[MyAppleMenu] Jun 3, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple In A Relationship With Facebook? Its Complicated. ****
<http://www.cultofmac.com/171053/apple-in-a-relationship-with-facebook-its-complicated/>
Mike Elgan, Cult Of Mac


> Specifically, when you currently use Facebook for iOS app “authentication” — for using your Facebook username and password instead of setting up a new one for the app — iOS switches you to the Facebook app for the authentication, then back to the original app to complete the login. The new announcement should log you in without switching to the Facebook app and back.

> That’s it! That’s the news.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** A Universal Plug Socket... At Last? ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18266022>
Peter Day, BBC


> Three pins. Two pins. Slanting pins. Straight. Circular. In a world where there is no global standard for plug design, taking electrical items abroad can be fraught with difficulties. But now a solution may be at hand - and already in use in China.



**** More Guests For Less (Wi-Fi Required) ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/fashion/weddings/drawing-wedding-guests-through-the-web.html>
Heather Schultz, New York Times


> While some couples consider live-streaming alternatives for more-basic reasons (there are almost always relatives and friends who cannot attend the ceremony), other social-media-savvy couples want to beam their weddings to the digital universe in hopes that they will go viral.



**** A Geneticist’s Research Turns Personal ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/business/geneticists-research-finds-his-own-diabetes.html?_r=1>
Anne Eisenberg, New York Times


> Human genome sequencing is already helping researchers find new treatments for illness. Now an unusual case study suggests that the benefits of sequencing may be enhanced in combination with detailed blood tests.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Android Head Of Philip K. Dick ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/06/philip_k_dick_robot_an_android_head_of_the_science_fiction_author_is_lost_forever_.html>
Torie Bosch, Slate


> The unlikely story of the sci-fi author’s “robotic resurrection.”



**** Book Review: ‘Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)’ By Jenny Lawson ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-lets-pretend-this-never-happened-a-mostly-true-memoir-by-jenny-lawson/2012/06/01/gJQAvn8a7U_story.html>
Melissa Bell, Washington Post


> The plot, though, is never the point. It’s following the strange paths down which Lawson’s mind wanders. Unlike with the memoirists who have come before her, there’s never a question about her journalistic integrity. Did a cougar casually stroll through her back yard last week? Does she really have a zombie kit stashed under her bed? Who cares? The world Lawson inhabits, however much invented, is a glorious place to be.



**** Faking It ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/may/27/eva-wiseman-reality-fashion>
Eva Wiseman, The Observer


> Reality has no place in fashion. Reality is the guy that creeps up on you when you're wearing vertical stripes and whispers: "Oof, sweetheart, no. You believed, didn't you? You thought they'd make you look taller and thinner." Oh. "No. Sorry. All the best," he says, leaving you standing there with the sad knowledge that you look like a squat 80s TV set, strobing.






SingaporeSurf
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**** An Open Letter To PAP : Torture And The Abuse Of ISA ****
<http://singaporerebel.blogspot.sg/2012/06/open-letter-to-pap-torture-and-abuse-of.html>
Martyn See Tong Ming, Singapore Rebel


> Dear members of the PAP, if you do not endorse or condone the above which I have described, I would now urge you to campaign for a national commission of inquiry to investigate all past and current abuses of the ISA.



**** An Email Reply To Fifth Azure, Author Of “**** You, DPM Teo” ****
<http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/an-email-reply-to-fifth-azure-author-of-you-dpm-teo/>
Kwan Jin Yao, Guanyinmiao's Musings


> Was it fair for DPM Teo to question the students on “what do you think (can be done)?” You would certainly disagree, but I do appreciate his intentions for doing so. As selected participants from different institutes of higher learning, DPM Teo probably had the expectation that you and your peers might have a plethora of recommendations in mind. It is one thing to state persisting problems, and another to carefully think about policy options, before properly evaluating the respective trade-offs and considerations; that is definitely more challenging, constructive, and intellectually stimulating.

> I think the government finds itself in a curious conundrum: if it dispensed solutions per se without taking into account alternative views from the ground, it is accused of being haughty and aloof; if it chooses to ask the questions, it risks being seen as unresponsive. Of course, I cannot comment on DPM Teo’s responses during the PUS (even though I have managed to watch the clips briefly), and it would be great if you could follow-up to provide more information on the questions that he chose not to respond to, or on the cursory answers.



