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  • Webcam conversations are almost like science fiction made real – the video call was a staple of World's Fair exhibitions from the 1930s onwards. Like many things envisioned by science fiction…

  • When you get a restricted call on your home phone or cellphone, the person placing the call has manually made his number unavailable. While there is no number to dial that will reveal the identity of…

  • Wireless phone users who do not want a long-term contract can use Locus Telecommunications for prepaid nationwide and international calling. O2 Wireless offers several calling plans that allow you to…

  • If you are preparing to sign up for cellphone service, you will want to know how much you should expect to pay, and whether incoming phone calls will use your allotted free minutes. Incoming cell…

  • Whether or not employers call references depends on a few specific things. Find out if employers call references with help from an executive recruiter and career counselor in this free video clip.

  • Storyboards are visual representations of the story told in a movie, play, television show or other visual media. Originally developed by Walt Disney, story boards typically resemble long comic strips…

  • The term "filter" is used in plumbing, but different kinds of filters are used for different purposes. Plumbing filters improve water quality. Some filters remove debris while others are…

  • Cooktops come in a variety of styles and materials, but even “scratch-resistant” designs are not scratch-proof. The most common designs incorporate a glass-ceramic material or stainless…

  • Splicing rope is a way of attaching two pieces of rope together without tying a knot. You can also use a splice to create a loop, then attach a piece of rope to itself. There are several different…

  • Owning a computer not only requires you to protect it from viruses and malware, but also from physical threats of damage. One often overlooked culprit involved with computer damage is high humidity.…

  • Sleek, chrome-plated legs support a variety of sinks, including deep washtubs. But instead of showing up in utility rooms, sinks with chrome legs are most likely to appear in small bathrooms, such as…

  • The Mongoose system is an object-modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. The system, through the MongoHQ database tools, is designed to offer a cloud-based database management…

  • Most phones have the ability to block unknown callers in one way or another. This can be done by your service provider, or by adjusting settings on your phone itself, depending on the model. There are…

  • Invision Power Board is a multifunctional commercial application that permits theme customization. IP Board enables you to add various modifications to the basic installation and it is written in PHP…

  • The Android lock program uses a series of dots and lines to create a custom design instead of an alpha-numeric passcode. You draw your passcode lines over the dots. Once your design matches the design…

  • A iPhone call with no audio is probably the result of one of several common issues. It could have something to do with your iPhone's software or hardware, or it could be because of problems with your…

  • The plaintiff's deposition can be a major piece of evidence in a civil trial and is testimony given under oath. A court reporter will take down all testimony and provide a transcript; the transcript…

  • Signing for large appliances after inspecting them is an important responsibility. A time limit for returning large appliances begins when you accept shipment. Major appliance retailers may allow as…

  • The "Xenosaga" trilogy is a series of three PlayStation 2 games released from 2002 to 2006. The Gnosis are one form of enemies that the human characters in this futuristic science fiction…

  • While iPhone users can obviously make standard cellular calls, they also have the option to place calls over the Internet, a process known as VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol. Many apps…

  • An employer has the right to require breaks as long as the policy does not violate the civil rights of its employees. The Department of Labor does not require employers to offer work breaks, but some…

  • Windows give houses style and character. They control how much light enters the house and can change a room from dark and dreary to bright and cheerful. Windows that jut out from the house gather more…

  • Although you might want to convey a certain personality in your resume by listing your personal interests, this is rarely a necessary or beneficial addition to your resume. If you are qualified and…

  • If you have a toddler, you know how fickle their eating habits and preferences can be. A child grows so much during its first year of life that, by comparison, its food intake during the second and…

  • DotNetNuke is an open-source content management system developed in Microsoft's open-source ASP.NET Web programming language. You can merge the service, also known as DNN, with XMod, an application…

  • The Internal Revenue Service requires that employers retain employment records for four years. Employment records include any state and federal payroll tax information and W-2 forms. If you wish to…

  • References can help employers get a better sense of potential employees, and most will check a job candidate's references at some point during the interview process. Reference checks can vary from…

  • Program Database, or PDB, documents are database files that are used by Microsoft Visual Studio, Palm Pilot software and Quicken. The data stored in these documents depends on the program that created…

