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E. Esslemont 19241C Add editor and illustrator: The Golden Treasury, by Various 19221 [Subtitle: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language] [Editor: Francis Turner Palgrave] [Illustrator: A. Pearse] -=-=-=-=[ 52 NEW U.S. EBOOKS ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- De Koran 19786 [Subtitle: Voorafgegaan door het leven van Mahomed, eene inleiding omtrent de Godsdienstgebruiken der Mahomedanen, enz.] [Annotator: L. Ullmann, G. Weil, R. Sale] [Editor: S. Keyzer] [Translator: M. Kasimirski] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/7/8/19786 ] [Files: 19786-8.txt; 19786-h.htm] A Truthful Woman in Southern California, by Kate Sanborn 19391 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19391 ] [Files: 19391.txt; 19391-8.txt; 19391-0.txt; 19391-h.htm] Baby Pitcher's Trials, by Mrs. May 19390 [Subtitle: Little Pitcher Stories] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19390 ] [Files: 19390.txt; 19390-h.htm] Child Songs of Cheer, by Evaleen Stein 19389 [Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19389 ] [Files: 19389.txt; 19389-h.htm] The Sagebrusher, by Emerson Hough 19388 [Subtitle: A Story of the West] [Illustrator: J. Henry] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19388 ] [Files: 19388.txt; 19388-8.txt; 19388-h.htm] The Outcasts, by W. A. Fraser 19387 [Illustrator: Arthur Heming] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19387 ] [Files: 19387.txt; 19387-h.htm] An Author's Mind, by Martin Farquhar Tupper 19386 [Subtitle: The Complete Prose Works of Tupper, Volume 5 (of 6)] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19386 ] [Files: 19386.txt; 19386-8.txt; 19386-h.htm] The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III, by Various 19385 [Subtitle: The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19385 ] [Files: 19385.txt; 19385-8.txt; 19385-0.txt; 19385-h.htm] On Christmas Day In The Evening, by Grace Louise Smith Richmond 19384 [Illustrator: Charles M. Relyea] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19384 ] [Files: 19384.txt; 19384-h.htm] Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, Jan. 1844, Vol. 23, Nbr. 1 19383 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19383 ] [Files: 19383.txt; 19383-8.txt; 19383-h.htm] Punch, Volume 159, October 13, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19382 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19382 ] [Files: 19382.txt; 19382-8.txt; 19382-h.htm] Among the Farmyard People, by Clara Dillingham Pierson 19381 [Illustrator: F.C. Gordon] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19381 ] [Files: 19381.txt; 19381-8.txt; 19381-h.htm] Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Gustav von Bezold 19380 [Subtitle: Jahrgang 1900 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19380 ] [Files: 19380.txt; 19380-8.txt; 19380-0.txt; 19380-tei.tei; 19380-h.htm; 19380-pdf.pdf ] The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad, by Edward John Thompson 19379 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19379 ] [Files: 19379.txt; 19379-8.txt; 19379-h.htm; ] Oriental Encounters, by Marmaduke Pickthall 19378 [Subtitle: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19378 ] [Files: 19378.txt; 19378-8.txt; 19378-h.htm; ] A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers 19377 [Author: William Penn] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19377 ] [Files: 19377.txt; 19377-h.htm] Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research, by Michael Sage 19376 [Preface: Sir Oliver Lodge] [Tr.: Noralie Robertson] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19376 ] [Files: 19376.txt; 19376-8.txt; 19376-h.htm; ] A senhora Rattazzi, by Camilo Castelo Branco 19375 [Language: Portuguese] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19375 ] [Files: 19375-8.txt] Valkaman perhe, by Osmo Lajula 19374 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19374 ] [Files: 19374-8.txt] Northern Nut Growers Association, Tenth Annual Meeting, by Various 19373 [Title: Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting.] [Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19373 ] [Files: 19373.txt; 19373-8.txt; 19373-h.htm] John Jagon henki tahi kuollutko vai elava?, by Wilkie Collins 19372 [Translator: Anton Oskar Forsman] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19372 ] [Files: 19372-8.txt] The Forfeit, by Ridgwell Cullum 19371 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19371 ] [Files: 19371.txt; ] Ullr Uprising, by Henry Beam Piper 19370 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19370 ] [Files: 19370.txt; 19370-8.txt; 19370-h.htm] The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, by Robert Barr 19369 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19369 ] [Files: 19369.txt; 19369-8.txt; 19369-h.htm] The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa, by Hoffman 19368 [Subtitle: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300] [Author: Walter James Hoffman] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19368 ] [Files: 19368.txt; 19368-0.txt; 19368-h.htm] Romance, by Walter Raleigh 19367 [Subtitle: Two Lectures] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19367 ] [Files: 19367.txt; 19367-h.htm] Punky Dunk and the Spotted Pup, by Anonymous 19366 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19366 ] [Files: 19366.txt; 19366-h.htm] Everlasting Pearl, by Anna Magdalena Johannsen 19365 [Subtitle: One of China's Women] [Author: Preface by Walter B. Sloan] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19365 ] [Files: 19365.txt; 19365-8.txt; 19365-h.htm; ] Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1895 19364 [Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration] [Subtitle: Two Florentine Pavements] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19364 ] [Files: 19364.txt; 19364-8.txt; 19364-h.htm] Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles, by Ruth McEnery Stuart 19363 [Illustrator: G. H. Clements] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19363 ] [Files: 19363.txt; 19363-h.htm] In the Year 2889, by Jules Verne and Michel Verne 19362 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19362 ] [Files: 19362.txt; 19362-8.txt; 19362-h.htm] The Babes in the Wood, by Anonymous 19361 [Subtitle: One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books] [Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19361 ] [Files: 19361.txt; 19361-8.txt; 19361-h.htm] Six to Sixteen, by Juliana Horatia Ewing 19360 [Subtitle: A Story for Girls] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19360 ] [Files: 19360.txt; 19360-8.txt; 19360-0.txt; 19360-h.htm] The Patient Observer, by Simeon Strunsky 19359 [Subtitle: And His Friends] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19359 ] [Files: 19359.txt; 19359-8.txt; 19359-h.htm; ] War Rhymes, by Abner Cosens 19358 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19358 ] [Files: 19358.txt; 19358-h.htm] [Note that the author used the pseudonym "Wayfarer"] The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems, by Frances Fuller Victor 19357 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19357 ] [Files: 19357.txt; 19357-8.txt; 19357-h.htm] Golden Stories, by Various 19356 [Subtitle: A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19356 ] [Files: 19356.txt; 19356-8.txt; 19356-h.htm] A Book of Prefaces, by H. L. Mencken 19355 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19355 ] [Files: 19355.txt; 19355-8.txt; 19355-h.htm] Lessons in Music Form, by Percy Goetschius 19354 [Subtitle: A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19354 ] [Files: 19354.txt; 19354-8.txt; 19354-h.htm] Captain Jinks, Hero, by Ernest Crosby 19353 [Illustrator: Dan Beard] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19353 ] [Files: 19353.txt; 19353-8.txt; 19353-h.htm] Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure,by William Thomas Fernie 19352 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19352 ] [Files: 19352.txt; 19352-8.txt; ] Curlie Carson Listens In, by Roy J. Snell 19351 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19351 ] [Files: 19351.txt; 19351-h.htm; ] Punch, Vol. 152, December 22, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19350 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19350 ] [Files: 19350.txt; 19350-8.txt; 19350-h.htm; ] Punch, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19349 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19349 ] [Files: 19349.txt; 19349-8.txt; 19349-h.htm] Gideon's Band, by George W. Cable 19348 [Subtitle: A Tale of the Mississippi] [Illustrator: F. C. Yohn] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19348 ] [Files: 19348.txt; 19348-8.txt; 19348-h.htm] The Myths of the New World, by Daniel G. Brinton 19347 [Subtitle: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19347 ] [Files: 19347.txt; 19347-8.txt; 19347-0.txt; 19347-h.htm] New Word-Analysis, by William Swinton 19346 [Subtitle: Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19346 ] [Files: 19346.txt; 19346-8.txt; 19346-0.txt; 19346-h.htm] La vie litteraire, by Anatole France 19345 [Subtitle: Troisieme serie] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19345 ] [Files: 19345-8.txt] La vie litteraire, by Anatole France 19344 [Subtitle: Deuxieme serie] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19344 ] [Files: 19344-8.txt] The Making of Mary, by Jean Forsyth 19343 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19343 ] [Files: 19343.txt; 19343-8.txt; 19343-h.htm] Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spritualism, A. 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27 Sep '06

