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Thoroughbred Times Posted: 5/17/2004 11:27:00 AM ET Hotaling donates 19th-century newspapers to Racing Museum Noted racing historian and author Edward Hotaling donated six newspapers with dates from May 1847 to May 1978 to the collection bearing his name at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=45097&subsec=1 Little museum records history of California parole system Associated Press DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - If the T.H. Pendergast California Parole Museum seems a little small, don't blame parole agent Paul Toma. He alone spent 14 years on his days off collecting artifacts, interviewing retired officers and finding money to open what has become a state-funded museum that honors the parole system and its officers. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/8688267.htm? http://snipurl.com/6iio Daytona Beach News Journal North Carolina recovers Jefferson Davis letter to wartime governor Associated Press Last update: 17 May 2004 RALEIGH, N.C. -- An 1861 letter from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to North Carolina's secessionist governor has been returned to the state's archives after it turned up for sale at an auction house, officials said Monday. Davis wrote to Gov. John W. Ellis three days after North Carolina seceded from the Union. Davis was responding to Ellis' appeal for machinery from Virginia to make small arms. http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Noteworthy/03NewsNOTE06051804.htm Lebanon Daily News Article Last Updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 3:01:16 AM EST Beware of 'dark side' of database By JAMES M. BEIDLER Ancestry.com, the largest thing going in the for-pay genealogy world, inspires many genealogists to swear by it and some researchers to swear at it. With upwards of 2 billion names contained in its databases ranging from U.S. Census to vital records to immigration extracts to just about anything else, there is no doubt that Ancestry.com is a powerful tool for genealogists. http://www.ldnews.com/Stories/0,1413,139~10142~2155189,00.html Philadelphia Inquirer Posted on Tue, May. 18, 2004 Service shreds away privacy concerns Power-Shred of Exton sends special trucks on site to chop up papers and more. By Reid Kanaley Inquirer Staff Writer THORNDALE - A gaggle of smoking office workers scattered when Ron Miller eased his noisy, hulking black truck alongside the Citadel Federal Credit Union headquarters here in central Chester County. The paper shredder had arrived. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/8690484.htm?1c PRNewswire Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia Selects the Documentum Enterprise Content Management Platform http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2004/0002176473&EDATE=TUE+May+18+2004,+08:05+AM http://snipurl.com/6iiq Portland Tribune Goldschmidt gives up his law license By JIM REDDEN Issue date: Tue, May 18, 2004 The Tribune The Goldschmidt sex scandal story continues to unfold. Former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt surrendered his law license after the Oregon State Bar initiated an investigation into a relationship with a 14-year-old girl. The bar licenses lawyers to practice in Oregon. The organization’s rules prohibit members from committing “a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice law.” http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=24422 Dayton Daily News Reports on DPL prompt probes by FBI, SEC By Tom Beyerlein and Jim DeBrosse and Wes Hills Dayton Daily News DAYTON | The FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission have launched investigations into concerns that led to Sunday's top-level shakeup at DPL Inc., a source close to the investigations told the Dayton Daily News on Monday. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0518dpl.html ( Lawrence Journal World Sebelius signs records bill By John Hanna - Associated Press Writer Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Topeka — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill Monday to strengthen the state's Open Records Act, but a Kansas Press Assn. official said his group would push for other changes next year. The changes take effect July 1. They clarify and tighten existing law on what government records can be kept confidential, as well as allow the awarding of attorneys' fees to people seeking records in some cases where an agency has denied access to those records in bad faith. http://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/170544 WGAL Protect Yourself From ID Theft: Shred Your Documents POSTED: 4:55 pm EDT May 17, 2004 UPDATED: 5:14 pm EDT May 17, 2004 LANCASTER, Pa. -- If you toss out any of your personal information in the trash, you're sending out an invitation to identity thieves. You may think it's trash, but your personal information can be someone else's treasure. And if you don't think someone is willing to go through your garbage to get your personal numbers, you may be kidding yourself. http://www.thewgalchannel.com/money/3315132/detail.html ( Brink's Brings Secure Document Destruction Home CHICAGO, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In May of 1859 here in Chicago, Perry and Fidelia Brink founded Brink's Incorporated because they recognized an opportunity to protect and secure their customers' assets. Today, the company has grown to become the oldest, largest and most respected name in security worldwide. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2004/0002176468&EDATE= http://snipurl.com/6iiu Warning: Your Emails & IM's Will Be Recorded By Hinesh Jethwani Mumbai, May 18, 2004 Sending resumes and daily grapevine scuttlebutts through your mailbox is all set to become a luxury of the distant past, with email and Instant Message (IM) archiving solutions storming into the Indian market. CXOtoday took a sneak peek at the latest email archiving solution to be unveiled in the Indian market today - Legato EmailXtender (EX) – which threatens to destroy mailbox and IM privacy rights of employees. http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=957 http://snipurl.com/6iiv Wireless Devices Increase Hacker Risk Business Day (Johannesburg) May 18, 2004 Posted to the web May 18, 2004 Lesley Stones , Information Technology Editor Johannesburg 'Friendly attacks' show most of corporate SA is vulnerable to potentially devastating network invasions BANKS, financial institutions and other large businesses are running a continual risk of confidential data being intercepted because their corporate network is being compromised by portable devices. Security experts conducting controlled "friendly attacks" on wireless networks have intercepted sensitive data from 66% of banks, 60% of financial services institutions, 79% of technology companies and 100% of the educational institutions tested. http://allafrica.com/stories/200405180181.html ( SEC Associates Exec Calls for Some Changes in FDA Electronic Regulations Special To LTW RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – John McKenney, president and CEO of consulting firm SEC Associates, says some changes are needed in FDA regulations that apply to electronic records and signatures for the pharmaceutical industry. "Some of the parts of Part 11 were over the top. We need to back away from those,” said McKenney in an interview with Bio-IT World magazine. “But a lot of it was fundamentally sound, and we need to find a way to continue it." http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=8127 PRNewswire Sony Unveils Professional Disc For Data Solution Products Professional Disc for DATA Drives Can Record 23GB onto a Single Disc SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sony Electronics is equipping businesses for a new era of data storage and backup with the introduction of its branded blue laser-based Professional Disc for DATA(TM) (ProDATA) solution kits. Sony's ProDATA drives pack up to 23GB of storage capacity onto a single-sided optical disc by harnessing the benefits of blue laser technology and advanced optics. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2004/0002175437&EDATE=MON+May+17+2004,+08:20+AM http://snipurl.com/6iix Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]