  • Until the rise of fuel-powered ships, square-rigged sailing ships were the backbone of international commerce. Though not as fast or maneuverable as fore-and-aft sail ships, the square riggers were…

  • While cedar-scented closets remain an enormously popular choice for homeowners interested in keeping bugs out of their hung and stowed clothing, an often-overlooked consequence remains for those who…

  • SNES9x is a computer program that brings the fun and retro gaming of the Super Nintendo to many different devices. One of those devices is the Sony PlayStation 3. SNES9x is only a few megabytes in…

  • Java is one of the most popular and easily understood object oriented programming languages, considered not quite as versatile or powerful as lower level languages, like C++ or C#. One of the many…

  • When a deck has a screen enclosure it suddenly transforms from merely being a deck to being a decked-out room. Instead of being exposed to the elements and attacks by bugs, you and your guests can…

  • Backyard space, when put to good use, can provide an escape into nature and respite from the busyness of life. While a large and flowing backyard is the easiest to put to use, you don’t have to…

  • PVC waste pipes began to replace metal waste pipes in the home starting in the 1970s. PVC is easier to work with as it does not require pipe-fitting or soldering. Where most PVC waste pipe joints are…

  • Though often used as a desirable landscaping shrub, oleanders are toxic and many homeowners with pets or small children do not want them in their yard. Oleanders can be harder to dig up than a lot of…

  • Normally, a photographer does not want a blurry picture, but to emphasize an effect or demonstrate motion, a blurred background is necessary. Using the automatic settings on most cameras, a photo of a…

  • Wall studs are the primary framing members of conventional stick-frame construction. They stand upright between horizontally-oriented planks, called top and bottom "plates." Therefore, the…

  • Job applicants are expected to provide verifiable, truthful and accurate information when they apply for employment with a new company. In fact, most employment applications require that an applicant…

  • Budgeting is hard for may consumers, and an extra layer of difficulty is added when income is variable. For those who are self-employed or work on a commission-only basis, it is especially hard in the…

  • "MapleStory" is a free massively multiplayer role-playing game. The game features over a dozen classes, each with a distinct skill set. Players start at the beginner class, but by gaining…

  • Every program that runs on your computer uses memory. The "heap" is the area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation. In a C program, objects are placed on the "heap", and…

  • Registering variables in your vBulletin plugin lets you access them in the page's template or in another existing template. VBulletin is a popular commercial software package that helps you host a…

  • Before installing your own hardwood floor, look around at some other floors to get an idea of what a professionally installed hardwood floor looks like. You’ll notice that the ends of the planks…

  • Named for a French mathematician and early trailblazer in computer development, Pascal is a structured programming language created in 1970 as an improvement upon earlier, high-level languages. Due to…

  • The Austin City Limits Music Festival is one of the largest and most popular non-touring three-day music festivals in America. Affiliated with the long-running PBS live music show of the same name and…

  • Water has many uses, because several substances dissolve into it. The reason why water can clean up dirt effectively is that the dirt dissolves gradually into the water. Solubility is not only…

  • Builders across all trades use the term "rough-in" to refer to projects that occur near the beginning of construction; tasks that form the "guts" of a structure and prepare the building's exposed…

  • The ability to customize your Microsoft Windows operating system means you can choose a desktop image, window colors, alert sounds and more. You can change your mouse cursor from the default plain…

  • The asthenosphere is the somewhat fluid part of the earth's mantle. This section of the mantle moves in response to the stresses of the Earth. Rocks that make up the asthenosphere flow about due to…

  • If you fall behind on a debt, your creditor may assign your account to a collection agency. The collection agency may contact you to recover the outstanding debt. The Fair Debt Collection Practices…

  • Swisher Sweets are a brand of little cigars and cigarillos produced by Swisher International. The Florida-based company says it is the largest manufacturer of cigars in the world. Since 1999, Swisher…

  • Women of the Jewish faith play an important role in their religion, as well as within the realm of their families. Historically, Jewish women were discouraged from pursuing higher education and…

  • Coniferous trees, also known as gymnosperms, grow almost worldwide, from the subarctic and subantarctic to the subtropics, in regions as different as Alaska's boreal forest to the Hawaiian islands to…

  • A course syllabus is used by high school teachers and college professors for a variety of different reasons. Whether an instructor creates a syllabus because it is required by his school or university…