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CNET, 25 September 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html PUBLISHERS TAKE HEART FROM BELGIAN COURT RULING Buoyed by a recent ruling from a court in Belgium, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is leading the development of an automated system for coordinating content permissions with search engines. The Belgian court found that Google violates the rights of content producers when it indexes news stories and reposts parts of those stories on its own site. News organizations have long complained that search engines profit from the efforts of news outlets, and the court ruling, which Google is appealing, strengthens their position in trying to restrict how search engines are allowed to use online content. Search engines typically rely on applications that scour the Web for content and incorporate it into search results without human intervention. 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Diana Kleiner, who is leading the effort at Yale, said the project follows "MIT's footprints" but represents the next step. Kleiner said that Yale officials believe the in-class experience to be central to the educational experience. Under the program, all of the lectures for a given course will be recorded and placed online. Beginning with seven courses this year, the program is expected to grow quickly to include many more in successive years. The university is exploring ways to ensure that offering video of lectures online will not encourage Yale students to skip class and simply watch the lectures at their convenience. Also at issue are intellectual property considerations, given that faculty are free to use some copyrighted materials in lectures, but that those materials may not be used similarly by the public. 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Batiste was commander of the 1st Infantry Division, and was also the senior military aide to Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and blames Congress for not asking "the tough questions." He also mentioned threats by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fire anyone who said he needed a postwar strategy. In comments earlier this spring, General Batiste added, "the current administration repeatedly ignored sound military advice and counsel with respect to the war plans. I think the principles of war are fundamental, and we violate those at our own peril." Around the same time Commanding General Anthony Zinni, of the Central Command in Iraq had the following additional comments: "I think we are paying the price for lack of credible planning, or the lack of a plan. We are throwing away 10 years of planning, in effect, for underestimating the situation we were going to get into and for not adhering to the advice that was being given to us by others.'' Major General Eaton said referred to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld as "incompetent, stragically, operationally, and tactically," and added "Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we will see two more years of extraordinaily bad decision making." Eaton was in command of U.S. efforts to train the Iraq military until the last election. Earlier this year he wrote the following to the New York Times: "Rumsfeld has put the Pentagon at the mercy of his ego, his Cold Warrior's view of the world and his unrealistic confidence in technology to replace manpower. As a result, the US Army finds itself severely undermanned. . .cut to 10 active divisions but asked by the administration to support a foreign policy that requires at least 12 or 14," [active divisions]. DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK The various declassifying of minimal pages of the National Intelligence Estimate that only support the administration, but leave out the entire portion that said the U.S. caused more problems than it solved by invading Iraq. *QUOTES OF THE WEEK 16 days afterwards, still no real apology from the Pope. *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK Just as the rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep getting poorer, the distance between the various portions of humanity will increase, and the reason won't matter. . . any reason will do. . .the reasons for wars are usually fabrications. *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 47% of female students said they would not raise their hands in class even if they knew the answer for fear of harassment for being smart. Source: NPR, Sunday Morning * By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population [i.e. if you had invested in ConEd and the S&P in 1997, and had made $1,000 on your S&P, your profits from that ConEd stock would be $15,000] Yet the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 5-0 to allow the new system. estimates just passed 299 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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J. Kennedy 19339 [Author: E. J. Kennedy and the Lord Bishop of Winchester] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19339 ] [Files: 19339.txt; 19339-8.txt; 19339-h.htm] The Keeper, by Henry Beam Piper 19338 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19338 ] [Files: 19338.txt; 19338-h.htm] A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens 19337 [Illustrator: George Alfred Williams] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19337 ] [Files: 19337.txt; 19337-8.txt; 19337-h.htm] [See also: #46, a different edition] The Tangled Threads, by Eleanor H. Porter 19336 [Contents: A Delayed Heritage] [ The Folly of Wisdom] [ Crumbs] [ A Four-Footed Faith and a Two] [ A Matter of System] [ Angelus] [ The Apple of Her Eye] [ A Mushroom Of Collingsville] [ That Angel Boy] [ The Lady in Black] [ The Saving of Dad] [ Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving] [ When Mother Fell Ill] [ The Glory and the Sacrifice] [ The Daltons and the Legacy] [ The Letter] [ The Indivisible Five] [ The Elephant's Board and Keep] [ A Patron of Art] [ When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19332 ] [Files: 19332.txt; 19332-8.txt; ] Oscar the Detective, by Harlan Page Halsey 19335 [Subtitle: Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19335 ] [Files: 19335.txt; 19335-h.htm] Punch, Vol. 152, December 15, 1920, ed. by Sir owen Seaman 19334 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19334 ] [Files: 19334.txt; 19334-8.txt; 19334-h.htm; ] The Story of a China Cat, by Laura Lee Hope 19333 [Illus.: Harry L. Smith] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19333 ] [Files: 19333.txt; 19333-h.htm; ] Michael Angelo Buonarroti, by Charles Holroyd 19332 [Subtitle: With Translations Of The Life Of The Master By His Scholar, Ascanio Condivi, And Three Dialogues From The Portugese By Francisco] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19332 ] [Files: 19332.txt; 19332-8.txt; 19332-0.txt; 19332-tei.tei; 19332-h.htm; 19332-pdf.pdf ] Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians, by James Stevenson 19331 [Title: Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19331 ] [Files: 19331.txt; 19331-8.txt; 19331-0.txt; 19331-tei.tei; 19331-h.htm; 19331-pdf.pdf; 19331-page-images] An Apache Princess, by Charles King 19330 [Subtitle: A Tale of the Indian Frontier] [Illustrator: Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19330 ] [Files: 19330.txt; 19330-8.txt; 19330-h.htm] The Sunny Side of Ireland, by John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger 19329 [Subtitle: How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19329 ] [Files: 19329.txt; 19329-8.txt; 19329-h.htm] The Sea-Kings of Crete, by James Baikie 19328 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19328 ] [Files: 19328.txt; 19328-8.txt; 19328-h.htm] Reize in Taka (Opper-Nubie), by Anonymous 19327 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19327 ] [Files: 19327-8.txt; 19327-h.htm] Van Orenburg naar Samarkand, by Anonymous 19326 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19326 ] [Files: 19326-8.txt; 19326-h.htm] The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII (of X), by Various 19325 [Editor: Marshall P. Wilder] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19325 ] [Files: 19325.txt; 19325-8.txt; 19325-h.htm] The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI (of X), by Various 19324 [Editor: Marshall P. Wilder] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19324 ] [Files: 19324.txt; 19324-8.txt; 19324-h.htm] The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V (of