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POPS'Tis the Season of Election Dirty Tricks: Scaring Student Voters Other underhanded tactics seek to confuse voters about their voter registration. In 2006, voters in Virginia reportedly received fake voicemail messages from the state elections commission claiming that the voters were registered in another state and could be criminally charged if they cast their vote in Virginia.
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POPSWorld's First Silent Ringtone Available ...the listener may hear a call - phantom silence - when there's no one on the line... Even those who don't use it as a ringtone have the potential to experience it, in the silence of an unanswered call.
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POPS10 Disturbing Trends in Subliminal Advertising What once was a sale, is now manipulation in many cases. The sale of something that is not wanted before the sales talk, and unwanted and forgotten a week later. Also known as viral marketing. I've clipped the titles, but there are more detailed examples on the page.
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POPSGoogle Buys GrandCentral So Google's bought phone consolidation service GrandCentral (which several geeky friends rave about). What's it mean? Think one point of contact for absolutely everything: I send you an email, it goes to your inbox and gets left as audio in your voicemail. Or, for that matter, if you could have voicemail for your GoogleTalk service. -David M. Ewalt
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POPSProfile: Jersey's first Arab Muslim mayor The Record (Bergen & Passaic Cties., NJ) profiles Mohamed Khairullah of Prospect Park, NJ's first Arab Muslim mayor. Interesting short piece -- not particularly deep, but nicely done.
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POPSInternet radio BATHROBESPIERRE'S BROADSIDES Free Radio Santa Cruz The most independent you can get. Pirate radio station Free Radio Santa Cruz streams internet radio show BATHROBESPIERRE'S BROADSIDES. Host Robert Norse deals with Civil and human rights of the poor and un-housed. One of the the most aggressive activists in Santa Cruz since 1980 around the Sleeping Ban and other homeless rights issues. Listen over the net, call in and share your voice. This is Pirate Radio where you can say anything. Video commercial at clipped source http://www.humanityforhomeless.blogspot.com. Archives available at http://www.freakradio.org. Thursday Eve. 6:00-8:00pm Pacific Time. Sundays 9:00am-1:00pm.
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POPSJott - voice-based To-Do list Pretty amazing little online service. You call from your phone and leave a voice message. Then it appears in your e-mail not only as a voice file, but actually transcribed (and pretty accurately) so you can see the text as well. You can also jott other people. Very cool.
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POPSAlec Baldwin's Message to his Daughter I will NEVER again watch anything with Alec Baldwin in it. I don't care what it is. The only way I can make my voice heard about this atrocious behavior is with my pocketbook. Well, so be it!
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POPSBook A Lesson Book a Lesson allows you to enhance your lesson experience by giving instant access to your favorite instructors and their schedules. No waiting for voicemail, callbacks, dropped cell phone calls and other annoyances of the old ways. Book A Lesson is like having your instructors schedule in your hands at all times! Imagine being free of phone tag, email pileups, and inaudible voicemails. Your calendar will fill up while you are out giving lessons. Grow your business while making lesson scheduling easy for your students. We'll do the dirty work, and you can focus on teaching and delivering the services you offer!
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