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2028 New eBooks So Far in 2004
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Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #2043
Jan 2000 Dickory Cronke, by Daniel Defoe [Daniel Defoe #7][dckcrxxx.xxx] 2051
Jan 2000 Old John Brown, by Walter Hawkins [ojbrnxxx.xxx] 2050
Jan 2000 Liber Amoris, or, The New Pygmalion, by Wm Hazlitt[nwpygxxx.xxx] 2049
Jan 2000 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by W. Irving #5[sbogcxxx.xxx] 2048
Jan 2000 Stories of Modern French Novels: Scribners Ed. [sbmfaxxx.xxx] 2047
Jan 2000 Clotel; or, The President's Daughter, by Wm. Brown[clotlxxa.xxx] 2046
(See also #241)
Jan 2000 My Memories of Eighty Years, by Chauncey M. Depew [depewxxx.xxx] 2045
Jan 2000 The Education of Henry Adams, by Henry Adams [eduhaxxx.xxx] 2044
Jan 2000 Stories by Modern American Authors: Scribners Ed.[sbmaaxxx.xxx] 2043
Jan 2000 Something New, by P.G. Wodehouse [P.G.Wodehouse#2][smtnwxxx.xxx] 2042
Jan 2000 The House of the Wolf, by Stanley Weyman[Weyman#3][hwolfxxx.xxx] 2041
Jan 2000 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, de Quincey [opiumxxx.xxx] 2040
Jan 2000 Evangeline, by Henry W. Longfellow [Longfellow #6][vnglnxxx.xxx] 2039
[Also posted accented text in vnglnxxi.xxx] (Also see #1365)
Jan 2000 Stories by Modern English Authors: Scribners Ed. [sbmeaxxx.xxx] 2038
Jan 2000 Novel Notes, by Jerome K. Jerome[JeromeKJerome#19][nvlntxxx.xxx] 2037
Jan 2000 Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon, by Samuel Baker[8yearxxx.xxx] 2036
Jan 2000 Stories by English Authors: Orient, Scribners Ed.[sbeaoxxx.xxx] 2035
Jan 2000 Waverley, by Walter Scott [Walter Scott #10][wvrlyxxx.xxx] 2034
Jan 2000 The Unknown Guest, by Maurice Maeterlinck [ungstxxx.xxx] 2033
Jan 2000 Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard/Eleanor Farjeon[mpnaoxxx.xxx] 2032
Jan 2000 Lock and Key Library, Magic & Real Detectives [#2][2lckyxxx.xxx] 2031
Jan 2000 Legends of Babylon and Egypt, by Leonard W. King [behebxxx.xxx] 2030
Jan 2000 Lahoma, by John Breckinridge Ellis [lahomxxx.xxx] 2029
Jan 2000 The Yellow Claw, by Sax Rohmer [Sax Rohmer #5][yclawxxx.xxx] 2028
Jan 2000 Tartuffe, by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere [#1] [trtffxxx.xxx] 2027
Jan 2000 The Coming Conquest of England, by August Niemann [tccoexxx.xxx] 2026
Jan 2000 My Lady Caprice, by Jeffrey Farnol [lcprcxxx.xxx] 2025
Jan 2000 Diary of a Pilgrimage, by Jerome K. Jerome[JKJ#17][dypgmxxx.xxx] 2024
Jan 2000 Malvina of Brittany, by Jerome K. Jerome [JKJ #16][mlvbtxxx.xxx] 2023
Jan 2000 Angling Sketches, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #21][angskxxx.xxx] 2022
Jan 2000 Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad [Joseph Conrad #24][nstrmxxx.xxx] 2021
Jan 2000 Tarzan the Terrible,Edgar R. Burroughs [Tarzan #8][tzntrxxx.xxx] 2020
Jan 2000 The Bat, by M. R. Rinehart & Avery Hopwood [MRR13][thbatxxx.xxx] 2019
Dec 1999 The Library, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #20][lbrryxxx.xxx] 2018
Dec 1999 The Dhammapada, Translated by F. Max Muller [dhmpdxxx.xxx] 2017
Dec 1999 The 1998 CIA World Factbook[CIA Factbook #8][No#7][world98x.xxx] 2016
Dec 1999 A Miscellany of Men, by G. K. Chesterton [GKC #13][miscyxxx.xxx] 2015
Dec 1999 The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes [tldgrxxx.xxx] 2014
Dec 1999 The Pit Prop Syndicate, by Freeman Wills Croft [ptprpxxx.xxx] 2013
Dec 1999 The Children, by Alice Meynell [Alice Meynell #8][chldnxxx.xxx] 2012
Dec 1999 Rudder Grange, by Frank R. Stockton [Stockton #4][rgrngxxx.xxx] 2011
