Newsletter 501
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus FiveBooks
interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]Fiber-Optics Exec By Day, Defender Of Justice By Night
Links:
5. http://b.rw/sPOtxX
Joshua Davis | Wired | 22 November 2011
Astonishing story of successful sales exec who ran bizarre paramilitary
vigilante squad. His team included a 360lb postal worker, a lookalike
Playboy bunny and a weapons expert. Together they hunted down Ponzi scheme
fraudsters [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fiber-optics-exec-day-defender-justice-night
[7]Will Greece Unravel By Christmas?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rPV20T
Michael Pettis | China Financial Markets | 21 November 2011
"There is a very high probability that within weeks, or months at most,
Greece will be forced to freeze bank deposits as a prelude to leaving the
euro." Which could cause a dangerous cascade of deposit withdrawals in other
countries [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/will-greece-unravel-christmas
[9]The American Behind India's 9/11
Links:
9. http://b.rw/urfgmB
Sebastian Rotella | ProPublica | 22 November 2011
On the life and "career" of David Headley, spy, militant.
Pakistani-American, born Daood Giliani. Revealed Pakistani intelligence role
in Mumbai attacks. Slid among different cultures with ease. Life a mass of
contradictions [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/american-behind-indias-911
[11]The Myth Of Renewable Energy
Links:
11. http://b.rw/txiuV0
Dawn Stover | Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists | 22 November 2011
We're told renewable energy sources are unlimited, clean, recyclable. But
this is a myth. Wind turbines use vast quantities of scarce rare earths,
solar power needs photovoltaic panels and geothermal a constant supply of
groundwater [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/myth-renewable-energy
[13]Can The Bulldog Be Saved?
Links:
13. http://b.rw/sExJmt
Benoit Denizet-Lewis | NYT | 22 November 2011
Bulldog is most extreme example of genetic manipulation in dog world.
Inbreeding and breeding for "extreme traits" now causing severe health,
welfare problems. Why are they so popular as pets, and should we do anything
about it? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/can-bulldog-be-saved
[15]The Amazing History Of The Bendy Straw
Links:
15. http://b.rw/uleB27
Derek Thompson | Atlantic | 22 November 2011
Old straws used to disintegrate in your drink. So one man invented a
wax-paper tube that didn't. Trouble was, if you bent it – and some needed to
– you didn't get much liquid out. This was a problem in need of a solution
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/amazing-history-bendy-straw
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Colin Calloway on Native Americans and Colonisers
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-calloway-on-native-americans-and-colonisers
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, the history professor tells us why
there's a lot more to the story of colonists and Native Americans than the
tale of the first Thanksgiving taught in school [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-calloway-on-native-americans-and-colonisers
Featured Topic
[19]Time
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
What is it? Why isn't it the same everywhere? Can we travel through time?
Will there be an end to time? Read on to find out [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
Reader Recommendations
[21]machtm RT @[22]theeuropeanmag: How can we control our #[23]privacy if we
don't understand our #[24]technology?, asks Harry
Lewis. [25]t.co/PNMgeBMu #[26]internet #[27]browsings [28]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/theeuropeanmag
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25. http://t.co/PNMgeBMu
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#internet
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/big-time-sports-american-universities-by-charles-t-clotfelter
[30]Big-Time Sports in American Universities by Charles T Clotfelter
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/big-time-sports-american-universities-by-charles-t-clotfelter
[31]Daniel Hamermesh says: “This novel demonstration of the role of tax
subsidies in supporting big-time sports in American universities will raise
every reader’s blood pressure”[32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/darkness-visible-afghanistan
"No one sees what is happening here." An extraordinary short film in six
parts.
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Simon Critchley, on Greek drama
Links:
35. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/euro-blind
"Tragedy requires some degree of complicity. It is not simply a matter of
malevolent fate"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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