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04/19/2007


'Hart of Dixie' Star Wilson Bethel Goes Shirtless for Global Warming: VIDEO

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In a new fake PSA, CW star Wilson Bethel makes note of how the network is cutting wasteful wardrobe and implementing energy efficient and eco-friendly colling systems to combat climate change.

Says Bethel: "It's time for everybody to give a shirt for a cooler, better world."

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News: NPH's New Role, European "Ex-Gays," Verizon

NPHSnowWhite  road New dad Neil Patrick Harris clearly has an itch for kid-friendly productions: first he appears in Smurfs, and now the actor will played the magic mirror in an upcoming stage production of Disney's Snow White.

 road Ed Kilgore discusses conservatives and convenient states' rights: "The history of cultural conservatives on [abortion and gay marriage] is very clear: They favor the maximum legal heft the political market can bear in support of their views. From their point of view, a federal constitutional ban is ideal; federal statutes would be less effective but better than state action; and state action (via either state constitutional amendments or statutes) is a useful fallback position if national bans aren’t practical."

 road David Beckham shows off the new tattoo he got for daughter Harper.

 road The Glee stars turned out for the premiere of their 3D concert movie.

 road New York City Council gave The Ali Forney Center, a space for homeless LGBT youth, $620,000 to help the service expand its woe-fully underfunded reach. "We are grateful to have the additional shelter beds. It is a terrible thing to see so many LGBT youth forced to survive out in the streets while they wait for beds. We hope to have the new site opened by October so fewer kids will have to suffer in the cold this winter," said the Center's executive director, Carl Siciliano.

 road Teens for Testing, an STD and HIV/AIDS awareness group for high school students, could use some support, too.

Glacier road Members of the Scottish Nationalist Party double-down in effort to "protect" conservatives from gay marriage.

 road Unhygienic NYC food vendor blames his woes on Jewish people, gay people and anti-Islamic racism.

 road Scary crusade: "Conversion therapy, as it is called, has been causing controversy for years in the United States, where a so-called "ex-gay movement" continues to thrive. Now there is increasing concern among LGBT rights organizations that these groups are strengthening their foothold in Europe."

 road Howard Dean blames the Tea Party for the nation's economic turmoil, and wonders what they've been "smoking:" "I think they've been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it."

ExGayProtest  road New ABC drama Pan Am takes place in the 1960s, but network executives put the kibosh on of-the-era smoking in the period series, which stars Christina Ricci.

 road Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which owns Fox News and the New York Post, will print a gay wedding magazine. The company's publications and outlets may not support same-sex equality, but they'll happily accept LGBT dough.

 road 45,000 Verizon employees strike over labor contract impasse.

 road Melting glaciers increase planet's waist size.




News: Pokemon, Japan, The Smurfs, Rhode Island

 road Yet another claim that the lost city of Atlantis has been discovered.

Mi  road Vampire Diaries star Michael Trevino gets suited up and bespectacled.

 road Watch the trailer to The Smurfs movie starring Neil Patrick Harris.

 road Alec Baldwin has some really good advice for Charlie Sheen.

 road Death toll from Japanese quake and tsunami now stands at  1,700 with about 10,000 missing from just one port town in the northern part of the country.

 road Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark cancels shows scheduled between  April 19 and May 11, will officially open June 14.

 road University of Connecticut holds the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth conference in the country where Governor Dannel P. Malloy speaks to the crows about his strong support for gay rights.

 road Dim-witted man gets into an argument with his partner, calls in a phony bomb threat at Heathrow Airport.

Jaoa  road Dramatic photos of the massive destruction in Japan.

 road The immensely powerful quake moved Japan's coast about 8 feet and shifted the Earth's axis.

 road Despite rumors to the contrary, the creator of Pokemon did not perish in the Japanese tsunami.

 road The Vatican gives John Paul II an official Facebook page.

 road The Situation gets booed off stage at a Donald Trump roast.

 road Hundreds show up for heated marriage equality rally in Rhode Island.

 road Ice caps are in bigger trouble than first thought: "Vast ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting much more rapidly than predicted by climate models, according to scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California."


News: Jonathan Knight, TV Pilots, Gay Jersey Shore, Greenland

 road Antoine Dodson gets a reality show pilot that will help explain "how a news story sparked a new life for him and his family."

Tiffjon  road 80's pop star Tiffany on dating NKOTB member Jonathan Knight: "He turned gay later. I didn't do it, but he's fabulous, though. I had issues with that. I was thinking that I did. But, no...Now looking back while we were dating. He was so much fun. We used to do facials together. He was so easy to talk to."

 road Is Prince William's balding the real reason behind his engagement?

 road Robert Vander Plaats continues his hateful "Capturing the Momentum Tour" in Iowa: "We want to have a marriage amendment that the people of Iowa can vote on. We'd like to re-affirm the Defensive Marriage Act. We would like to change the selection process for judges to the Supreme Court. And we'd love to see the other four resign."

 road Twitter's involvement in the recent government turmoil in Tunisia.

 road NBC picks up lesbian sit-com pilot called I Hate That I Love You: "It's from Will and Grace alum Jhoni Marchenko, and the logline is certainly eye-catching: 'A straight couple introduces two of its lesbian friends to one another and what results is both instant attraction and a pregnancy.'"

 road More TV pilot news: thanks to NBC, David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman pilot will get a shot at being a network series after all.

Alex  road So-called new "It" boy Alex Pettyfer goes for a run in LA.

 road Palm Springs Sergent explains to the court that he used an anti-gay slur during a gay sex sting operation so it would serve as an "icebreaker" for his officers.

 road Record ice melt: "The 2010 runoff was more than twice the average annual loss in Greenland over the previous three decades, surpassing a record set in 2007."

 road Gender-Neutral toilets cause stir in Brazil.

 road Rob Lowe buys a round of drinks at a gay bar in the latest episode of "Parks and Recreation."

 road I guess it was only a matter of time: casting is currently underway for a gay version of Jersey Shore called "Under the Boardwalk."

 road Gay couple in Philadelphia claim police brutality: “I kept telling him how much it was hurting and he just said, ‘Shut up, pussy faggot.’ I closed my eyes and all I could hear was Jason screaming. And I told him I have a dislocated wrist, and he said, ‘Shut the fuck up, or you’ll have a broken wrist.’ He said, ‘Let me hear you squeal, faggot.’"


The Sun Came Up Two Days Early in Greenland

Greenland

These things just aren't supposed to happen:

Scientists are puzzled by this phenomenon, and theories are circulating like wildfire. Some speculations have already been squashed - the 2012 leap year and changes in constellations are both considered unlikely explanations.

Could it all just be an illusion? Maybe so, according to Thomas Posch, with Austria's Institute of Astronomy. He hypothesizes that the sun's rays may have had a stronger bend than usual, resulting in the sun appearing earlier.

But the most troublesome theory may also be the truth. Some scientists suggest that the sun rose early due to global warming, namely, Greenland's melting ice caps. In the past year, temperatures in Greenland have risen three degrees Celcius above average. As icecaps melt, the horizon sinks down as well, which makes the sun appear earlier over the horizon.

(image of a Greenland sunrise by flickr user Christopher Hawkins)


If It Snows a Bit, Are You the Type to Look Out the Window and Sneer, 'Whatever Happened to Global Warming?'

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There may be consequences.

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