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Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson) was born in
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1879) to Europe to enable Ethel to continue her musical studies at Leipzig.
Ethel married J.G. Robertson in 1894 and later moved to London in 1903
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An Amiable Revenge
The Blind Beggar And The Little Red Peg
A Friend Of The Commune
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[Title: The History of Don Quixote][Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]]
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WEBCASTERS LOBBY AGAINST ROYALTY ASSESSMENTS
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California's Governor Gray Davis this week signed into law a measure
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http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-958789.html
TAUZIN PROPOSES DEADLINE FOR DIGITAL TV
Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has proposed requiring television broadcasters to
switch completely to digital signal transmissions by early 2006 and end
analog transmissions by the end of that year. Members of the television
industry, including broadcasters and makers of electronic equipment,
have been slow to agree on a plan to make the transition to digital
signals, and Tauzin thinks it's time for regulators to step in. He
said, "While we prefer marketplace solutions, clearly it's time for us
to provide leadership in this area." Under Tauzin's proposal, the
Federal Communications Commission would establish technical standards
with which broadcasters and equipment makers would have to comply. At
least one consumer group criticized the proposal as too heavy-handed,
stifling innovation and fair use. A spokesman for Tauzin said it was
not clear yet if or when the proposal would be offered as a bill.
New York Times, 19 September 2002 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-media-digitaltv.html
NO COMPROMISE ON DVD STANDARD
Two industry groups supporting conflicting standards for rewritable
DVDs have apparently given up on resolving their differences and
settling on a single standard. The DVD+RW Alliance and the DVD Forum
support different formats, and there are at least four types of discs,
causing headaches for consumers and device manufacturers. The result is
an alphabet soup of formats and media that consumers must keep
straight: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD+R. Observers note that
the market for rewritable DVDs depends largely on resolving the
conflicting standards, making the discs and the formats fully
compatible on PCs as well as home and portable DVD devices. Sony
reportedly will release new drives that work with different formats,
but pressure from companies including Intel may eventually push the two
DVD organizations to find a compromise.
CNET, 18 September 2002
BREAKING THE SPEED OF LIGHT, ON A BUDGET
Researchers at Middle Tennessee State University have created a device
that can send electric signals at four times the speed of light, and
they did so with commonly available components costing $500. This is
not the first time electric signals have exceeded the speed of light,
but it is the first time it's been done without extremely expensive
equipment. The device, which one researcher was able to assemble from
parts in just 40 minutes, can create a pulse of energy that, measured
by an oscilloscope, moves at 4 billion kilometers per hour. Bill
Robertson, one of the researchers, hopes that students and other
researchers can use the device to cheaply test some of the basic
theories of modern science.
New Scientist, 16 September 2002
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992796
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