One morning, I was cold-calling on these Platte River munis and, against the rules to leave messages, I found myself relating the basics of the bond to the secretary of the President of a monster Denver-based oil company.

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Creating rules and filters that trigger messages, tweets or even HTTP requests are elegant and effortless.

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For instance, the email program lacks the ability to create local folders or rules for auto-sorting messages, and it doesn't allow group addressing.

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His actions could re-write the rules on when pilots can send private messages or make personal phone calls.

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Is it an invasion of our children's privacy to intercept or check their text messages, or have the rules changed for parents because of the pure power and danger of technology?

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In February 2011, the NCAA suspended Calhoun for three conference games, reduced the number of scholarships and mandated recruiting restrictions after determining that team staff members violated rules by exchanging 150 calls and 190 text messages with prospective recruits and providing complimentary game tickets.

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The U.S. Supreme Court in 2006 modified the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to insure the ability to gain electronic discovery of messages.

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It includes "golden rules" on what should and should not be sent - steer clear of "serious political messages" it proclaims.

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Among the other 24 deregulated rules include the elimination of limits on the quantity of communication, such as phone calls and text messages, coaches can have with recruits.

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