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The first week of my summer break was
interesting, to put it mildly. All right, Ill admit, that was the understatement of the month. My parents work for an electronics corporation, and they were both scheduled to attend an exposition set to take place in California just after school let out. That would mean I would be left alone at home, with absolutely nothing to do outside eating, sleeping, and playing video games. That wouldnt be all that bad, but my parents didnt like that idea. So after some pleading on the part of my mother, the company decided to send me along with them. Thus, two days after school let out, my parents and I were shipped out to California in Business Class on a Delta Airlines flight.
This was a chance of a lifetime for me. While my parents sat in conference I got to scour the expo floor for the coolest new gadgets, hardware, basically the latest in technological innovations. Unhindered.
The non-business part of the expo, open to the public, took place in an arena of titanic proportions. The floor was PACKED. On average I had no more that about 2 and a half square feet of elbowroom. But it was worth it. I got a peek at Apples new iPod, (all new, improved touch screen) I took Battlefield 4 for a test drive on Alienwares latest desktop, (it was top-notch) and I even scored a 30-second interview with Sonys president or CEO, or something like that. I chatted with him about his thoughts on the gaming industry and where Sony was going with it. He said to me the corporation was currently developing the successor to the PSR (PlayStation R, the successor to the PSP and Sonys current handheld) and was always developing new games for the PS4. Normally, I'd be found at the Nintendo booth, but Nintendo wasn't here. My pick for best in show, however, didnt show itself until later.
Tucked in a corner, away from the hubbub of the main concourse was a booth set up by a firm called Advantech. The booth was rather large, and that surprised me because if this company could afford such a large booth, they must be pretty big, so why hadnt I heard of them before? Their slogan, inscribed below the company name, was Technology so advanced, youd swear it was magic! I snorted at that. Try me. I can normally figure out how any piece of hardware works if you give me 2 minutes with it, and magic certainly does not exist. Only technological magic existed, stuff like fireworks and laser shows. That challenge redirected my course from a path to the restrooms to a path towards Advantechs booth.
As soon as I got 5 feet from the booth a salesman, a guy about 25 years old, with a nametag bearing the name Jerry on it, walked up to me with a cheery smile on his face.
Anything I can do for you, sir? he queried.
Nope, just browsing at the moment
I replied.
Let me know if you need anything! leaving it at that, he left. Some people can be so annoying... They dont get the hint that if I have a question, I will come to them; they are not to come to me.
I made my way through their booth. Their products ranged from stoves that could be activated by a text message from a cell phone to watches that could display satellite TV. They were pretty flashy, but as far as I was concerned, there was nothing magical about them. As I neared the exit, I saw the salesman that had greeted me earlier duck behind a piece of fabric that I had before assumed to be the border of the booth. But, obviously, there was more to this place. There was no sign saying Employees Only or anything to that effect on or around that piece of fabric, and on a whim I followed him in.
He had disappeared from my view when I reached the other side. There was another product on display here, so I didnt feel the need to go back. If theyve got products for show back here, why shouldnt I be allowed? I walked up to the display and looked at the merchandise. This particular product didnt fit along with the other gadgetry I had seen in the rest of the booth. It was a costume, a costume for some sort of creature with fur. Reddish fur... perhaps a fox? OK, definitely a fox, I see the tail. The costume was in a plexiglass case, hanging from a special stand in the case. It was hung rather haphazardly, as if it were a coat hanging on a rack. To me it was odd to see it in a booth belonging to a company such as this; zip on suits such as these were replaced by holographic technology years ago. I turned my eyes towards the placard in front of the costume. It read:
This all new, never before seen costume utilizes the most advanced technology of today. Unlike our competitors holographic products, our costume architecture provides FULL tactile and sensory feedback, raising the realism of being the subject of the suit to an unprecedented level. This prototype of a vixen endows the wearer with the feeling of truly being a vixen: the wearer can smell, feel, hear, see and taste as a fox would. The embedded sensors in the suit transmit the data they collect to the brain for analysis, and the brain interprets it as it would signals from human senses. The suit cuts off signals from the human senses during use to prevent interference. A holographic costume only fools the eyes. This one fools all the senses! Coming to stores Spring 2019.
Wow. Thats new. Interaction between circuits and neurons is exceedingly difficult to achieve; apparently these guys mastered it. That still left one question, one that I mumbled to myself,
Why? I couldnt see why someone would want to look like a fox. The human bodys good enough for me; I have no need for a tail. Of course, heightened sensory awareness could be useful, especially in military applications, but you dont need to look like a fox to achieve that. Hmmm
well, there are those furry nuts out there who want to look like
how should I put this? A human and animal cross? An animal that can stand upright? I should probably say they want to look like a humanoid animal. They take a human body and modify it with the fur, paws, snout, ears, and tail of a specific animal, usually a cat, dog, fox, wolf, et cetera. Anthropomorphic animals are the politically correct term. Theyre the only people that this sort of technology would be beneficial to. And I only know about this sort of thing because Jenna, the girl that sits next to me in Language Arts, is one of those nuts. She took the time to explain it to me during class the other day. She even showed me some sample artwork she carried around in a binder, stuff that she drew. Anthro artwork, she called it. I think she was trying to make a convert out of me.
Hey, how did you get in here?
I did a quick about-face. The salesman from earlier had reentered. I just walked in.
How did you know this was here?
I saw you go behind that curtain and curiosity took hold of me.
Oh. He sighed, reluctantly. Well, I see youve discovered our latest design prematurely. See, it wasnt supposed to go on display until tomorrow, so its back here. Were still running tests to be sure this prototype is in full working order. In fact
he trailed off. He was giving me this look of interest. Our test person is out sick today. And you appear to have the same build they do
Would you like to try the fox costume out?
Are you nuts? Thats a VIXENS costume! Im a guy, not a girl.
So? Our lead testers a guy. He enjoys himself when using the suit.
Then he needs his head checked for holes!
Youre sure? Well pay you for your time.
Hmmm, theres a solid incentive. Im constantly short on cash, and I have to beg loans from my parents. How much?
50 bucks for a full field test. Shouldnt take more than 20 minutes.
WOW! Ill do it! I said. 50 bucks for 20 minutes of my time. What a deal!
The salesman smiled. I knew you would. If you could wait here for the public to leave, we can get started. And with that he disappeared through the same curtain I had gone through.
Wow, what a great deal! $50 just to get in that pointless suit and run tests, whatever the hell they are. Hell probably have me testing the sensory feedback of the suit as well as the integrity of the fabric. This is gonna be so easy!
I played my Nintendo handheld to pass the time. The background noise of the crowd diminished, then vanished completely after a while. Soon enough, the same salesguy came in again, this time escorting this middle-aged man who was wheeling a dolly. They acknowledged me, then placed the case holding the prototype costume onto the dolly, covered it with a sheet, then wheeled it out of here. Shortly thereafter they both came back and fetched me. I followed them to a door off the expo floor, and went through it to a hallway without windows, and went a couple doors down to a room without windows. The place reminded me of my High School. Obviously some top-security storage for the show. The middle-aged man went over to a metal briefcase sitting on a small countertop. I noted the complex locking system on the case. Theres probably sensitive documents in there.
Jerry turned to me and said, Matthew, I would like you to meet Dr. Graham Howe. Hes the head of R&D at Advantech.
Howd he know my name? Oh, yeah, its printed on my nametag. I gave Dr. Howe a nod. He nodded back.
Mr. Matthew, if you could kindly step over here so I can prepare you
Prepare me? What the hell does he mean
? I saw him twiddle the knob on the locked suitcase for a moment, then it clicked. He opened it as I walked over to him. He pulled a headset, (one of those tiny Bluetooth models) a walkie-talkie, a notebook, and a pen from the case. He then shut the briefcase, twirled the knob to lock it, and set it down in a corner of this windowless room. He handed me the tiny headset.
Here, youll need this for communication in and out of the suit.
Wont my ears be under the fabric?
