Newsletter 207
[1]Can Europe Be Saved?
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1. http://b.rw/g4Kf20
Paul Krugman | NYT Magazine | 12 January 2011
Excellent primer on the euro. Why common currency was created. Why Greece,
Ireland and others have got into such trouble. What next steps might be.
Debt restructuring: almost certain. Euro zone partial break-up: very
possible.
[2]A Woman's Place Is At The Peace Table
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2. http://b.rw/gaMLsk
Ann Jones | LAT | 13 January 2011
One way to get Afghanistan back into working order would be to give its
women an equal place in society. Which they had, up until 1989. This used to
be a modern country. Why does West let Karzai re-establish Islamist
misogyny?
[3]Living With Christopher Isherwood
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3. http://b.rw/gC2pQ2
James Fenton | TLS | 12 January 2011
Latest volume of writer's diaries covers 1960s, mostly in LA. "The world
Isherwood describes, though full of men falling for each other, seems very
short indeed on truly monogamous relationships. The gay life was not like
that"
[4]Chatroulette's New Business Plan: Naked Men
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4. http://b.rw/hR5Bal
Austin Carr | Fast Company | 12 January 2011
Fading video-chat site still attracts 50,000 men per day who want to show
themselves naked. So it patches them through to adult sites, earns $100,000
a month in referral fees. "What we're doing is selling naked men to
websites"
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Jeremy Black on =THE HISTORY OF WAR=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jeremy-black-on-history-war
In military terms, the traditional view is that the rest of the world is
struggling to catch up with the West, says Professor Jeremy Black. But, as
some of his book choices reveal, this is historically inaccurate [7]Continue
reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jeremy-black-on-history-war
Topic
[8]Natural History
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Everything you need to know about natural history. Experts from London's
Natural History Museum discuss their top five books on everything - from
bats to plants, dinosaurs to meteorites and more
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Book of the Day
[10]The Ottoman Age of Exploration
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/ottoman-age-exploration-by-giancarlo-casale
-by Giancarlo Casale -
This is a new book that argues that the Ottoman Empire had a maritime
interest in the Indian Ocean which we have underrated. We have found it
overly easy to think about the Ottomans in terms of a land empire, which
they obviously were, but they were also an important maritime power and we
ought to be using that to re-examine our standard assumptions about the
West, after the 15th century, being the only source of maritime power, until
you get the Japanese borrowing Western technology and ideas at the end 19th
century.
[11]More recommendations…
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11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
[12]moulinlacoste New York exhibition of mysterious 17th Century paintings,
reveals early signs of denim fashion. [13]on.wsj.com/eWoXlR #browsings
[14]
More user recommended #browsings…
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12. http://twitter.com/moulinlacoste
13. http://on.wsj.com/eWoXlR
14. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
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