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'This Should Scare the Hell Out of You': Photo of Greenland Sled Dog Teams Walking on Melted Water Goes Viral
By Jon Queally
In yet the latest shocking image depicting just how fast the world's natural systems are changing due to the global climate emergency, a photograph showing a vast expanse of melted Arctic ice in Greenland — one in which a pair of sled dog teams appear to be walking on water — has gone viral.
The photo, taken by researcher Steffen Olsen from the Centre for Ocean and Ice at the Danish Meteorological Institute just last week, showed two teams of dogs pulling sleds designed for ice and snow through ankle-deep water atop a melted ice sheet in the country's Inglefield Bredning fjord.
@SteffenMalskaer got the difficult task of retrieving our oceanographic moorings and weather station on sea ice in… https://t.co/Wdp9QPfZ3w— Rasmus Tonboe (@Rasmus Tonboe)1560513947.0
"This is beautiful the way fiery balls of lava are beautiful: deadly," said freelance writer Robin Hamilton in response to the photograph.
Olsen was part of an expedition sent to the region to retrieve research equipment, but as the Washington Post reported the team encountered much more melting than anticipated: "Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the Greenland ice sheet appears to have witnessed its biggest melt event so early in the season on record this week (although a few other years showed similar mid-June melting)."
As journalist John Iadarola tweeted, the photo — despite having a majestic quality — represents a terrifying symbol of a world that is rapidly warming:
Greenland was FORTY degrees above normal. This should scare the hell out of you. This is not a problem for future… https://t.co/qLxK3FYRsd— John Iadarola (@John Iadarola)1560806770.0
As Common Dreams reported last week, Arctic regions — from Alaska to Greenland — are experiencing record temperatures and much earlier summer melting compared to previous years.
This spring, Greenland is melting 3x faster even than in the early phases of the global warming era. https://t.co/GlWf7cT8kJ— Bill McKibben (@Bill McKibben)1560844160.0
Writing for Oil Change International on Tuesday, environmental writer Andy Rowell warned that "Arctic scientists are speaking out with increasing alarm at what they are seeing, and as they keep repeating 'what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic.'"
Citing the dog sled photo and other evidence that continues to pile up, Rowell wrote, "The news coming out of the Arctic over the last few days is further evidence of our rapidly evolving climate emergency, which has ramifications for all of us."
Reposted with permission from our media associate Common Dreams.
Fossil Fuel Industry Feasted on COVID-19 Relief Programs, Report Reveals
By Bret Wilkins
In a year in which the United States has already suffered 16 climate-driven extreme weather events causing more than $1 billion in economic damages, and as millions of American workers face loss of essential unemployment benefits due to congressional inaction, a report published Monday reveals the Trump administration has given fossil fuel companies as much as $15.2 billion in direct relief — and tens of billions more indirectly — through federal COVID-19 recovery programs since March.
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10 Organizations Honoring Native Peoples' History and Future on Thanksgiving
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As Thanksgiving approaches, some Indigenous organizations and activists caution against perpetuating further injustices towards Native communities. Indigenous activist Mariah Gladstone, for example, encourages eaters to celebrate the harvest time in ways that do not involve stereotypes and pilgrim stories.
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More than half the bacteria in the human gut microbiome are sensitive to glyphosate, the mostly commonly used herbicide in the world, reported scientists this month in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
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President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday that former Secretary of State John Kerry will sit on his National Security Council (NSC) as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

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Seagrass: Another Vital Carbon-Sequestering Ecosystem Threatened by Climate Change
By Melissa Gaskill
Two decades ago scientists and volunteers along the Virginia coast started tossing seagrass seeds into barren seaside lagoons. Disease and an intense hurricane had wiped out the plants in the 1930s, and no nearby meadows could serve as a naturally dispersing source of seeds to bring them back.
Restored seagrass beds in Virginia now provide habitat for hundreds of thousands of scallops. Bob Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science / CC BY 2.0
The paper is part of a growing trend of evidence suggesting seagrass meadows can be easier to restore than other coastal habitats.

Successful seagrass-restoration methods include transplanting shoots, mechanized planting and, more recently, biodegradable mats. Removing threats, proximity to donor seagrass beds, planting techniques, project size and site selection all play roles in a restoration effort's success.

Human assistance isn't always necessary, though. In areas where some beds remain, seagrass can even recover on its own when stressors are reduced or removed. For example, seagrass began to recover when Tampa Bay improved its water quality by reducing nitrogen loads from runoff by roughly 90%.

But more and more, seagrass meadows struggle to hang on.

The marine flowering plants have declined globally since the 1930s and currently disappear at a rate equivalent to a football field every 30 minutes, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. And research published in 2018 found the rate of decline is accelerating in many regions.

The causes of decline vary and overlap, depending on the region. They include thermal stress from climate change; human activities such as dredging, anchoring and coastal infrastructure; and intentional removal in tourist areas. In addition, increased runoff from land carries sediment that clouds the water, blocking sunlight the plants need for photosynthesis. Runoff can also carry contaminants and nutrients from fertilizer that disrupt habitats and cause algal blooms.

All that damage comes with a cost.

The Value of Seagrass
As with ecosystems like rainforests and mangroves, loss of seagrass increases carbon dioxide emissions. And that spells trouble not just for certain habitats but for the whole planet.

Although seagrass covers at most 0.2% of the seabed, it accounts for 10% of the ocean's capacity to store carbon and soils, and these meadows store carbon dioxide an estimated 30 times faster than most terrestrial forests. Slow decomposition rates in seagrass sediments contribute to their high carbon burial rates. In Australia, according to research by scientists at Edith Cowan University, loss of seagrass meadows since the 1950s has increased carbon dioxide emissions by an amount equivalent to 5 million cars a year. The United Nations Environment Programme reports that a 29% decline in seagrass in Chesapeake Bay between 1991 and 2006 resulted in an estimated loss of up to 1.8 million tons of carbon.

Eelgrass in the river delta at Prince William Sound, Alaska. Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA / NMFS / AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg / NOAA / NMFS / AKFSC
Seagrasses also protect costal habitats. A healthy meadow slows wave energy, reduces erosion and lowers the risk of flooding. In Morro Bay, California, a 90% decline in the seagrass species known as eelgrass caused extensive erosion, according to a paper from researchers at California Polytechnic State University.

"Right away, we noticed big patterns in sediment loss or erosion," said lead author Ryan Walter. "Many studies have shown this on individual eelgrass beds, but very few studies looked at it on a systemwide scale."

In the tropics, seagrass's natural protection can reduce the need for expensive and often-environmentally unfriendly beach nourishments regularly conducted in tourism areas.

Seagrass ecosystems improve water quality and clarity, filtering particles out of the water column and preventing resuspension of sediment. This role could be even more important in the future. By producing oxygen through photosynthesis, meadows could help offset decreased oxygen levels caused by warmer water temperatures (oxygen is less soluble in warm than in cold water).

The meadows also provide vital habitat for a wide variety of marine life, including fish, sea turtles, birds, marine mammals such as manatees, invertebrates and algae. They provide nursery habitat for roughly 20% of the world's largest fisheries — an estimated 70% of fish habitats in Florida alone.

Conversely, their disappearance can contribute to die-offs of marine life. The loss of more than 20 square miles of seagrass in Florida's Biscayne Bay may have helped set the stage for a widespread fish kill in summer 2020. Lack of grasses to produce oxygen left the basin more vulnerable when temperatures rose and oxygen levels dropped as a result, says Florida International University professor Piero Gardinali.

Damaged Systems, a Changing Climate
Governments and conservationists around the world have already put a lot of effort into coastal restoration efforts. And that's helped some seagrass populations.

Where stressors remain, though, restoration grows more complicated. Research published this September found that only 37% of seagrass restorations have survived. Newly restored meadows remain vulnerable to the original stressors that depleted them, as well as to storms — and climate change.

Seagrass in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. Alicia Wellman / Florida Fish and Wildlife / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
In Chesapeake Bay a cold-water species of seagrass is currently hitting its heat limit, especially in summer, according to Alexander Challen Hyman of University of Florida's School of Natural Resources and Environment. As waters continue to warm due to climate change, the species likely will disappear there.

Climate-driven sea-level rise complicates the problem as well. Seagrasses thrive at specific depths — too shallow and they dry out or are eaten, too deep and there isn't enough light for photosynthesis.