X), by Various 19323 [Editor: Marshall P. Wilder] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19323 ] [Files: 19323.txt; 19323-8.txt; 19323-h.htm] The Antichrist, by F. W. Nietzsche 19322 [Translator: H. L. Mencken] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19322 ] [Files: 19322.txt; 19322-8.txt; 19322-h.htm] Evolution, by Theodore Graebner 19321 [Subtitle: An Investigation and a Critique] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19321 ] [Files: 19321.txt; ] Jaakko Cook'in matkat Tyynella merella, by Antti Fredrik Hassell 19320 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19320 ] [Files: 19320-8.txt] A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive, by W. Augustus Munn 19319 [Subtitle: With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19319 ] [Files: 19319.txt; 19319-8.txt; 19319-h.htm; ] The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle, by Laura Lee Hope 19318 [Subtitle: Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19318 ] [Files: 19318.txt; 19318-8.txt; 19318-h.htm; ] Gallipoli Diary, Volume I, by Ian Hamilton 19317 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19317 ] [Files: 19317.txt; 19317-8.txt; 19317-h.htm] Lyra Heroica, by Various 19316 [Subtitle: A Book of Verse for Boys] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19316 ] [Files: 19316.txt; 19316-8.txt; 19316-h.htm] The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi, by Giacomo Leopardi 19315 [Translator: Frederick Townsend] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19315 ] [Files: 19315.txt; 19315-8.txt; 19315-h.htm] Raphael, by Estelle M. Hurll 19314 [Subtitle: A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] [Editor: Estelle M. Hurll] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19314 ] [Files: 19314.txt; 19314-8.txt; 19314-0.txt; 19314-h.htm] The Silk-Hat Soldier, by Richard le Gallienne 19313 [Subtitle: And Other Poems in War Time] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19313 ] [Files: 19313.txt; 19313-h.htm] Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19312C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19312 ] [Files: 19312.txt; 19312-8.txt; 19312-0.txt; 19312-tei.tei; 19312-h.htm; 19312-pdf.pdf] The Outdoor Girls in Florida, by Laura Lee Hope 19311 [Subtitle: Or, Wintering in the Sunny South] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19311 ] [Files: 19311.txt; 19311-h.htm; ] Happy Pollyooly, by Edgar Jepson 19310 [Subtitle: The Rich Little Poor Girl] [Illus.: Reginald Birch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19310 ] [Files: 19310.txt; 19310-8.txt; 19310-h.htm; ] The Reminiscences of an Astronomer, by Simon Newcomb 19309 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19309 ] [Files: 19309.txt; 19309-8.txt; ] Pioneers and Founders, by Charlotte Mary Yonge 19308 [Subtitle: or, Recent Workers in the Mission field] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19308 ] [Files: 19308.txt; 19308-h.htm] The Lion of Petra, by Talbot Mundy 19307 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19307 ] [Files: 19307.txt] Wat er te zien valt in Armenie, by Noel Dolens 19306 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907-1908] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19306 ] [Files: 19306-8.txt; 19306-h.htm] Van Toledo naar Granada, deel 2, by Jane Dieulafoy 19305 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19305 ] [Files: 19305-8.txt; 19305-h.htm] Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley, C.N. and A.M. Williamson 19304 [Author: C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson] [Illustrator: Clarence Rowe] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19304 ] [Files: 19304.txt; 19304-8.txt; 19304-h.htm] Raftmates, by Kirk Munroe 19303 [Subtitle: A Story of the Great River] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19303 ] [Files: 19303.txt; 19303-h.htm; ] Dinosaurs, by William Diller Matthew 19302 [Subtitle: With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19302 ] [Files: 19302.txt; 19302-8.txt; 19302-h.htm; ] Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the "Hawk," 1859 19301 [Author: Edward Feild] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19301 ] [Files: 19301.txt; 19301-8.txt; 19301-h.htm; ] A Traveler's Narrative, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19300C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19300 ] [Files: 19300.txt; 19300-8.txt; 19300-0.txt; 19300-tei.tei; 19300-h.htm; 19300-pdf.pdf] The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19299C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19299 ] [Files: 19299.txt; 19299-8.txt; 19299-0.txt; 19299-tei.tei; 19299-h.htm; 19299-pdf.pdf] The World Order of Baha'u'llah, by Shoghi Effendi 19298C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19298 ] [Files: 19298.txt; 19298-8.txt; 19298-0.txt; 19298-tei.tei; 19298-h.htm; 19298-pdf.pdf] Unfolding Destiny, by Shoghi Effendi 19297C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19297 ] [Files: 19297.txt; 19297-8.txt; 19297-0.txt; 19297-tei.tei; 19297-h.htm; 19297-pdf.pdf] Tablets of the Divine Plan, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19296C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19296 ] [Files: 19296.txt; 19296-8.txt; 19296-0.txt; 19296-tei.tei; 19296-h.htm; 19296-pdf.pdf] The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View, by Laura Lee Hope 19295 [Subtitle: Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19295 ] [Files: 19295.txt; 19295-h.htm] The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island, by Laura Lee Hope 19294 [Subtitle: Or, A Cave and What It Contained] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19294 ] [Files: 19294.txt; 19294-8.txt; 19294-h.htm] La Legendo de Dorm-Valeto, by Washington Irving 19293 [Translator: Edwin Grobe] [Language: Esperanto] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19293 ] [Files: 19293.txt; 19293-0.txt; 19293-h.htm] Tablet to August Forel, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19292C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19292 ] [Files: 19292.txt; 19292-8.txt; 19292-0.txt; 19292-tei.tei; 19292-h.htm; 19292-pdf.pdf] Compilation on Scholarship, by The Universal House of Justice 19291C [Author: Research Department of the Universal House of Justice] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19291 ] [Files: 19291.txt; 19291-8.txt; 19291-0.txt; 19291-tei.tei; 19291-h.htm; 19291-pdf.pdf] Statement on Bah'u'llh, by Bah' International Community 19290C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19290 ] [Files: 19290.txt; 19290-8.txt; 19290-0.txt; 19290-tei.tei; 19290-h.htm; 19290-pdf.pdf] Some Answered Questions, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19289C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19289 ] [Files: 19289.txt; 19289-8.txt; 19289-0.txt; 19289-tei.tei; 19289-h.htm; 19289-pdf.pdf] Bohemian Days, by Geo. Alfred Townsend 19288 [Subtitle: Three American Tales] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19288 ] [Files: 19288.txt; 19288-8.txt; 19288-h.htm] Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bah, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19287C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19287 ] [Files: 19287.txt; 19287-8.txt; 19287-0.txt; 19287-tei.tei; 19287-h.htm; 19287-pdf.pdf] The Promise of World Peace, by The Universal House of Justice 19286C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19286 ] [Files: 19286.txt; 19286-8.txt; 19286-0.txt; 19286-tei.tei; 19286-h.htm; 19286-pdf.pdf] The Promulgation of Universal Peace, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19285C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19285 ] [Files: 19285.txt; 19285-8.txt; 19285-0.txt; 19285-tei.tei; 19285-h.htm; 19285-pdf.pdf] Paris Talks, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19284C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19284 ] [Files: 19284.txt; 19284-8.txt; 19284-0.txt; 19284-tei.tei; 19284-h.htm; 19284-pdf.pdf] The Prosperity of Humankind, by Bah' International Community 19283C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19283 ] [Files: 19283.txt; 19283-8.txt; 19283-0.txt; 19283-tei.tei; 19283-h.htm; 19283-pdf.pdf] The Promised Day is Come, by Shoghi Effendi 19282C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19282 ] [Files: 19282.txt; 19282-8.txt; 19282-0.txt; 19282-tei.tei; 19282-h.htm; 19282-pdf.pdf] One Common Faith, by Baha'i International Community 19281C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19281 ] [Files: 19281.txt; 19281-8.txt; 19281-0.txt; 19281-tei.tei; 19281-h.htm; 19281-pdf.pdf] Messages to the Baha'i World: 1950-1957, by Shoghi Effendi 19280C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19280 ] [Files: 19280.txt; 19280-8.txt; 19280-0.txt; 19280-tei.tei; 19280-h.htm; 19280-pdf.pdf] Memorials of the Faithful, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19279C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19279 ] [Files: 19279.txt; 19279-8.txt; 19279-0.txt; 19279-tei.tei; 19279-h.htm; 19279-pdf.pdf] Messages to Canada, by Shoghi Effendi 