[MyAppleMenu] Sep 10, 2012

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**** Transitioning From iMovie '11 To Final Cut Pro X ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1168045/transitioning_from_imovie_11_to_final_cut_pro_x.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Mark Spencer, Macworld


> On the surface, the new Final Cut Pro looks and acts much like iMovie. Underneath, however, is a powerful, professional editing application with a deep feature set—which is why it costs $300. It can import iMovie projects, so you can take a project you started in iMovie and open it in Final Cut Pro. There, you can take advantage of a greater variety of adjustable titles, transitions, and effects; faster, easier editing with keyboard shortcuts; more-powerful color-correction and audio tools; advanced green-screen keying; multilayer compositing; multicamera editing; and a universe of third-party plug-ins.



**** Kindle For Mac App Updated To Support Gestures, Richer Formatting, Japanese ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/10/3307360/kindle-mac-app-format-8-gestures-japanese>
Louis Goddard, The Verge



**** From Linux To OSX - 1 Year Later ****
<http://batsov.com/articles/2012/09/09/from-linux-to-osx-1-year-later/>
Bozhidar Batsov, (Think)



**** 3 Easy Ways To Share Files Between Macs ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/09/share-files-between-macs-easy-ways/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29>
OS X Daily






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Kickstarter Is Becoming A Fertile Ground For Remakes Of Old Games ****
<http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/07/kickstarter-games>
Max Tatton-Brown, Wired.co.uk


> Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have been a powerful force in connecting innovative and risky new ideas with the backing that traditional sources of capital may not have been willing to offer. But there's a second front to this battle, promising the rejuvenation of franchises that awaken longing pangs of nostalgia among the faithful.






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**** The Disappeared ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/09/17/120917fa_fact_rushdie>
Salman Rushdie, New Yorker


> How the fatwa changed a writer’s life.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Name, IC Number, Personal Data To Be Enhanced With New Bill ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1225170/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia


> Organisations which have personal data like one's name, identity card number and even photograph, would have to think twice before passing on the information to others, once the Personal Data Protection Bill is passed.

> The law will regulate the collection, use and disclosure of personal data by organisations as it will spell out that such agencies have to safeguard the personal data they possess.



**** No Change In Singapore's Policy On South China Sea: MFA ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1225158/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> MFA added that unlike Philippine media reports, Singapore deals with facts not fiction.



**** A Muted Conversation ****
<http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/a-muted-conversation/>
Bertha Harian


> Seems to me that the list of members of the committee is a fact, and Mr Heng himself should do the clarification in the mainstream media where he was reported saying those strange words.

> Second, we’re not just hearing from Mr Heng but the PM as well on how the national conversation is not about culling sacred cows. Seems a climb down from what Mr Heng had said earlier.



**** Online Buzz Over Lack Of Alternative Voices On SG Conversation Committee ****
<http://news.insing.com/tabloid/lack-of-alternative-voices-on-sg-conversation-committee/id-5b5e3f00>
inSing.com



**** Parliament Abolishes Parliamentary Pensions Act ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1225145/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** Govt To Build More Off-road Cycling Paths ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1225122/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> He said as road space is scarce, a dedicated lane for cyclists would require additional land, or for existing vehicle lanes to be narrowed. As such, the government is unable to accommodate that as it must think of larger, overall needs.



**** Question No. 666 For Oral Answer ****
<http://app.mica.gov.sg/Default.aspx?tabid=231>
Ministry Of Information, Communications And The Arts, Singapore Government


> The last edition in 2011 cost the National Arts Council (NAC) $850,000, to showcase one artist and one curator. As a comparison, the grants budget for the whole visual arts sector in FY11 was only $1.78 million, but benefitted more than 135 artists and visual arts groups.

> As I had mentioned in my written reply to Members in July this year, the Venice Biennale has been one of the platforms at which the NAC has profiled Singapore’s artistic talent globally. However, despite the millions of dollars spent on the Venice Biennale, only a handful of our artists and curators have been able to capitalise on the opportunities and prestige that their participation have brought. For the vast majority of our artists, there is still much room to improve the basic level of support.



