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RAIN 11/08: Nothing about elections
CBC.CA 11/07/00
Soldiers' personal records captured by Nazis returned to Canada
http://cbc.ca/cp/world/001107/w110756.html
by Kevin Ward
LONDON (CP) - During the Second World War a German intelligence officer
probably pored over Brig. J.M. Prower's analysis of the Battle of the Plains
of Abraham, trying to decipher their importance.
Prower was obviously fascinated by the 1759 war for Quebec, so much so that
he took dozens of pages of notes he had typewritten on the conflict with him
when he left for the war in Europe. What the Germans made of them is anyone's
guess. But now they have a chance to be returned to Prower's family after
making an exhaustive journey through German, Russian and British archives,
along with personal documents taken by the Nazis from 30 other Canadian
soldiers.
"You have mixed feelings as you go through these," said Col. Frederick
Noseworthy, army adviser at the Canadian High Commission, who accepted the
documents from the British government in a ceremony on Tuesday.
Los Angeles Times 11/06/00
'What might have been' history documented
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/ocnews/20001106/t000106403.html
by Jill Serjeant
Reuters
Imagine a world in which the D-day invasion was a disaster, the Apollo 11
astronauts never made it home from the moon and Winston Churchill was killed
by a taxi in New York eight years before World War II began.
Mere fantasy? Think again.
* Churchill in 1931 referred to his "miraculous escape" from death after he
was run over by a taxi in New York.
* Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower carried with him a handwritten note shouldering
the blame for the failure of the 1944 Allied landings in Normandy.
* President Nixon was ready with one of the most powerful speeches never
delivered on the loss of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969.
Written by his speech writer, William Safire, it inspired the latest addition
to the school of "what ifs" and "if onlys" that has spilled over from science
fiction and movies into the world of scholars.
Bangor Daily News 11/07/00
Tribal chiefs face contempt charges over water documents
http://www.bangornews.com/cgi-bin/article.cfm?storynumber=23535
by Susan Young
Just days after being sworn in as governor of the Penobscot Nation, Barry
Dana says he is prepared to go to jail to stand up for the rights of his
people.
Dana, who was inaugurated as the tribe's governor on Saturday, could be found
in contempt of court Thursday, along with the two governors of the
Passamaquoddy Tribe, for refusing to turn over documents to three paper
companies.
"If that's part of this job, then I'm glad to be the one to stand up for my
people," Dana said Saturday.
Dana and the other tribal governors are scheduled to appear Thursday morning
in Superior Court in Auburn to answer charges that they are in contempt of
court for not giving tribal documents about water regulation to the paper
companies' attorneys. If the men are found to be in contempt, they could be
fined or imprisoned.
Winston-Salem Journal 11/07/00
E-mail endorsement irks Davidson school officials
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/local/northcarolina/david07.htm
by Deirdre Fernandes
Davidson County school officials are investigating whether teachers violated
the school system's Internet policy by circulating e-mail endorsing two
candidates for the board of education.
When teachers and their assistants opened their e-mail accounts Friday, many
discovered a letter supporting incumbent Kenny Meredith and newcomer Allan
Thompson.
Jim Scott, a retired vocational-education director from North Davidson High
School sent the e-mail. He said he got the e-mail addresses from the Davidson
County school system's Web site. Scott said he and his wife spent about four
hours sending the endorsement letter by e-mail to about 1,600 teachers and
teacher assistants.
Knoxville News-Sentinel 11/05/00
More firms monitoring workers' Net use
38% in poll check e-mail
http://www.knoxnews.com/science/17791.shtml
by Judith Forman
Dan Escamilla's administrative assistant had a problem. An Internet problem.
After repeated written and verbal warnings -- and a promise to give up her
online chatting on company time -- the woman couldn't break her habit.
So, Escamilla, chief executive officer of the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based
Legal Service Bureau, surreptitiously installed surveillance software on some
company computers.
He caught his assistant red-handed. Presented with printouts of her computer
screen, she broke down in tears, stumbled over some office furniture and ran
out of the building. He hasn't heard from her since.
"While (employees) are on the company clock, we consider it theft of payroll
funds. It's kind of a severe way to put it, but that's exactly what it is,"
Escamilla said.
A growing number of employers are using surveillance software to crack down
on personal Internet use at the office. Most cite productivity issues,
although many say they want to avoid legal liabilities that could stem from
offensive e-mails. Still others say they want to prevent leaks of
confidential business information.
The Roanoke Times 11/02/00
Bad e-mail can cast bad impressions
http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story101991.html
by Camille Wright Miller
First impressions are lasting impressions. Trite, but true.
When two (or more) individuals meet, the parties make a full evaluation of
the new acquaintance within the first 30 seconds, using visible cues such as
posture, facial expressions and clothing. Assessments result in
categorization of a number of factors, including intelligence, capabilities
and social standing. If the evaluators are right, all involved are fortunate.
If an impression is inaccurate, the inaccurately assessed individual has a
problem for a long time. It can take months or years for an evaluator to
collect sufficient convincing evidence to suggest the initial impression was
wrong.
Many people carefully manage the impressions they make. Aware they have
limited opportunity to convey positive information about themselves, they
make those seconds count. Some, though, are missing other opportunities to
manage how others see them and the companies that employ them. Let me share
some examples.
Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com
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