**** In Memory Of 1987 ****
<http://siewkumhong.blogspot.sg/2012/06/in-memory-of-1987.html>
Siew Kum Hong



**** Is There A Market For Wet Markets? Workfare For Stall Owners? Dilemma Of The PAP ****
<http://pijitailai.blogspot.sg/2012/06/is-there-market-for-wet-markets.html>
Piji Tailai



**** The ISA Is An Impediment To Building An Inclusive Society ****
<http://www.raviphilemon.net/2012/06/isa-is-impediment-to-building-inclusive.html>
Ravi Philemon



**** Disappointed With Government For Providing Only Lip-service To Citizens ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/disappointed-with-government-for-providing-only-lip-service-to-citizens/>
Alvin Choo, The Temasek Times


> Instead of engaging and working with Singapore Citizens to resolve the issues at hand, our government has the cheek to blame Singaporeans instead for our current sentiments. If we are constantly kowtowing to the foreigners who are constantly taking the prime cuts in Singapore, what will be left for Singaporeans? If we are told to kowtow to the foreigners, what difference did the current government have made to our previous colonial masters?



**** Canada Seeks Singapore Hub To Support U.S. Military Asia 'Pivot' Toward China ****
<http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/canada-seeks-singapore-hub-to-support-us-military-asia-pivot-towards-china-156408615.html>
Mike Blanchfield, The Candian Press


> Canada is seeking a deal with Singapore to establish a military staging post there as part of its effort to support the United States' "pivot" toward Asia to counter a rising China.

> MacKay said Canada is looking at a cost-effective way of increasing its military footprint in the region. MacKay said a military hub in Singapore would be similar to the arrangements it has reached with Kuwait and Jamaica, to give it military footholds in the Middle East and the Caribbean.



**** Over 400 People Mark 25th Anniversary Of ISA Arrests ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/over-400-people-mark-25th-anniversary-of-isa-arrests.html>
Ewen Boey, Yahoo!


> Human rights non-governmental organisation MARUAH and Function 8, a citizen-led move to facilitate civic discussions, remembered those who had been arrested in "Operation Spectrum" between 1987 and 1988 for their alleged involvement in a "Marxist conspiracy" to topple the government.



**** æ›´æ­£ ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120603_004.shtml>
联合早报


> 本报于5月20日刊登的总理封面图说有误，指分发干粮给后港居民的是一家志愿福利团体。据“快乐天使”乐龄活动负责人来电指出，活动是由一群义工和善心人士组成的，而且该活动并没有跟工人党合作。本报对此错误的报道表示歉意。

Lianhe Zaobao still didn't say who gave them that information. Is it, as alleged, from the PAP?


**** Can Eugene Tan Be Trusted To Hold The PAP Accountable? ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/can-eugene-tan-be-trusted-to-hold-the-pap-accountable/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor



**** Singapore: A Place Where Wealth And Status Is Preferred To Kindness And Humanity. ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.sg/2012/06/singapore-place-where-wealth-and-status.html>
Feed Me To The Fish



**** Unbelievable, Straits Times ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/unbelievable-straits-times/>
Andrew Loh


> The Straits Times owes the former detainees and the public an apology for a misleading statement.

> To put it bluntly, the Straits Times lied.



**** ä¹°å–åæ ¡è€ƒå· 法律也没辄？ ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120603_023.shtml>
傅丽云, 联合早报


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**** Hundreds Turn Up At Rally Against Arbitrary Detention ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/hundreds-turn-up-at-rally-against-arbitrary-detention/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> I caught up with Vincent Cheng (above), one of the 22 arrested in 1987. He was happy to see so many turn up to listen and support the call for the abolition of the Internal Security Act. “I see a lot of young people here; I am very appreciative of that.”

> In his opinion, the government realises they made a blunder, “but it’s very difficult for them to acknowledge that.” But how might they might bring themselves to be accountable? “Perhaps a new generation of leaders might be willing to look back and acknowledge that it was a blunder and people suffered.”



**** Summons Filed To Order PM Lee To Court Hearing On By-election ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/summons-filed-order-pm-lee-court-hearing-election-102601051.html>
Andrew Loh, Yahoo!


> Vellama on Friday proceeded to file a summons to order PM Lee Hsien Loong to appear before the court to give evidence for remarks which he had made in Parliament with regards to his powers of discretion.

> She also asked that PM Lee be ordered to provide the written advice tendered to him by the former and the current Attorney Generals with respect to the matter.