No, because remember, with the suit on the signals from the human ear arent recognized; only signals from the costumes sensors. He went over the plexiglass case containing the vixen costume. He reached in and hung it properly, so that I could see the front of the costume. I hesitated momentarily; the fox was wearing no clothes. But thoughts of a $50 bill kept me going. Now, Jerry and I are going to step out of the room to allow you time to get in the suit. I need you to strip yourself, and when youve done that, contact me with the headset.
They both left. I glanced at the costume again, then proceeded with taking off my clothes. The task finished, I suddenly appreciated the fact that this room was windowless. I picked up the headset and turned it on.
What do I do now?
On the other end, Dr. Howe said, Now, go over to the costume. You will see that it is currently unzipped. Place your left foot inside the left leg.
I stepped over to the case and squeezed myself in. The foxs fur was warm against my skin. It was highly realistic. I stepped my left leg into the vixens left leg. All right, next? I asked the headset.
Place your right leg in the costumes right leg.
Like I didnt see that coming. I did as I was told. Now do I place the arms in?
Yes, came the reply. I placed my left arm in the left sleeve, transferred the headset from my right hand to the vixens left, and placed my right arm in its sleeve. I was getting slightly nervous.
I brought the headset to my face and said, Finished.
Now, for the last bit, youll need to get the head on. It simply zips up in the back of the head. See the zipper? Be sure you dont drop the headset, and when youve finished, unhook the costume from the stand, but dont zip it up yet.
The head of the vixen was attached to the rest of the costume by the skin on the front of the neck. As best as I could with my arms in the vixens paws, I flipped it up over my head. I could see out the costumes eyes into the world. I felt for the zipper hidden by fur on top of the head, and pulled it down to complete the process. I felt like Darth Vader getting his suit put on for the first time, and I was getting more nervous by the second. I reached up and took the costume out of the stand, as I might remove a coat from a coat rack. Unsupported by the stand, the weight of the costume fell on my shoulders. It was very lightweight, considering the amount of technology stuffed into it.
I said back to Dr. Howe, Now, do I zip it up?
Well, you dont. Again, without dropping the headset, feed the zipper into the slot on the back wall. The pulltabs right above the tail. Theres a motor in that slot thatll zip up the costume for you. The slot should be highlighted with a white stripe.
I twisted around as much as possible, located the zipper just above the foxs tail, and fed it into said slot. It was difficult due to the position in which I was working, and compounded by the fact that with my hands in the suits paws. It was like trying to tie your shoe with mittens. The pull-tab finally clicked into place. I then said into the headset, Done.
Good job. Now, when I say go, drop the headset. It wont break, trust me. The motor will zip up the costume. Prepare yourself; thisll come as a bit of a shock when you find yourself a fox morph. All systems go? I dont think I had ever been so nervous. Maybe this wasnt what Id bargained for. Oh well, Im getting paid for this, so
All systems go, I told him.
I dropped the headset from the vixens padded paws. I heard a whirr, and I felt the costume constrict as the zipper was pulled up. I closed my eyes, and realized that when I open them again, I wouldnt feel human any longer. The zipper moved up farther, (it was about halfway up) and farther, (about at my shoulder blades) and farther still, (nearly there!) then it stopped.
Right then, a chain reaction was catalyzed that turned my entire nervous system upside down. Explosions of information detonated in rapid succession. It wasnt a painful sensation, it just made me dizzy. My body felt very odd, it was an indescribable feeling. I suppose it was then that my cerebellum was adjusting itself to the new muscles it had to work. My sensory areas pounded as they reset to the vixens sensors. All was chaos in my neural matter. I was paralyzed.
But not for long. The static died down in the course of about 10 seconds; it was gone in 15. My eyes were still closed; my limbs paralyzed. But my thoughts werent. I gave my vitals a cursory glance. Everything checked out, my lungs were pumping, my heart was beating, albeit faster than normal, I didnt feel any pain or nausea or anything like that, and my body felt fine.
Or was my body fine? It felt
just weird, disorienting. I concluded this was because of the new signals from the costume. But were they truly synthetic signals, coming from man-made sensors? It didnt seem like it. I slowly opened my eyes, then shut them tight again upon seeing my muzzle. I had a muzzle! Not like it wasnt coming, but it still came as a shock. Summoning my reserves of willpower, I bravely opened my eyes all the way and stepped out of the costume case.
Shortly after that my sense of hearing regained proper function. I could hear a hell of a lot more than I thought I should be hearing. I could hear that air conditioning unit I walked past on my way in from here! Next was smell. I could easily, almost subconsciously, pick out my smell in this room. My human scent, that is. I could also pick out who had recently been here: Jerrys aftershave and the aftershave of Dr. Howe were heavy in the atmosphere, along with the trace scents of a few other people. As a human, I suppose the smell wouldnt have bothered me, but now, with my nose being much more sensitive, it was nearly choking.
Oh yeah, Im supposed to be using that headset now. I bent down to reach it, but then I realized my vixens body was still without proper clothing. I picked up the headset and said, Im
and stopped there. My voice was noticeably higher in pitch. This damn thing changed my voice, too! It makes perfect sense now that I think about it, but again, it was completely new to me and it caught me by surprise.
Matt? Are you there? asked Dr. Howe.
Yes, Im alive and well, but completely naked.
I heard laughing from the other end of the line. Both Jerry and Dr. Howe were laughing. Oh, sorry about that, Dr. Howe said back, with Jerry still laughing in the background. Look in the cabinets, we always use this room for the costume tests so the clothes that fit it are in one of them.
I searched the room and found them. In that cabinet I came across a skirt with a tail hole in there. Yikes, I forgot, I have a tail now. I turned my head around and attempted to give my tail a swish, and it responded naturally. It was quite bushy. Wow, I didnt think even their technology could grant the costume wearer use of a tail. Cool. I put everything she needed on, and I hope I got everything on and in the right places. Im pretty sure I did. Keep in mind this my first experience with handling female clothing.
You can come back in, I said into the headset. I set it down on the counter space as Dr. Howe and Jimmy reentered the room.
Oh, sorry about the clothes. I forgot to tell you about that before we left, Jimmy said. The doctor said nothing. He stepped closer to me and gave me the once-over.
The transformation appears to have gone well, Matt. (Transformation? What the hell is he talking about?) The suit fits you perfectly. Howre you feeling?
I answered back, Very surprised, a little nervous, more than a little woozy, and very disoriented.
He lifted an eyebrow. You dont feel any nausea or pain?
I shook my head. Nope. Should I?
No, because that would mean something is wrong. Well, this makes my life easier, the doctor said, sounding relieved. Now I know that the technology can work on virtually everyone. Now, I do suppose you want to get a look at yourself? He walked over to the costume case.
Yeah, I answered.
Then simply look here, and he closed the plexiglass door. The door was reflective, and I glimpsed myself as if I was looking at myself in a window. I very nearly passed out right then and there.
My appearance, had, like many other things today, taken me by surprise. Up until that moment I had simply considered this to be some sort of out-of-body experience, but now I fully appreciated the fact that I was not out-of-body, I was in a new body. I wasnt simply controlling the actions of and seeing through the eyes of this fox, I was that fox. From here I could see that my eyes had changed from my human color of fir tree green to a luminescent blue, an almost sparkling blue. The sparkling was probably due to the fact that some animals retinas can reflect incoming light back at its source for better night vision. I did a quick 360. The only thing distinguishing me from a true morph was the zipper. But for all intensive purposes, I was an anthropomorphic vixen. My ears flicked in different directions as needed, and my tail responded to my every move. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Not to mention that I was entirely furry.
I couldnt imagine how Jenna would react if she saw me now. I wonder what my reaction would be if I met a girl looking like this. I think I might find her quite cute. Possibly even sexy. Which is a pretty big deal, because I am the least romantic person I know. I simply dont choose to pursue a girlfriend. I dont have the time, patience, or disposition, for that matter. But this costume could really do wonders.
Its cool, huh? Jerry asked.
of course, I answered. Have you ever put it on, Jerry?
Yup, I tried it on once. I dont think I ever want to do it again.
Whys that?
