100 question multiple choice or true and false exam testing basic knowledge of the electronic discovery lifecycle. There are 10 topics covered. Each has 10 questions. The exam can be taken as a .SWF file (flash player needs to be installed), .HTM, or an interactive .PDF file.
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Metadata is loosely defined as "data about data." More specifically, the term refers to the embedded stratum of data in electronics file that may include such information as who authored a document, when it was created, what software was used, any comments embedded within the content, and even a record of changes made to the document. While metadata is often harmless, it can potentially include sensitive, confidential, or privileged information. As such, it presents a serious concern for attorneys charged with maintaining confidentiality -- both their own and their clients. Professional responsibility committees at several bar associations around the country have weighed in on attorneys' ethical responsibilities regarding metadata, but there is no clear consensus on the major metadata issues. To help track current views on metadata and ethics, we've assembled the following chart.
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RT @STATEFARM_SUCKS: Dear State Farm CEO Ed Rust: We, the People, are sick of State Farm's callous, arrogant attitude. Love, The Consumers.
Runtime Revolution was founded in 1997 with the goal of empowering rapid creation of applications for enterprise, commercial, creative and academic environments. Using an intuitive and robust programming language, Revolution is a modern descendant of natural-language technologies such as Apple's HyperCard, and enables software creation for everyone. Rev uses plain-English words and phrases for most of its operations, eliminating the obscure symbols and complicated structures required of other programming languages. Rev is easy to learn and use, requires 90% less code, and can deliver a 10-fold increase in productivity over traditional languages. Rev enables users to create applications using the platform of their choice and deploy to virtually every desktop computer in use today, on the Web, desktop or server, for the PC, Mac, or Linux.
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On Fri Nov 20th, Facebook started using your photos in ads that appear on the profile page of your contacts. It's legal & is in the fine print when you create your account. If you want to prevent this, do the following: Settings, Privacy Settings, News Feed & Wall. Then Facebook Ads tab, choose "No one" & save changes... then scroll to the bottom...
In an era when technology allows personal health information to be more easily stored, updated, accessed and exchanged, the following rights should be self-evident and inalienable. We the people: 1. Have the right to our own health data 2. Have the right to know the source of each health data element 3. Have the right to take possession of a complete copy of our individual health data, without delay, at minimal or no cost; if data exist in computable form, they must be made available in that form 4. Have the right to share our health data with others as we see fit These principles express basic human rights as well as essential elements of health care that is participatory, appropriate and in the interests of each patient. No law or policy should abridge these rights.
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BringChange2Mind.org is a not-for-profit organization created by Glenn Close, the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), Fountain House, and Garen and Shari Staglin of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization). The idea of a national anti-stigma campaign was born of a partnership between Glenn Close and Fountain House, where Glenn volunteered in order to learn about mental illness, which both her sister and nephew suffer from.
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