  • Wondering how deep shrub roots go is a bit like wondering how long a piece of string is. Under good growing conditions, shrub roots reach deep enough to do several essential jobs: hold the shrub in…

  • Beds that have cushioned headboards are known by the various names of their headboards: upholstered headboards, cushioned headboards or padded headboards. A relatively new type of headboard, they are…

  • A database manager is computer software that organizes related information into a set of row-column tables. Once it's organized, you can access and analyze data rapidly and flexibly, even when it…

  • "Final Fantasy VIII" is a strategy role-playing game originally released on the Sony PlayStation game console. In "FF8," players control a party of in-game characters and follow an intricate story,…

  • If you have Native American heritage, you may be able to obtain formal recognition from a tribe. Tribes have strict enrollment requirements, because they each want to preserve and protect the…

  • Committing an act that causes your boss to terminate your employment can be especially costly if you want to collect unemployment insurance after he's let you go. Although each state has its own laws,…

  • According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, crocodile skin is the costliest and most fashionable leather in Western markets. Crocodile skin is so precious, in part because only the…

  • Odin Sphere is a fantasy role playing video game released on the PlayStation 2 by Altus in 2007. The story focuses on five protagonists: Gwendolyn, Cornelius, Oswald, Mercedes and Velvet. You guide…

  • Almost every adult has experienced the situation where you are casually talking with a friend when suddenly she drops a racist statement. You never realized the person was racist and now you are faced…

  • If you are looking to port your wireless number to AT&T, you should expect the process to take up to three business days to complete. While this time frame can be frustrating if you are in a hurry to…

  • Knitted cherries are great ways for knitters to show off their skills in a cute little package. All a knitter needs to know to knit cherries are the basic knit, purl and knit two together stitches.…

  • Petitions can be a useful way to take civic action in inspiring positive change. They can garner attention for a certain cause, educate the public on the matter and show support for a specific side of…

  • "Welcome to Juarez" is a mission in the first-person shooter game "Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2." The Tom Clancy-inspired game sends the Ghost Recon team to Mexico to deal with an insurgency.…

  • In "Final Fantasy XII," Luxollid, the rare entite, appears only after you have met several challenging conditions. Luxollid hides in the Pharos at Ridorana; stealing from it is the only way to acquire…

  • Sharing memorable moments, celebrating accomplishments and toasting embarrassing stories are all features of a good retirement dinner. Retirement dinners are thrown to say goodbye to a retiring…

  • Victorian homes often feature generous wraparound porches furnished with wicker chairs and porch swings. Farmhouses have large front porches that invite you to sit awhile in wooden rocking chairs, and…

  • If you saw the movie "Anaconda," you probably heard that the anaconda is the largest snake in the world. The dimensions of the snake in the film, however, were grossly over-represented. Nonetheless,…

  • If you do not subscribe to cable or satellite television services, you may have to adjust your television to get the best signal. With the autotune function, your television will scroll through every…

  • The technique of cutting felled trees into smaller, usable lengths, called bucking, requires skill and attention to detail to perform correctly and safely. Bucking often involves the use of a…

  • Trademarked characters, logos, slogans and graphics show up on products including fabrics used to make clothing and other articles. The fabric manufacturer will have paid the trademark owner for use…

  • Whether in history, Greek philosophy, world religions or just the reflection on humanity, there are three classical principles that form the foundation of ethical reasoning, reports Keith Douglass…

  • In C++, a function object is a class object that you can use as a function. It works similarly to other functions, except you use the function call operator to pass values to the object class. For…

  • The relationship between people, plants and bugs can be productive, fruitful -- and very irritating. Although, according to South Carolina's Gardening & Recycling Organics Wisely (GROW) website, only…

  • Canadian electronic music producer and DJ Deadmau5 is such a fan of the sandbox computer game "Minecraft," he created his own online world for the game. Before you can join Deadmau5's Mau5ville world,…

  • Amoebas are tiny, single-celled organisms that live in moist conditions, such as fresh and salt water, soil, and within animals. They have a clear outer membrane and an inner grainy mass, or…

  • Bacteria are one of the most common vectors in human, plant and animal diseases. Pseudomonas is the name of one genus of disease-causing bacteria. There are more than 100 species of bacteria in this…