I dunno, I just think its weird.
I turned to Dr. Howe. Do you need me to do anything? Like stretches or running or anything?
Nope, you completed the test just by successfully transforming into the vixen, so as soon as you get out you can get your money and leave, Dr. Howe replied.
Interesting word choice. Transform. Hes used that twice now. The first time I thought he was just saying that I looked much different. Now, Im thinking he means that I am a fox morph. I just put the suit on, its not like my human body has changed, and Im still human under this fabric arent I? I reached my paw up to the spot where my human ears normally are. Now, if I was still human under the fabric, I would be able to feel the ear cartilage under the fabric. I reached up and felt nothing. Just fur. There were no bumps there that identified the presence of my human ear. Oh shit, what the hell have these freaks done to me?
Okay, calm down, calm down. It simply could be the programming of the suit. Some wise guy added a limiter to the touch sense that keeps the wearer of the suit from feeling their human ears under the suit. So, technically, I really am feeling my ear with my finger, but the information that its there gets lost on the trip to my brain. But whats the point of adding that in? I wonder if they limited the visuals? I stepped closer to the makeshift mirror of the case. My reflection still wierded me out, but I turned my head so that I could see where my human ear would be. I saw nothing, no bumps showing through the fabric. I touched it again. Nothing. So, either the programmers at Advantech are really savvy, or Im not human anymore. I forced myself to believe the former, though a small part, the part of my mind that is most active during my daydreams, still held that I was no longer human. I thought back to that signs subtitle: Technology so advanced, youd swear it was magic! I was starting to believe that was true: this was magic. But I quickly pushed the matter to the back burner. Who cares what it is? I can always just get out of the suit. Its not like Im stuck like this
Thankfully, I dont think either Jerry or Dr. Howe noticed my brief panic. I turned to Dr. Howe. Could I
Could I have just a few more minutes in the suit? Alone? I asked.
Certainly, said Dr. Howe. He motioned to Jerry, and he left the room with Howe and closed the door behind him. I could hear Jerry sniggering in the hallway. Dr. Howe hushed him, and said Matt deserves a few minutes alone; thisll probably be the only time Mattll be able to do this. That made me grateful towards the old man.
I went to my human pants on the floor and pulled my digital camera from the cargo pocket. I set it to Timer, with some difficulty owing to my unfamiliar paws, then laid it on the countertop, and pressed the shutter. A red light blinked a few times while I posed, then the shutter opened and it snapped my picture. I picked up the camera again and reviewed the picture. It turned out well, but
I spent about 5 more minutes taking and retaking my picture until I got several worthy of sending to Jenna. Just for me, I took several topless/nude ones to drool over later. I forwarded all the pictures to my laptop at the hotel via wireless connection, to the encrypted folder nobody can access but me, and locked the pictures under a password on the memory card to save them from any accidental deletion or unauthorized viewing. I turned the camera off, replaced it in my pants pocket, and took off my shirt to admire the vixen costume. It truly was an engineering marvel, and sexy to say the least. Pity I didnt have a two-piece swimsuit to try on then. I took a long look at myself in the door of the costume case, taking special care to commit this image to memory. Every detail was to be archived for later recollection. The look, the emotions, the feelings, the thoughts of the day. I cataloged it all away, and it was then that I realized, I dont want to go back. I was enjoying this. Thats about the last thing I expected. I was turning into that tester who I was replacing, a guy who enjoyed being a fox morph. But then I thought, if I looked this way for the rest of my life, what would that life be like? It wasnt a pretty picture. Besides, back here in the human world I have friends, I have family, I have high school and college to finish, I have my whole life ahead of me! I think that suits software was messing with my head. I put my shirt back on and called Dr. Howe in. Jerry did not appear.
Are you ready to take the costume off? he asked.
I nodded.
Then Ill step into the next room. Youll need to strip yourself again. Use the headset to let me know when youre ready. And he left.
I took my clothes off, folded them neatly, and put them back in the cabinet from which I got them. I reluctantly took the headset into my hands and stepped inside the plexiglass case. I took one final look of longing upon my furry body. I felt it all over to reassure myself of its reality, then radioed the doctor, Im set.
What you need to do is essentially the reverse of how you put the costume on. Youll need to get that zipper in that slot again. Tell me when youre ready.
I turned my head to locate the slot, and blindly attempted to fit the pull-tab in it. It was harder this time because I couldnt see what I was doing. The pulltab was out of my field of vision. I succeeded after a few moments. Done, I radioed back.
Now, when I say go, drop the headset again. The zipper will move downwards, and as soon as it starts youll feel human again. Ready?
I considered myself for a moment. Oh, how I wish I could stay this way for just a bit longer! But I knew, in the back of my head, that if I didnt get out of this thing NOW, I would never have the willpower to go back. So I answered with, All systems go.
And so, my masquerades as a vixen came to an end. When the zipper stopped, I zipped the head off, stepped out of the suit, hung the furry shell on its stand, fingered the warm fur for a brief moment, then put my human clothes back on. I radioed back to Dr. Howe that I was out and dressed, so he could come back in. He presented me with two twenties and a ten, (over the course of the 20 minutes that I was in the suit I had forgotten that I was being paid for this) and escorted me out of the building. Before I started for my car, though, he requested my full name, address, and email so that he could contact me again, if he needed a tester. I considered saying no. If I got back in that suit, what stupid things might I do? But by the time he needs me again, Ill surely have matured, and thus have better judgmental skills. Hopefully I can convince my parents to let me come out to California for the additional testing he may have me do. I wrote the information on a piece of notebook paper and handed it to him. I waved goodbye, got into my rental car, and started for my hotel.
The following day, I returned to the expo. The night before I simply told my parents I ran into traffic and forgot to call them to explain my absence. I chatted with Jerry at the Advantech booth for a bit, but the subject of the costume was not brought up. I saw Advantechs press conference, at which Dr. Howe demonstrated the properties of the prototype suit. He had gotten somebody else to put it on for the cameras. It mightve been Jerry, I dont know. Not like I wouldnt have done it myself, because unless I had a nametag on or something no one would know it was me. It received a fair amount of applause; it wasnt uninteresting to the audience.
After we arrived home I forwarded the pictures of my vixen form to Jenna. How I acquired her email address I do not know. She emailed me back, telling me that she was excited that such technology existed now, and was, of course, jealous that she didnt get to try it herself. After several days of pestering me to tell the full story of my time in the suit, I typed my memories of it up and sent it to her as an email attachment. Soon enough we became friendly enough to trust each other with our IP addresses, and we had regular chat sessions. During them Jenna would tell me that she had reread my story to the point that she could quote from it. I actually ended up going to Homecoming that Fall with her. But that was only because my friends bribed me to ask a girl out. Else I wouldnt have done it. I think that when Dr. Howe contacts me again for help, Ill send her in my stead.


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What? I'm just hearing about it now! I don't think I have enough time to grow a handlebar.
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It may only be Tuesday, but hey, at least you survived all of those dreadful meetings, went through countless Monday morning emails, and finally got over that weekend hangover.
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Deniz Koyu. With Mednas. Thursday, October 17, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $40 to $60 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Release your uhntz-uhntz "Rage" and fist-pump to the house beats of Turkey's Deniz Koyu.
R. Kelly's Official Concert Afterparty. With DJs Stevie J., Iron Lyon, and Affect. Thursday, October 17, 11 p.m., Story, 136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-538-2424; storymiami.com. Tickets cost $30 to $60 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. "After the show [at the James L. Knight Center], it's the afterparty," and if you're anything like Kells, after the party, you'll hit up the hotel lobby, "and 'round about 4, [you'll] clear the lobby, then take it to the room and freak somebody."
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Anyone here upgrade from the HTC Rezound and use the same Sim card from Rezound in the S3. I know it comes with a new SIM card, but was wondering if I can use the same one that is in my Rezound.