**** Oral Answer By Ministry Of National Development On NParks’ Purchase Of The Brompton Bicycles ****
<http://app.mnd.gov.sg/Newsroom/NewsPage.aspx?ID=3767&category=Parliamentary%20Q%20&%20A&year=2012&RA1=&RA2=&RA3=>
Ministry Of National Development, Singapore Government


> In any investigation, we will look at all inputs regardless of the source or medium through which they are expressed. We hence welcome information, wherever they come from.



**** The Real Fear: Being Pushed Out Of Home ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/real-fear-being-pushed-out-home>
Han Fook Kwang, Straits Times


> This anxiety about being displaced in one's own home is a deep-seated one that goes far beyond the occasional gripes about loud-mouthed or anti-social foreigners, and it has to be recognised and acknowledged before any meaningful conversation and resolution of the issue can take place.



**** Sim Ann Should Stop Politicking And Review Policies Prejudiced Against Native Singaporeans ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/sim-ann-should-stop-politicking-and-review-policies-prejudiced-against-native-singaporeans/>
Tan T H, The Temasek Times


> Above all, it raises the question of choice and responsibility. The Prime Minister and then Director of the National Population Secretariat, Ms Sim chose to open the floodgate to the foreigners at a rate unprecedented in history of independent nations, therefore they are entitled to both credit and responsibility for the policy consequence of their social engineering project.

> To try and cast it as a moral test of Singaporeans’ characters signify a shrinking of responsibility, an unwillingness of the Government to accept the negative consequence cause by their decision. Instead, the onus is now on Singaporeans to live up to the moral standards set fore by Ms Sim so that we can enable her population polices to work.



**** Govt Should Change Rhetoric On Xenophobia ****
<http://publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/764-govt-should-change-rhetoric-on-xenophobia-lina-chiam>
Lina Chiam, Publichouse.sg


> We fear that by playing up the xenophobia card, the government is inadvertently painting a worse image of Singapore and Singaporeans to the outside world than is in fact the case.



**** If You Can't Trust Your Doctor... ****
<http://singaporedesk.blogspot.sg/2012/09/if-you-cant-trust-your-doctor.html>
Singapore Notes


> Heck, if Ms Tan had not been industrious in her research, the cover up by Lu, Wong and Sim would never have been brought to light. Since SMC told the press it is looking into the case,  we have yet to find out if it too will join in the sorry stonewalling saga. For all we know, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, who was copied in the whistle blower email, might even go to bat for the doctor. A precedent has been set. 



**** Still Rising ****
<http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.sg/2012/09/still-rising.html>
Musings From The Lion City


> When the cooling measures were first announced, Singaporeans were expecting the prices to go down. Singaporeans want the prices to go down. Right now it’s going the direct opposite direction! If that’s not failure, I don’t know what is.



**** Resale HDB At Queenstown Hit A Record Price Of SGD1M For The First Time ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/residential-property/news/resale-hdb-queenstown-hit-record-price-sgd1m-first-time>
Singapore Business Review


> According to SRX flash report, overall median COV increased in the first 2 months of 2012Q3 to $30,000 after holding steady at $27,000 in the first half of 2012.

> For the first time, an executive HDB hit a record price of $1 million in Queenstown with a COV of $195,000. It is still pending first appointment. 



**** The New Paper Sees Largest Fall In Circulation Figures Among All SPH Dailies ****
<http://socialpr.blogspot.sg/2012/09/the-new-paper-sees-largest-fall-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+SmallStepsForSocialPr+(Small+steps+for+Social+PR)>
Aaron Koh, Small Steps For Social PR



**** Alexandra Hospital To Operate Till 2018 Following 2Nd Extension ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/alexandra-hospital-operate-till-2018-following-2nd-extension-20120909>
Salma Khalik, Straits Times


> "We will decide nearer 2018 on the future directions of Alexandra Hospital," Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told The Sunday Times on Saturday.



**** I Am Surprised By Two Things Regarding Our SG Conversation. ****
<http://singzeon.blogspot.sg/2012/09/i-am-surprised-by-two-things-regarding.html>
Singzeon



**** National Conversation - A New Name To An Old Practice ****
<http://tankinlian.blogspot.sg/2012/09/national-conversation-new-name-to-old.html>
Tan Kin Lian's Blog


> In other countries, there are active debates in Parliament. They hold their national conversations all the time in their legislature. Why can't Singapore follow the same approach, and have a more active Parliament?