Dec 1999 The Autobiography of Charles Darwin [Darwin #6][adrwnxxx.xxx] 2010
Dec 1999 Origin of Species, 6th Ed., by Charles Darwin [#5][otoos6xx.xxx] 2009
Dec 1999 Mazelli, and Other Poems, by George W. Sands[GS#1][mzllixxx.xxx] 2008
Dec 1999 We Two, by Edna Lyall [wetwoxxx.xxx] 2007
Dec 1999 A Fair Penitent, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #23][frpntxxx.xxx] 2006
Dec 1999 Piccadilly Jim, by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse [#1][pccjmxxx.xxx] 2005
Dec 1999 "Pigs is Pigs," by Ellis Parker Butler [pgpgsxxx.xxx] 2004
Dec 1999 Spirits in Bondage [Lyrics Cycle], by C. S. Lewis [spbndxxx.xxx] 2003
Dec 1999 Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E. B. Browning[#1][snprgxxx.xxx] 2002
Dec 1999 [Reserved for 2001, by Arthur C. Clarke] [ xxx.xxx] 2001*
Dec 1999 Don Quijote, by Cervantes in Spanish .txt & .htm [2donqxxx.xxx] 2000
[Language: Spanish]
Dec 1999 Crome Yellow, by Aldous Huxley [Aldous Huxley #1] [crmylxxx.xxx] 1999
Dec 1999 Thus Spake Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche #1 [spzarxxx.xxx] 1998
Dec 1999 Paradise, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [3ddcnxxx.xxx] 1997
Dec 1999 Purgatory, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [2ddcnxxx.xxx] 1996
Dec 1999 Hell/Inferno, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [1ddcnxxx.xxx] 1995
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***Headline News***
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>From NewsScan:
BELLS ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER LONG-DISTANCE CARRIERS
[Higher local phone bills are on the way, say other media outlets]
The Justice Department has decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court a lower
court's rejection of federal rules requiring regional phone companies to lease
their networks to rivals at reduced fees. The decision is serious setback
to long-distance companies such as AT&T and MCI, which used the regulations
to launch their own brands of local service. But it is of course being
cheered by the regional Bell companies, which say that the prices imposed
by the rules forced them to subsidize their competitors with deep discounts.
(Washington Post 10 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28365-2004Jun9.html
OHIO CITY CREATES ONLINE SCHOOL IN FIGHT TO RETAIN STUDENTS
Hoping to retain hundreds of students it might lose to charter schools
next year, the city school district of Columbus, Ohio is planning an online
high school to compete with Internet charter schools, which have already
weened more than 1,000 students away from the city's public schools.
Columbus's new school will serve about 125 students starting in September,
and four community centers around the city will provide in-person tutoring
and computers for students who don't have online access at home.
(AP 9 Jun 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040609/D833FTH00.html
'THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION': TIVO TO ADD INTERNET TO TV WATCHING
TiVo has developed a capability that will let a user download movies
and music from the Internet to the TiVo hard drive and mix it with TV
programs. TiVo chief executive Michael Ramsey explains, "We're fully committed
to developing an entertainment experience you can't get over normal broadcast television.
This is what we think the future of television is."
(New York Times 9 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/09/technology/09net.html
GOOGLE PROMOTES FROOGLE, IS ANYONE SURPRISED?
