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RAIN: Weekly Update 12/24



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The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area 12/24/01
For the record
http://bizjournals.bcentral.com/industries/high_tech/e_commerce/2001/12/24/triad_focus1.html

by Leigh Somerville
Being able to access deeds, tax information and other Geographic Information Services (GIS) online is a time-saver for real estate professionals and attorneys, but what is available varies for different areas of the Triad.



Business Courier 12/24/01
Dot Cincinnati: City of Cincinnati
http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2001/12/24/smallb2.html

by Dan Monk
http://www.ci.cincinnati.oh.us (or www.rcc.org)
The city of Cincinnati plans to retool its Web site in 2002.
"We're going to try to make it more user-friendly," said Richard Walker, an assistant manager of information technology in the city's general services division.



New York Times 12/24/01
Photographs of black life go to Pittsburgh museum
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20011224/en/photographs_of_black_life_go_to_pittsburgh_museum_1.html

by Stephen Kinzer
The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh has acquired a photographic archive that is among the most complete visual documents of urban African-American life.
The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh has acquired a photographic archive that is among the most complete visual documents of urban African-American life.



New York Times 12/24/01
Snail mail: An idea whose time has not fully passed
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/technology/ebusiness/24NECO.html

by Tim Race
The press kit on WNET's coming PBS documentary "Sound and Fury" arrived in the mail unsolicited. And ruined.
The emulsion on the glossy black-and- white stills had melted, fusing the photographs and gluing them to the news release, which peeled apart when I opened the warped folder. The postage-meter stamp on the outer envelope had bled to a soft, blurred pink, like the lettering on a candy conversation heart.



New York Times 12/24/01
Opinion: Threat of National ID
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/opinion/24SAFI.html

by William Safire
Washington -- A device is now available to help pet owners find lost animals. It's a little chip implanted under the skin in the back of the neck; any animal shelter can quickly scan lost dogs or cats and pick up the address of the worried owner.



New York Times 12/20/01
Walking in a wired wonderland
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/20/technology/circuits/20LITE.html

by David L. Margulius
Nine reindeer wait patiently on Mark Obermiller's lawn in Scottsburg, Ind., with the whine of a jet engine rising in the background. Behind them Santa sits on a white sleigh and can be heard running through a preflight checklist with Rudolph:



New York Times 12/24/01
'You've got mail,' more and more, and mostly, it is junk
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/technology/24SPAM.html

by Amy Harmon
Would you like to lose weight fast? Would you like to make $5,000 a month from your home? How about trying some herbal Viagra, good for men and women?
Yes or no, you are more likely to find such unsolicited offers flooding your e-mail in-box these days than ever before, along with a free trial for professional teeth whitening, a low-rate mortgage and pornography of every flavor. Usually they come from unfamiliar addresses like "Debt Collectors" or Naughty Girl @hotmail.com, and often they single you out by name in the subject line, as in "Amy, Worried About Your Health?"
Such e-mail, best known by its pejorative appellation, spam, has been annoying Internet users for years. But in the last three months, spam has spiked.




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