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Nordstrom Acquires Flash Sales Site HauteLook for Up to $270 Million
Nordstrom has agreed to acquire four-year-old HauteLook, marking the department store's first foray into online private sales.
Nordstrom will acquire the company for $180 million in stock. However, the transaction size could jump to as much as $270 million over time if the company meets certain performance goals and vesting requirements for the existing management team.
At that price, the transaction gives a lot of weight to a burgeoning new area of e-commerce, fueled by private/flash sales and other group-buying trends.
Los Angeles-based HauteLook offers discounts of 50 to 75 percent off home, beauty, travel and local services for women, men and kids. In the last two years, HauteLook says it has conducted 2,500 private sales events for 1,000 high-profile brands.
Seattle-based Nordstrom said HauteLook will operate as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary, to be managed by its current leadership. The HauteLook brand and Web site will remain separate from Nordstrom, and there are plenty of incentives to keep the management team in place.
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StarCraft 2: "nobody is close to figuring the game out yet"
Blizzard is keeping a close eye on StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm for any potential balancing issues, but says, as yet, players haven't fully explored the game's new units.
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Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm will retain as much of Wings of Liberty's balance as Blizzard can manage, while giving some love to under-powered units, the developer has revealed.
Blizzard: "We are definitely open to cutting units" in Starcraft II
Blizzard's David Kim indicates the team is more than happy to axe new units if they create balancing issues in the game.
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Spring sprung early in 2012, breaking records across the lower 48 states, a new study finds.
In some places across the central and eastern United States, plants started greening up 20 to 30 days ahead of historical averages that year, the research found. But that early greening wasn't necessarily good: Early spring bloomers were susceptible to late frosts, said study researcher Julio Betancourt, a geoscientist at the U.S. Geological Survey. Michigan alone lost $500 million in fruit from frost-damaged trees.
"It happened all over," Betancourt told LiveScience.
The start of spring
March 2012 was already known to be unusually warm. The month broke or tied more than 7,000 temperature records across the United States. Betancourt and his colleagues examined a different measure: the spring index.
The spring index is a measure of vegetation's spring revival, based on observations stretching back to 1900. Many of these observations are spotty, but since the 1950s, scientists, agriculturalists and citizen observers have collected budding and blooming data on lilacs and honeysuckles.
These plants are handy indicators of spring, for a few reasons. First of all, they are grown in yards and watered by people, so their responses can generally be attributed to temperatures, not to water or lack thereof. Lilacs and honeysuckles also track well with the blooming of other plants, from Anjou pears in Oregon to peaches and dogwoods in South Carolina, Betancourt said. [ 6 Signs That Spring Has Sprung ]
Finally, lilacs and honeysuckles reproduce by cloning, meaning that changing genetics don't influence observations over time.
"You're basically looking at the same individuals at different sites over large areas across the country," Betancourt said.
In areas where there are no lilac or honeysuckle observations, researchers can use computer models to determine how greening up would be going if the plants were nearby, as long as the researchers know daily minimum and maximum temperatures. Combined with satellite data showing the "green wave" of vegetation emerging in the spring, the spring index can measure spring's beginning each year. (By the calendar, spring begins in late March as the spring equinox. But meteorological spring, the quarter of the year between the coldest quarter, winter, and the warmest quarter, summer, varies in onset.)
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Spring 2012 was an early riser, the researchers reported May 14 in the journal Eos. The season came particularly early to the western Great Lakes region and the northeastern United States, where leaves budded more than 20 days earlier than average. (The greenery was cut short starting in June, when a drought set in that turned green into brown throughout the western Great Lakes region and the Corn Belt across the country's midsection.)
"It's been a fairly strange time, and the variance is really high," Betancourt said. "We had this big heat wave and drought in Texas in the summer of 2011, and then we had this unusual record-early spring and record-setting temperatures in March of 2012. Then, that was followed by drought throughout the West and in the Plains. Now, here we are again, and this March was actually an unusually cold spring in the Southeast across to Europe."
The early spring in 2012 was prompted by a dome of high pressure that migrated off the Atlantic onto the eastern United States in late December 2011 and early January 2012, and just stayed put, Betancourt said. This year's cooler spring in the Southeast and Europe is caused by changes in atmospheric patterns all the way up in the Arctic, which result in a "wavy" jet stream injecting cool air southward, he said.
And what is the role of climate change in all this weather weirdness? Betancourt isn't sure.
"It looks to me like there's convincing evidence that events like that can easily be spun out of natural variability," he said. On the other hand, the regional variations seen across the country are probably the result of both natural climate variability and the atmospheric changes caused by climate change, he said.
"Trying to separate whether or not environmental change is caused by natural processes or human impact is one of the most difficult questions — really difficult to disentangle," Betancourt said. "I think we'll continue to struggle with it."
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Anna's Home Will Go to Highest Bidder
TMZ has learned the owners of the house in which Howard K. Stern is living are putting the property on the market for a cool $10 million!
Horizons, the Bahamian oceanfront estate in which Anna Nicole lived, was purchased back in October by South Carolina real estate mogul G. Ben Thompson for $950,000.
TMZ has obtained an attorney's letter written to Thompson and his son-in-law, S. Ford Shelley, which states that they have "a good and marketable title to that property... " and there is, "a duly executed and stamped conveyance in your favour."
TMZ has learned Thompson and Shelly are currently interviewing brokerage firms worldwide -- firms that are interested in winning the listing.
In short, it appears Thompson and Shelly have a right to sell the property, which may have skyrocketed in value because of the incredible publicity surrounding the Smith saga. Sources say Stern himself believes the property is worth $10 mil.
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Essentially, the RoboReel is a $279 retractable extension cord, but it's a very cool $279 retractable extension cord. Allow me to explain.
Physically, Great Stuff's spherical RoboReel is about the size of a basketball, its bright safety-orange color completing the illusion. The plastic main unit is held in place by a metal frame, also orange, with a black nonslip coating applied where it will come into contact with the floor.
