[MyAppleMenu] Nov 5, 2011

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Siri’s Mysterious Blue Underline, And What It Means To You <http://www.macgasm.net/2011/11/04/siris-mysterious-blue-underline-means/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Corey Woodcox, Macgasm

**** Silicon Valley Wows Educators, And Woos Them <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/technology/apple-woos-educators-with-trips-to-silicon-valley.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Matt Richtel, New York Times

The demand for technology in classrooms has given rise to a slick and fast-growing sales force. Makers of computers and other gear vigorously court educators as they vie for billions of dollars in school financing. Sometimes inviting criticism of their zealous marketing, they pitch via e-mail, make cold calls, arrange luncheons and hold community meetings.

But Apple in particular woos the education market with a state-of-the art sales operation that educators say is unique, and that, public-interest watchdogs say, raises some concerns. Along with more traditional methods, Apple invites educators from around the country to “executive briefings,” which participants describe as equal parts conversation, seminar and backstage pass.

**** Google Reader Alternatives <http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57318778-285/google-reader-alternatives/>
Ed Rhee, CNET

If you're unhappy with the changes to Google Reader, we've highlighted some alternative feed aggregators to consider.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Autodesk Bolsters 3-D Printing <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/autodesk-boosts-3-d-printing/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Quentin Hardy, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Lionel Trilling’s Life Of The Mind <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/books/review/the-life-of-the-mind.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michael Kimmage, New York Times

“Why Trilling Matters” is not simply the best book yet written on Lionel Trilling. Its subject, an austere man previously tethered to the age of Eisenhower and Kennedy, is the pretext for an invigorating magic trick. With Trilling’s help, Kirsch transforms a backward glance into a forward step.

**** Blue Moon <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/04/saturday-poem-mimi-khalvati?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Mimi Khalvati, The Guardian

**** Losing It <http://chronicle.com/article/Losing-It-in-the-Golden-Groves/129543/>
William Ian Miller, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

The lament of an aging professor.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Two Former Singapore Land Authority Employees Jailed For Cheating, Money Laundering <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=624868>
Bernama

Forty-one-year-old James Koh Seah Wee was sentenced to a total of 22 years jail for both cheating and money laundering. His accomplice, 38-year-old Christopher Lim Chai Meng, was sentenced to 15 years jail, also for cheating and money laundering.

**** Foreign Workers Made To Gamble By Bosses <http://news.insing.com/tabloid/foreign-workers-made-to-gamble-by-bosses/id-a8043f00>
InSing

Some foreign construction workers here are being sent to casinos to gamble on behalf of their bosses.

**** Alienated On Their Own Turf <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/5/focus/9838345&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Expatriates from the West and the region are giving special preference to their own nationals during recruitment and promotion at the expense of Singaporeans.

**** More Transparency Needed In The NMP Selection Process <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/11/more-transparency-needed-in-the-nmp-selection-process/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen

**** A Comical Gaffe By Minister Khaw Boon Wan <http://singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.com/2011/11/comical-gaffe-by-minister-khaw-boon-wan.html>
Singapore Recalcitrant

**** Pay GST When You Eat At Million-dollar Stall <http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111103-308547.html>
Alvin Lim, The New Paper

Under Iras regulations, once turnover exceeds $1 million a year, it is compulsory for the business to be GST-registered.

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南洋视界

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**** “We Pursue Everything Except That Which Makes Life Worthwhile.” – Freedom Award Winner Dr Chee Soon Juan <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/11/“we-pursue-everything-except-that-which-makes-life-worthwhile-”-freedom-award-winner-dr-chee-soon-juan/>
Chong Ailing, The Online Citizen

But in order to achieve that, Dr Chee said, people must be willing to speak out without fear of marginalization and being seen as confrontational or worse, destructive.

“We have enough politicians in Singapore, what we need now are leaders,” he added.