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PT1b Weekly Project Gutenberg Newsletter
by Michael Hart 10 May '06

10 May '06

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Dakyns[#7][hieroxxx.xxx] 1175 Jan 1998 Hellenica, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#6][hllncxxx.xxx] 1174 Jan 1998 The Economist, by Xenophon, Dakyns translation[#5][econmxxx.xxx] 1173 Jan 1998 The Cavalry General by Xenophon, trans. Dakyns[#4][cvlryxxx.xxx] 1172 Jan 1998 The Apology by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns[#3][aplgyxxx.xxx] 1171 Jan 1998 Anabasis, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#2][anbssxxx.xxx] 1170 Jan 1998 Agesilaus, by Xenophon, translation by Dakyns [#1][agslsxxx.xxx] 1169 Jan 1998 The Pool in the Desert, Sara Jeannette Duncan [pldstxxx.xxx] 1168 [Author AKA: Mrs. Everard Cotes] Jan 1998 A Strange Disappearance, by Anna Katharine Green [sdsprxxx.xxx] 1167 Jan 1998 The Second Book of Modern Verse, Ed. Rittenhouse [sbkmvxxx.xxx] 1166 Jan 1998 The Little Book of Modern Verse, Ed. Rittenhouse [lbkmvxxx.xxx] 1165 Jan 1998 The Iron Heel, by Jack London [Jack London #39] [irnhlxxx.xxx] 1164 Adventure, by Jack London 1163 The Jacket (The Star-Rover), by Jack London 1162 Jerry of the Islands, by Jack London 1161 The Game, by Jack London 1160 Jan 1998 Fire-Tongue, by Sax Rohmer [Sax Rohmer #2] [firtgxxx.xxx] 1159 Jan 1998 Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington [Tarkington #6][pnrdsxxx.xxx] 1158 Jan 1998 Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair from "Les Avaries"[dmgdsxxx.xxx] 1157 Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis 1156 Jan 1998 Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie [Christie #2][secadxxx.xxx] 1155 Jan 1998 Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting [Lofting2][vdrdlxxx.xxx] 1154 Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar R. Burroughs [Mars #5][cmarsxxx.xxx] 1153 * Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet? If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of 6,515,011,907 that would be 19,356 x 65,150,119 = ~1.26 Trillion !!! With 19,356 eBooks online as of May 10, 2006 it now takes an average of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.79 from each book. [1% world population x #eBooks] 65,150,119 x 19,356 x $.79 = ~$1 Trillion [Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.] * A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.52 Value Per Book To 100 Million With 19,356 eBooks online as of May 10, 2006 it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.52 from each book. This "cost" is down from about $.62 when we had 16,205 eBooks a year ago. Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100,000,000 people. 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PT1a Weekly Project Gutenberg Newsletter
by Michael Hart 10 May '06

10 May '06

pt1a1.506 Weekly_May_10.txt ***The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, May 10, 2006 PT1*** *******eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since July 4, 1971******** Project Gutenberg of Europe Passes the 300 eBook Mark!!! * Editor's comments appear in [brackets]. Newsletter editors needed! 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The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 would require scholars who publish articles based on federally funded research to place those articles on free Web sites within six months of being published in an academic journal. The sponsors of the bill said it would ensure broad access to research funded with taxpayer money. A spokesperson for Lieberman said the bill would "foster information sharing, prevent duplication of research efforts, and generate new lines of scientific inquiry." Some scholarly publishers expressed concerns, however, that the business model of academic journals--both in terms of subscriptions and of ad revenues--would falter if so much of the content were free online. The National Institutes of Health last year began encouraging researchers working on NIH grants to submit their articles to a public database, but so far fewer than 4 percent have done so. New York Times, 8 May 2006 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/business/media/08journal.html PARENTS, CITY COUNCIL CALL FOR END TO CELL-PHONE BAN Framing it as a "safety issue," City Councilwoman Letitia James has called on administrators in New York City to lift a ban on cell phones in public schools. Opponents of the ban, including most students, many parents, and a small number of city officials, pointed to incidents such as the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying that cell phones can be an invaluable lifeline in times of crisis. They said rules requiring students to turn cell phones off in school are acceptable but that the technology should be available in an emergency. Administrators reiterated their belief that phones in school represent nothing so much as a source of distractions and of mischief, including cheating and taking photos in restrooms or locker rooms. Joel Klein, chancellor of schools, said that alternate solutions to the problems of cell phones are either too expensive or impractical. Mayor Michael Bloomberg also expressed his support for the continuation of the ban. Wired News, 6 May 2006 http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,70834-0.html OCLC AND RLG ANNOUNCE MERGER The OCLC Online Computer Library Center and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) have announced plans to merge. If approved, the merger would combine the two largest resource catalogs for libraries--RLG's Union Catalog and OCLC's WorldCat. Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, welcomed the merger, saying it will put OCLC's resources "much more in the direct service of research libraries." Pamela Snelson, president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries and the librarian at Franklin and Marshall College, agreed that the merger would be good for users. "One larger database will help the average person be able to find information in a more effective and timely manner," she said. The plan must still be approved by two-thirds of RLG's 150 members. Under the terms of the merger, RLG would become a division of OCLC. Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 May 2006 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/05/2006050402t.htm PHILADELPHIA WI-FI NEARS APPROVAL [But they had to sell out all the rest of Pennsylvania to get it!] Philadelphia's long-debated citywide wireless network is on the verge of having final approval, after which implementation of the network is expected to begin within a few weeks. The network has raised a range of objections since it was initially proposed, and supporters of the effort have had to make a number of changes and concessions. A city council committee, which was the last step before a vote by the full city council, demanded that language be added to ensure EarthLink will use contractors who work with minorities, women, and people with disabilities. In addition, Wireless Philadelphia, the nonprofit that will oversee the network, will have a larger board than originally planned, with broader representation from the city council and from various municipal offices. The full city council is expected to approve the deal, at which time EarthLink will begin installing wireless transmitters on 4,000 utility poles owned by the city. The network, which will charge a lower rate to poor users, is expected to be finished in 18 months. CNET, 3 May 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-6068350.html BUSINESS GROUPS URGE CAUTION IN WTO TALKS WITH RUSSIA U.S. businesses urged the Office of the United States Trade Representative to demand more efforts from Russia in addressing intellectual property crimes before granting approval for the country to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Russia, with one of the largest global economies not represented in the WTO, is in bilateral talks with the United States over admission to the group. Industry organizations point to Russia as one of the worst offenders for piracy of copyrighted music, movies, and software and called on U.S. officials to take a tough stance. Eric Schwartz, vice president of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, said, "Enforcement at present is very, very weak." Businesses calling for renewed pressure on Russia pointed to proposed legislation in the country that would actually weaken protections for copyright owners. Christin Baker, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office, said, "We made it very clear to Russia that improvements...are necessary for them to enter the WTO." ABC News, 2 May 2006 http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1914448 To SUBSCRIBE to Edupage, send a message to LISTSERV(a)LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU and in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName or To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your settings, or access the Edupage archive, visit http://www.educause.edu/Edupage/639 *HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA [As requested adding sources, etc., when possible. Remember, the subject is not the article's subject, the subject is the manipulation of the world news.] *DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK See Statistics section below. *QUOTE OF THE WEEK "The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe." Albert Einstein *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK The political fallout is just beginning. *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK New Orleans' local garbage removers want $15/cubic yard to get the wreckage from Katrina off the streets, while Florida sites want over $30/cubic yard. Guess who got the 1/2 billion dollar contract, $100 million of it as pure profit? Let's see, is there any connection between Florida politicians and those who somehow managed to avoid knowing about Katrina's imminent landfall? [I'm sure the Democrats will make just as many snafu's when in office. . .if they ever get back in office. . .hee hee! Google search says it is even worse: News: "new orleans" "cubic yard" yields: "'Profit motive,' Halliburton, government gaffes taint Katrina ..." Frost Illustrated, IN - 17 hours ago "Nagin said even debris cleanup is big business, with contracts being let for $43 per cubic yard and contracted several levels below, with the actual workers earning only $7 per cubic yard. * By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population estimates just passed 298 million, though many say estimations of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers now being mentioned so much in the news. Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries. [This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.] "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 America 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 think this is now much greater] 1 would be 79 years old or more. Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years, but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure to expire within that 63 year period. 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. 