The main sphere can tilt up and down by a considerable amount -- about 180 degrees of freedom if you've got the clearance. The sphere is split into two hemispheres, a bottom half that is fixed and a top half that can swivel freely through 360 degrees of rotation.
Hanging out of a small opening in the top hemisphere is the 12-gauge power cable, which can be pulled and freely extended to its maximum reach of 50 feet. At the business end of the cable is what I'm calling a "terminal head" that features three standard power outlets and a central power button.
The RoboReel sphere itself has a power button top-center of its free-spinning hemisphere. The bottom hemisphere features another power cable that terminates in a male 120-volt U.S.-standard power connection and is where the RoboReel connects to a powered outlet.
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Rather than use a spring retraction mechanism to return the cable to the spherical unit, the RoboReel makes use of a 180-volt electric motor. This, combined with some rudimentary intelligence provided by its electronics, gives the RoboReel a few advantages over loose cabling or conventional crank- or spring-retracted cable-coiling systems.
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Homemade applesauce and apple butter are wonderful treats for any age, and my boys particularly love them. I grew up enjoying my grandparent's homemade apple butter, which they faithfully canned for many years. They are both gone now, and I never did get the recipe from them, but I keep hoping that a relative will suddenly announce that they've found the long lost family recipe and kindly share it with me. Family heirlooms like that should be preserved (pun intended).
This particular recipe is adapted from a new cookbook that I'm reviewing (coming tomorrow), Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont. The cookbook is rich with recipes from the famous Vermont farm estate, now a national historic site and non-profit environmental education center.
The recipe is in two parts, so if you want to just make applesauce, simply stop after Part 1. Both the sauce and the butter start the same way, by tossing apple slices with apple cider, maple syrup, and cinnamon sticks in a large roasting pan, then baking for 30 to 45 minutes. The aroma of the cooking apples is intoxicating, though ultimately for me there wasn't enough cinnamon flavor in the apple butter base, so I added more cinnamon along with other spices.
In addition to refrigerating or freezing, you can also can the apple butter using the boiling water method. Instructions below.
The homemade applesauce made me desire to only eat this kind of applesauce for the rest of my life. It is so good. The color comes out rich and golden, not pale like most commercial applesauce. I've never had an apple butter or sauce made with maple syrup, and I was delighted with the flavor. The maple-infused apple butter tasted delicious on our homemade biscuits, and I'm tempted to try it on Ina Garten's Maple Oatmeal Scones. We used a New York maple syrup that Michael's parents brought to us on their last visit, a Grade A Dark Amber, which has a light flavor. A Grade B syrup will give more flavor, and the book recommends using that grade if you can find it. The recipe calls for star anise, but neither Michael nor I enjoy anise flavor, so we skipped it and opted for other flavors in the apple butter.
I made full batches of both applesauce and apple butter because we had plenty of apples from our recent apple-picking excursion to Tarara Winery, but that meant prepping 10 pounds of apples and running all of those cooked apples through the food mill. To speed the prep along, I skipped peeling the apples per the recipe and just cleaned them well and used an apple slicer which cored and divided the apples all in one stroke. That helped a lot on the front end prep. Then before putting the cooked apples into the food mill, I quickly took a potato masher through them, which helped make the texture easier for the food mill to handle. Remember, the food mill is not only for grinding the apples but also separating the peels from the flesh, so taking a minute to mash them up a bit beforehand will likely save you some time later.
If you don't want to bother with the food mill, then you need to peel the apples before roasting, but then you can use a food processor for mashing at the end. Either way, if you've got an extra pair of hands nearby, then ask for help and bribe with homemade applesauce and apple butter!
[Updated January 24, 2010.]
Adapted from Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont, by Melissa Pasanen with Rick Gencarelli.
large, heavy roasting pan
knife or apple slicer
food mill, with fine blade for apple butter or coarse blade for applesauce (optional)
potato masher (optional)
food processor or blender (optional)
5 pounds (2.26 kilos) apples, cored and cut into 8 wedges (Use one of those apple slicers if you have one.)
½ cup (~120 mil) apple cider or natural apple juice
¼ to ½ cup (~60 - 120 mil) maple syrup, depending on the tartness of the apples, Grade B recommended for strongest flavor (Grade B available at Trader Joe's.)
4 whole cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground allspice
1. PART 1 - Preheat the oven to 350° F/175° C.
2. In the large roasting pan, toss the apples with the cider and maple syrup, then lay the cinnamon sticks around in the apples. Roast until the apples are very soft and mash easily, 30 to 45 minutes.
3. Remove the cinnamon sticks. If you left the peels on, mash the apples slightly with a potato masher, then run them through the food mill. Use the fine blade for apple butter and the coarse blade for apple sauce. If you peeled the apples before roasting, then process the cooked apples in a food processor. Applesauce is finished, just set aside to cool, then put into containers and refrigerate or freeze. You can also keep a cup or two of applesauce and turn the rest of the mixture into apple butter, just make sure that the mixture is finely ground so that you get that nice, smooth texture for which apple butter is famous.
4. PART 2 - Reduce oven temperature to 300° F/150° C. Stir the milled apples with any remaining liquid from the roasting pan and the ground cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Add more maple syrup if desired.
5. Spread the mixture into the roasting pan, making sure to spread evenly throughout the pan. Cook in the oven for 1 to 1-½ hours, depending on how much you started with. Stir every 30 minutes, working the edges into the middle. Test for doneness by dropping a spoonful onto a plate. If no liquid is released, then the apple butter is ready.
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Spoon into containers and refrigerate or freeze.
7. CANNING - To can the apple butter, prepare the jars according the directions for boiling water canning. Skip step 6 above (cooling) and add the hot apple butter to the hot jars, leaving ¼-inch (0.5 cm) head space. Remove the air bubbles and adjust the air space by adding more butter if necessary. Make sure head space is precisely ¼-inch (0.5 cm), or the jars will not seal properly. Wipe the rim clean and center the lid on the jar. Screw the band on just until finger tight. Do not over tighten. Process jars according to the boiling water canning directions for 10 minutes with the lid on. Remove the canner lid and wait 5 more minutes, then remove the jars. Allow them to cool completely, then store in a dark location for up to one year.
Both applesauce and apple butter will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or several months in the freezer.
For freezing, I like the Ball® Plastic (8 ounce/16 ounce) Freezer Jars. They are just the right size and they stack easily.
Other fruits to try with apples: pears, plums, apricots, peaches, cranberries.
Other spices to use: star anise, ground ginger, ground cardamom[Disclosure: This blog earns a small commission through affiliate links.]


