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The Pilgrims Of The Rhine, by E. Bulwer Lytton 8206
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Andersonville, Volume 2, by John McElroy 4258
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Andersonville, Volume 1, by John McElroy 4257
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The Atheist's Mass, by Honore de Balzac 1220
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Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth, T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour 12443
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[Files: 12443.txt; 12443-8.txt; 12443-h.htm]
In the Days of My Youth, by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards 12442
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[Files: 12442.txt; 12442-8.txt; 12442-h.htm]
The House of a Thousand Candles, by Meredith Nicholson 12441
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[Files: 12441-0.txt; 12441-h.htm]
D'Ri and I, by Irving Bacheller 12440
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12440 ]
[Files: 12440.txt]
Notes on Nursing, by Florence Nightingale 12439
[Subtitle: What It Is, and What It Is Not]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12439 ]
[Files: 12439.txt; 12439-8.txt]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 335, by Various 12438
[Subtitle: Vol. 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12438 ]
[Files: 12438.txt; 12438-8.txt; 12438-h.htm]
Histoire de St. Louis, Roi de France, by Richard de Bury 12437
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12437 ]
[Files: 12437.txt; 12437-8.txt]
The Night Horseman, by Max Brand 12436
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12436 ]
[Files: 12436.txt]
Paginas Sudamericanas, by Helen Phipps 12435
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12435 ]
[Files: 12435.txt; 12435-8.txt; 12435-h.htm]
Making of a Nation, by Charles Foster Kent and Jeremiah Whipple Jenks 12434
[Subtitle: The Beginnings of Israel's History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12434 ]
[Files: 12434.txt]
The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 1 of 2, by John MacGillivray 12433
[Full title: Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded
By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years
1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The
Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B.
Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12433 ]
[Files: 12433.txt; 12433-8.txt; 12433-h.htm]
Kalevalan Avain, by Pekka Ervast 12432
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12432 ]
[Files: 12432-8.txt]
The Coquette, or The History of Eliza Wharton, by Hannah Webster Foster 12431
[Author AKA: A Lady of Massachusetts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12431 ]
[Files: 12431.txt; 12431-8.txt]
A Lecture on Physical Development, by S.R. Calthrop 12430
[Title: A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental
and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American Institute of
Instruction, at their Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting, in Norwich, Conn.,
August 20, 1858]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12430 ]
[Files: 12430.txt; 12430-8.txt]
The Last Leaf, by James Kendall Hosmer 12429
[Subtitle: Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events
in America and Europe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12429 ]
[Files: 12429.txt; 12429-8.txt]
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament, Clarkson 12428
[Full title: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808),
Vol. I]
[Full author: Thomas Clarkson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12428 ]
[Files: 12428.txt; 12428-8.txt]
Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War, by Campbell 12427
[Full author: Robert Granville Campbell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12427 ]
[Files: 12427.txt; 12427-8.txt]
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette, by George Routledge 12426
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12426 ]
[Files: 12426.txt; 12426-8.txt]
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2), Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt 12425
[Subtitle: The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera]
[Translated from the Latin with Notes and Introduction By F. A. MacNutt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12425 ]
[Files: 12425.txt; 12425-8.txt; 12425-h.htm]
The Trail of the Tramp, by A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston) 12424
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12424 ]
[Files: 12424.txt; 12424-h.htm]
A Short History of the United States, by Edward Channing 12423
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12423 ]
[Files: 12423.txt; 12423-8.txt; 12423-h.htm]
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, by Frances Anne Kemble 12422
[Subtitle: 1838-1839]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12422 ]
[Files: 12422.txt; 12422-8.txt; 12422-h.htm]
Practical Exercises in English, by Huber Gray Buehler 12421
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12421 ]
[Files: 12421.txt; 12421-8.txt; 12421-h.htm]
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study, by William Heaford Daubney 12420
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12420 ]
[Files: 12420-0.txt; 12420-h.htm]
Frontier Stories, by Bret Harte 12419
[Contents:
Flip: A California Romance
Found At Blazing Star
In The Carquinez Woods
At The Mission Of San Carmel
A Blue-Grass Penelope
Left Out On Lone Star Mountain
A Ship Of '49]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12419 ]
[Files: 12419.txt; 12419-8.txt]
The Land of Deepening Shadow, by D. Thomas Curtin 12418
[Subtitle: Germany-at-War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12418 ]
[Files: 12418.txt]
Fishin' Jimmy, by Annie Trumbull Slosson 12417
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12417 ]
[Files: 12417.txt]
As Seen By Me, by Lilian Bell 12416
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12416 ]
[Files: 12416.txt; 12416-8.txt; 12416-h.htm]
Byways Around San Francisco Bay, by William E. Hutchinson 12415
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12415 ]
[Files: 12415.txt; 12415-8.txt; 12415-h.htm]
The Inferno, by Henri Barbusse 12414
[Translator: Edward J. O'Brien]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12414 ]
[Files: 12414.txt; 12414-8.txt]
Among the Millet and Other Poems, by Archibald Lampman 12413
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12413 ]
[Files: 12413.txt; 12413-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863, by Various 12412
[Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12412 ]
[Files: 12412.txt; 12412-8.txt]
The Long White Cloud, by William Pember Reeves 12411
[Subtitle: Ao Tea Roa]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12411 ]
[Files: 12411.txt; 12411-8.txt; 12411-h.htm; ]
The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2, Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa 12410
[Editor: Henry Yule and Henri Cordier]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12410 ]
[Files: 12410.txt; 12410-8.txt; ]
The Story of the Philippines, by Murat Halstead 12409
[Full title: The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,
Including The Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico]
[Subtitle: The Eldorado of the Orient]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12409 ]
[Files: 12409.txt]
Zhou bi suan jing, by Unknown 12408
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12408 ]
[Files: 12408-8.txt; 12408-h.htm]
The Art of War, by Zi Sun (aka Sun Tzu) 12407
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12407 ]
[Files: 12407-8.txt]
Kepler, by Walter W. Bryant 12406
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12406 ]
[Files: 12406.txt; 12406-8.txt; 12406-h.htm]
Frank, the Young Naturalist, by Harry Castlemon 12405
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12405 ]
[Files: 12405.txt; 12405-h.htm]
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol. V, Ed. by Francis W. Halsey 12404
[Subtitle: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12404 ]
[Files: 12404.txt; 12404-8.txt; 12404-h.htm; ]
Fenwick's Career, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 12403
[Author AKA: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12403 ]
[Files: 12403.txt; 12403-8.txt; ]
The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland, by Various 12402
[Edited by George Johnston]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12402 ]
[Files: 12402.txt; 12402-8.txt; 12402-h.htm]
La derniere lettre ecrite, by L'Union des Peres et des Meres 12401
[Title: La derniere lettre ecrite par des soldats francais tombes au
champ d'honneur 1914-1918]
[Author: L'Union des Peres et des Meres dont les fils sont morts
pour la Patrie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12401 ]
[Files: 12401.txt; 12401-8.txt]
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire, James Wycliffe Headlam 12400
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12400 ]
[Files: 12400.txt; 12400-8.txt; 12400-h.htm]
Contes et nouvelles, by Edouard Laboulaye 12399
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12399 ]
[Files: 12399.txt; 12399-8.txt]
Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9), by Samuel Richardson 12398
[Subtitle: The History Of A Young Lady]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12398 ]
[Files: 12398.txt; 12398-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 2, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12397
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12397 ]
[Files: 12397.txt; 12397-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 1, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12396
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12396 ]
[Files: 12396.txt; 12396-8.txt]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, October 18, 1890, by Various 12395
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12395 ]
[Files: 12395.txt; 12395-8.txt; 12395-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890, by Various 12394
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12394 ]
[Files: 12394.txt; 12394-8.txt; 12394-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 6, 1890, by Various 12393
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12393 ]
[Files: 12393.txt; 12393-8.txt; 12393-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., August 23, 1890., by Various 12392
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12392 ]
[Files: 12392.txt; 12392-8.txt; 12392-h.htm]
Poems, by Elizabeth Stoddard 12391
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12391 ]
[Files: 12391.txt; 12391-8.txt; 12391-h.htm]
Society for Pure English, Tract 3 (1920), by Society for Pure English 12390
[Subtitle: A Few Practical Suggestions]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12390 ]
[Files: 12390.txt; 12390-8.txt; 12390-h.htm]
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, by Bliss Carman 12389
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12389 ]
[Files: 12389.txt; 12389-8.txt]
The Courage of Captain Plum, by James Oliver Curwood 12388
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12388 ]
[Files: 12388.txt; 12388-h.htm]
Paul Faber, Surgeon, by George MacDonald 12387
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12387 ]
[Files: 12387.txt; 12387-8.txt]
Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III, by William Wordsworth 12383
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12383 ]
[Files: 12383.txt; 12383-8.txt; 12383-h.htm]
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 19 May 2004: 12,700 (incl. 357 Aus.).
