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Posted January 6th, 2012 by Wayne Besen

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TWO Calls Cardinal Francis George?s Apology to the LGBT Community a Positive Development

We Called for His Resignation But Remorse Is a Good Start, Says TWO

CHICAGO ? Truth Wins Out commended Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George today for apologizing to the LGBT community after he made intemperate remarks comparing the LGBT movement to the Ku Klux Klan.

?I am truly sorry for the hurt my remarks have caused,? George said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. ?Particularly because we all have friends or family members who are gay and lesbian. This has evidently wounded a good number of people.? I have family members myself who are gay and lesbian, so it?s part of our lives. So I?m sorry for the hurt. When I was talking I was speaking out of fear that I have for the church?s liberty and I was reaching for an analogy which was very inappropriate for which I?m sorry. I didn?t realize the impact of what I was saying. ? Sometimes fear is a bad motivation.?

Truth Wins Out placed a full-page ad in last Sunday?s Chicago Tribune headlined ?Hey, Cardinal Francis George, Gay is not like the KKK.? TWO also started an online Change.org petition calling on George to step down that reached more than 5,400 signatures. Pressure continued to build with the Gay Liberation Network and the Rainbow Sash Movement planning to protest the Cardinal this weekend.

?We called for Cardinal George?s resignation but we think remorse is a positive step in the right direction,? said TWO?s Executive Director Wayne Besen. ?It is gratifying to see the Cardinal take personal responsibility for the hurt he has caused and we hope this incident leads to improving relations with the LGBT community.?

George?s offensive remarks first came during a dispute over the scheduled starting time of the annual gay pride parade in June. The event was originally set to begin at 10am, but a priest bitterly complained that the starting time would interfere with morning services. In an interview with Fox News in Chicago, Cardinal George said: ?You know, you don?t want the Gay Liberation Movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.?

Truth Wins Out (TWO) is a nonprofit that fights anti-LGBT religious extremism. TWO specializes in turning information into action by organizing, advocating and fighting for LGBT equality.

Tags: Cardinal Francis George, Roman Catholic Church, Truth Wins Out, Wayne Besen

Hitachi just released a couple of PC-centric storage solutions a few weeks ago, and now G-Technology, the company's Mac-centric brand, is getting new HDDs destined for its external dives. First up is the Travelstar 5K1000, a 2.5-inch, 5,400rpm hard drive with 6Gb/s SATA interface with up to 1TB of capacity. It's available in the G-DRIVE mobile, which offers connectivity via USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 for between $150 and $200, depending upon size. Next is the 3.5-inch 4TB Deskstar 7K4000, a 7,200rpm HDD found in the company's G-DRIVE and G-RAID offerings. It offers 3Gb/s eSATA, Firewire 800, and USB 2.0 connections, and will set you back $900 for a dual HDD 8TB G-RAID drive, or between $200 and $450 for the single disk G-DRIVE option when they start shipping in Q1 of this year.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Lions receiver Calvin Johnson and Vikings defensive end Jared Allen were the leading vote getters for The Associated Press 2011 NFL All-Pro Team, each falling one vote short of being unanimous choices.

Aaron Rodgers was the quarterback for the first time, easily beating New Orleans' Drew Brees, 47? to 2?. Rodgers led Green Bay to a league-best 15-1 record, maintaining the brilliance he showed in taking the Packers to the Super Bowl title last February.

Johnson and Allen each received 49 votes Friday from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. It's the fourth All-Pro team for Allen, who led the league with 22 sacks, one-half short of the record. Johnson makes it for the first time after hauling in 96 catches for a 17.5-yard average and scoring 16 touchdowns.

"That's sweet," Johnson said. "That's one of the best honors you can have other than being a Super Bowl champion. To be an All-Pro is a tremendous honor."

Allen liked how adding to his All-Pro spots in 2007 through 2009 reflects on his career.

"The All-Pro Team to me is one of the all-time accomplishments," Allen said. "Pro Bowls are nice, but guys get voted in longer than they should and guys who deserve to go don't always get to. It's the whole league. It's not just an AFC and NFC thing. So to me this is the honor I hold the highest. It's something to put on the resume and tell the grandkids about."

One rookie made the squad: Arizona's Patrick Peterson was selected as the kick returner. Peterson tied an NFL mark when he ran back four punts for touchdowns, including a 99-yarder in overtime to beat the Rams.

"It's special to be the only rookie on the list and a nice way to end my first NFL season," said Peterson, a cornerback.

Another cornerback, Darrelle Revis of the Jets, was behind Johnson and Allen with 48 selections. Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs got 47.

