[MyAppleMenu] Apr 15, 2012

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**** Apple Needs To Respond Faster Because Malware Will Return ****
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017984027_ptmacc14.html>
Glenn Fleishman, The Seattle Times


> Apple distinctly erred when it sat for two months on an update from Oracle, which maintains Java, for the Flashback exploit. This mistake should serve as a wake-up call within the company to turn such patches from outside sources into updates for Mac OS X much faster.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Scientists Build First Working Quantum Network ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402931,00.asp>
Damon Poeter, PC Magazine


> Scientists at the Quantum Dynamics division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany announced Wednesday that they have built the very first, elementary quantum network comprised of a pair of entangled atoms that transmit information to each other via single photons.






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**** 'How We Put Together An Entire Magazine In Just 24 Hours' ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/15/twenty-four-magazine-24-hours>
Sara Eileen Hames, The Observer


> At the first editorial meeting of <i>twenty-four magazine</i>, I turned to the staff of 10 and asked: "Do any of you know what this magazine is going to be about?" All of them shook their heads. "How many of you have worked in magazines before?" Four hands went up, including my own, and there was a round of nervous laughter. One day later, we published our first issue.



**** The Moral Landscape By Sam Harris – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/15/moral-landscape-sam-harris-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Jules Evans, The Observer


> It's a pity the book is so bull-headed, because Harris's topic is an interesting one, and he himself is an interesting figure who brings together the disciplines of science, moral philosophy and contemplative religion. Unfortunately, he seems to see this as a zero-sum game, in which the competition must be killed. In fact, as Harris must know, the great religious traditions have interesting things to tell us about wellbeing, if we stop trying to punch their lights out.



**** Why Audiobooks Are The Perfect Running Aid ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/15/audiobooks-running-siberia-marathon-feature?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Lucy Ward, The Observer


> It's minus 17 degrees in Gorky Park, Moscow, and I quicken my pace along the snow-crusted paths. Since I started to run, there has been a knife attack and murder in a hotel room and the killer is preparing to make a suicidal leap from a bridge.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Shows How Cities And Green Can Go Together ****
<http://bloggerswithoutborders.com/2012/04/15/singapore-shows-how-cities-and-green-can-go-together/>
Blogger Without Borders


> City planners and architects should all come to Singapore to be inpired by the endless possibilities to make to cities greener. “No space” cannot be longer used as an excuse, since Singapore proves that even in densely populated areas lots of green can arise. When there is no space left on the ground, then go up.



**** Big City Life ****
<http://blog.toomanythoughts.org/2012/04/big-city-life.html>
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Too Many Thoughts


> We don't need sophisticated technology or newfangled ideas to make our neighbourhoods more liveable, or to make our trains run on time. We just need common sense and a little human sympathy applied to prevailing systems.



**** MRT Lines To See Weekend Closures For Upgrading Works: Lui ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-3/Story/STIStory_789053.html>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times


> In the next few years, sections of the North-South and East-West MRT Lines will be closed over weekends for maintenance and to install a new signalling system.

> Transport minister Lui Tuck Yew said both MRT lines are ageing but maintenance cannot be completed in the 1am to 4.30am window every day when trains are not running.



**** Softly, Softly, Will Not Narrow Income Gap ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/softly-softly-will-not-narrow-income-gap/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> The issue that is <i>not</i> debated is simply this: distribution of wealth and privilege in society follows the distribution of power. Income inequality in Singapore reflects power inequality.

> Free up space for independent trade unions, pack away all those paranoid controls against political activity, and I dare say, half the problem will solve itself.



**** Make No Bones About It, The Chinaware Is Halal ****
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/4/15/nation/11108662&sec=nation>
Shahanaaz Habib, The Star


> Ever heard of halal chinaware? Well, a Singapore company has had their china certified halal and the products are now in the market.



**** Breaking Out From The Cycle Of Cheap Labor And Low productivity....Part 2 ****
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2012/04/breaking-out-from-cycle-of-cheap-labor_15.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind


> There is real pain and social consequences when just let labor markets behave like the cattle market determined free market forces. Lets not forget the primary purpose of an economy - it is not to maximize GDP growth or be a servant of the free market but achieve outcomes that will improve in the quality of life of citizens.