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.:: Please note the following changes, corrections and improvements:
Please note that some of the earlier postings of Punch listed the editor's
name as "Seamen"; the correct spelling is "Seaman".
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to correct author
information:
Wau-bun, by Mrs. John H. Kinzie 12183
[Subtitle: The Early Day in the Northwest]
[Author AKA: Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the author's name (Osborne,
not Osbourne):
The World of Waters, by Mrs. David Osborne 10997
[Subtitle: A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea]
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to clarify author and
translator/editor information:
from:
Roman Farm Management, by Marcus Porcius Cato 12140
[Subtitle: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro]
[Done Into English, With Notes Of Modern Instances By A Virginia Farmer
(F.H. Belvoir)]
to:
Roman Farm Management, by Marcus Porcius Cato & Marcus Terentius Varro 12140
[Subtitle: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro]
[Tr.: Done Into English, With Notes Of Modern Instances By A Virginia
Farmer, Fairfax Harrison]
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to include volume
information, and additional author information:
Dec 2004 Book of Etiquette, by Lillian Eichler [betiqxxx.xxx] 7029
(Note: this is Volume II, Parts III and IV)
(Author Note: this author's name is probably Lillian Eichler Watson)
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to correct the title, and
include editor information:
Dec 1998 Boswell's Life of Johnson, Ed. by Osgood [ljnsnxxx.xxx] 1564
[Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood]
The following is being re-indexed to include full author's name(s):
Jan 1999 How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers, by Woods [httbfxxx.z-p] 1593
[Author: Robert Williams Wood]
Jan 1999 The Wrong Box, by Stevenson & Osbourne [RLS#40][wrngbxxx.xxx] 1585
[Author: Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne]
The following are being re-indexed to include the subtitle:
The Teacher, by Jacob Abbott 12291
[Subtitle: Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government
of the Young]
The Gringos, by B. M. Bower 12139
[Subtitle: A Story Of The Old California Days In 1849]
[With Illustrations By Anton Otto Fischer]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the subtitle ("Appendix",
not "Append"):
Flowers and Flower-Gardens, by David Lester Richardson 12286
[Subtitle: With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful
Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden]
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Two Little Knights of Kentucky, by Annie Fellows Johnston 12317
[Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry]
Poems: Three Series, Complete, by Emily Dickinson 12242
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd And T.W.Higginson]
(Includes #12241, #2679 and #2678)
Poems: Third Series, by Emily Dickinson 12241
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome I, by Napoleon Bonaparte 12230
[Ed.: C. L. F. Panckoucke]
[Language: French]
The Gate of the Giant Scissors, by Annie Fellows Johnston 12176
[Illustrator: Frank T. Merritt]
Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria, Pedro Calderon de la Barca 12173
[Subtitle: A Drama of Early Christian Rome]
[Translator: Denis Florence MacCarthy]
Confessions of a Young Man, by George Moore 11654
[Introduction by Floyd Dell]
Jun 2001 Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series Two [Emily D. #2][2mlydxxx.xxx] 2679
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W.Higginson]
Jun 2001 Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series One [Emily D. #1][1mlydxxx.xxx] 2678
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W.Higginson]
May 1999 Laws, by Plato [#29 and last of this Plato series][plawsxxx.xxx] 1750
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 Cousin Betty, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #66] [cbttyxxx.xxx] 1749
[Translated by James Waring]
May 1999 Poetical Works, by John Milton [pmsjmxxx.xxx] 1745
[Preface by the Rev. H. C. Beeching, M. A.]
May 1999 Philebus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #28][philbxxx.xxx] 1744
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 The Black Death/The Dancing Mania,by J.F.C. Hecker[bdadmxxx.xxx] 1739
[Title: The Black Death and the Dancing Mania]
[Tr.: B. G. Babington] [Ed. and with Preface by Henry Morley]
May 1999 Statesman, by Plato [Plato #27][sttsmxxx.xxx] 1738
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 Facino Cane, by Honore de Balzac [H. de Balzac#65][fcanexxx.xxx] 1737
[Tr.: Clara Bell and others (sic.)]
