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RAIN 7/09: Weekend Update



There are 21 stories in this posting.


New York Times 7/02/01
New Economy: Selling a vision of the future beyond folders
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/02/technology/02NECO.html

by John Schwartz
The fawning introducers burbled. The rock music blared. And out of the wings
of the vast auditorium at PC Expo, New York's glitziest high-technology
trade show, walked the computer scientist David Gelernter.


The Ledger 7/6/01
College has new citrus archives
http://www.theledger.com/local/local/06citr.htm

by Marlon A. Walker
LAKELAND -- When Tom Mack joined the staff at Florida Southern College a
half century ago, he brought along a few mementos he acquired while studying
the citrus industry in Florida.
Some of them were photographs of the old days of harvesting, some were
minutes from various citrus company meetings.

IDG.net 6/14/01
Houston floods teach IT managers readiness lessons
http://idg.net/ic_624328_4394_1-2401.html

by Todd R. Weiss
As rains from Tropical Storm Allison inundated the Houston area early last
week, corporate IT departments were sent scrambling to restore computer
systems and communications in affected buildings downtown.
Now, as the cleanup continues, it's apparent that companies with detailed
emergency plans fared better than those without. But even those disaster
plans were not always enough.


The Flint Journal 7/5/01
Meeting to set plans for auto heritage area
http://fl.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/20010705f5a5anhameet.frm

by James M. Miller
Flint - A public meeting on the plan for the Automobile National Heritage
Area is planned for 4 p.m. Monday at the Sloan Museum, 1221 E. Kearsley St.
The ANHA was created by Congress in 1998 to preserve and promote the
automotive history of southeastern Michigan. Its six corridors include the
Flint area and Lansing.


Herald Sun 7/6/01
Online brokers 'terrorised'
http://finance.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,2280510%255E462,00.html

by Ian Lovett
ONLINE Trading System chief executive Albert Dedon said cyber broking had
become a terrorists battle ground.
Mr Dedon made the claim after OTS successfully repelled repeated attacks by
hackers over the the past three weeks.
He said the hackers used a Trojan virus to gain entry and control of OTS's
servers.



Associated Press 7/6/01
Commission to create database to compile health records in Appalachian
region
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0736_BC_Ap
palachianHealth&&news&newsflash-national

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- A database will be created to track details on health
care and mortality in the Appalachian Mountains, where cancer, heart disease
and infant mortality rates have been infamously high.
The Appalachian Regional Commission began asking universities last week to
bid on the job of compiling the data on what behaviors might be worsening
residents' health, their accessibility to health care providers and
insurance and any relevant socio-economic factors.



New York Times 7/6/01
Freelancers plan return to court
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/technology/06WRIT.html

by Felicity Barringer
When the Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that three major publishers had
violated copyright law by using freelance material in electronic databases
without the authors' explicit permission, it suggested that there were many
workable models for compensating authors for digital rights.



Register Guard 7/5/01
New wealth of history helps tribes fill gaps
http://www.registerguard.com/news/20010705/1a.tribalhistory.0705.html

by Greg Bolt
Archivists at the Smithsonian Institution didn't give Jason Younker much
hope when he and some fellow students went there six years ago in hopes of
resurrecting the lost history of their Coquille ancestors.
It's too small a tribe, the University of Oregon graduate students were
told; you're not going to find much. JoAllyn Archambault, the director of
the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian, was so confident that she
offered to pay the copying fees for anything the team found.



The Globe and Mail 7/6/01
Brokers mull 'virtual file folders'
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ngnews-business>

by Richard Blackwell
Thanks to technological advances, investment dealers may be able to create
massive electronic client files that integrate e-mails, written
correspondence, trading information, and digitized phone calls between
clients and their brokers.


Wired 7/6/01
Nothing that glitters is DigiGold
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,44967,00.html

by Declan McCullagh
Hurt feelings, financial disputes and bizarre sexual allegations have led to
a legal tiff between a high-profile digital currency firm and its software
developer.
After the once-friendly relationship between DigiGold and Systemics soured
this spring, DigiGold sued the software company in an attempt to keep its
servers online. Systemics' computers, which maintain DigiGold's customer
accounts, are located on the West Indies island of Anguilla.


WorldNetDaily 7/6/01
Both Clintons misused Arkansas state police
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23520

by Paul Sperry
WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton's misuse of Arkansas state police assigned to his
security detail when he was governor didn't stop at procuring mistresses,
WorldNetDaily has learned. He also allegedly had them keep track of his
extramarital scoring.


