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RAIN 07/28: The night they invented champagne



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Boston Herald 7/27/00
Colonial documents believed stolen about 60 years ago
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/witc07272000.htm

by Andrea Estes
Probate documents signed by the chief justice in the Salem witch trials were
lifted from a state courthouse at least 60 years ago, officials learned
yesterday.
Suffolk Register of Probate Richard Iannella, who went looking for an
inventory of documents filed for colonial businessman Samuel Shrimpton,
found that two key papers had been marked ``missing'' when the list was
prepared in 1940.
Iannella discovered the 300-year-old papers were gone, and presumed stolen,
last week when he read on the Internet that they had been auctioned off.


Star Ledger 7/27/00
Couple in legal battle with Iran disputes U.S. on burned records
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/page1/ledger/103e728.html

by Josh Margolin
Federal authorities admit they destroyed documents a West Orange couple had
subpoenaed in their quest to punish Iran after their 20-year-old daughter
was killed in a 1995 terrorist attack in Israel.
Government lawyers claim it was a mistake. But Stephen and Rosalyn Flatow
don't buy it.
"It is suspicious," said Stephen Flatow, an attorney.
The destroyed records identified Iranian government-run companies that are
authorized to operate in the United States, as well as American firms
permitted to do business with Iran. The Flatow family subpoenaed the records
to help them locate Iranian assets in the United States as they seek
compensation for the death of their daughter, Alisa.


Bakersfield Californian 7/26/00
Computer files replacing old paper maps
http://www.bakersfield.com/bak/i--1247472303.asp

by Jamers Burger
There is a lifelike picture of Bakersfield lurking somewhere among old maps,
property tax documents and city records.
For 12 years an obscure division of city government has been piecing the
picture together - wading through tens of thousands of documents in pursuit
of a hyper-detailed map of Kern County's largest city.
The Geographic Information Systems Department, GIS for short, is tucked into
a spare corner of the basement at Bakersfield City Hall - surrounded by
piles of paper maps.
The division's five employees work constantly to channel the maps and data
they have collected themselves onto computer files. Those files produce 100
map layers that display a physical picture of Bakersfield.
"This is basically creating a virtual map of the city," said city GIS
coordinator Juan Tobar.
Already GIS technicians can display the exact location, species and size of
thousands of city trees on a computer.



Tribune-Review 7/27/00
Judicial Watch: E-mail retrieval questioned
http://triblive.com/news/rjud0727.html

by Eric Heyl
Evidence to be introduced today in a Washington, D.C., courtroom is expected
to indicate missing White House e-mails can be retrieved 25 times more
quickly than the Clinton administration claims.
A computer consultant's findings also may have a significant effect on an
evidentiary hearing scheduled Monday on whether the administration
obstructed justice in the Filegate case by initially attempting to hide the
fact the electronic messages were missing.
The findings are the latest development in the $90 million class-action
lawsuit filed by Judical Watch, a Washington-based public interest law firm.




USA Today 7/27/00
Search warrants for online data soar
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti289.htm

by Will Rodger
The number of search warrants seeking citizens' online data has soared
during the past several years, a USATODAY.com study shows.
The findings, based on an examination of search warrants served on the
nation's largest Internet service provider, America Online, came as a
surprise to federal lawmakers and civil libertarians and are prompting calls
for legal reforms.
The warrants, served by state and local investigators from across the
nation, were aimed at discovering the identity and activities of AOL
subscribers. In 1997, AOL was served with 33 search warrants, according to
court logs in Loudoun County, Va., where AOL is based. That number jumped to
167 in 1998 and 301 in 1999 - an increase of more than 800% since 1997.



Discovering Archaeology July/August 2000
Birth of the Bubbly
Romans were sipping 'champagne' 1,600 years before the French invented it
http://www.discoveringarchaeology.com/0900toc/9randn2-champagne.shtml

Ancient Romans were a fun-loving lot - and what's a party without champagne?
It turns out the bubbly wines apparently were a highlight of the parties,
festivals, and orgies of Rome about 2,000 years ago. That's not a popular
conclusion in France, where seventeenth-century monk Dom Perignon is said to
have discovered that fermenting grapes twice puts the fizz in champagne.



Nando Times 7/27/00
Dow Chemical fires 50 over e-mail porn
http://www.nando.net/24hour/fresnobee//technology/story/0,1745,500232963-500
338771-501939272-0,00.html

Associated Press
(July 27, 2000 6:55 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Dow Chemical Co.
fired 50 employees and disciplined 200 others after an e-mail investigation
turned up hard-core pornography and violent subject matter, company
officials said Thursday.
"We're not talking about personal uses of the computers and letters to mom,"
said Eric Grates, spokesman for Dow's Michigan operations. "There was a
whole range of things, from mild pornography to very graphic pornography and
some seriously violent images."




Orange County Register 7/27/00
Toward paperless permits
Technology: Orange County is implementing a system to allow builders to file
documents online, saving time and expense
http://www.ocregister.com/business/permits00727cci1.shtml

by Chris Farnsworth
Orange County's planning department took a step Wednesday toward eliminating
lines by putting its building permits online.
The county signed a $99,965 contract with Communication Intelligence Corp.
to develop a system that will let builders apply for permits and sign the
final paperwork online.
"This is just the first step into a completely paperless process," said
Michael Jones, the manager for information technology for the department.






Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management
Woodside Summit Group, Inc
Richmond, Virginia
Tel: 804-744-1247 extension 23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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