Sunday, January 13, 2008

Fun Golf Tournament Planning Ideas

Fun golf tournament planning can be accomplished as long as you try to keep in mind that you want it to be fun and that you can all agree on which not-too-serious golf tournament ideas to use. There are many different formats for teams of nearly all sizes and I will discuss some of them in this article. Some fun golf tournament format ideas include '123 best Ball', 'Air Presses', 'Aces And Deuces' and 'Honest John'. There are too many popular games to try to explain in such a brief article, but many can be found in golfing magazines and on-line.

When playing '1-2-3 best ball' you should have four person teams, and it is played by simply all golfers playing the entire game. When the first hole is done; the lowest score goes on the card, when the second hole is done the two lowest scores go on the card, and when the third hole is done the three lowest scores all go on the card. After three holes you start back at one.

When playing 'Aces And Deuces' the basic idea is that the lowest score is the ace, and the highest score is the deuce, who ever is the ace wins a preset amount of money from the rest of the players. The deuce on the other hand owes each of the other players a preset amount (usually half the ace) also. this is a game where even the second and third place players still get some money back in their hands, and is usually played by four people. It is a good idea to consider when planning a fun golf tournament.

In 'Air Presses' the bets are of a predetermined amount and bets are placed by the golfer who has not swung yet as it gives both the turn to up the ante. If the second golfer bets while the first golfer's drive is in the air then he would shout' air Press' and the bet would be automatically agreed on. If the first golfer shouts air press while the second golfer's drive is in the air then the bet is automatically doubled. this game is also suited for fun golf tournament planning.

'Honest John' is also a very fun way to make things a little more interesting during a nice friendly game of golf. When playing 'Honest John' each player pays an equal amount in to a pot. Each player then writes down the score he thinks he will make on the round. At the end if the round the golfer with the closest score to what he wrote down is the winner.

These are only a few examples of some fun golf tournament format ideas. You should discuss a few ideas to your group and see what the general consensus is about each idea. Remember that a fun golf tournament is no fun with a driver sticking out of your head.

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Some Neat Things You Can Do With VOIP

Do you know what voip is? Unless you have been living in a cave for the past few years, you have undoubtedly seen voip advertised at electronics stores, on TV, inside your cable bill, and from some of your friends. In a nutshell, voip allows you to make and receive phone calls over the Internet. Thats right, you do not need to hassle with SBC or BellSouth or Verizon anymore if you dont want to. The person you are calling does not need to have a voip phone, you can call them or they can call you anyway.

The one thing that IS required for any voip servce, regardless of the provider you get it from, is a decent and reliable high-speed Internet connection. The vast majority of the time when customers complain about the quality of a voip phone conversation, the bottom line result is that the fault is rarely with the voip service, but it is the fault of the high-speed Internet connection. The voip provider has no control over the quality (or lack thereof) of your high-speed Internet connection, so if your connection is not reliable or is "spotty", you need to either get a different Internet provider, or perhaps voip is not for you at this time.

The latter situation would be bad news if you look at the economics of it. From your local phone company, you are probably paying $25 to $30 per month just for dial tone, and then you have long distance charges on top of that. For less money, you can also get dial tone, plus voice mail, plus caller ID, plus a host of other features (depending on the carrier), plus unlimited long distance calling in the continental US (or beyond with some providers). It really is a no brainer.

Let's look at a couple of neat things that voip allows you do to, things that you cannot do with your traditional phone. Let's say you live in Chicago, and you travel on business or pleasure to Atlanta and you bring your voip phone with you. When you get to Atlanta, you plug your voip phone into the high-speed Internet connection at your hotel. You can STILL make calls as if you were still in Chicago, and when somebody calls your Chicago phone number, it will ring on your voip phone in your Atlanta hotel room! It's like nothing has changed and you are still at home in Chicago!

I have a friend who does this all the time, and he travels worldwide. When he arrives at his hotel in Los Angeles or even London or Hong Kong, he plugs his voip phone into the high-speed Internet connection at his hotel, and he is making and receiving calls just as if he were at home in Denver!

Now let's say that you have friends or family in Europe that you like to talk to, but you dont talk to them very often because international calls are so expensive. The solution is for you to get a voip phone and get a voip phone for them and send it to them. (Assuming of course they have a high-speed Internet connection at their home, as do you). Now, even though they are located in Paris or Munich, their voip phone has a Houston (or whatever) phone number, and you can call them or they can call you and you can talk for as long as you want to at no additional charge!

voip technology brings a whole new era to the world of communications, and if you are not part of the voip revolution yet, you certainly should be, because it is not going away anytime soon!