Google's shopping site, called Froogle, now appears at the top of the
list of advertiser-supported sites relevant to a particular search. Danny
Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch, complains: "It is weird when Google
shoves its own stuff in there. It is wrong, in that Google has taken a spot
an advertiser was expecting to get. If you are an advertiser, you have a
right to be upset. They ought to come up with something better." Andy Beal
of the search engine marketing firm WebSourced Inc. calls Google's practice
misleading because it makes it appear that the Froogle link came up because
of its relevance to the search rather than because of a Google
administrative decision: "If Google thinks there is nothing wrong with
showing Froogle at the top, why are they not clearly labeling it? They
should at least have a button that explains what it is and where these
results are coming from." (Washington Post 8 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26277-2004Jun8.html
[and in a related story]
NEW WEB ADS HAVE THEIR EYE ON YOU
Lured by the success of "keyword" advertising used by Google, Yahoo
and other groups that deliver targeted advertising based on users' search
terms, ESPN and others are exploring a similar method of delivering ads
based on Web site visitors' online habits. Though some privacy experts
denounce the practice as creepy, Web sites say the technique enables them
to deliver ads that readers find relevant. "If someone spends an awful lot
of time on mutual fund pages, clearly they are interested in mutual funds,"
says Scot McLernon, executive VP at MarketWatch.com "Why not have~E mutual
fund advertising follow them?" The motivation is clear -- after a two-year
slump, Web advertising is rebounding, with more than a third of the growth
generated by keyword ads. "The noise made from billions of dollars flowing
out of their hands and into somebody else's hands made everyone sit up and
take notice," says Omar Tawakol, senior marketing VP for Revenue Science,
which offers behavioral targeting services. Advertisers pay a premium for
the service -- amounts range from 25% extra to up to 10 times the normal
rates -- but they get a better response, because they can in many cases
identify a Web surfer's location, demographic data (if provided as part of
a registration process), and numeric Internet address, which may carry
clues about the visitor's employer or line of work. In fact, companies like
Revenue Science could do much more with the data available, but will hold
off until consumers become more comfortable with the concept. "We can't
afford to rush... and then have the privacy backlash," says Tawakol.
(AP 13 Jun 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040613/D836BP700.html
[More of "You Can't Buy It, You Can Only Rent It."]
ONLINE MOVIES READY TO ROLL
RealNetworks and Starz Encore Group have launched an online movie
subscription service called Starz! Ticket on Real Movies. The companies had
planned an earlier unveiling, but said they decided to delay about a year
until the market appeared more receptive. The biggest hurdle was waiting
for a broader adoption of high-speed Internet connections, over which the
movies can be downloaded in 30 minutes or less. The service costs $12.95 a
month, giving viewers access to about 100 movies, which can be viewed an
unlimited number of times as long as they're part of Starz's roster. Once
the movie is deleted from the list, it's no longer accessible. Starz faces
competition from Movielink, which charges on a per-download basis, and
CinemaNow, which offers subscriptions or pay-per-movie options.
(AP/Washington Post 14 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39646-2004Jun14.html
FTC SAYS NO TO DO-NOT-E-MAIL LIST
The Federal Trade Commission has decided that a "do not e-mail list"
modeled after the popular "do not call list" would be completely ineffective
-- and might actually have an effect just the opposite of the one intended
(since it could be used by spammers to find legitimate e-mail addresses and
send more spam). Senator Charles E. Schumer (D., NY) is critical of the
FTC's decision and insists that a do-not-e-mail list "is the best thing we
have and they ought to try it." But the FTC points out that Britain's ban of
unsolicited e-mail resulted in an increase, rather than a decrease, in the
amount of spam sent, and John R. Levine, the chairman of an organization
called the Anti-Spam Research Group, says adamantly: "A do-not-spam list of
individual addresses is unworkable."(New York Times 16 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/technology/16spam.html
ATTACK KNOCKS MAJOR SITES OFFLINE
[Other media said these sites were brought down for several hours,
not just 45 minutes]
An attack this week by network vandals struck Akamai Technologies,
which provides data services for Microsoft, Yahoo, Federal Express, Xerox,
the FBI and other major organizations; the attack brought down many of the
world's most-visited Web sites for about 45 minutes. An Akamai executive says
the company has "no reason to believe that the attack was directed solely at
Akamai." The company manages approximately 15% of the traffic on the Internet.