19278C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19278 ] [Files: 19278.txt; 19278-8.txt; 19278-0.txt; 19278-tei.tei; 19278-h.htm; 19278-pdf.pdf] Messages to America, by Shoghi Effendi 19277C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19277 ] [Files: 19277.txt; 19277-8.txt; 19277-0.txt; 19277-tei.tei; 19277-h.htm; 19277-pdf.pdf] High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska, by Shoghi Effendi 19276C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19276 ] [Files: 19276.txt; 19276-8.txt; 19276-0.txt; 19276-tei.tei; 19276-h.htm; 19276-pdf.pdf] God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi 19275C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19275 ] [Files: 19275.txt; 19275-8.txt; 19275-0.txt; 19275-tei.tei; 19275-h.htm; 19275-pdf.pdf] Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, Shoghi Effendi 19274C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19274 ] [Files: 19274.txt; 19274-8.txt; 19274-0.txt; 19274-tei.tei; 19274-h.htm; 19274-pdf.pdf] The Dead Men's Song, by Champion Ingraham Hitchcock 19273 [Subtitle: Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19273 ] [Files: 19273.txt; 19273-h.htm] The Early Bird, by George Randolph Chester 19272 [Subtitle: A Business Man's Love Story] [Illustrator: Arthur William Brown] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19272 ] [Files: 19272.txt; 19272-8.txt; 19272-h.htm] Dawn of a New Day, by Shoghi Effendi 19271C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19271 ] [Files: 19271.txt; 19271-8.txt; 19271-0.txt; 19271-tei.tei; 19271-h.htm; 19271-pdf.pdf] Directives from the Guardian, by Shoghi Effendi 19270C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19270 ] [Files: 19270.txt; 19270-8.txt; 19270-0.txt; 19270-tei.tei; 19270-h.htm; 19270-pdf.pdf] Compilation on Women by, Universal House of Justice 19269C [Author: Research Deparment of the Universal House of Justice] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19269 ] [Files: 19269.txt; 19269-8.txt; 19269-0.txt; 19269-tei.tei; 19269-h.htm; 19269-pdf.pdf] Compilation on Peace by, Universal House of Justice 19268C [Author: Research Deparment of the Universal House of Justice] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19268 ] [Files: 19268.txt; 19268-8.txt; 19268-0.txt; 19268-tei.tei; 19268-h.htm; 19268-pdf.pdf] Century of Light, by Baha'i International Community 19267C [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19267 ] [Files: 19267.txt; 19267-8.txt; 19267-0.txt; 19267-tei.tei; 19267-h.htm; 19267-pdf.pdf] Etudes sur Aristophane, by Emile Deschanel 19266 [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19266 ] [Files: 19266-0.txt] Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters, by Henry Wallace Phillips 19265 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19265 ] [Files: 19265.txt; 19265-8.txt; 19265-h.htm] Japanese Literature, by Various 19264 [Subtitle: Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan] [Editor: Epiphanius Wilson] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19264 ] [Files: 19264.txt; 19264-8.txt; 19264-h.htm] Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris, by Henry Labouchere 19263 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19263 ] [Files: 19263.txt; 19263-8.txt; 19263-h.htm] Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1895 19262 [Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration] [Subtitle: Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19262 ] [Files: 19262.txt; 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[1% world population x #eBooks] 65,453,104 x 21,310 x $.72 = ~$1 Trillion [Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.] [By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.] [Just turning 299.8 million this week!] A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million With 21,310 eBooks online as of September 20, 2006 it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book. This "cost" is down from about $.58 when we had 17,167 eBooks a year ago. [This is not counting the ~80,000 eBooks at http://gutenberg.cc which are counted and maintained separately by their donating electronic libraries] Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100 million people. Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1 billion !!! people. 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Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment, who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details]. * 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 4th was the first Wednesday of 2006, and thus ended PG's production year of 2005 and began the production year of 2006 at noon. This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week. ***BREAK FOR PT1A AND PT1B*** *Headline News from Edupage [PG Editor's Comments In Brackets] RESEARCHERS ANNOUNCE NEW CHIP TECHNOLOGY Researchers at Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have developed a new kind of computer chip that transfers data between chips using lasers instead of wires, which have long been a bottleneck in computing. Fiber-optic technology allows data to travel very fast over long distances, but data-transfer rates remain a function of how quickly data can travel over wires from chip to chip. The new technology combines a silicon-based processor with a layer of light-emitting indium phosphide. The result, said researchers, could be an astounding increase in the speed at which data can travel. Such a breakthrough could allow computer scientists to rethink how computers fundamentally work and what they are capable of. For example, the new chips, which could cost a few dollars, could deliver data-transmission speeds 100 times faster than today's optical transceivers, which cost several thousand dollars. The new technology is not expected to make its way into commercial products before the end of the decade. New York Times, 17 September 2006 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/technology/18chip.html COURT IN BELGIUM ORDERS GOOGLE TO STOP REPOSTING NEWS A Belgian court has ordered Google to stop using news stories from a number of French-language newspapers on its Web site. An organization called Copiepresse, which manages copyright for French and German newspapers in Belgium, had complained that Google does not ask permission to use the papers' content, nor does it reimburse the papers, even though Google sells advertising and makes money from the content it posts on its site. The court agreed and ordered Google to stop using the disputed news articles. If Google does not comply, it will be subject to a fine of US$1.3 million per day. Margaret Boribon, general secretary for Copiepresse, said she would inform other news organizations in Europe of the decision, which might allow them to pursue similar injunctions in other markets. CNET, 18 September 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6116591.html NCSU PROFESSOR SUSPENDS SALES OF LECTURES A communication professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU) has suspended his practice of selling audio recordings of his lectures over the Web after administrators raised questions about the practice. Robert Schrag had been selling lectures since August for $2.50 each through a Web site called Independent Music Online. Despite having received approval from the head of his department to sell the lectures, Schrag agreed to stop selling the MP3 files, at least temporarily, after Toby Parcel, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, expressed concerns about the appropriateness of the practice. At NCSU, faculty own the course materials they produce, but some students had objected to Schrag's selling his lectures, saying that they should be available free for students. Schrag disagreed, saying that tuition for the course does not necessarily cover such materials as recordings of lectures. He said the recordings are intended for motivated students who want to review materials after class, students for whom English is not their first language and would benefit from hearing lectures again, and students who would rather skip class. 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[I found one reference to the Byzantine Emperor Manual II] Later the Pope apologized for the effect of his comments, but apparently not for making them, tho I can't find all the exact words he used. *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK The US population will hit 300 million in the next few weeks. *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 1/6 of the entire United States GDP is health care, yet the United States is the ONLY developed country without a universal health care program. 47 million are totally uninsured, out of 300 million. * By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population estimates just passed 299 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. 