Newsletter 316
[1]International Intervention
Links:
1. http://b.rw/iRAAjS
Charles Crawford | Diplomat | 12 May 2011
"Gaddafi and Mubarak case studies reinforce the worst instincts of the worst
dictators: make clear from the start of any unrest that you’ll do what it
takes to stay in power. Western governments talk tough, but that is
negotiable" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/international-intervention
[3]Orchestra Names Strike False Note
Links:
3. http://b.rw/liclS5
Daniel Wakin | NYT | 17 May 2011
The "Dublin Philharmonic" that toured America two years ago? Mostly
Bulgarians. The "Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra"? Freelancers. The
“Tschaikowski St. Petersburg State Orchestra"? Unknown, even to its future
conductor [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/orchestra-names-strike-false-note
[5]And I Should Know
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5. http://b.rw/ilTd9t
Roseanne Barr | New York Mag | 15 May 2011
Like or loathe her old sitcom, she tells a good story about battles with
producers, studio execs and agents. And how fame affected her. To say
nothing of the time George Clooney attacked a chocolate cake with a baseball
bat for her [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/and-i-should-know
[7]Stockholm Syndrome Theory Of Long Novels
Links:
7. http://b.rw/jEILHi
Mark O'Connell | Millions | 16 May 2011
"You finish the last page of Gravity’s Rainbow and think, 'that was
monumental'. But this sense of monumentality has at least as much to do with
our achievement in having read the thing, as with the author’s in having
written it" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/stockholm-syndrome-theory-long-novels
[9]Early Adopter's Guide To Space Travel
Links:
9. http://b.rw/jWDTcQ
Erik Sofge | Popular Mechanics | 17 May 2011
Private space-travel industry is advancing, but it needs a business model.
That's where you come in: the customer. Virgin Galactic starts suborbital
flights next year. First seats cost $200,000. Can this evolve into a mass
market? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/early-adopters-guide-space-travel
[11]Scenes From Pakistan
Links:
11. http://b.rw/m5c1eW
Various | Atlantic | 13 May 2011
Some lovely shots in this collection of 45 photographs from Pakistan.
Including a few snapshots of Pakistani life little known to the outside
world, such as skiing and fashion shows [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/scenes-pakistan
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Nikolaos van Dam on Syria
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nikolaos-van-dam-on-syria
The veteran Dutch diplomat explains why meaningful political change in Syria
will be difficult to achieve – and warns that any move towards democracy is
likely to be accompanied by severe sectarian tension
Featured Topic
[14]Poetry
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/poetry
From poets on poetry and lives of the great poets, to fact-checking verse
and Google Voice as poetry ... something for the bard in us all
Reader Recommendations
_@[15]andyguess_ Western humanitarian intervention: history of an
idea [16]bbc.in/ljaxH6 [17]#browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/andyguess
16. http://bbc.in/ljaxH6
17. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/being-digital-by-nicholas-negroponte
[19]David Soskin says: "What is so fascinating about it is that he explains
in layman’s terms why it is that digital information will result in a
communications revolution. It was an amazingly prescient book"
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-soskin-on-internet
Video of the Day
[20]Adventures Of Tintin
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/adventures-tintin
3D motion capture. Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Jason Kottke feels
"a Polar Express vibe"
Quote of the Day
[21]Roseanne Barr, on television
Links:
21. http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5
"Imitation is the sincerest form of show business"