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Richard Griffiths of "The History Boys" poses for a picture with his Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in Play at the 60th Annual Tony Awards in this Sunday, June 11, 2006 file photo in New York. Griffiths, the British actor who played the boy wizards unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65. Agent Simon Beresford announced Friday March 2013 that Griffiths died Thursday of complications following heart surgery at University Hospital of Coventry in central England. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)


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Al Roker said he filed a complaint with New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission after a yellow cab passed him and his sick son to pick up a "white guy."
In a series of tweets Saturday, the "Today" show meteorologist said he was trying to hail a cab with his 13-year-old son when he was passed by. Roker said the cab pulled up and he was reaching for the door when the driver took off and picked up a white passenger about a block away.
"Filed a complaint today after getting passed up again by a NYC Yellow cab. Cabbie picked up a white guy a block away. Wonder why Uber wins?" Roker said.
Roker tweeted he was trying to hail a cab to get "a sick kid to the dr." He said his son asked why the cab driver passed them over.
"I said, 'Nick, ignorant people make dumb choices,'" Roker tweeted. "This happens to folks of color every day. And while most cabbies do their job, there are those ignorant, racist ones who hurt the others."
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People with idiopathic hypersomnia may suffer either constant or recurrent episodes of extreme sleepiness. There are other causes of extreme sleepiness, such as narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, movement disorders during sleep, and a variety of medications. Chronic sleep deprivation may also cause extreme sleepiness, but in this case getting extra sleep usually alleviates the sleepiness. This is called paying off a sleep debt. Idiopathic hypersomnia, in contrast, persists even after a sleep debt is paid off.
If you are experiencing extreme sleepiness, you should talk to your doctor about the duration and intensity of your symptoms. Your doctor may refer you to a sleep specialist who will take a complete medical history in order to rule out other conditions that may be involved. You may be scheduled to have a sleep study, in which certain criteria must be present for a diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia. They are:
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Energy Management Inc., developer of the Cape Wind project in federal waters off Massachusetts' Cape Cod, and Sea Breeze Energy LLC alerted the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that they might join the bidding later this year to develop wind energy in the 133-square-mile area off Virginia Beach. They join Dominion Virginia Power and seven other energy companies that have already expressed interest.
EMI confirmed it has submitted materials to qualify for participation in the coming auction, "should we choose to do so," a company spokesman said. Sea Breeze, a western Canada company, did not respond to requests for comment.
The development area was carved out of the Atlantic after extended negotiations involving the Navy, Coast Guard and port officials, among others. This section of the coast is one of the busiest on the eastern seaboard. BOEM said the interest by energy companies is gratifying.
"When you finally put forth a proposal for a wind-energy area and you receive this level of interest, then that does confirm that we're offering an area that has commercial interest," said Maureen Bornholdt, BOEM's program manager for renewable programs. "That's a good thing."
Gov. Bob McDonnell's top energy adviser, Maureen Matsen, welcomed the industry interest as well. She said last week it "only confirms the unique value of the wind resource off our coast and the strong support attributes Virginia offers onshore."
Advocates of offshore wind power agree that the relatively shallow waters off Virginia are optimal for development and its port and shipbuilding industry offer an ideal platform to build and launch the towering turbines and blades that convert wind to energy.
"First of all it's a win for the wind industry because they're going to have the trained labor force in place and the ability to use the services of the port," said Jacqueline Savitz, deputy vice president of U.S. campaigns for Oceana, an environmental group. "And it's a win for the commonwealth because it's going to create jobs and it's a win for the environment and clean energy."
Studies have estimated that the development of a wind industry on the outer continental shelf would create in the range of 10,000 jobs in Virginia. The U.S. has virtually no manufacturing base for the big components needed to withstand the ocean environment because much of the industry has been developed elsewhere such as in northern Europe and China.
The creation of an offshore wind industry has been moving forward at a glacial pace in the U.S., but the Interior Department's BOEM has moved to hasten the process and Virginia has also attempted to smooth the way. The state Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, for example, is partnering with BOEM on an ocean bottom survey to map and measure wind speeds and direction, water depths and bird and bat activity. Birds and bats can often die in large numbers from flying into the rotating blades of wind turbines that can rise hundreds of feet above the ocean surface.
The ocean survey is intended to spare developers the preliminary steps needed to create wind farms in offshore tracts. Companies already face daunting costs to develop wind energy.
Richmond-based Dominion has expressed its interest in developing the entire lease area, which it has said has the potential of generating 1,500 to 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough energy to power 500,000 households. Apex Offshore Wind, based in Charlottesville, is another Virginia company that has expressed interest.
Dominion has said it's interested in building up to 400 wind turbines in Atlantic waters, but cautioned that keeping costs down will be the challenge.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects the cost of offshore wind generation in 2016 at about 24 cents per kilowatt-hour generated. Dominion said that's a significantly higher than what its residential customers currently pay for electricity.
Oceana has objected in a filing with BOEM to one company claiming the entire leasing area, which is allowed under federal guidelines.
"Then you get one big energy company that has a lot of money — like Dominion, for example — and they can buy the lease and if they decide not to develop it right away all these other companies are sitting with their arms crossed, waiting," Savitz said. By allowing more than one company to lease in the area, "you don't have all your eggs in one basket."
Bornholdt said BOEM has leasing regulations that would prevent energy companies from "banking" lease areas — acquiring leases but not developing them. A company, however, still has up to five years to provide a construction and operation plan.
The other companies that have expressed interest in the lease area are Arcadia Offshore Virginia, Cirrus Wind Energy Inc., enXco Development Corp., Fishermen's Energy, Iberdrola Renewables and Orisol Energy US Inc.


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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
DON'T Trust Him
It's an act.
7 comments:
- JD said...
But hes so cute....
- October 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Rot said...
You've totally been warned.
- October 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
He looks so sad. This reminds me of the unidentified animal that makes cute hoot/cooing noises as night in my neighborhood. I always joke that it is really a hideous monster that eats people and lures them with an innocent sounding call.
- October 12, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Poor guy....he'll be good, promise.
- October 12, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hmmm....I'd love to see what he becomes if somebody let him out...
- October 12, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
GoneferalinID...I have the same thought! One night, I thought I heard a kitten mewling in a clump of trees outside our apartment.
I put my shoes on to go rescue it...then looked outside again.
It was soooo dark and very creepy, suddenly. The mewling didn't sound quite "right."
I took my shoes off, shut and locked the window, and locked the door.
- October 12, 2010 at 9:45 PM
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I always find so much inspiration at your blog. Thanks for compiling all the great Halloween stuff.
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Some Baseball Pranks . . . Including The Time Kent Mercker Got Me
Tuesday was Ron Johnson's 54th birthday.
It's too bad that he wasn't on a plane with my broadcasting partner Steve Hyder.
For the past five years when RJ was Pawtucket's manager and Hydes was one of the broadcasters, Steve would pull the same gag every time that the PawSox took a flight. Hydes would ask a stewardess to wish passenger Ron Johnson a happy 75th birthday (or a similarly inflated number). Invariably they did, and RJ good-naturedly played along.
Once on a Southwest Airlines flight, the crew even sang, "Happy Birthday."
Now that was funny.
After five years of bogus birthday greetings, RJ finally tired of the gag late last season and Steve stopped making the request rather than annoying his friend.
But it would have been impossible to resist a "Happy Birthday" greeting on the actual day.
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Pranks on a baseball team are a time-honored tradition. Moments after Abner Doubleday supposedly invented baseball, a young farm boy from Cooperstown probably gave him the game's first hot foot.
One gag that never gets old is the three man lift. Here's how it works: A veteran player tells an unsuspecting rookie that he is strong enough to lift three men off of the ground at the same time. The rookie naturally thinks that it's impossible and agrees to be one of the three people that the veteran will attempt to lift. The kid is told to lie on the ground in the middle of two teammates and the three of them lock arms. At that point, the rookie is pinned down while the entire team dumps a nasty concoction of whatever is available in the kitchen on top of him – catsup, mayonnaise, eggs, etc.
If you would like to see the three man lift, here's one of the many examples that can be found on YouTube.
Clubhouse pranks are not strictly limited to players and coaches. Virtually anyone who enters is considered fair game.
When I was the broadcaster for the Syracuse Chiefs, our manager Bob Bailor decided to have a little fun with the beat writer from the local newspaper. After an especially good pitching debut by a young right-handed starter named Rob Wishnevski, our manager told the writer how incredible the performance was considering that the pitcher had always been a lefty until hurting his arm in spring training. Remarkably, just a few months later he was getting hitters out at the Triple-A level with his right arm. The writer was obviously skeptical, but when he approached Wishnevski at his locker, Rob played along with the gag and added a few more details. Sure enough, the headline in the next morning's paper read something along the lines of, "Ambidextrous Pitcher Leads Chiefs to Victory."
The players and coaches found it hysterical. The newspaper . . . not so much.
I can't tell that story about a fellow member of the media getting "punked" without describing how it happened to me.
When I was hosting the Cincinnati Reds pregame show on Fox Sports Ohio, Kent Mercker was on the pitching staff and we often discussed golf in front of his locker. Kent is a skilled golfer who has a home at Muirfield Village near Columbus, OH – the home of the prestigious Memorial Tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus.
Kent must have sensed that playing at Muirfield had always been a dream of mine (OK, I might have given him a few thousand hints), and he promised that he would invite me to play the course as his guest.
Sure enough, midway through season, Kent gave me a date and tee time to meet him in Columbus. It was the Monday after the Memorial Tournament and the Reds happened to have an off day in the middle of a homestand. It was the ultimate opportunity to play Muirfield because the course would still be in prime condition after hosting the world's best pros.
After initially jumping for joy and thanking him profusely, I realized that I couldn't make it. That was actually two days after my wedding date, and Peg and I would be on our honeymoon (I didn't think she would go for a romantic night in the Columbus suburbs).
Mercker was ticked off, telling me that the course wasn't even supposed to be open on the day after the tournament and said that he had pulled some major strings to set up our tee time. He made it abundantly clear that I had blown my one and only opportunity to be his guest.
I bought it hook, line, and sinker and felt awful . . . until he began cracking up and admitted that another member of the media had told him when I was getting married.
I had to admit – it was pretty funny.
And I really got a kick out of it when I eventually got to play the course.