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Here's a sample of what books we were doing around eBook #3063 Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ### A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright [Note: books without month and year entries are now in new catalog format] Feb 2002 The Red Man's Continent, Ellsworth Huntington [redmaxxx.xxx] 3066 [Title: The Red Man's Continent, A Chronicle of Aboriginal America] Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #8, Theodor Mommsen (German) [8mommxxx.xxx] 3065 [Language: German] Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #5, Theodor Mommsen (German) [5mommxxx.xxx] 3064 [Language: German] Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #4, Theodor Mommsen (German) [4mommxxx.xxx] 3063 [Language: German] Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #3, Theodor Mommsen (German) [3mommxxx.xxx] 3062 [Language: German] Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #2, Theodor Mommsen (German) [2mommxxx.xxx] 3061 Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #1, Theodor Mommsen (German) [1mommxxx.xxx] 3060 [Translation: Roman History. We have books 1-5 and 8.] [Language: German] Feb 2002 The Iliad of Homer, trans. Andrew Lang, et al. [iliabxxx.xxx] 3059 [Tr.: Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., And Ernest Myers, M.A.] A Changed Man and Other Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3058 Feb 2002 The Common Edition: New Testament, Trans. Clontz [comedxxx.xxx] 3057C [Tr.: Timothy E. Clontz. This is a translation of the Bible.] Wessex Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3056 Feb 2002 Wood Beyond the World, William Morris [#7][wbydwxxx.xxx] 3055 Feb 2002 Volcanic Islands, by Charles Darwin [Darwin #16][vlcisxxx.xxx] 3054 Feb 2002 Signs of Change, William Morris [#6][sgnchxxx.xxx] 3053 Feb 2002 Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, Plutarch [plutaxxx.xxx] 3052 [Title: The Complete Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies] Feb 2002 An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, William Dean Howells [#7][opneyxxx.xxx] 3051 Jan 2002 Notes of a War Correspondent, R. H. Davis [#32][ntwrcxxx.xxx] 3050 Jan 2002 A Group of Noble Dames, Thomas Hardy [#15][nbldmxxx.xxx] 3049 Jan 2002 The Little Duke, Charlotte M. Yonge [#6][ltdukxxx.xxx] 3048 Jan 2002 Life's Little Ironies etc., Thomas Hardy [#14][lfirnxxx.xxx] 3047 Jan 2002 The Land of the Changing Sun, William N. Harben [lcsunxxx.xxx] 3046 Jan 2002 Last Chronicle of Barset, Anthony Trollope [#9][lacobxxx.xxx] 3045 Desperate Remedies, by Thomas Hardy 3044 Jan 2002 The Quaker Colonies, Sydney G. Fisher [quakexxx.xxx] 3043 Jan 2002 Hispanic Nations of the New World, Wm. R. Shepherd[hispnxxx.xxx] 3042 Jan 2002 The Cleveland Era, Henry Jones Ford [clevexxx.xxx] 3041 [Title: The Cleveland Era, A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics] Jan 2002 The Boss and the Machine, Samuel P. Orth [bossmxxx.xxx] 3040 Jan 2002 Forty-Two Poems by James Elroy Flecker[Flecker #1][42pomxxx.xxx] 3039 Jan 2002 The Armies of Labor, Samuel P. Orth [laborxxx.xxx] 3038 Jan 2002 The Age of Big Business, Burton J. Hendrick [agebbxxx.xxx] 3037 Jan 2002 The Railroad Builders, John Moody [rroadxxx.xxx] 3036 Jan 2002 The Day of the Confederacy, Nathaniel Stephenson [daycoxxx.xxx] 3035 Jan 2002 The Anti-Slavery Crusade, Jesse Macy [ascruxxx.xxx] 3034 Jan 2002 The Passing of the Frontier, Emerson Hough [passfxxx.xxx] 3033 Jan 2002 The Fathers of the Constitution, Max Farrand [fathcxxx.xxx] 3032 Jan 2002 Wild Animals I Have Known, E. T. Seton [Seton #3][wldamxxx.xxx] 3031 Jan 2002 The Tavern Knight, Rafael Sabatini [Sabatini #10][tavrnxxx.xxx] 3030 Jan 2002 Real Soldiers of Fortune, Richard H. Davis [#31][resofxxx.xxx] 3029 Jan 2002 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia P. Hale [petpaxxx.xxx] 3028 Jan 2002 The Orange Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, Ed. [Lang #29][orangxxx.xxx] 3027 Jan 2002 North of Boston, by Robert Frost [Frost #2][nobosxxx.xxx] 3026 Jan 2002 A Mountain Europa, by John Fox, Jr. [Fox #6][europxxx.xxx] 3025 Jan 2002 The Last Stetson, by John Fox, Jr. [Fox #5][lasttxxx.xxx] 3024 Jan 2002 Faust Part 1, Johann W. Von Goethe [Goethe #32][faustxxx.xxx] 3023 Jan 2002 A Cumberland Vendetta, by John Fox Jr. [Fox #4][cnvenxxx.xxx] 3022 Jan 2002 A Boy's Will, Robert Frost [Frost #1][boyswxxx.xxx] 3021 / Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet? If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of 6,543,829,379 that would be 21,211 x 65,438,294 = ~1.39 Trillion !!! With 21,211 eBooks online as of September 13, 2006 it now takes an average of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.72 from each book. [1% world population x #eBooks] 65,438,294 x 21,211 x $.72 = ~$1 Trillion [Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.] [By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.] [Just turning 299.7 million this week!] A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million With 21,211 eBooks online as of September 13, 2006 it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book. This "cost" is down from about $.58 when we had 17,130 eBooks a year ago. Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100 million people. Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1 billion !!! people. At 21,211 eBooks in 35 Years and 02.25 Months We Averaged 603 Per Year 50 Per Month 1.65 Per Day At 3063 eBooks Done In The 252 Days Of 2006 We Averaged 12.2 Per Day 85 per Week 371 Per Month If you are interested in the population of the world or of the U.S. you might want to know that these numbers, official as they appear, are just just estimates, and perhaps not as accurate as we hope. However, for those keeping track of how quickly the U.S. reaches a 300 million population level, and who noticed the passing of 298M, just two weeks ago. . .the U.S. is already 1/6 the way to 299M, so it will probably be 10 more weeks to 299M and 22 more to 300M. Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment, who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details]. * 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 4th was the first Wednesday of 2006, and thus ended PG's production year of 2005 and began the production year of 2006 at noon. This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week. ***BREAK FOR PT1A AND PT1B*** *Headline News from Edupage [PG Editor's Comments In Brackets] PUBLISHERS GIVE ONLINE MAGAZINES TO COLLEGE STUDENTS The Magazine Publishers of America is sponsoring a program that will provide free online magazine subscriptions to college students in an effort to draw them into magazine readership. Magazine publishers have long dealt with distribution problems for college students, who typically change addresses frequently. At the same time, publishers are working to understand how digital delivery fits into the larger picture of magazine readership. During the program, students at five institutions will have the option of subscribing to a particular publication, a different one for each school. Students who opt in will receive e-mails with links to the online version of the magazine, which is identical to the printed version, including advertisements. Organizers hope that after students graduate and settle down, they will become subscribers and readers of the magazines' print version. Nina Link, president and chief executive of the Magazine Publishers of America, stressed that her organization believes that digital and print versions are both viable but in different contexts. Other publishers agreed. Jack Kliger, president and chief executive of Hachette Filipacchi, said that each medium has advantages over the other but that both are important. New York Times, 7 September 2006 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/business/media/07adco.html NEW KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL OPENS IN PHILADELPHIA The city of Philadelphia and Microsoft teamed up to create a new kind of high school, one that its designers hope will usher in different kinds of learning to better suit the needs of today's companies. About 170 students--mostly black kids from low-income families--make up the first freshman class of the School of the Future. The school brims with technology--students carry laptops instead of books, the entire facility has wireless Internet access, teachers use interactive smart boards--but it also takes a new approach to the structure of a school day. School runs from 9:15 a.m. to 4:19 p.m., approximating a typical office work day, and students have appointments with teachers rather than strict class times. As they move through lessons, students' computers monitor how much they are learning and adjust lessons accordingly. To graduate from the school, which is expected to have 750 students eventually, students must apply to college. Doug Lynch, vice dean of the Graduate School of Education at The University of Pennsylvania, said the project is interesting in that it breaks such new ground but noted that "we have to be careful because you're messing with kids' lives." San Jose Mercury News, 7 September 2006 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15463748.htm LOS ALAMOS LAB COMMISSIONS FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER [I don't know if I mentioned it here, but I have been predicting that game chips would show up in supercomputers, simply because