara in on goal with a pass through the legs of Hagglund. Notice that Hansen plays this ball on the ground rather than sending in a lofted cross. The distance to goal and angle here obviously ask for a low pass, but Crew SC teams of the past have tended to play those goal-entry-passes in the air, to the ghost of 2015s Kei Kamara.

From this angle, its hard to tell whether the Crew SC striker is onside.

From the side, its clear that Kamara has slowed his run just enough to stay onside. Rather than maintain his defensive run on Kamara, Toronto center-back Eriq Zavaleta has decided to drop off of the Crew SC striker, hastily trying to make an offside claim while also covering the onrushing Meram.

As Hansens pass speeds beneath Hagglunds legs, you can see that Merams continued run has put Zavaleta into the unenviable position of having to cover two players at once. Again, instead of staying with Kamara, Zavaleta halfheartedly pleads for offside while putting himself into the path of Meram.

Kamara receives the ball in the perfect position to tie the game up for Crew SC.

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How has Grey's Anatomy managed to survive without badass cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Cristina Yang for the last three seasons? Well, the popular medical drama has devoted quite some time to exploring Meredith's often precarious yet devoted sisterly bonds to Maggie and Amelia. As much as we love this new dynamic, there's no one quite like Mer's unapologetic soul sister or "person," as Mer puts it. From the pilot episode to Cristina's departure in season 10, Meredith and Cristina grow together, rising through the ranks from clueless interns to fearless attendings as they support each other through the worst of times. And we really do mean the worst of times: shootings, plane crashes, you name it.

Last Summer, Sandra Oh, the talented actress behind Cristina, sparked some hope in Grey's fans. She tweeted a picture with her Grey's Anatomy ex-husband Kevin McKidd, who plays trauma surgeon Dr. Owen Hunt, and former Grey's Anatomy screenwriter Tony Phelan.

Was it a merely a benign gathering of old chums, or were they discussing some Grey's business? It's most likely the former, but no one ever really knows when it comes to Shondaland. After all, the show has featured cameos from past main cast actors, like Kate Walsh and Isaiah Washington. On the matter of Cristina's return, McKidd casually commented in a recent interview that he'd "love it if she came back," and that he thinks "she might eventually for fun, for maybe a couple of episodes."

With Amelia and Owen's marriage on the rocks in season 13, some of us are speculating that Oh may return to add a plot twist or some unprecedented drama. Cristina is killing it in her career right now in Switzerland, and we couldn't be happier for her . . . but we wouldn't necessarily object to her return.

While promoting her new comedy film Catfight on Access Hollywood Live, Oh said that she doesn't think she'll come back to Grey's Anatomy, but gave a more evasive and uncertain answer about the possibility of returning for the series finale. Hinting that she had previously talked to showrunner Shonda Rhimes about it, Oh said: "I just don't know. It would just have to feel right." That's not a no!

We don't definitively know whether or not Cristina will be coming back, but if Oh does come back, it'll likely be a cameo or guest star appearance rather than a recurring role. If you miss seeing Oh on prime-time television, she'll be guest starring as a social worker in a three-episode story arc in the ABC series American Crime. For now, we'll just be rewatching throwback Grey's episodes and crying over this brilliant character brought to life by Oh's tour-de-force performance.

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The upcoming Tigard Mask and Mirror production is billed as a 'children's play for adults.'

Sarah Ominski brought the play "Anatomy of Gray," by Jim Leonard Jr., with her on a beach vacation about a year and a half ago. Before she even finished reading the opening dedication, she was hooked.

"I get teary-eyed just thinking about it," said Ominski, who is directing the upcoming production of "Anatomy of Gray" for Mask and Mirror Community Theater in Tigard.

That dedication was about Leonard's friend John Geter, an actor who died of AIDS in the early 1990s. Leonard tried to write something for his friend shortly after his death, but found it too difficult so he put the project away for about 10 years, until he was finally prompted by a dream to finish "Anatomy of Gray."

Both Leonard and Geter were from small Midwestern towns, and Geter's family and hometown neighbors found it difficult to accept the cause of his death, because AIDS was then seen as disease specific to gay men.

"They were upset that he was dying," Ominski said, "yet they were disturbed what he was dying from."

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Henry Cohen, Staff Writer April 17, 2017

Human dependency on the smartphone has become an accepted part of life in the first world. iPhone Separation Anxiety is a very real effect of being deprived of your smartphone for extended periods of time. Trivial as it may sound, not having your phone within reach can result in higher blood pressure, increased heart rate, worsened anxiety and poor cognitive performance, according to Psychology Today.

