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This is something I’ve posted in my other blog, Cell Phone Mania. I hope you get excellent pointers from this:

How many times were you called for a business trip? Indeed, many of us are trying to maintain a very active lifestyle, which includes traveling while on business. Yet it can sometimes pose some problems. For one, phone rates can definitely change, and calling internationally may cause you extra bucks. Worse, your phone does not work at all because of geographical hindrances. Which cell phone plan will somehow be fitting for busy travelers?

3U Telecom features a 4.8 plan that has no monthly minimums or fees, and there are no setup charges. This means you are only going to pay if you are using the phone for international or long distance calling or if you are out of town. You do not have to be concerned about mounting monthly fess even if the plan is not put to use. On the other hand, you are also treated with an excellent customer service with an average waiting time of around one minute. 3U Telecom also has the one second billing system, which allows you to save a total average of 17% to 19%. The plan means that you are only getting billed to the exact duration—nothing more and nothing less. You are also provided with a special travel calling card, which is optional to your account. It has a calling rate of 4.8 cents per minute if you are calling in the United States. You can also call using the calling card to around 50 countries. Costs are not a problem as 3U has the lowest calling rates when it comes to international dialing.

Pioneer on the other hand, has the lowest rates for state-to-state dialing in its cell phone plan. It can only cost you about $2.7 per minute. Busy travelers will find it very comforting to know that once they are back from a trip, the bad debt ratio is still kept to a minimum because of its fantastic rate. Moreover, wait times in customer service rarely goes beyond 1 minute. You are also guaranteed of no rate increase at least for a year. If you want to get extra savings, you can also try calling other members of the plan. It only falls to 1.9 cents. So if you register your whole family, then you do not have to mind of weekend or night special rates since you have a much cheaper alternative.

The Frequent Number plan of Tracfone means there are no more international codes as well as access numbers to dial. The Frequent numbers permit you to use the -800 numbers to contact friends and family in over 60 international destinations covered by Tracfone. You can get rid of city and country codes when dialing. This is, after all, an annoyance for any busy traveler who does not have the time to memorize all of them. You can also store the 1-800 number right at your phone as a speed dial. Thus, it only takes you one press to call all of these people.

More and more people are getting hooked with video poker, and it is very understandable. Where else can you combine fun and money? Indeed, the popularity of video poker will continue to rise in the coming days.

Players of pokers basically came from all walks of life. There are professional ones who are very adept with the game. They make use of techniques and other trade secrets that allow them to win the game. On the other hand, there are amateurs who struggle hard to learn video poker’s ins and outs.

It was during the onset of PCs and the emergence of websites in the World Wide Web that video poker became more available to players. In fact, they were considered to be as old as the first computers themselves—as early as the middle of 1970s—although they were perceived to be as primitive or low standards when compared to today. It has also garnered attention during the entrance of the succeeding decade. There are number of casino players who saw the convenience and enjoyment video pokers gave to them. Since then, video pokers owned their own spots in major casinos all over the world.

There are two ways on how you can definitely enjoy a good video poker game. You can opt to play them at the comforts of your own home using your personal computer. All you need to do is to open the poker website. If you happen to be a casino lover, you’ll notice that video pokers are now available at casino machines.

Usually, the competition is just between you and the computer. There are millions of possible combinations that are being generated by the central processing unit (terminal). For better interaction, however, it is always ideal to play together with others who are located in any parts of the world. You can even invite your friends for a multi-player challenge.

Despite the use of technology, the rules to video poker remain the same. The winner is the one who can present the best 5-card combinations. The rewards, however, large depend on the card hands: straight flush, four of a kind, straight, two pair, straight flush, and flush, among others. Of all, flush is deemed to be the most popular.

Are you ready to become your own antenna? It may sound interesting–well, weird, really–but then again, wouldn’t it be truly such a piece of equipment? We will all just have to wait until the new beta product of NEC will be up for testing. The antenna is “a small, flexible print substrate” which can transform into a piece of technology you can wear anywhere. “NEC will be testing the first prototypes for reception of digital terrestrial broadcasts in the 470-770MHz band.”

Pass the beer, I’d say.

Aside from President Arroyo, who are the other individuals and sectors to blame for the scuttling of whatever Edsa 2 stood for because of the executive clemency granted to pardon of ousted president Joseph Estrada?

First is the political opposition, who reinvigorated Erap politically by using his money and his popularity with a chunk of the so-called the masses to achieve its political goals. Members of the opposition allowed Estrada to survive politically even while in detention by propping up his image and glossing over the plunder case and other irregularities he committed during his rule. Without them, Erap would have become a political non-entity, what with his ouster, jailing and the case filed against him.

Special mention to former vice president Teofisto Guingona, who was the first to accuse Estrada of committing irregularities that eventually led to his impeachment. Also Senate President Manny Villar who, as House speaker, helped maneuver to bring the impeachment complaint against Erap to the Senate for trial. By gravitating towards Estrada, they strengthened the illusion of his political strength, the most important point that President Arroyo considered in granting him pardon.

Second are the militants, whose tactical alliance with the political opposition has diluted their stand against Erap. They were among the most active in the effort to oust then President Estrada but because they shifted their target to President Arroyo, they consciously or unconsciously propped up Erap’s political fortunes.  This is the reason why their opposition to the granting of pardon to Erap, if they ever opposed it, was either muted or didn’t sound believable. That took away pressure from President Arroyo.

Third is the so-called civil society that includes former president Cory Aquino and other supposedly respected individuals. Their hatred of President Arroyo weakened their resolve to make Erap pay for the plunder and abuses he committed during his rule. They forgot that the integrity of the judicial system also needed protection.

--Bong O. Wenceslao, October 31, 2007