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...They have done a great job,” Rapier said in a phone interview. “They were in a year where they ended a campaign and commenced a new campaign. I think that had a very positive effect on their donations...
...will not reach my hand out to save him." In Khadamiya, too, the narrative about Aug. 31 has changed. Karrar Hussein, 28, was crossing the bridge when the stampede began. Ask him about al-Obeidi, and his cheerful demeanor quickly turns sour. "That is a myth," hisses the cell-phone salesman. "That person never existed at all. He was invented by the Sunnis to make them look good." Rather than jumping in to help, he claims, the people of Adhamiya laughed and cheered as Shi'ites drowned...
...yourself warned—marketing is infiltrating more and more personal mediums as technology allows for greater customization. Earlier this month, The Crimson reported on Brring!, an original business venture by Currier House resident Daniel “Zachary” Tanjeloff ’08. Brring! provides cell phone owners with an alternate phone number that when dialed plays a ten-second advertisement message to the caller before connecting. Users who sign up with Brring! are paid upwards of $1 for each advertisement played to their friends, coworkers, and relatives. The concept is brilliant; the ramifications, unsettling...
Consider the loss of personal time if the practice catches on nationally and every time someone makes a phone call, ten seconds of their life are knowingly forgone. Like the barrage of unsolicited messages sent to personal e-mail accounts, these advertisements are not easily avoidable. At what point do such ads become synonymous with spam—whose seemingly small inconveniences cost U.S. organizations upwards of $10 billion each year...
...draw the line? Will it become the norm that marketers exploit and share profiles of specific individuals in their target audience? Will the suburban houses of the future be plastered with ads and flashing messages? Will we begin to expect advertisements not only at the beginning of our phone calls but also to be cut off mid sent—please hold for the following paid message from this author’s sponsor...