One oddity: Both first-team guards, Carl Nicks and Jahri Evans, were from the Saints. That has not occurred since 1953, with Detroit's Lou Creekmur and Dick Stanfel.

In the All-Pro backfield joining Rodgers, whose quarterback rating of 122.5 broke Peyton Manning's single-season mark, were Maurice Jones-Drew of Jacksonville, LeSean McCoy of Philadelphia, and fullback Vonta Leach of Baltimore.

It's the first All-Pro selections for Jones-Drew, the league's rushing leader with 1,606 yards, and McCoy. Leach made it last year with Houston.

"It is a we thing, not a me thing," Jones-Drew said, praising his teammates on offense and his coaches. "The guys who don't get the glory and keep blocking all day, and the coaches who don't get enough credit, it's for them."

McCoy scored 20 touchdowns, 17 rushing, and was the brightest spot in a down year for the hyped Eagles. Yet ...

"There are so many things I can do better," he said. "I look at the numbers and see so many plays I left on the field, so many yards. I can perfect my game a lot more."

Record-setter Rob Gronkowski was the tight end. The Patriot set the single-season mark at his position with 1,327 yards receiving. Teammate Wes Welker (league-high 122 catches) was the other receiver.

Pittsburgh's Maurkice Pouncey was the center, with Philadelphia's Jason Peters and Cleveland's Joe Thomas at tackle.

Joining Allen on the defensive line were ends Jason Pierre-Paul of the Giants, and tackles Haloti Ngata of the Ravens and Justin Smith of the 49ers ? who also placed third at DE; the 49ers used him at both spots.

The linebackers were Suggs and DeMarcus Ware of Dallas on the outside, Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman of the 49ers and Derrick Johnson of the Chiefs on the inside. Bowman and Johnson tied with 16 votes, half of Willis' total.

Revis and Charles Woodson of the Packers were the cornerbacks, with Troy Polamalu of the Steelers and Eric Weddle of the Chargers at safety.

Both kickers were 49ers: placekicker David Akers and punter Andy Lee.

Repeaters from 2010 were Polamalu, Revis, Willis, Ngata, Evans, Thomas and Leach.

In addition to Johnson, Jones-Drew, McCoy and Peterson, other first-timers were Gronkowski, Nicks, Peters, Pouncey, Pierre-Paul, Smith, Suggs, Bowman, Johnson and Weddle.

The 49ers led the All-Pro Team with five players, a testament to the turnaround in San Francisco under new coach Jim Harbaugh. Baltimore was next with three players. The Ravens are coached by Jim Harbaugh's brother, John, whose team beat the 49ers on Thanksgiving night.

There were 16 players from the NFC and 12 from the AFC.

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iPad App Store

As of yesterday, the iPad has been on the market for 21 months and in that relatively short amount of time, iPad users managed to pass three billion app downloads, according to ABI Research. Apple iPhone users took two years to accomplish such a feat, yet the iPad already accounts for 19 percent of all app downloads on Apple devices. The demand for apps is stronger than ever.

Meanwhile, this high demand for apps is much less apparent on Android tablets. So far, Android tablet owners have downloaded only 440 million apps and Honeycomb-powered devices have been available for almost a year now. Poor hardware sales have led developers to stray away from making tablet apps for Android. It?s kind of a chicken and egg thing: the lack of Honeycomb users mean developers didn?t want to create apps but the lack of apps meant consumers didn?t want to buy these.

Lim Shiyang, a researcher at ABI Research, blames Android fragmentation for its slow app download rate:

?Discounting all those apps that were originally developed for Android smartphones, Android still trails greatly behind the iPad in terms of its tablet app offerings.?Many Android tablets in the market are still using older versions of Android, which disadvantages users from enjoying the better effects of apps produced from more advanced software development kits.?

Moving forward, two major product launches will push the numbers for app downloads even higher: Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the iPad 3. Ice Cream Sandwich is already getting warm reception after its debut on the Galaxy Nexus and it will soon start making its way onto mainstream tablets. For Google and manufacturers? sake, let?s hope it gives tablet sales a boost.

As for the iPad 3, I?m going out on a limb to make a prediction that the third-generation iPad will be the one to truly make ?tablet? a household name. Consumers are going to snatch these up with little regard to the significance of its upgrades from the iPad 2.

The two opposing forces will work together in 2012 to let app downloads skyrocket.

[via PCMag]

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By Associated Press

Stocks closed mixed despite a surge in hiring last month that pulled the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years.

