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The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths: the point of view and lessons of the victims.

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...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

...re of the Internet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale Uni... ...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ... & London A Caravan book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of ... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...hat had been developed and marketed to per- form specific tasks from the first day of its sale to the last day of its use. The Apple II quickly became p... ...ad recorded attempts to send 229,468 distinct messages to 3,360,181 would-be recipients. 58 (The re- searcher’s computer pretended to deliver on the s... ...f being able to express oneself idio- syncratically: After the Stall 90 But independence of action, and disregard of custom, are not solely deserving... ...central to cyberspace regulation); John Perry Barlow, A Dec- laration of the Independence of Cyberspace (Feb. 8, 1996), http://homes.eff.org/ ~barlow/D... ...tion from senders and routing certain attributes of this informa- tion on to recipients). 5. See, e.g., Granma’s Rules of POLA, http://www.skyhunter.c...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to ...

... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ...l Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ...UR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND THE NE... ...REUD--AND THE NEED FOR PLEASURE ........................................................................................................... 12 The Po... ...gination to think that we might be directed somewhat by heredity, somewhat by what has happened to us in the past and somewhat by our present day th... ...cestors of our progeny? Does that afterlife start immediately after death? After three days as in Zoroastrian belief? Not until Final Judgment Day? T... ...tside themselves; they are concerned with basic issues and eternal questions. They like privacy and tend to be detached. They have a relative indepe... ...c ideals in the Mid-East. They have prompted the arms race and caused untold misery for the common citizens— those who were supposed to be the recipi... ...ve. The truly loving person would have seen to it that Marvin walked home by himself, for there comes a time in every young person's life when indepe...

...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 C...

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... ...who has not sinned eat the hottest chili.‖ --―I pray for you every day Con, I pray that we won‘t end up in the same post- mortem place!‖ -... ...een your most influential president. He not only wrote the Declaration of Independence but he made the Louisiana Purchase from France for 3 66 c... ...n of Jupiter.‘ This should clarify that his wording of the Declaration of Independence referred either to a deistic God or it was a purely political... ...al Security and medical expenses that were only partially paid for by the recipients. ―Social Security took in fewer dollars than it spent in... ... by legal and illegal immigrants ―Older adults are the more common recipients. This is because many children of aliens are born in the U.S. s...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... .../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ... www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Crea... ...8 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial... ...work. 6 In some cases it effectively removes the privilege of fair use. Each day brings some new Internet horror story about the excesses of intel- le... ...uld be the people who watch, read, and listen to it, and who remake it every day. And even if you are dubious about the way pop- ular choice gets form... ...ected out of hand. “I can conceive no system more fatal to the integrity and independence of literary men than one under which they should be taught t... ...ered Machine (iGEM) competition at MIT. The group—which received an engraved award in the shape of a large aluminum Lego piece—explored a way to use e... ... actions are permitted by the network protocols, where most of us are merely recipients of information, where spam, viruses, and piracy (and innovatio...

... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...

...Series Publication Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ies Publication Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... sad at heart, in the study of his parsonage at Plumstead Episcopi. On the day subsequent to the dispatch of the message he heard that the Earl of— ha... ... The bishop, dean, and warden, were, as formerly, to ap- point in turn the recipients of the charity, and the bishop was to appoint the officers. Ther... ...e of it there. Poor Bunce, poor old Bunce!’ Bunce was one of the surviving recipients of Hiram’s charity; and old man, now over ninety, who had long b... ... not indebted to the generosity of her brother. She had a very comfortable independence of her own, which she divided among juve- nile relatives, the ... ...nt resentment of the insult too strong. She was too keen in the feeling of independence, a feeling dangerous for a young woman, but one in which her p...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? ...

