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Today’s landmark news that British Telecom is to become the first UK telephone company to make calls to 0870 numbers and 0845 numbers are without charge, is likely to be welcomed with delightful applause from consumers and campaigner groups alike.

0870 numbers particularly, have been the subject of much negative media coverage over recent years and this is mainly because of the high price to ring them the reality that some businesses make cash from phone calls to these numbers (particularly grating for clients lines and after-sales services).

Using these numbers in the public sector has also faced a large amount of scrutiny and the Department of Health has recently launched a consultation in a bid to look at the application of the numbers in the National Health Service.

There are even groups that have been particularly organised to work against these numbers, like saynoto0870.com.

When they were brought in, 0845 numbers used to be charged at local rate, whereas 0870 numbers used to be national rate to ring. This is not the case anymore with the introduction of inclusive minutes and call packages offered by mobile and landline businesses and is likely to be the particular cause for British Telecom’s new billing structure for its residential clients.

British Telecom at the moment has about a sixty percent market share so it appears likely that the other main players in the telecoms arena will go the same way – this includes Sky, Virgin Media, Talk Talk and Tiscali, who at present charge between 26 pence and £1.07 for a ten minute call to an 0870/0845 number (as of 8th January 2009).

Now, although this gigantic step is in a beneficial route for BT’s residential clients, it’s must be noted that forty percent of all United Kingdom phone calls carried out in 2007 were made using mobile phones (Ofcom 2008). So, though some of British Telecom’s landline users look ready for a brilliant deal, mobile callers will still pay between 20-30 pence per minute to call 0870/0845 numbers.

For organisations that would like to provide their landline and mobile callers an fantastic bargain, 03 numbers are still the obvious solution.

03 numbers cost callers the same to dial as normal landline numbers- even when calling from a mobile phone – at any point. They are also incorporated in the free minutes packages that are optional with all large mobile and landline providers.

The 03 number range is split into 3 parts:

-0303/0300 numbers exclusively for charities and public sector organisations.
-0330 / 0333 numbers for any business or organisation.
-03 comparable numbers for businesses that already have an 08 number and want to swap it for 03.

Many organisations are at present enjoying the enormous potential of 03 numbers, including the British Broadcasting Council, the Metropolitan Police, Pioneer, Oxfam and the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

03 numbers are also being advocated by the Department of Health as the best alternative to 08 numbers for National Health Service services that want to benefit from the extra services that 08 numbers can provide (like caller options and call queuing etc.) and at the same time offering their callers a better deal.

In all, British Telecom’s newest move will save its residential customers an estimated £24m a year. This development not only underlines the significance and reputation of non-geographic telephone numbers, it also reinforces the case for providing clients a fairer deal at all times. In this instance, 03 numbers still have no equal.

Flat irons are more commonly known as hair straighteners and mainly used by women, with a small minority of men also big fans of these hair flattening gadgets.

Chi Flat Irons, or Chi Farouk Flat Irons, are amongst some of the best made and most popular of flat irons. But although they are simple in design i.e. they mainly consist of 2 ceramic plates which when warmed up are used to straighten the most curly of hair, they still need to be used correctly and used with the right hair related products.

Firstly as they are heated plates they need to be handled carefully, otherwise you can end up with a nasty heat shock if you lose concentration when picking one up. Or you can even damage your hair by exposing it to high temperatures for too long.

One of the things you should look out for in a flat iron is how quickly it heats up and does it stay at the temperature for long enough to complete your hair straightening. Chi Hair Straighteners, although slightly more expensive than other models, does everything you need and is worth the extra few dollars.

When using extreme heat to straighten your hair you also need to use special hair preparations to ensure you don’t damage your hair. Although the Chi Hair Straightener is designed to ‘not snag’ your hair it is important that you use something like Biosilk Silk, as a pre-treatment, plus it also gives your hair a lovely sheen when finished.

Also make sure to get a Chi model which has a variable setting. Some hair types do not require the very high heat of some cheaper ’single temperature’ flat irons, which can lead to more incidents of hair damage.

So, get your hands on a Chi Flat iron today and when used wisely it will provide you with lovely shiny flat hair for years to come.

Solar energy’s potential is off the chart. The energy in sunlight striking the earth for 40 minutes is equivalent to global energy consumption for a year. Besides being used for heating and cooling, solar energy can be directly converted to electricity. Most of our tools are designed to be driven by electricity, so if you can create electricity through solar power, you can run almost anything with solar power. Solar energy prices in these applications are 5-20 times more expensive than other energy sources.

Solar energy is available everywhere on Earth, in varying amounts. Solar radiation that reaches the earth’s surface in an unbroken line is called direct , while sunlight scattered by clouds, dust, humidity and pollution is called diffused . The greater phase-change enthalpy in inorganic PCMs make hydrates salts a strong candidate in the solar energy storage field. The ancient Egyptian Pharaohs solar heated their palaces by capturing solar energy in black pools of water by day and draining the hot water into pipes in the floor of the palaces at night.

The glib advocates of solar energy don’t even mention these disturbing facts about the true sources of solar energy. What else are they trying to hide from us? The chief advantage of solar energy is that, to all intents and purposes, it is inexhaustible. Its disadvantages include the fact that when it is most needed for heating purposes, the days are short, the intensity of the rays is low, and the sun is often obscured by cloud. They look like regular roof shingles, but they contain thin film photovoltaic cells – solar cells (PV), which harness solar energy. Solar shingles are very attractive and powerful.