In a CBS Newsinterview, addictive behavior psychologist Dr. Harris Stratyner said that many people subconsciously treat smartphones as an extension of their bodies. We can literally feel almost as if we are disembodied from an extension of ourselves, Stratyner said, We dont feel the same ability to be individuals that we are with our iPhone, because we have become so dependent on that being a part of our knowledge base. Smartphones have become a huge part of how as much as 77 percent of American adults, according to a Pew Research Center 2017 study, interact with the world. They perfect our perception of time, give us full access to the wealth of human knowledge that is the internet, remind us of appointments, communicate with anyone, anywhere, at any time they can even tell us what the weather is going to be tomorrow at 3 p.m. In short, they are enhancements to our human abilities that manifest themselves in a slim block of metal and glass.

It may be difficult to see the iPhone as a true part of the human anatomy, but it is no different than a prosthetic leg or glass eye. It is always at hand, not physically a part of us but rarely apart from our person in much the same way that a prosthetic leg can be removed but is a part of the body when it is attached. Both the leg and smartphone serve to make up for some deficiency in the person who uses them. In the case of the prosthetic, it is the lack of a leg, while in the case of the phone, it is mans inability to naturally perform tasks such as taking photos and playing music wherever they are.

Transhumanist thinkers like Zoltan Istvan and Daniel Dennett have long advocated for and predicted the rise of a new brand of humanity, one enhanced by technology such that we can effectively accelerate our own evolution. While some outspoken critics like Francis Fukuyama have decried the dangers of transhumanism, this process is clearly already underway. Is having all earthly knowledge at our fingertips comparable to having a superpower? What about a human who can participate in a dozen text conversations at once spanning hundreds of miles in an instant? The smartphone represents the first and most successful step towards an entirely new variety of human, one that is almost a different species from those that came before and is capable of anything.

Opinions expressed on the editorial pages are not necessarily those of WSN, and our publication of opinions is not an endorsement of them. A version of this article appeared in the Monday, April 17 print edition.

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You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I am a fan of Greys Anatomy and have watched it from the beginning. In all the operating-room scenes, the scrub nurse is a constant. Is she a technical adviser or someone special to the cast?

A: That role, of nurse Bokhee, is played by a woman also named Bokhee. Former Greys co-star Sandra Oh pointed out in a tweet several years ago that Bokhee has also been a surgical nurse in real life. Added Oh: Shes like my second mom, shes the best.

Q: I thought this year would feature a season finale for Doc Martin. Whats up?

A: I get a lot of questions about the whereabouts British series Doc Martin, which operates on one of those British well-make-more-when-were-ready schedules. Heres what recent reports have indicated: There will be two more seasons. An eighth, which began production in March, will air overseas later in 2017 before coming to the U.S. airwaves late this year or early in 2018. Then the show will take a break to prepare for a ninth season which, at this writing, expects to be the series last. That ninth season will air in the U.K. in 2019 and here in 2020.

Q: How did the song for I Married Joan go? It was a 50s sitcom with Jim Backus and Joan Davis. I remember I married Joan/What a girl/What a whirl/What a wife ... You cant deny/Thats why I married Joan.

A: I Married Joan originally aired from 1952 to 1955 and starred Backus and Davis as husband and wife; it was in the vein of I Love Lucy, which had premiered in 1951. You can find old episodes on YouTube, which is how I gathered these song lyrics: I married Joan/What a girl, what a whirl, what a life./Oh, I married Joan/What a mind, love is blind, what a wife./Giddy and gay, all day she keeps my heart laughin/Never know where her brain has flown./To each his own/Cant deny thats why I married Joan.

Q: Could you please tell me who the new Georgia Gold KFC Col. Sanders is?

A: That would be the actor Billy Zane. You may remember his villainous turn in Titanic.

Q: Please tell me about Ken Wahl, who was on the TV show Wiseguy. Ive been watching the reruns, and what a great show! When was it on, and where is Ken Wahl now?

A: Wiseguy originally aired on CBS from 1987 to 1990. Wahl, now 62, played Vinnie Terranova, an undercover fed pretending to be a mobster. Jonathan Banks, more recently seen on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, was Vinnies handler. As good as they could be, the show was also known for its narrative arcs stories continued over several episodes and for its casting, including a then-little-known Kevin Spacey as a villain.

No fan of Hollywood, Wahl had a reputation for being difficult and left the show before its final season (Steven Bauer became the new wiseguy); he returned as Vinnie for a TV movie in 1996, but thats his last listed acting credit on the Internet Movie Database. According to a story in the Huffington Post in 2013, Wahl suffered a broken neck and severe spinal injury in 1992 following a fall down a flight of stairs after a romantic dalliance. (Wahl initially claimed he had had a motorcycle accident, keeping the dalliance secret.) The injuries left him in so much pain, even after operations, which he told the Post were botched, that his acting career was cut short.

