Newsletter 266
[1]Online Poker’s Big Winner
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1. http://b.rw/fekhaP
Jay Caspian Kang | NY Mag | 25 March 2011
How Daniel Cates, gifted mathematician and avid gamer, became the highest
earning online poker player aged 20. Endless practice, coupled with a fast,
fearless and unpredictable style helped him defeat the world's best players
[2]Human Rights And Egypt's Transition
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Issandr El Amrani | Arabist | 25 March 2011
Intelligent summary of key issues facing Egypt. How can culture change to
support accountability, human rights and public freedom when military police
engage in widespread torture and propose laws to criminalise protests?
[3]Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab The Wrong Guy?
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3. http://b.rw/eyPlxq
Noah Shachtman | Wired | 24 March 2011
FBI's investigation into 2001 anthrax attacks was most costly and perhaps
hardest case in agency history. After seven years blame pinned on dead
biodefence researcher, Bruce Ivins. But is the real anthrax mailer still at
large?
[4]Holi - The Festival Of Colors
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4. http://b.rw/hfhtyl
Alan Taylor | The Atlantic | 22 March 2011
Stunning photo-essay of Hindu festival Holi where participants cover friends
and strangers in bright, multi-coloured powders as they celebrate the advent
of Spring and commemorate Krishna's divine pranks
[5]Society Has No Business To Permit Degenerates To Reproduce
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5. http://b.rw/fErpxG
Theodore Roosevelt | Letters Of Note | 25 March 2011
Letter from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to founder of Eugenics
Record Office. Penned in 1913 but recently published online. Shocking views:
"we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong
type"
[6]G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether
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6. http://b.rw/e64xuz
David Kocieniewski | NYT | 24 March 2011
America's largest corporation made a $5.2 billion profit in the US last
year. But rather than paying out tax, it preferred to claim a tax benefit of
$3.2 billion. How? Aggressive political lobbying and some creative
accounting
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Henry Dimbleby on =HIS FAST FOOD PHILOSOPHY=
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-dimbleby-on-his-fast-food-philosophy
Co-founder of the Leon chain of healthy fast food restaurants describes his
growth as a chef through books, from Orwell to Jacques Pépin [8]Continue
reading…
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-dimbleby-on-his-fast-food-philosophy
Topic
[9]Relationships
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Book of the Day
[11]Pnin
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11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/pnin-by-vladimir-nabokov
-by Vladimir Nabokov -
_Maxim D Shrayer says:_ "The novel is to a large extent about Russian
culture misunderstood by Westerners. But it is also a truncated love story
with a moral dilemma. [12]More recommendations…
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12. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
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