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Apple | Mac Tips

Bookmark Multiple Tabs in Safari

Did you know that in Safari, you can easily bookmark multiple sites at the same time? Or that once you save your new collection of bookmarks, you can open them all at once in separate tabs? Find out how by watching this Quick Tip video...

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Politics

Gay Marriage bill in Vermont

Nine years after becoming the first state to permit civil unions, Vermont moved a step toward legalizing gay marriage Friday. A bill that would allow same-sex unions was introduced in the Legislature, causing a crowd of about several hundred supporters to gather at the Statehouse in celebration. "This really is a great day and a part of moving forward to a time when all Vermont couples will be treated equally under our laws," said a sponsor, Rep. Mark Larson (picture). A similar bill is expected to be introduced later in the state Senate. The House legislation has 59 sponsors, none of them Republican, though some GOP lawmakers have said they'll vote for the bill, Larson said. Despite the enthusiasm, it's unclear if the measure will see any action this session, with lawmakers preoccupied with the state's fiscal crisis that has led to voluntary pay cuts, court closings and Gov. Jim Douglas's proposal to lay off more than 600 state workers, the AP reports.

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Politics

Sam Adams OUT's interview

Out magazine sat down with Sam Adams in his Portland City Hall office. Mayor Adams discusses his controversial relationship with a teenager that has many calling for his resignation just weeks after he was elected the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. About gay people who are angry with him he says: "I totally understand why they’re angry. I’ve let them down. I’m very, very sorry for that. I made a bad decision. And the best thing I can do right now is to work at trying to make amends by serving the people of Portland the best I can." Read full interview here.

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Movies

Between Love & Goodbye in theater

Between Love & Goodbye by Casper Andreas - Simon Miller & Justin Tensen

Kyle (Simon Miller) and Marcel (Justin Tensen) are in love at first sight, and even though they can't legally marry, they will find a way to make it work. French Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah (Jane Elliott) so he can stay in the USA with Kyle. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. Together they cannot be stopped. Enter Kyle's sister April (Rob Harmon), a former prostitute. She needs a place to crash, but for how long? Taking a quick dislike to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. Watch a trailer...

Between Love & Goodbye starring Simon Miller, Justin Tensen, Rob Harmon, Ryan Turner, Austin Head, Jane Elliott, Caroline Delran, Aaron Michael Davies and directed by Casper Andreas (A Four Letter Word, Slutty Summer), is opening at Chelsea Clearview Cinema in NY. More info here.

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Apple

iLife ’09, All part of every new Mac

iLife ’09 — with major upgrades to iPhoto (Faces, based on who’s in your photos, and Places, based on where your photos were taken), iMovie (new themes and maps and video stabilization) and GarageBand (learn to play piano and guitar and learn songs from the artists who made them famous) — is now available for $79. Included with every new Mac, iLife ’09 offers breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create movies, and learn to play music. iLife ’09 also includes iWeb ’09 (to design a website and share your photos, movies, and music just by dragging and dropping) and iDVD ’09 for creating DVDs. Learn more on here.

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Sports

Matthew Mitcham on The Advocate

The Advocate releases an article with new photos by Adam Pretty of Australian diver Matthew Mitcham. The openly gay diver wowed the world with his win last August, but half a year later - with no major endorsements yet - he's ready to prove his gold medal is much more than a flash in the pan. "I don’t want to be just a one-minute wonder," Mitcham says. "I do want to continue being the best, so that when [people] think back, there will be no doubt in their minds that Matthew Mitcham was the best diver of his time. I don’t want people to think that winning the gold medal in Beijing was just me being lucky, you know?" Read full article here.

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Politics | Religion

Pope promotes ultra-conservative cleric

Pope Benedict has made a controversial appointment, days after revoking the excommunication of a bishop who is a Holocaust denier. He promoted ultra-conservative cleric Fr Gerhard Maria Wagner to assistant bishop of the Austrian city of Linz. Fr Wagner is notorious for his extreme views - he has accused the popular Harry Potter novels of spreading Satanism, and described Hurricane Katrina as God's punishment for the sinners of New Orleans. He wrote in a parish newsletter that the death and destruction caused by the hurricane in New Orleans was divine retribution for the city's tolerance of homosexuals and permissive sexual attitudes. The future bishop said he was glad that Katrina destroyed not only nightclubs and brothels in New Orleans, but also five of the city's abortion clinics, reports BBC News.

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Society

Gay Penguins tie the knot

The gay penguins of the Polar Land zoo in China (see previous post) have been given a wedding service, reports The Sun. The male birds turned out to be such a great parenting pair their keepers thought they deserved a reward and let them marry. They were once given the cold shoulder at the wildlife park in China for stealing heterosexual couples' eggs to nest as their own. But after being allowed to try out with eggs rejected by their mothers the couple have become the zoo's best penguin parents. Now keepers at Polarland Zoo in Harbin, north east China, have rewarded their devotion with a wedding day. One wore a tie and the other was dressed in a red blouse – a traditional Chinese bridal colour – as they stepped into their icy wedding room to the music of the Wedding March.

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Movies | DVD

Whirlwind on DVD

Set in New York City, Whirlwind centers on a tight knit group of thirty something gay men. At first they appear to have it all - they are funny, good looking and successful. But soon a handsome stranger enters into their group and everything changes. Drake (David A. Rudd) is young, hot and charming, but he has ulterior motives. What starts with Drake adding excitement to the routine of this circle of friends quickly begins to spiral out of control. Watch a trailer...

Whirlwind, starring Mark Ford, David A. Rudd, Bryan West, Alexis Suarez, Desmond Dutcher and directed by Richard LeMay, is out on DVD here.

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Politics | Society

GLAAD's President Neil G. Giuliano resigns

Neil Giuliano, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), announced his resignation to pursue personal interests while completing his forthcoming book about his public and political life. Giuliano has served as president since September 1, 2005 and will continue as president until a date to be announced later this year. Prior to GLAAD, he served for ten years as the mayor of Tempe, Arizona and had retired from a 25-year career as a university administrator and faculty associate at Arizona State University.

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