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Cell phone towers have come in for a lot of flack since the inception of mobile technology. People who live near them have a long list of complaints ranging from a continuous buzzing or humming noise, which is annoying, to an increased risk of cancer, which is dangerous. Lately, however, a new danger has been brought into the spotlight, as a number of cell phone tower workers have plunged to their deaths.

In April, 5 workers died within 12 days, and in May another worker fell to his death. Craig Lekutis is the president of the online newsletter Wireless Estimator, and has 27 years experience in the communications construction industry. He says that these kinds of accidents often occur in spurts, which is strange enough, but that a concentrated run of deaths such as this one is extraordinary. Last year 10 people died from falling off "elevated structures" including water towers and electricity pylons, which makes the fact that 6 people have died from cell phone towers all the more remarkable.

The strange cluster of deaths has been attributed to AT&T's push to upgrade its network so that it will be able to support the new 3G iPhone that is to be released soon. So far only three of the six people who have died have been identified as AT&T employees. Nevertheless, people are claiming that in its quest for speed, AT&T has thrown safety concerns out of the window.

AT&T denies that there is any connection between the deaths and their tight upgrade deadline. A spokesperson claims that the upgrade only requires workers to adjust the software at the base of each tower and that climbing the tower is unnecessary. Others contend, however, that workers may need to climb the towers to test the upgrade or remove redundant and out-dated equipment.

Regardless of whether the events are related, AT&T has taken steps to try and address the issue. After the death of the first two AT&T employees, they called for a halt to all construction projects and ordered all subcontractors to hold a safety refresher training course. They added that they expected their subcontractors to conduct random safety checks at all construction sites to ensure that the safety measures are being enforced.

AT&T says, "We consider the safety of our contractors and our employees to be our first priority."

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Video Game Consoles are the order of the day. Companies manufacturing these gaming consoles are coming up with new and improved versions of their gaming consoles incorporating the latest etchnology into it. You talk about the Playstation 3 or ,the latest edition of XBox 360, you would find a few thousand takers to it.

Nintendo GameCube is Nintendo's fourth home video game console. The GameCube is a predecessor to the WII and is part of the sixth generation era.

The GameCube uses a Game Disc as a medium and is the first non-cartridge storage medium gaming console.

What is so good about the GameCube:

The GameCube has lots of positives to it. A few of them are as follows:

1. The GameCube is very tight and Compact and is the best portable equipments available in the market right now.
2. The Controller design is so practical and natural that it is a pleasure using it.
3. Some of the best M-Rated games are easily available on GameCube. The best example of this is Resident Evil.
4. The optical gaming discs are relatively small, but it can still hold 1.5 gigabytes of memory. But a GameCube can't play movies or CD's.
5. In most of the gaming consoles there is often a problem that you encounter. A interruption by opening the disc leads to quite a few error messages. But GameCube is devoid of such issues.
6. The best part of all is the availability of colors. The color choices are as follows: -Indigo: Purple -Black: Jet -Platium: Silver

Games available in GameCube:

The best game ever to be released for the GameCube is the "Resident Evil Zero". Based on the popular horror movie of the same name this game is a very thrilling and entertaining game to play with an equally wonderful storyline. A fe other available games are as follows:

Super Smash Bros. Melee

-Luigi's Mansion
-Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2
-Star Wars: Rogue Leader
-Animal Crossing
-Mario Party 4, 5, and 6
-The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
-Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
-Geist
-Star Wars: Rouge Squadron III: Rebel Strike
-Final Fantasy: Crystal Chornicles
-F-Zero GX
-Star Fox
-Metriod Prime
-Metriod Prime 2: Echoes
-Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
-Resident Evil 4
-Residnt Evil Zero
-1080 Avalanche
-Tales of Symphonia

In addition to all these, for the WWE fans there is "WWE Wrestlemania XIX" which is again one of the best games made available for the GameCube.

What are walkthroughs?

Walkthroughs are tips and techniques made availabe by players who have completed a specific game, that enable you to smoothly finish a game. One would wonder why should such tips be made available.

These games are very thrilling to play. But there is a point in all of these games where you get stuck up, just because there is something that you should have discovered or, learnt on your way to that particular point which you did not and consequently got stuck up at this point. It is very difficult and often nearly impossible to get hrough these points. the walkthroughs and cheats available help you overcome these hurdles and continue playing.

Wondering why the gaming companies do not discourage these!! The answer is simple. Imagine you playing a game and getting stuck up at a point. You keep playing day-in and day-out to get out of the mess but fail to do so. Human tendency has it that you would quit playing the game and term the game as uninteresting. These walkthroughs prevent loosing interest in these games.

The author is a gaming freak and loves playing online games. He is a fan of the various gaming consoles and of all of these, he prefers playing on the XBOX. The WII is also a favorite of his and oves to play Resident Evil 4 which is his all time favorite game.

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