[MyAppleMenu] Jan 7, 2010

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**** The Unbootable Mac Mini <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=c2a658bd8225fc477da7978dff042611>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

The moral of this story? First, when troubleshooting a problem with your Mac, don’t forget a basic step. Second, if you’re going to enable a firmware password, be sure there’s a valid startup volume selected in the Startup Disk pane. And third, if you do enable a firmware password, don't forget doing so (or forget the password, for that matter).

**** Corel Releases Update For Painter 11 <http://www.macworld.com/article/145479/2010/01/painterupdate.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Jackie Dove, Macworld

Corel has launched an update to its Painter 11 software package that is available immediately as a free download for current Painter 11 users. The update delivers on numerous requests from the Painter community, including improvements to transformations, color management, copy and paste, performance, tablet functionality, auto-painting, and more.

**** Today 2.0 Lets You Peek At Tomorrow's Events <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=967af1020e7829ba357ff24ce22a15d0>
David Dahlquist, Macworld

Second Gear has released version 2.0 of Today, its app that syncs with iCal and displays your daily schedule.

**** Apple Expands iTunes Preview To Allow Browser-based Song Sampling <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/07/apple_expands_itunes_preview_to_allow_browser_based_song_sampling.html>
AppleInsider

A month after Apple's purchase of music streaming service Lala, iTunes Preview has been expanded to allow 30-second song samples within a browser.



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**** Can You Be Overweight And Still Be Healthy? <http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/phys-ed-can-you-be-overweight-and-still-be-healthy/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times

The idea that people can be overweight and yet still quite healthy began gaining scientific and popular credence some years ago.

**** Safari <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/01/11/100111fi_fiction_egan>
Jennifer Egan, New Yorker

**** Ars Poetica: The Foxes <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/01/11/100111po_poem_galvin>
Brendan Galvin, New Yorker



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**** ICA Does Not Assign A Person's Race <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100106-0000297/Online-Only---ICA-does-not-assign-a-persons-race>
Chia Hui Keng, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Today

The ICA would like to clarify that it does not assign a person's race but only records the information as declared that is reasonably believed to be factual.

**** Case Can Be Reopened <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_474316.html>
K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times

Singapore's highest court has made clear that it has a duty to correct miscarriages of justice and to hear new evidence or new legal arguments even after a criminal trial has closed.

**** New Contempt Of Court Charges <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_474317.html>
K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times

Unauthorised audio recordings of court proceedings are now liable to lead to contempt of court charges in new rules that kicked in in the new year.

The changes embodied in the gazetted Rules of Court 2009 also provide the courts with more power to act against anyone who obtains an unauthorised copy of a court transcript.

**** SingPost Apologises For "Acts Of Vandalism" On Mailboxes <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1028960/1/.html>
Jeremy Koh, 938Live

SingPost has apologised for the "acts of vandalism" on its mailboxes recently. At a news conference to announce a sponsorship deal with the Youth Olympic Games, SingPost said it had commissioned the graffiti as a viral marketing effort.

**** McDonald's Takes The Charm Out Of Doraemon Series <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_474368.html>
Pauline Koh, Straits Times

The Pig is one of the Chinese zodiac signs - part of Chinese culture and customs - and it is just a soft toy, not food.

**** SMRT Puts Missing Person Posters Programme 'On Hold' <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100107-0000089/SMRT-puts-missing-person-posters-programme-on-hold>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

Crime Library's publicity efforts to help families find their missing loved ones have hit a bump recently. SMRT had told it in August that the partnership had ended and Crime Library founder Joseph Tan's attempts to revive the tie-up has not succeeded.

**** Romania To Launch Investigation <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100107-0000088/Romania-to-launch-investigation>
Esther Ng, Today

Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has called on its Prosecutor's Office to launch an investigation into the Bukit Panjang hit-and-run accident involving its embassy car in Singapore. 

It has also recalled Dr Silviu Ionescu (picture), the charge d'affaires at the Romanian Embassy here, to "allow for a full and fair investigation", it said in a statement on its website.

**** Press Muse – It Shouldn’t Be Just Business <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/press-muse-it-shouldnt-be-just-business/>
The Online Citizen

Page 1 is the most important of any newspaper, and to plaster it with anything but the biggest news story for the day would be bad form and a great disservice to readers.

**** An Open Letter To Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/3264-an-open-letter-to-chief-justice-chan-sek-keong>
Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democrats

Dear Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, I refer to the keynote address you gave to the New York State Bar Association in October last year. Given that the Opening of the Legal Year is upon us again, I wish to highlight a few points in your speech that were at once telling and, frankly, rather disturbing.

**** Express Yourself In Singapore, But Not With Graffiti <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6061MQ20100107>
Reuters

A graffiti publicity stunt by Singapore's postal services firm has backfired and sparked a hunt for a mysterious masked artist in a city-state known for being immaculately clean and trouble-free.

**** New Entry Fees To Sentosa <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_474583.html>
Straits Times

Charges to Sentosa Island will be revised from Jan 18 to encourage more people to car pool, in a bid to reduce traffic congestion. The island expects substantial congestion when Resorts World Sentosa opens later this month.

**** Guided By Expediency Rather Than Principle <http://todayinsingapore.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/guided-by-expediency-rather-than-principle/>
Today In Singapore

**** A Question Of Supply <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/toc-editorial-a-question-of-supply/>
The Online Citizen

The reality is that low-cost housing in Singapore is becoming an increasingly scarce resource, and that adding foreign workers to the mix will only tax it further.  HDB has to invest more in building rental flats aimed at low-income Singaporeans, barring which it should provide them with subsidies and vouchers to enable them to afford rental flats in the open market.  HDB should stay true to its founding purpose: to provide affordable housing to Singaporeans.

**** Singaporeans Seek Asylum Elsewhere <http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2226&Itemid=181>
Ben Bland, Asia Sentinel

Given the Singapore government's oft-repeated mantra that it has taken the city-state "from third world to first," you would not expect to find refugees fleeing the island's shores and gleaming skyscrapers.

**** MFA Emphasizes Seriousness Of Hit-and-run Case To Romanian Ambassador <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1029198/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has emphasized to the Romanian Ambassador to Singapore, the seriousness of the hit-and-run accident in which its diplomat, Silviu Ionescu, remains a suspect.