Newsletter 444
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Our Man In Kandahar
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qPXqyu
Matthieu Aikins | Atlantic | 25 September 2011
Admirable investigation into US-backed acting police chief of Kandahar
province, Afghanistan – a warlord accused of involvement in abuse,
corruption and criminality, not least the alleged murder in cold blood of
those who cross him [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/our-man-kandahar
[7]Implementing Strategies In Extreme Negotiations
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pkoXzD
Jeff Weiss & Jonathan Hughes | HBR | 20 September 2011
"Power in extreme negotiations comes more from preparation than from how
glib or agile you are at the negotiation table." Want to know how to bargain
when the stakes are high and the pressure's on? Here's a great set of
strategies [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/implementing-strategies-extreme-negotiations
[9]A Brief History Of The Brain
Links:
9. http://b.rw/q925MS
David Robson | New Scientist | 26 September 2011
From single cell organisms to modern day man, "the overall picture is one of
a virtuous cycle involving our diet, culture, technology, social
relationships and genes." But why did our brains stop growing? And start to
shrink? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/brief-history-brain
[11]How A Rogue Trader Crashed UBS
Links:
11. http://b.rw/n2cSgS
Emma Thomasson & Edward Taylor | Reuters | 26 September 2011
Good combination of colour, detail and authority in this reconstruction of a
devastating few days for Swiss bank. And a lesson in what juicy titbits can
be picked up by hanging around in lobbies of posh hotels [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-rogue-trader-crashed-ubs
[13]The Nets And NBA Economics
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pHc0c3
Malcolm Gladwell | Grantland | 26 September 2011
Economics of major-league basketball look pretty crazy if you just look at
the profit and loss of the sports team. They lose big. But it's not about
the sport. It's about property development, bragging rights, power, vanity
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nets-and-nba-economics
[15]Parents Of A Certain Age
Links:
15. http://b.rw/q89XFD
Lisa Miller | New York | 25 September 2011
"Wasn't it hard enough at 30?" Well, maybe, but older parents aren't being
put off. Overall US birth rates are falling, but among women over 45 they're
rising sharply. Reporter meets some of those who've contributed to the trend
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/parents-certain-age
FiveBooks Interview
[17]William Fiennes on First-Person Narratives
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-fiennes-on-first-person-narratives
Writing in the first person doesn’t have to be inward-looking or
egotistical, says the author of The Snow Geese. He tells us about his
favourite autobiographical works that use the first person to look out into
the world [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-fiennes-on-first-person-narratives
Featured Topic
[19]REM Split Up
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/rem-split
They started out as skinny college kids in Athens, Georgia and over 31 years
together created some of the most inventive, satisfying music of our time.
Enjoy our retrospective of words and sounds [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/rem-split
Reader Recommendations
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/paulmasonnews
23. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15076896
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/my-uncle-napoleon-by-iraj-pezeshkzad
[28]My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/my-uncle-napoleon-by-iraj-pezeshkzad
[29]Jasmin Darznik says: “The book is all about Iran making fun of itself
for its own kneejerk reaction to blame anything that goes wrong on
foreigners” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jasmin-darznik-on-modern-iran
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Trader's Analysis Shocks BBC Interviewer
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/traders-analysis-shocks-bbc-interviewer
'Governments don't rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world. And it
doesn't care about this rescue package'
[32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Eric Schlossberg, on writing
Links:
33. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a4bce7e8-e32b-11e0-bb55-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1YzEujVy0
"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can
think"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations