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RAIN 03/28: Vacation's over



CNET.com 3/26/01
Oracle to build "digital hospital"
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5254582.html?tag=mn_hd

Reuters
NEW YORK--Hospital and rehabilitation chain HealthSouth and software maker
Oracle are teaming up to build a "digital hospital" intended to improve
patient care and eliminate maddening paperwork, company executives said
Monday.
"We hope to make this the most technologically advanced hospital in the
country," HealthSouth Chief Executive Richard Scrushy said in a conference
call. The Birmingham, Ala., hospital is scheduled for completion in 2003.



CNET.com 03/26/01
You're watching TV, but is someone watching you?
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5253995.html?tag=tp_pr

by Richard Shim
On Monday, the Privacy Foundation released a report accusing digital video
recording company TiVo of misleading subscribers. The Denver-based nonprofit
group claims that TiVo's service can gather more information about its
subscribers' viewing habits than the company is letting on.
The group also criticized TiVo for displaying a more explicit privacy policy
online than it does with the printed materials included with the set-top
boxes.
"These guys are sending a mixed message," said Richard Smith, one of the
authors of the report. "And when they do admit it, they bury it in a legal
statement that consumers don't read."



Detroit Free Press 03/26/01
Detroit's riverfront designed in suburb
Papers, photos credit Bloomfield architects
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/cran26_20010326.htm

by Bill Laitner
Detroit 300 -- As you stroll Hart Plaza, peering at buildings named for
mayors Cobo and Young, tipping a hat to the Spirit of Detroit statue on
Woodward at Jefferson, you likely don't wonder how the design came about.
Probably some committee in some downtown building.
Nope.
The design for the riverfront heart of Detroit was conceived, half a century
ago, in the heart of Bloomfield Hills.
Old papers surfaced two weeks ago to prove it: In 1947, the chief architect
of Cranbrook and his colleagues cooked up all the current elements -- Hart
Plaza, Cobo Center, Ford Auditorium, the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
and the former Veterans Memorial Building, now called the UAW-Ford National
Programs Center.



Harvard Crimson 3/24/01
Clinton Presidential Library off to rocky start
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010323/politics-73

by Andrew S. Holbrook
(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- With a price tag topping $200 million, the
Clinton Presidential Center will be the most expensive presidential library
ever built. The archives and museum documenting Bill Clinton's administration
will be situated on a 27-acre complex in downtown Little Rock.
In artists' renderings, the large glass library building perches on the banks
of the Arkansas River, sticking out over the water as the land slopes towards
the river. Around it are planned grassy open spaces, broken up by walkways
and fountains.



India Express 3/24/01
Agencies vetting seized documents, brokers panicky
http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/business/20010324-1.html

After having swooped down on the alleged broking cartels spreading panic in
markets, officials of the investigating agencies, which jointly conducted the
Friday raids, were busy assessing the documents seized in the operation. on
Saturday.
Hard-disks of computers and important files had been taken away by the
investigators comprising officials from the Income-Tax, the Enforcement
Directorate, the Department of Revenue Intelligence, the Intelligence Bureau,
and the Economic Intelligence Bureau during the day-long raids at the offices
and residences of top six brokers in Mumbai on Friday.



Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce March 2001
The Economics of Digital Documents
http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/JIBC/9603-1.htm

by Maria Cipparone
The recent advances in the use of cryptography for authentication purposes
could radically change the way our economy works. Such a change particularly
affects the way wealth is transferred between individuals and circulates
within the economy.
Such a change would derive from the possibility to forge digital documents
incorporating rights and/or duties. This could allow the digitalisation of
many instruments which currently rely on paper for their circulation. Such
instruments form the backbone of today's economic activity. Their
digitalisation could open up new opportunities and challenges, if some
technical and theoretical problems can be addressed and solved.




Kentucky Messenger-Inquirer 3/23/01
Students' discipline records are public
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/2923992.htm

by Mark R. Chellgren
Associated Press
FRANKFORT -- Hardin County schools must disclose student disciplinary
records, after removing information that might identify individuals, the
Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The school system had argued that disciplinary statistics, taken together
with other information available to the public, could be used to identify the
cases of individual students, which is prevented by state and federal law.



Lansing State Journal 3/25/01
East Lansing looks for way to preserve the past
City Council minutes from 1907-19402 are in fragile condition
http://www.lsjxtra.com/news/010324FILM24.html

by Jessi De La Cruz
EAST LANSING - A recent search for microfilm of early City Council meeting
minutes has revived an old conversation about taking steps to preserve these
historical documents.
City officials have been searching City Hall the past two weeks to find
microfilm containing council minutes from 1907 to the late 1940s.
The film wasn't found, but the search might lead to changes in the way the
council's minutes are saved.
Right now, anyone can go into City Hall and request to see the documents.



Los Angeles Times 3/26/01
Tangled Tale of the Pilfered Porn Site
http://www.latimes.com/business/20010326/t000026072.html

by Joseph Menn
SAN FRANCISCO--Stephen Michael Cohen is one of the most successful
entrepreneurs of the Internet Age, having raked in an estimated $43 million
in profit from advertising fees and monthly memberships sold through the
pornography site http://www.sex.com.
What makes the feat more impressive is that Cohen, a multiple felon who once
advertised swingers' sex parties in Orange County, made his money by swiping
the Sex.com site with a forged letter to the agency that registers Internet
names.




Lawrence Journal-World 3/26/01
Lotus Notes creator tries new Groove
http://www.ljworld.com/section/livinglead/story/46953

by Anick Jesdanun
Associated Press Internet Writer
Beverly, Mass. - Long before the Internet became a household word, Ray Ozzie
envisioned a networked world where people collaborated with ease regardless
of the time or their location.
For that, he created Lotus Notes, which enabled employees within companies to
form teams and share notes, documents and e-mail. Since 1989, Notes has sold
more than 75 million copies.
Now, Ozzie is carrying his vision a step further. Within a few weeks he'll
release Groove, which promises to improve how people work together - even if
they work for different companies.




Newsbytes 3/23/01
Lawmakers try to seal officials' e-mail, net records
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163581.html

by Brian Krebs
Indiana lawmakers pushing a bill that would bar public access to e-mail and
Internet records of all public officials raised suspicions and drew the ire
of the local press this week, when they refused to turn over e-mail
correspondence from any constituents who might be concerned about the bill.
The hubbub in the Hoosier state government surrounds House Bill 1083,
legislation originally designed to address collective bargaining agreements
to which a amendment recently was added. That proviso would bar public
scrutiny of the electronic communications of all public officials.



The News & Observer 3/26/01
Car maker says it needs more time to collect documents
http://www.newsobserver.com/ncwire/news/Story/412329p-409646c.html

Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Chrysler says it needs more time to collect documents
in a lawsuit over claims that the car maker resold problem cars it bought
back from some owners.
Last month, Wake Superior Court Judge Narley Cashwell said the company failed
to comply with a previous order to give documents to a Raleigh couple making
lemon-law claims in court.
In the lawsuit, Peter and France Pleskach contended they weren't told that
their minivan had been bought back by Chrysler because of electrical
problems.
Company officials say the only reason the Pleskaches' lawyers are pushing for
documents relating to 45,000 "buyback" vehicles is to generate legal fees
Chrysler would have to pay if the couple wins.



New York Times 03/26/01
Zambia's history is lost in the poverty of today
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/26/world/26LIVI.html

by Henri E. Cauvin
L IVINGSTONE, Zambia - When he died in 1873, during one of his tireless
expeditions in the land that would become Zambia, the British explorer David
Livingstone left this town much more than his name: illuminating letters and
sketches, books, journals and maps that attest to his intrepid spirit and his
burning curiosity.
More than a century later, that spirit seems to be flagging in a country
damaged by poverty and AIDS, and the museum that houses Livingstone's legacy
is crumbling, fast becoming a case study of the struggles faced by Africa's
cultural institutions.
The roof over what was the museum library is a wreck. A little over a year
ago, during one of the region's wettest seasons in recent memory, one leak
after another finally caused a section to collapse, and the patchwork repair
job will probably not last beyond the current rainy season. Many of the
books, moved to a much smaller room, need new spines.