The S3 uses a micro SIM. The Rezound uses a standard SIM. You'll have to cut the the standard SIM to make it fit in the S3's micro SIM slot. Using something like this cutter is the easiest way. It also comes with adapters to use a micro SIM in a standard SIM slot if you to go back to the Rezound (or get a different phone that takes the standard size). Using the same SIM card is much easier because your account is already activated on it. And SIM cards are designed so that you can pop them in and out of different phones and use the phones easily. As long as your SIM card is the proper size for the phone, it should work in any Verizon LTE device.
The thing is my S3 will be here within the next few hours. Can I cut my Rezound SIM myself without the tool.
It should have a micro-sim in the box (most likely). You should be able to activate it via your account online or just call VZW and have them activate it. Then go online and find a micro-sim adapater for $3 and if you ever switch back, just use that so you don't have to switch sim's again!
Yea found a boat load on Amazon, never knew these things existed, another thing learned, thanks fellas.
Just got mine an hour ago, there was a new sim in the "getting started" book. Im Coming from a phone with a full size sim.
I know the S3 comes with a new micro SIM, but after hearing all the nightmares about people losing their unlimited data by activating the S3 "I know Verizon will fix it, but why go through the hassle" with the new micro SIM, I figured why not just swap my existing SIM which is already activated on my account and just pop it in the S3, and like this I can just swap phones for different situations. By the way my Fedex guy is probably sleeping somewhere, hehe.
Fair enough, my activation was smooth and I still have unlimited. Your gonna like the phone. My fed ex guy was here around 10, I wasn't going to shower or s#@t until he arrived. Enjoy
Just received it 5 minutes ago, just plugged in the charger to fully charge before activating it, will try to cut down my standard SIM from Rezound to fit into the S3. Sent from my HTC Rezound with ICS using Droid Forums
Ok, put in the new Micro SIM that came with device, everything went smooth and my unlimited data is still there. Now time to set up all my Apps and other items.


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Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Nova Southeastern University's medical school recently expanded its international medical outreach programs to serve more developing nations with medical and humanitarian aid from medical students.
Countries such as Vietnam have been added to the list of nations that already receive medical outreach from NSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM). Those nations include Jamaica, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina.
In December, second-year medical students will take time off from their winter vacations to travel abroad to rural and medically underserved communities in Vietnam, Peru, and Jamaica to provide medical services such as physicals, cancer screenings, and other medical examinations.
Many of these medically underserved patients from poor, rural communities have never seen a physician before and suffer from illnesses such as tuberculosis, scabies, malnutrition, hypertension, and diabetes. The students, supervised by the college's medical faculty and local physicians, are bringing medical supplies and provide health and wellness lessons to help patients live healthier lives.
"We decided to expand the medical outreach programs to reach out to more countries that need medical services because there is a great need," said Robin J. Jacobs, Ph.D., M.S.W., director of international medical programs and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, preventive medicine, biomedical informatics, and public health. "The outreach programs serve two purposes: they benefit patients living in communities that lack sufficient health care and provide our students with hands-on medical training. Also, the experience provides students an opportunity to learn about other cultures." In addition to volunteering their vacation time, participating students will pay anywhere from 1,100 to $3,800 for trip expenses (includes travel, lodging food, and administrative costs). The COM international medical outreach programs will continue this spring with a trip to Ecuador and a summer trip to Jamaica. About NSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine: For students pursuing their education at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM), the matriculation experience has proven to be both challenging and rewarding. By combining the most contemporary teaching modalities with the newest technology, our students are assured of obtaining the most comprehensive education possible. Thanks to the synergistic energy of our students, faculty members, and staff members of all of our programs, the pursuit of excellence has become a daily reality at NSU-COM. http://medicine.nova.edu/ About Nova Southeastern University: Situated on 300 beautiful acres in Davie, Florida, Nova Southeastern University is a dynamic fully accredited research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at all levels. NSU is the eighth largest not-for-profit independent institution nationally with more than 28,000 students. NSU awards associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist, doctoral and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields. Classified as a research university with "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is one of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie's Community Engagement Classification. www.nova.eduCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Chris Rose / DeSmogBlog
2nd October 2014
King Coal's reign is coming to an end, writes Chris Rose, at least as a fuel for generating electricity. Following a price collapse half of all production is being sold at a loss - and major coal users like China are still moving away from the high-carbon fuel. more...Billionnaires against fossil fuels
Ruth Lumley / Trillion Fund
27th September 2014
The movement to divest from fossil fuels is gaining strength, writes Ruth Lumley, with $50 billion of institutional investment behind it. This week's news that almost $1 billion of Rockefeller money is moving from fossil fuels to clean energy shows that the world is changing faster than most ever imagined. more...China's war on pollution could leave Australia's dirty coal out in the cold
Shabbir Ahmad
25th September 2014
To tackle its serious air pollution, China is imposing stringent restrictions on dirty coal high in ash or sulphur, writes Shabbir Ahmad. One result: half of Australia's coal exports to China face exclusion, or extra 'washing' costs. But Australia's response is not to raise environmental quality. Instead, it's increasing production. more...Investor heavyweights call for climate action
Kieran Cooke
23rd September 2014
At the UN climate summit in New York today, institutional investors managing $24 trillion of assets are demanding stronger, more ambitious policies on climate change, writes Kieran Cooke. These include an effective carbon price and an end to fossil fuel subsidies. more...Skin, respiratory symptoms increase near gas wells
The Ecologist
25th September 2014
A health study in Pennsylvania, USA, shows that people living near fracking and other natural gas wells are more likely to suffer from skin conditions and upper respiratory symptoms. It calls for further study of the associations, including the role of specific air and water exposures. more...US shale oil drillers flaring and venting billions of dollars in natural gas
Sharon Kelly / DesmogBlog
20th September 2014
Gas flaring of natural at shale oil wells is carried out on such a scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, writes Sharon Kelly. Billions of dollars worth of gas are going up in smoke, adding to CO2 emissions - but far worse for the climate is when the gas is 'vented'. Regulators are doing too little, too late. more...British Museum - is BP driving your heavy-handed approach?
Danny Chivers
17th September 2014
Amid ongoing creative protests over BP's sponsorship of the British Museum, Danny Chivers wants to know - why the harsh security tactics? Why the searches, exclusions and arrests, all for a paltry 1% or less of the Museum's funding? Is this their policy, or is it BP that's calling the shots? more...One more heave! Ministers' pre-election fracking drive
Alex Stevenson
9th September 2014
Ministers are determined to get fracking under way in the UK as fast as possible, so it's a 'fait accompli' in time for the election, writes Alex Stevenson. With a firm pro-fracking concensus in Parliament, only one thing can frustrate their plans - strong local campaigns to turn around MPs desperate for re-election in 2015. It even has a name: democracy. more...New Orleans: oil & gas evading $50bn coastal restoration obligations
Julie Dermansky
5th September 2014
Thanks to damage to coastal wetlands by the oil & gas industry, Louisiana is losing two acres to the sea an hour, writes Julie Dermansky. The companies are legally obliged to repair their damage - but they haven't and the cost has reached $50 billion. The answer? A Bill backed by the state governor to make them immune from lawsuits. more...Fracked off - natural gas victims flee Colorado's toxic air
Paul Thacker / Oil Change International
30th August 2014
Natural gas is widely touted as a 'green fuel'. But as Paul Thacker found in Colorado, fracking's national 'ground zero', it's anything but. Lives and health are being ruined by pollution from taxpayer-subsidized gas wells, flaring and refining plants, while property values collapse. Now a mass of environmental refugees are fleeing the ravaged state. more...The liberal climate agenda is doomed to failure
Scott Parkin
29th August 2014
Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous delusion, writes Scott Parkin - that 'playing nice' with Earth-destroying corporations and politicians can yield results worth having. Radical change on climate will only result from bold, confrontational direct actions against the fossil fuel industries and their apologists. more...Health alert - fracking's chemical cocktails
Tim Radford
21st August 2014
Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in fracking to extract gas and oil could represent health and environmental hazards, writes Tim Radford. Among the greatest hazards: biocides and corrosion inhibitors. more...