May 1999 Sophist, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #26][sophtxxx.xxx] 1735
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 The Deserted Woman, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#64][dswmnxxx.xxx] 1729
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Apr 1999 The Odyssey, by Homer, Tr. by Samuel butler [dyssyxxx.xxx] 1727
Apr 1999 Theaetetus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #25][thtusxxx.xxx] 1726
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Apr 1999 Martin Luther's Large Catechism, Bente & Dau, Trns[lrgctxxx.xxx] 1722
[Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau]
Apr 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #9[tsotcxxa.xxx] 1698
[Edited By Charles F. Horne]
(See also #1652, from a different source)
Mar 1999 Parmenides, by Plato [More Socrates] Plato #24][prmdsxxx.xxx] 1687
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Honorine, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#59][hnrnexxx.xxx] 1683
[Translated by Clara Bell]
Mar 1999 Menexenus, by Plato [Yet More Socrates] [Plato#23][mnxnsxxx.xxx] 1682
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Eryxias, not by Plato [More Socrates] [Plato#22][ryxisxxx.xxx] 1681
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 At the Sign of the Cat & Racket, by Balzac[Hdb#58][ctrktxxx.xxx] 1680
[Translated by Clara Bell]
Mar 1999 An Historical Mystery, by Honore de Balzac[HdB#57][hmystxxx.xxx] 1678
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades II, not Plato [More Socrates][Plato#21][2lcbdxxx.xxx] 1677
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades I, by Plato? [More Socrates] [Plato#20][1lcbdxxx.xxx] 1676
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth [Slavery] [sjrnrxxx.xxx] 1674
[Author: Dictated by Sojourner Truth]
[Editor: Olive Gilbert]
Mar 1999 Lesser Hippias, by [?]Plato[More Socrates]Plato19][lhppsxxx.xxx] 1673
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Gorgias, by Plato [A Socratic Dialog] [Plato #18][grgisxxx.xxx] 1672
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 The Golden Asse, by Lucius Apuleius "Africanus" [gldnsxxx.xxx] 1666
[Translated by William Adlington]
Mar 1999 Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, by Balzac[HdB #56][sfaclxxx.xxx] 1660
[Translated by James Waring]
Mar 1999 The Girl with the Golden Eyes, by Balzac [HdB #55][gwtgixxx.xxx] 1659
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Mar 1999 Phaedo, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 3"]#17[phadoxxx.xxx] 1658
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Crito, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 2"]#16[critoxxx.xxx] 1657
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Feb 1999 Apology, by Plato[AKA"The Death of Socrates 1"]#15[pplgyxxx.xxx] 1656
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Dec 1998 The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac[HdB#51][tlotvxxx.xxx] 1569
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, by Balzac #50[adpapxxx.xxx] 1559
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Dec 1998 The Marriage Contract, by de Honore de Balzac[#49][mrgctxxx.xxx] 1556
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 A Passion in the Desert, by Honore de Balzac [#48][apitdxxx.xxx] 1555
[Translated By Ernest Dowson]
Dec 1998 Adieu, by Honore de Balzac [Honore de Balzac #47][adieuxxx.xxx] 1554
[Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac[HdB#46][hmstpxxx.xxx] 1553
[Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 Most Interesting Stories of All Nations, Hawthorne[misanxxx.xxx] 1552
[Editor: Julian Hawthorne]
Dec 1998 Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther [Luther #5][mlgltxxx.xxx] 1549
[Translated by Theodore Graebner]
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Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, by Marietta Holley 12386
[Author AKA: Josiah Allen's Wife]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12386 ]
[Files: 12386.txt; ]
The Italians, by Frances Elliot 12385
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12385 ]
[Files: 12385.txt; 12385-8.txt; ]
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, by Herman Melville 12384
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12384 ]
[Files: 12384.txt; 12384-8.txt; 12384-h.htm]
Kissanporras, by Hermann Sudermann 12382
[Translated by Juho Ahava] [Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12382 ]
[Files: 12382.txt; 12382-8.txt; 12382-h.htm]
The Auchensaugh Renovation, by The Reformed Presbytery 12381
[Title: The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and Solemn
League and Covenant]
[Subtitle: With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, As
They Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared
With The Editions Of Paisley, 1820, And Belfast, 1835.) Also, The
Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia,
October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of the
Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and Positions
Respectively]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12381 ]
[Files: 12381.txt; 12381-h.htm]
Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile, by Arthur Jerome Eddy 12380
[Subtitle: Being A Desultory Narrative Of A Trip Through New England,
New York, Canada, And The West, By "Chauffeur"]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12380 ]
[Files: 12380.txt; 12380-8.txt]
Ylosnousemus I, by Leo Tolstoi 12379
[Translated by Arvid Jarnefelt]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12379 ]
[Files: 12379-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 99, August 30, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12378
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12378 ]
[Files: 12378.txt; 12378-8.txt; 12378-h.htm]
The Court of Boyville, by William Allen White 12377
[Illustrated by Orson Lowell and Gustav Verbeek]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12377 ]
[Files: 12377.txt; 12377-h.htm; ]
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy, by Wesson Gage Miller 12376
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12376 ]
[Files: 12376.txt; 12376-8.txt; 12376-h.htm]
Masters of Space, by Walter Kellogg Towers 12375
[Subtitle: Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12375 ]
[Files: 12375.txt; 12375-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 7, May, 1858, by Various 12374
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12374 ]
[Files: 12374.txt; 12374-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858, by Various 12373
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12373 ]
[Files: 12373.txt; 12373-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858, by Various 12372
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12372 ]
[Files: 12372.txt; 12372-8.txt]
The Experiences of a Barrister, by Samuel Warren 12371
[Title: The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12371 ]
[Files: 12371.txt; 12371-8.txt]
Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes, by Mir Amman of Dihli 12370
[Translated by Duncan Forbes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12370 ]
[Files: 12370.txt; 12370-8.txt]
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 12369
[Editor: Charles Dudley Warner]
[Partial list of contents:
Abelard and Heloise, by Thomas Davidson
Accadian-Babylonian and Assyrian literature
Misc. writings of John Adams
Misc. writings of John Quincy Adams
Misc. writings of Aeschylus
11 fables by Aesop
Misc. writings of Alcaeus
Misc. writings of Louisa May Alcott
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12369 ]
[Files: 12369.txt; 12369-8.txt; 12369-h.htm; ]
Contigo Pan y Cebolla, by Manuel Eduardo De Gorostiza 12368
[Edited With Notes, Exercises, And Vocabulary By Elizabeth McGuire]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12368 ]
[Files: 12368.txt; 12368-8.txt]
Le peche de Monsieur Antoine I, by George Sand 12367
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12367 ]
[Files: 12367.txt; 12367-0.txt]
The Cost of Shelter, by Ellen H. Richards 12366
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12366 ]
[Files: 12366.txt; 12366-8.txt; 12366-h.htm]
Femmes Revees, by Albert Ferland 12365
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12365 ]
[Files: 12365.txt; 12365-8.txt; 12365-h.htm]
The United States in the Light of Prophecy, by Uriah Smith 12364
[Subtitle: An Exposition of Rev. 13:11-17]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12364 ]
[Files: 12364.txt; 12364-h.htm; ]
The Botanist's Companion, Vol. II, by William Salisbury 12363
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12363 ]
[Files: 12363.txt; 12363-8.txt]
The Mother's Recompense, Volume II, by Grace Aguilar 12362
[Subtitle: A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12362 ]
[Files: 12362.txt; 12362-8.txt]
The Mother's Recompense, Volume I, by Grace Aguilar 12361
[Subtitle: A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12361 ]
[Files: 12361.txt; 12361-8.txt]
The Top of the World, by Ethel M. Dell 12360
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12360 ]
[Files: 12360.txt]
The Meaning of Infancy, by John Fiske 12359
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12359 ]
[Files: 12359.txt]
Society for Pure English Tract 1 (Oct 1919), by Society for Pure English 12358
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12358 ]
[Files: 12358.txt]
The Case and The Girl, by Randall Parrish 12357
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12357 ]
[Files: 12357.txt; 12357-8.txt]
Voyage de J. Cartier au Canada, by Jacques Cartier 12356
[Subtitle: Relation originale de Jacques Cartier]
[Commented By M. D'Avezac]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12356 ]
[Files: 12356.txt; 12356-8.txt; 12356-h.htm]
The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881, by Toyokichi Iyenaga 12355
[Subtitle: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political
Science, Ninth Series]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12355 ]
[Files: 12355.txt; 12355-8.txt; 12355-h.htm; ]
Pink and White Tyranny, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 12354
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12354 ]
[Files: 12354.txt; 12354-8.txt]
The Making of Religion, by Andrew Lang 12353
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12353 ]
[Files: 12353.txt; 12353-8.txt]
Iola Leroy, by Frances E.W. Harper 12352
[Subtitle: Shadows Uplifted]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12352 ]
[Files: 12352.txt; 12352-8.txt]
German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VII 12351
[Title: The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
Vol. VII]
[Subtitle: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
In Twenty Volumes]
[Editor-in-chief: Kuno Francke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12351 ]
[Files: 12351.txt; 12351-8.txt]
The International Jewish Cook Book, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum 12350
[Subtitle: 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the
Rules for Kashering; The Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany,
Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12350 ]
[Files: 12350.txt; 12350-8.txt]
The Secret City, by Hugh Walpole 12349
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12349 ]
[Files: 12349.txt; 12349-8.txt]
Richard Vandermarck, by Miriam Coles Harris 12348
[Author AKA: Mrs. Sidney S. Harris]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12348 ]
[Files: 12348.txt; 12348-8.txt; 12348-h.htm; ]
The Morgesons, by Elizabeth Stoddard 12347
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12347 ]
[Files: 12347.txt; 12347-8.txt; ]
A Roman Singer, by F. Marion Crawford 12346
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12346 ]
[Files: 12346.txt; 12346-8.txt; 12346-h.htm]
Friday, the Thirteenth, by Thomas W. Lawson 12345
[Illustrations by Sigismond de Ivanowski]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12345 ]
[Files: 12345.txt; 12345-8.txt; 12345-h.htm]
Sir Robert Hart, by Juliet Bredon 12344
[Subtitle: The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12344 ]
[Files: 12344.txt; 12344-8.txt]
The Art of Iugling or Legerdemaine, by Samuel Rid 12343
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12343 ]
[Files: 12343.txt; 12343-h.htm]
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, Edited by Rev. James Wood 12342
[Subtitle: Being a Concise & Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12342 ]
[Files: 12342.txt; 12342-8.txt; 12342-h.htm]
Against The Grain, by Joris-Karl Huysmans 12341
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12341 ]
[Files: 12341.txt; 12341-h.htm]
The Story of the Herschels, by Anonymous 12340
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12340 ]
[Files: 12340.txt; 12340-8.txt; 12340-h.htm]
Hendes hojhed, by Herman Bang 12339
[Language: Danish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12339 ]
[Files: 12339-0.txt]
Contes d'une grand-mere, by George Sand 12338
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12338 ]
[Files: 12338.txt; 12338-8.txt]
Dickens in Camp, by Bret Harte 12337
[With a Foreword by Frederick S. Myrtle]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12337 ]
[Files: 12337.txt; 12337-h.htm]
Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories, by Jack London 12336
[Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews]
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Overland, by John William De Forest 12335
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A Bicycle of Cathay, by Frank R. Stockton 12334
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 12333
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12333 ]
[Files: 12333.txt; 12333-h.htm]
Contes de Caliban, by Emile Bergerat 12332
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12332 ]
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Contes a la brune, by Armand Silvestre 12331
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12331 ]
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A Volunteer Poilu, by Henry Sheahan 12330
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Heart of Man, by George Edward Woodberry 12329
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Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1793
Jul 1999 Life of Charlotte Bronte, V1, by E. C. Gaskell[#3][1locbxxx.xxx] 1827
Jul 1999 Sarrasine, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #71][srrsnxxx.xxx] 1826
Jul 1999 Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess[#1][rdyfxxxx.xxx] 1825
Jul 1999 Peace Manoeuvres, by Richard Harding Davis[RHD#28][pcmnvxxx.xxx] 1824
Jul 1999 The Make-Believe Man, by Richard Harding Davis #27[mbmanxxx.xxx] 1823
Jul 1999 The Amateur, by Richard Harding Davis [Davis #26][thmtrxxx.xxx] 1822
Jul 1999 A Charmed Life, by Richard Harding Davis [RHD #25][chmlfxxx.xxx] 1821
Jul 1999 A Wasted Day, by Richard Harding Davis [Davis #24][wstdyxxx.xxx] 1820
Jul 1999 The Messengers, by Richard Harding Davis[Davis#23][msgrsxxx.xxx] 1819
Jul 1999 The Spy, by Richard Harding Davis[R. H. Davis #22][thspyxxx.xxx] 1818
Jul 1999 A Question of Latitude, by Richard H.Davis[RHD#21][qlttdxxx.xxx] 1817
Jul 1999 Tattine, by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide] [tttnexxx.xxx] 1816
Jul 1999 The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay[bloalxxx.xxx] 1815
Jul 1999 The Agony Column, by Earl Derr Biggers [gnyclxxx.xxx] 1814
Jul 1999 A Man of Business, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac #70][mnbusxxx.xxx] 1813
Jul 1999 A Prince of Bohemia, by Honore de Balzac [HdB #69][prbhmxxx.xxx] 1812
Jul 1999 Massimilla Doni, by Honore de Balzac[de Balzac#68][msmdnxxx.xxx] 1811
Jul 1999 A Second Home, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #67][2ndhmxxx.xxx] 1810
Jul 1999 Bucky O'Connor, by William MacLeod Raine[Raine #2][bkcnrxxx.xxx] 1809
Jul 1999 The Log of the Jolly Polly, by R H Davis[Davis#20][jlplyxxx.xxx] 1808
Jul 1999 The Lost House, by Richard Harding Davis[Davis#19][lsthsxxx.xxx] 1807
Jul 1999 The Frame Up, by Richard Harding Davis [Davis #18][frmupxxx.xxx] 1806
Jul 1999 The Gentle Grafter, by O. Henry [O Henry #6][grftrxxx.xxx] 1805
Jul 1999 War and the Future, by H. G. Wells[H.G. Wells #18][wrftrxxx.xxx] 1804
Jul 1999 Wyoming, Story of Outdoor West, by William M Raine[wymngxxx.xxx] 1803
Jul 1999 King Henry VIII, by Shakespeare [1ws4211x.xxx] 1802
Jul 1999 The Tempest, by Shakespeare [1ws4111x.xxx] 1801
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Jun 1999 The Winter's Tale, by Shakespeare [1ws4011x.xxx] 1800
Jun 1999 Cymbeline, by Shakespeare [1ws3911x.xxx] 1799
Jun 1999 Timon of Athens, by Shakespeare [1ws3711x.xxx] 1798
Jun 1999 Coriolanus, by Shakespeare [1ws3611x.xxx] 1797
Jun 1999 Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare [1ws3511x.xxx] 1796
Jun 1999 Macbeth, by William Shakespeare [1ws3411x.xxx] 1795
Jun 1999 King Lear, by Shakespeare [1ws3311x.xxx] 1794
Jun 1999 Othello, by William Shakespeare [1ws3211x.xxx] 1793
Jun 1999 Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare [1ws3111x.xxx] 1792
Jun 1999 All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare [1ws3011x.xxx] 1791
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FORRESTER SPEEDS UP TIMELINE ON WHITE-COLLAR OFFSHORING
Forrester Research says the export of white-collar jobs is happening
faster than it had first predicted back in 2002, but that its long-term
outlook for offshore outsourcing hasn't changed much since that report,
which estimated that a cumulative 3.3 million white-collar jobs would be
shifted to other countries by 2015. Forrester's revised numbers project a
total of 830,000 jobs offshored by 2005, up from its earlier estimate of
just under 600,000. Ironically, Forrester analyst John McCarthy says the
media's focus on the issue has encouraged more companies to experiment with
offshore outsourcing. "While the press visibility has spurred offshoring's
emergence as a political third rail, it has also fostered an increase in
overall offshore alternatives," says Forrester's revised report. (Wall
Street Journal 17 May 2004)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108474869663912901,00.html (sub req'd)
PANEL URGES MORE PRIVACY PROTECTIONS IN FEDERAL 'DATA-MINING'
The Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee, a panel created by
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to scrutinize Pentagon programs in
the wake of criticism over the ill-fated "Total/Terrorism Information
Awareness" program, is urging Congress to pass laws protecting citizens'
civil liberties from overly intrusive federal data mining activities. "The
Department of Defense should safeguard the privacy of U.S. persons when
using data mining to fight terrorism," says the panel's report, which notes
that privacy laws lag far behind current capabilities in information and
communications technology. A key recommendation suggests federal agencies
should be required to obtain approval from a special federal court "before
engaging in data mining with personally identifiable information concerning
U.S. persons." Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow, who headed up the panel,
acknowledges that the proposals would "impose additional burdens on
government officials," but maintains that the requirements would improve
national security while enhancing personal privacy: "Good privacy
protection in the context of data mining is often consistent with more
efficient investigation." (New York Times 17 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/17/politics/17privacy.html
GOOGLE'S AD PLANS THREATEN 'BUSINESS AS USUAL'
Google is challenging the status quo in online advertising by
offering to pay its publishing partners for display ads only when users
click -- a move that has irked other online ad networks that maintain the
value of online ads lies in the number of eyeballs that see them (known as
cost per impression or CPM). "Google's making a public statement that the
only value of a banner is when it's clicked upon, and it flies in the face
of all the research done in the last five years that demonstrates the
impact a banner can have on brand awareness and purchase intent," says Dave
Moore, CEO of 24/7 Real Media. "Why shouldn't I get paid for creating the
step to the ultimate purchase?" As Google readies itself for its
$2.7-billion IPO, the move into display advertising makes sense, say some
ad execs. "Google's future revenue growth could depend on attracting major
brand advertisers, because that's where the money is," says the head of a
brand measurement company. (CNet News.com 17 May 2004)
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-5213714.html
[and in a related story]
GOOGLE TO SELL BANNER ADS ON OTHER SITES
Google has begun selling banner ads and other graphic ads, on a test
basis, for display on other companies' Web sites. The new ads won't appear
on Google's own site, though Google says that may change in the future. (The
company now sells only small text ads related to the content of a page on
its own site.) Google vice president Tim Armstrong says that advertisers are
moving away from cost-per-thousand pricing to a system that's much more
targeted specifically to most-likely customers: "The world of advertising is
getting more quantitative and data-driven," he says.
(New York Times 13 may 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/technology/13goog.html
[and even more, this time from Yahoo]
YAHOO: 'ALL (OR MOST) RETAILING IS LOCAL'
Yahoo thinks there's a lot of money to be made by linking Web surfers
with local retailers, restaurants, dry cleaners and other businesses.
(Currently, 20-25% of online queries have some local component.) Ted Meisel,
president of Yahoo's search engine subsidiary Overture, says: "We think now
is the right time to go after the local market. We are seeing users start to
look for local information and we see commerce opportunities in local
search... We are going to make it easier for advertisers to participate."
Yahoo senior marketing executive Cammie Dunaway says: "Yahoo is pretty
multidimensional. It is a great search engine, but it is much more than a
search engine." (Of course, Google is also busy adding features such as free
e-mail that will make it "much more than a search engine.") Yahoo's
marketing emphasis will be on major retailers and other large businesses in
a region, as well as the creation of a locator page for small businesses
that currently have no online presence. (Washington Post 13 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25522-2004May13.html
[and. . .wow lots of stories on these]
COMMERCIAL SEARCH ENGINES THREATEN NEWSPAPERS' LIVELIHOOD
Newspapers face a greater threat of revenue erosion from online
local-search products than they do from online job listings like
Monster.com, according to a new study by The Neil Budde Group and the
Advanced Interactive Media Group. "For local publishers, which have already
been fighting the 'new monsters' eating away at their classified
advertising, this may be a far greater challenge than the first Internet
wave. Well-funded competitors like Yahoo and Google are only starting to
target the local market, so local media still have time to respond," says
study co-author Neil Budde. The report notes that local advertisers like
car-repair shops, plumbers and restaurants could migrate to local search
pages, leaving newspapers' bottom lines bleeding red ink. "The ability to
directly target advertising at consumers, and to determine exactly what
the response to those ads has been, gives local advertisers more power than
ever before to focus their spending where it works," says co-author Peter
Zollman. "Few local publishers have realized yet how this will endanger
their business, and even fewer have responded with effective local search
tools for their advertisers." (AIM Group news release 11 May 2004)
http://www.aimgroup.com
THE BIG SWITCH FROM LANDLINE TO WIRELESS
The Federal Communications Commission says that at least 2.8 million
U.S. consumers have moved their telephone number between wireless carriers
or between a wireless phone and a landline phone since November.
FCC chairman Michael Powell says he switched carriers for his work wireless
phone as well as for his wife and son and that he "was shocked at how well
it worked." (Reuters/USA Today 14 May 2004)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2004-05-14-phoneports_x.htm
HISTORY CHANNEL USES VIDEOGAME TO REINFORCE ITS LESSONS
The History Channel's 13-episode series on "Decisive Battles" that
debuts July 17 makes use of a not-yet-released PC game to visually
re-create the epic battles that mark ancient Rome's colorful history.
"Rome: Total War" will be published by Activision this fall, but the
real-time strategy game already received accolades at last year's
Electronic Entertainment Expo, where it won an award for strategy game of
the year. The History Channel is betting that by incorporating videogame
graphics into its series, it will score points with younger viewers and
perhaps woo back some of the male cohort, aged 8-34, that reports spending
more time on games than watching television. In one episode, "Decisive
Battles" uses computer animation to provide an overview of the Battle of
Cannae, in which Hannibal and his vastly outnumbered troops completely
surrounded the Roman army using an ingenious crescent-shaped formation to
ensnare the Roman soldiers. Once trapped, the Roman legions were clustered
so tightly that they were helpless against Hannibal's infantry and his
Libyan spearmen. "We're pioneering something new in this series, and we'll
see how it evolves," says "Decisive Battles" executive producer Margaret Kim.
"The gaming industry is one of the fastest-growing, and it's likely that we'll
see more convergence between video games and programming in the future."
(Wired.com 17 May 2004)
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,63455,00.html
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>From Edupage
FEDS NO LONGER RECOGNIZING BOGUS DEGREES
Following an investigation by the General Accounting Office (GAO), the
federal government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has
announced a new policy of not recognizing degrees from diploma mills.
The GAO report identified several hundred federal employees, including
some high-level officials, who had reported earning degrees from
unaccredited institutions. Kay Coles James, director of OPM, sent a
memo to all federal managers stating that diplomas from degree mills
cannot be used in applying for any federal job, obtaining salary
increases, or receiving tuition reimbursement. The memo stated, in
part, "You may not send employees to diploma mills for degree training
or any other form of education.... You may not use your authority to
repay student loans if the degree is from a diploma mill." According to
the OPM, diploma mills are institutions that are unaccredited or that
award degrees with little or no coursework.
Federal Computer Week, 14 May 2004
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0510/web-creds-05-14-04.asp
[Makes you wonder how many such degrees were already recognized]
[Aha!]
GAO FINDS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WITH FAKE DEGREES
The General Accounting Office (GAO) this week released findings from an
investigation into diploma mills. According to the report, hundreds of
federal employees list degrees from diploma mills on their resumes, and
some employees used federal tuition funds to pay for those degrees. The
GAO found 28 high-level officials who have degrees from diploma mills
and 463 employees who list degrees from unaccredited institutions in
their qualifications. Data obtained from two unaccredited institutions
shows $170,000 in federal tuition funds used at those schools. The
investigation was ordered by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the committee, started looking into
diploma mills two years ago. According to Collins, there is "clear evidence
that tax dollars are being wasted on bogus degrees from unaccredited
institutions that the federal government does not even recognize."
Federal Computer Week, 11 May 2004
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0510/web-diploma-05-11-04.asp
MEDIA LAB LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE [Consumber Electronics Lab]
Nicholas Negroponte, director of MIT's Media Lab, this week announced
a new initiative focused on Consumer Electronics and the technologies
that drive them. The CELab will not have distinct facilities but will
include research projects at both the Media Lab in Massachusetts and
Media Lab Europe, based in Ireland. Because the new lab will not
require separate physical space, it has the possibility to generate
significant income for Media Lab with very low overhead costs.
Negroponte said people will soon be "eating, wearing, and breathing
computers" and that the CELab will be instrumental in developing the
technologies that will enable this breed of consumer electronics.
Negroponte made the announcement to a group of executives from consumer
electronics companies he hopes will join CELab as members. Companies
that become members, for as much as $200,000 per year, will be able to
license intellectual property developed by the lab and to join the
lab's steering committee.
Wired News, 11 May 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63412,00.html
REPORT CALLS ON U.S. GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN SITES
A government-funded report by the Rand Corporation calls on the Bush
administration to allow Web sites and databases that were shut down in
the aftermath of the September 11 attacks to be allowed back online.
Thirty-six Web sites were taken offline, as were more than 600
databases, based on concern that they made available information that
could be used by terrorists in future attacks. According to the Rand
Corporation's assessment, however, none of the sites included
information that isn't available elsewhere, such as in textbooks, in
trade journals, or on maps. Of the 629 databases taken down, only 4
were found to contain information that the researchers saw as
warranting restricted access. The report was welcomed by critics of the
administration's handling of the situation following the terrorist
attacks. Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American
Scientists' project on government secrecy, said he hopes the report
"brings some rationality back to this policy."
BBC, 11 May 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3703559.stm
PANEL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN DATA MINING
A federal panel has written a report that calls on the Defense
Department as well as other areas of government to institute strong
measures to protect civil liberties in the context of data mining.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appointed the panel, called the
Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee, in early 2003 in response to
criticisms of the Pentagon's data-mining program, the Terrorism
Information Awareness program. The panel's report, which is expected
to be released in about two weeks, says that although the goals of
data-mining programs are worthwhile, the government must take steps to
ensure that they do not infringe on individuals' privacy. The panel
also called on Congress, the president, and the courts to be involved
in efforts to safeguard personal privacy, as federal agencies sift
through databases with personally identifiable information, trying to
combat terrorism. Newton N. Minow, head of the panel and former
chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, noted that the
panel's recommendations would add a new burden of responsibility to
the government but said that the changes would enhance personal privacy
and ultimately national security. One panel member, William T. Coleman
Jr. filed a dissent, stating that the panel's proposals far exceed what
is required by the Constitution, federal laws, or former court decisions.
New York Times, 17 May 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/17/politics/17privacy.html
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Jun 1999 Henry the Sixth, Part One, Shakespeare [1ws0111x.xxx] 1765
May 1999 Billy and the Big Stick, by R. H. Davis [#17][bbstkxxx.xxx] 1764
May 1999 The Nature Faker, by Richard Harding Davis [#16][ntrfkxxx.xxx] 1763
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May 1999 Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov [Checkov #5][vanyaxxx.xxx] 1756
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May 1999 The Sea-Gull, by Anton Chekhov [Checkov #3][cgullxxx.xxx] 1754
May 1999 Swan Song [& Intro], by Anton Chekhov [Checkov #2][swnsgxxx.xxx] 1753
May 1999 El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy [More Pimpernell][#2][ldrdoxxx.xxx] 1752
May 1999 Twilight Land, by Howard Pyle [Howard Pyle #3][twlndxxx.xxx] 1751
May 1999 Laws, by Plato [#29 and last of this Plato series][plawsxxx.xxx] 1750
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May 1999 Other People's Money, by Emile Gaboriau [E.G. #4][opmnyxxx.xxx] 1748
May 1999 The Red Seal, by Natalie Sumner Lincoln [redslxxx.xxx] 1747
May 1999 New Collected Rhymes, by Andrew Lang [Lang #14][nwclrxxx.xxx] 1746
May 1999 Poetical Works, by John Milton [pmsjmxxx.xxx] 1745
May 1999 Philebus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #28][philbxxx.xxx] 1744
May 1999 Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells[HGW#17][12sadxxx.xxx] 1743
May 1999 Miss Civilization, by Richard Harding Davis [#12][miscvxxx.xxx] 1742
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May 1999 Sister Songs, by Francis Thompson [F. Thompson #3][ssngsxxx.xxx] 1731
May 1999 Michael, Brother of Jerry, by Jack London [JL #71][mcjerxxx.xxx] 1730
May 1999 The Deserted Woman, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#64][dswmnxxx.xxx] 1729
Apr 1999 The Odyssey, by Homer, Butcher & Lang Tr[Homer #3][dyssyxxa.xxx] 1728
Apr 1999 The Odyssey, by Homer, Trans by Butler [Homer #2][dyssyxxx.xxx] 1727
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Apr 1999 Theaetetus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #25][thtusxxx.xxx] 1726
Apr 1999 Heart of the West, by O Henry [O Henry #5][hrtwsxxx.xxx] 1725
Apr 1999 Finished, by H. Rider Haggard[H. Rider Haggard #6][fnshdxxx.xxx] 1724
Apr 1999 Cow-Country, by B. M. Bower [B. M. Bower eBook #6][cwcntxxx.xxx] 1723
Apr 1999 Martin Luther's Large Catechism, Bente & Dau, Trns[lrgctxxx.xxx] 1722
Apr 1999 The Trees of Pride, by Gilbert K. Chesterton [#12][trprdxxx.xxx] 1721
Apr 1999 The Man Who Knew Too Much, by G. K. Chesterton #5A[mwktmxxa.xxx] 1720
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TAPSCOTT SAYS INNOVATE OR DIE
Rebutting business analysts who preach about the "commoditization" of
information technology and says that IT doesn't matter anymore, technology
guru Don Tapscott rejects the commoditization thesis as just plain silly:
"In fact, nothing in the universe is as diverse as a byte of data, which can
carry information ranging from baby pictures to a digitally signed
million-dollar bank transfer. It's like saying that Shakespeare's works are
a commodity because he uses the alphabet just like everybody else." Tapscott
says that those who advise companies to spend less and suggest that they
follow rather than lead in technology are drawing a blueprint for failure;
his own prescription is: "Cut fat, not your company's nervous system.
Ultimately companies face a choice. They can innovate in IT -- a resource
still in its infancy -- to enable new business designs that help them
differentiate in the market. Or they can yield to the pressures and cynicism
of a difficult business environment. Punishment is already proving swift for
those who make the wrong choice." (CIO Magazine 1 May 2004)
http://www.cio.com/archive/050104/keynote.html
[Here is the story that one replied to:]
INFO TECHNOLOGY IS JUST ANOTHER UTILITY
Nicholas Carr rocked the IT world last year with his article
published in Harvard Business Review titled, "IT Doesn't Matter."
Techno-mavens such as Steve Ballmer hollered, "Hogwash!" but Carr has now
responded to his critics with a full-length book, "Does IT Matter?".
University of California, Berkeley professor Hal Varian says Carr's point
is well taken: "At one time information was so expensive and so difficult
to manage that companies could make large amounts of money simply by being
able to make systems work. (Think IBM.)" Companies that failed to manage
their IT assets suffered in comparison. But Carr argues that in today's
world, IT has become a utility, just like telephone service or electricity.
That may be true, says Varian, but that doesn't mean that technological
innovation stops -- "Once products become commodities, they can serve as
components for further innovation," says Varian. "In the 19th century,
American manufacturers created standardized designs for wheels, gears,
pulleys, shafts and screws. As such standardized parts became widely
available and could be purchased 'off the shelf,' there was an outpouring
of invention." Perhaps information technology is like those standardized
parts. Desktop PCs, Web servers, databases and scripting languages have
become components in larger, more complex systems. As these components have
become more standardized, the opportunities to create innovations have
multiplied." Varian ends by noting that companies cannot afford to ignore
IT, but should be thinking about how to use it to improve operations and
cut costs, and in the process open up new opportunities for innovation.
(New York Times 6 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/business/06scene.html
ASIA-PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
IT spending in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan should grow 10%
to $88 billion ($AU120 billion) this year, thanks to a recovery in regional
economies. This represents a sharp acceleration from the 3.4% growth seen in
2003, says industry research firm IDC: "Infastructure upgrades and business
oriented initiatives are driving IT demand for 2004." The director of
information technology spending research at IDC says that 58% of more than
3,000 company executives recently surveyed across the region plan to
increase IT spending this year. Only 2.5% indicate that their technology
expenditures will decrease. (The Australian, 6 May 2004)
http://tinyurl.com/36j3e Rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin University
EDUCATED (BUT UNEMPLOYED) IN INDIA
In spite of the fact that U.S. and European outsourcing has immensely
benefited India's economy (and although the country is now "shining,"
according to a government publicity campaign), there are still nowhere near
enough high-tech jobs to be had for a well-educated population. In the
Hyderabad area, about 60,000 jobs in information technology have indeed been
created -- yet many have gone to young Indians from across the country, even
though the region has 350,000 English-speaking graduates. The head of one
placement agent in Hyderabad says it's very difficult to place engineers,
because "no country has as many engineering colleges as this state." By the
end of 2002, the state had about 2.6 million educated unemployed residents.
(New York Times 6 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/international/asia/06indi.html
AUDACITY, FUN, AND WORK AT MIT
MIT's new Strata Center -- which will house CSAIL, the Computer Science
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory -- was designed by renowned architect
Frank O. Gehry to foster creativity and out-of-the-box thinking: walls lean
and tilt like stacked building blocks and staircases seem suspended in air.
MIT president Charles M. Vest says, "We hope that it's going to be a
building that will inspire people, make them think a little bit, and will
frankly show a little bit of the audacity and fun we have at MIT, as well as
the hard work we do." Architect Gehry, whose designs include the acclaimed
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, admits that the building "does take a
step into another realm, of innovation, and a bit of a sense that it doesn't
take itself so seriously, as some modernism does. It tends to have a sense
of humor, and I think that is attractive these days -- I hope so anyway."
The building is packed with technology, including a holodeck that
researchers will use to create three-dimensional environments. (AP/San Jose
Mercury News 6 May 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8605714.htm
CHINA SHUTS DOWN 8,600 INTERNET CAFIS IN 3 MONTHS
Chinese authorities say they have shut down more than 8,600
unlicensed Internet cafis in the last three months in their latest campaign
to bring the communication channel under tighter political control.
Ostensibly, the crackdown is to protect teenagers from long Internet
benders playing combat games and the like. The case of two middle school
pupils in Chongqing, who fell asleep on a railway line and were run over on
March 31 following a 48-hour interactive gaming session, is being cited.
But preventing customers from gaining access to "unhealthy information
online" is also a concern behind the drive against unauthorized public
Internet venues, which was launched in February and will run until August,
says the agency that licenses Internet cafis. Preventing anonymous access
to the Internet from cafis has been one prong of Beijing's drive to squelch
the Internet's political power for the past 18 months, although the excuse
has always been the fire risk and protecting juveniles from abuse. (The Age
7 May 2004) rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin University
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/07/1083881475636.html
[And in the related mental health version]
THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHINESE YOUTH
China has shut down more than 8,600 Internet cafes in the last three
months, many of them for illegally admitting juveniles. The official Xinhua
News Agency warns: "Any such place allowing juveniles to enter or allowing
unhealthy information to spread through the Internet will face rigid, severe
penalty." The Chinese government agency for industry and commerce has
decided that Internet cafes that admit minors "have brought great harm to
the mental health of teenagers and interfered with the school teaching."
Last month an Internet cafe in the city of Chongqing was fined after two
teenagers spent more than 48 hours playing an online video game, then fell
asleep on a railroad track and were killed by a train. (AP/Washington Post 6
May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6356-2004May6.html
DSL INTERNET ACCESS OUTSTRIPS CABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME
For the first time, U.S. local phone companies have signed up more
high-speed Internet customers than cable companies have -- a sign of the
increasingly important role that broadband will play in telephone
companies' future profits. As many younger phone customers abandon their
wireline phones for wireless handsets, the phone companies say DSL has
become the hook that they can use to lure local service customers. "If you
can get DSL into the bundle, the customer will not leave you," says Verizon
CFO Doreen Toben. Cable companies had started the broadband access race
with a huge lead, outselling DSL 2 to 1, but with average rates hovering
around $40 a month versus DSL's cheaper $26, many customers are making the
switch. However, with broadband subscribers providing as much as 20% of
cable revenues, cable companies seem disinclined to compete with the telcos
on price -- a strategy that may spell trouble in the future, says a
Deutsche Bank analyst, who warns they must respond "in reasonably short
order." (Reuters/Los Angeles Times 5 May 2004)
http://www.
latimes.com/technology/la-fi-dsl5may05,1,3289458.story?coll=la-headlines-tech
nology
[Once Again, SONY Takes The Narrow Point Of View]
SONY AIMS TO CONNECT WITH NEW MUSIC SERVICE
Sony has launched its Connect online music download service, offering
users a choice of more than 500,000 songs from major and independent record
labels. Like Apple's iTunes, the songs are priced at 99 cents per track,
with entire albums going for $9.99. The songs are sold in ATRAC3 format,
which will play on Sony's audio devices but are incompatible with iPods and
other some other digital players. By tailoring its music service to its own
brand of players, the electronics giant hopes that Connect will do for its
audio players what iTunes did for Apple's iPod. "Apple did an excellent job
in cultivating this new market," says a Sony spokesman. "We believe we can
expand the market to a much broader audience with a broader line of devices
and an easy-to-use service." (BBC News 5 May 2004)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3685907.stm
[Correct me if I am wrong, but don't iTunes play on nearly anything?]
[More below, in the Edupage section. . .that confirms iTunes DO only
play on iPods. . .but I called their format letting the users make
a number of different CD mixes. . .can these ONLY be used on iPods???]
[At the time of this writing, I had heard rumors that an 18 year old
had already been arrested for this in Germany, now confirmed below.]
AUTHORITIES TEAM UP ON HUNT FOR SASSER CREATOR
Security experts in the U.K. are teaming up with U.S. law enforcement
officials to track down the author or authors of the Sasser worm and are
investigating the theory that the creator is part of a Russian group
calling itself the "Skynet antivirus group," which also was responsible for
the Netsky e-mail virus outbreak. A message found in the code of a recent
Netsky variant claimed responsibility for Sasser, but the reasoning behind
this latest Internet assault is still murky. "With Sasser, the author seems
to be showing off his coding capabilities, but otherwise I have no idea
what the motive is," says Raimund Genes, European president of antivirus
group Trend Micro. And while Microsoft has yet to decide whether to offer a
reward for information leading to culprit, most experts agree if the
originators are linked to criminal groups, a bounty offer will have little
effect. "If the person doesn't disclose his identity, we will never know
the author of this worm or the author of those worms that have caused
global epidemics in the past," says Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder of
Moscow's Kaspersky Labs. Over the past six months, Microsoft has offered
three separate $250,000 rewards for previous outbreaks, but with no
results. (Reuters/Washington Post 5 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3086-2004May5.html?nav=headlines
[More]
SASSER CREATOR TURNED IN FOR THE REWARD
The German teenager who created the computer worm Sasser was identified
by acquaintances seeking a $250,000 reward from Microsoft. The young man was
arrested in the village of Waffensen, near Bremen, and appeared shaken by
the extent of the damage his program had caused around the world. He faces
charges of computer sabotage, which under German law could mean his
imprisonment for five years. If the teenager is convicted, Microsoft will
make good on its pledge for the full $250,000 reward.
(Washington Post 9 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11160-2004May8.html
'DEAR JOHN' NOTIFICATIONS SHIFT TO TEXT MESSAGING
Nine percent of Britons say they've broken up a relationship by
sending their partner a "Dear John" text message, and among the younger
crowd (ages 15-24) the figure rises to 20%. One 15-year-old said using text
to dump a boy- or girlfriend is common among teenagers because it's "easier
to talk by text." Meanwhile, about one in three British adults said they'd
sent a love note via text and 44% used the medium to flirt with a love
interest. For the suspicious-minded, cell phones have proven a new source
of potentially incriminating evidence, with 45% of women admitting they'd
secretly checked the messages on their partners' phones compared to 31% of
men. The numbers come from MORI, which conducted the poll on behalf of
Sicap, a messaging services provider based in Bern, Switzerland.
(AP 4 May 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040504/D82BQ1P80.html
NEW MICROSOFT WINDOWS SECURITY FLAW
Microsoft has identified and released a Windows software patch for a
new flaw that could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to
a malicious Web site and getting them to take certain actions there. The
security flaw affects the latest versions of Windows, including Windows XP,
and software for networked computers such as Windows Server 2003. A user
would be vulnerable to the security flaw only by visiting the attacker's Web
site and performing several actions there. (Reuters/USA Today 12 May 2004)
http://
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SONY INTRODUCES ONLINE MUSIC SERVICE
Sony has entered the online music market with its Sony Connect service,
joining ventures such as the relaunched Napster 2.0 and Apple
Computer's iTunes service. As with the iTunes service, whose songs
only play on Apple iPod devices, Sony's music service sells music in a
format that is restricted to Sony portable players. Michael Goodman,
analyst with the Yankee Group, said Sony's entry into the market is
late and that the company has to "play catch-up on two fronts, on
selling their audio players and getting people to use their music
service." According to Goodman, Apple's iPod currently controls 80-90
percent of the market for devices that can play legally purchased music
files. A spokesman from Sony Connect said the company believes the
market is still developing and that Sony "can expand the market to a
much broader audience with a broader line of devices." Sony Connect
offers more than 500,000 tracks that can be purchased for 99 cents per
song or as albums starting at $9.99. Sony Connect also allows users to
copy songs onto CDs that can be played in any CD player.
Wall Street Journal, 5 May 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108371679078002274,00.html
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More Headline News Mostly Avoided By The Major U.S. Media
GLOBAL WARMING STRIKES GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
"Going to Glacier? You Should Hurry: The glaciers in Glacier National
Park are melting, and not at a glacial pace, but so quickly that
scientists from the United States Geological Survey predict that there
won't be any left by 2030. ..." New York Times 10 MAY 2004
"But one thing that's hard to see from anywhere along the road is a glacier."
The glaciers in Glacier National Park are melting, and not at a
glacial pace, but so quickly that scientists from the United States
Geological Survey predict that there won't be any left by 2030.
Sneaking a good peek at those that remain is a challenge to relish for
its sheer difficulty and the bragging rights that go with it.
"At one time, this was the place to see glaciers in North America.
In the late 1800's, 150 glaciers" were catalogued in the park.
"Today just 27 glaciers remain, covering about 12 square miles, many of
them so small they are tough to distinguish from surrounding snowfields."
"By definition, glaciers are moving chunks of ice that carve and shape the
landscape as they go.) You can glimpse the largest, Blackfoot Glacier,
and its offshoot, Jackson Glacier, which was split from it by melting
about 60 years ago, from an overlook on Going-to-the-Sun Road. But
most of the glaciers are hidden in small valleys."
[On a related note:
9 December 2003
Antarctic Glaciers Speed Up
Glaciers surrounding the Larsen B Ice Shelf.
More news easily found via a Google search on:
global warming ice shelf glacier national park year
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STUDY EXAMINES GOVERNMNET WEB SITES FOR TERROR
WASHINGTON - The overwhelming majority of federal
Web sites that reveal information about airports, power plants, military
bases and other attractive terrorist targets need not be censored because
similar or better information is easily available elsewhere, a
taxpayer-financed study found.
The Rand Corp. identified only four Web pages that might merit the
restrictions imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It urged government
officials to consider reopening public access to about three dozen Web pages
that were withdrawn from the Internet in the name of homeland security.
"It's a good time to take a closer look at the choices that they made at the
time," said John Baker, principal author of the study that was funded by the
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the government's intelligence
mapping agency.
Advocates of open government said the report shows the Bush administration
acted rashly after the suicide attacks when it scrubbed numerous government
Web sites.
"It was a gigantic mistake, and I hope the study brings some rationality
back to this policy," said Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of
American Scientists' project on government secrecy. "Up to now, decisions
have been made on a knee-jerk basis."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/
[And in a related article]
U.S. SHOULD REOPEN MOST WEB SITES SHUT DOWN AFTER 9/11
The overwhelming majority of federal Web sites shut down after the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks should be reopened because the sites pose
little or no threat to homeland security, according to a study by the Rand
Corp.'s National Defense Research Institute. The Institute identified 629
Internet-accessible "geospatial information" databases provided by 30
federal agencies that contain critical data about specific locations, but
only four of those -- two containing information on pipelines plus one on
nuclear reactors and one on dams -- were worth restricting. None of those
was available to the public anymore. In many of the other cases, the
information deemed potentially risky is available elsewhere, in some cases
in superior detail. "It's a good time to take a closer look at the choices
that they made at the time," says John Baker, principle author of the
study, which was funded by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the
government's intelligence mapping agency. (AP/Washington Post 11 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15750-2004May10.html
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OHIO TO USE E-VOTING MACHINES IN 31 COUNTIES
Ohio lawmakers have authorized 31 counties to switch to electronic
voting machines in time for the Nov. 2 election. The law also requires
that by May 2006 e-voting machines be redesigned so that they issue paper
receipts confirming to voters the choices they made. Ohio's Secretary of
State will have the responsibility for making sure that those design
changes are made. (San Jose Mercury News 7 May 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8616084.htm
[I'm sure we will also be hearing that that these "paper receipts
confirming to voters the choices they made" will be an issue soon,
perhaps even before these changes are implemented, as this should
provide an easy path for political insiders to know how you voted.]
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WHAT THE BLANK IS THE MISSING WORD?
An Irish graduate student and her research adviser in Luxembourg have
developed a computer technique for identifying words in a document that have
been blanked out for security or privacy purposes. The program counts the
number of pixels blocked out, then determines the pixel length of words when
written in the specific font used in the document, then reduces the number
of possible words to just a few by using semantic guidelines and the
grammatical context. The researchers say that agencies could foil the
technique by to using OCR technology to rescan documents and alter fonts.
(New York Times 10 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/technology/10crypto.html
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WIMAX: A TECHNOLOGY IN SEARCH OF A MARKET
Known formally by its technical standard 802.16, WiMax is a muscle
version of the 802.11 wireless protocol that transmits Internet signals as
far as 300 feet to provide WiFi hot spots at coffee shops, airports and
hotels and for personal networks at home. Sean Maloney, general manager of
Intel's communications group, says: "We're facing an incredible next five
years. It's the broadband wireless era, as interesting as 1994-99 was with
the explosion of the Internet." A single WiMax transmitter could serve a
corporate headquarters, a college campus or even a city. But there are
plenty of doubters. Jeff Thermond of Broadcom Corp says "For all the places
with nomads and camels it's great, but WiMax is a technology in search of a
market." (Los Angeles Times 9 May 2004) http://tinyurl.com/yqj4r
[Of course, no one is mentioning the security problems inherent in wireless.]
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