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iPod touch Fans forum -
13 hours and 4 minutes ago
A) i really want a macbook, but if i save i wont be able to afford one till summer. i am willing to
sacrifice my ipod for a few months until i can afford a new one if it means i can get a macbook way
sooner. is this worth it? does a macbook outweigh an ipod for a couple months to you?
and B)
if you think i should sell my touch, how much would you value it at?
I have the original box, apple stickers, cloth, headphones 2 USB cables(one for wallcharger one for
pc, both apple official), a USB power adaptor, the universal dock with remote and unopened dock
adaptors.
the ipod has some marks on the back but is still relatively reflective and it's 16gb
thnx :o
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Autoblog -
18 hours and 37 minutes ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/"
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/12/83914407_opt.jpg" alt="" /br /br /During
today's Senate hearings of the Detroit 3 automakers, U.S. Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) spent
much of his time on the mic talking about the cost savings that would be realized if General Motors
and Chrysler LLC merged. He argued that prior talks held between the two companies has already laid
the groundwork for a merger and that estimates peg annual cost savings at $8-10 billion for the
combined company. Bennett then remarked that one reason a GM/Chrysler merger didn't happen the
first time around was because many people in upper management, possibly including one of the two
CEOs sitting before him, would basically lose their jobs. When asked if he would still want
government assistance if Congress made the merger of GM and Chrysler a condition, Nardelli
responded, "The first job that would go would be mine, but if in fact that's the criteria that
means we would get money to save Chrysler and the people who have worked there for 80 some years, I
would do it." Wow. br /br /Of course, we're fairly certain Mr. Nardelli has a decently sized nest
egg to fall back on, and we'd jump at the offer to make a graceful exit if we were the CEO of
Chrysler, too. Nevertheless, Nardelli's comment came off as sincere and was commended by Senator
Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) who is chairing the hearings.br /br /[Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty]p
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Open"Source::critere -
1 days ago
« La valeur des valeurs », ouvrage de patrons d'entreprises chrétiens, a
été dédicacé jeudi à Douala. Capitalisme outrancier, sacrifices
de l'homme au profit de l'économie de marchés, patrons voyous, la
réalité actuelle du monde de l'entreprise et de ses
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pimg src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3082505592_a53b0b11cd_o.jpg" width="109" height="195"
alt="kogan-agora" /Starting today handset manufacturer a href="http://kogan.com.au"Kogan/a began a
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pre-orders/a for the second Android phone, the a
href="http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/android-powered-kogan-agora-3G-mobile-phone/"Kogan Agora Pro/a,
which makes its debut in Australia for $399 AU ($256 US). Unlike T-Mobile's G1, this phone comes
unlocked for use on any carrier. However, what's really interesting about this second coming of the
Googlephone is it's resemblance to a Blackberry. Will the combination of the Blackberry-inspired
keyboard with downloadable iPhone-esque apps be the killer combination?/p p
align="right"emSponsor/embr /a href='http://d.openx.org/ck.php?n=12814amp;cb=12814'
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Kogan Agora, will also be available for $299 AU ($192 US). The plain vanilla Agora won't include a
camera, Wi-Fi, or GPS. Both phones arrive unlocked phone for use on any Australian Carrier and come
standard with a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, a microSD slot, 3G network, a touch-sensitive
320×240 2.5" screen, Bluetooth, central navigation key, and a backlit full QWERTY
keyboard./p a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahintampa/3081657961/" title="agora by
sarahintampa, on Flickr"img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/3081657961_d3e45239b9.jpg"
width="500" height="375" alt="agora" //a h2Best of Both Worlds?/h2 pWhat's most appealing about the
Kogan Agora, at least based on these specs, is its promise to deliver the "best of both worlds." It
combines the apps and music of the iPhone with the form factor and keypad of Blackberry.#160; /p
pAs much as some people love the iPhone, it's touch keyboard takes some getting used to. Some
people never really get used to it - especially former Blackberry users or those who are
comfortable with a two-hand typing experience. Switching to the iPhone is a move these folks need
to think carefully about. Although they gain a combo media player/phone and applications galore at
their fingertips, they have to sacrifice the typing experience they consider to be ideal. For heavy
