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Refreshing Reading:

PLDT.com and other websites provide reading and humor the likes of Louie Beltran in the days of Mr. & Ms. Magazine as an alternative print media to the "Crony Press."


PinoyLife.com photoshop Challenge!
http://pinoylife.com/article.php?sid=24

Communications is essential to maneuver, command and control.
Even if it has to be by cell phone.

Marines using cell phones in the battlefield.

More Hummor:

We just can’t use the USMC’s "The Few… The Proud"
as it does not translate properly to motivate.

Poster Copyright 2000
Gallant Warriors From the Sea.

Used with permission
Small Text Added


Click the Poster to ENTER…PLDT.COM

------------------------------ 03 - PLDT loses dispute over 'pldt.com' domain name

THE FIRST and longest domain and trade name dispute in the Philippines between the country's biggest telecommunications company and Gerry Kaimo, registered owner of the "pldt.com" domain name, ended Tuesday as the courts decided in favor of Kaimo.
In a court order, Judge Reynaldo Daway denied the request for a preliminary injunction by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) against Kaimo, who in turn was accused of allegedly infringing on the telephone company's trade name, and for "engaging in unfair competition for using the trade name."
"After carefully considering and evaluating evidence presented during the hearing and after duly considering the documents adverted to and relevant pleadings including their respective memorandum in so far as they are pertinent to the issue under consideration, the Court finds that the plaintiff (PLDT) has not been able to show its entitlement to the relief prayed for," the court ruling stated.
The ruling, dated January 29, 2004, was issued from Branch 90 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
Kaimo is the registered owner of the domain name "pldt.com," on which he recently placed a website for political commentary on the current administration.
Four years ago, PLDT filed a 1.35-million-peso lawsuit against Kaimo, arguing that he was violating the company's intellectual property over the PLDT trade name.
In its complaint, PLDT claimed that Kaimo and advocacy group Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications Inc. (PLDTi) have violated the company's intellectual property right for using the trade name, which it has been using for more than 70 years.
Reacting to the court ruling, Kaimo said: "Today, I'm very happy. We have shown that we have the capacity to fight this giant."
In a telephone interview Kaimo said that his victory shows that the "little guys" have a chance against the "giants."
"It's a battle won for now at least. I don't think the war is over though. Their resources are deep," Kaimo added, expecting that PLDT would appeal the case to higher courts.
The court has set a pre-trial conference on February 23, 2004 for Kaimo's 50-million-peso counter suit against PLDT.
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Surviving
The unruly pro-Erap rallies made me reach for that bright yellow book on my shelf, "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook" by Joshua Priven and David Borgenicht (1999, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA). I thought it was worth reviewing again in the light of recent history and the "Survivor" TV series. I had written about this book over a year ago but continue to receive e-mail from readers asking where they can buy a copy.

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

By Joshua Priven and David Borgenicht

Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do?

Though it's being marketed as a humorous title, the information contained in The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is all quite sound. Authors Joshua Priven and David Borgenicht consulted numerous experts in their fields (they're cited at the end of the book) to discover how to survive various and assorted awful events.

This book is jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know FAST-from detecting a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real, this pocket-sized guide is a handbook for those times when life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Because you never know when you might find yourself trapped by an elevator, sinking in quick sand, or forced to wrestle an alligator...
http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/alum/career/scoop5152000.html

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