European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 stars and stripes june 2007 study men have More do More drugs by David Crary the associated press new York the average american Man has sex with seven women during his life compared to four male sex Ual partners for the average according to a new Feder Al Survey that used High tech methods to solicit candid an Swers on sexual activity and Ille Gal drug men Are far More Apt to play the Field when it comes to the Survey found 29 percent of them reported having 15 or More female sexual partners in a life while Only 9 percent of women reported having sex with 15 or More the released was based on data collected from 1999 to 2002 for the National Cen Ter for health a Branch of the centers for Dis ease control and in previous Federal surveys on these participants were asked questions in facet face interviews the cd believes that caused under reporting of be Havious that might be viewed neg this data was gathered from aged 20 to in what Are called computers listed self interviews a method designed to provide Complete privacy and produce More Hon est this is the first time weve used this said Kathryn who served As medical officer for the the participants have a Headset they hear they touch the screen with theres no one else in the room and they can take As Long As they the facts of life among the surveys other findings about 96 percent of adults have had sixteen percent of adults first had sex before age while 15 percent abstained from sex until at least age seventeen percent of men and 10 percent of women reported having two or More sexual part ners in the past Twentyfive percent of women and 17 percent of men reporting having no More than one partner of the other sex in their the proportion of adults who first had sex be fore age 15 was highest for no hispanic Blacks 28 percent compared to 14 percent for both mexi can americans and no hispanic Twenty six percent of men and 17 percent of women have tried cocaine or other Street drugs not including marijuana at some time in their seven percent of men and 4 percent of women had done so within the past 12 six percent of Blacks abstained from sex until age 21 or fewer than mexican americans 17 percent or no hispanic Whites 15 Black men and women were More Likely to re port having 15 or More partners in a lifetime 46 percent and 13 respectively than other racial or ethnic no hispanic Whites had a higher percentage of Ever using cocaine or Street drugs than Blacks 18 percent mexican americans 16 a adults who were married or had More than a High school education were less use Street drugs than associated press new phones let your fingers do the walking by May Wong the associated press Santa get your Fin Gers Apple iphone is leading a new wave of gadgets using touch sensitive screens that react to wishes or flicks of a Fin the improvements Promise to be Slicker and More intuitive than the rough stomp of Finger presses and stylus pointing required by Many of today Apple has already been showing off its Fin Ger Ballet in video ads ahead of the smart phones hotly anticipated launch on june Glide a Finger across the screen to activate the device and main slide your digit up or Down to scroll through flick to flip through tap to zoom in on a web with apples marketing the iphone is poised to be come the poster child for the new Breed of touchscreen tech nolo which relies on changes in electrical currents instead of pressure but the iphone will have its fair share of shipments of this advanced Strain of touch screens Are projected to jump from fewer than units in 2006 to More than 21 million units by with the bulk of the components going to Mobile according to a forecast by i Supply a Market research like a tsunami this new user inter face will be like a Tsuna hitting an entire spectrum of predicted Francis the chief executive of synaptic a maker of touch synaptic latest technology is in a growing number of cell including la electronics la Prada touchscreen phone that launched this year in Europe and South Korea and handles gesture rec ignition similarly to the Apple does not com ment about its Compo nent and Lee declined to comment whether synaptic is working with Apple on the Zero Money Down Low monthly payments free shipping anywhere bad credit no credit no problem san Antoni based which has been re branding singular wireless in Antici pation of the is the exclusive wire less Carrier for the iphone under a Multi year last Nokia research and development unit unveiled online images of a prototype Al touchscreen cell phone called the but the company Hast disclosed any de tails of its features or mar Ket touch screens Are going to be More com because rivals will slap them on to compete with said Michael an analyst at Jupiter re growing popularity even before the iphone hype kicked into High gear Over the past few touch screens in general were becoming More popular in cell about 38 million or about 4 per cent of All Mobile phones shipped in had touchscreen features a figure that will grow to 90 million units by i Supply but most touchscreen phones that shipped last including Palm treo and Motorola Roar used resistive touch technology the most common said Jennifer Cole a senior analyst of display technologies at it has two layers of Glass or plastic and calculates the location of touch when pressure is applied with either a Sty Lus or a a More advanced Type of touch featured on the iphone and la uses projected capacitive a mesh of Metal wires Between two layers of Glass registers a touch when the electrical Field is that Why Light Finger brushes will do the but capacitive sensors dont even need actual physical Contact such touch screens already detect the proximity of a Fin Ger from 2 Millimetres Colegrove immersion a maker of tactile feed Back technology found in game controllers and other added a vibration feature to go with the la Prada touch 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