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Oliver Tickell
20th August 2014
When the US's biggest ever coal ash spill buried 300 acres of waterfront property in a white, middle class suburb, the waste was treated as a toxic hazard. But by the time it reached Uniontown, a black community in Alabama, that was all forgotten. Now they are fighting back. more...For the next energy revolution, we must deregulate power grids
Bill Watkins
14th August 2014
How do we spur more microgrids powered by renewable energy? Deregulate, writes Bill Watkins, ending the monopolies enjoyed by centralized energy companies. The alternative is to keep consumers and micro-generators stuck with the energy equivalent of the 'Princess' phone. more...Fossil fuels raising mercury levels in oceans, and fish
Chris Rose
13th August 2013
Coal burning in particular is responsible for releasing the toxic heavy metal mercury to the oceans, writes Chris Rose, where it accumulates in fish. In future levels will rise, as processes that carry mercury to deep waters weaken. more...Fracking - US companies and regulators must disclose environmental data
Kimberly Terrell, Morgan Tingley & Sara Souther
4th August 2014
Among the risks of fracking are fragmentation of wildlife habitats, groundwater depletion, surface water pollution. The risks are compounded by a failure among companies and regulators to record or disclose essential information - from the chemicals used, to the time and place of toxic spills. more...Gaza - is annexation Israel's 'permanent solution'?
Oliver Tickell
31st July 2014
As Israel pursues its war on Gaza with ever-increasing ferocity, and with 25% of Gaza's people forced from their homes, what's the final objective? It's unthinkable that Israel's aim is to 'cleanse' the territory of its people, seize its vast gas reserves, and annex some of the Med's hottest real estate. Isn't it? more...Huge US coal leasing program releasing tens of Gigatonnes of carbon
The Ecologist
29th July 2014
A massive expansion of coal leasing by the US's Bureau of Land Management will release tens of billions of tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere, a new Greenpeace report reveals - completely at odds with President Obama's stated climate objectives. more...Fracking go-ahead on UK's National Parks, World Heritage Sites, nature reserves
Oliver Tickell
28th July 2014
The UK has just opened a bidding round for fracking licences. But the rules contain only weak protections against fracking in National Parks and AONBs - and none at all for even the most important wildlife sites and drinking water aquifers. more...Armed robbery in Gaza - Israel, US, UK carve up the spoils of Palestine's stolen gas
Nafeez Ahmed
24th July 2014
Israel desperately covets Gaza's gas as a 'cheap stop-gap' yielding revenues of $6-7 billion a year, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The UK's BG and the US's Noble Energy are lined up to do the dirty work - but first Hamas must be 'uprooted' from Gaza, and Fatah bullied into cutting off its talks with Russia's Gazprom. more...Ignore tar sands emissions! EU buckles under US, Canada pressure in TTIP talks
Derek Leahy
23rd July 2014
The EU's Fuel Quality Directive is set to be the first casualty of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out unless the EU ignores the massive emissions of oil from tar sands - and the EU is collapsing under the pressure. more...Germany and UK top EU's 'Dirty 30' pollution league
Kieran Cooke
22nd July 2014
A new report names the 30 biggest sources of greenhouse gases in the EU, writes Kieran Cooke. Coal-fired power plants are undermining Europe's long-term targets on emissions reductions - and the UK and Germany lead the list of shame. more...Gaza should be the Kuwait of the Levant - but its gas brings only war and poverty
Tascha Shahriari-Parsa
19th July 2014
Operation Protective Edge is the war of a colonial state dedicated to expanding its theft of Palestine's natural resources, writes Tascha Shahriari-Parsa - incarcerating and bombing its people in the world's biggest open air prison, while growing rich at their expense. more...Gaza: Israel's $4 billion gas grab
Nafeez Ahmed
18th July 2014
Never mind the 'war on terror' rhetoric, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The purpose of Israel's escalating assault on Gaza is to control the Territory's 1.4 trillion cubic feet of gas - and so keep Palestine poor and weak, gain massive export revenues, and avert its own domestic energy crisis. more...Fossil fuels the 'new sub-prime crisis'
Nathan Wood
14th July 2014
The UK's conservative Daily Telegraph warns: investors in fossil fuels are 'throwing good money after bad', reports Nathan Wood, as renewable energy takes off leaving a potential $19 trillion of oil assets 'stranded'. more...ECOLOGIST COOKIES
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Peter Lamborn Wilson | |
Born | 1945 (age 68–69) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Post-anarchism, individualist anarchism[1] |
Main interests | refusal of work, post-industrial society, mysticism, utopianism |
Notable ideas | Temporary Autonomous Zones |
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Peter Lamborn Wilson | |
Born | 1945 (age 68–69) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Post-anarchism, individualist anarchism[1] |
Main interests | refusal of work, post-industrial society, mysticism, utopianism |
Notable ideas | Temporary Autonomous Zones |
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Influenced |
Peter Lamborn Wilson (pseudonym Hakim Bey; born 1945) is an American anarchist author, primarily known for advocating the concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones.
In addition to his writings on lifestyle anarchism and Temporary Autonomous Zones, Bey has written essays on other topics such as Tong [clarification needed] traditions, the utopian Charles Fourier, the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, alleged connections between Sufism and ancient Celtic culture, technology and Luddism, Amanita muscaria use in ancient Ireland, and sacred pederasty in the Sufi tradition.[2] He has also written about pederasty for NAMBLA Bulletin.[3]
Bey's poetic texts and poems have appeared in: P.A.N.; Panthology One, Two, and Three; Ganymede; Exquisite Corpse; and the various Acolyte Reader paperbacks. Many of these poems, including the 'Sandburg' series, are collected in the as-yet unpublished DogStar volume. Currently his works can be found regularly in publications like Fifth Estate and the NYC-based First of the Month.
He has also published at least one novel, The Chronicles of Qamar: Crowstone.[4]
Bey, especially because of his TAZ work, has often been embraced by rave subculture, as ravers have identified the experience and occasions of raves as part of the tradition of "Temporary Autonomous Zones" that Bey outlines, particularly the "free party" or teknival scene.[citation needed] Bey has been supportive of the rave connection, while remarking in an interview, "The ravers were among my biggest readers... I wish they would rethink all this techno stuff — they didn't get that part of my writing."[5]
More recently, he has commented on the Occupy Movement in an interview with David Levi Strauss of The Brooklyn Rail:
I was beginning to feel that there would never be another American uprising, that the energy was gone, and I have some reasons to think that might be true. I like to point out that the crime rate in America has been declining for a long time, and in my opinion it's because Americans don't even have enough gumption to commit crimes anymore: the creative aspect of crime has fallen into decay. As for the uprising that takes a principled stand against violence, hats off to them, I admire the idealism, but I don't think it's going to accomplish much.[6]
In another interview with David Levi Strauss and Christopher Bamford in The Brooklyn Rail, Bey has discussed his views on what he calls "Green Hermeticism":
We all agreed that there is not a sufficient spiritual focus for the environmental movement. And without a spiritual focus, a movement like this doesn't generate the kind of emotional energy that it needs to battle against global capitalism—that for which there is no other reality, according to most people. It should be a rallying call of the spirit for the environmental movement, or for as many parts of that movement as could be open to it.[7]
Bey has even taken up commentary on the ontology of quantum physics, interpreting Nick Herbert's Quantum Reality in terms of the social paradigms from which quantum mechanics may draw its metaphors.[8]
In the compilation of essays called "Immediatism"[9] Hakim Bey explains his particular conception of anarchism and anarchy which he calls "ontological anarchy". In the same compilation he deals with his view of the relationships of individuals with the exterior world as perceived by the senses and a theory of liberation which he calls "immediatism".
