[MyAppleMenu] Jan 11, 2010

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**** Apple Technology To Aid Pamlico Students <http://www.newbernsj.com/news/pamlico-57122-aid-students.html>
Laura Oleniacz, Sun Journal

Pamlico County Schools Superintendent James P. Coon said that the [iPod Touch] devices have been proposed to be used at the primary school for helping students learn math and reading. He said they could be used in the students’ reading stations in which they work on reading comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, phonemic awareness, and reading fluency.

**** Five Must-Have iPhone Apps For Your Next Disney Trip <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=5671&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zdnet%2FApple+%28ZDNet+The+Apple+Core%29>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet

Got kids? Love Disney? If you answered yes, then I’ve got a couple of iPhone apps that you may want to bring along on your next trip amusement park hopping.

**** The Price Of Apple MacBook Pros Around The World <http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/01/the-price-of-apple-macbook-pros-around-the-world/>
Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Making TV Social, Virtually <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24340/>
Erika Jonietz, Technology Review

What happens when your online pals meet your TV?

**** Is Google Good For History? <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/08/google>
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

**** From Print To Phone To Web. And A Sale? <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11mag.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times

Smartphones that can read bar codes are allowing magazines to add Internetlike interactivity to print graphics and advertisements.

**** The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies By Their 20s <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10stone.html>
Brad Stone, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Year In Provence, 20 Years On <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/11/year-in-provence-peter-mayle?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
John Crace, The Guardian

When Peter Mayle moved to rural France, he intended to write a novel – not a bestselling memoir. Two decades and several imitations later, he is still living the dream.

**** Turkeys <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/01/18/100118po_poem_kinnell>
Galway Kinnell, New Yorker

**** Illiterate Progenitor <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/01/18/100118po_poem_karr>
Mary Karr, New Yorker

**** Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed. <http://www.slate.com/id/2240667/?from=rss>
Juliet Lapidos, Slate Magazine

Escaping the office is no picnic in Joshua Ferris' new novel.

**** Poem Of The Week: Waiting By WE Henley <http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/0DQfPlgjyos/poem-of-the-week-waiting-henley>
Carol Rumens, The Guardian



SingaporeSurf
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**** Police Conclude Hit-And-Run Probe Involving Romanian Embassy Car <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1029796/1/.html>
Zul Othman, Channel NewsAsia

A police spokeswoman said on Sunday that the investigation papers are now with the Attorney-General's Chambers "for their direction on the appropriate course of action to be taken".

**** Road Maintenance More Costly <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_475847.html>
Christopher Tan, Straits Times

Singapore's road network has grown by less than 10 per cent in the last decade, but the bill for maintaining it has more than doubled. Underground roads, in particular, have inflated the tab. These tunnels make up less than 1 per cent of the road network, but keeping them ship-shape is estimated to cost $28 million a year - nearly a third of the total road maintenance bill.

**** Art In Singapore <http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2010/01/art-in-singapore/>
Ian Jackso, Art In Liverpool

**** So Singapore Is Not Good Enough For Singaporeans. Now What? <http://treeofprosperity.blogspot.com/2010/01/so-singapore-is-not-good-enough-for.html>
Christopher Ng Wai Chung, Growing Your Tree Of Prosperity

When things improve, don't thank the powers that be, thank the fellow ex-citizens and quitters who did the painful deed by making a point by giving up their citizenships so that you can have a better Singapore.

**** 制材也是塑料　环保袋不环保？ <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100111_004.shtml>
杨萌, 联合早报

环保袋不环保？随处可见的五颜六色环保袋，很多人以为是以布料制成，但专家指出，其实它们也是塑料袋，而且很难分解。

**** 光脚与否　也是文化差异 <http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk100111_010.shtml>
联合早报

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**** Singapore Workers Ranked Most Diligent In Poll <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/11/content_12789798.htm>
Xinhua

A survey showed that Singapore workers come in first in the number of hours they put in at work, local media reported on Monday.

**** Sickness In Wealth And Poverty.... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/01/sickness-in-wealth-and-poverty.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

Unfortunately for ordinary Singaporeans, the problems they have with the health care system is usually different from what magnates like Tang face with the system. If it is something like kidney transplant that eventually hit someone like Tang, the change comes quickly, almost overnight, to address the problem. However, most of the problems ordinary Singaporeans face such as how to finance their medical bill when they are seriously ill and their retirement will never become problems of the rich so these problems will take a long long time for the PAP govt to solve.

**** Double-Dip Recession Unlikely For Singapore, But Recovery Uneven - Minister <http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201001110114dowjonesdjonline000025&title=double-dip-recession-unlikely-for-singapore-but-recovery-uneven---minister>
P.R. Venkat, Dow Jones

A double-dip recession is unlikely for Singapore's economy, but the recovery this year will be uneven as external demand is expected to grow at a sluggish pace, trade minister Lim Hng Kiang said in parliament Monday.

**** Singapore Says Casinos May Support Growth Amid Sluggish Exports <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aZk1u4bBaUQI>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore’s first casinos and the opening of new pharmaceutical factories will support economic growth this year as overseas demand may remain weak, trade minister Lim Hng Kiang said today.

**** No 'Double-Dip' Recession For Singapore: Minister <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jCDH17AIruvaF3gZdVb3lF2HbQPw>
AFP

Singapore is unlikely to sink back into recession but economic recovery this year is expected to be sluggish, trade minister Lim Hng Kiang said Monday.

The consumption-boosting effects of government stimulus packages implemented at the height of the global economic slump are waning and continued high unemployment in the United States will hurt demand for Singapore exports, he said.

**** Govt Working Towards Reducing Carbon Emissions By 16% <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1029884/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

The minister for environment and water resources said Monday the government is still working towards reducing carbon emissions by 16 per cent.

**** Parliament Debates Greater Penalties For Errant Doctors <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1029903/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Parliament on Monday debated changes to the Medical Registration Act, which aims to strengthen penalties against errant doctors.

**** GIC Lost On NY Property <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_475954.html>
Robin Chan, Straits Times

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has confirmed that it incurred losses from an investment in a prime New York property project after the American owners defaulted on a debt payment at the weekend.

**** Threat Of Protectionist Measures Decreases: Singapore Minister <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/11/content_12791674.htm>
Xinhua

The threat of protectionist measures to global trade and economic recovery has decreased, Singapore's trade and industry minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Monday.

**** Productivity And Singapore's Economic Growth Model <http://furrybrowndog.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/productivity-and-singapores-economic-growth-model/>
Furry Brown Dog

The consequences of such an explosive growth in foreigners has led, among other things, to rocketing home prices, as I wrote earlier, depressed wages and in general a rising cost of living.  It has also made the likelihood of a bubble economy stronger as Singapore grows more dependent on foreigners whom have no obligation to Singapore and may leave at a moment’s notice.  Where does Singapore go now from here?