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Now in its 7th year of operation. http://www.livinginternet.com/ TEXT TO SPEECH Dolphin Producer is a new software package which will convert a text document into a fully synchronized text and audio DTB at the push of a single button. The DTB can then be played back using Dolphin's EaseReader software player - which is included in Dolphin Producer. The DTB can also be played back on any other DAISY DTB software or hardware player, as well as any MP3 player - The choice is yours. http://www.dolphinuk.co.uk or http://www.dolphinusa.com *Headline News from Edupage [PG Editor's Comments In Brackets] SUFFOLK CONSIDERS COUNTY-WIDE WI-FI Suffolk County, in New York, is considering installing a free wireless network that would fully cover the county's 900 square miles, offering Internet access to 1.5 million residents. If built, the network would be one of the largest in the nation, though officials in Chicago are considering an even larger network, 940 square miles, that would cover 5 million people. Suffolk County includes considerable waterfront, and county officials are considering having the network extend over the water as well. Steve Levy, Suffolk County Executive, proposed the idea, saying that a private firm would be contracted to develop and maintain the network. Funding would come from advertising or from fees charged for higher connection speeds. Because the project would be sponsored by the county government, the proposed network has further fueled the debate over whether governments should be involved in such projects at all or if they should be taken up by commercial vendors. New York Times, 28 April 2006 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/nyregion/28suffolk.html COMMITTEE KILLS NET NEUTRALITY BILL The House Energy and Commerce Committee has killed an amendment designed to guarantee net neutrality. The amendment would have prevented Internet service providers from delivering different content at different speeds based on content providers' having paid extra fees. Supporters of the amendment, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, argued that the Internet was built on ideas antithetical to the notion of paying fees to have content available to consumers. They called on Congress not to drop the issue but to "enact legislation preventing discrimination" against certain content providers. Opponents of the amendment, including cable and phone companies, suggested that the landscape of online content, including such material as movie-quality video, could be available to consumers if content providers paid a surcharge for it. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), chairman of the committee, commented that net neutrality is "still not clearly defined" and that he doubts the dire predictions of the amendment's supporters. ZDNet, 26 April 2006 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6065465.html DIGITAL DIVIDE SHRINKING According to a study conducted by IBM and "The Economist" magazine, although the digital divide remains considerable for some countries, the gaps are shrinking. The study assessed both availability and use of technology in 68 countries and assigned each an "e-readiness" score on a scale of 1 to 10. The gap from the top of the list (Denmark, 9.00) to the bottom (Azerbaijan, 2.92) is indeed significant, but in certain regions of China and India, connectivity rivals that of developed nations, according to Peter Korsten, European director at IBM's Institute for Business Value. The study noted that nearly every country's score improved from last year but that countries nearer the bottom of the list saw greater gains than those in the upper tiers, indicating a shrinking digital divide overall. Beyond the issue of connectivity lies the question of what efforts each country makes to use technology. As Korsten said, "It's up to governments to take advantage with education and other initiatives." CNET, 26 April 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-6065240.html [I hunted up and saved the entire list in an easy to read format, and will send it to you on request.] To SUBSCRIBE to Edupage, send a message to LISTSERV(a)LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU and in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName or To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your settings, or access the Edupage archive, visit http://www.educause.edu/Edupage/639 *HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA [As requested adding sources, etc., when possible. Remember, the subject is not the article's subject, the subject is the manipulation of the world news.] EXXON Is Buying Up Their Own Stock With Huge Profits 15% of profits to shareholders Under 15% spent on search and research on new oil 40% of profits spents on buying back their own stock ABC, NBC April 27, 2006 * Hendrick Hertzberg reported the "South Americanization" program that somehow slipped by the US Supreme Court, but I couldn't find and details on the PBS story, sorry, not one hit. * RFID Tags Being Considered For Human Beings You've all heard of the RFID [Radio Frequency ID] tags used to track all sorts of wild animals, but now these are being used more and more in urban environments and are even now being advertized on commercial media from the point of view of the pet owner who wants to find a missing pet. No mention is made of the high prices to get your pet back when the pound or Humane Society has them in their possession. However, the REAL NEWS that no one is talking about is that these RFID tags are being considered as mandatory for people. Obviously this is starting of low key, in other countries, where societal pressures are greater, but the truth is that these RFID tags, along with GPS, Global Positioning Satellite gear in cell phones, were being discussed by Western governments as well. Expect a school near you to start requiring children's parents