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Wall Street Journal 11/1/05
At the New York Public Library, It's Sell First, Raise Money Later
<http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB113079900058884594.html>

Wall Street Journal 11/1/05
Words Can't Describe
What Some Writers
In New Orleans Lost
Literary Figures Wrack Brains
To Recall Poems, Stories
Destroyed by Hurricane
<<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113081400085284961.html?

PATIENTS' personal information stolen from UT Medical Center
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... A hospital spokesperson says patients are just now receiving the 
letters
because the missing computer records had to be recreated first to 
identify
who was ...
<http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=4053905&nav=0RYv>

PROTHONOTARY admits having clerk sign her name
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... sign her name on that deed and others sheriff sale deeds when Moran
was busy or out of the office. Moran said she had Bidwell sign so the
documents wouldn't ...
<http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13049095.htm>

RECORD audit reveals hurdles, Court staffing shortage affects ...
Newszap Arizona - AZ,USA
... It's just what it costs for records to be processed, to take the 
time
to pull the files, for somebody to read the reports and redact them..."
he explained. ...
<http://www.newszap.com/articles/2005/11/01/az/west_valley/pi01.txt>

LOSS of documents in Nike case 'disturbing,' judge says
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Gayle A. Nachtigal called it "very disturbing to the court" that 
documents
  on Beaverton ... Both she and Harnden said the loss of the computer 
files
was inadvertent ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/metrowest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_west
_news/1130844670122320.xml&coll=7>

TUNNEL documents to be kept secret
Australian - Australia
... Former NSW chief justice Sir Laurence Street would be asked to 
review
the confidential documents to determine if they could be released to the
public. ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17106948%2
55E29277,00.html>

ILM strategies for regulatory compliance
Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
... in implementing an ILM strategy to manage compliance and regulatory
data requires that organisations identify all data that has defined 
data-retention
periods. ...
<http://www.infostor.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&ARTIC
LE_ID=235872&VERSION_NUM=2&p=80>

THE past alive in the archives
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
They were guided through the exploration process by Dr. Marion Blair, 
the
Director of the National Archives of Antigua & Barbuda, located just 
above
the East ...
<http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=390915108611012005&an=29023
1109311012005&ac=Local>

ONLINE backup/recovery
Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
... thousands of financial documents as well as tax records and a ... 
would
include vendors such as Arsenal Digital, Asigra, Bluepoint Data Storage,
EVault, LiveVault ...
<http://www.infostor.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&ARTIC
LE_ID=239632&VERSION_NUM=2&p=23>

FROM old to new
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... have purchased the periodical microfilm, college course packet and
digitalization service entities to form a new company called National
Archive Publishing Co. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-15/113085792317200
0.xml&coll=2>

DIGITIZING old photos
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay,OR,USA
... County. In addition, volunteers are working with about 1,500 
postcards
and 3,500 glass negatives from the Jack Slattery collection. ...
<http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2005/11/01/news/news06.txt>

MASSACHUSETTS officials criticise OpenDocument decision
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
... Hamel said the organisation has become the de facto archivist of 
electronic
... With the rise of electronic archives over traditional records, 
"(Galvin's)
power is ...
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Massachusetts_officials_critic
ise_OpenDocument_decision/0,2000061733,39220358,00.htm>

STIRLING ARCHIVES' LIST SHEDS LIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY MEDICINE
24 Hour Museum - UK
By Graham Spicer. A list of 18th century medicines has been donated to
Stirling Council Archives, shedding light on some obscure and shocking
treatments. ...
<http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART31576.html>


Austin Powder fined $1 million for falsifying records
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-11012005-563091.html
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Austin Powder Co., one of the nation's largest
federally licensed explosives manufacturers, was fined more than $1 
million
Monday after admitting that it falsified records to cover up missing 
explosives at
three of its locations, prosecutors said.


Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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