Wellinghoff is well aware of the new threats posed by a multi-directional flow of information and electricity.

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However, when it comes to knowing how to handle a changing multi-directional flow of information as it is happening before us, tends to challenge some of the best of us.

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The status of a partner in a large multi-state professional partnership has elements of being an employee, a sole proprietor and the owner of a large multi-state flow through corporation.

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People in an at work state of mind today are exposed to a constant, multi-point flow of communications from not just customers, suppliers and co-workers, but also from family, friends, would-be friends and network members.

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Some stocks have given steady multi-week moves, while others have only provided select cash flow trades.

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Much of it is multi-structured (often in text format) and does not necessarily flow into neat rows and columns, such as one would find in a traditional database.

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When Facebook instituted its redesign of profile pages in 2011, transforming them into Timelines, our pages went from a simple flow of status and photo updates to a two-column, multi-tiered mish-mash of postings that requires your eyes to dart around the page crazily to take in all of the information.

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