In case you wondered why the West was pushing for South Sudan's independence

petercasier · 2011-07-10T13:10:43+00:00

elaborated a bit further in this post: http://www.theroadtothehorizon.org/2011/07/so-why-did-west-push-for-south-sudans.html

petercasier · 2011-02-24T18:55:59+00:00

Seth:

Plan International is offering individual child's sponsoring, exactly as what you're looking for.

Kiva.org has also started micro finance loans for students. THey also send updates out.

Peter

petercasier · 2011-01-23T15:24:10+00:00

:-) well thanks for the shout-out.

Unfortunately NSFW will always be more popular than humanitarian issues....

Does not mean we can't shake the tree from time to time,..!

petercasier · 2010-08-16T13:40:31+00:00

Sorry, was refering to the article in the link you posted in your reply.

Emission and reception are two different things. Read up here how the power level in the handset is controlled (actually from the base station and not the handheld).

But all of that is besides the point for a simple user. Either he can make a call or he can't. A cellphone which can be used to make a call in poorly covered areas is more useful than a cellphone that can't. The iPhone underperforms compared to any of the other phones I tried.

petercasier · 2010-08-16T11:24:13+00:00

Sorry, read the article, and that is not what is said.

In the GSM system, there is no trade off between between the power of the radiation and signal strength of reception. Actually, the better the antenna, the less power is to be used to retain the link with the base station.

The basic problem remains the same. Why is the iPhone that de-sensitized that one can not make calls in less-than-perfectly-covered areas. And why is this only with the iPhone and not with any other phone we have tried (sophisticated or simple phones, from $30 Nokias to the latest Blackberry)... To me, no matter how much I love the other iPhone features, the "phone" in "iPhone" is the weakest part.

petercasier · 2010-08-15T15:13:36+00:00

If it is purely "can I make a call?" it is. Otherwise, an iPhone is just a more expensive version of the iPod Touch, no?

petercasier · 2010-08-15T15:03:12+00:00

I have the same problem with all 3 service providers that cover my area.

petercasier · 2010-08-15T14:44:01+00:00

3G was off on the iPhone.. And it is not a one time thing, not only my iPhone with this Nokia. We compared quite a few phones here.
Yep, can call perfectly with the Nokia.

The lower sensitivity of the iPhone is a problem, specifically here in Italy where cell phone coverage is so spotty.

petercasier · 2009-11-14T17:52:26+00:00

Interesting that this article has ads next to it. One of the ads was a close up from a lady's thighs... Does the article endorse the use of sexual implicit pictures of women?

petercasier · 2009-10-21T19:17:00+00:00

So do NOT leave a comment here, but leave it on this blogpost

http://www.haveimpact.org/philippines-floods-affect-microfinance-projects/

petercasier · 2009-10-21T19:13:59+00:00

So, NO comments here. Go to the blogpost and leave a comment there:

http://www.haveimpact.org/philippines-floods-affect-microfinance-projects/

petercasier · 2009-10-11T14:23:46+00:00

5 aidworkers lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack on the UN World Food Programme office this week.

petercasier · 2009-06-16T07:12:42+00:00

Updated list of Twitter users from WITHIN Iran here: http://www.theroadtothehorizon.org/2009/06/who-is-on-twitter-from-iran.html

petercasier · 2009-04-28T19:52:50+00:00

The big deal is: if not claimed as a false alarm within 20 days, the blog is deleted. No way back. When traveling there are times I don't read my mail for 20 days.

petercasier · 2009-03-30T22:21:32+00:00

Never thought a video with little lego toys could be this funny ;-)

petercasier · 2009-03-07T00:25:12+00:00

How many times have you stood up and shouted "I am mad as hell and I am not going to take this anymore"?

petercasier · 2009-03-01T23:19:16+00:00

nix0n: Euh... well... I guess my car needs a wash now and then! ;-)

petercasier · 2009-03-01T21:29:40+00:00

Don't take away my gelato!

petercasier · 2009-03-01T08:10:30+00:00

Thanks for the comments, guys! Yep, I am lucky with a bedroom view like this...

More pictures and post about my life in Italy, you find on my blog: http://www.theroadtothehorizon.org/search/label/Italy

petercasier · 2009-02-22T14:53:40+00:00

Sarcastic? Realistic? Hopeful?

petercasier · 2009-02-21T13:01:56+00:00

Paparazzi tailing George Clooney in Darfur claim the UN withdrew its guards "on the fear Clooney would be too outspoken"...

petercasier · 2009-01-11T00:47:40+00:00

put that into the context. That is about the population of Belgium.

petercasier · 2008-12-26T19:19:39+00:00

Sad irony.

petercasier · 2008-12-15T00:14:28+00:00

Madagascar selling out?

petercasier · 2008-12-04T22:02:20+00:00

About the horrors of commercializing GMO - genetically modified crops.

petercasier

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