More recently he has done some work on behalf of several charities he supports ? as you can see in his tweets as @KenWahl1. You may also want to look for some of his movies, especially The Wanderers and Fort Apache, The Bronx.

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In the episode Leave It Inside April and Andrew consult with a fiery patient who has a giant, inoperable heart tumor. Meanwhile, Alex and Eliza are at odds over the treatment of a young patient, and Stephanie and Ben make decisions that could affect their careers, on Greys Anatomy, THURSDAY, MAY 4 (8:00-9:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network.

Greys Anatomy stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery, Sarah Drew as April Kepner, Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd, Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson, Jerrika Hinton as Stephanie Edwards, Kelly McCreary as Maggie Pierce, Jason George as Ben Warren, Martin Henderson as Nathan Riggs and Giacomo Gianniotti as Andrew DeLuca.

Greys Anatomy was created and is executive produced by Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder), Betsy Beers (Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder) and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan). William Harper, Stacy McKee, Zoanne Clack and Debbie Allen are executive producers. Greys Anatomy is produced by ABC Studios.

Guest Starring is Marika Dominczyk as Eliza Minnick.

Leave It Inside was written by Elisabeth R. Finch and directed by Zetna Fuentes.

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You probably don't know Alan Menken's name, but you do know his songs.

The acclaimed composer and songwriter is the hidden face behind some of Disney's most iconic musicals, including Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

His body of work has earned him eight Oscars and 16 Golden Globes, and he's not done yet.

Mr Menken is currently in Australia for the premiere of the stage musical of Aladdin and will head home soon to work on the upcoming live action film version of the story.

So how does he create a Disney song? And what is the process for bringing a fledgling idea all the way to the big screen?

The first thing to know is that for most Disney animations the musical dramatists aka the songwriters are brought in by the studio first.

"That's something people don't know," Mr Menken told ABC News Breakfast.

"Disney will say, 'We want to tell this story' and then we say, 'OK, how do we do it?'.

"Generally you go from the basic story, to the basic structure of telling the story, to what musical style you're going to use to tell the story with, where the songs lie in that structure, then one by one tackle those songs."

Once the musical dramatists have those key song ideas in place, then the script and the story board is put together.

Then it's up to Mr Menken and the songwriters to work with the animation team to bring the songs to life.

The musical number A Whole New World was a hit on the 1992 Aladdin cartoon and went on to win the Academy Award for best original song as well as the Grammy for song of the year.

When it came to creating that song, Mr Menken said the music came first, then the lyrics, and then finally a discussion was had about the visuals.

"We ask: Is it going to be a montage? Are they going to sing to each other? What are we seeing visually in it?"

"And it's a collaboration again with the animators about what is actually happening [on screen]."

According to Mr Menken, a good song should combine with good visuals to hold the film together.

He said that while the composer and animators almost always collaborated well, sometimes their focus would be in different areas.

"In animation sometimes they'll be concentrating on a visual they really want to do and we'll be concentrating on a plot point we really want to push forward in order to support a song and there can be a little bit of creative collaboration.

"It's almost never contentious.

"There are also times when I'll say, 'You know what? We need this score and this project needs this kind of song'.

"And then we'll say, 'OK we're going to write that song and then once that's done you look at that and come back about how you're going to alter the visuals'."

A range of live action musical remakes of the original films have been coming out in recent years and include some of the original songs and many more are due for release, including Aladdin and The Lion King.

But after 50 years in the business Mr Menken has learnt a key lesson:

Having written more than 40 musicals Mr Menken has developed a pretty good feel for the business.

"I invite opinions but I have a pretty good sense of when it's right," he said.

"But I learnt a long time ago never to get invested in any song that I write.

"Because it's not a matter of the quality, it's simply about the nature of the song and whether it really hits the sweet spot for the people you're collaborating with."

This professional distance means that despite the awards, Mr Menken tries not to celebrate or mourn any of his songs too much.

"For me, you just keep writing new ones and when people like it, hey be grateful for it," he said.

And when it comes to seeing his musical numbers on the big screen for the first time?

"I feel good. I feel like I've done my job."

It's all about hitting that sweet spot, according to Mr Menken, even if he can't always predict what that will be.

"I've had songs that I thought were kind of a dumb song, but it just hit the sweet spot," he said.

"Like there was a song in [2010 animated film] Tangled called I Got A Dream.

"People love that song, but to me it's like, 'Oh my God it's a dumb song, but it works'."

More recently, Mr Menken has been tasked with writing new songs for classic Disney stories.

He collaborated on this year's live action Beauty and the Beast and wrote three new songs that fleshed out the new adaptation.

He said he wasn't upset if some fans of the original didn't immediately warm to the additions.

"I know that it will grow over time and the movie holds together," he said.

"And if the movie holds together the songs are doing their job.

"I liken myself to being an architect. I design structures that others will build and live in."

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