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Overfishing imperils fish in deep waters - Yahoo! News
“With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.”
Avoid the Evil:
Take action at Oceanwise Canada and explore the great resource, Seafood WATCH.
This article demonstrates that telemarketers are more than just passive nuisances: a “…former employee, who was laid off by the company several weeks ago, alleges that Epixtar’s telemarketers use a variety of techniques — including altering taped telephone calls — to prove that customers agreed to charges.”
Those bastards!
If you’re quick on your feet, you might fight back on your own terms: http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/
Or, you can just be a pain and turn their tactics against them. From the anti-telemarketing counterscript:
Telemarketers make use of a telescript - a guideline for a telephone conversation. This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance… [more]
Nintendo’s Wii to provide AP news: The Wii News Channel, scheduled to debut Saturday, will primarily feature top news stories and photographs from The Associated Press.
Nintendo Profit Up 43 Pct. on Wii Sales: Nintendo Co. said profit soared 43 percent during the last nine months of 2006, boosted largely by booming year-end sales of the wand-wielding Wii game console.