(Washington Post 15 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44688-2004Jun15.html
MOVE TO RESCIND BURDENSOME JUNK FAX RULES
[Something seems missing in this story,
such as the millions who receive junk faxes]
The chairman of a House subcommittee on telecommunications is
introducing a bill to rescind FCC regulations requiring senders of
commercial faxes to get prior written approval from recipients. Rep. Fred
Upton (R, MI) says his proposed bill is "common-sense regulatory relief" for
businesses and associations that have been overburdened with paperwork since
the regulations took effect. The bill has been endorsed by the full
committee's senior Democrat, John Dingell of Michigan. Newspaper publisher
Cheryl Kaechele, testifying on behalf of the National Newspaper Association,
told the subcommittee: "Our typical customers are small businesses. They
would far prefer to have us send them information by fax than to spend their
precious minutes on the telephone or in personal sales calls." And Walt
McDonald of the National Association of Realtors testified that the
inconvenience of requiring written permission from potential clients before
sending a fax "would be a giant step backwards in a business where good
customer service depends on quick turnaround."
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FCC PRESERVES EDUCATIONAL SPECTRUM
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to reject
a proposal that would have stripped educational institutions of a
portion of the broadcast spectrum set aside for them for decades.
Supporters of the proposal argued that commercial interests could
better develop a portion of the Instructional Television Fixed Service
(ITFS) with technologies including digital broadcasting. Colleges and
other organizations that use the spectrum fought the proposal; as a
result, the FCC asked the institutions to forfeit just a small portion
of underused spectrum. Some universities lease unused spectrum to
companies such as Sprint Communications and would have been prevented
from continuing those leases had the proposal been passed.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 14 June 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/06/2004061404n.htm
HOUSE COMMITTEE SEEKS TO BLOCK ACCENTURE CONTRACT
The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted
35-17 to block a contract recently awarded to Accenture by the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The contract, which is worth as
much as $10 billion, is to help DHS improve the nation's security, but
members of the committee objected to the contract's being awarded to a
country headquartered outside the United States. Accenture has offices
in Virginia but is based in Bermuda. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.)
cosponsored an amendment to the DHS budget that would prohibit the
department from awarding contracts to companies that are incorporated
in other countries in order to avoid U.S. taxes. DeLauro said that the
"government should not be doing business with those who want all the
benefits of citizenship without any of the responsibilities that come
along with it." The amendment must pass the full House as well as the
Senate before being sent to the president for his signature.
Internet News, 9 June 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3366241
HARVARD ONLINE FACEBOOK GOES NATIONAL
Students at Harvard University have created an online facebook that has
proven so popular that it has been expanded to more than 30 other
colleges and universities. Facebook.com is a Web site that mimics the
printed facebooks at many colleges--booklets with names, pictures, and
other information about students--with additional features that the
online medium allows. Facebook.com is restricted to college students
and alumni. Students who register with the Web site can include as much
information as they choose and can change that information over time.
They can assemble lists of friends and send electronic "pokes"--quick
messages to say hello--to other registered users. Harvard student Mark
Zuckerberg began developing Facebook.com in January, and after the
project's success at Harvard, Zuckerberg extended the site to a number
of institutions around the country. Costs to run the site, initially
quite low, have run up to $3,000, but so far the site remains free,
earning enough money from ads to stay afloat.
Wired News, 9 June 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63727,00.html
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Juan Catalan had spent 5 1/2 months in jail on murder charges
by the time the wheels of justice finally got into gear and
finally watched HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" which had been taping
the baseball game Juan had been at only minutes before the murder.
Juan still had his ticket stubs to the game, which he attended
with his 6 year old daughter, along with family members' testimony
as to his whereabouts the night of the murder, but this was ignored
by the police and district attorneys who claimed to have a witness
who placed Juan at the murder scene. His request to take the lie
detector test was also ignored. Additional cell phone evidence
that placed Juan in the stadium area about 20 minutes before the
murder had also been ignored.
Mr. Catalan, who could have faced the death penalty, has sued
the city of Los Angeles for misconduct, false imprisonment,
and defamation of character.
After 5 1/2 months in jail, a judge finally ruled that the
police and district attorneys had never had any evidence.
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The University of Illinois, after spending the better part
of a million dollars lost its Illinois Appeals Court case
for violating the free speech rights of its faculty, staff
and student body when the university ordered them to stop
telling prospective faculty, athletes and others not to
come to the University of Illinois due to prevalent racism
as demonstrated by their Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek.
The legal fees reported were only the external fees paid
to lawyers outside the university, the internal costs in
the case were not made public.
This money, if applied to eduction, could have put as many
as 50 more students through the university during the same
period from 2001 to 2004.
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