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Nov 2001 Two hanged Women, by Henry H Richardson [HR#05][010019xx.xxx]0019A
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Nov 2001 Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D H Lawrence [DL#01][010018xx.xxx]0018A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100181.txt ]
Nov 2001 Down and Out in Paris and London, by Orwell[GO#03][010017xx.xxx]0017A
[Author's full name: George Orwell]
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Oct 2001 A Raw Youth, by Fyodor Dostoevsky [FD#01][010016xx.xxx]0016A
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The last list we received indicated these were all the "life +50's":
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Iceland, Japan, (South) Korea, Latvia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand,
Panama, the Philippines, Poland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
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and Tobago, and Ukraine are all "life plus 50 years" countries,
or were last I checked.) and Portugal. Please advise of changes.
--=={ REVISIONS, CORRECTIONS AND NEW FORMATS }==--
The following have been reposted with significantly improved 11th editions:
Feb 2003 The Entire PG Memoirs of Napoleon, by Various [napolxxx.xxx]3740
[Authors: Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton (a "Gentleman at Paris")]
Dec 2002 Complete Memoirs of Napoleon, by Bourrienne[NB#17][nb17vxxx.xxx]3567
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, by Bourrienne [NB#16][nb16vxxx.xxx]3566
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, by Bourrienne [NB#15][nb15vxxx.xxx]3565
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, by Bourrienne [NB#14][nb14vxxx.xxx]3564
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, by Bourrienne [NB#13][nb13vxxx.xxx]3563
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V12, by Bourrienne [NB#12][nb12vxxx.xxx]3562
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V11, by Bourrienne [NB#11][nb11vxxx.xxx]3561
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V10, by Bourrienne [NB#10][nb10vxxx.xxx]3560
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V9, by Bourrienne [NB#09][nb09vxxx.xxx]3559
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V8, by Bourrienne [NB#08][nb08vxxx.xxx]3558
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V7, by Bourrienne [NB#07][nb07vxxx.xxx]3557
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V6, by Bourrienne [NB#06][nb06vxxx.xxx]3556
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V5, by Bourrienne [NB#05][nb05vxxx.xxx]3555
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V4, by Bourrienne [NB#04][nb04vxxx.xxx]3554
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V3, by Bourrienne [NB#03][nb03vxxx.xxx]3553
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V2, by Bourrienne [NB#02][nb02vxxx.xxx]3552
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V1, by Bourrienne [NB#01][nb01vxxx.xxx]3551
[Author's Full Name: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne]
Sep 2002 Ragged Lady, by William Dean Howells Vol 2 [WH#52][wh2rlxxx.xxx]3406
Sep 2002 Ragged Lady, by William Dean Howells Vol 1 [WH#51][wh1rlxxx.xxx]3405
Sep 2002 April Hopes, by William Dean Howells [WH#50][whahpxxx.xxx]3404
Aug 2002 Of Literature--Entire, by W. D. Howells [WH#46][whlfrxxx.xxx]3399
Aug 2002 Literature and Life, by W. D. Howells [WH#36][whlalxxx.xxx]3389
Aug 2002 Man of Letters in Business, by W. Howells [WH#35][whmlbxxx.xxx]3388
Aug 2002 Confessions of Summer Colonist, by Howells [WH#34][whcscxxx.xxx]3387
Aug 2002 The Young Contributor, by W. D. Howells [WH#33][whtycxxx.xxx]3386
Aug 2002 Last Days in a Dutch Hotel, by W. Howells [WH#32][whldhxxx.xxx]3385
Aug 2002 Anomalies of the Short Story, by Howells [WH#31][whassxxx.xxx]3384
Aug 2002 Spanish Prisoners of War, by W. Howells [WH#30][whspwxxx.xxx]3383
Aug 2002 American Literary Centers, by W. Howells [WH#29][whalcxxx.xxx]3382
Aug 2002 Standard Household Effect Co., by Howells [WH#28][whshexxx.xxx]3381
Aug 2002 Notes of a Vanished Summer, by W. Howells [WH#27][whvanxxx.xxx]3380
Aug 2002 Short Stories and Essays, by W. Howells [WH#26][whssexxx.xxx]3379
Aug 2002 My Literary Passions, by W. D. Howells [WH#25][whmlpxxx.xxx]3378
Aug 2002 Criticism and Fiction, by W. D. Howells [WH#24][whcafxxx.xxx]3377
Aug 2002 The Landlord at Lions Head V2, by Howells [WH#23][wh2lhxxx.xxx]3376
Aug 2002 The Landlord at Lions Head V1, by Howells [WH#22][wh1lhxxx.xxx]3375
Aug 2002 The Entire March Family Trilogy, by Howells[WH#21][whemfxxx.xxx]3374
[Includes all volumes of "Wedding Journeys," and "A Hazard of New Fortunes"]
Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V3, by W. D. Howells[WH#20][wh3swxxx.xxx]3373
Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V2, by W. D. Howells[WH#19][wh2swxxx.xxx]3372
Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V1, by W. D. Howells[WH#18][wh1swxxx.xxx]3371
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V5, by W. Howells [WH#17][wh5nfxxx.xxx]3370
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V4, by W. Howells [WH#16][wh4nfxxx.xxx]3369
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V3, by W. Howells [WH#15][wh3nfxxx.xxx]3368
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V2, by W. Howells [WH#14][wh2nfxxx.xxx]3367
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V1, by W. Howells [WH#13][wh1nfxxx.xxx]3366
Aug 2002 Their Wedding Journey, by W. D. Howells [WH#12][whtwjxxx.xxx]3365
Aug 2002 Dr. Breen's Practice, by W. D. Howells [WH#11][whdbpxxx.xxx]3364
Aug 2002 Fennel and Rue, by William Dean Howells [WH#10][whfarxxx.xxx]3363
Aug 2002 The Kentons, by William Dean Howells [WH#09][whkenxxx.xxx]3362
Jul 2002 The Complete Wandering Jew, by Eugene Sue [ES#12][es12vxxx.xxx]3350
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 11, by Eugene Sue [ES#11][es11vxxx.xxx]3349
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 10, by Eugene Sue [ES#10][es10vxxx.xxx]3348
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 9, by Eugene Sue [ES#09][es09vxxx.xxx]3347
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 8, by Eugene Sue [ES#08][es08vxxx.xxx]3346
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 7, by Eugene Sue [ES#07][es07vxxx.xxx]3345
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 6, by Eugene Sue [ES#06][es06vxxx.xxx]3344
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 5, by Eugene Sue [ES#05][es05vxxx.xxx]3343
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 4, by Eugene Sue [ES#04][es04vxxx.xxx]3342
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 3, by Eugene Sue [ES#03][es03vxxx.xxx]3341
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 2, by Eugene Sue [ES#02][es02vxxx.xxx]3340
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 1, by Eugene Sue [ES#01][es01vxxx.xxx]3339
May 2003 Mozart:The Man and the Artist, by Kerst & Krehbiel[wammaxxx.xxx]4042
Feb 2003 Haydn, by J. Cuthbert Hadden [Master Musicians] [hhmmsxxx.xxx]3788
The following have been reposted with significantly improved 11th editions,
and the series information has been corrected:
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
Jun 1993 Warlord of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars#3][wmarsxxx.xxx] 68
The following have been reposted in HTML, LIT, and PRC format:
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars/Edgar Rice Burroughs[Mars #4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
[The HTML format is in mmars11h.htm and mmars11h.zip]
[The LIT format is in mmars11l.lit and mmars11l.zip]
[The PRC fromat is in mmars11p.prc and mmars11p.zip]
Jun 1993 Warlord of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #3][wmarsxxx.xxx] 68
[The HTML format is in wmars13h.htm and wmars13h.zip]
[The LIT format is in wmars13l.lit and wmars13l.zip]
[The PRC format is in wmars13p.prc and wmars13p.zip]
Sep 1991 The Song of Hiawatha [hisongxx.xxx] 19
[The HTML format is in hisong12h.htm and hisong12h.zip]
[The LIT format is in hisong12l.lit and hisong12l.zip]
[The PRC format is in hisong12p.prc and hisong12p.zip]
Feb 1991 Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll[Carroll2][lglassxx.xxx] 12
[The HTML format is in lglass18h.htm and lglass18h.zip]
[The LIT format is in lglass18l.lit and lglass18l.zip]
[The PRC format is in lglass18p.prc and lglass18p.zip]
Dec 1979 Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address [linc1xxx.xxx] 9
[The HTML format is in linc111h.htm and linc111h.zip]
[The LIT format is in linc111l.lit and linc111l.zip]
[The PRC format is in linc111p.prc and linc111p.zip]
Dec 1978 Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address [linc2xxx.xxx] 8
[The HTML format is in linc211h.htm and linc211h.zip]
[The LIT format is in linc211l.lit and linc211l.zip]
[The PRC format is in linc211p.prc and linc211p.zip]
Dec 1977 The Mayflower Compact [mayflxxx.xxx] 7
[The HTML format is in mayfl11h.htm and mayfl11h.zip]
[The LIT format is in mayfl11l.lit and mayfl11l.zip]
[The PRC format is in mayfl11p.prc and mayfl11p.zip]
Dec 1976 Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, Patrick Henry [liberxxx.xxx] 6
[The HTML format is in liber11h.htm and liber11h.zip]
[The LIT format is in liber11l.lit and liber11l.zip]
[The PRC format is in liber11p.prc and liber11p.zip]