they have so much bang for the buck] The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned IBM to build a supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico that will be as much as four times faster than the Blue Gene/L at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, currently the world's fastest supercomputer. The new computer, dubbed Roadrunner, will use 16,000 standard processors and 16,000 so-called cell processors, which were designed for Sony's PlayStation 3 game console. Because each cell consists of eight individual processors, Roadrunner will be able to achieve its speed using far fewer processors than comparable systems. Other efforts have focused on using the power of cell processors to solve large computing problems. Researchers at Stanford University in August said they were working on a system that would allow PS3 game consoles to function as a large, distributed-computing system. According to the researchers, 10,000 game consoles would provide roughly 1 petaflop of processing--the amount expected from Roadrunner. The Stanford researchers said they hope eventually to recruit 100,000 game consoles to their project. BBC, 7 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5322704.stm COLLEGE PRESIDENTS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OPEN ACCESS The presidents of 53 liberal arts colleges have signed a letter supporting the Federal Public Research Access Act, which would require free and public access to research funded by the federal government. Librarians have for years protested the steeply rising costs of academic journals, noting that each year they can afford fewer of the resources that students and faculty need. Supporters of the legislation argue it would level the playing field for researchers and would appropriately allow public access to publicly funded science. Publishers of academic journals and the scholarly societies they represent lambasted the legislation, saying it would undermine peer review and the quality of the journals. Allan Adler of the Association of American Publishers said the legislation is "short-sighted" and is simply an attempt by librarians to obtain for free what they have always paid for. The academic community, however, seems inclined to disagree. The new letter of support from college presidents follows similar support in July from the provosts of 25 research universities. According to the new letter, which was drafted by a library group at Oberlin College, the legislation would "democratize access to research information" and would "benefit education, research, and the general public." Inside Higher Ed, 6 September 2006 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/06/access SOUTH KENT COLLEGE DISTRIBUTES IPODS Students at South Kent College in Dover, England, will be given free iPod Nanos that school officials hope will be used to listen to missed lectures. Josh Coleman, assistant principal at the school, said that the idea to provide iPods was based on examples in the United States and Australia for how to foster new kinds of learning. He said he does not expect attendance in classes to decline as a result. Some critics said the scheme is merely a gimmick to attract students. Coleman rejected that notion, saying the program will provide long-term benefits to the institution. Nick Seaton, chairman of an organization called Campaign for Real Education, characterized the iPods as bribes, saying they undercut the idea that education is valuable. "Youngsters should want to take the courses for their own sake if they are worthwhile," he said. Giving out iPods to students is "a scandalous waste of taxpayers' money," Seaton concluded. BBC, 6 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5319258.stm DIGITAL DIVIDE REMAINS FOR STUDENTS According to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics, despite an overall increase in computer usage among students, minorities continue to trail in their levels of Internet access. The data, gathered from a 2003 survey, indicate that while two-thirds of white students use the Internet, just 47 percent of black students and 44 percent of Hispanic students do so. Due to increasing computer access at schools, the gaps are lower during the school day. At home, however, 54 percent of white students have Internet access, compared to 27 percent of black and 26 percent of Hispanic students. Mark Lloyd, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, expressed strong concern about the persistence of the digital divide. "This creates incredible barriers for minorities," he said, "[narrowing] their ability to even think about the kind of work they can be doing." San Jose Mercury News, 5 September 2006 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15444856.htm GOOGLE LAUNCHES NEWS ARCHIVE SEARCH Google is launching a new service that provides access to archives of news articles from several major organizations. With the new Google News Archive Search, users can perform keyword searches and see excerpts from the results of articles provided by participating publishers. From there, users can click through to the archival version, typically hosted by the content owners, where the full text of the article is available, sometimes for free and other times for a fee. Participating in the service are the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, LexisNexis, and others. The content in the service in some cases dates back to the 19th century and earlier, giving researchers access to sources that formerly would have been difficult or impossible to locate. Danny Sullivan, editor in chief of SearchEngineWatch, said the service could provide new revenue for news organizations through fees for archival stories. Wall Street Journal, 6 September 2006 (sub. req'd) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115751253850554792.html CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES FREE WI-FI FOR SILICON VALLEY A group of companies calling itself Silicon Valley Metro Connect has announced a vast Wi-Fi network covering large portions of Silicon Valley. The network will be the result of a solicitation from the San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority, an agency representing cities and counties in Silicon Valley. The agency selected Metro Connect's bid for the project, though the deal allows cities to work with other contractors. Metro Connect includes IBM, Cisco Systems, Azulstar Networks, and the nonprofit SeaKay. The network, which is expected to begin operating as early as next year, will offer speeds of up to 1 Mbps for free or higher speeds for a fee. Nearly 2.5 million residents of an area covering 1,500 square miles will be able to access the network outside, though they will need to purchase boosters to use the signal inside homes or offices. CNET, 5 September 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-6112569.html 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 *QUOTATION OF THE WEEK "It is a part of the acceptance of the rule of law that the courts will be able to exercise jurisdiction over the executive. Otherwise the conduct of the executive is not defined and restrained by law. It is because of that principle, that the USA, deliberately seeking to put the detainees beyond the reach of the law in Guantanamo Bay, is so shocking an affront to the principles of democracy. That we disagree on this issue does not detract from the fact that the USA is a close and staunch ally of the UK. Without independent judicial control, we cannot give effect to the essential values of our society. To give effect to our democratic values needs the participation of executive, legislature, and judiciary together. How well they do it, as in every endeavour, depends on the quality of the individual decisions each branch of the state takes. The ability to give effect to these values is not just the morally correct position to take, though I believe it is most certainly that. It is also a vital part of providing security for our peoples." Head of the British Judicary, with permission of Prime Minister [Just this morning on the BBC] / History is replete with examples of such lopsided relationships within nations or between one nation and another. Here in southern Africa, there were cases of this nature in the former white-minority led countries of Rhodesia and South Africa, and between these countries and their majority-ruled neighbours. The minority governments of the two countries were rich and militarily powerful compared to their black subjects and the governments of their majority-ruled neighbouring countries. It was, therefore, not surprising that the governments of the two white-ruled states reacted so arrogantly to the legitimate demands of their black populations and the criticisms of their neighbouring states. They saw themselves surviving indefinitely and comfortably, so long as they did enough to extinguish the aspirations of their black populations and inflicted painful-enough military punishments on their troublesome, black-ruled neighbours. Needless to say, this was not to be. Nelson Mandela *STATISTICS OF THE WEEK The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, heard