San Jose Mercury News 03/22/01
Prosecutors are granted access to documents in mauling case
Attorney couple weren't present at hearing
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/dog22sf.htm

by Alexis Chiu
As a San Francisco grand jury wraps up its probe of a fatal dog-mauling,
prosecutors won access Wednesday to documents from a computer belonging to
the husband-and-wife attorneys whose dogs took part in the bloody attack.
After reviewing the stack of papers in private, Superior Court Judge Lenard
Louie ruled that prosecutors could have most of the documents. He withheld
several others, saying they were protected by attorney-client privilege.
Neither Robert Noel nor Marjorie Knoller was at the hearing. After concluding
that the couple knew about it but chose not to attend, the judge proceeded
without them.




Southwest Times Record 03/23/01
Electronic Records FOI bill moves to Senate
http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2001/March/23/news/ElecRecords.html

by Elizabeth Caldwell
LITTLE ROCK - A bill to amend the state Freedom of Information Act to deal
with electronic records was endorsed Thursday by a Senate committee as
journalists continued to propose revisions.
Senate Bill 397 by Sen. John Brown, R-Siloam Springs, was recommended to the
Senate do-pass by the Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee.
Brown said negotiations will continue with journalists and people who served
on the Electronic Records Study Commission, whose recommendations were
incorporated into SB 397.



Star Tribune 03/26/01
Chretien agrees to release records
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83864764

by Tom Cohen
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) -- Under pressure from political opponents, Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chretien on Monday agreed to the release of documents from a
land deal that has sparked claims he had a conflict of interest.
Chretien repeated his denials of any wrongdoing in Parliament debate and in a
letter to former prime minister Joe Clark, the Conservative Party leader who
has been his most outspoken critic on the issue.
The controversy -- known in Canada as Shawinigate after Chretien' s hometown
of Shawinigan, Quebec -- has dogged him since a November election that gave
his Liberal Party a third straight term.




Star Tribune 03/25/01
Exhibit documents Jewish life on prairie
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83854986

Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A century ago, when European Jews were migrating to the
United States, most settled in eastern cities, where they worked as peddlers
or in sweatshops. But some, longing for wide-open spaces and the chance to
farm, continued west to Minnesota and the Dakotas. When they got there, they
found an alien landscape, people and culture.
This unusual meeting of Jewish immigrants and the prairie is captured in a
National Jewish Museum exhibit, produced by the Jewish Historical Society of
the Upper Midwest and the Minnesota Historical Society. It tells the story
through photos and recollections gleaned from manuscripts and oral histories.




The Bolivar Commercial 03/23/01
Seizure of clerk's records a first, says state auditor
<http://www.bolivarcom.com/NF/omf/bolivar/news_story.html?[rkey=0008253+[cr=gd

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by David Lush
"This is the first time I can remember anything like this happening in the
state of Mississippi," said Mississippi State Auditor Phil Bryant as he
commented Wednesday on a court hearing to seize records from Bolivar County
Circuit Clerk Rosie Simmons' office.
Bryant was in Cleveland at a conference at Delta State University while 12
special agents and legal personnel with the Mississippi Audit Department were
across town at the Cleveland Courthouse for the hearing before Senior Circuit
Court Judge Elzy Smith to seize Simmons' records.



The Hindu 03/26/01
Raid on stockbrokers: Documents worth Rs 25,000 seized
http://www.the-hindu.com/holnus/01262212.htm

New Delhi, March 26. (PTI): Tax authorities today said they have seized
documents indicating transactions of at least Rs 25,000 crores in the massive
swoop conducted in Mumbai against six share brokers in the face of
bear-hammering in the Bombay Stock Exchange two days after the presentation
of the Budget.
Official sources said the raids conducted solely by the Income- Tax
Department from Friday last were confined only to Mumbai and it would be at
least a week before a clear picture emerged about the level of tax evasion.



The Star 03/24/01
Trial transcription records vanish after death penalty ruling
http://www.shelbystar.com/news2001/_disc4/00000db1.htm

GASTONIA - Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell will review
security conditions at the Gaston County Courthouse in the wake of missing
records jeopardizing the outcome of a death penalty trial.
Caldwell said Friday he's particularly concerned about too many keys opening
multiple offices. "There's just too much accessibility," he said.
Gastonia Police and SBI investigators continued interviewing people Friday
who were on the fourth floor Thursday when transcripts to the Jeffrey Duke
trial went missing.