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Jaar's debut album Space Is Only Noise was released earlier this year. Somehow, we don't have a review for it, but in the meantime listen to 'Space Is Only Noise If You Can See' below, via YouTube.


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General Mills Announcement
"Thank you for contacting General Mills regarding gluten in Corn Chex cereal. General Mills is reformulating the following Big G Cereals to gluten free status:
· Corn Chex
· Honey Nut Chex
· Strawberry Chex
· Chocolate Chex
· Cinnamon Chex
As was the case with Gluten Free Rice Chex, the barley malt ingredient was removed and replaced with another ingredient. Production has begun, so you may start seeing the gluten free formulas on store shelves now. All 5 products should be widely available across the U.S. by June 1, 2009. As with all reformulated products, both products may be on store shelves at the same time so please read labels/packaging carefully, examining the product packaging to ensure that the cereal inside the box is in fact the new, gluten free product. Look for "NOW GLUTEN FREE" or "GLUTEN FREE" on the front/side/back panels.
In addition, the following Betty Crocker Gluten Free mixes will be available at approximately the same time:
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownie Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Devils Food Cake Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix
It is our goal to help our consumers determine whether or not they can include our products in their diet when they are not labeled Gluten Free. To accurately accomplish this, we believe it is best to refer to the specific ingredients listed on each product package; and for this reason, we do not offer a gluten-free product list.
However, we do understand that ingredients can be confusing. We want you to be assured that if the ingredient label does not list wheat, barley, rye, oats or gluten containing ingredients sourced from these grains, then the product would be gluten-free. Sources of gluten are listed on the label even if the source of gluten is part of another ingredient (such as flavoring or spice). Because ingredients may vary from one package to another due to product reformulation, you should use the products ingredient label to provide you with current and accurate information."
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text: This 18 inch berry spray features around 10 inches of mixed metallic burgundy and burgundy glittered berries on brown wrapped wire. There are approximately 35 berries on each spray, with each individual berry measuring around 11mm in diameter. Perfect for adding color and sparkle to a seasonal flower arrangement, or for use in any other home decor project. 1 piece per package.


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If you are worried about how your new heat pump is going to fare through Ontario's cold winters and hot summers, invest in a WeCare Maintenance or Protection Plan. It provides comprehensive heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system coverage with all maintenance and repair work performed by professional technicians from your local ClimateCare member. A WeCare HVAC system maintenance or protection plan covers your heat pump and everything else needed to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. We're there for seasonal maintenance and – just in case – on call for emergency repairs.
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Heat pump systems are typically more energy efficient than traditional oil and gas furnaces. Whether you are using an energy efficient heat pump in conjunction with your main furnace or with a geothermal heat pump for sustainable, low cost heating and cooling, a WeCare Maintenance or Protection Plan will keep your system operating at its best. Routine system maintenance is a sure way to avoid future repairs, reduce energy waste and keep your utility bills low. Comfort Plus ClimateCare will keep up with all the regular maintenance on your heat pump and HVAC system, including:
- Filter cleaning and replacement.
- Condensing coil and fin cleaning.
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- Complete system inspection.
- All in all a 22 point heat pump maintenance checklist is performed.
- Plus a discount off regular labour rates if repairs are ever required.
While some HVAC maintenance tasks are fairly straightforward, many are beyond the experience level of the average home owner. There is value in having local, professional technicians do the work for you. We will make sure everything is done right, and done when it should be.
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text: Economy 11 October 2012 Credit rating agencies still not very good at rating credit The University of Cambridge is apparently a safer investment than the UK. Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up More ratings-agency craziness. Cambridge University is entering the bond market for the first time, and Moody's has rated its debt as safer than Britain's. The Financial Times' Michael Stothard and Chris Cook report (£): Britain's richest and second-oldest university issued a 40-year, £350m bond, taking advantage of low yields to fund a new laboratory for stem-cell research and accommodation for postgraduates. The bond, priced at 60 points over gilts, was well received. Last week, the university was awarded a triple A rating by Moody's. The agency said the rating reflected Cambridge's "outstanding market position, significant amount of liquid assets and strong governance structure". Yet more evidence that ratings agencies "quite simply don't understand what they themselves are saying", in the word of NIESR's Jonathan Portes. As Matt Yglesias writes, there is no possible situation in which Cambridge bonds, denominated in British pounds could be safer than UK sovereign debt: When the UK government borrows money, it borrows pounds sterling. The UK government also has the capacity to create infinite quantities of pounds sterling instantaneously. Therefore, the UK government can never be forced by economic circumstances into defaulting on its debt obligations. At worst it could be forced into inflationary policies that erode the value of its pound-denominated debt. If you're an investor, that's a real thing to worry about when buying British debt. But any such inflation would equally impact any pound-denominated debt no matter what the circumstances of the issuer. University of Cambridge debt can't be safer than UK sovereign debt in inflation terms. The bizarre decisions made by the ratings agencies have always been there – back in 2002, for instance, Moody's downgraded Japan below Botswana – but finally, awareness is starting to become more widespread. If that awareness can penetrate the world of finance, then the end of their influence may be nearer than it looks. › The ADgenda: Levi's jeans Photograph: Getty Images Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe For daily analysis & more political coverage from Westminster and beyond subscribe for just £1 per month!