Jon is a computer engineer who maintain a variety of web sites based on his knowledge and experience. For more information about voip, voip providers and home voip services, please visit his web site at Home VOIP Inside Information.

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The Mobile Phone Today!

mobile phones are becoming ever more popular in most countries. As they are getting more widely used, new service providers are emerging and intense competition is building up among the existing ones. These involve lowering the call price and giving customers free goods and call time after being connected. Having a GSM phone has an obvious advantage over the PCN system. GSM is the standard used in most European countries. Therefore having a GSM phone means that the same phone could be used in all those countries.

mobile phones are convenient, easy to use and reliable. You can contact anyone, at anytime and you can be contacted at anytime by anyone. mobile phones not only allow you to exchange text messages; All latest mobile phones have cameras, which allow you to exchange pictures. Invented in 1997 the camera phone is now 85% of the market.

Most latest models have features beyond sending text messages and making voice callsincluding Internet browsing, music (MP3) playback, personal organizers, e-mail, built-in cameras and camcorders, ringtones, games, radio, Push-to-Talk (PTT), infrared and bluetooth connectivity, call registers, ability to watch streaming video or download video for later viewing, and serving as a wireless modem for a PC.

Some analysts claim that Europe will be the leader in inventing and implementing the mobile Internet. The reasoning rests on the fact that cellular telephones have dense penetration in many European countries. When mobile access is part of everyday life, innovative services are more likely to be launched, both because people think of them and because a market exists. Thus, the reasoning goes, Europe will lead the Internet's next phase in the same way that the United States led the Web's first phase.

Anyone who has a mobile phone would probably agree with me that once you have had a mobile phone it has become an ''addiction'' to you of having it. people who are used to mobile phones cannot imagine their lives without having one with them anytime. I personally use my mobile phone at least six times a day.

As wireless technologies evolve, the coming mobile revolution will bring dramatic and fundamental changes to the world. This revolution has already begun and is gaining momentum. The revolution will impact numerous facets of our daily lives and the way business is conducted. It will provide important data in real time to assist decision makers, exert great influence on communications between businesses and their customers, and transform the way we live our lives. ''Not having my mobile phone with me anytime of the day, makes me feel as if I have not had my morning cup of coffee'' Petya http://www.themobileshop4u.co.uk

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Prepaid Cell Phones and Emergency Service

Find out the nitty gritty on prepaid cell phones and 911 service. Find out what prepaid cell phone companies are required to do and why.

Everybody is familiar with 9-1-1 service, which allows you to easily contact emergency services from your home phone. But what about your cell? Emergencies can happen when you're away from home. And even while you're at home, more households are moving towards a single-line solution, replacing their landline phones with mobile.

The FCC requires all cellular carriers to put through all 9-1-1 calls, even when the phone does not have an active service contract. Individuals who have medical conditions may do well to carry an emergency cell phone, even if they do not use a cell phone on a regular basis. It is also an ideal solution for the elderly, who may be at risk while out and about. Keeping an emergency cell phone in the car's glove compartment, along with a portable charger, can help avert a disaster in case of a breakdown or accident in a remote area.

The so-called E911 (enhanced 911) service, mandated by the FCC, also requires carriers to implement a system that tells emergency dispatchers the location of the caller. This has been a part of landline emergency services for several years, and when you call 9-1-1 from your home phone, the dispatcher automatically knows your callback number and your fixed location. But on a mobile phone, there are some technological challenges. Fortunately, the cell phone companies stepped up to the plate and came up with a solution. In Phase I of the FCC mandate, carriers had to create a system that would tell dispatchers the cell phone number of the caller, as well as the location of the cell tower, which would provide at least an approximate geographic location. More sophisticated location detection technology uses GPS-enabled cell phones to determine the location of the caller in an emergency.

Phase II, scheduled to be fully implemented by the end of 2005, goes a step further by providing Automatic Location Identification (ALI), with precise latitude and longitude of the caller, to the emergency dispatcher. This capability has been incorporated into many newer cell phones, but there are still older cell phones still in use. If you plan to use your cell phone as an emergency backup, make sure you have a newer "location-sensitive" phone that is equipped to handle this service.

There is no charge for calling 9-1-1 from a cell phone; the E911 infrastructure is paid for with a small surcharge on normal cell phone services.

Tom Spelling is a contributing editor to http://www.prepaidreviews.com/ which reviews prepaid cell phone plan providers and rates them according to service factors and customer feedback. The site offers reviews on Verizon Prepaid wireless, Cingular GoPhone and more.

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