Dec 1971 Declaration of Independence [whenxxxx.xxx] 1
[The HTML format is in when11h.htm and when11h.zip]
[The LIT format is in when11l.lit and when11l.zip]
[The PRC format is in when11p.prc and when11p.zip]
--=={ 13 NEW POSTS }==--
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1665 N.S. Complete [SP#47][sp47gxxx.xxx]4162
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1665 [SP#46][sp46gxxx.xxx]4161
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1665 [SP#45][sp45gxxx.xxx]4160
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, September 1665 [SP#44][sp44gxxx.xxx]4159
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1665 [SP#43][sp43gxxx.xxx]4158
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1665 [SP#42][sp42gxxx.xxx]4157
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1665 [SP#41][sp41gxxx.xxx]4156
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1964/65 [SP#40][sp40gxxx.xxx]4155
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1964/65 [SP#39][sp39gxxx.xxx]4154
May 2003 Sir Walter Scott/Border Minstrelsy, Lang[Lang #34][wsbmsxxx.xxx]4088
[Full title: Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy, by Andrew Lang]
May 2003 An Essay on Projects, by Daniel Defoe [Defoe #9][esprjxxx.xxx]4087
May 2003 The Scotch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP #6][sctwnxxx.xxx]4086
May 2003 The Adventures of Roderick Random, Smollett [#4][7rranxxx.xxx]4085
[Author's Full Name: Tobias Smollett]
[The 7 bit version is in 7rran10.txt and 7rran10.zip]
[The 8 bit version is in 8rran10.txt and 8rran10.zip]
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10/10/01 22 22.70
10/03/01 29 22.74
October total 136
09/26/01 27 22.59
09/19/01 31 22.47
09/12/01 31 22.3
09/05/01 27 22.2
September total 116
08/29/01 25 22
08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
08/08/01 20 22
08/01/01 22 22
August total 117
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
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06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
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06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
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04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
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And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
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NewsScan Daily News Articles, from Nov. 19-21
FBI TARGETS SUSPECTS' PCs WITH SPY VIRUS
The FBI is working on software that could insert a computer virus into a
suspect's computer capable of reading encrypted data. The software, known
as "Magic Lantern," installs "keylogging" software that can capture
keystrokes typed on a computer. The virus can be sent via e-mail and once
on the targeted PC, it waits for a suspect to launch the Pretty Good
Privacy encryption program and then logs the passphrase used to start the
program, essentially giving agents access to the keys needed to decrypt
files. The Magic Lantern software is part of the FBI's "Enhanced Carnivore
Project Plan," which operates under the umbrella project name of Cyber
Knight. Electronic Privacy Information Center attorney David Sobel says
privacy issues arise when keylogging results in "overly broad" searches,
since it would be possible to observe every keystroke typed by the suspect,
even if a court order specified only encryption keys. The FBI has already
used a less-sophisticated version of the software to build the high-profile
racketeering case against Nicodemo Scarfo, but had to manually turn the
system on and off in order to comply with the court order. (MSNBC/Wall
Street Journal 21 Nov 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB10062942834030720.htm (sub req'd)
FLASH CARD
"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." (Henry J. Kaiser)
NOBEL LAUREATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE INTERNET
A newly released Cisco Systems-sponsored survey has found that 71 of 259
living Nobel laureates (mostly scientists) are generally optimistic about
the promise of the Internet to continue improving education and science
over the next decades and opening up dialogues between different cultures
and countries to produce a safer world. The survey was conducted between
July and October of this year. (San Jose Mercury News 20 Nov 2001)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/nobel112001.htm
HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
Today's Honorary Subscriber is the renowned architect Sir Christopher
Wren (1632-1723), who was also highly regarded by Newton and Pascal for his
scientific work in astronomy and geometry.