email users and texters, giving up the keyboard may be a deal-breaker. /p pThen along came Google's
Android OS. Now you can have both music and apps and the possibility of using a real hardware-based
keyboard. Unfortunately for Blackberry addicts, it first arrived on T-Mobile's G1 which came with a
slideout keyboard. That was close, but it was hardly a recreation of the Blackberry experience. /p
pThe Kogan Agora, on the other hand, looks like the Blackberry (or perhaps the Blackjack) and
includes all the Android goodness, too. strongWill this be the ideal combo? A Blackberry-esque
media player that you can fill with downloadable apps?/strong We'll have to wait and see once the
phone arrives and reviews come in, but it definitely looks promising. /p stronga
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Open"Source::critere -
1 days and 2 hours ago
L'Aïd, une aubaine pour gagner un peu d'argent. Aïd El Idha, la Fête du
sacrifice qui perdure depuis Abraham, n'est pas près de dissiper les quelques nuages qui
s'amoncellent sur nos têtes. Cumulus, pluies épaisses, vents assez frais qui
dépassent le
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Le Soir en ligne: le fil info -
1 days and 7 hours ago
Isra#235;l a annonc#233; un all#233;gement du blocus impos#233; #224; la bande de Gaza en
autorisant l#8217;entr#233;e d#8217;aides humanitaires et, pour la premi#232;re fois depuis un
mois, de journalistes #233;trangers. Le ministre de la D#233;fense Ehud Barak a donn#233; son feu
vert #224; l#8217;acheminement au territoire palestinien d#8217;une cargaison de 70#160;camions de
farine, produits alimentaires et autres produits de premi#232;re n#233;cessit#233; ainsi
qu#8217;une quantit#233; non pr#233;cis#233;e de carburants, a indiqu#233; son minist#232;re dans
un communiqu#233;. Cette mesure a #233;t#233; d#233;cid#233;e comme un geste avant la f#234;te
musulmane du sacrifice (Al-Adha) qui commence lundi, a pr#233;cis#233; le minist#232;re de la
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Le Soir en ligne: le fil info -
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autorisant l#8217;entr#233;e d#8217;aides humanitaires et, pour la premi#232;re fois depuis un
mois, de journalistes #233;trangers. Le ministre de la D#233;fense Ehud Barak a donn#233; son feu
vert #224; l#8217;acheminement au territoire palestinien d#8217;une cargaison de 70#160;camions de
farine, produits alimentaires et autres produits de premi#232;re n#233;cessit#233; ainsi
qu#8217;une quantit#233; non pr#233;cis#233;e de carburants, a indiqu#233; son minist#232;re dans
un communiqu#233;. Cette mesure a #233;t#233; d#233;cid#233;e comme un geste avant la f#234;te
musulmane du sacrifice (Al-Adha) qui commence lundi, a pr#233;cis#233; le minist#232;re de la
D#233;fense.img width='1' height='1'
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-Daily. Gay. News.- Towleroad: a premium site for modern gay men. -
1 days and 7 hours ago
San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer has spoken out on his role in the passage of
Proposition 8 in the aftermath of the ensuing protests, asking, "What is the way forward for all
of us together? Even though we supporters of Proposition 8 did not intend to hurt or offend our
opponents, still many of them, especially in the gay community, feel hurt and offended. What is
to be done?"
Niederauer, who is credited with bringing in the Mormon church and the massive finances of
its donors, urged people to tone down the rhetoric: "Tolerance, respect, and trust are always
two-way streets, and tolerance respect and trust often do not include agreement, or even
approval. We need to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. We need to stop talking as
if we are experts on the real motives of people with whom we have never even spoken. We need to
stop hurling names like 'bigot' and 'pervert' at each other. And we need to stop it now."
The
SF Chronicle reports:
"During the campaign, Niederauer issued statements, sent flyers and gave a videotaped interview
posted at www.marriagematterstokids.org. But Niederauer's most prominent action was drawing in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members responded with intensive
grassroots organizing and an estimated $20 million in campaign contributions from individuals
that accounted for half of the Yes on 8 campaign's total. Niederauer noted that many other
Christian denominations supported Prop. 8, including evangelical Protestant, Orthodox and
historically African American churches. The Mormon church has said Niederauer, previously the
bishop of Salt Lake City for 11 years, played a pivotal role in its joining the cause. 'We were
invited to join the coalition,' Michael Otterson, managing director of public affairs for the
church, told The Chronicle in an interview shortly after the election. 'We didn't
unilaterally go into the battle.' Otterson said Niederauer's letter persuaded the Mormon church
that they wouldn't be fighting this battle alone, a status that would have made them vulnerable."