Wichita Eagle 03/23/01
Records show free-spending superintendent
http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2001/03/23/education/0323stev

ens_txt.htm

by Dan Voorhis
Haysville school superintendent H. Lynn Stevens charged as much as $16,083.19
a month on the district's credit card during the past two years as he bought
airline tickets, chocolates, car washes and dozens of meals for himself,
board members and others, according to Haysville school records.
"He's been there 13 years and got a little comfortable," said Glenn Crum, the
board's vice president, "and the board -- I guess we were just lax, too. We
have to pretty well accept it."




BBC 03/25/01
NHS records 'could be hacked'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1241000/1241402.stm

Doctors in Scotland are calling for security guarantees over plans to put
patients' health records on an NHS intranet system.
Critics of the plan claim that computer hackers could gain access to highly
confidential information if the scheme went ahead.
The Scottish Executive said it would not introduce the system until it was
convinced it was "totally secure".




Christian Science Monitor 03/27/01
High court to decide who owns newspaper archives
Freelance writers will argue tomorrow that they deserve royalties for use of
articles in digital database
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/03/27/fp2s2-csm.shtml

by Warren Richey
Washington -- Internet-based electronic archives of newspaper and magazine
articles have revolutionized the business of current-events research.
In years past, researchers would have to thumb through hundreds of pages of
bound volumes or scroll through scores of microfiche editions in search of a
single article. In contrast, it is now possible to electronically search
hundreds of different publications and view the results within seconds.
To media companies like Lexis/Nexis, it is a highly lucrative business
venture. But to the freelance writers who authored many of the articles being
retrieved, it is cyber-piracy.



Los Angeles Times 03/27/01
Man gets jail for leaking police files
http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010327/t000026473.html

by Hector Becerra
A federal judge Monday sentenced a legal consultant who leaked confidential
Los Angeles Police Department records to a television reporter to 60 days in
prison.
Attorneys for Robert Mullally, 57, said they would appeal the sentence, which
most likely would be served in a low-security facility.
Mullally, convicted of criminal contempt in January, leaked a confidential
report to former KCBS reporter Harvey Levin, who was investigating domestic
violence on the police force, in 1997.
The records included LAPD files on 79 officers accused of domestic violence.
At the request of the city, a magistrate ordered that they be kept
confidential.


Maine Today 3/27/01
Managing millions
http://business.mainetoday.com/news/010327gfa.shtml

by Allan Drury
KENNEBUNK - When some of the world's most elite thinkers need a book right
away, they tap a few keys and get into a software program designed by a small
Maine company.
Generation Fifth Applications, which operates out of a modest suite of
offices off Bragdon Lane and Route 1, is gaining renown for its ability to
help large libraries manage bulging collections of books, papers, maps, tapes
and countless other items that are placed in sprawling, warehouse-style
annexes.



Nando 03/26/01
Madam's 'black book' to stay in judge's lockbox
http://www.nando.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500467763-500715269-503962263-0,00.

html

by David Dishneau
Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. (March 26, 2001 11:35 p.m. EST) - The "black book" from a
confessed madam will be kept in a judge's lockbox until it can be determined
if the papers are public record or her private property.
Monday's agreement between two news organizations and Angelika Potter is the
latest twist in media efforts to see documents that may identify prominent
public figures as prostitution clients.
City police seized the documents after Potter was charged with running a
brothel for corporate clients. Under a plea agreement in November, she was
fined $100 and the documents were to be returned to her.



ZDNet 3/27/01
Digital rights case to be heard by Supreme Court
http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZD5080198

by Lisa M. Bowman
A showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday could laythe ground
rules for who owns the electronic rights to stories that havepreviously
appeared in print newspapers and magazines.
Legal experts say the case, The New York Times v. Tasini , couldshape the
debate over copyright and written content in the electronic agein the same
way the Napster file-swapping lawsuit is molding the digital-music scene.
"It's about e-rights in cyberspace," said Orrie Dinstein, an
intellectualproperty lawyer at King & Spalding, who has discussed strategy in
sessionswith freelancer Jonathan Tasini, but was never retained as counsel.
"If theSupreme Court affirms, it will send an important message about how
courtsare willing to apply copyright laws to digital material."





Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com

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