Hakim Bey has written articles on three different types of what he calls "autonomous zones". Regarding his concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZ) he said in an interview that
"the real genesis was my connection to the communal movement in America, my experiences in the 1960s in places like Timothy Leary's commune in Millbrook...Usually only the religious ones last longer than a generation—and usually at the expense of becoming quite authoritarian, and probably dismal and boring as well. I've noticed that the exciting ones tend to disappear, and as I began to further study this phenomenon, I found that they tend to disappear in a year or a year and a half."[10]
The concept of TAZ was presented in a long elaboration in the book TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism.[11]
In Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm, Murray Bookchin included Bey's work in what he called "lifestyle anarchism", which he criticised for tendencies towards mysticism, occultism, and irrationalism.[12] Bey did not respond publicly. Bob Black wrote a rejoinder to Bookchin in Anarchy after Leftism.
He has received criticism for writing for the NAMBLA Bulletin,[3] a pedophile advocacy organization in the United States that works to abolish age of consent laws criminalizing adult sexual involvement with minors.[13][14] For this he has also received criticism from other anarchists.[15]


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Video Transcript"27;45 HIM SINGING NUMBERS.." Just 5 years old, Ike Long knows laughter is the best medicine... NAT SOT lAUGH?? This little boy would dread going to the hospital so often... "21;06 WHO DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO..ERIC ..ERIC" if it weren't for his child life specialist Eric Webb. "12;47 WHO IS IT? IT'S IKE...LAUGH.." To look at Ike , you'd never know he has a rare lung disease... has undergone ten surgeries and takes 27 medications a day. " 24;53 HE HAS PROBLEMS BREATHING... ANY TIME HE GETS SICK IT GOES STRAIGHT TO HIS LUNGS.25;07 HE DOESN'T HAVE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM OF HIS OWN SO DOESN'T FIGHT OFF DISEASE.." So he has to have steroid infusion treatments twice a week... "16;38 THAT WAS A BIG ONE..DID IT BLEED.. YEAH" But Ike puts on a smile as easily as a bandaid...becaus e his buddy.. is nearby.. "18;20 HOSPITAL CAN BE A SCAREY PLACE.. ENGAGE THROUGH PLAY." "22;45 THEY HAVE TOYS AND CRAFTS AND MOVIES AND GAMES SO IT'S a lot OF FUN" "17;47 WE'LL HELP WITH PREP FOR PROCEDURES..NOR MALIZE THE ENVT IN HOSPITAL" Today Ike and his twin sister are turning sticks into Christmas ornaments " 2;04 PUSH...GOOD JOB ALL RIGHT" The child life specialists do a good job of turning fear into fun.. And tears into smiles...by focusing on playful diversions instead of painful procedures. "30;45 THANKS FOR DOING THIS WITH ME... SEE YOU AT FESTIVAL.. OK LAUGHTER"
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Clarus Corporation Reminds Stockholders Of Annual Meeting – August 5, 2010
Clarus Corporation (Nasdaq: BDE) (the "Company"), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of outdoor equipment and lifestyle products, reminds stockholders that its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") will be held at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Thursday, August, 5, 2010 at the Company's offices located at 2084 East 3900 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124. Stockholders of record at the close of business on June 24, 2010 are entitled to vote at the Meeting.
The Meeting is being held for the following purposes:
- To elect the seven nominees named in the proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Proxy Statement") to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;
- To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to change the Company's name from Clarus Corporation to "Black Diamond Equipment, Inc.";
- To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, to eliminate stockholder supermajority vote requirements for certain bylaw amendments;
- To re-approve the material terms of the performance goals in the Clarus Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to approve an amendment to the Clarus Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan limiting the maximum aggregate number of incentive stock options that may be awarded under the plan pursuant to Section 422 of the Code; and
- To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting, including to consider any procedural matters incident to the conduct of the Meeting, such as the postponement of the Meeting in order to solicit additional proxies to vote in favor of the matter presented at the Meeting.
The Company has filed a Proxy Statement in connection with the Meeting. Stockholders are urged to read the Proxy Statement for additional information regarding the foregoing proposals, including the vote requirements for their approval. If a stockholder has not yet received a copy of the Company's proxy materials, including the Proxy Statement and form of proxy, a stockholder may obtain a free copy of the proxy materials at the Company's website at www.claruscorp.com or may request a copy of the proxy materials by contacting our proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. at (800) 322-2885 toll-free or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com . Any stockholder entitled to vote who has not yet voted is encouraged to do so.
The Company, its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the Company's solicitation of its stockholders in connection with the Meeting. The names and direct or indirect interests of the current directors and executive officers of the Company are set forth in the Proxy Statement. Additional information regarding the Company's directors, executive officers and director nominees is included in the Proxy Statement.
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Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, Florida
JUPITER, Fla. -- When Minnesota Twins right-hander Vance Worley threw his first changeup of spring training Friday, Kyle Skipworth hit a broken-bat double.
So it went for Worley, who was satisfied with his pitching but unhappy with the results in the Twins' 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins."They were swinging and got the good part of the bat on the ball," Worley said.Making his second start, Worley allowed four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in two innings.Worley said his four-seamer, cutter and curve all were fine. When asked about his changeup, he shook his head."I broke a guy's bat for a double, so you tell me how it was," he said. "I made my pitch and got him to do what I needed him to do, but the ball found a hole. That seemed to be how every hit today was, except for a couple."Henderson Alvarez allowed three runs and six hits in two innings in his second spring training start, and his last with the Marlins for a while. He's off to join the Venezuelan team for the World Baseball Classic."It's going to be a great honor for me," Alvarez said. "It's the first time I've represented my country in baseball, and it's going to bring me a lot of joy to do that and play alongside some of my countrymen and stars of the game."Chris Colabello had a double and a single in two at-bats to help the Twins earn their fifth consecutive victory. Ryan Pressly, Tim Wood, Tyler Robertson, Pedro Hernandez and Michael Tonkin pitched one scoreless inning each.Center fielder Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI and became the first Twin to play all nine innings in spring training."He'll probably ask for a couple of days off now," manager Ron Gardenhire said.Miami's Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run homer. Giancarlo Stanton went 0 for 3 with a sacrifice fly in his final game before joining the U.S. team for the WBC.The game was a reunion for former Twins catcher Mike Redmond, the Marlins' new manager. Gardenhire was glad to see his protege get the job."When he would be on the bench, we'd talk," Gardenhire recalled."Would you hit-and-run here?' `Absolutely.'"Would you bunt him over here?' `Absolutely.'"I'd say, `Well then, you do the interviews when he screws it up.' And now he gets that chance."Stadium | Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, FL |
Weather | 66 degrees, Overcast |
Wind | 3 mph, W |
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I wouldn't mind having a few surface-to-air missiles planted on my roof.
It's certainly one up on solar panels and they'd be a deterrent for any double glazing salesmen.
I can't understand why anyone would object to the idea.
Apparently, a resident of one of the east London estates that could now be home to one of the interceptor immigrants, said firing the missiles "would shower debris across the east end of London". I'm sorry, but if these things have to be fired, I'd be worried about a bit more than debris falling around me.
Surely there should be few stationed on the roof of Buck Palace to safeguard Her Maj?
Then again, the temptation might be too much for Prince Phillip to have a pop at a pigeon or two...
She's got the room to park a few tanks there an' all.
The fact that we'll have warships parked on the Thames, helicopters circling overhead, emergency SAS teams primed and waiting for the call and missiles parked on roofs like the ultimate deterrent to Santa is all just part of the massive, ever-expanding price we are having to pay to host the Olympics.
The problem I have with the event is that it has turned into the budget airline Olympics.
Like booking an online flight, we were told at the start of preparations that it would cost a certain amount.
Then we learned we would have to add a few extra million here and there for the transports and infrastructure. Then there was more money needed for new and improved security and all the other excess baggage.
And so on and so on, until it's no longer worth the cost.
Trouble is, you can always click off a web page and cancel your online booking form.
It's too late for us to cancel the Games now, isn't it?
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Green Bay evened its preseason record at 1-1 by beating the Cardinals 28-20 at Lambeau on Friday night. More importantly, a number of young players stepped up. Here's a quick look at the movers and shakers from week 2:
GRAHAM HARRELL: The second-year quarterback has struggled for most of camp, but he justified coach Mike McCarthy's faith in him on Friday night. The former Texas Tech star played with poise and even showed some zip on a few passes. Whether he has the arm strength to succeed against quality corners remains to be seen, but he probably played well enough to convince GM Ted Thompson to carry a third quarterback.
