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RAIN 11/21: Dastardly deed, gothic myths, public records access



There sre 20 stories in this posting.

Casper Star-Tribune 11/20/01
Former state archivist dies
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/WYO/Obit_Adams.html

AP
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Former state archivist Julia Ann Adams has died at the age of 70.


Associated Press 11/20/01
Indiana lawmakers won't override veto of records bill
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15395

INDIANAPOLIS - Legislative leaders yesterday called off plans to consider overriding the governor's veto of a bill that would exempt lawmakers from the state's open-records laws.


Houston Chronicle 11/20/01
County offering electrifying bargains on its Internet auction site
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1138629

by Mary Vuong
The starting bid is $1. For that or more, one lucky bidder can walk away with a stainless steel lifeguard stand, an antiquated typewriter or an AC adapter for Nintendo.


Raleigh News & Observer 11/20/01
Legal hint: Mind your p's and q's
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=NCLEGALRULES-11-20-01&cat=AN

by Anne Saker
RALEIGH, N.C. - Some lawyers - of all people - complain that a rule by the state's Court of Appeals seems, well, legalistic: In the past three years, more than 1,500 appeals briefs have been sent back to their authors because the lines of type had too many characters.


The Telegraph 11/21/01
A dastardly deed by Barclays
http://money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;$sessionid$J40ISVQAAB111QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/money/2001/11/21/cmdeed121.xml&sSheet=/money/2001/11/21/ixpersonfront.html

George Walden relates how the bank handled his complaint after it had lost a valuable document
THIS is a tale of lost deeds, a whistle-blower, an illustrious chairman and an arrogant bank.
If you have a mortgage with Barclays, I have worrying news for you. Should you have surrendered your house deeds as security - and you are unlikely to have got a mortgage if you didn't - you cannot be sure of getting them back.


New York Times 11/20/01
Awash in grief after attack, adrift in a sea of paperwork
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/20FORM.html

by Janny Scott
Meryl Mayo's to-do list is measurable not in length but in thickness. It is an accordion file, royal blue and encyclopedia-fat - a gift from a prescient sister-in-law who somehow knew in the first days after Mrs. Mayo's husband was killed that paperwork management would become a spouse's survival skill.



New York Times 11/18/01
History is impatient to embrace Sept.11
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/arts/design/18MAND.html

by Jonathan Mandell
EVAN FAIRBANKS is back under the twin towers as they are being attacked. He has been back at least 30 times.
"See those guys?" he says, gesturing toward a group of firefighters trudging past on the video he made. "There were 18 of them, and they're all gone. It really kills me that I didn't get the faces of every single one of them."


Wired 11/20/01
Online library expands database
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48480,00.html

by M.J. Rose
Ebrary's card catalog keeps getting bigger.
Full-text access to online collections of professional, scientific, medical and business titles from John Wiley & Sons and The Greenwood Publishing Group will be added to Ebrary's offerings.


Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 11/20/01
Schweiker promises to open state record books
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_4697.html

by Brad Bumsted
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker said Monday he will pursue legislation to strengthen the state's Open Records Law to make government documents more available to the public.
Open records advocates have said Pennsylvania's law is one of the weakest in the country.



Plano Star Courier 11/20/01
New TI technology brings films into digital age
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2659340&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=186027&rfi=6

by Mike Norris
Texas Instruments technology designed to take movie-viewing into the digital age is coming out of testing and entering production after getting Hollywood's stamp of approval.
DLP, or digital light processing, is making its way into theaters as the holiday movie season begins and two years of tests end.



Rocky Mountain News 11/20/01
Opinion: Public records on the Web
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_882819,00.html

The proper place for public records is where the public can get them -- and increasingly, that means they should be available on line.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is heading in that direction with a plan to put all CBI records up on the Internet, by Jan. 1 if all goes well.



Portsmouth Herald 11/20/01
Lawyer for man accused in hockey death asks SJC to admit victim's records
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/11_20special.htm

by Denise Lavoie
AP
BOSTON -- A lawyer for a father accused of fatally beating another father after a youth hockey practice told the state's highest court he needs the victim's medical and psychiatric records to bolster his claim of self-defense.



ABCNews.com 11/08/01
Social Security officials split over privacy or records in aftermath of Sept.11 attacks
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20011108_462.html

AP
WASHINGTON (AP) In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, Social Security officials are torn between the desire to protect Americans' most sensitive personal records and the needs of criminal investigators.



Austin American-Statesman 11/20/01
UT lobbies to get Bush presidential library here
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/tuesday/news_2.html

by Sharon Jayson
Within hours of George W. Bush's presidential inauguration, University of Texas President Larry Faulkner was making his first overture toward getting UT-Austin another presidential library.



The Chronicle 11/16/01
Gothic myths demystified
http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/story.php?article_id=24379

by Lucas Schaefer
Southgate Dormitory was never an insane asylum, even if freshman and current resident Kate Hansen suggests some of its current residents are a little "bonkers."


The Herald 11/20/01
State agencies aren't allowing complete access to records
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2664915&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10109&rfi=6

by Christopher Hoffman
Special to The Herald
HARTFORD -- Victim Advocate James F. Papillo reacted to a request for public records by swearing at the requester, grabbing her arm and threatening to call the police, according to a survey of compliance with open record laws at state agencies released Monday.



Salt Lake Tribune 11/20/01
We can only guess what secrets Bush is keeping
http://www.sltrib.com/11202001/commenta/150456.htm

by Marie Cocco
Newsday
Black smoke rises up from terrorism and war, perfect concealment for a Bush administration assault of a different kind. This other attack is on history itself.
The White House has delayed nearly a year the scheduled release of thousands of presidential documents from the Reagan administration. The stall has now, in a way, ended. The records remain secret. They will, most likely, forevermore.



Seattle Times 11/20/01
'Smart cards' don't keep terror out - for dumb reasons
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134368769_inscards20.html

by Jonathan Peterson
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON - It is hidden on the back of a plastic card: a profile of personal data written with a laser, virtually immune to copying, readable only through a special scanning device.
Experts say the optical stripe is one of the most secure identity-card features invented, its mirrorlike surface able to hold unique information about an individual's hands, eyes, face and voice.



Ninemsn 11/20/01
Uni staff member admits changing student records
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/story_22249.asp

A former staffer at a Sydney university said he was naive when he accepted cash and favours to change the academic records of 11 students.


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