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“[Electronic filing] helps in making the business of justice more equitable and accessible,” said Robert Duckworth, circuit court clerk.
“This will help attorneys in terms of researching cases, filing cases out of their offices … and self-help representation litigants can come to the public terminals in the courthouse.”
Early next year, the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court plans to launch a two-year pilot electronic case filing program that could spread to the entire state, he said.
Existing court records staff are being trained to file court documents electronically, and the first cases are expected to go online by February or March, he said.
The court will begin filing new civil cases first; domestic, criminal and juvenile cases will be added during the course of the pilot program.
The complete text of all cases will be available online through the Anne Arundel Circuit Court Web site. Limited electronic case filing is in use in Baltimore City for asbestos cases, Duckworth said.
The state’s highest court in Annapolis is testing software and equipment to broadcast the Court of Appeals’ oral arguments on the Internet.
The court hopes to begin its oral argument webcasts at the beginning of the court’s new term Thursday, but technological problems could delay the launch, said Sally Rankin, court information officer.
The court has the audio and video equipment to broadcast hearings from the small courtrooms, but older computer software could make sending large video and audio files cumbersome and threaten to paralyze the court’s internal computer network.
The court plans to archive webcasts of oral arguments eventually to provide schools and other members of the public better access.
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Really, we're [game developers] pretty sick of being called "Nerds" by the media; it's a ridiculous characterization. I doubt you'd use the same kinda of language when discussing race or gender. I.e "where being a Ni**** is cool" or "where being a bi*** is cool."
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Examiner Reader said:
san carlos removed the only person that was earning her salary. REMOVE THE EMBEZZLING OFFICIALS !
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We know who, we know where, we kind of know how, and we get an idea of when... but why did he do this?
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Wind turbines certainly generate clean energy (preferrable), but I wish leaders would allocate some of their design engineers to study how to protect the wildlife (birds) fatalities. It seems easy enough to place a cage around the turbines, just like the smaller, domestic models that protect children from getting their fingers clipped by the fan blades. I'm sure there's a way to make this look attractive in a super-size turbine.
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The Dice Report. “Baltimore-Washington has the third-highest average salary for IT professionals at $81,750 a year, ahead of the national average of $74,570.” WOW and yet the jobs which I applied for are paying way below the average. Usually a company asked what salary range I'm looking for, and usually that's a sign of we can't afford you. I answered negotiable, they pursuit for a number. When I give them a number I don't hear from them. Most of the positions I come across are bombarded with responsibilities and has a failure of matching the pay.
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Terence said:
What the article failed to address is that if you have an a non-business major and have an engineering or computer science degree, it is advisable to pursue an MBA degree and as such you would tend to pursue something like an IT degree and in that case, the jump in salary is significant. If you have a business undergrad in IT and pursue an MBA, that jump is significantly less. I still do not understand why students would do both an undergrad and grad in business. Really the textbooks are almost the same, the delivery is the difference. In some cases, classes are cross-taught at both the undergrad and grad. Pursuing a masters of science in marketing, operations and IT is the appropriate route not an MBA for undegrad in business. Just IMHO
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Iconic Xer. said:
I find this story missing a critical and informative element. Sure, tech companies and institutions such as NASA may be losing *employees* to retirement. But that doesn't mean there aren't *lots* of tech professionals around. Quite the opposite. There's an abundance of them. Companies have got to change their cultures, compensation and engagement of workers to be in alignment with the preference of many tech professionals to work outside of organizations, to work for multiple companies, to be flexible, nimble and not dependent on one industry or company for survival. It's a generational thing, really, with your GenXers (27-47 in 2008) heavily leaning in this direction. Re: the lack of kids entering STEM. It has nothing to do with them not wanting to be cool. They are achievement, affluence and team-oriented. Sing their song and they'll come in droves. Sing *your* song & they won't hear you ... or even bother trying. And, mistakenly, you'll conclude they're not interested. What
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Possible health risk of cancer too! See international studies.
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You can't stop it now and usually there is a reason its done that way
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