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RAIN 03/13: Movie Treasures
Puget Sound Business Journal 03/09/01
Bocada collects $4M for data-backup plans
http://seattle.bcentral.com/seattle/stories/2001/03/12/story8.html
Steve Ernst
About halfway through signing the closing documents for Bocada Inc.'s first
round of venture capital, the earthquake hit.
Mark Silverman, chief executive officer of the Bellevue-based startup, had
spent months pitching investors on the merits of his company's software that
helps assure that critical data has been backed up.
Now -- on the 40th floor of the Wells Fargo building in Seattle -- Silverman
had to entertain the idea that the earthquake might be an omen for the
nascent company.
San Antonio Express-News 03/09/01
Archivist with an Eagle's Eye
http://www.hearstnp.com/san_antonio/bea/news/stories/san/storypage.cfm?xla=sae
n&xlb=180&xlc=200801&xld=180
by Sharon K. Hughes
For more than a century, through four schools, three sites and two names, the
staff of Locke Hill Elementary School has been tucking away mementos in an
age-old archivist method.
They pasted pictures in albums, stuffed letters and drawings into folders and
threw old report cards and programs into boxes. Class pictures dating back to
1890; an essay titled "History of My School Days" from 1915, and a photo of
the original Shavano school, were tucked out of sight.
The Age 03/11/01
Review on medical secrecy law
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/03/11/FFXYXGJ64KC.html
by Bill Birnbauer
The Department of Human Services will review the secrecy provisions that
protect doctors' reviews of patient deaths and mishaps in public hospitals.
The department is preparing a discussion paper on the issue as a result of
The Sunday Age's Fatal Care series, where internal hospital documents were
obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Sunday Business Post 03/11/01
Health boards refuse to release documents to blood tribunal
http://www.sbpost.ie/sbpost/story.jsp?story=WCContent;id-16640
by Emily O'Reilly
The Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB), five health boards and at least
one major hospital have told the Department of Health not to release
documents concerning their care of haemophiliacs and other matters to the
Lindsay Tribunal.
The Sunday Business Post has learned that a fresh affidavit from Minister for
Health Micheal Martin's department, which was lodged with the tribunal last
week, omitted correspondence between the department and third parties who
were continuing to claim privilege.
Toledo Blade 03/11/01
Medical records database promoted as a lifesaver
Toledo area could be 1st to embrace it
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll//artikkel?SearchID=73055634610609&Avi
s=TO&Dato=20010311&Kategori=NEWS17&Lopenr=311004&Ref=AR
by Luke Shockman
Dr. Duane Gainsburg believes patients and doctors should be able to review
medical information in seconds by accessing them with the same ease as using
a bank ATM card.
What conditions will insurance cover? Does necessary medication interact
dangerously with something else being taken? Are immunizations up to date?
Washington Times 03/12/01
Library living quarters for Clinton questioned
http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2001312221612.htm
by Joyce Howard Price
Bill and Hillary Clinton have two houses - one in Chappaqua, N.Y., and the
other on Whitehaven Street NW in Washington, but some of their friends in
Arkansas think they need another one in Little Rock.
The apartment would be built into the $125 million Clinton Presidential
Library, which the former president wants to build in a rundown warehouse
district called Murky Bottoms, along the Arkansas River.
USA Today 03/09/01
Old bank's records open view of past
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010309/3125308s.htm
by Jill Nelson
Like many children born after 1865 to newly freed slaves, who celebrated the
end of slavery and the possibilities of freedom in ways large and small, my
maternal grandfather was named Freeman. Now I've learned that nearly the same
name was given to a post-Civil War bank whose records may help us understand
the dimensions of the enslavement of people of African descent: Freedman's
Savings and Trust Co.
Evansville Courier & Press 03/09/01
Honors for a lover of a local history
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200103/09+honors030901_news.html+
20010309
by Ryan Reynolds
Eleanor Glenn Tenbarge's lifelong hobby has been uncovering even the smallest
of details about local history. This week, she earned a place in it for
herself.
The Captain Henry Vanderburgh Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution gave Tenbarge its Community Service Award at its lunch meeting on
Thursday.
Tenbarge, 84, said she spends most days at Willard Library using books and
microfilm to study family histories.
Bergen Record 03/11/01
Clinton probe seeks records
http://www.bergen.com/campaign/nynewsq11200103112.htm
Associated Press
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Federal investigators have subpoenaed Rockland County
Democratic Party records in their probe into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton
had a role in former President Bill Clinton's clemency of four New Square
men.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the former president commuted
the four men's sentences in exchange for Hasidic Jewish votes for his wife
during her successful run for the Senate, according to a published report
Saturday.
The investigators are looking for records from the five years when Paul
Adler, a Clinton fundraiser and supporter, served as party chairman,
according to the report.
Business Week Online 03/12/01
Canadian firm uses pig Latin to fool Napster block
http://www.businessweek.com/reuters_stories/OnlineTechReport/03_12_2001.rittz1
010-story-bctechnapsterdc.html
Reuters
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian company has introduced software intended to
help millions of frustrated Napster users to continue downloading free music,
the National Post reported on Monday.
PulseNewMedia, a company affiliated with the University of Toronto, is using
pig Latin to disguise Napster file names that are to be blocked this week.
