[MyAppleMenu] Aug 19, 2009

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**** Apple Releases MacBook Pro Hard Drive Firmware Update <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/19/apple_releases_macbook_pro_hard_drive_firmware_update.html>
AppleInsider

A new firmware fix for some MacBook Pro hard drives aims to stop random noises, perhaps bringing relief to some who have been plagued by clicking and beeping internal drives.



SingaporeSurf
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**** You Can't Handle The Truth! (Uniquely Singapore) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OnPU/~3/8xDpO70KU84/you-cant-handle-truth-uniquely.html>
Military Life: Memoirs of a Conscript in the Lion City

I fear that minister Tharman is telling us we can't handle the truth, and thus it continues to be withheld from us.

**** The Short Supply Of Empathy In Singapore <http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-short-supply-of-empathy-in-singapore.html>
Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

The justice system worked flawlessly in this case, but what this person needs is not a fine nor jailing; what he needs is social assistance to deal with the source of his transgression of the law. The justice system is not the antidote to this problem.

**** The Temasek Problem Is Not A Temasek Problem (Why Tharman Shanmugaratnam Is Ho Ching's Best Friend) <http://utwt.blogspot.com/2009/08/teamsek-problem-is-not-temasek-problem.html>
Under the Willow Tree

If Singaporeans want transparency and accountability about Temasek's investments and policy decisions, they have to first demand transparency and accountability from the Singapore government.

**** A Mockery Of Parliament <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/08/a-mockery-of-parliament/>
The Online Citizen

**** The Failure Of Past Success - HDB <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2009/08/failure-of-past-success-hdb.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

**** Government Accountable In Actions, Has Worked Towards Non-discrimination <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/449858/1/.html>
May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Wednesday the government has been accountable in its actions and has worked towards ensuring that no race is discriminated against in Singapore. He added that what the country has achieved so far is evidence of that.

**** PAP Upholds Pledge Ideals <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_418943.html>
Lee Siew Hua, Straits Times

Education minister Ng Eng Hen responded in detail to Nominated MP Viswa Sadasivan's motion that the House stay mindful of tenets in Singapore's Pledge when it debates national policies.