On online advertising spending has already overtaken cinema, pay TV and outdoor media and is expected to overtake radio and magazines in 2006. Spending on general online advertising such as banners grew 51 per cent compared with a year earlier. spending on online advertising will total around $16 billion in 2006, accounting for more than five percent of total advertising…
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Electronic Discovery Why Aren T More Law Firms Using It
As the technology age creeps upon us and forces us reevaluate our personal lives in everything that we do, the same can be said for how lawyers practice. Partners who have been tied to their pen and paper presentations are now being confronted with a phenomenon that has started to pick up speed since the early 90’s- Electronic Discovery Requests.…
Electronic Discovery As An Attorney Are You Prepared For It
You’re sitting in your office when your secretary buzzes you and says you have a letter in from the mail. Upon opening it you realize it’s a request for electronic discovery. The opposing attorney is asking for your client’s hard drives, emails, phone records, tape backups, and other legacy media. Do you know how to respond to their request? Do…
Depression Linked With Hyperparathyroidism
It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do, what you believe in. Whether young or old, no one is spared from going down the abyss of depression. Not even research scientist Marlene Belfort. Her vivid recounts of bouts with depression and the discovery of its possible link with hyperparathyroidism is written in an article published by the New York…
Major Breakthrough In The Understanding Of Cancer
Hunting for Genetic Mutations and Cancer The current paradigm in medical research holds that the cause of most cancers is a genetic mutation. For instance, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), an institute at the NIH, “all cancers are based on genetic mutations in body cells.” In fact, mutation hunting is big business. Just look at the…
Letting Go Of Perfection
“The power of discovery enables us to achieve excellence without having to be “perfect.’” – Thomas Crum, The Magic of Conflict I arrived at the conference center ready to present my workshop. Almost immediately I noticed the room was too small and it was not set up as requested. There were no flipcharts and there were tables, though I had…