DIMITRI NANCE: The former Arizona State star ended last season on the 53-man roster, but he's pretty much been a forgotten man this summer. That might've changed thanks to a solid performance on Friday night. He ran very hard and he didn't look overmatched in protection. The Packers probably won't keep a fourth running back, but Nance's quality work against the Cardinals will at least give Thompson something to think about in the coming weeks.
CHASTIN WEST: The second-year receiver was impressive a year ago, but he lost out to Brett Swain. And while the former Fresno State star has distanced himself from Swain this summer, he could still wind up on the outside looking in. That's because the five receivers ahead of him on the depth chart are guaranteed spots on the final roster. West might force Thompson to keep a sixth player at this position. If not, he could be traded. He has the ability be a No. 4 or maybe even a No. 3 for a number of teams.
RYAN TAYLOR: The rookie tight end is fighting for a roster spot at one of the deepest positions, but it's hard to imagine him not sticking. Already a demon on special teams and a surprisingly adept receiver, he showed improvement as a blocker against the Cards. The former linebacker needs to work on his technique, but he has the size and toughness to knock defenders off the ball in the running game and at least slow down defensive ends in pass protection. It wouldn't be a shock to see him vault up the depth chart.
T.J. LANG: Some will argue that rookie first-round pick Derek Sherrod played his way out of the competition at left guard on Friday night, but that would be extremely unfair. Lang has been solid all summer. The third-year pro from Eastern Michigan looks unsure of himself at times, but that will happen when a still young offensive lineman is forced to take snaps at as many as four different positions in practice. It's time to let him settle in at left guard and become the player he has the potential to be.
EVAN DIETRICH-SMITH: The third-year offensive lineman will never be more than an 8th or 9th offensive lineman in the National Football League, but he's been better than Nick McDonald all summer. While Dietrich-Smith has plenty of physical limitations, he does have the strength to slow down defensive tackles – at least a little. McDonald is more talented, but he gets pushed around by even mediocre players. One could argue that neither player is good enough to back up center Scott Wells, but after Friday night, it's hard to argue that McDonald is more deserving of a spot on the final roster.
C.J. WILSON: The second-year defensive end left early after taking a blow to the head, but not before he left a fairly positive impression. He didn't get blown off the line of scrimmage and he fought through heavy traffic to locate the ball. More importantly, the former East Carolina standout played with more passion than he's shown so far this summer. Maybe he was pumped up because he was starting or maybe he finally realized that his spot on the final roster was in serious jeopardy. Whatever the reason, he finally resembled the player whom the coaches had such high hopes for at the start of camp.
JARIUS WYNN: The former Georgia star was released last summer, but he's playing at a much higher level now. While he's still not a consistent pass rusher – his supposed strength – he does have some potential in that area. More importantly, Wynn is at least holding his own against the run – something he was unable to do in the past. He'll always be undersized for a 3-4 end, but he's gained about 15 pounds and improved his technique since joining the Packers three years ago and it showed on Friday night.
D.J. SMITH: The rookie's lack of height makes comparisons to former Pro Bowler Sam Mills inevitable, but there's more to it than just their size. I watched Mills when he played for USFL's Philadelphia Stars in the early 80s, and believe me when I tell you that Smith looks like an exact replica. Whether he'll develop into a star like Mills remains to be seen, but his instincts and his explosiveness gives him a chance to be successful. He might not be ready to be the No. 3 inside linebacker, but he belongs on the final roster.
JOSH GORDY: The second-year corner was given a major opportunity on Friday night, and while he didn't exactly cover himself in glory, he didn't hurt his chances of making the final roster either. He needs to clean up his footwork, but he has above-average speed, fluid hips and decent instincts. That might not be enough to make him an effective starter at this level, but it should be enough to keep him around as the No. 6 cornerback. That is, of course, if Thompson decides to keep six players at that position.


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Twitter censorship? Posts now yanked country by country.
Twitter messages can now be censored on a per-country basis, allowing posts that are problematic in one country to still appear in others. But some worry this means Twitter has turned its back on free speech.
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.
The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money.
But Twitter sees the censorship tool as a way to ensure individual messages, or tweets, remain available to as many people as possible while it navigates a gauntlet of different laws around the world.
Before, when Twitter erased a tweet it disappeared throughout the world. Now, a tweet containing content breaking a law in one country can be taken down there and still be seen elsewhere.
Twitter will post a censorship notice whenever a tweet is removed. That's similar to what Internet search leader Google Inc. has been doing for years when a law in a country where its service operates requires a search result to be removed.
Like Google, Twitter also plans to the share the removal requests it receives from governments, companies and individuals at the chillingeffects.org website.
The similarity to Google's policy isn't coincidental. Twitter's general counsel is Alexander Macgillivray, who helped Google draw up its censorship policies while he was working at that company.
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Smith County, tx — The Smith County Commissioners Court approved a 2013 Budget today that will decrease the tax rate while maintaining the same level of county services for citizens. Judge Baker, who serves as the county's budget officer, credits careful financial management, conservative budgeting, and recent signs of economic growth over the past few years for the positive 2013 outlook.
With an anticipated $576,594 in additional revenue to be added to the tax roll this year due to new construction, the future looks more favorable for county coffers. "The overall picture is strong and enables us to make positive financial decisions this year that impact our employees, our citizens, and overall county management," said Judge Baker.
The Smith County Appraisal District certified the tax roll with a very slight increase in appraised value from the previous year. County efforts to streamline operations have also enabled Judge Baker to propose a slight reduction in the tax rate to the effective tax rate for the upcoming year without adversely affecting the quality of services provided to citizens.
The complete 2013 Budget is available for the public to view online at www.smith-county.com. Highlights from this year's budget include:
ü Reduction in the Current Tax Rate – The current tax rate has been reduced to the effective tax rate. This is the first tax rate reduction since 1999.
ü Long Term Road Plans - FY2013 will be a year where: (1) a specific program is implemented to evaluate road traffic and conditions; (2) an evaluation process is developed to prioritize road needs based on that evaluation; and (3) outdated equipment will be replaced as we transition beyond this "maintenance mode" into a period of improving the crucial transportation infrastructure of the county.
ü Smith County Performance Pay Program (SCPPP) - The FY13 Proposed Budget introduces a pilot program for department leaders that ties any financial gain to performance of duties. The proposed program will include pre-defined goals and targets for each department head and will be designed to ensure a fair and impartial evaluation process.
ü Increased Fund Balance - The County adopted the General Fund Balance Reserve Policy in 2011 that restricts the spending of reserves except in limited circumstance. This "rainy-day fund" should be sufficient to cover 90 days of county expenditures. Fund balance ratios are used by rating agencies to assess financial stability and play a vital role in the County's bond rating.
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ü Decreased Operating Expenses - The FY13 Proposed Budget represents a 7.16% decrease in operating expenses from the adopted expenditures 5 years earlier.
ü PAYGO Projects- Smith County has allocated over $9M to facility improvement projects in the past six years with no new debt issued. FY13 continues the PAYGO program with an additional $1.6M allocated to further the Smith County Master Plan for facility needs.


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Liverpool's search for a left back has lead them back to Osasuna's Spain international Nacho Monreal. Director of football strategy Damien Comolli watched the 26-year-old in action last week and was suitably impressed. On the radar: Osasuna defender Nacho Monreal (left) Monreal, who has four full caps, suffered a bad knee injury in December but has come back strongly. He was on Liverpool's list of summer targets and came under Arsenal's scrutiny prior to his injury. Desperate to plug their problem left back position, Liverpool decided against a loan move for Aston Villa's Stephen Warnock in January and cooled their interest in Wigan's Maynor Figueroa but they have watched Newcastle's Jose Enrique and Celtic's Emilio Izaguirre. Monreal would not come cheap, however, as Osasuna value him at about ?9m. Dalglish plans double summer swoop for Palace kids Zaha and WilliamsReina is simply the best! Dalglish lauds Liverpool keeper ahead of 300th outingAll the latest Liverpool news, features and opinion Explore more:Places: Newcastle, Liverpool, Spain
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The dispersal of literature from the Ku Klux Klan in the Twin Counties caused concern and resurrected unpleasant memories in several members of the community last week.