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An anal fistula is an abnormal tunnel under the skin that connects the anal canal in the colon to the skin of the buttocks. Most anal fistulas form in reaction to an anal gland that has developed an abscess, or a pus-filled infection.
The symptoms of an anal abscess and an anal fistula can be similar and may include:
Pain and swelling around the anal area
Fever and chills
Feeling tired and sick
Redness, soreness, or itching of the skin around the anal opening
Drainage of pus near the anal opening
If you develop an anal abscess, you have about a 50% chance of developing an anal fistula. Even if your abscess drains on its own, you have about the same risk for a fistula.
Certain conditions that affect your lower digestive tract or anal area may also increase your risk. These include:
Crohn's disease
Chronic diarrhea
Radiation treatment for rectal cancer
If you have symptoms that suggest an anal fistula, your doctor may refer you to a specialist who specializes in colon and rectal diseases. The specialist will ask about your symptoms and your medical history. During your physical exam, the doctor will look for a fistula opening near your anal opening. He or she may press on the area to see if it is tender and if pus comes out. Various techniques may be used to help with the diagnosis, such as:
Guiding a long, thin probe through the outer opening of the fistula and possibly injecting a special dye to find out where it opens up on the inside
Using a scope to look inside your anal canal
Imaging studies, such as ultrasound, which creates an image of the anal area using sound waves, or MRI, which makes images of the area through the use of special magnets and a computer
Once you have an anal fistula, antibiotics alone will not cure it. You will need to have surgery to cure the fistula.
Surgical treatment options include:
Opening up the fistula in a way that allows it to heal from the inside out. This is called a fistulotomy and is usually an outpatient procedure.
Filling the fistula with a special glue or plug, which is a newer type of treatment that closes the inner opening of the fistula. The doctor then fills the fistula tunnel with a material that your body will absorb over time.
In some cases, having reconstructive surgery or surgery that is done in stages.
Seton placement which involves placing a suture or rubber band in the fistula that is progressively tightened. This lets the fistula heal behind the Seton and reduces the risk of incontinence.
Complications include a fistula that recurs after treatment and an inability to control bowel movements, called fecal incontinence. This is most likely if some of the muscle around the anal opening, called the anal sphincter, is removed.
Call your doctor if you have symptoms of an anal fistula, especially if you have a history of a previous anal abscess. If you have been treated for an abscess or fistula, let your doctor know right away if you have any fever, chills, redness, swelling, bleeding, discharge, constipation, or trouble controlling your bowel movements.
When recovering from anal fistula treatment, make sure to take pain medicine as directed by your surgeon. Finish all antibiotics and do not take any over-the-counter medicines without first talking to your doctor.
Other important instructions may include:
Soaking in a warm bath 3 or 4 times a day
Wearing a pad over your anal area until healing is complete
Resuming normal activities only when you are cleared by your surgeon
Eating a diet high in fiber and drinking plenty of fluids
Using a stool softener or bulk laxative as needed
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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Reset a user's email password
Learn how you, a Workspace account administrator, can reset user passwords in the Workspace Control Center (including your own).
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Help for Microsoft 365 passwords
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If you are not a Workspace account admin, send these instructions to the account owner so they can reset your password for you.
- Log in to your Workspace email account. (Need help logging in?)
- Click the expand icon in the row of the email address you want to change.
- Click the Edit to open the Edit Account options.
- Enter the new password in the Change Password and in the Confirm Password fields.
- Click Save. You may need to close the Edit Account page. You should see confirmation notices as that password update applies to other account areas such as calendar.
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The Cravats - In Toytown 2CD (OVER 129 CD)
The Cravats' complete recordings on Small Wonder: The Cravats In Toytown album and five singles, newly remastered by Messthetics plus a bonus disc of the In Toytown remixed from the original multi-track tapes by Penny Rimbaud as Alice's Adventures in Toytown. 132 minutes total, 45 tracks.
John Peel: "I hate Toyah records and they all go whizzing into the charts, and I love The Cravats and play all their records and nobody buys them. Whenever I start to feel important I think, 'Well, I never did much for The Cravats and I didn't stop Toyah'..." Smash Hits, 1982
Mick Mercer [from a 1980 review of 'Precinct']: "Single of the Month
A strange bunch of girls [he's putting us on, of course] who are all set to be one of the finest bands ever, an uncanny resemblance to no-one else, strange noises...a liking of strange things" Panache #12.
The Cravats' one, great musical handicap was that they were indescribable. Incisive, innovative musicianship was everywhere, yet the songs themselves defied comparison to anyone else's. The lyrics were uncommon, vivid, and forcefully-delivered, so reviewers (both friendly and hostile) focused on those, but the part that burrowed straight for the wee chunk of your brain marked "fight or flight" on the meat-cutters' chart was the unsettling throb and lurch of the massively-amplified sax, guitars, bass, drums, and whatever other alien sound-forms and distortions The Cravats felt like heaving into the mix.
Their devoted record-company, Small Wonder, had no idea how to present them, either, but they kept on releasing Cravats records long after they'd bid adieu to the rest of their visionary catalog (among them The Cure, Patrik Fitzgerald, Crass, Poison Girls, Menace, Bauhaus, and Fatal Microbes). Peel played and played them, meanwhile, and recorded four Cravats Peel sessions 1979-82.
The Cravats formed after a Stranglers show in Birmingham in 1977: they borrowed £400 from Shend's mum and self-released their debut 7" Gordon in July 1978. Small Wonder liked the single so much that they picked up 500 copies and booked the band into the studio with producer Bob Sargeant; the result was the 'Burning Bridges' single, soon followed by 'Precinct'. Next, the band relocated to Torquay for a full week in 1980 to record their first album on an 8-track in a hotel basement: The Cravats In Toytown made it into the Top 20 in the independent charts. Two more Small Wonder 45s followed, 'You're Driving Me' and 'Off The Beach', sandwiched around their first project with Penny Rimbaud (who succeeded in making them even darker with 'Rub Me Out').
Despite their collectibility, the Small Wonder records remained un-reissued until Penny Rimbaud obtained the recently discovered multi-track Toytown masters and re-interpreted and remixed them in his own unique, eccentric style, as Alice's Adventures In Toytown. The singles (including their pre-Small Wonder 'Gordon') and the original LP mix are fully remastered here as well.
12-page booklet with many never-before-published photos and notes.


