Newsletter 478

1 Nov 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]Greek Referendum Is Coin-Flip On Euro Exit
Links:
5. http://b.rw/vu2w6w

Paul Mason | BBC | 1 November 2011

If Greeks reject deal for 50% controlled default, debt spirals out of
control, all rules of euro membership have been broken, Greece is bust.
Perhaps euro exit has been the logic all along. Here's how it would play out
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greek-referendum-coin-flip-euro-exit

[7]Is It Ever Right To Hit A Child?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/uuRYKg

David Walkling | Telegraph | 28 October 2011

Of course not, says any progressive parent. But what about the times when
you can't help yourself, and when it really does seem to be deserved?
"Nothing worked. The smack cut straight to the point. Don’t do that again,
it said" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-ever-right-hit-child

[9]Building A Better Future
Links:
9. http://b.rw/tuUial

Richard Woodward | WSJ | 28 October 2011

Profile of groundbreaking architect Bjarke Ingels. Likened to Le Corbusier
for his grand urban visions. Aims to put the joy back into sustainable,
green buildings. They should be beautiful, inspiring, fun. Not dreary tower
blocks [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/building-better-future

[11]Inside Groupon: The Truth About The World's Most Controversial Company
Links:
11. http://b.rw/suksKA

Nicholas Carlson | Business Insider | 31 October 2011

Full back-story of Andrew Mason and the daily deals company he founded. How
it grew out of do-gooder social network The Point and ended up with 10,000
employees. Among them two German brothers who now seem key to any future
success [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-groupon-truth-about-worlds-most-controversial-company

[13]The Notorious Howie Spira
Links:
13. http://b.rw/tDpPEF

Luke O'Brien | Deadspin | 26 October 2011

Epic portrait of Mafia-linked hustler, gambler, blackmailer, blowhard. "One
of the few people to burn the Mob over gambling debts and walk away without
a limp." Gained fame by getting George Steinbrenner banned from baseball
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/notorious-howie-spira

[15]Big Scary Ugly Dirty Rats
Links:
15. http://b.rw/rvLpYe

Mark Jacobson | New York | 30 October 2011

Move over bedbugs; the rat is back. At least it is in New York where there's
again talk of an outbreak. But how many rats really are there? You might not
want to focus too closely on some of the latest estimates [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-scary-ugly-dirty-rats

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Regina Marchi on Day of the Dead
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/regina-marchi-on-day-dead

The Latin American holiday commemorating dead relatives is characterised by
altars decorated with skulls and marigolds, explains the author of a book on
how the festival has now migrated to the American mainstream [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/regina-marchi-on-day-dead

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