[MyAppleMenu] Jan 1, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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'Switch' Ads Create A Buzz, But Sales Impact Still Unclear (Robert Mullins, San Jose Business Journal)
<http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/12/30/story7.html>
"It's been a very exclusive type of market, and that means when you have an exclusive market it's very hard to increase that."

MyAppleMenu : News
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KMS Awarded 3-Year Grant (Diane Vance, Daily Gate City)
<http://www.dailygate.com/display/inn_news/news2.txt>
Goals of the grant are improving student achievement in reading, math, science and social studies.

The Omni Group And PopCap Release OS X Version Of Big Money Deluxe (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/12/31.8.shtml>

Apple Extends Free Prints Promo For .Mac (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17849>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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New Year, New Focus On Genius Of Macs (Al Fasoldt, The Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1041431834262990.xml>
I couldn't stand it any more. I switched.

The Road Warrior Year End Wrapup And A Look Ahead To 2003 (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/12/31/index.html>

What's Up Apple's Sleeve For '03? (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac10203,0,7627702.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
Mac users look to next week's MacWorld trade show to see how Apple intends to take on the new year.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Open Source Software Review 2002: Rising To The Challenge (Mark Feldman, Network Computing Asia)
<http://www.ncasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Magid=3&Artid=18169&Catid=8&subcat=79>

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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140th Anniversary Of The Emancipation Proclamation; Slavery's Lingering Legacy (William B. Gould IV, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/01/ED128871.DTL>
New Year's Day marks the 140th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which declared freedom for slaves in the 13 states that were in rebellion.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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The Case For Drinking (All Together Now: In Moderation!) (Abigail Zuger, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/health/31ALCO.html>

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Butter Is Back -- And Other Ideas That Will Change Your Diet In 2003 (Candy Sagon, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58531-2002Dec31.html>
Did you hear that sound? It's the diet pendulum, slowly but surely swinging back the other way.

Architects Criticize Ground Zero Publicity (Julie V. Iovine, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/01/arts/design/01ARCH.html>
While architects have publicly proclaimed the World Trade Center site proposals displayed at the Winter Garden in Lower Manhattan as the greatest architecture show ever, many have privately expressed reservations about the designs' details, the handling of the competition and even the spotlight in which the contestants now stand.

Chefs Who Have Only Themselves To Blame (Andrea Strong, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/01/dining/01ONE.html?8hpib>
Most chefs share cooking responsibilities with a seasoned team of knife-wielding colleagues. Yet there are, around the country, stalwart individualists who go it alone, and like it.

The Year, From First Blush To Last Gasp (Peter Carlson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56843-2002Dec30.html>
In magazines, 2002 was the year when even the parakeets got patriotic.

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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Make No Mistake About It, Some People Sure Get Upset By Cliches (Reuters)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60992-2002Dec31.html>
Overused cliches, wordy redundancies and hyperbolic phrases -- including the Bushism "make no mistake about it" -- were declared banished today by the overseers of an annual list of "banned" words.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Cannot Disregard Historical Links (New Straits Times)
<http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/NewsBreak/20021231154257/Article/>
Singapore should be pragmatic and honest in its bilateral relations with Malaysia as it can ill afford to disregard its historical and cultural links with this country, said DAP deputy chairman Karpal Singh.

Malaysia-Singapore Air Incursions Not Critical (Bernama)
<http://www.bernama.com.my/B2002/news.shtml?general/ge3112_16>
Accidental incursions by aircraft of the Singapore and Malaysian air forces have not reached a critical level that requires interception, Malaysian Air Force Chief Datuk Seri Suleiman Mahmud said Tuesday.

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