The government said Friday that the unemployment rate fell in December to 8.5 percent, while U.S. employers added 200,000 jobs.

Yet stocks were mixed all day as traders fretted about Europe's ongoing debt drama. Italy's borrowing costs have spiked to dangerous levels, and Europe can't afford to bail it out. Economic data there is worsening.

The Dow closed down 56 points, or 0.5 percent, at 12,360. The S&P 500 closed down 3, or 0.3 percent, at 1,278. The Nasdaq closed up 4, or 0.2 percent, at 2,674.

Falling stocks slightly outnumbered rising ones on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was light at 3.5 billion shares.

Alcoa?Inc.?was the Dow's biggest loser, slipping 2.2 percent. A Citi analyst forecast that the aluminum maker lost money in the fourth quarter of 2011 for the first time since the recession. Alcoa, which reports earnings Monday, said late Thursday it would close an aluminum smelter in Tennessee and other operations to cut costs.

The latest sign that the labor market is strengthening failed to spur buying by investors. The unemployment rate fell last month to 8.5 percent, while U.S. employers added a net 200,000 jobs, the Labor Department said.

The economy has generated 100,000 or more jobs each month for the past six, the longest such streak since April 2006. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week fell, pushing the four-week average of new claims down to its lowest level since June 2008.

In other trading, the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,279. The Nasdaq composite index rose 6, or 0.2 percent, to 2,675.

The euro fell as low as $1.2696, its lowest point since Sept. 10, 2010. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.96 percent from 2 percent late Thursday as investors put money into low-risk investments. Bond yields fall when demand for them increases.

Italy is now paying 7.09 percent to borrow for 10 years, reflecting investors' fears that the nation might default. Ireland and Portugal were forced to take bailouts when their ten-year borrowing rates rose above 7 percent.

Unlike those nations, Italy is too big for the rest of Europe to bail out. Leaders of France and Italy met in Paris on Friday to discuss the spiraling debt crisis that threatens to engulf both nations and push much of the region into recession.

In corporate news:

*?Family?Dollar?Stores?Inc.?plunged 7.5 percent, the most in the S&P 500, after reporting revenue that was less than Wall Street expected.

* Dendreon Corp. jumped 13 percent after the drug developer said sales of its prostate-cancer therapy Provenge kept growing in the fourth quarter. Sales of the drug jumped 25 percent over the previous quarter.

* Global Payments Inc. fell 3.4 percent after the processor of credit, debit and gift card payments reported earnings that fell short of analysts' expectations. Janney Capital Markets analyst Thomas McCrohan said prospects for a sustained increased in profit margins "remain fleeting."

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Source: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10013810-upbeat-dec-jobs-report-fails-to-lift-wall-street

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When Apple announced iMessage, a free text messaging solution that's a key element of iOS 5, we knew it marked the beginning of the end for conventional pricey text messaging plans.

Now, we have some numbers to back it up, pointed out via a tweet from Shawn Blanc.

After graphics designer Neven Mrgan started using Apple's iMessage to send messages to friends, his text message count dropped to almost zero.?Mrgan just posted a chart?to prove it, copied below.

While Mrgan admits that most of his close friends are "iPhone nerds" who use iMessage by default, we've noticed big drop offs in the amount we've been "texting" as well.

Mrgan intends to drop his $9.99 texting plan which allots him 1000 text messages per month, and instead pay $0.20 per text he sends.

Even if all of your friends have Android devices, there will soon be a time when every smartphone uses the same universal data-based text messaging service.

Great cross platform solutions like WhatsApp exist, but have yet to achieve mass critical enough to kill pricey text messaging plans once and for all. Still, the text message is on the decline, the New York Times reported two days ago.

Until then, check with your carrier and see how far you've dropped below your text messaging plan's threshold. Maybe you can downgrade to a cheaper plan, or cancel the thing all together if you only text iPhone-touting family members.

Check out Mrgan's text message usage chart below:

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/imessage-usage-data-2012-1

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Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com.

Scientology. Oprah. Katie. Love. Weird. Dell. Maverick. Mission: Impossible. Streak 5. Ghost Protocol. Scientology (again). Weirdly enough, the smattering of things that seemingly don't fit in that lineup have a place together, as what appears to be a Streak 5 has appeared in the "Sandstorm Chase" scene of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. Word on the street is that Tom needed 4.32 million of these things to ensure he had enough for a nearly unlimited amount of re-takes. And now, the whole 'discontinued' thing makes total sense. Vid's after the break, with the four of you who aren't fans advised to head straight to 1:40.

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