Newsletter 240

[1]The Stutterer
Links:
1. http://b.rw/dPYDdV

Nathan Heller | Slate | 22 February 2011

Beautiful essay on how it feels to stutter. "It is not, despite appearances,
a spastic feeling. It starts in the voice box and the upper lungs with
something like a pressure clench, the sensation of valves closing against
the flow"

[2]Wilderness To Brothels To Apple Store
Links:
2. http://b.rw/g2PcvB

William Easterly | Aid Watch | 22 February 2011

American economic and social history through the prism of one city block.
Not just any block; this one sits in heart of what is now downtown
Manhattan. Once a wreck, now a smart shopping street. Perhaps you bought
your iPad there

[3]Rescuing Raymond Davis
Links:
3. http://b.rw/gegUCD

Jeff Stein | Spy Talk | 22 February 2011

Ex-spy offers advice for getting Raymond Davis, CIA agent, out of Pakistan
police custody. "Of course, as soon as you start the assault, you have to
create a big diversion by setting off a simulated bomb or fire somewhere
else"

[4]How To Behave In An Art Museum
Links:
4. http://b.rw/hSN6Rk

Timothy Aubry | Paper Monument | 22 February 2011

Gallery visitor muses on acceptable behaviour after seeing people lying
prone in various states of undress. "I thought I might be watching the
beginnings of a lazy, pointless orgy." Enjoyable throughout - thanks to
@MchlRbnsnblogs

[5]Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden
Links:
5. http://b.rw/eBvRRF

Henry Shukman | Outside Online | 22 February 2011

"Lured by tales of mammals unknown in Europe since the Dark Ages, we're
setting out on an atomic safari." Extraordinary account of adventure tourism
trip to Chernobyl, site of infamous Soviet nuclear reactor meltdown

[6]Refuting A Myth About Human Origins
Links:
6. http://b.rw/gTtlf5

John J. Shea | American Scientist | 22 February 2011

Important, detailed, essay refutes widely held belief that humans only
developed modern behaviour patterns late in our evolutionary cycle. In fact
prehistoric man was neither dim-witted, inarticulate nor slow to innovate

Today's FiveBooks Interview

[7]David Cortright on =NON-MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL CONFLICT=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-cortright-on-non-military-solutions-political-conflict

The Notre Dame peace studies expert's choices show that non-violent protests
can achieve their aims, that terrorism can only cease through negotiation
and that wars rarely have winners [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-cortright-on-non-military-solutions-political-conflict

Topic

[9]Mind And Brain
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/mind

Everything you wanted - or didn't want - to know about your mind. From how
many friends your brain can cope with, to experts discussing consciousness
and mental illness. [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/mind

Book of the Day

[11]Our Common Future
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/our-common-future-by-world-commission-environment-and-development

-by World Commission on Environment and Development -

_Mary Robinson says:_ "This seminal publication ... defines sustainable
development as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs’." [12]More recommendations…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks

Browsings

From @[13]CorbinHiar How to Report in a Revolution: Multimedia lessons from
one journalist's gripping experience in
Egypt http://ow.ly/41Qf7 _#browsings_
Links:
13. http://twitter.com/CorbinHiar

[15]More user recommended #browsings…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/browsings

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