...on Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ust-September, 1846. 5 Balzac COUSIN BETTY PART I THE PRODIGAL FATHER ONE DAY, about the middle of July 1838, one of the car- riages, then lately int... ...ed for— in my eyes, as an old man of business.” “Monsieur, you may at this day see in the Ministry of Com- merce Monsieur Popinot, formerly a druggist... ... betters in secret 34 Cousin Betty transactions, and they thus become the recipients of our in- most thoughts, and look on at our meditations; Richel... ...re, nor the depravity, nor the scorn of social decencies, nor the insolent independence which had brought him to grief alike with the actress and the ... ...ce.—Now, Adeline, listen to me. You know that I am fiercely proud as to my independence. Your husband, my dear, will certainly bring you to ruin. I fa...

...Excerpt: It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commenta...

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILL... ...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEAC... ...M MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty ... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...army was now in presence of the en- emy; and a great battle expected every day. ’Twas known that 8 Henry Esmond – Book Three the General-in-Chief was... ... and commanders whose gallantry was most conspicu- ous upon this frightful day of carnage, the general cry was, that there was enough of the war. The ... ...n; who bound his good sense, and reason, and 28 Henry Esmond – Book Three independence, hand and foot, and submitted them to her. And who does not kn... ...efore him; and he is his father’s lawful son and true heir, and we are the recipients of his bounty, and he the chief of a house that’s as old as your... ...promise of party, compromise of worship! The lovers of English freedom and independence submitted their religious consciences to an Act of Parliament;...

...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and fri...

...n ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... him to be a real, actual, veritable old gentleman, that might be seen any day hobbling along the High Street with the most brilliant eye—but that is ... ... believe that, in order to preserve it in a state of real useful ness and independence, the people must be very watchful and very jealous of it; and ... ...isfied myself that it can involve no possible compromise of the credit and independence of literature; secondly, I have long held the opinion, and hav... ...lity during the past year, the cost of distributing 1,126 pounds among the recipients of the bounty of the Charity amounted to little more than 100 po... ...lable farthing of the funds will be distributed among proper and deserving recipients. Claiming, on my part, to be related in some degree to the profe...

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEA... ...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY... ...M MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty ... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...eorge, who had taken the King’s side in our lamentable but glorious war of independence. Neither my father nor my mother ever wore powder in their hai... ...’s arms ere my own year of widow- hood was over. 8 Henry Esmond From that day, until the last of his dear and honored life, it was my delight and con... ...ountess lighted upon him, going over the house with the housekeeper on the day of her arrival. The boy was in the room known as the Book-room, or Y el... ...that very reputation which certain great people, who hate all equality and independence, can never pardon.” It was intended that these conversations s... ...efore him; and he is his father’s lawful son and true heir, and we are the recipients of his bounty, and he the chief of a house that’s as old as your...

...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and fri...

...CE. ........................................................................................................................................ 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND ...

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...omeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s App... ... unity of purpose because our nation demands it. September 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suf- fering in the history of the United Sta... ...ances but played little role in the overwhelmingly sec- ular struggles for independence after World War I.Western-educated lawyers, soldiers, and offi... ...ter World War I.Western-educated lawyers, soldiers, and officials led most independence movements, and clerical influence and traditional culture were... ...s unsustainable.The resulting cutbacks created enor- mous resentment among recipients who had come to see government largesse as their right.This rese... ...rts or through threat advisories. Such advisories, intended to alert their recipients, may address a specific threat or be a general warning. Because ...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

...ations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ons on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ent world, though there might be, and often was, great individual or local independence, there could be noth ing like a regulated popular government ... ...ssi bly be taken toward ranging the powers of society on its side. On the day when the protomartyr was stoned to death at Jerusalem, while he who was... ...er level. Thus (to repeat a former example), a people in a state of savage independence, in which every one lives for himself, exempt, unless by fits,... ...ry district of the country, and must be able, in the twenty four hours per day, which are all that is granted to a king as to the hum blest laborer, ... ... all, except that (it is to be hoped) progressively diminishing class, the recipients of parish relief, would be in possession of votes, so that the s...

...Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of my life, and mos...

....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice ............................................................. 5 Chapter II The Criterion of a Good Form of Government .........................................................................