Considered the greatest English architect of his time, he was
knighted in 1673 and was a founder of the Royal Society, serving as its
president in the years 1680-1682. Wren's opportunity for lasting fame came
in 1666 when the Great Fire of London reduced two-thirds of the city to a
smoking wasteland. Initially called upon to plan the rebuilding of the
entire city, his design was judged impractical, and his actual role was
reduced to the rebuilding of 51 churches, including a newly designed St.
Paul's Cathedral.
Except for St. Paul's, his churches were modest structures consisting
of a spire and an interior space, often set on cramped, irregular sites.
Wren concerned himself only with the general plan, leaving the interior to
be decorated according to the taste and means of each parish. Only St.
Paul's was planned on grand scale. Wren prepared several designs, including
a Greek cross plan preserved in a wooden model still kept in the cathedral.
His final plan used a Latin cross design surmounted by a monumental dome,
modeled after the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and second to it in
size.
Wren worked on St. Paul's from about 1670 until 1710. Like
Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's is a national pantheon where many of
England's famous men are entombed, including Wren himself.
See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195149890/newsscancom/ for "His
Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren" -- or look for it in your
favorite library. (We donate all revenue from our book recommendations to
literacy action programs.)
SOFTWARE COMPANIES VIE TO PROVIDE SAUDIS WITH INTERNET FILTERS
When the Internet was introduced in Saudi Arabia in 1999, the Saudi royal
family decreed that all public traffic into and out of the country would
have to be funneled through a single control outside Riyadh. The contract
for providing the filtering software to make that level of control possible
will expire in 2003, and companies from the U.S., U.K., Germany and the
Netherlands are engaged in spirited competition for the multimillion
assignment. Yale law professor Jack Balkin says, "We have a really serious
problem in terms of the American free speech idea. But it is very American
to make money. Between anticensorship and the desire to make money, the
desire to make money will win out." The sites blocked by the Saudis are
pornographic or offer other challenges to Islamic political or cultural
sensitivities. (New York Times 19 Nov 2001)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html
MONITORING THE MESSAGE BOARDS
With the U.S. at war with terrorism, various Web services are choosing to
decline submissions from people saying the country "deserved" to be attacked
or making other comments along those lines. Stephen Killeen of Terra Lycos
U.S. says that, in the past, "we would err on the side of `If it's
distasteful, let it stay.' Now, we err on the side of `If you want to post
this kind of information, you don't have to do it here.' The sentiment in
the United States changed on Sept. 11 about what's acceptable and what's not
in terms of what you can say." Of course, people are free to set up Web
sites of their own and post whatever they want, just as private companies
are free to accept or reject anything they want. UCLA law professor Stuart
Biegel says, "In times of war, there has been a willingness among Americans
to give up some rights -- to honor curfews, martial law, and even
restrictions on speech. The filtering of Internet message boards is part of
all this." (San Jose Mercury News 18 Nov 2001)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/censor111801.htm
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: SIMULATED EMOTIONS
In the new book "The Invisible Future: The Seamless of Integration of
Technology Into Everyday Life" (ed. by Peter J. Denning), psychologist and
leadership trainer Richard Strozzi Heckler warns that "cyberspace teaches
us to be passive observers, not skilled participants in life." He writes:
"I am no Luddite and do not endorse returning our technological
advances to the shelves. But I do believe that if we do not pay attention to
how we are being led by technology, and are not leading it, we will, in the
words of anthropologist Angeles Arrien, 'Normalize the abnormal and
abnormalize the normal.' We have come to a historical moment in which it is
necessary to reexamine what we mean by education and quality of life.
Sitting for hours in front of a computer screen alienates us from our deep
biological urge to interact with the living: humans, animals, the landscape,
weather, the seas. We are designed to interact with life; to cooperate,
share, and reciprocate with others, to seek trust, adventure, and love is
the human experience. To blithely dismiss this finely tuned legacy of
wisdom, which is to dismiss life itself, by the allure of a virtual reality,
does not come without its consequences. Perhaps we can simulate intelligence
through computerized machines, but there is a terrible cost to humanity if
we attempt to simulate emotions and thus antiseptically cleanse ourselves of
the human qualities of love, passion, and self-reflection."
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