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Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition
December 29, 2009 by Denz · Leave a Comment
According to the leading phone maker, the new Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition has been designed mainly with the goal to impress, while also delivering exclusivity through its appealing price tag of only EUR 370, before taxes and subsidies. The new version of the 6700 classic, stated the company, is expected to reach the market in the first quarter of the next year. It’s made of stainless steel covers that also feature real gold plating of 18 carats.
“The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition has enviably beautiful surfaces, luxurious materials and precisely crafted parts. A full metal keymat and living wallpapers created exclusively for the Gold Edition complete the de luxe finish. With its 5 megapixel camera and high speed data access that allows easy upload of photos and videos to various on-line communities, the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition makes an outstanding sharing experience,” a post on the Nokia Press Bulletin Board states.
The specifications list of the new device version also include HSPA (10 Mbps) and HSUPA (2Mbps) support, GPS receiver and Nokia Maps, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 2.2 inch QVGA display that boasts a 320 x 240 pixel resolution and support for 16.7 million colors, the S40 interface, accelerometer, FM radio and built-in music player, and noise cancellation technology, not to mention a 970 mAh battery that can deliver up to 4 hours of talk time or up to 400 hours of standby time.
Loneliness a Contagious state?
December 16, 2009 by Denz · Leave a Comment
Studies have showed that loneliness is like a common cold or other infection, which can be contagious. This means that people who suffer from it tends to spread it to others who, in turn, are pushed to the periphery of the social network where they too start infecting other people.
Although loneliness is a very complex state that is as difficult to define as it is to “treat,” people who tend to be lonely only become more so with the passing of the years. They start losing friends and move to the margins of their social network, but in doing so, they also spread their loneliness to other people who have the same tendency. The data showed that lonely people ‘infected’ the people around them with loneliness, and those people moved to the edges of social circles. People’s chances of becoming lonely were more likely to be caused by changes in friendship networks than changes in family networks. Not surprisingly, women are easier influenced this way than men, the study has also learned.
Still, solutions for this are to be found in campaigns that target these people with the aim of drawing them out. Otherwise, they will be left on their own; add to that the societies develop a “natural tendency” to rid themselves of such people, and one can easily understand why researchers see reason to worry in this tendency.
arguments that parents should avoid drinking
Most of the parents, who enjoy drinking alcohol, choose not to partake for the sake of their kids. Intelligent parents, who want to save their children from the damaging effects of alcohol use, will choose not to drink alcohol themselves. Well, here are the arguments to prove this point:
- Modeling or example is the best teacher.
- A double stand doesn’t work. Kids do what you do not what you say.
- Telling a child they should not drink until they are twenty-one is a temporary solution and teaches them drinking alcohol is ok. What happens, if when they become 21, they choose to drink and end up destroying their life anyway? The first drink can be the beginning of alcoholism or it can lead to a DUI at any age. They can become an intoxicated driver that can kill or injure themselves or someone else.
- Why should we not teach moderation? Because moderation teaches it’s ok to drink alcohol. Some people can’t handle moderation. Alcohol becomes something they become addicted to. How do you know if you child can handle it? Can you take that chance? Read more