  • Ferns have been growing all across the world for more than 300 million years. The American Fern Society estimates that nearly 12,000 species of ferns exist. They grow in many types of environments…

  • Education and certificates are an essential part of your resume because they show a potential employer that you don't just have valuable experience, but you have training-backed experience. In…

  • If you quote, summarize or paraphrase material from a reporter from the "Atlantic," you need to cite the reporter to avoid plagiarism. How you do this depends on what citation style you choose;…

  • Cheesecloth is a piece of fabric originally used to filter whey from cheese curd. The fabric is actually a mesh with tiny openings and is used nowadays to strain the finest particles out of foods and…

  • With literally dozens of sorting algorithms available, determining which will work best with your system will depend on comparisons of several factors, such as the size of the list, the speed or…

  • Matlab is a numerical computing environment which is particularly good for manipulating matrices. Matrices are also called arrays in this and other programming contexts. In Matlab, an array of numbers…

  • Megaupload allows users to upload files for other people to download. If you try to download from the site without an account, you will have to wait a few minutes before you can download files. The…

  • The DSN (Defense Switched Network) is a telephony military interbase network for the Department of Defense. The interbase network transmits world-wide secure and non-secure voice, data, facsimile and…

  • If you're the kind of person that finds himself constantly forgetting important things, you may find it helpful to make a list. A "Do Not Forget" list is useful in a number of different situations and…

  • Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance. Discovered in 1911, it was not until 1957 that an acceptable explanation of their strange behavior was proffered. Even then,…

  • The Pygmalion Effect is the human phenomena illustrating how one person's expectations can have a drastic impact on an individual's performance and potential. This has also been called the…

  • Telemarketing calls at all times of the day can be annoying. Thankfully, the Federal Trade Commission created the National Do Not Call Registry to give consumers the choice of receiving these type of…

  • Water safety is important for children and parents. The inflatable ring used to help children stay afloat in water is generally called a swimming ring, a float ring or a floaty. The swimming float is…

  • Chronic tardiness is a problem for almost every employer. Despite your best efforts, it is inevitable that you will at some point need to address an employee that makes a habit out of showing up after…

  • Federal law prohibits calling numbers listed on the Do Not Call Registry, part of the U.S. Do Not Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. This law aims at giving consumers a…

  • Telemarketers are relentless. The phone rings at dinner time and you answer it only to be greeted by a salesman trying to get you to buy whatever it is he is selling. The calls come at the most…

  • Telemarketers sell products or services over the phone. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous telemarketers who will bother you at all hours. If you are receiving unwanted or harassing telemarketing…

  • Stop annoying telemarketing phone calls by adding your phone number to the National Do Not Call Registry, operated by the Federal Trade Commission. You can add your land line phone number and your…

  • The United States Congress established the National Do Not Call Registry in 2003 due to public pressure about unsolicited and harrassing telemarketing calls. The Federal Trade Commission manages the…

  • For those who are sick of being interrupted at home with unsolicited phone calls, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) created the National Do Not Call Registry in an effort to diminish and eliminate…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry enables consumers to opt out of receiving calls from telemarketers. Under the act, once your phone number has been on the registry for 31 days, most telemarketers are…

  • Sometimes calls from advertisers border on harassment, especially when they come frequently and at odd hours. Many of these calls are simply computer "robo calls" that call your number at random.…

  • U.S. law allows consumers to protect their telephone lines --- both wired and cellular --- from unwanted use by commercial operations soliciting their business. It particularly protects against…

  • Telemarketers can obtain your telephone information from different sources, including third-party providers and online shopping sites where you have registered. While telemarketers have a easier time…

  • Wildblue Internet is an Internet company that provides different types of Internet connections. Usually, these are high-speed connections, depending on the location of the local company. Whether you…

  • Telemarketers have a knack for calling just as you're sitting down to dinner, but thanks to the Federal Trade Commission's National Do Not Call Registry, you can limit or even eliminate unwanted…

  • Realtors may place phone calls to prospective clients to generate new sales leads and promote their services, but they may be violating federal laws and the National Do Not Call Registry by doing so.

  • If you receive unwanted telemarketing calls from companies, sign up with the National Do Not Call Registry. If you continue to hear from these companies after 31 days, file a complaint against them.