**** Singapore Day In New York ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1195326/1/.html>
Simon Marks, Channel NewsAsia


> What do you do if thousands of Singaporeans living abroad are too busy to go home? Well, you bring Singapore to them. 

Previously: <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_788510.html">Thanks, But Spending $4M For S'pore Day Is Too Much</a> (Liang Kaicheng, Straits Times).


**** A Home(or Hell) Away From Home? Foreign Workers In Singapore ****
<http://www.singaporelawreview.org/2012/04/a-homeor-hell-away-from-home-foreign-workers-in-singapore/>
Xiao Hongyu, The Singapore Law Review


> Laws are poorly enforced and foreign workers are often deprived of their legal rights because the existing mechanisms are insufficient – foreign workers, unaware of their legal rights, dependent on their employer for work, pay and shelter, and heavily in debt to agents, are expected to be proactive in reporting abuse. Even where abuse is reported, investigations are often not adequate and treat complaints as more akin to a civil dispute rather than a criminal matter.



**** New Coke Machine Takes Hugs Instead Of Money  ****
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/coke-machine-takes-hugs-money-article-1.1061714>
Branden Goyette, New York Daily News



**** å°šè¾¾æ›¼ï¼šä½ å¯ä»¥è®¤çœŸåŽ»è¿½æ¢¦ ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120415_011.shtml>
蔡永伟, 联合早报


> 我国奉行的任人唯贤制度不应把才能的定义狭隘地局限于学术成绩，而是应该肯定人们的不同才华，激励他们发挥所长。

> 副总理兼财政部长及人力部长尚达曼昨天出席回教社会发展理事会为庆祝成立30å‘¨å¹´è€Œä¸¾åŠžçš„é’å¹´ç ”è®¨ä¼šæ—¶ï¼Œä»¥ä¸­å­¦æ”¶ç”Ÿä¸å†åªé‡è§†å­¦ç”Ÿå°å…­ä¼šè€ƒçš„æˆç»©ä¸ºä¾‹ï¼Œè¯´æ˜Žä»»äººå”¯è´¤ï¼ˆmeritocracy）的概念已有所扩大。

For many many years, Singapore's education system is to figure out how each individual can fit into the existing society, rather than maximizing each individual's potential to change the society.


**** 市内等德士　平均时间缩短3分钟 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120415_002.shtml>
é™ˆç´«ç­ , 联合早报



**** 圣淘沙岛内缆车系统三年内建成 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120415_001.shtml>
李静仪, 联合早报


> 圣淘沙发展集团在圣淘沙岛内兴建的缆车系统（Sentosa Cablewayï¼‰å°†åœ¨ä»Šå¹´ä¸‹åŠå¹´åŠ¨å·¥ï¼Œä»¥åº”ä»˜å²›å†…çš„äº¤é€šéœ€æ±‚ï¼Œå‡å°‘è·¯é¢ä¸ŠçŸ­ç¨‹å·´å£«çš„å·è¡Œï¼ŒæŠŠæ—¥ç›Šå¢žåŠ çš„éƒ¨åˆ†äººæµé‡è½¬ç§»åˆ°â€œç©ºä¸­â€ã€‚

Sentosa is reducing the number of "free" buses to encourage visitors to pay more to ride the new internal cable car system.


**** An Inclusive Society – In 10 Years? ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/an-inclusive-society-in-10-years/>
Andrew Loh


> We cannot be an inclusive society by just saying a good word to one another, or to lend help whenever needed. These are charitable and courteous acts, for sure, and they are desirable, certainly. But they do not an inclusive society make.

> There must be a spirit of caring and recognition of the significance and importance of that which speaks to our soul – and the government, above anyone else, must take the lead in showing this.



**** The Yale-NUS Debate Rages On In Singapore ****
<http://asiancorrespondent.com/80407/the-yale-nus-debate-rages-on-in-singapore/>
Kirsten Han, Asian Correspondent


> Instead of accusations, allegations and assumptions perhaps it would be more useful for both sides to accept the flaws and problems of our respective countries – for if Yale faculty and students would like to point out Singapore’s human rights problems, Singapore could also point out a few of the USA’s less-than-optimal human rights records – and to start to figure out how an education in liberal arts could help to make things better in both places.