Niederauer wants everyone to accept the procreation argument for the family and the "marriage"
label, and wants gays to accept "a contract for the benefit of a relationship between adults" but
not call it marriage.
He forgives "single parents, grandparents, foster parents and others" who "fail to realize" the
ideal procreative one man-one woman model but doesn't deny them his permission to marry, because
they are heterosexual.
Basically, Niederauer wants gays and lesbians (many of whom do procreate through
surrogates, etc, I might add) to accept our status as second-class citizens and move on.
Read his full message, entitled "Moving Forward Together," AFTER THE JUMP...
S.F. archbishop defends role in Prop. 8 passage [sf chronicle]
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SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP NIEDERAUER - "MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER"
“Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” In
the weeks since the adoption of this amendment the media have carried many speculations about the
role of the Catholic bishops in California, and about my role in particular, in the passage of
this proposition. It is my wish to clarify here what was done and why it was done, and offer some
thoughts about the way forward amid so many misunderstandings and hard feelings.
Five years before my appointment as Archbishop of San Francisco, in the year 2000, Proposition 22
was placed on the California ballot. This statute, which defined marriage as between a man and a
woman, passed with 61% of the vote. On May 15th of this year, the California State Supreme Court
declared that statute unconstitutional and legalized same-sex marriage in California. Around the
same time, Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment qualified for the ballot.
The Catholic bishops of California, organized as the California Catholic Conference, and speaking
through their office of public policy in Sacramento, endorsed Proposition 8 and urged Catholics,
and organizations of lay Catholics, to work for its passage, by means of grass roots activity and
contributions from their resources. We bishops also endorsed Proposition 4, regarding parental
notification of a minor child’s intended abortion (defeated at the polls) and we opposed
Proposition 6, a “tough on crime” initiative inconsistent with the principles of
restorative justice (defeated).
The Archdiocese of San Francisco did not donate or transfer any Archdiocesan funds to the
campaign in favor of Proposition 8. As far as I know, that is also true of other Catholic
dioceses in California. The Archdiocese did pay, and appropriately disclose, printing and
distribution of flyers to parishes.
Last May the staff of the Conference office informed me that leaders and members of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) had given their support to the campaign for
Proposition 22 in the year 2000, and were already considering an involvement in connection with
Proposition 8. Accordingly, I was asked to contact leaders of the LDS Church whom I had come to
know during my eleven years as Bishop of Salt Lake City, to ask them to cooperate again, in this
election cycle. I did write to them and they urged the members of their Church, especially those
in California, to become involved.
It is important to point out here that a wide range of churches became active in favor of
Proposition 8: in addition to Catholics and LDS members, evangelical Protestant churches and
churches with many African-American members joined the effort, and, among the Orthodox churches,
the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of San Francisco and three other Orthodox bishops signed and
published a joint statement in favor of Proposition 8.
That is what was done. Why was it done? Some voices in the wider community declare that there
could be only one motive: hatred, prejudice and bigotry against gays, along with a determination
to discriminate against them and deny them their civil rights. That is not so. The churches that
worked in favor of Proposition 8 did so because of their belief that the traditional
understanding and definition of marriage is in need of defense and support, and not in need of
being re-designed or re-configured.
Some of our opponents respond with this question: Even if these churches saw the California State
Supreme Court decision in May as damaging to the institution of marriage as they understood and
valued it, shouldn’t they have kept quiet and stayed on the sidelines? Some would say that,
in light of the separation of church and state, churches should remain silent about any political
matter. However, religious leaders in America have the constitutional right to speak out on
issues of public policy. Catholic bishops, specifically, also have a responsibility to teach the
faith, and our beliefs about marriage and family are part of this faith.
Indeed, to insist that citizens be silent about their religious beliefs when they are
participating in the public square is to go against the constant American political tradition.
Such a gag order would have silenced many abolitionists in the nineteenth century and many civil
rights advocates in the twentieth. Quite a number of important political issues regularly touch
upon the ethical, moral, and religious convictions of citizens: immigration policy, the death
penalty, torture of prisoners, abortion, euthanasia, and the right to health care are some such
issues.
Members of churches who supported Proposition 8 sincerely believe that defining marriage as only
between a man and a woman is one such issue. They see marriage and the family as the basic
building blocks of human society, existing before government and not created by it. Marriage is
for us the ideal relationship between a man and woman, in which, through their unique sexual
complementarity, the spouses offer themselves to God as co-creators of new human persons, a
father and mother giving them life and enabling them to thrive in the family setting.