  • The National Do Not Call Registry allows U.S. households to limit telemarketing calls. It is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission and requires telemarketers to cease calling registered households…

  • The National Do No Call Registry was created in 2003 and enacted in 2004 in order to protect consumers from telemarketer harassment. People have since found that signing up to the list did not keep…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry in the United States is managed by the Federal Trade Commission, commonly referred to as the FTC. The federal law went into enforcement by the Federal Communications…

  • Direct marketers routinely make unsolicited calls. You can escape such phone calls by entering your telephone number in the National Do Not Call Registry, which is managed by the Federal Trade…

  • Telemarketing calls can be a nuisance at home, interrupting daily activities, family meals and quiet evenings. Unsolicited calls to your cell phone force you to lose valuable minutes and, if taken at…

  • The electoral roll in Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) contains the names and addresses of most British citizens over the age of 18, although you can register, but not…

  • Since 1913, when AT&T agreed to operate as a monopoly guided by federal oversight, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has overseen telephone service in the United States. As the network grew,…

  • Unwanted toll-free calls can drain your time and energy and can increase levels of frustration. The National Do Not Call Registry, which is run by the federal government, allows you to control which…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry, which affords consumers the ability to opt out of unwanted telemarketing calls, is widely popular with consumers. According to a Federal Trade Commission report…

  • Telemarketers calling non-stop gets irritating after a while. To stop receiving a lot of unwanted calls, a consumer should register his number with the National Do Not Call Registry. A consumer is…

  • The Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 established the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the National Do Not Call Registry. Administered by the Federal Trade Commission, the National Do Not Call…

  • Computer-generated marketing is the new trend in telemarketing. Previously, when you received an annoying marketing call at dinnertime, you could ask the person on the other end to remove you from the…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry was established to prevent businesses and individuals from making unwanted telephone solicitations. The California Office of the Attorney General is responsible for…

  • The National Do-Not-Call Registry was established by the Federal Communications Commission to provide citizens with a way to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls. Registration is free, and the list is…

  • Few things are more annoying than sitting down to dinner at the end of the day and then getting that dreaded telemarketing call. Telemarketers are required by law to check the Federal Trade…

  • Telephone solicitors always seem to call at the most inopportune times. If you're sick of being bothered, have your number removed from their lists.

  • If you tire of phone solicitors calling you when you have no interest in the products and services they offer you, you can start doing something to reduce the amount of calls you receive. While you…

  • Is your phone always ringing ? Do you want to Stop the unwanted calls from telemarketers.Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry is a 2004 institution that stops telemarketers from contacting you if you so choose. If telemarketers contact those who are on the list, they are subject to fines and…

  • Telemarketing to cell phones, via automatic dialers, has always been illegal. Cell phone owners who are bothered by these calls are able to file a complaint against the marketing company with the…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry was designed to stop telemarketing calls to home, business and cellular phone numbers. It is a free service. After you register, it can take up to a month to take…

  • The United States Congress passed the Do Not Call Implementation Act in 2003 to protect consumers from unwanted phone calls from telemarketers. The act led to the establishment of fees to support the…

  • The National Do Not Call Registry is a government database that was designed to stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls that individuals and families receive at home. The registry applies to any…

  • The availability of information on scams and a general rise in consumer awareness has decreased the success rate of scam artists. However, some people still get fooled into sending a check to an…

  • The phone rings in the middle of dinner with the family. You pick it up, say hello and listen for a response. After a few seconds, the caller finally responds and launches into a sales pitch for a…

  • Telemarketers have long been an annoyance, especially when they make a habit of calling very early in the morning or during dinner. For years, it seemed like consumers had no way to fight back against…

  • Tired of the phone ringing off the hook at dinnertime? You are not alone if you have had it with telemarketers randomly dialing your number to sell you something or get your opinion about one thing or…

  • If you're tired of constantly being bombarded by telemarketers telling you that you've "won" something or trying to sell you a product or service that you don't want, options are available to get the…

  • Scam, con, identity theft...ask around and you'll probably discover that someone within your network has been a victim of consumer fraud. Here are the four easiest ways to protect yourelf from Do Not…

  • Most babies love to spend time outdoors exploring the world that exists outside of their homes, so it's essential that the backyard is a safe place for them to play. Follow these steps to baby-proof…