**** Asia’s Next Revolution ****
<http://www.economist.com/node/21562195>
The Economist


> They have little desire to replace traditions of hard work and thrift with a flabby welfare dependency. The region’s giants can seek inspiration not from Greece but from tiny Singapore, where government spending is only a fifth of GDP but schools and hospitals are among the best in the world.



**** Law Society To Meet On Sept 24 Over Ravi Clash ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/law-society-meet-sept-24-over-ravi-clash-20120910>
Lim Yi Han, Straits Times



**** Cycling On Singapore’s Public Roads: Courses Or Licences For Non-Motorist Cyclists? ****
<http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/cycling-on-singapores-public-roads-courses-or-licences-for-non-motorist-cyclists/>
Guanyinmao's Musings



**** Darn. Suck It Up, Singapore. ****
<http://willowspell.blogspot.sg/2012/09/darn-suck-it-up-singapore.html>
Ello.



**** Placing The Poor In Singapore ****
<http://emergenteconomics.com/2012/09/09/placing-the-poor-in-singapore/>
Emergent Econmics


> Of course most people would rather be a poor Singaporean than a poor Bangladeshi, but relative poverty matters. It’s morally unacceptable to say that someone from the subcontinent should be grateful for his windowless shipping-container abode because he’s getting $2 per hour instead of a dollar. People measure their well being against what they see around them, and $2 in Singapore probably isn’t, subjectively, worth as much as a dollar in Dakha.



**** $1 Million HDB Flat Nothing To Be Traumatised Over ****
<http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/09/09/1-million-hdb-flat-nothing-to-be-traumatised-over/>
Everything Also Complain


> No I’m not traumatised at all, but perhaps the next generation of Singaporeans would, when they realise that while their peers have become instant millionaires overnight from selling the million-dollar flat they inherited from their parents to snap up  condos or landed property, they’re struggling to cope with the mortgage for their 2-room broom closet, which could very well cost as much as a 4-room in Ang Mo Kio today.



**** Only The PAP Is Fit To Lead? ****
<http://www.raviphilemon.net/2012/09/only-pap-is-fit-to-lead.html>
Ravi Philemon


> It is becoming quite apparent that this call for National Conversation by the PAP can only be a call to Singaporeans to have a more reasonable conversation with them, and more importantly on their terms.



**** The Legacy Of The Conversation? ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/politics/item/763-the-legacy-of-the-conversation?>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> And it would, in fact, be the greatest achievement of this NC initiative if empowering Singaporeans were its legacy.



**** Singapore Left At Altar As Qantas Bounds off ****
<http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/singapore-left-at-altar-as-qantas-bounds-off-20120909-25m4i.html>
Paul Sheehan, Sydney Morning Herald


> Now Qantas is dropping Singapore as its overseas hub from next April.



**** Opposition Slams Make-up Of Committee ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120910-0000018/Opposition-slams-make-up-of-committee>
Ng Jing Yng, Today



**** S'pore Conversation Will Involve Bloggers, Social Commentators, Opposition ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1224986/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** éŒ¯æŽ§é™³ç¾¤å·â€§æ–°åŠ å¡å‰ä¸»æŽ§å®˜é“æ­‰ ****
<http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/260428?tid=2>
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**** A Constructive Reply To Mr Wong Meng Meng ****
<http://secondchances.asia/a-constructive-reply-to-mr-wong-meng-meng/>
We Believe In Second Chances


> While the government recently announced plans to amend the mandatory death penalty for drug offenses and murder, we would go on to argue that an accused person’s due process rights are still infringed under the general criminal justice system.  For example, under the Misuse of Drugs Act, a person found in possession of a certain amount of drugs is presumed to be trafficking in the substance. The prosecution does not have to prove that the accused is guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Rather, the burden rests on the accused to establish his innocence. To make matters worse, accused persons also do not have an effective right to legal advice at the time of their arrest, uncorroborated confessions can be used to convict the accused and interrogations are not recorded on video.