Kentucky New Era 7/7/01
Preserving the past
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200107/07+Preserving-the-Pas
t_news.html+20010707+news

by Michele Carlton
Preserving the past for future generations has been the mission of the
Pennyroyal Area Museum for 25 years.
Through exhibits showcasing the area's farming industry to displaying
artifacts donated by local families, the museum documents the history of the
region.
"We've come a long way," said Debra Pence, museum director for the past 13
years. "Through the years, the very heart of the museum has stayed the
same."



Pittsburgh Post Gazette 7/7/01
Keep Frick archives here, experts say
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010707frick0707p7.asp]

by Marylynne Pitz
The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick testified along with two
university professors this week that dividing the Frick family archives
would destroy their integrity and value.
While conducting research for her 1998 book, "Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate
Portrait," Martha Frick Symington Sanger said, she read her
great-grandfather's business correspondence and letters he wrote to his
gravely ill 6-year-old daughter, Martha, who died in 1891.



Tribune Chronicle 7/7/01
Probate Court is Web pioneer
http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/07-07_probate.asp

by William H. Owen
WARREN ­­ The Trumbull County Probate Court has joined the other probate
courts in Ohio with an active Web site, but thanks to approval from the Ohio
Supreme Court, it will be the first in the state to allow online filing of
court documents.



Washington Post 7/7/01
Guidelines issued on patient records
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/latestap/A28715-2001Jul6.html

by Anjetta McQueen
AP
WASHINGTON -- Friends can pick up prescriptions at the local pharmacy.
Hospitals don't have to build soundproof rooms for patient consultation.
Parents generally may be told if their children have had abortions or
visited drug clinics.
A guide on federal privacy rules was issued Friday to answer questions that
arose after President Bush endorsed updated rules in April. Dating back to
the Clinton administration, the rules were meant to ensure that hospitals,
doctors, insurers and others keep patients' personal files private.



The Advocate 7/8/01
DHH launching statewide network for immunization records
http://www.theadvocate.com/news/story.asp?StoryID=22888

by Marsha Shuler
Have you forgotten when your son or daughter is due for one of those
childhood shots?
Have you changed doctors and can't remember which shots your child has
received?
The Department of Health and Hospitals is launching an Internet-based
computer system that will provide you, as well as doctors and other
health-care providers, with that kind of information.



New York Times 7/8/01
Baseball's disputed origin is traced back, back, back
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/sports/08PAST.html

by Edward Wong
It is as elusive as the search for Atlantis, as tangled in legend as the
quest for the Holy Grail. For nearly a century, historians have trolled
stacks of dusty tomes in hopes of unearthing the origins of baseball.
Its primordial myth held that Abner Doubleday, a West Point cadet, invented
the game in 1839 on a dirt field in Cooperstown, N.Y., where the Baseball
Hall of Fame is now situated.



Seattle Times 7/8/01
Court case sets stage for decision on whether Web data is really public
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134315492_website08m.html

by Michael Ko
With a little legwork and a lot of persistence, Bill Sheehan can start with
your name and add to that most of the following information: Social Security
number, date of birth, phone number, addresses past and present, criminal
history, bankruptcy record, business profile, divorce and marriage records
(depending on the state), and maybe even a credit report.



Saint Petersburg Times 7/8/01
For pawned guns, records fleeting
http://www.sptimes.com/News/070801/State/For_pawned_guns__reco.shtml

by Steve Bousquet
TALLAHASSEE -- If you sell a TV set to a pawnshop in Florida, a record of
the transaction must be kept in a new computer database. But if that legally
pawned item is a gun, the records will be erased after 48 hours.
That decision by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has triggered an
emotional debate pitting the privacy rights of law-abiding pawnshop
customers against the power of police to track weapons. What some call a
sensible policy, others see as abject surrender to the gun lobby.


The Star-Press 7/8/01
On-line access to court records to be discussed
http://www.thestarpress.com/Local_News/0708clerk.html

by Keith Roysdon
MUNCIE - With the click of a mouse, computer users might soon have access to
Delaware County court records.
County Clerk Karen Wenger and other local officials are working with the
Indiana Division of State Court Administration to explore the possibility of
Internet access to local court records.


The Telegraph 7/8/01
Documents shed light on John Adams' life
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=378&Articl
eID=35879

by Leslie Miller
AP
BOSTON - A long-overlooked trove of John Adams' papers is being brought to
light in a squat stone building a few miles north of his birthplace,
revealing the Founding Father's role as an early environmentalist, education
reformer and founder of the Navy.
Researchers at the Massachusetts State Archives have recently put together a
guide to Adams' 90 letters, expense accounts and official documents. They
expect more people to visit the state archives as interest in Adams - and
the relevance of his thinking to today's issues - become better known.



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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