[MyAppleMenu] Oct 12, 2008

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**** Adobe's Big, New Creative Suite Helpful In Many Ways <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008254170_ptmacc11.html>
by Jeff Carlson, Seattle Times

**** First Look: PGP Desktop 9.9 <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/11/pgp.desktop.99/>
by MacNN

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Smart Startup Advice: Don't Panic - Profit <http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/startup-advice-how-to-make-the-collapse-work-for-you>
by Peter Kafka, Silicon Alley Insider

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**** Big Country <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Moehringer-t.html>
by J. R. Moehringer, New York Times
Taking as their inspiration the state guides published by the Federal Writers' Project during and shortly after the Great Depression, Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey assembled 50 of America's finest writers and asked them to contribute essays on the same general theme: why my state is special &mdash; or not. The result is a funny, moving, rousing collection, greater than the sum of its excellent parts, a convention of literary superdelegates, each one boisterously nominating his or her piece of the Republic.

**** My Parrot, My Self <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Gottlieb-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times
Both in liteature and in life, parrots have been employed to bear false witness.

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**** What Singapore Newspapers Don't Say <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2008/10/what-singapore-newspapers-dont-say.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind
The Sunday Times can pose questions to the West, but it can't fully report what's happening at home?

**** Singapore's Forest Brothels <http://www.bangkokpost.com/121008_Spectrum/12Oct2008_spec001.php>
by Erika Fry, Bangkok Post
Singapore is a choice destination for many Thai 'working girls,' but an unknown number are trafficked to remote locations on the edge of the city where they are essentially held as sex slaves.

**** Some Suggest Government Compensate Related Organ Donors <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/382253/1/.html>
by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
Some Singaporeans suggest that the government could look into compensating family members who donate organs to their loved ones to encourage more related donations.

**** Shocked By The Harsh Realities <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2008/10/11/columnists/insightdownsouth/2236930&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
The government says there's a perfectly good reason for the disparity. In Singapore, the tariffs are calculated from oil prices in the preceeding three months. Oil ws more expensive then.
Singaporeans appear baffled with the explanation, asking if Hong Kong can make its market work better, why can't we?

**** Singapore Investors Decry Losses From Lehman Bonds <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/12/business/AS-Singapore-Investor-Protest.php>
by Associated Press
Hundreds of distraught Singaporean investors flooded a park to express their anguish at losses from structured notes issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that they say were sold to them by banks as safe investments.

**** They Mucked Up The Economy And Blame Everything And Everyone But Themselves <http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2008/10/they-mucked-up-economy-and-blame.html>
by Singapore Election Watch

**** Upset Investors Turn Up At Speakers' Corner <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/382114/1/.html>
by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia
More than 1,000 people who lost hard-earned savings investing in structured products like Lehman Minibonds and DBS High Notes, turned up at the Speakers' Corner on Saturday evening.