Are there many instances in which this ideal fails to be realized? Of course there are. Single
parents, grandparents, foster parents and others deserve praise and support for their courage,
sacrifice and devotion in raising the children for whom they are responsible. Still, the
proponents of Proposition 8 subscribe to a definition of marriage that recognizes and protects
its potential to create and nurture new human life, not merely a contract for the benefit of a
relationship between adults.
Whatever others may say, the proponents of Proposition 8 supported it as a defense of the
traditional understanding and definition of marriage, not as an attack on any group, or as an
attempt to deprive others of their civil rights. The fact remains that, under California law,
after the passage of Proposition 8, same sex couples who register as domestic partners will
continue to have “the same rights, protections and benefits” as married couples.
Proposition 8 simply recognizes that there is a difference between traditional marriage and a
same sex partnership.
What is the way forward for all of us together? Even though we supporters of Proposition 8 did
not intend to hurt or offend our opponents, still many of them, especially in the gay community,
feel hurt and offended. What is to be done?
Tolerance, respect, and trust are always two-way streets, and tolerance respect and trust often
do not include agreement, or even approval. We need to be able to disagree without being
disagreeable. We need to stop talking as if we are experts on the real motives of people with
whom we have never even spoken. We need to stop hurling names like “bigot” and
“pervert” at each other. And we need to stop it now.
For our part, we churchgoers need to speak and act out of the truth that all people are
God’s children and are unconditionally loved by God. While we argue among ourselves, the
people who need our help with hunger, unemployment, homelessness and other problems wait for us
to turn together toward them. More particularly, we Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco
need to minister to the needs of all Catholics in this local Church. Whoever they are, and
whatever their circumstances, their spiritual and pastoral rights should be respected, together
with their membership in the Church. In that spirit, with God’s grace and much prayer,
perhaps we can all move forward together.
***END OF STATEMENT***


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Autoblog -
1 days and 19 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/"
rel="tag"Government/Legal/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/uaw-unions/"
rel="tag"UAW/Unions/a/pa href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20081203/ANA01/812039981/1128"img
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//abr /br /While a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/02/ford-claims-to-be-back-in-the-black-in-2011-release-ev-sedan-sa/"Ford/a,
a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/02/gm-asks-congress-to-kickstart-its-heart-with-ambitious-plan/"General
Motors/a and a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/02/chrysler-plan-to-congress-requires-7-billion-in-aid-to-ward-off/"Chrysler/a
all submitted plans to Congress yesterday that detail how much sacrifice they're willing to make in
order to secure government loans, the United Auto Workers union waited until today to announce how
it plans to contribute. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger met with leaders of his local Detroit 3
unions today and emerged with a plan to suspend the controversial Jobs Bank program that allows
laid off workers to receive up to 95% of their standard pay. Gettelfinger also said that Detroit
automakers could postpone making payments into the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association, a
union-run fund that was scheduled to assume responsibility for retiree healthcare after automaker
contributions in the tens of billions were made.br /br /Gettelfinger will once again take a seat
next to GM CEO Rick Wagoner, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli in front of
Congress tomorrow. After their admittedly weak showing on Capitol Hill last month, the CEOs and
Gettelfinger now have detailed plans to offer Congress on how they would use government loans to
ensure their long term viability. br /br /Oh, and while each of the Detroit 3 CEOs will be driving
down to DC after being lambasted by Congress for their previous travel aboard separate private
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featuring four consecutive weeks of releases (that's a certified steak!). And did we mention the
reggae rock is free? Let's strikesmoke/strike emtoast/em to that! Details below -- music videos
after the break.br / br /strongThe Smashing Pumpkins Track Pack/strong (Dec. 4th): ul
li"G.L.O.W."br //li li"1979"/li li"Everlasting Gaze"/li /ul strongNirvana Track Pack/strong (Dec.
11th): ul li"You Know You're Right"/li li"Negative Creep"/li li"Sliver"/li /ul strongThe Eagles
Track Pack/strong (Dec. 18th): ul li"One of These Nights"/li li"Life in the Fast Lane"/li li"Frail
Grasp on the Big Picture" (from emLong Road out of Eden/em)/li /ul strongFree Reggae Rock Track
Pack/strong (Dec. 23rd): ul li"Jimi" - Slightly Stoopid/li li"Your Face" - Pepper/li li"Sacrifice"
- Expendables/li /ul Note: All premium track packs are priced as follows: 440img border="0"
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