from many locales around the world, even those most economically powerful and with the highest growth rates. *DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK Dick Cheney on the Sunday morning news program Meet The Press: About the Iraq War being the proper response to 9/11: "If we had it to do over again, we'd do exactly the same thing." "Exactly the same thing?" replied host tim Russert, giving V.P. Cheney a graceful way out. "Yes, sir," was Cheney's reply. Later in the same program he said he would do things differently. / President Bush also rang the same note when he said about doing the right thing: "I am often asked why we are in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the 9/11 attacks, the answer is that the regime of Saddam Hussein was a clear threat." This literally only days after gov't reports that there was no connection, no weapons of mass destruction, etc. *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK Iraq will continue to be a quagmire, simply because there is no plan, and never was, just like Korea in 1950 and Viet Nam in in the 1960's and 1970's. The Iraq War will be shown to already have cost $1T. 9/11 will be shown to have already cost $1 Trillion, too. *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK While al this was going on, the number of military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan passed 3,000, more than 9/11. * By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population estimates just passed 299 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. * 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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Note that updated eBooks usually go in their original directory (e.g., etext99, etext00, etc.) *** Statistical Review In the 35 weeks of this year, we have produced 2942 new eBooks. It took us from 07/71 to 12/01 to produce our FIRST 2942 eBooks!!! That's 35 WEEKS as Compared to ~30 YEARS!!! FLASHBACK! Here's a sample of what books we were doing around eBook #2942 Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ### A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright [Note: books without month and year entries are now in new catalog format] 2001 The Midnight Queen, by May Agnes Fleming [mdnqnxxx.xxx] 2950 Dec 2001 Stories of a Western Town, by Octave Thanet [wstwnxxx.xxx] 2949 Contains: The Besetment Of Kurt Lieders The Face Of Failure Tommy And Thomas Mother Emeritus An Assisted Providence Harry Lossing Dec 2001 Where Angels Fear to Tread, by E. M. Forster [#4][wafttxxx.xxx] 2948 Dec 2001 von denen Faunen gepeitschte Laster, by Zaeunemann[?faunxxx.xxx] 2947 [Title: Die von denen Faunen gepeitschte Laster] [Author: Sidonia Hedwig Zaeunemann] [Language: German] Dec 2001 Howards End, by E. M. Forster [E. M. Forster #3] [hoendxxa.xxx] 2946 (This is version 10a, see also #2891) Dec 2001 Essays, Second Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson[E#2][2srwexxx.xxx] 2945 Dec 2001 Essays, First Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson [E#1][1srwexxx.xxx] 2944 The Great Hunger, by Johan Bojer 2943 Dec 2001 Two Penniless Princesses, by Charlotte M. Yonge #5[2pnprxxx.xxx] 2942 Dec 2001 The Chinese Classics (Prolegomena), by James Legge[prolgxxx.xxx] 2941 Nov 2001 Evolution and Ethics et. al., by T. H. Huxley[#30][thx20xxx.xxx] 2940 Contains: Evolution And Ethics. Prolegomena Evolution And Ethics Science And Morals Capital--The Mother Of Labour Social Diseases And Worse Remedies The Struggle For Existence In Human Society Letters To The Times Legal Opinions The Articles Of War Of The Salvation Army Nov 2001 The Circulation of the Blood, by T. H. Huxley[#29][thx19xxx.xxx] 2939 [Author: William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood] Nov 2001 Yeast, Thomas Henry Huxley[Thomas Henry Huxley#28][thx18xxx.xxx] 2938 Nov 2001 Coral and Coral Reefs, by T. H. Huxley [#27][thx17xxx.xxx] 2937 Nov 2001 Geological Contemporaneity, by T. H. Huxley [#26][thx16xxx.xxx] 2936 [Title: Geological Contemporaniety and Persistent Types of Life] Nov 2001 On the Study of Zoology, by T. H. Huxley [THH #25][thx15xxx.xxx] 2935 Nov 2001 Improving Natural Knowledge, by T. H. Huxley [#24][thx14xxx.xxx] 2934 [On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge] Nov 2001 On Some Fossil Remains of Man by T. H. Huxley[#23][thx13xxx.xxx] 2933 Nov 2001 Relations of Man to Lower Animals, T H Huxley[#22][thx12xxx.xxx] 2932 [Title: On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals] Nov 2001 Man's Place in Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley[#21][thx11xxx.xxx] 2931 [Title: Evidence as to Man's Place In Nature] Nov 2001 Criticisms on "The Origin of Species", by Huxley [thx10xxx.xxx] 2930 [Author: Thomas Henry Huxley] [THH #20] Nov 2001 The Origin of Species, by Thomas Henry Huxley[#19][thx09xxx.xxx] 2929 (See also #2009 and #1228) Nov 2001 Time and Life, by Thomas Henry Huxley [THH #18][thx08xxx.xxx] 2928 Nov 2001 The Darwinian Hypothesis, by Thomas H. Huxley[#17][thx07xxx.xxx] 2927 Nov 2001 Examination of Origin of Species by TH Huxley[#16][thx06xxx.xxx] 2926 [A Critical Examination of the Position of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On the [Origin of Species," In Relation to the Complete Theory of the Causes [of the Phenomena of Organic Nature] Nov 2001 The Conditions of Existence, by T. H. Huxley [#15][thx05xxx.xxx] 2925 [Title: The Conditions of Existence as Affecting the Perpetuation of Living Beings] Nov 2001 The Perpetuation of Living Beings, by Huxley [#14][thx04xxx.xxx] 2924 [Title: The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation] Nov 2001 The Origination of Living Beings, by T Huxley[#13][thx03xxx.xxx] 2923 [The Method by which the Causes of the Present and Past Conditions of Organic Nature Are to Be Discovered.--The Origination of LIving Beings Nov 2001 Past Condition of Organic Nature, T. H. Huxley #12[thx02xxx.xxx] 2922 [Title: The Past Condition of Organic Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley] Nov 2001 Present Condition of Organic Nature, TH Huxley #11[thx01xxx.xxx] 2921 [Title: The Present Condition of Organic Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley] Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet? If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of 6,542,336,642 that would be 21,090 x 65,423,366 = ~1.38 Trillion !!! With 21,090 eBooks online as of September 06, 2006 it now takes an average of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.72 from each book. [1% world population x #eBooks] 65,423,366 x 21,090 x $.73 = ~$1 Trillion [Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.] [By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.] [Just turning 299.7 million this week!] A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million With 21,090 eBooks online as of September 06, 2006 it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book. This "cost" is down from about $.59 when we had 17,106 eBooks a year ago. Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100,000,000 people. Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1,000,000,000 people. At 21,090 eBooks in 35 Years and 02.00 Months We Averaged 600 Per Year 50 Per Month 1.64 Per Day At 2942 eBooks Done In The 245 Days Of 2006 We Averaged 12.0 Per Day 84 per Week 368 Per Month If you are interested in the population of the world or of the U.S. you might want to know that these numbers, official as they appear, are just just estimates, and perhaps not as accurate as we hope. However, for those keeping track of how quickly the U.S. reaches a 300 million population level, and who noticed the passing of 298M, just two weeks ago. . .the U.S. is already 1/6 the way to 299M, so it will probably be 10 more weeks to 299M and 22 more to 300M. Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment, who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details]. * 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 4th was the first Wednesday of 2006, and thus ended PG's production year of 2005 and began the production year of 2006 at noon. This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week. ***BREAK FOR PT1A AND PT1B*** *Headline News from Edupage [PG Editor's Comments In Brackets] NORWICH LAUNCHES FREE WI-FI The city of Norwich, in the United Kingdom, has launched an 18-month pilot test of a free wireless network covering several areas of the city. Kurt Frary, manager of the project, said that the implementation, which includes more than 200 antennae, has been trouble-free so far. In an effort not to compete with commercial services, the network offers speeds of 256 Kbps for the public. Users must also log in again every 60 minutes if they want to use the network longer than an hour. Because the network is open, Frary advised using firewalls, antivirus protection, and, for business users, VPNs for individuals who connect to the network. Paul Adams, a member of the city council, said the pilot is intended to gauge the benefits of free Wi-Fi for both the public and municipal employees. During the first three weeks of the test, a significant portion of the usage was centered around universities and libraries in the city, according to Adams, who predicted that "Educational use, student use, and the virtual learning environment is going to be a big use." BBC, 31 August 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5297884.stm MOON GAME USES REAL DATA A new computer game developed by California-based Virtue Arts uses real data about the moon, prompting NASA to say it will use the software to develop space vehicles and train astronauts. Using public data collected by NASA and international space organizations, the developers of Lunar Racing Championship created an environment that accurately portrays the topography and environmental conditions of the moon in a car-racing game. Because the moon's gravity is so much less than the Earth's, for example, cars in the game rely not on aerodynamics but on small rocket boosters for control. The fine dust on the moon's surface combined with the low gravity can result in dust clouds if a vehicle travels at more than 8 m.p.h., a concern both for players of the game and for NASA scientists designing vehicles for the moon. Virtue Arts developed technology that allows a PC to process the vast amount of data necessary to create a realistic environment. The company is expected to begin selling the lunar exploration software this fall. CNET, 1 September 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-11397_3-6111838.html JUDGE IN BRAZIL ORDERS GOOGLE TO TURN OVER DATA A judge in Brazil has ordered Google to release user information relating to an investigation of child pornography and hate speech. Prosecutors in the country allege that users of Orkut, a networking site operated by Google, use the site to exchange illegal photographs and to post hate speech targeting blacks, Jews, and homosexuals. Officials from Google said that although the company has been cooperating with investigative requests from Brazilian authorities, Google does not maintain information on users of Orkut. The judge in the case rejected that argument and ordered Google to turn over requested information or face fines of $23 million per day. "It is not relevant that the data are stored in the United States," said Judge Jose Marcos Lunardelli, "since all the photographs and messages being investigated were published by Brazilians, through Internet connection in national territory." Houston Chronicle, 31 August 2006 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4155909.html HARVARD OFFERS VIRTUAL CLASS IN SECOND LIFE This fall, Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will coteach a course on argument with his daughter, Harvard Extension School instructor Rebecca Nesson, that will take place in the Second Life virtual world. In Second Life, users create avatars that they control, using them to move around the virtual environment and interact with others and with the virtual physical space. A number of other colleges and universities have used Second Life as a component of certain courses. For this new course at Harvard, Nesson and Nesson will teach students--entirely through the virtual environment--how to use blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other electronic tools to make effective arguments. The class, which is open to the public through Harvard's extension school, will take place in an online replica of the university's Ames Courtroom. Rebecca Nesson will hold office hours in Second Life; Charles Nesson's office hours will be in his actual office. Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 August 2006 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/08/2006083001t.htm ONLINE COURSES DRAW GROWING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS According to new research conducted by Eduventures, online education has come to represent a considerable portion of continuing and professional education students at nonprofit institutions. For-profit institutions are typically considered the leaders in online enrollments, but nonprofits now have about 20 percent of their continuing and professional students in such programs. The study, which covered 43 institutions, also found that online courses take more time and money to develop than in-class courses and that half of the institutions that offer online programs have outsourced at least some of the components. Eduventures also predicted that enrollments in online continuing education programs will grow by about 20 percent annually for the next several years. Chronicle of Higher Education, 29 August 2006 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/08/2006082902n.htm DOWNLOADING STARTS AT GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH Google's controversial Book Search program is set to begin offering downloads of entire out-of-copyright texts. Until now, books in the program were available online only. With the option to download texts, users can now easily search those texts, print copies of them, or keep local copies on their computers to read offline. Books still under copyright protection are not available for download. Instead, small sections of text are online for users to view, unless the copyright owner grants Google permission to show more text. Many publishers and others have objected to Google's model, saying that even scanning copyrighted books and displaying snippets of them violates their copyright. Sidney Verba, director of the Harvard University Library, one of the libraries participating in the program, said that the ability to search texts allows users to "find previously buried information about historical events or people, places of interest, and matters cultural or scientific." Wall Street Journal, 30 August 2006 (sub. req'd) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115694354228349458.html 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 *QUOTATION OF THE WEEK "Dwarf Planet" new designation for Pluto. After years of scientific and/or political wrangling, The Solar System is back to where it was 76 years ago when there were only 8 planets. . .Pluto in Doghouse, is what the headlines could have read. Of course, this leaves the door wide open for all the "interested parties" to now strip Mars of one moon or perhaps both, as it it widely presume that Phobos was and asteroid that simply was in the wrong place at an inconvenient time and was scooped up by Mars, perhaps the same was true of Diemos as well. Phobos is quite small, perhaps only 10 km the longest way. Some discussion remains about what to do with Pluto's moon, Charon, which originally made Pluto look larger than it was to primitive telescopes of the 1900s, and undoubtedly other local solar objects are in danger. Multiple sources *STATISTICS OF THE WEEK Only 2 million of 32 million copyrighted books are in print. Thus, even if Borders and Barnes & Noble had every one in print 15 books out of 16 under copyright would'nt be on their shelves. Source listed as New York Times, not able to confirm. Sources also listed Tim O'Reilly / >From BBC News Online Eight times humans came to try to live in Britain and on at least seven occasions they failed - beaten back by freezing conditions. Scientists think they can now write a reasonably comprehensive history of the occupation of these isles. [Yes, there HAVE been several Ice Ages in the past 700,000 years, so not terribly surprising. . .will they survive the next one?] It stretches from 700,000 years ago and the first known settlers at Pakefield in Suffolk, through to the most recent incomers just 12,000 years or so ago. The evidence comes from the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project. This five-year undertaking by some of the UK's leading palaeo-experts has reassessed a mass of scientific data and filled in big knowledge gaps with new discoveries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5317762.stm http://tinyurl.com/edrar *DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK Economic statistics for the 1st quarter were revised last week, upward to 2.9% growth, but the rate of inflation was still not included in the reports, though, in an interesting change from their usual practice of leaving them out altogether, reporters did mention that inflations was "very much higher" than growth. Several sources. MORE DOUBLESPEAK Given that this is the "official" launch of the US election, there was plenty to go around, but nothing very impressive. *POLITICAL QUOTES OF THE WEEK Given that this is the "official" launch of the US election, there was plenty to go around, but nothing very impressive. *PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK Given the election rhetoric, we'll hear more and more, but it will be about less and less, until the gloves come off at the very end. *ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK [I think the inflation/growth statistics in the news were plenty odd enough. However, I should add that manufacturing costs rose sharply around the world, up 1.1% in the UK in July alone, though those have not yet reached the consumer markets.] * 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. * 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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