The KKK, a classified hate group, is associated with white supremacy, violence and various forms of prejudice.
Galax resident Dolores Vass found a pamphlet from the KKK in her mailbox, criticizing the late Martin Luther King Jr., and she says it sparked several painful memories from her past, involving acts of racism from the community towards herself and her family.
A Carroll County man and woman were arrested on Jan. 22, after a Virginia State Police trooper discovered a mobile meth lab inside their vehicle during a traffic stop.
Adam James Bolen, 41, and Jennifer Marie Bolen, 35, were arrested after Trooper S.M. Cochran stopped them in a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck on Airport Road, near Five Forks Road at around 5 p.m. last Thursday.
HILLSVILLE – Anyone planning to seek public office in Carroll County and run in the Republican preferential primary is reminded that the deadline to file is today, Monday, at noon.
The Carroll County Republican Party will select its slate of candidates to run in the Nov. 3 general election during the primary to be held on May 16.
HILLSVILLE - Several fire departments worked to extinguish a fire at the Magnolia Manufacturing Company in Hillsville on Saturday, when an unknown cause sparked a fire in two industrial units inside one of the factory's filter houses.
According to a report from Hillsville Assistant Fire Chief Mike Musser, firefighters were called to Magnolia around 7:30 p.m. to reports of a fire inside the factory.
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A bill introduced in the 2015 General Assembly seeks to keep open the Southwest Virginia Training Center in Hillsville and Southeastern Virginia Training Center in Chesapeake for their disabled residents.
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The Galax Police Department responded to three separate vehicle crashes Tuesday, two of which occurred on Glendale Road within minutes of one another, and the third involving a civilian vehicle and a police car on Meadow Street.
The first accident was Tuesday at about 2:13 p.m. According to a police report shared by Capt. James Cox, a 2004 Ford Focus operated by Brook Williams, 23, of Galax, was traveling west on Glendale Road. The vehicle left the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned, coming to rest against a tree across from Monta Vista Cemetery.
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SPARTA, N.C. – A near crash involving an Alleghany County, N.C., deputy sheriff has led to drug charges against a Galax woman and a Hillsville man.
Alleghany County Sheriff Bryan Maines said that, in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, Deputy C.R. Williams was on routine patrol on U.S. 21 south when a car crossed over the center line into his lane. Williams swerved to miss the oncoming car.
"Youth at risk" is a phrase that's familiar to parents, teachers and anyone who works with students and young people in general.
It can mean they're at risk for anything from drugs and alcohol to not getting critical life skills to unemployment after graduation to general delinquency.
Local authorities are warning citizens about a potential phone scam in the area, following several reports of a scammer claiming to work for Appalachian Power Company (APCo) or American Electric Power (AEP) and demanding immediate payments from customers over the phone.
A single-car wreck on Glendale Road on Tuesday afternoon left the vehicle resting against a tree around 2:13 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20 across from Monta Vista Cemetery.
According to Galax Police Captain James Cox, A 2004 Ford Focus, operated by Brook Williams, 23, of Galax, was traveling west on Glendale Road. The vehicle left the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned, said Cox.
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Our very 1st annual World Mental Health Day blog party was a huge success, with over 80 international bloggers who participated by writing about mental illness and mental health treatment. You can see all of their entries here.
I was humbled by the response.
Within those entries, you can find the whole range of human experience. You will find heart-wrenching personal stories from more than one person. You can find a reminder of the deadly impact of mental illness in society and an insight into how spirituality plays such an important part in most people's lives. After all, what does it mean to be mentally healthy?
You can even learn how to investigate your emotional family history to help you better understand where you come from psychologically.
There are dozens more great entries in our list; this was just to highlight the wide breadth of entries we received. I enjoyed reading them all, and getting more from them that I had ever thought possible.
I think you will too. (Check them out now.)
Thank you to all the bloggers who participated, and thanks to you for reading and helping us celebrate World Mental Health Day!
A special thanks, too, goes out to our Blog Managing Editor, Jessica D., for helping to keep the list updated throughout the day!
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So when the Colts score late its running up the score. But when NE does it, it's called "playing to win the game". Ok.
How about if you don't turn everything into "Colts". Jesus. I frequent a Browns board but am smart enough to when when to play my card vs. when not to. Quit it. Well I can go back to liking Romeo again. I've been rooting against the Browns up until now with them on our schedule but they're in the rear view mirror now.
Those words have never come out from me on this message board. So, please direct this to those on the board that say this about the Colts. Thank you. Terry
Always loved Romeo. I saw some good things out of the Browns yesterday. Loved how they never gave up and tried making a late run. I still think they need quality depth in the backfield.
Come on Ryan, when "so far ahead" is ONLY 10 POINTS it's just called football. There was still a minute left. The Browns have home-run potential with the likes of Braylon Edwards. They hit one long pass, suddenly you're looking at an onside kick with just a 3-point lead. You have to go for the touchdown to secure the victory. As for pass vs. run, I'm sure BB & co. would have rather stuck with the ground game except for the little problem that scoring running touchdowns has been this team's one glaring weakness through week 5.
Why don't you go back to tipping cows or whatever you rural hicks do in Indiana? By the way, this is the New England Patriots message board not the Indianapolis Colts message board.
No cow tipping in Providence. Or that I know of. I agree with the poster who said it wasn't running up the score or whatever.
Ryan, we've come to expect more of you here. First, in an NFL game, with grown men playing for millions of dollars, I have no problem with "running up the score" for statistical or other reasons. Second, Kicking a FG in that situation is more "running up the score" than going for a TD. Why? Because, a FG has almost no utility in that situation - it still would've been a two-score game. Therefore, the FG would have been empty points - purely statistical, with limited value in the game. A TD, on the other hand, would've effectively ended the game. As it was, we got stopped and they had to go 95 yards, score, and then score again - impossible. So, trying to definitively end the game is not running up the score, but I think you knew that and are just trying to stir things up.
Their paranoid, they are scared ! Why else would they be watching all the threads here instead of joining in on their own circle jerk on their own forum. Hard to get off when your scared ! No offense to the ladies.
I was scratching my head a bit about why BB didn't go for the FG, which I think would have effectively sealed the game (i.e., it's would have forced Cleveland to need 2 TDs instead of 1 TD and a FG). In the end, I think BB was just trying to avoid the risk of a Clevelend blocking the FG and running it back for a TD (no cheap scores). In a similar vein, I think Hanson was punting out of bounds just to avoid Cribbs.
Um, it was a 10 point game. What in the world do you want the Patriots to do? I don't think anyone here would knock the Colts for scoring in a 10 point game.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Flyers center Danny Briere will have corrective eye surgery Tuesday.
General manager Paul Holmgren says Briere will have a procedure called photorefractive keratectomy. He will take a few weeks to recover.
Briere says his contact lenses bothered him at times during the season so he elected to have surgery.
Briere had 11 goals and 14 assists in 29 games for the Flyers last season. He sat out 53 games with a groin injury.
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DERBY, England - West Indies middle order batsman Shiv Chanderpaul scored his fourth half century of the season to help inspire Derbyshire to first innings lead over Hampshire on the third day of their County Championship game here Tuesday.
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Netanyahu: The Israeli Leader No President Can Stomach Netanyahu sleeps with both eyes open-- one watching Israel's enemies, the other fixated on America.
Doomsday: Preparing for China's Collapse China could be on the brink of collapse. Here's how Washington can leverage that to its advantage.
Putin's Next Move in the Nemtsov Case The investigation into Boris Nemtsov's murder will have stark consequences...
No Exit: Nemtsov's Murder Will Heighten U.S.-Russia Standoff Nemtsov's murder makes it far less likely that the U.S. and Russia will normalize ties so long as Putin remains in power.
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