Once installed, the software alters the names of MP3 files, moving the first
letter to the end of the word. The band Metallica, for instance, would become
ettalicam.
Star Tribune 03/12/01
Former soldier documents combat theater
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83767012
by Rich Azar
Vincennes Sun-Commercial
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) -- Theirs is a story of talented actors and musicians
who, while on active military duty, entered remote areas of Vietnam to
entertain war-weary soldiers where more famous troupes feared to tread.
Now a Vincennes University theater professor with firsthand knowledge aims to
tell it.
" Theatre Vietnam: Stages of Healing" is an hourlong documentary in progress,
based on an Army Special Services unit known as the " Command Military
Touring Shows."
The Herald 03/12/01
Gordon Highlanders march on to the screens after a century
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/12-3-19101-0-37-58.html
by Jim McLean
CURATORS documenting 20,000 cans of film in the archives of Scottish Screen
believe they have found the oldest film shot in Scotland.
Footage showing the ranks of the Gordon Highlanders marching along Union
Street and through Aberdeen en route to the Boer War in 1899 reveal the
swaggering jocks and the skills of early film maker William Walker.
Walker later went on to present his films to Queen Victoria at Balmoral and
so lays claim to be the original in a prestigious line of film directors who
have given a royal command performance.
Washington Post 03/05/01
Spy case prompts computer search
Hanssen's access brings systems probe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22451-2001Mar4.html
by Vernon Loeb
Experts are combing government computer systems to try to ensure that Robert
P. Hanssen, the veteran FBI agent accused of spying for Moscow, did not
sabotage them or create software vulnerabilities that could allow Russian
intelligence agencies to steal information while Hanssen is in jail, senior
U.S. officials said.
Because Hanssen is a "highly skilled" computer programmer, the officials
said, government experts are checking all the systems to which he had access
to at the FBI and State Department. These include both classified and
unclassified computers.
The Hindu 03/12/01
Bhuj banks dig out deposit records
http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/2001/03/12/stories/0212000j.htm
NEW DELHI, MARCH 11. After retrieving records of depositors' accounts
totalling Rs. 3,600 crores, banks have relaxed norms for settling claims and
are working on warfooting to rebuild Bhuj and other earthquake-hit areas of
Gujarat.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 03/12/01
Free speech dispute swirls around Internet
<http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:COMP22/1:COMP220312101.html>
by Scott Canon
Knight Ridder Newspapers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Daniel Bernstein called his idea Snuffle. A few lines of
math, it aimed to give ordinary people a little more privacy and, if they
wanted, a tad more anonymity on the Internet.
The federal government called it dangerous, and contended it should be
treated like missile technology. The secrecy that Snuffle might afford two
lovers exchanging e-mail, it suggested, could just as easily give terrorists
a way to keep the good guys in the dark.
Journal Sentinel 03/11/01
He forged life by spotting frauds
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/mar01/walkcol12031101a.asp
by Laurel Walker
Elm Grove - Donald Doud spent 50 of his 84 years tracking down frauds and
forgeries all over the country.
A sad commentary, isn't it, that they're in such plentiful supply?
While others looked at the big picture - Was Alger Hiss a spy? Was recluse
Howard Hughes' last will and testament really his last? - Doud was looking,
too, but microscopically.
Canoe.ca 03/09/01
See some evil, hear some evil
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMovies/mar9_alberta-sun.html
by Steve Tilley
Edmonton Sun
EDMONTON -- An unexpected call from an STD clinic isn't something normally
associated with good news.
But for the Provincial Archives of Alberta, word of a collection of vintage
venereal disease educational material up for grabs proved to be the ideal peg
from which to hang this year's film night.
The Telegraph 03/11/01
Film of British Raj in living colour found in Russian archive
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003864436460684&rtmo=lvvzwbbt&atmo=rrrrrrrq&p
g=/et/01/3/11/nraj11.html
by York Membery
LOST colour film showing colonial life at the height of the British Raj in
India is to be screened on television for the first time after being
discovered in Russian archives.
Dating from before the First World War, the historic footage was shot using
an experimental film technique. It will provide the opening sequence of a new
documentary series, The British Empire in Colour, being made for £1 million
and to be broadcast early next year.
LocalBusiness.com 03/12/01
Cylex seminars aim to make document storage sexy
http://www.localbusiness.com/Story/0,1118,SOFLA_674601,00.html
by Karen J. Cohen
BOCA RATON, Fla., March 12 (LocalBusiness.com) -- Document storage and
management impresario CyLex Inc. is taking its show on the road. In order to
convince companies that application service providers are the wave of the
future, CyLex and its local resellers and partners will host a series of
national seminars.
CyLex president Zee Aganovic said he would prefer that his company be refered
to as a content management service provider.
Cnet.com 03/12/01
New Acrobat does flips for corporations
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5111253.html?tag=mn_hd
by Cecily Barnes
Adobe Systems released on Monday a new version of its Acrobat software with
several features aimed at corporate customers.
The new capabilities could increase the desirability of the product to
corporations and help lift the company's sales, according to one analyst.
Bill Lennan, an analyst with WR Hambrecht, estimates that about 15 percent of
Adobe's Acrobat revenue comes from large corporations that buy multiple
licenses. "I think the growth potential in the corporate market is huge, and
that's where the company is going to sell most of this product in the
future," he said.
Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com
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