Newsletter 428
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]F-16 Pilot Was Ready To Give Her Life On Sept 11
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qiZVJa
Steve Hendrix | Washington Post | 9 September 2011
On pilot sent after flight UA93. "The one thing she didn’t have as she
roared into the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or
anything at all to throw at a hostile aircraft. Except her own plane. So
that was the plan" [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/f-16-pilot-was-ready-give-her-life-sept-11
[7]The Price Of Protection
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7. http://b.rw/nmZSp2
Erika Check Hayden | Nature | 7 September 2011
Damning analysis of $60bn spending on US bio-defence since 2001 anthrax
attacks. Most of it wasted. Why? "We didn't really know what we needed and
we didn't know how hard it would be to make any of these things that we
needed" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/price-protection
[9]I Want To Get Specific
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qjjlvE
Nico Muhly | Nico Muhly | 8 September 2011
Copyright law can make it insanely difficult for even the composer to get
recordings of his own new work, especially when scored for orchestra. But
repeated listening is essential, for learning how a piece of music works in
practice [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-want-get-specific
[11]If We Only Had Wings
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11. http://b.rw/pfPjdR
Nancy Shute | National Geographic | 15 August 2011
"Perched on the edge of a cold, windswept dune in North Carolina, I was
about to fulfill a dream I shared with Leonardo da Vinci: To fly."
Delightful piece about the allure of personal flight from jet packs to hang
gliders [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/if-we-only-had-wings
[13]Ian Graham, Improbable Explorer
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qKTiJS
Ferdinand Mount | TLS | 8 September 2011
Gorgeous book review. Graham's grandfather was Duke of Montrose;
Rimsky-Korsakov taught his grandmother to rollerskate. He drove to Mexico in
a vintage Rolls-Royce, hacked through jungle, became world authority on
Mayan culture [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ian-graham-improbable-explorer
[15]Pablo Fanque’s Fair
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15. http://b.rw/ncUUy1
Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 8 September 2011
Immortalised on The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper album, Pablo Fanque was quite a
character. Born William Darby in 1796. Acrobatic prodigy, master tight-rope
walker and Britain's first black circus owner. Even taught horses to dance
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/pablo-fanque’s-fair
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Jay McInerney on Essential New York Novels
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-mcinerney-on-essential-new-york-novels
The author of Bright Lights, Big City tells us what changed after 9/11 and
which books best capture the ambition, romance and creativity of New York
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-mcinerney-on-essential-new-york-novels
Featured Topic
[19]9/11: Ten Years On
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/911-ten-years
It's now a decade since the shocking and tragic events of 9/11. How did we
get to here and what have we learnt? We've collected some of the best
writing reflecting on the legacy of the attacks for America and the world
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/911-ten-years
Reader Recommendations
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[23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/eEgOuhD
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/queer-street-by-james-mccourt
[25]Queer Street by James McCourt
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/queer-street-by-james-mccourt
[26]Fran Lebowitz says: “It is a geography and a history of what people
would now call gay New York. I beg people to read this book. He tells you
about a sensibility that has ceased to exist” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/fran-lebowitz-on-new-york-writers
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Coffee Jerks
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/coffee-jerks
How they used shame to sell coffee, half a century ago [29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Ron Carlson, on writing
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
"I write from personal experiences, whether I’ve had them or not"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations