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Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
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Dec 1997 From London to Land's End, by Daniel Defoe [DD #6][lndlexxx.xxx] 1149
Dec 1997 Itineray of Baldwin in Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis [itwlsxxx.xxx] 1148
Dec 1997 From This World to the Next, by Henry Fielding #2[jtwtnxxx.xxx] 1147
Dec 1997 Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding #1[jlsbnxxx.xxx] 1146
Dec 1997 Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope [See Zenda]# [rprhnxxx.xxx] 1145
In the Cage, by Henry James 1144
Notes on Life and Letters, by Joseph Conrad 1143
Dec 1997 Typhoon, by Joseph Conrad [Joseph Conrad #18][typhnxxx.xxx] 1142
Dec 1997 Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde [Oscar Wilde #17][spoowxxx.xxx] 1141
Dec 1997 Latter-Day Pamphlets, by Thomas Carlyle[Carlyle#4][latdaxxx.xxx] 1140
Dec 1997 Fisherman's Luck, by Henry van Dyke [Van Dyke #3][fshlkxxx.xxx] 1139
Dec 1997 The Research Magnificent, by H.G. Wells [Wells#13][rschmxxx.xxx] 1138
Dec 1997 A Lover's Complaint, by William Shakespeare [WL][1ws44xxx.xxx] 1137C
. . .
Nov 1997 King Henry VI, Part 1, William Shakespeare [WL][1ws01xxx.xxx] 1100C
Nov 1997 The Riverman, by Stewart Edward White [White #3][rvrmnxxx.xxx] 1099
Nov 1997 The Turmoil, A novel, by Booth Tarkington [BT#5] [turmoxxx.xxx] 1098
Nov 1997 Mrs. Warren's Profession, by G. B. Shaw [Shaw #4] [wrproxxx.xxx] 1097
The Faith of Men, by Jack London 1096
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100 million readers is only ~1.5% of the world's population!
At 16,107 eBooks in 33 Years and 09.75 Months We Averaged
~476 Per Year
39.7 Per Month
1.30 Per Day
At 1151 eBooks Done In The 112 Days Of 2005 We Averaged
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72 Per Week
307 Per Month
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*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
FEWER COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSUING COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREES
[Because of the .com bust]
A new report from the Computing Research Association (CRA) shows a
significant drop in the number of college freshmen in the United States
who say they plan to major in computer science. The CRA looked at data
from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of
California at Los Angeles and found that between fall of 2000 and fall
of 2004, interest in computer science fell by more than 60 percent and
is now 70 percent below its all-time high. Interest among women has
fallen even further, said the CRA, dropping 80 percent since 1998 and
93 percent since 1982. The CRA also conducted surveys of higher
education institutions and came up with similar results. The report
goes on to suggest that the United States will have difficulty meeting
the demand for IT workers in coming years, increasing the gap with
countries including India and China that are producing larger numbers
of computer science graduates. "Freshmen interest levels at any given
point have been an accurate predictor of trends in the number of
degrees granted four to five years later," according to the report.
CNET, 22 April 2005
http://news.com.com//2100-1022_3-5681438.html
ISU CONSIDERS LAPTOP REQUIREMENT
[For students, not for faculty]
The Faculty Senate at Indiana State University (ISU) has put its
support behind a proposal to require incoming freshmen to purchase
laptops beginning in the fall of 2007. Under the proposal, written by a
university committee, the university would recommend a particular
model, which would be available at reduced cost, though students could
obtain a waiver that would allow them to purchase a different model.
Officials at ISU noted that most students already have a computer and
said that the requirement would allow the university to see advantages
from having standardized systems that could be incorporated into
academic programs. Critics of the proposal pointed out that faculty
would not be required to use computers in their classes. Concerns over
the added cost to students were also raised by students and faculty who
oppose the plan, while others said having computers in class could be a
significant distraction.
Tribune-Star, 22 April 2005
http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2005/04/22/news/top_stories/top02.txt
GOOGLE TRIES NEW AD PROGRAM
[More ads, flashier ads, longer download times]
Internet search engine Google has implemented changes to its ad program
that allow advertisers more options for what their ads look like and
where they appear. Initially at least, the new ads will not appear on
Google's own sites but will potentially be included on the thousands
of sites to which Google provides ads. Until now, Google ads were
textual, and Google only placed ads on sites that were related to the
advertised product or service. A Web site about wine, for instance,
might get ads from Google about other wines, cheese, or other directly
relevant topics. Under the new program, Google will allow graphical
elements, including some animation and video, and advertisers can
decide which Web sites will display their ads. The program changes the
model from a pay-per-click arrangement to one in which advertisers pay
simply to show an ad.
New York Times, 25 April 2005 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/technology/25google.html
EUROPE INTRODUCES .EU DOMAIN
The long-awaited .eu Internet domain will be operational by the end of
2005, according to officials of the European Union. Supporters of the
domain name have been working for six years to reach an agreement under
which the domain can be launched. Representatives of the European Union
believe the new domain will provide a sense of identity on the Internet
for organizations based around Europe, though it will not replace
existing country-specific domains, such as .uk or .de. In an effort to
limit cybersquatting of names in the domain, new domain names will only
be granted to companies and trademark owners for the first four months.
Members of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European
Union, advised that all offers of early registration for the domain
could well be fraudulent and should be treated with skepticism.
BBC, 21 April 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4470797.stm
JUDGE REJECTS RIAA'S EXPEDITED SUBPOENAS
A federal judge in North Carolina handed the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) a legal defeat in its effort to learn the
identities of two students accused of illegal file sharing. The RIAA
had sought the identities from the students' universities, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State
University, under an expedited subpoena process the group has since
abandoned. In a December 2003 decision, another federal judge had
rejected the expedited subpoenas, which did not require a judge's
signature, ruling that Verizon could not be forced to disclose
identities of its customers. In their capacity as Internet service
providers (ISPs) for students, universities were given similar
protection from the expedited subpoenas. In this case, Judge Russell A.
Eliason ruled that an ISP that does not store information but merely
transmits it cannot be compelled under the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act to reveal identities of its users. After the 2003 decision, the
RIAA began filing individual "John Doe" lawsuits for illegal file
sharing. Under that process, which costs the RIAA more time and money
than the other, ISPs can be forced to turn over identities of users.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 22 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/04/2005042201t.htm
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No follow up on the huge Texas City oil refinery explosion.
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No Weapons of Mass Destruction
Yesterday it was announced that the search for the alleged
weapons of mass destruction whose suspected presence was
the official reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq ended.
After millions of man-hours all leads have been exhausted
and no WMDs or further leads have been discovered. [NPR]
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In a separate news conference, the official statements of
the new intelligence community leadership under Negroponte
indicate that the two greatest failures of U.S. intelligence
were missing the 9/11 attacks and being duped into thinking
there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said in Russia that there
was too much power in the Kremlin and not enough independent
news media in Russia.
It would seem others are saying the same thing about the U.S.
White House gaining too much power and a similar decline in a
previously strong independent media in the U.S.
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE DAY
The richest man in Italy says that Prime Minister Berlusconi
resigned due to pressure from a biased liberal media.
He neglected to say that he owns 90% of the Italian media in
which he voices a conservative point of view.
By the way, that richest man in Italy. . .is Berlusconi. . .
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The Bush Administration came out on the side of family rights
to decide on who decides to "pull the plug" in hospitial care,
but 1998 Bush signed a Texas law that took such decisions out
of the hands of the family.
*
The new Pope said that his job was to defend the church
against "the monstrous terrorism of modernism."
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
U.S. car sales will continue to go down, while U.S. home
sales will continue to go up.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
Even while announcing that inflation has been curbed, numbers
are being released that show 30% higher inflation for 2005 in
the first quarter than the annual rate for 2004.
.6% Inflation for March, 2005 [7.5% Annual Rate]
3.3% Inflation for 2004 [Annual Rate]
4.3% Inflation for 2005 [First Quarter]
Cost Price Index = CPI
*
Speaking of inflation, how many of you know "grade inflation?"
This is a trend caused by schools refusing to flunk out those
who can't even read so they can receive more money through an
assortment of per capita subsidies, athletic program tickets,
and various other reasons.
Even counting that half the students never make it to a degree
in four years, or even if extended to five years, the average
grades given in most colleges has been higher than a "B" quite
some time, and is still inching up.
Thus a "B" is now "below average" even though a "C" is supposed
to represent "average."
This trend, when compounded by the fact that more and more people
are receiving college degrees, which should bring the average way
down as more than the best students enroll, means that inflation
of grades is even more intense that previously thought, as these
grade would have to be inflated even more to discount the average
of the greater number of midrange students.
Approximately 1/3 of all U.S. young people get a college education
in modern times, a much greater number than the 14% I remember for
the period when I was researching colleges. Does anyone have some
statistics for the total U.S. % with college degrees?
*
56% of all U.S. college graduates are women.
Even more for those receiving advanced degrees.
*
Drug Pushers
There is one commercial drug rep for every 6.8 Drs in the US.
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25-30% of high school and middle school students can't read.
First Lady Laura Bush on The Tonight Show last night.
*
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891, by Various 15708
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Zoonomia, Vol. I, by Erasmus Darwin 15707
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Modern, by Ernst Ahlgren and Axel Lundegard 15703
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The Summer Holidays, by Amerel 15684
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The High School Failures, by Francis P. Obrien 15683
[Subtitle: A Study of the School Records of Pupils Failing in Academic]
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De Leeuw Van Vlaanderen, by Hendrik Conscience 15682
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Constructive Imperialism, by Viscount Milner 15681
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De Usu Ratiocinii Mechanici in Medicina, by Hermanni Boerhaave 15680
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Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12), by Burke 15679
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 5, 1892, by Various 15677
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A Voyage to New Holland, by William Dampier 15675
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Chronica d'El-Rei D. Affonso III, by Ruy de Pina 15674
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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, by George Gibbs 15672
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Fru inger til Ostrat, by Henrik Ibsen 15669
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Breves instruccoes, by Unknown 15668
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Best Short Stories, by Various 15667
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The American Missionary--Vol. 48, No. 10, October, 1894, by Various 15666
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Today, I would like to recommend to you a book I have only recently noticed.
Book #2274, "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day" by Arnold Bennett. The title
alone intruiged me when I saw this book (the real thing) on a stack of
donations that had arrived to me from the local library. I simply could not
resist starting to read it as I am simply horrible at living in the time
allotted (as evidence I cite the fact that I started reading a book instead of
processing the donations to Distributed Proofreaders as I had intended!).
This book is exceedingly well written. Those of you who are inclined to read
it should also jot down the writings of the following:
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations(#2680) and Thoughts(#6920)
Epictetus: Golden Sayings(#871) and Discourses(#10661)
Emerson: Essays(#2944-5) and Representative Men(#6312)
Meredith: Complete Works(#4500)
Bogehot: Lombard Street(#4359)
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina(#1399)
Milton: Paradise Lost(#26)
Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(#731-736)
As the author encourages you to read some of at least one at one point. Here
are two samples from the work:
"Strange that the newspapers, so enterprising and up-to-date as they are, are
not full of 'How to live on a given income of time,' instead of 'How to live
on a given income of money'! Money is far commoner than time. When one
reflects, one perceives that money is jut about the commonest thing there is.
It encumbers the earth in gross heaps."
"If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously
planning out a time-table with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give
up hope at once. If you are not prepared for discouragements and
disillusions; if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort,
then do not begin. Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which you call
your existence."
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The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1, by Elizabeth Gaskell 1827
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Madam How and Lady Why, by Charles Kingsley 1697
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A Monk of Fife, by Andrew Lang 1631
[Subtitle: Being the chronicle written by Norman Leslie of Pitcullo,
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the years of our redemption, MCCCCXXIX-XXXI. Now first done into
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The Toys of Peace, by Saki 1477
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Pepper & Salt, by Howard Pyle 15664
[Subtitle: or, Seasoning for Young Folk]
[Illustrator: Howard Pyle]
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Ancient Egypt, by George Rawlinson 15663
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Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, by John Hunter 15662
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Little Eve Edgarton, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 15660
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The Beacon Second Reader, by James H. Fassett 15659
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Topsy-Turvy Land, by Samuel M. Zwemer and Amy E. Zwemer 15658
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 6, 1917, by Various 15657
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Representation of the Impiety, by Anonymous 15656
[Full title: Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704);]
[Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704)]
[Introduction by Emmett L. Avery]
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Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun, by Mabel C. Hawley 15655
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The Firing Line, by Robert W. Chambers 15654
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, by Thomas Hood 15652
[Biographical Introduction by William Michael Rossetti]
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His Grace of Osmonde, by Frances Hodgson Burnett 15651
[Subtitle: Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His]
[Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/5/15651 ]
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The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 32, by Various 15650
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 32, June]
[17, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/5/15650 ]
[Files: 15650.txt; 15650-8.txt; 15650-h.htm]
Philosophicall Essay for the Reunion of the Languages,by Pierre Besnier 15649
[Subtitle: Or, The Art of Knowing All by the Mastery of One]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/4/15649 ]
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American Merchant Ships and Sailors, by Willis J. Abbot 15648
[Ill.: Ray Brown]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/4/15648 ]
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The American Missionary, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 1890, by Various 15647
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/4/15647 ]
[Files: 15647.txt; 15647-h.htm]
Nord contre sud, by Jules Verne 15646
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/4/15646 ]
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Port-Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet 15645
[Subtitle: Derni�res aventures de l'illustre Tartarin]
[Language: French]
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Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army, by William G. Stevenson 15644
[Subtitle: Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance,]
[Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes,]
[Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/4/15644 ]
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Romeo ja Julia, by William Shakespeare 15643
[Translator: Paavo Cajander]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/4/15643 ]
[Files: 15643-8.txt]
Memoires, by Marie-Louise-Victoire de Donniss La Rochejaquelein 15642
[Full title: Memoires de Mme la marquise de La Rochejaquelein]
[Subtitle: �crits par elle-m�me]
[Editor: Prosper Brugi�re Barante]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/4/15642 ]
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Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851, by Various 15641
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Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851, by Various 15640
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Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851, by Various 15639
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Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851, by Various 15638
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15638 ]
[Files: 15638.txt; 15638-8.txt; 15638-h.htm]
Harkmanin pojat, by Betty Elfving 15637
[Subtitle: Historiallinen novelli isonvihan ajoilta]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15637 ]
[Files: 15637-8.txt]
The Future of Astronomy, by Edward C. Pickering 15636
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15636 ]
[Files: 15636.txt; 15636-8.txt; 15636-h.htm]
Memoires (Tome 4), by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot 15635
[Full title: Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de mon temps (Tome 4)]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15635 ]
[Files: 15635-8.txt]
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Vol. 56, No. 346, by Various 15634
[Full title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Vol. 56, No. 346, August, 1844]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15634 ]
[Files: 15634.txt; 15634-8.txt]
Etimologia, by Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera 15633
[Full title: Etimologia de los Nombres de Razas de Filipinas]
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15633 ]
[Files: 15633-8.txt; 15633-h.htm]
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare 15632
[Translator: Paavo Cajander]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15632 ]
[Files: 15632-8.txt]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 31, by Various 15631
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 31, June]
[10, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/3/15631 ]
[Files: 15631.txt; 15631-8.txt; 15631-h.htm]
Polly Oliver's Problem, by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 15630
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/3/15630 ]
[Files: 15630.txt; 15630-8.txt; 15630-h.htm; ]
The Southern Cross, by Foxhall Daingerfield, Jr 15629
[Subtitle: A Play in Four Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15629 ]
[Files: 15629.txt; 15629-h.htm]
Sa Ano Nabubuhay Ang Tao, by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 15628
[Translator: Sofronio G. Calderon]
[Language: Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15628 ]
[Files: 15628-8.txt; 15628-h.htm]
Verner's Pride, by Mrs. Henry Wood 15627
[Illustrator: Harold Piffard]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15627 ]
[Files: 15627.txt; 15627-8.txt; 15627-h.htm]
Contes et historiettes a l'usage des jeunes enfants, by Zulma Carraud 15626
[Subtitle: Qui commencent � savoir lire]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15626 ]
[Files: 15626-8.txt; 15626-h.htm]
The Lookout Man, by B. M. Bower 15625
[Illustrator: H. Weston Taylor]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15625 ]
[Files: 15625.txt; 15625-h.htm]
Trisagio Quen Carcararag, by Justo Claudio Fojas 15624
[Language: Iloko]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15624 ]
[Files: 15624-8.txt; 15624-h.htm]
Jukes-Edwards, by A. E. Winship 15623
[Subtitle: A Study in Education and Heredity]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15623 ]
[Files: 15623.txt; 15623-8.txt; 15623-h.htm]
Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition, by William N. Brown 15622
[Subtitle: For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and]
[Galvanizing]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15622 ]
[Files: 15622.txt; 15622-8.txt; 15622-h.htm]
The Story of Jack and the Giants, by Anonymous 15621
[Illustrator: Richard Doyle]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/2/15621 ]
[Files: 15621.txt; 15621-h.htm]
Recreations in Astronomy, by Henry Warren 15620
[Subtitle: With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/2/15620 ]
[Files: 15620.txt; 15620-8.txt; 15620-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 30, by Various 15619
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3,]
[1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15619 ]
[Files: 15619.txt; 15619-8.txt; 15619-h.htm]
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, by Thackeray 15618
[Author: Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray]
[Ill.: George Cruikshank]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/1/15618 ]
[Files: 15618.txt; 15618-h.htm; ]
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1, by Various 15617
[Full author: Kempster Miller, George Patterson, Charles Thom,]
[Robert Millikan and Samuel McMeen]
[Subtitle: A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/1/15617 ]
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Hero Tales, by James Baldwin 15616
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, March 17, 1920, by Various 15615
[Editor: Owen Seaman]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/1/15615 ]
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The Ragged Edge, by Harold MacGrath 15614
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15614 ]
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The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 28, by Various 15613
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,]
[ No. 28, May 20, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15613 ]
[Files: 15613.txt; 15613-8.txt; 15613-h.htm]
Genesis A, by Anonymous 15612
[Subtitle: Translated from the Old English]
[Editor: Albert S. Cook]
[Translator: Lawrence Mason]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15612 ]
[Files: 15612.txt; 15612-8.txt; 15612-h.htm]
Auringon noustessa, by Tekla Roschier 15611
[Subtitle: Kasvavalle nuorisolle]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15611 ]
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Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright
Nov 1997 King Henry VI, Part 1, William Shakespeare [WL][1ws01xxx.xxx] 1100C
Nov 1997 The Riverman, by Stewart Edward White [White #3][rvrmnxxx.xxx] 1099
Nov 1997 The Turmoil, A novel, by Booth Tarkington [BT#5] [turmoxxx.xxx] 1098
Nov 1997 Mrs. Warren's Profession, by G. B. Shaw [Shaw #4] [wrproxxx.xxx] 1097
The Faith of Men, by Jack London 1096
Nov 1997 Light of the Western Stars, Zane Grey [Grey #4][lwstrxxx.xxx] 1095
Nov 1997 Tamburlaine the Great PT 1, by Christopher Marlowe[tmbn1xxx.xxx] 1094
Nov 1997 The Beast in the Jungle, by Henry James[James #15][bstjgxxx.xxx] 1093
Nov 1997 The Description of Wales, by Giraldus Cambrensis [dscwlxxx.xxx] 1092
Nov 1997 Heroes and Hero Worship, by Thomas Carlyle [TC#3] [herosxxx.xxx] 1091
Nov 1997 Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift[#4][bstafxxx.xxx] 1090
Nov 1997 Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London[#19-26][mfacexxx.xxx] 1089
Oct 1997 Rolf in the Woods, by Ernest Thompson Seton [rolfwxxx.xxx] 1088
Oct 1997 Baartock, by Lewis Roth [brtckxxx.xxx] 1087C
Oct 1997 A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain [Clemens] [MT#12][hrstlxxx.xxx] 1086
Oct 1997 Life of John Sterling, by Thomas Carlyle [TC#2] [strlgxxx.xxx] 1085
Oct 1997 Recipes Tried and True by Presbyterian Ladies' Aid[tandtxxx.xxx] 1084
Oct 1997 The Arrow of Gold, by Joseph Conrad [argldxxx.xxx] 1083
Oct 1997 Voyage of The Paper Canoe, by Nathaniel H. Bishop [pprcnxxx.xxx] 1082
Oct 1997 Dead Souls, by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol [Gogol#1][dsolsxxx.xxx] 1081
Oct 1997 A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift [Swift #3] [mdprpxxx.xxx] 1080
Oct 1997 Life of Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne [shndyxxx.xxx] 1079
Oct 1997 The Scouts of the Valley, by Joseph A. Altsheler [sctvlxxx.xxx] 1078
Oct 1997 The Mirror of Kong Ho, by Ernest Bramah [Bramah#2][konghxxx.xxx] 1077
Oct 1997 The Wallet of Kai Lung, by Ernest Bramah[Bramah#1][wklngxxx.xxx] 1076
Oct 1997 The Strength of the Strong, by Jack London [#12][sstrgxxx.xxx] 1075
Oct 1997 The Sea Wolf, by Jack London [Jack London #11] [cwolfxxx.xxx] 1074
Oct 1997 The Death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola [#4] [1zolaxxx.xxx] 1073
Oct 1997 The Miller's Daughter, by Emile Zola [Zola #3] [1zolaxxx.xxx] 1072
Oct 1997 Captain Burle, by Emile Zola [Emile Zola #2] [1zolaxxx.xxx] 1071
Oct 1997 Nana, by Emile Zola [Emile Zola #1] [See note] [1zolaxxx.xxx] 1070
Oct 1997 1st PG Collection of Emile Zola [Emile Zola #1] [1zolaxxx.xxx] 1069
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At 16,051 eBooks in 33 Years and 09.50 Months We Averaged
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39.6 Per Month
1.30 Per Day
At 1095 eBooks Done In The 105 Days Of 2005 We Averaged
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73 Per Week
313 Per Month
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STUDENT FORCED TO TAKE TESTS OFF THE WEB
[What's Good For The College Jocks And Greeks, Not Good For The Masses]
The University of Wyoming has insisted that a student remove copies of
old tests from his Web site. Aaron Narva, a senior at the university,
had posted the tests online and initially sold them to other students.
Later, Narva gave the tests away for free. Narva said that old tests
are a useful study aid, noting that the athletics department as well as
sororities and fraternities make copies of tests available to their
members. Dane Ciolino, professor of copyright law at Loyola University,
said that Narva's comparison fails because by posting the tests
online, he is making many more copies available. Ciolino also noted
that fair use cannot apply if Narva was charging money for the tests.
Narva is charged with violating university policies and will have a
hearing at the university later this month.
CNN, 15 April 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/04/15/old.tests.website.ap/
BRITS UNVEIL CREATIVE ARCHIVE
The BBC has launched an initiative known as the Creative Archive to
disseminate creative works across the United Kingdom. Modeled on the
Creative Commons in the United States, the Creative Archive License
invites users to download creative materials and use them however they
desire, with a few stipulations. Users of content must cite the
creator; allow others to use newly created works in the same manner;
not use content for commercial gain; and limit use to within the United
Kingdom. The archive is relatively small so far, containing works only
from the British Film Institute, but a spokesperson from the BBC said
the group hopes eventually to make available a vast quantity of content
currently unavailable to the public. She noted that because of the wide
range of copyright concerns, those posting content must work carefully
and thoroughly to meet all requirements. Lawrence Lessig, professor at
Stanford Law School and one of the founders of Creative Commons,
applauded the Creative Archive, saying that the BBC is inviting
consumers to become part of the creative process rather than just
receivers. He said he hopes the program helps U.S. users "think more
progressively about this issue."
Wired News, 18 April 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67239,00.html
LEXISNEXIS DISCLOSES MORE DATA LOSSES
LexisNexis this week revealed that much more personal information was
exposed to identity thieves than reported in estimates released last
month. Information including Social Security numbers for 310,000 U.S.
citizens was exposed--nearly 10 times the 32,000 previously announced
by company officials. According to LexisNexis, the data were
compromised in a total of 59 separate incidents over the past two
years, most of them at subsidiary Seisint, which LexisNexis bought in
July 2004. A spate of data breaches lately has prompted the U.S.
Congress to hold hearings on problems affecting the data-brokerage
industry and to propose regulations that would add strict controls on
the collection and sale of personal information. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
said, "When a company like LexisNexis so badly underestimates its own
ID theft breaches, it is clear that things are totally out of hand."
Reuters, 12 April 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8159934
POKING HOLES IN MICROSOFT'S GRAMMAR CHECKER
Sandeep Krishnamurthy, associate professor of marketing and e-commerce
at the University of Washington, is so incensed with the grammar
checker in Microsoft Word that he has taken to posting examples of what
he sees as the checker's failings on his Web site. He has also called
on Microsoft to improve the checker. Citing egregious grammar mistakes
that the tool does not question, Krishnamurthy said that although it
might be helpful for above-average writers, it actually impedes
below-average writers' efforts to improve their writing skill.
Krishnamurthy said Microsoft should modify the tool to allow users to
select the level of help they need, from basic to advanced. For its
part, Microsoft said in a statement that the tool is not intended to
find or identify all errors. Instead, it is designed "to catch the
kinds of errors that ordinary users make in normal writing situations."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i32/32a02902.htm
COMPUTER APPLICATION GRADES ESSAYS
A professor at the University of Missouri has developed a computer
application that grades papers and offers advice on writing. Ed Brent,
professor of sociology, created the application, called Qualrus, using
a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Qualrus
evaluates papers based on the structure of sentences and paragraphs and
on the flow of ideas. Instructors can specify which factors of an
assignment are most important, and Qualrus incorporates that
information into the scores it provides. Brent claims the application
improves students' papers and estimated that it saves him more than
200 hours of grading per semester. The tool has been approved for use
across the university, but so far Brent is the only instructor using it.
Brent is also looking for ways to distribute the tool to other
universities and to businesses. [Probably at a large profit]
CNET, 7 April 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5659366.html
UC ELECTRONIC RESERVES RANKLE PUBLISHERS
A system that handles electronic reserves at the University of
California (UC) in San Diego has prompted complaints from publishers
that the university has far exceeded the bounds of fair use. With the
system, materials that faculty put on reserve are made available
electronically, allowing students to access and even print them from
outside the university library. The Association of American Publishers
objected, saying that electronic access substantially changes the
traditional terms of reserve materials and deprives publishers of
sales. Publishers have previously won legal challenges to the
production of coursepacks, which the courts said do not fall under the
terms of fair use. The publishing group insisted the same applies to
electronic resources. Representatives of UC disputed the claims, saying
the reserve system does not infringe on sales of texts. Jonathan
Franklin, associate law librarian at the University of Washington,
noted that the fair use law is not clear and commented that if the
disagreement is ultimately settled by the courts, such a resolution
might provide needed clarification for all concerned.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/04/2005040701t.htm
CODING CONTEST SHOWS U.S. STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND
[More details below in media avoidance section, Shanhai was winner]
At this year's Association for Computing Machinery International
Collegiate Programming Contest, the University of Illinois's tie for
17th place was the best result for any U.S. team, representing the
worst performance for U.S. institutions in the 29 years of the
competition. Many observers believe the result is indicative of a
variety of factors that have resulted in a striking shift in
technological preeminence away from U.S. schools and companies. As
recently as 1997, the United States came out on top, when a team from
Harvey Mudd College won the competition. David Patterson, president of
the Association for Computing Machinery and a computer science
professor at the University of California, Berkeley, noted, "The U.S.
used to dominate these kinds of programming Olympics." Others pointed
out that applications from outside the United States to computer
science and other technology programs at U.S. graduate schools have
dropped lately.
ZDNet, 7 April 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5659116.html
E-RATE INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN
Six companies and five individuals have been indicted on charges of
fraud in the federal E-Rate program, which was instituted to provide
funds to connect public schools and libraries to the Internet. A year
ago, a subsidiary of NEC admitted defrauding the program and settled
with prosecutors for $20.7 million. Those indicted this week were
charged with fraud, collusion, and rigging bids. According to the
Justice Department, the accused misrepresented financial terms of
E-Rate projects to school administrators and colluded on pricing and
terms of government contracts. The violations are said to have taken
place in seven states, though all but one defendant are based in
California. The individuals charged face up to five years in prison,
and the indicted companies could be fined as much as $10 million.
Wall Street Journal, 8 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111292755907301701,00.html
DUKE SCALES BACK IPOD PROGRAM
Officials at Duke University have said they will cut back a program to
equip incoming students with iPods. Last fall, all 1,600 incoming
freshmen were given the devices as part of a pilot program to see how
they might influence learning. Next year, the university will only
provide iPods to students who enroll in courses that use iPods in the
curriculum. School officials said they were pleased with what they
learned from the program in its first year, but they pointed out that
the larger goal is to incorporate technology into the teaching and
learning processes. The narrower focus of the iPod initiative was
characterized as an evolution of the university's efforts toward that
goal. Lynne O'Brien, who coordinated the iPod program, said some
faculty embraced the devices in their classes, while other faculty were
more skeptical, seeing no real purpose for the devices.
CNET, 6 April 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5657240.html
TECH COMPANIES LINE UP WITH EU
[No mention of the huge MicroSoft payoff to settle with Gateway]
Five leading technology companies have voiced their support of the
European Union (EU) in its antitrust case against Microsoft. IBM,
Oracle, Red Hat, RealNetworks, and Nokia have applied to join the case
in which the European Commission has already fined Microsoft $640
million and ordered that the company make changes to its operating
systems to increase competition with other vendors. Aside from
RealNetworks, which has previously challenged Microsoft in court, the
other four companies have been reluctant to take a strong public stance
against Microsoft. Thomas Vinje, an attorney for the EU, said the
support from these companies undercuts Microsoft's claim that the case
against it in Europe is not endorsed by others in the technology
industry. It is not clear whether the court hearing the case will
accept the companies' application, but, according to Jonathan Todd,
spokesperson for the EU, their action is not likely to be "relevant or
determining in terms of the outcome of a particular antitrust case."
Washington Post, 6 April 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30610-2005Apr6.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
Some of these were covered yesterday by ABC, NBC and CBS, some not:
A little about the new pope:
Previous name: Joseph Ratzinger
New name: Benedict XVI [16th]
Was formerly head of the "Inquisition."
[The Office of Orthodox Catholic Doctrine]
Oldest cardinal elected pope in 300 years.
[Other sources said in over 100 years]
First German pope in 1,000 years
Nickname: "The Enforcer" [Not a joke]
Reported as the most hardline conservative
of all those in the conclave.
Served in Germany's Hitler Youth as a boy.
Deserter from the Germany Army in 1945.
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Congressman "Barney Frank had the best line. He said he'd been the focus of
ethics probes fifteen years ago because he'd `"behaved inappropriately.'"
"I changed my behavior," said Frank.
"Tom DeLay changed the ethics committee."
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE DAY
It now take a majority of the Ethics Committee to contine an investigation.
Since the committee is split equally among Republicans and Democrats, it is
unlikely anyone will ever be investigated again without someone crossing an
interestingly drawn party line.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Fewer Chinese and Indian students will come to the U.S.
for their educations, more will graduate at home, as an
educational revolution has taken place.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
When you listen to the news you the only income levels
you usually hear are something such as 2001's $51,407.
BUT. . .this isn't one income, it is THREE incomes put
together to appear as one income.
To achieve this fictional family income level you must
add together the median income for men plus the median
income for women plus ~1,000 of part time labor:
$29,101 Median Income For Men
$16,614 Median Women's Income
$ 5,691 1105 Hour Minium Wage
------- --------------------------
$51,402 ~Median Family Income
All figures from 2001, more details on request.
*
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
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the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
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offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
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than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright
Sep 1997 Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw[3][dlotsxxx.xxx] 1050
Sep 1997 Vanished Arizona, by Martha Summerhayes [varizxxx.xxx] 1049
Sep 1997 The Ruling Passion, by Henry van Dyke [van Dyke#2][rlpsnxxx.xxx] 1048
Sep 1997 The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells [Wells #11] [nmchvxxx.xxx] 1047
Sep 1997 God The Invisible King, by H. G. Wells [Wells#10] [godikxxx.xxx] 1046
Sep 1997 Venus and Adonis, by William Shakespeare[Shakes#3][wsvnsxxx.xxx] 1045
Sep 1997 Captain Stormfield's Visit, by Mark Twain [MT#11][cptsfxxx.xxx] 1044
Sep 1997 The Story of Evolution, by Joseph McCabe [tsoevxxx.xxx] 1043
Sep 1997 A Reading of Life, Other Poems, by George Meredith[rdlifxxx.xxx] 1042
Sep 1997 Shakespeare's Sonnets, by William Shakespeare [#2][wssntxxx.xxx] 1041
Sep 1997 The Three Taverns, by Edwin Arlington Robinson[#3][3tavsxxx.xxx] 1040
Sep 1997 Missionary Travels in South Africa, by Livingstone[mtravxxx.xxx] 1039
Sep 1997 Style, by Walter Raleigh [Walter Raleigh eBook #2][stylexxx.xxx] 1038
Sep 1997 The Life of John Bunyan, by Edmund Venables [lfbynxxx.xxx] 1037
Sep 1997 Joe Wilson and His Mates, by Henry Lawson [HL#2] [jwahmxxx.xxx] 1036
Sep 1997 The Man against the Sky, by Edwin A. Robinson [#2][tmatsxxx.xxx] 1035
Sep 1997 Poems, by Wilfred Owen [wowenxxx.xxx] 1034
Sep 1997 Rose O' the River, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [KDW#4] [rorvrxxx.xxx] 1033
Sep 1997 The Pupil, by Henry James 1032
Sep 1997 Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde[Wilde#15][crmdsxxx.xxx] 1031
Sep 1997 Cavalier Songs & Ballads of England, MacKay/Editor[csboexxx.xxx] 1030
Sep 1997 The Night-Born, by Jack London [Jack London #9 [ntbrnxxx.xxx] 1029
Aug 1997 The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte [#6 by Brontes][tprofxxx.xxx] 1028
Aug 1997 The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey[#3 by Zane Grey][lrngrxxx.xxx] 1027
Aug 1997 Diary of a Nobody, by George and Weedon Grossmith [dnbdyxxx.xxx] 1026
Aug 1997 Essays, by Benjamin Rumford [Volume 1, BR#1] [essbrxxx.xxx] 1025
Aug 1997 The Wrecker, by Stevenson and Osbourne [RLS #39] [wrckrxxx.xxx] 1024
Aug 1997 Bleak House, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #33] [blkhsxxx.xxx] 1023
Aug 1997 Walking, by Henry David Thoreau [Thoreau #3] [wlkngxxx.xxx] 1022
Aug 1997 The Congo and Other Poems, by Vachel Lindsay[VL#3][cngopxxx.xxx] 1021
Aug 1997 Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, by Amy Lowell [AL #3][sbapsxxx.xxx] 1020
Aug 1997 Poems by the Bronte Sisters [as Bell Brothers] B#5[brntpxxx.xxx] 1019
Aug 1997 The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley [Kingsley #3][wtrbsxxx.xxx] 1018
Aug 1997 The Soul of Man, by Oscar Wilde [Wilde #14][slmanxxx.xxx] 1017
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39.4 Per Month
1.29 Per Day
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321 Per Month
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POKING HOLES IN MICROSOFT'S GRAMMAR CHECKER
Sandeep Krishnamurthy, associate professor of marketing and e-commerce
at the University of Washington, is so incensed with the grammar
checker in Microsoft Word that he has taken to posting examples of what
he sees as the checker's failings on his Web site. He has also called
on Microsoft to improve the checker. Citing egregious grammar mistakes
that the tool does not question, Krishnamurthy said that although it
might be helpful for above-average writers, it actually impedes
below-average writers' efforts to improve their writing skill.
Krishnamurthy said Microsoft should modify the tool to allow users to
select the level of help they need, from basic to advanced. For its
part, Microsoft said in a statement that the tool is not intended to
find or identify all errors. Instead, it is designed "to catch the
kinds of errors that ordinary users make in normal writing situations."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i32/32a02902.htm
COMPUTER APPLICATION GRADES ESSAYS
A professor at the University of Missouri has developed a computer
application that grades papers and offers advice on writing. Ed Brent,
professor of sociology, created the application, called Qualrus, using
a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Qualrus
evaluates papers based on the structure of sentences and paragraphs and
on the flow of ideas. Instructors can specify which factors of an
assignment are most important, and Qualrus incorporates that
information into the scores it provides. Brent claims the application
improves students' papers and estimated that it saves him more than
200 hours of grading per semester. The tool has been approved for use
across the university, but so far Brent is the only instructor using it.
Brent is also looking for ways to distribute the tool to other
universities and to businesses. [Probably at a large profit]
CNET, 7 April 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5659366.html
UC ELECTRONIC RESERVES RANKLE PUBLISHERS
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California (UC) in San Diego has prompted complaints from publishers
that the university has far exceeded the bounds of fair use. With the
system, materials that faculty put on reserve are made available
electronically, allowing students to access and even print them from
outside the university library. The Association of American Publishers
objected, saying that electronic access substantially changes the
traditional terms of reserve materials and deprives publishers of
sales. Publishers have previously won legal challenges to the
production of coursepacks, which the courts said do not fall under the
terms of fair use. The publishing group insisted the same applies to
electronic resources. Representatives of UC disputed the claims, saying
the reserve system does not infringe on sales of texts. Jonathan
Franklin, associate law librarian at the University of Washington,
noted that the fair use law is not clear and commented that if the
disagreement is ultimately settled by the courts, such a resolution
might provide needed clarification for all concerned.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/04/2005040701t.htm
CODING CONTEST SHOWS U.S. STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND
[More details below in media avoidance section, Shanhai was winner]
At this year's Association for Computing Machinery International
Collegiate Programming Contest, the University of Illinois's tie for
17th place was the best result for any U.S. team, representing the
worst performance for U.S. institutions in the 29 years of the
competition. Many observers believe the result is indicative of a
variety of factors that have resulted in a striking shift in
technological preeminence away from U.S. schools and companies. As
recently as 1997, the United States came out on top, when a team from
Harvey Mudd College won the competition. David Patterson, president of
the Association for Computing Machinery and a computer science
professor at the University of California, Berkeley, noted, "The U.S.
used to dominate these kinds of programming Olympics." Others pointed
out that applications from outside the United States to computer
science and other technology programs at U.S. graduate schools have
dropped lately.
ZDNet, 7 April 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5659116.html
E-RATE INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN
Six companies and five individuals have been indicted on charges of
fraud in the federal E-Rate program, which was instituted to provide
funds to connect public schools and libraries to the Internet. A year
ago, a subsidiary of NEC admitted defrauding the program and settled
with prosecutors for $20.7 million. Those indicted this week were
charged with fraud, collusion, and rigging bids. According to the
Justice Department, the accused misrepresented financial terms of
E-Rate projects to school administrators and colluded on pricing and
terms of government contracts. The violations are said to have taken
place in seven states, though all but one defendant are based in
California. The individuals charged face up to five years in prison,
and the indicted companies could be fined as much as $10 million.
Wall Street Journal, 8 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111292755907301701,00.html
DUKE SCALES BACK IPOD PROGRAM
Officials at Duke University have said they will cut back a program to
equip incoming students with iPods. Last fall, all 1,600 incoming
freshmen were given the devices as part of a pilot program to see how
they might influence learning. Next year, the university will only
provide iPods to students who enroll in courses that use iPods in the
curriculum. School officials said they were pleased with what they
learned from the program in its first year, but they pointed out that
the larger goal is to incorporate technology into the teaching and
learning processes. The narrower focus of the iPod initiative was
characterized as an evolution of the university's efforts toward that
goal. Lynne O'Brien, who coordinated the iPod program, said some
faculty embraced the devices in their classes, while other faculty were
more skeptical, seeing no real purpose for the devices.
CNET, 6 April 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5657240.html
TECH COMPANIES LINE UP WITH EU
[No mention of the huge MicroSoft payoff to settle with Gateway]
Five leading technology companies have voiced their support of the
European Union (EU) in its antitrust case against Microsoft. IBM,
Oracle, Red Hat, RealNetworks, and Nokia have applied to join the case
in which the European Commission has already fined Microsoft $640
million and ordered that the company make changes to its operating
systems to increase competition with other vendors. Aside from
RealNetworks, which has previously challenged Microsoft in court, the
other four companies have been reluctant to take a strong public stance
against Microsoft. Thomas Vinje, an attorney for the EU, said the
support from these companies undercuts Microsoft's claim that the case
against it in Europe is not endorsed by others in the technology
industry. It is not clear whether the court hearing the case will
accept the companies' application, but, according to Jonathan Todd,
spokesperson for the EU, their action is not likely to be "relevant or
determining in terms of the outcome of a particular antitrust case."
Washington Post, 6 April 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30610-2005Apr6.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
"There's really just one way to read the following: the USA is falling
further and further behind in computing. But here's my best spin:
"The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) sponsored
by IBM is officially over, and UIUC made a fine showing. The
contest involves students in computing disciplines at over
1,300 universities from 68 countries on six continents. 78 teams of
three students each took part in the world final here in Shanghai.
"The teams had 5 hours to do 10 problems. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which
hosted the contest, won the trophy by completing 8 problems successfully.
(They were so excited--I was very happy for them!)
"The other top places went to universities from Russia, Poland,
and Canada (7 problems each). Only one U.S. university team managed
to complete at least 5 problems, and that was our team from UIUC--
we came in ahead of Cal Tech, Duke, MIT, IIT, CMU, Georgia Tech,
NYU, and more.
"Our performance really improved over last year, and if we
continue at this rate, we could reach the top 12 places in
the competition. As it was, we tied for 17th. Eastern Europe, and
of course China, certainly dominate the team standings now.
We are all enriched and wiser after seeing China during these weeks on
the road. It's been an awesome experience.
"Masochists can download the problem set at
http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/2005FinalsProblemSet.pdf
"I noticed that the standings have not been updated yet on the official site.
"Photos of the team at the competition and in China:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=12i17lyj.5x8dlwqz&x=0&y=hmt4vg
Marsha Woodbury, proud Coach."
*
This week, 4 1/2 years after the fact, the last three defendants
charged with assault of the Philadelphia Police Chief and others,
were acquitted of all charges, based on videotapes made at the
Republican National Convention, August 1, 2000.
The police chief finally recanted his earlier testimony, admitting
that he could not identify anyone responsible for alleged assaults,
as various stories told by the police became inconsistent.
These charges were very serious and could have yielded 30-40 years
in prison if the judge had not ruled as he did, after only two days
of proceedings.
There is now a possibility the same videotape could now be used to
indict the police for beating up those they accused, and perhaps
even of perjury.
Apparently at least 90% of all the protestors arrested at the last
two Republican National Conventions have either won their cases or
had them summarily dismissed, expunged, etc.
[This story was mentioned on NPR]
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"What if an entire generation of Americans just gave up on golf?"
Phil Mickelson [2004 Masters Champion]
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE DAY
The term "Depression" was invented by the spin doctors of the day,
because they were afraid the term "Recession" was too inflamatory.
"It's ONLY a depression, not a recession," is what they would say.
Today they have once again reversed themselves yet again, and will
say, "It's ONLY a recession."
[Some research by a friend indicates that the term "recession" may
be even older than I thought, but perhaps not in general useage, at
least not enough for anyone to want to avoid it when naming The
Great Depression in 1929. I'm still not sure what really happened.
This was something I learned way back in Political Science, and if
anyone has any additional info, we'd be glad to hear it.]
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Fewer Chinese and Indian students will come to the U.S.
for their educations, more will graduate at home, as an
educational revolution takes place.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
Printing was once the seventh largest industry in America
and was the second largest industry in New York City.
*
Texas has the lowest percentage of high school graduates.
*
Indiana Teen Smoking Falls To National Average
>From 2000 to 2004 the percentage of teens smoking fell by nearly 33%
and those in grades 6-8 fell by nearly 20%, as Indiana spent a large
portion of their $65 million tobacco settlement cash on teen smoking.
In addition, the cigarette tax went up by $.40 during that period.
Only 5% of Indiana 6th graders smoke, while 25% of 12th graders do,
which remains steady through the rest of their lives.
More recent drops continue to be encouraging, as teen smoking rates
fell by 18.5% from 2002 to 2004.
*
Upper-class stores such as Neimann-Marcus had a very profitable
holiday as the upper-class had plenty of money to spend on gift
exchanges for friends, co-workers, and family.
Lower-class stores such as Wal-Mart did NOT have good profits
for the holiday season.
Even the major media managed to say that this was because
"The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer."
*
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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First Love (Little Blue Book #1195), by Various 15610
[Subtitle: And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life]
[Editor: E. Haldeman-Julius]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/1/15610 ]
[Files: 15610.txt; 15610-8.txt; 15610-h.htm]
The American Missionary -- Vol. 44, No. 4, April, 1890, by Various 15609
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/0/15609 ]
[Files: 15609.txt; 15609-h.htm]
In the Days of Poor Richard, by Irving Bacheller 15608
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/0/15608 ]
[Files: 15608.txt; 15608-8.txt; 15608-h.htm; ]
Family Pride, by Mary J. Holmes 15607
[Subtitle: Or, Purified by Suffering]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/0/15607 ]
[Files: 15607.txt; 15607-8.txt; 15607-h.htm]
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius, by Burigny 15606
[Author: Jean L�vesque de Burigny]
[Subtitle: Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the]
[Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed;]
[together with a Critical Account of His Works]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/0/15606 ]
[Files: 15606.txt; 15606-8.txt; 15606-h.htm; ]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 29, 1892, by Various 15605
[Editor: F. C. Burnand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/0/15605 ]
[Files: 15605.txt; 15605-8.txt; 15605-h.htm; ]
Piano Mastery, by Harriette Brower 15604
[Subtitle: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/0/15604 ]
[Files: 15604.txt; 15604-8.txt; 15604-h.htm; ]
One Man in His Time, by Ellen Glasgow 15603
[Author AKA: Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873-1945)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/0/15603 ]
[Files: 15603.txt; 15603-8.txt; 15603-h.htm; ]
New South Wales, by William Charles Wentworth 15602
[Full title: Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New]
[South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land]
[Subtitle: With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer]
[for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the]
[United States of America]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/0/15602 ]
[Files: 15602.txt; 15602-8.txt; 15602-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 29, by Various 15601
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 29, May 27,]
[1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/0/15601 ]
[Files: 15601.txt; 15601-8.txt; 15601-h.htm]
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein, by Gertrude Stein 15600
[Subtitle: With Two Shorter Stories]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/0/15600 ]
[Files: 15600.txt; 15600-h.htm]
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8, by Ambrose Bierce 15599
[Subtitle: Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/9/15599 ]
[Files: 15599.txt; 15599-8.txt; 15599-h.htm]
Advis de la deffaicte des Anglois, by Monseigneur le duc de Mercure 15598
[Full title: Advis de la deffaicte des Anglois et autres heretiques]
[venuz en Bretaigne, pour le Roy de Navarre, pres]
[Chasteau-bourg.]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15598 ]
[Files: 15598-8.txt; 15598-8.txt ]
Stories of American Life and Adventure, by Edward Eggleston 15597
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15597 ]
[Files: 15597.txt; 15597-8.txt; 15597-h.htm; ]
Bressant, by Julian Hawthorne 15596
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15596 ]
[Files: 15596.txt; 15596-8.txt; 15596-h.htm; ]
Vocational Guidance for Girls, by Marguerite Stockman Dickson 15595
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15595 ]
[Files: 15595.txt; 15595-8.txt; 15595-h.htm; ]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 22, 1892, by Various 15594
[Editor: F. C. Burnand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15594 ]
[Files: 15594.txt; 15594-8.txt; 15594-h.htm; ]
Les aventures de M. Colin-Tampon, by Jules Girardin 15593
[Illustrator: R. Tinant]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/9/15593 ]
[Files: 15593-8.txt; 15593-h.htm]
Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales, by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 15592
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15592 ]
[Files: 15592.txt; 15592-8.txt; 15592-h.htm; ]
A Woman Named Smith, by Marie Conway Oemler 15591
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/9/15591 ]
[Files: 15591.txt; 15591-8.txt; 15591-h.htm; ]
Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders, by T. Eric Peet 15590
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/9/15590 ]
[Files: 15590.txt; 15590-8.txt; 15590-h.htm]
Les vies encloses, by Georges Rodenbach 15589
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15589 ]
[Files: 15589-8.txt; 15589-r.rtf]
The Pilot and his Wife, by Jonas Lie 15588
[Translator: G. L. Tottenham]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15588 ]
[Files: 15588.txt; 15588-8.txt]
Macleod of Dare, by William Black 15587
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15587 ]
[Files: 15587.txt; 15587-8.txt; 15587-h.htm]
India, Old and New, by Sir Valentine Chirol 15586
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15586 ]
[Files: 15586.txt; 15586-8.txt; 15586-h.htm]
Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, by Various 15585
[Editor: Edward T. Mason]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15585 ]
[Files: 15585.txt; 15585-8.txt; 15585-h.htm]
Jean Ziska, by George Sand 15584
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/8/15584 ]
[Files: 15584-8.txt; 15584-h.htm]
Beadle's Boy's Library, Vol. I, No. 1., by Prentiss Ingraham 15583
[Full title: Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure,]
[Vol. I, No. 1.]
[Subtitle: Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/8/15583 ]
[Files: 15583.txt; 15583-h.htm]
Chartvlarivm Ecclesiae Sancti Petri de Bvrgo, by Ulysse Chevalier 15582
[Full title: Chartvlarivm Ecclesiae Sancti Petri de Bvrgo Valentiae]
[Ordinis Sancti Avgvstini]
[Language: Latin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/8/15582 ]
[Files: 15582-8.txt; 15582-h.htm]
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet, by Benjamin Drake 15581
[Subtitle: With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/8/15581 ]
[Files: 15581.txt; 15581-8.txt; 15581-h.htm; ]
The Rustlers of Pecos County, by Zane Grey 15580
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/8/15580 ]
[Files: 15580.txt; 15580-h.htm; ]
L'affaire Lerouge, by Emile Gaboriau 15579
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/7/15579 ]
[Files: 15579-8.txt; 15579-r.rtf]
The Miracle Man, by Frank L. Packard 15578
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/7/15578 ]
[Files: 15578.txt; 15578-8.txt; 15578-h.htm]
A History of the McGuffey Readers, by Henry H. Vail 15577
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/7/15577 ]
[Files: 15577.txt; 15577-h.htm]
System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe, by Anonymous 15576
[Subtitle: Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students]
[And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic]
[Combinations]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/7/15576 ]
[Files: 15576.txt; 15576-8.txt; 15576-h.htm]
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, by Beatrix Potter 15575
[Subtitle: The Roly-Poly Pudding]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/7/15575 ]
[Files: 15575.txt; 15575-h.htm; ]
Le capitaine Paul, by Alexandre Dumas 15574
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/7/15574 ]
[Files: 15574-8.txt; 15574-r.rtf]
Judith of the Plains, by Marie Manning 15573
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/7/15573 ]
[Files: 15573.txt; 15573-8.txt; 15573-h.htm]
A Leap in the Dark, by A.V. Dicey 15572
[Subtitle: A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by]
[ the Bill of 1893]
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Aug 1997 The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte [#6 by Brontes][tprofxxx.xxx] 1028
Aug 1997 The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey[#3 by Zane Grey][lrngrxxx.xxx] 1027
Aug 1997 Diary of a Nobody, by George and Weedon Grossmith [dnbdyxxx.xxx] 1026
Aug 1997 Essays, by Benjamin Rumford [Volume 1, BR#1] [essbrxxx.xxx] 1025
Aug 1997 The Wrecker, by Stevenson and Osbourne [RLS #39] [wrckrxxx.xxx] 1024
Aug 1997 Bleak House, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #33] [blkhsxxx.xxx] 1023
Aug 1997 Walking, by Henry David Thoreau [Thoreau #3] [wlkngxxx.xxx] 1022
Aug 1997 The Congo and Other Poems, by Vachel Lindsay[VL#3][cngopxxx.xxx] 1021
Aug 1997 Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, by Amy Lowell [AL #3][sbapsxxx.xxx] 1020
Aug 1997 Poems by the Bronte Sisters [as Bell Brothers] B#5[brntpxxx.xxx] 1019
Aug 1997 The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley [Kingsley #3][wtrbsxxx.xxx] 1018
Aug 1997 The Soul of Man, by Oscar Wilde [Wilde #14][slmanxxx.xxx] 1017
[Title AKA: The Soul of Man under Socialism]
Aug 1997 Improvement of Understanding by Spinoza[Spinoza10][spintxxx.xxx] 1016
Aug 1997 The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman, Jr. [ortrlxxx.xxx] 1015
Aug 1997 The Lure of the Dim Trails, by B.M. Bower[Bower#3][ldmtrxxx.xxx] 1014
The First Men In The Moon, by H. G. Wells 1013
Aug 1997 La Divina Commedia di Dante in Italian, 8-bit text[0ddc8xxa.xxx] 1012
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso [8-bit text] [3ddc8xxa.xxx] 1011
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Purgatorio [8-bit text] [2ddc8xxa.xxx] 1010
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno [8-bit text] [1ddc8xxa.xxx] 1009
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Aug 1997 H. F. Cary's Translation of Dante, Entire Comedy [0ddccxxx.xxx] 1008
Aug 1997 The Divine Comedy: Paradise, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary]1007
Aug 1997 The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, by Dante Alighieri[Tr.: H. F. Cary]1006
Aug 1997 The Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary] 1005
Aug 1997 Longfellow's Translation of Dante, Entire Comedy [0ddclxxx.xxx] 1004
Aug 1997 Longfellow's Translation of Dante Paradise [3ddclxxx.xxx] 1003
Aug 1997 Longfellow's Translation of Dante, Purgatory [2ddclxxx.xxx] 1002
Aug 1997 Longfellow's Translation of Dante, Inferno [1ddclxxx.xxx] 1001
Aug 1997 La Divina Commedia di Dante in Italian, 7-bit text[0ddcdxxx.xxx] 1000
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso, 7-bit Italian [3ddcdxxx.xxx] 999
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Purgatorio 7-bit Italian[2ddcdxxx.xxx] 998
Aug 1997 Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno, 7-bit Italian [1ddcdxxx.xxx] 997
Jul 1997 Don Quixote, by Miqeul de Cervantes Saavedra [Tr.: John Ormsby] 996
Jul 1997 Ballads of a Bohemian, by Robert W. Service[RWS#5][blbhmxxx.xxx] 995
Jul 1997 Riders to the Sea, J. M. Synge [rdrsexxx.xxx] 994
Jul 1997 Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas W. Higginson[malbnxxx.xxx] 993
Jul 1997 Theologico-Political Treatise P4, by Spinoza [S#9][4spntxxx.xxx] 992
Jul 1997 Theologico-Political Treatise P3, by Spinoza [S#8][3spntxxx.xxx] 991
Jul 1997 Theologico-Political Treatise P2, by Spinoza [S#7][2spntxxx.xxx] 990
Jul 1997 Theologico-Political Treatise P1, by Spinoza [S#6][1spntxxx.xxx] 989
[Above four ebooks Translated by R. H. M. Elwes]
Jul 1997 The Education of the Child, by Ellen Key [edkidxxx.xxx] 988
Jul 1997 Popular Science Monthly, Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 V.86 [86psmxxx.xxx] 987
Jul 1997 Master and Man, by Leo Tolstoy, Trans. L & A Maude[mramnxxx.xxx] 986
Jul 1997 Father Sergius, by Leo Tolstoy, Trans. L & A Maude[fsrgsxxx.xxx] 985
Jul 1997 Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914, Irwin L. Gordon, Ed. [wwaswxxx.xxx] 984
Jul 1997 Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Defoe [DD#5][ttecexxx.xxx] 983
Jul 1997 The Book of Nonsense, by Edward Lear [nnsnsxxx.xxx] 982
Jul 1997 Beowulf, Anonymous, Translated by Gummere [bwulfxxx.xxx] 981
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330 Per Month
The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks'
production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 5th was
the first Wednesday of 2005, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2004 and began the production year of 2005 at noon.
This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week.
***
*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
DARPA FUNDS DIVERTED FROM UNIVERSITIES
Confirming rumors among academics at a number of colleges and
universities, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) has acknowledged a shift away from university projects. DARPA
has long been a supporter of broad-ranging, long-term research
initiatives at institutions of higher education, and many credit such
programs with many of the innovations that underpin today's household
technologies. In seeking shorter-term projects with more concrete
deliverables, however, DARPA has significantly cut back funds for
university projects. Since 2001, the portion of DARPA's relatively
stable budget allocated to university projects has dropped by nearly 50
percent. Many in the research community fear that the shift away from
basic, open-ended research will result in slower technological
progress. Ed Lazowska, a computer scientist at the University of
Washington and co-chairman of the President's Information Technology
Advisory Committee, said, "Virtually every aspect of information
technology upon which we rely today bears the stamp of federally
sponsored university research." He characterized DARPA's change in
focus as "killing the goose that laid the golden egg."
New York Times, 2 April 2005 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/technology/02darpa.html
CHOICEPOINT OPENS ITS BOOKS TO CONSUMERS
Officials of ChoicePoint, the data aggregation company recently in the
news for compromising the personal information of about 150,000
individuals, said it is developing an application that will allow
consumers to view any information about them that the company collects
and sells. According to Don McGuffey, vice president for data
acquisition at ChoicePoint, "You will receive the reports that we have
on you." The company has also changed the records that it sells to law
enforcement agencies, employers, landlords, and other businesses. Those
records will no longer include complete driver's license or Social
Security numbers--a change implemented in response to legislation
introduced by California State Sen. Jackie Speier that would impose new
limitations on what Speier described as an industry "that has grown up
overnight with no regulations whatsoever."
Wall Street Journal, 31 March 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111227798677294247,00.html
THIEF GRABS LAPTOP AND 100,000 IDENTITIES
Officials at the University of California at Berkeley said that a
laptop stolen from the university's graduate division contained
personal information for nearly 100,000 individuals. The computer
included records for applicants to Berkeley's graduate programs from
fall 2001 to spring 2004; students enrolled in the school's graduate
programs from fall 1989 to fall 2003; and individuals who received
doctorates from Berkeley between 1976 and 1999. Although no evidence
exists that any of the stolen information has been used fraudulently,
according to a statement from the university, the institution is
required by a California law to disclose the breach to those affected.
The statement said the university is making "every reasonable effort to
notify by mail or e-mail all 98,369 individuals whose names and Social
Security numbers were on the computer."
Inside Higher Ed, 29 March 2005
http://www.insidehighered.com/index.php/news/2005/03/29/theft
MEDIA COMPANIES SETTLE WITH FREELANCERS
[If you scratch the surface on this one you will find that ONLY the
big-time commercial writers are benefiting from this settlement,
each article could net them $1500 in royalties. . .BUT. . .Average
Joe or Josephine who is not legally well connected enough to have
registered a separate copyright for each article will ONLY GET $60,
not really enough to pay for the effort of the lawsuits. Just one
more case where copyright is being used for the rich to get richer
and to make the poor poorer.]
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit between media
companies and freelance writers over stories included in electronic
databases. The class action suit was the combination of three separate
suits and represented defendants including the American Society of
Journalists and Authors, the Authors Guild, the National Writers Union,
and almost two dozen freelance writers. Defendants in the suit,
including Time, Knight Ridder, Reed Elsevier, and The New York Times
Company, agreed to pay between $10 million and $18 million for works
originally published between August 1977 and December 2002. Under the
terms of the settlement, writers who did not sign away electronic
publishing rights can apply for payments of as much as $1,500 for works
that have been added to electronic databases. Although many payments
will be significantly smaller than that, "some freelancers ... will
make six figures under this settlement," according to Jim Morrison, one
of the negotiators of the settlement and a past president of the
American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Wired Magazine, 29 March 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67063,00.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
If you really want to get a long term grasp of the U.S.
media's news avoidance phobia, compare the news stories
released on Friday, especially late on Friday, compared
to the stories for the rest of the week.
When they really don't want to release a story but they
are actually required to, they announce it late Friday,
so the "news cycle" has been exhausted by the time most
people tune back in on Monday.
By the way, still no official or unofficial comments on
why the Texas City explosion was not really covered, on
Wednesday, two weeks ago.
*
More On China And India
A QUICK EVOLUTION OF RUFFLED FEATHERS
from Newsday
How do you make a room of university presidents squirm?
Ply them with salmon and sirloin steak and then serve up the political hot
potato of teaching evolution at the high school level.
In a wide-ranging and sometimes heated dinner discussion among media
representatives, Intel chief executive Craig Barrett and the presidents of
eight major research universities, nearly everyone agreed that science in
the United States is losing ground to foreign competitors. Many in
attendance at the Science Coalition's yearly media roundtable, held at The
Penn Club in Manhattan on Monday, cited fast-charging China and India as
important new players, and bemoaned a lack of funding for basic research
at home. And several attendees blasted the nation's K-12 science education
as woefully inadequate.
http://tinyurl.com/6z6a7
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The price of a gallon of gas is $2.25, 11 times what
it was when paperback books were also selling at $.25.
This gets nearly daily major news coverage, yet prices
for paperbacks are now $7.50, 30 times what they were
when paperbacks and a gallon of gas were both $.25.
Even coffee prices made the news recently, going up 28%
since Christmas, but what they went up to was the price
they have averaged for the past 20 years. Why is it
that books can go up so much without any news coverage?"
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE DAY
The term "Depression" was invented by the spin doctors of the day,
because they were afraid the term "Recession" was too inflamatory.
"It's ONLY a depression, not a recession," is what they would say.
Today they have once again reversed themselves yet again, and will
say, "It's ONLY a recession."
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
As Southeast Asia begins to take a predominant place in the world
economies, with China, India, Japan and the US predicted to be in
the Top Four positions a decade or two from now, depressions and/
or recessions in the Western World will have less overall effect,
while changes in The Orient will have a much greater effect.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
India now graduates twice as many from college per year than the US.
China? Twice as many.
*
Dominos will deliver nearly half a billion pizzas in the next year.
*
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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The Wreck of the Golden Mary, by Charles Dickens 1465
[Updated edition of: etext98/wrkgm10.txt]
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[Files: 1465.txt; 1465-h.htm]
No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens 1423
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Going into Society, by Charles Dickens 1422
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Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy, by Charles Dickens 1421
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Mugby Junction, by Charles Dickens 1419
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Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, by Charles Dickens 1416
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Doctor Marigold, by Charles Dickens 1415
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Somebody's Luggage, by Charles Dickens 1414
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Tom Tiddler's Ground, by Charles Dickens 1413
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A Message from the Sea, by Charles Dickens 1407
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The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, by Charles Dickens 1406
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy 1399
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The Holly-Tree, by Charles Dickens 1394
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Melmoth Reconciled, by Honore de Balzac 1277
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The title is changed from Fritofs to Fritiofs (and no,
there should be no apostrophe in that) and, for those
who keep note of such things, Andrew A Stomberg is now
listed as editor. Maybe that should be Editor / Contributor,
but I'm not fully up with the etiquette.
The language is correct in GUTINDEX, but listed as English
instead of Swedish in the database.
Further, it was individually posted as 7ftfs and 8ftfs;
I have deleted the ASCII 7ftfs10.* as valueless.
Jul 2005 Fritiofs Saga, by Esaias Tegner [?ftfsxxx.xxx] 8518
[Language: Swedish with English notes]
[Editor: Andrew A. Stomberg]
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The S. W. F. Club, by Caroline E. Jacobs 15562
[Author AKA: Emilia Elliott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/6/15562 ]
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The Boer in Peace and War, by Arthur M. Mann 15561
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/6/15561 ]
[Files: 15561.txt; 15561-8.txt; 15561-h.htm; ]
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12), by Various 15560
[Editor: Hamilton Wright Mabie]
[Subtitle: Classic Tales And Old-Fashioned Stories]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/6/15560 ]
[Files: 15560.txt; 15560-8.txt; 15560-h.htm; ]
Robur der Sieger, by Jules Verne 15559
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/5/15559 ]
[Files: 15559-8.txt; 15559-h.htm; 15559-t.tex; 15559-pdf.pdf]
La nouvelle Carthage, by Georges Eekhoud 15558
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15558 ]
[Files: 15558-8.txt; 15558-r.rtf]
Carnet d'un inconnu, by Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski 15557
[Subtitle: (Stépantchikovo)]
[Translator: J.-W. Bienstock and Charles Torquet]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15557 ]
[Files: 15557-8.txt; 15557-r.rtf]
Voyages en France pendant les annees 1787-1788-1789, by Arthur Young 15556
[Translator: François Soulès]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15556 ]
[Files: 15556-8.txt; 15556-r.rtf]
La chasse a l'oppossum, by Oscar Wilde 15555
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15555 ]
[Files: 15555-8.txt; 15555-r.rtf]
Le parfum de la Dame en noir, by Gaston Leroux 15554
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15554 ]
[Files: 15554-8.txt; 15554-r.rtf]
The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics, by Various 15553
[Editor: Frederic Lawrence Knowles]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15553 ]
[Files: 15553.txt; 15553-8.txt; 15553-h.htm]
Christmas Outside of Eden, by Coningsby Dawson 15552
[Illustrator: Eugene Francis Savage]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15552 ]
[Files: 15552.txt; 15552-h.htm]
Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion, by Beatrice Clay 15551
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/5/15551 ]
[Files: 15551.txt; 15551-8.txt; 15551-h.htm]
Ethel Morton at Rose House, by Mabell S. C. Smith 15550
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/5/15550 ]
[Files: 15550.txt; 15550-8.txt; 15550-h.htm; ]
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424, by Various 15549
[Full title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424, New Series,]
[February 14, 1852]
[Editor: Robert Chambers and William Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/4/15549 ]
[Files: 15549.txt; 15549-8.txt; 15549-h.htm]
Novena n~ga Pagdaydayao Quen Aputayo a Jesus Nazareno, by Anonymous 15548
[Translator: P.D Quintin Paredes]
[Language: Ilocano]
[Transcriber's note: Tilde g in old Ilocano]
[which is no longer used is marked as ~g.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/4/15548 ]
[Files: 15548-8.txt; 15548-h.htm]
Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls,Jacqueline M. Overton 15547
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15547 ]
[Files: 15547.txt; 15547-8.txt; 15547-h.htm]
The Last of the Peterkins, by Lucretia P. Hale 15546
[Subtitle: With Others of Their Kin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15546 ]
[Files: 15546.txt; 15546-8.txt; 15546-h.htm]
The Basis of Morality, by Annie Besant 15545
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15545 ]
[Files: 15545.txt; 15545-h.htm]
Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie, by Barney Stone 15544
[Illustrator: Gordon Ross]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15544 ]
[Files: 15544.txt; 15544-8.txt; 15544-h.htm]
D'Alembert, by Joseph Bertrand 15543
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15543 ]
[Files: 15543-8.txt]
A Daughter of the Dons, by William MacLeod Raine 15542
[Subtitle: A Story of New Mexico Today]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15542 ]
[Files: 15542.txt; 15542-8.txt; 15542-h.htm]
What Two Children Did, by Charlotte E. Chittenden 15541
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15541 ]
[Files: 15541.txt; 15541-h.htm]
Across India, by Oliver Optic 15540
[Subtitle: Or, Live Boys in the Far East]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/4/15540 ]
[Files: 15540.txt; 15540-8.txt; 15540-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No 27, by Various 15539
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,]
[ No. 27, May 13, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/3/15539 ]
[Files: 15539.txt; 15539-8.txt; 15539-h.htm]
Hetty Gray, by Rosa Mulholland 15538
[Author AKA: Lady Rosa Mulholland Gilbert (1841-1921)]
[Subtitle: Nobody's Bairn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15538 ]
[Files: 15538.txt; 15538-h.htm; ]
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3), by James Anthony Froude 15537
[Author: Introduction by W. Llewelyn Williams]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15537 ]
[Files: 15537.txt; 15537-8.txt; 15537-h.htm; ]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 579, by Various 15536
[Subtitle: Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15536 ]
[Files: 15536.txt; 15536-8.txt; 15536-h.htm]
Violin Mastery, by Frederick H. Martens 15535
[Subtitle: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15535 ]
[Files: 15535.txt; 15535-8.txt; 15535-0.txt; 15535-h.htm]
Children of the Market Place, by Edgar Lee Masters 15534
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15534 ]
[Files: 15534.txt; 15534-8.txt; 15534-h.htm; ]
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811), by David Dickinson Mann 15533
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15533 ]
[Files: 15533.txt; 15533-h.htm]
Novelas Cortas, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón 15532
[Editor: W.F. Giese]
[Language: English and Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15532 ]
[Files: 15532.txt; 15532-8.txt; 15532-h.htm]
Florante, by Francisco Baltazar (AKA Francisco Balagtas) 15531
[Translator: Epifanio De Los Santos]
[Language: Spanish and Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15531 ]
[Files: 15531-8.txt; 15531-h.htm]
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVII, 1609-1616, by Various 15530
[Subtitle: Explorations By Early Navigators, Descriptions Of The]
[Islands And Their Peoples, Their History And Records Of]
[The Catholic Missions, As Related In Contemporaneous Books]
[And Manuscripts, Showing The Political, Economic, Commercial]
[And Religious Conditions Of Those Islands From Their]
[Earliest Relations With European Nations To The Close Of]
[The Nineteenth Century]
[Editor: E. H. Blair]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/3/15530 ]
[Files: 15530.txt; 15530-8.txt; 15530-h.htm]
Songs from Books, by Rudyard Kipling 15529
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15529 ]
[Files: 15529.txt; 15529-8.txt]
The Tale of Cuffy Bear, by Arthur Scott Bailey 15528
[Ill.: Harry L. Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15528 ]
[Files: 15528.txt; 15528-h.htm; ]
Captivity, by M. Leonora Eyles 15527
[Author AKA: Margaret Leonora Pitcairn Eyles (1889-1960)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15527 ]
[Files: 15527.txt; 15527-8.txt; 15527-h.htm; ]
John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10), by John L. Stoddard 15526
[Subtitle: Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River;]
[Yellowstone National Park]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15526 ]
[Files: 15526.txt; 15526-8.txt; 15526-h.htm; ]
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers, by Mark Rutherford 15525
[Author AKA: William Hale White (1831-1913)]
[Mark Rutherford was a pseudonym for William Hale White]
[Contents: Gideon]]
[ Samuel]
[ Saul]
[ Miriam's Schooling]
[ Michael Trevanion]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15525 ]
[Files: 15525.txt; ]
Digger Smith, by C. J. Dennis 15524
[Ill.: Hal Gye]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15524 ]
[Files: 15524.txt; 15524-h.htm; ]
Getting Together, by Ian Hay 15523
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/2/15523 ]
[Files: 15523.txt; 15523-8.txt; 15523-h.htm]
The War Chief of the Ottawas, by Thomas Guthrie Marquis 15522
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War: Volume 15 (of 32) in the]
[series Chronicles of Canada]
[Editors: George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/2/15522 ]
[Files: 15522.txt]
The Adventures of Prickly Porky, by Thornton W. Burgess 15521
[Illustrator: Harrison Cady]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/2/15521 ]
[Files: 15521.txt; 15521-h.htm]
With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train, by Ernest N. Bennett 15520
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/2/15520 ]
[Files: 15520.txt; 15520-8.txt; 15520-h.htm]
Love in '76, by Oliver Bell Bunce 15519
[Full title: Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911:]
[ Love in '76]
[Subtitle: An Incident of the Revolution]
[Editor: Montrose J. Moses]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15519 ]
[Files: 15519.txt; 15519-8.txt]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 26, by Various 15518
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,]
[ No. 26, May 6, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15518 ]
[Files: 15518.txt; 15518-8.txt; 15518-h.htm]
Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets, by John Evelyn 15517
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15517 ]
[Files: 15517.txt; 15517-8.txt; 15517-h.htm]
The Religions of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis 15516
[Subtitle: From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15516 ]
[Files: 15516.txt; 15516-8.txt; 15516-h.htm]
Syvista riveista, by Various 15515
[Subtitle: Kansankirjailijaimme novellikokoelma]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15515 ]
[Files: 15515-8.txt]
Maaemon lapsia, by Arvid Jarnefelt 15514
[Subtitle: Kertomus]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15514 ]
[Files: 15514-8.txt]
Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden historia, by Eino Leino 15513
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1/15513 ]
[Files: 15513-8.txt]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 23, 1917, by Various 15512
[Editor: Owen Seaman]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/1/15512 ]
[Files: 15512.txt; 15512-8.txt; 15512-h.htm; ]
Mr. Pat's Little Girl, by Mary F. Leonard 15511
[Subtitle: A Story of the Arden Foresters]
[Ill.: Chase Emerson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/1/15511 ]
[Files: 15511.txt; 15511-8.txt; 15511-h.htm; ]
Advice to Young Men, by William Cobbett 15510
[Subtitle: And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher]
[Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a]
[Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/1/15510 ]
[Files: 15510.txt; 15510-8.txt; 15510-h.htm; ]
Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics, by J. W. Dafoe 15509
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/0/15509 ]
[Files: 15509.txt; 15509-8.txt]
Stephen A. Douglas, by Allen Johnson 15508
[Subtitle: A Study in American Politics]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/0/15508 ]
[Files: 15508.txt; 15508-8.txt; 15508-h.htm]
Charles Duran, by The Author of The Waldos 15507
[Subtitle: Or, The Career of a Bad Boy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/0/15507 ]
[Files: 15507.txt; 15507-h.htm]
Philip Winwood, by Robert Neilson Stephens 15506
[Subtitle: A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in]
[the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during]
[the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in]
[War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces.]
[Ill.: E. W. D. Hamilton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/0/15506 ]
[Files: 15506.txt; 15506-8.txt; 15506-h.htm; ]
Die Tugend auf der Schaub�hne, by Justus M�ser 15505
[Subtitle: oder: Harlekins Heirath; Ein Nachspiel in einem Aufzuge]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/0/15505 ]
[Files: 15505-8.txt; 15505-h.htm; ]
Mr. Edward Arnold's New and Popular Books, December, 1901, Edward Arnold 15504
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All Roads Lead to Calvary, by Jerome K. Jerome 2231
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Novel Notes, by Jerome K. Jerome 2037
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The Old Peabody Pew, by Kate Douglas Wiggin 1902
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[Subtitle: with a Preface by Robert Ross]
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Shelley, by Francis Thompson 1336
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Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12), by Burke 15043
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/0/4/15043 ]
[Files: 15043.txt; 15043-8.txt; 15043-h.htm]
Many corrections made and an HTML version added.
Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12), by Burke 13968
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
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De reis om de wereld in tachtig dagen, by Jules Verne 11318
[Language: Dutch]
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Naar het middelpunt der Aarde, by Jules Verne 10349
[Language: Dutch]
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The Underworld, by James C. Welsh 15503
[Subtitle: The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/0/15503 ]
[Files: 15503.txt; 15503-8.txt; 15503-h.htm; ]
The Desert Valley, by Jackson Gregory 15502
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/5/0/15502 ]
[Files: 15502.txt; 15502-8.txt; ]
Yksinko?, by Aino Malmberg 15501
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/0/15501 ]
[Files: 15501-8.txt]
Sanny Kortmanin koulu, by Robert Kiljander 15500
[Subtitle: Huvinäytelmä 3:ssa näytöksessä]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/0/15500 ]
[Files: 15500-8.txt]
Mugbyn risteys, by Charles Dickens 15499
[Translator: Suonio]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15499 ]
[Files: 15499-8.txt]
Trumps, by George William Curtis 15498
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/9/15498 ]
[Files: 15498.txt; 15498-8.txt; ]
Ethica, by Benedictus de Spinoza 15497
[Subtitle: In meetkundigen trant uiteengezet, vertaald, ingeleid en]
[ toegelicht door Jhr. Dr. Nico van Suchtelen]
[Editor: Nico van Suchtelen]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15497 ]
[Files: 15497.txt; 15497-8.txt; 15497-h.htm]
The Militants, by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews 15496
[Subtitle: Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15496 ]
[Files: 15496.txt; 15496-8.txt; 15496-h.htm]
In a Green Shade, by Maurice Hewlett 15495
[Subtitle: A Country Commentary]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15495 ]
[Files: 15495.txt; 15495-8.txt]
Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 9, March 1, 1914, by Various 15494
[Editor: George E. Cook]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15494 ]
[Files: 15494.txt; 15494-h.htm]
The Lancashire Witches, by William Harrison Ainsworth 15493
[Subtitle: A Romance of Pendle Forest]
[Illustrator: John Gilbert]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/9/15493 ]
[Files: 15493.txt; 15493-8.txt; 15493-h.htm]
A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen 15492
[Editor: E. Haldeman-Julius]
[This is the same translation as in Project Gutenberg's E-book #2542,]
[which is easier to read (particularly the html version). A few minor]
[differences in wording can be found.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/9/15492 ]
[Files: 15492.txt; 15492-h.htm; ]
Micrographia, by Robert Hooke 15491
[Subtitle: Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by]
[Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/9/15491 ]
[Files: 15491.txt; 15491-8.txt; 15491-h.htm; ]
The Young Lady's Mentor, by A Lady 15490
[Subtitle: A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters]
[to Her Unknown Friends]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/9/15490 ]
[Files: 15490.txt; 15490-8.txt; 15490-h.htm; ]
Dream Psychology, by Sigmund Freud 15489
[Subtitle: Psychoanalysis for Beginners]
[Translator: M.D. Eder]
[Introduction by André Tridon]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/8/15489 ]
[Files: 15489.txt; 15489-8.txt; 15489-h.htm]
Woman's Life in Colonial Days, by Carl Holliday 15488
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/8/15488 ]
[Files: 15488.txt; 15488-8.txt; 15488-h.htm]
Democracy and Social Ethics, by Jane Addams 15487
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/8/15487 ]
[Files: 15487.txt; 15487-8.txt; 15487-h.htm]
Edna's Sacrifice and Other Stories, by Frances Henshaw Baden 15486
[Subtitle: Edna's Sacrifice; Who Was the Thief?; The Ghost; The Two]
[Brothers; and What He Left]
[Contents: Edna's Sacrifice]]
[ Who Was the Thief?]
[ The Ghost]
[ The Two Brothers]
[ What He Left]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15486 ]
[Files: 15486.txt; 15486-h.htm; ]
Catharine, by Nehemiah Adams 15485
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/8/15485 ]
[Files: 15485.txt; 15485-h.htm]
The Care and Feeding of Children, by L. Emmett Holt 15484
[Subtitle: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15484 ]
[Files: 15484.txt; 15484-8.txt; 15484-h.htm]
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official, by William Sleeman 15483
[Revised Annotated Edition By Vincent A. Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15483 ]
[Files: 15483.txt; 15483-8.txt; 15483-h.htm]
The Primrose Ring, by Ruth Sawyer 15482
[Author AKA: Lucinda Durand (1880-1970)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15482 ]
[Files: 15482.txt; 15482-8.txt; ]
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, by Various 15481
[Subtitle: Volume XVII., No 423, New Series. February 7th, 1852]
[Editor: William Chambers and Robert Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15481 ]
[Files: 15481.txt; 15481-8.txt; 15481-h.htm]
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 19 15480
[Title: New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 3,]
[June, 1915]
[Author: Various]
[Subtitle: April-September, 1915]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/8/15480 ]
[Files: 15480.txt; 15480-8.txt; 15480-h.htm; ]
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 191 15479
[Title: New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 2,]
[May, 1915]
[Author: Various]
[Subtitle: April-September, 1915]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15479 ]
[Files: 15479.txt; 15479-8.txt; 15479-h.htm; ]
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1 15478
[Title: New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1,]
[April, 1915)]
[Author: Various]
[Subtitle: April-September, 1915]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15478 ]
[Files: 15478.txt; 15478-8.txt; 15478-h.htm; ]
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 15477
[Subtitle: Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18]
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15477 ]
[Files: 15477.txt]
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 15476
[Subtitle: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12]
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15476 ]
[Files: 15476.txt]
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 15475
[Subtitle: Books 4, 5, 6 and 7]
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15475 ]
[Files: 15475.txt]
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 15474
[Subtitle: Books 1, 2 and 3]
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15474 ]
[Files: 15474.txt]
Love Stories, by Mary Roberts Rinehart 15473
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15473 ]
[Files: 15473.txt; 15473-8.txt; 15473-h.htm]
Emblems Of Love, by Lascelles Abercrombie 15472
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15472 ]
[Files: 15472.txt; 15472-8.txt]
The Great Round World, April 22, 1897, Vol. 1, No. 24, by Various 15471
[Full title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It,]
[April 22, 1897, Vol. 1, No. 24]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15471 ]
[Files: 15471.txt; 15471-8.txt; 15471-h.htm]
Inez, by Augusta J. Evans 15470
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Alamo]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/7/15470 ]
[Files: 15470.txt; 15470-8.txt]
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I., by Horatio Nelson 15469
[Subtitle: With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters]
[By Distinguished Characters]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/4/6/15469 ]
[Files: 15469.txt; 15469-8.txt]
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects, by J. S. Sinclair 15468
[Full author: John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness]
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The First Soprano, by Mary Hitchcock 15467
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Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages, by Gissing 15466
[Author: Rudyard Kipling, Ella D'Arcy, Arthur Morrison, Arthur Conan]
[Doyle, and George Gissing]
[Subtitle: The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, by Rudyard Kipling;]
[Irremediable, by Ella D'Arcy; "A Poor Stick," by Arthur Morrison; The]
[Adventure of the Abbey Grange, by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Prize Lodger,]
[by George Gissing]
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Parisian Points of View, by Ludovic Halévy 15465
[Commentator: Brander Matthews]
[Translator: Edith V. B. Matthews]
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Foods That Will Win The War (1918), by Goudiss and Goudiss 15464
[Full title: Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918)]
[Full author: C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss]
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Marie ou l'Esclavage aux Etats-Unis, by Gustave de Beaumont 15463
[Subtitle: Tableau de moeurs américaines]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/4/6/15463 ]
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Alcools, by Guillaume Apollinaire 15462
[Language: French]
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Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687), by William Winstanley 15461
[Commentator: William Riley Parker]
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A Course In Wood Turning, by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers 15460
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Cham et Japhet, by Ausone de Chancel 15459
[Full title: Cham et Japhet, ou De l'emigration des negres chez les]
[ blancs consideree comme moyen providentiel de regenerer la]
[ race negre et de civiliser l'Afrique interieure.]
[Language: French]
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Essai sur la litterature merveilleuse, by Francois-Victor Equilbecq 15458
[Full title: Essai sur la litterature merveilleuse des noirs, suivi de]
[ Contes indigenes de l'Ouest africain francais - Tome]
[ premier]
[Language: French]
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The Great Round World Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897, by Various 15457
[Full title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1.]
[No. 23, April 15, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
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McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, by W. H. McGuffey 15456
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Life's Progress Through The Passions, by Eliza Fowler Haywood 15455
[Subtitle: Or, The Adventures of Natura]
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Imperium in Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race Problem, Sutton E. Griggs 15454
[Subtitle: A Novel]
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 15, 1892, by Various 15453
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The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897, by Various 15452
[Full title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It,]
[Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
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The Great Round World, April 1, 1897 Vol. 1. No. 21, by Various 15451
[Full title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It,]
[April 1, 1897 Vol. 1. No. 21]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
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Against Home Rule (1912), by Various 15450
[Subtitle: The Case for the Union]
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Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles, by Smith 15448
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A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century, by Beers 15447
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Vocal Mastery, by Harriette Brower 15446
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XIV., 1606-1609, by Various 15445
[Subtitle: Explorations By Early Navigators, Descriptions Of The]
[Islands And Their Peoples, Their History And Records Of]
[The Catholic Missions, As Related In Contemporaneous Books]
[And Manuscripts, Showing The Political, Economic, Commercial]
[And Religious Conditions Of Those Islands From Their]
[Earliest Relations With European Nations To The Close Of]
[The Nineteenth Century]
[Editor: Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson]
[Introduction and Additional Notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne]
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The City and the World and Other Stories, by Francis Clement Kelley 15444
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Heiress of Haddon, by William E. Doubleday 15443
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Punch, or The London Charivari, Volume 101, October 31, 1891, by Various 15442
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 8, 1892, by Various 15441
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Kansallista itsetutkistelua, by Volter Kilpi 15440
[Subtitle: Suomalaisia kulttuuri-ääriviivoja]
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Jul 1997 Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens[Dickens #32][chuzzxxx.xxx] 968
Jul 1997 Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens[Dickens #31][ncklbxxx.xxx] 967
Jul 1997 Maid Marian, by Thomas Love Peacock [maidmxxx.xxx] 966
Jul 1997 The Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas[Pere][Dumas#1][tbtlpxxx.xxx] 965
Jul 1997 The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle[HP#1][2rbnhxxx.xxx] 964
Jul 1997 Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #30] [ldortxxx.xxx] 963
Jul 1997 The Poems of Henry Kendall, by Henry Kendall [phkndxxx.xxx] 962
Jul 1997 Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#17][Oz#14][14wozxxx.xxx] 961
Jun 1997 The Tin Woodman of Oz, by Baum [LFB#16][Oz#12][12wozxxx.xxx] 960
Jun 1997 The Lost Princess of Oz, by Baum [LFB#15][Oz#11][11wozxxx.xxx] 959
Jun 1997 Rinkitink In Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#14][Oz#10][10wozxxx.xxx] 958
Jun 1997 The Scarecrow of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[FB#13][Oz#9][09wozxxx.xxx] 957
Jun 1997 Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [Baum #12][Oz #8][08wozxxx.xxx] 956
Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Big Tunnel, by Victor Appleton [19tomxxx.xxx] 953
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949
Jun 1997 Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza/Elwes Part 3 [#3] [3spnexxx.xxx] 948
[Translator: R. H. M. Elwes]
Jun 1997 The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson, by Robert Southey[hnlsnxxx.xxx] 947
Jun 1997 Lady Susan, by Jane Austen [Jane Austen #6] [lsusnxxx.xxx] 946
Jun 1997 Dust, by Mr. And Mrs. Haldeman-Julius [dsthjxxx.xxx] 945
Jun 1997 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#1] [vbglexxx.xxx] 944
Jun 1997 Misalliance, by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw #1] [msalixxx.xxx] 943
Jun 1997 Green Mansions, by W. H. Hudson [W. H. Hudson #1] [gmansxxx.xxx] 942
Jun 1997 Just Folks, by Edgar A. Guest [Edgar A. Guest #2] [jfolkxxx.xxx] 941
Jun 1997 Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper #1 [mohicxxx.xxx] 940
Jun 1997 Life of Thomas Telford, by Samuel Smiles [SS #5] [tlfrdxxx.xxx] 939
Jun 1997 Good Indian, by B. M. Bower [B. M. Bower #2] [gndinxxx.xxx] 938
Jun 1997 Poems: Patriotic, Religious, etc, by Father Ryan [fryanxxx.xxx] 937
Jun 1997 The Village Watch-Tower, by Kate Douglas Wiggin #3[vilwtxxx.xxx] 936
Jun 1997 Self Help; Conduct & Perseverance by Samuel Smiles[selfhxxx.xxx] 935
Jun 1997 Songs of a Savoyard by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #5] [svyrdxxx.xxx] 934
Jun 1997 More Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #4] [3babbxxx.xxx] 933
Jun 1997 Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe [#1][usherxxx.xxx] 932
Jun 1997 The Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #3] [2babbxxx.xxx] 931
Jun 1997 The Cook's Decameron, by Mrs. W. G. Water [ckdecxxx.xxx] 930
Jun 1997 The Cyberpunk Fakebook, by St. Jude & R.U. Sirius [fakebxxx.xxx] 929C
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Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet???
With 15,887 eBooks online as of March 30, 2005 it now takes an average
of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.98 from each book.
1% of the world population is 64,275,850 x 15,887 x $.98 = $1+ trillion
[Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.]
With 15,887 eBooks online as of March 30, 2005 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.63 from each book,
This "cost" is down from about $.82 when we had 12,145 eBooks a year ago.
100 million readers is only ~1.5% of the world's population!
At 15,887 eBooks in 33 Years and 08.80 Months We Averaged
~480 Per Year
40.0 Per Month
1.32 Per Day
At 931 eBooks Done In The 84 Days Of 2005 We Averaged
11.08 Per Day
78 Per Week
333 Per Month
The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks'
production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 5th was
the first Wednesday of 2005, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2004 and began the production year of 2005 at noon.
This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week.
***
*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
FCC ALLOWS BELLS TO BUNDLE DSL
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that local phone
companies cannot be compelled to offer stand-alone DSL service to
customers who purchase phone service from other providers. Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Kentucky had sought to force BellSouth to
unbundle its DSL service from its phone service and sell the high-speed
data service to individuals who bought phone service from other local
providers or from cell-phone companies. BellSouth filed a petition with
the FCC, which narrowly granted the petition on a vote of 3-2. Michael
Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, the two Democrats on the FCC, filed a
dissenting statement expressing their concern that the ruling would
limit consumer choice. "If it is permissible to deny consumers DSL if
they do not also order analog voice service," they wrote, "what stops a
carrier from denying broadband service to an end-user who has cut the
cord and uses only a wireless phone?"
Wall Street Journal, 28 March 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111196508520290459,00.html
FEDS ORDER BANKS TO DISCLOSE BREACHES
Four federal agencies have released regulations requiring banks and
other financial institutions to notify customers when a security breach
presents a risk that their personal information may be misused. The
Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift
Supervision deliberated for 18 months on how federal legislation,
including the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act, should
be interpreted. The resulting "guidance" stipulates that when personal
information is accessed without authorization and misuse of that
information has occurred or is reasonably possible, institutions must
notify affected customers "as soon as possible." In all cases, even
those that do not meet the standard set for notifying customers,
institutions must notify their primary federal regulators of the
breach. Delays in notifying customers are permissible if such
notification is determined to jeopardize an investigation into the breach.
[You can be sure the delays will be long and constant]
PCWorld, 24 March 2005
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120168,00.asp
ICANN APPROVES EU TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN
Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
approved use of .eu as a country-code top-level domain for use by European
Union countries. EURid officials, who will manage the registry for .eu,
expect the U.S. Department of Commerce to approve the decision shortly.
The introduction of .eu is not expected to affect use of already popular
country codes such as .de for Germany or .uk for the United Kingdom.
Internet News, 25 March 2005
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3492776
BLUE GENE/L SPEED RECORD BROKEN, BY BLUE GENE/L
The still-unfinished Blue Gene/L supercomputer, being built by IBM at
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has reached a processing
speed of 135.3 trillion floating point operations per second
(teraflops), smashing the record it set last year of 70.72 teraflops.
When complete, the Blue Gene/L supercomputer will have a theoretical
processing capacity of 360 teraflops. Developers of the machine doubled
the number of racks in the system--to 32--to achieve the new record.
Each rack holds 1,024 processors; Blue Gene will eventually include 64
racks. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore Lab, which is part of the
U.S. Department of Energy, will use Blue Gene to study the nation's
stockpile of nuclear weapons, without the need to perform dangerous
underground testing.
BBC, 25 March 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4379261.stm
CRITICISM MOUNTS FOR FEDERAL STUDENT DATABASE
The U.S. Department of Education has proposed creating a national
database of college students, but the idea has drawn heavy criticism
for its use of Social Security numbers to identify individuals. The
current system for reporting student progress, the Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System, reports aggregate data for
institutions and cannot accurately track students who start at one
college or university and transfer to another. The proposed database
would track individuals, offering more accurate data for graduation
rates and other statistics, but some argue that those gains would come
at the expense of student privacy. David Baime, vice president of
government relations for the American Association of Community
Colleges, said that despite the benefits to community colleges in
particular from such a system, his organization opposes the plan
"primarily due to privacy concerns, expressed to us by our members."
David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities, said, "The proposal takes us down the
slippery slope toward Big Brother oversight of college students, and of
those same citizens beyond their college years."
Inside Higher Ed, 23 March 2005
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/03/23/unit
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
WHEN/HOW DID *YOU* HEAR ABOUT THE TEXAS CITY EXPLOSION?
[More "Packaged News" Reporting, Even In Scandal Midst?]
TexasCity has been the location of several of the largest
industrial explosions in all history, and a week ago from
the time you are likely reading this another happened, at
1:28PM, local time [CST].
However, four hours later, when the evening new was on at
CBS, NBC, and ABC, there was no mention of this explosion
in the headlines.
Interestingly enough, the BBC had already reported on the
story earlier and had even had time to relay through PBS,
to millions of non-commercial network news watchers. The
first ten minutes of those BBC news broadcasts were given
to the Texas City explosion story.
Details: This refinery is the third largest in the U.S.
15 dead and over 100 injured.
Oil prices were reported as being lower in spite of this.
Yet, gasoline prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange
hit $1.6080 per gallon record highs.
This news lets us calculate exactly how much profits are
made by those who buy gas at $1.61 per gallon and sell a
gallon at the then current average price of $2.06.
$.45 profit on an investment of $1.61 equals 28%.
Of course you have to add in the expense of pumping that
gasoline into your own tank trucks and delivering it for
retail sale to the local gas stations.
[Sources: Reuters and CNN]
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Robert Rodriquez, famed movie director of El Mariachi,
Desperado, Spy Kids, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, and a
new movie, Sin City, coming out Friday, said late last
night on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that a
delegation from the Directors' Guild was on it way for
the purposes of shutting down the filming of Sin City,
when he resigned his membership in the their Directors
Guild so he could share directing credits with Quentin
Tarantino and Frank Miller on the new Sin City movie.
Apparently the Directors' Guild would not allow shared
credits for directing, even in famous cases in which a
director is fired and replaced, then replaced again.
[Not the case with Sin City.]
The film was totally created outside Hollywood studios
and their system of dictating motion picture practices
in great detail. This puts yet another hole in studio
system history in Hollywood, as Rodriguez and more are
making films on their own and thumbing their noses for
good at Hollywood and its antiquated political powers.
Sin City was made entirely in Austin, Texas.
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE DAY
Doublespeak to avoid the term "invasion" with reference to Panama:
"Operation Just Cause"; "directed our armed forces to protect the
lives of American citizens in Panama"; "deployed forces" to Panama;
conducted "efforts to support the democratic processes in Panama";
assured "the integrity of the Panama Canal", etc.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
No mention will be made of the news embargo about Texas City.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
BOOK PRICES SKYROCKET!
Yet book prices never make the news.
The overall inflation rate over the past 50 years has prices today
at about 6 times what they were in 1955.
Gasoline at $2 a gallons is 8 time higher than $.25 in 1955.
The minimum wage is $5.15 as compared to $1 in 1955.
But the price of the average paperback book in 1995 was $.25,
about the same as a gallon of gas.
In 2005 the average price of a paperback is $7.50, or 30 times
as much as it was 50 years ago.
All this hype about gas prices, but never a mention of books.
Tuition is the only other item I could find that went up as much.
*
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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