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Penn Relays
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Philadelphia, Pa. - The Farmingdale State men's and women's outdoor track team competed in the Penn Relays this weekend at the University of Pennsylvania. The men's team competed in three relays in poor weather conditions on Friday, April 27th and junior captain Reggie Routier (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) competed in the Eastern Collegiate Triple Jump on Saturday, April 28th.
4x100-meter Relay: Jason Chin Chitty, Azell Green, Reuben Hairston, Kensley Norian - 43.93 - 6th in heat - 58th overall.
4x200-meter Relay: Jason Chin Chitty, Reuben Hairston, Reggie Routier, Chris Herbst - 1:30.69 - 6th in heat - 31st overall.
CTC 4x400-meter Relay: Kensley Norian, Jermaine Carter, Azell Green, Akil Williams - 3:27.72 - 8th place.
Triple Jump: Reggie Routier - 13.74-meters (45' 1") - 15th place.


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Published show time is the time the event starts and does not reflect what time the headliner will go on stage. Doors usually open one hour (90 minutes for Ballroom shows) before showtime.
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"Think Like a Man" star Terrence J admits that when working on a film with the late Whitney Houston, he learned that sometimes it's okay to quit playing it cool and just be a fan.
"It was one of the biggest regrets of my life, not taking a photo with her, and I'll tell you why," reveals the actor and BET video host, also known as Terrence Jenkins, who filmed "Sparkle" with Houston last year before her unexpected death in February. "When I walked on set I was just actually going to wardrobe because my shots were the next day, so I never physically got a chance to do a scene with her, but I ended up bumping into her because I saw Jordin Sparks." Former "American Idol" winner Sparks plays the title character and Houston's daughter in the film.
"I went over to speak, and I felt like it wasn't appropriate to pull out my camera phone in the middle of production," says Jenkins. "I said to myself that I would see her at the premiere and I'd be able to tell her how much of a fan I was and how much I loved her music and how much it changed my life. I said, 'I'll see her in a couple of months at the premiere and that'll be a better time.' So, I just gave her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek and said, 'I'll see you soon – I can't wait to talk to you then.' She said, 'Okay, no problem.'"
"That just goes to show you that you can never take any moment for granted," explains the actor. "If you see somebody and love somebody, just tell them that you love them even if it makes you look like a crazy groupie sometimes."
Jenkins was able to watch some of Houston's final acting performance while on set. "You're going to love it," he assures.
As for Jenkins' own role in the Houston-produced remake of the 1976 film chronicling the rise of three sisters who form a 1960s-era singing group: "I'm a club promoter/club announcer and I have a really fun scene with Cee-Lo Green that actually opens up the movie," he reveals. "I introduce the sisters for the first time – I give them their first stage introduction."
'Think Like a Man' Star Terrence J Regrets Not Asking Whitney Houston For One Last Memento
"Think Like a Man" star Terrence J admits that when working on a film with the late Whitney Houston, he learned that sometimes it's okay to quit playing it cool and just be a fan.


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ANAHEIM -- The Rangers' new lineup on Sunday did not affect third baseman Adrian Beltre. With a left-hander on the mound, he was still batting third ahead of first baseman Prince Fielder. The two flip-flop when there is a right-hander on the mound.
But Beltre has been struggling as much as anybody in the lineup since his return from the disabled list. Beltre, who missed two weeks with a tight left quad muscle, is hitless in his last 12 at-bats, one for his last 20 and hitting .167 with one RBI in eight games since his return.
"I'm trying to find my swing," Beltre said. "You go through highs and lows during the season. I lost my swing when I went on the disabled list and I'm trying to find it. When you're in a slump, sometimes you hit the ball hard and they catch it and sometimes you take bad swings. It all evens out at the end.
"I'm not frustrated. Of course I want to help the team win ballgames. But it's baseball, sooner or later it will happen."
Beltre, Fielder and Alex Rios have all batted No. 3 this season and nobody has been able to produce in the spot. Going into Sunday, Rangers No. 3 hitters were batting .213 with a .262 on-base percentage and a .287 slugging percentage. All three were the lowest for an American League team. They are the only A.L. team without a home run from that spot.
Like Elvis, manager Ron Washinton said Beltre is out of sync at the plate.
"If you're gone for two weeks, you're not going to step in there and have everything fall into place," Washington said. "It's a matter of him getting at-bats. I'm not worried about Beltre."