to make sure they have a working RFID tag, and that they will be sent back home if without one. This will start out with wrist bands that can be taken off, then to something that can't be taken off, and finally we will be treated like pets, and the RFID tags are to be inserted under the skin, eventually at birth. Big Brother will know where you are all the time. You won't be able to turn the lights off in your cars, but Big Brother won't have wear RFIDs and THEY will be able to turn THEIR car lights off. *DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK Oil reserves are at an 8 year high, but the oil companies are telling us that the prices are being driven up by low supply. Source: The News Hour, April 27, 2006 * It would appear that Sony BMG is telling their iTunes patrons that they have a "license" for their music, which would allow for about $.30 of the $.99 paid to go to the artists, but the artists are being told it is a "sale" which gives them $.045. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060428/ap_en_mu/music_downloads_royalties; _ylt=AowpM.my63biaeu.FU8A_rRxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/28/sony_screwing_artist.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060428/ap_en_mu/music_downloads_royalties; _ylt=A$ * In case you have heard of Gerrymandering, but don't know what it is, the latest round of Gerrymandering is reported to have been to put a majority of 80/20 in Democrat's districts and 60/40 for Republicans. The result is that with the same number of votes, more Republicans-- but these reports should include that the Democrats have tried to do the same thing at times, just weren't as good at it. Source: PBS, Around April 30-May 1, 2006. *STRANGE QUOTES OF THE WEEK "Disgruntled" seems to be the quote of the week about the CIA leaks, not to mention "retirement," forced or unforced. Too many sources to name, just Google "disgruntled" *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK There will be 1/2 million free eBooks on the Internet, July 4, 2006 *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 1/4 to 1/3 of major city shooting cases involved witness intimidation. CBS News "Conspiracy of Silence" April 27, 2006 * All sorts of reports are coming out that say unemployment is down, but none that tell how many jobs from above the old median incomes have been replaces by jobs where your primary function is to say: "Would You Like Fries With That?" Real wages are still falling, even with two jobs in replacement. One reference made to this was that the $400 million severance pay to Exxon's CEO Raymond cost every one of the US driving households $400 extra dollars at the gas pump. They say that CEO compensation is over 400 times the average wage, but in this case, that would mean the average severance pay was an estimated million dollars for Exxon workers. Obviously Exxon does not fall any where near the averages. Source: CBS News [BTW, Bob Scheiffer viewers up 700,000 over Dan] [Cronkite says he would have replaced Rather long ago, that Rather was playing the part of newsman, while Brokaw and Jennings WERE.] Sources: Wolf Blitzer, CNN, and The New Yorker magazine * 133,000 U.S. women graduate from college for every 100,000 men. * Only 7% of U.S. prison inmates are women. * By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population estimates just passed 298 million, though many say estimations of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers now being mentioned so much in the news. Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries. [This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.] "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 America 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 think this is now much greater] 1 would be 79 years old or more. Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years, but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure to expire within that 63 year period. 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. * POEM OF THE WEEK Strolling Down the Avenue On my right there are these tall white buildings that place me back under the gate of time where the old ladies and the old men of my dreams are still incurable lovers holding hands. In the lady's eyes there are always these beautiful, raw, surrendering to the earth colors a charmed bouquet of lilac and lilies-of-the-valley On my left there are the dim alleys of your thoughts winding, meeting, melting into a green scent that boldly ascends high above the tin roofs towards the boomeranged moon Behind me there are the shadows creeping into the twilight of our mystified day to which we patiently, but painfully paid a homage of giving, taking, memories, and dust like all the other old souls before us with certitude, grief, horizon wide hopes, and elation Ahead lies the Avenue big, broad and bold, guarded by strongly built chestnut trees the stature of the buildings that they veil, and just as steady. White-pinkish flowers lay sprinkled by the wind for our bare feet, as for all the other bare feet that walked this road before us * *Information About the Project Gutenberg Mailing Lists For more information about the Project Gutenberg's mailing lists, including the Project Gutenberg Weekly and Monthly Newsletters: and the other Project Gutenberg Mailing Lists: The weekly is sent on Wednesdays, and the monthly is sent on the first Wednesday of the month. To subscribe to any (or to unsubscribe or adjust your subscription preferences), visit the Project Gutenberg mailing list server: http://lists.pglaf.org If you are having trouble with your subscription, please email the list's human administrators at: help(a)pglaf.org

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