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text: Xirrus offers affordable upgrade migration path to 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi02 Jul 2014 04:27 PM Xirrus Wi-Fi platform enables customers purchasing 802.11ac Wave 1 Wi-Fi equipment to upgrade to Wave 2 products as they become available in 2015Xirrus has unveiled its latest offering today (2 July 2014) to enable customers to migrate easily from 802.11ac Wave 1 Wi-Fi deployments to Wave 2 equipment, which is due to ship next year.Xirrus XR arrays (pictured above) provide a modular upgrade path to future wireless standards, as they come to market, to ensure investment protection, as well as unique functionality that maximises the efficiency and performance of the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. By the end of 2014, it is expected that nearly half of all new Wi-Fi devices being shipped will support the new 802.11ac standard. Planning the migration to 11ac can be a daunting and expensive proposition for many organisations. Compounding this challenge is the fact that 802.11ac Wi-Fi is being released in multiple waves – Wave 1 802.11ac began shipping in 2013 with >1Gbps speeds and Wave 2 products will begin shipping by 2015 with >3Gbps speeds. In Xirrus' view, the fast moving technology roadmap of Wi-Fi can make it difficult for CIOs and IT departments to determine when to transition their wireless networks. Speaking to Wireless, Bruce Miller, VP of product marketing at Xirrus, said: "The challenge is that the technology is moving very quickly and 802.11ac Wave 2 is capturing a lot of attention, especially the MU-MIMO (multi-user, multiple in, multiple out) feature, which enables communication with more people at the same. "Wi-Fi is a shared medium, but MU-MIMO provides four simultaneous streams, so four people can talk at once. That increases the efficiency and performance providing net speeds of 3.5Gps – nearly tripling Wave 1 speeds. "Like 802.11n, which had two waves as sell, this makes it challenging for buyers – do they wait or invest now? Xirrus wants to help provide a strategy that makes that decision easier," said Miller."Our modular arrays can house up to 16 radios with directional antennas. You can buy an array now full or with open radio slots ready to accept modules at a later point in time. That way you can add capacity as well as upgrade to the latest technology, but you are not throwing anything way or having to replace arrays," said Miller.'This provides a pre-purchase upgrade path to Wave 2 technology," he continued. "Customers can order modules today and get them when we ship them in 2015. It gives people the choice to wait if they want to. If you are at the upgrade point in your purchasing cycle, but know there is something new on horizon, you could choose to live with what you have for longer, but that can mean you are not satisfying your users. So, our solution provides a simpler option for migration."Miller pointed out that Xirrus has followed a similar strategy before with the transition from 802.11a/b/g to 11n and from 11n to 11ac Wave 1. "It has worked well for us, as we've had thousands of pre-orders in the past."He also noted that even though multi-gigabit speeds will become available, Wi-Fi is still a shared medium, so if fast devices are sharing bandwidth with slower devices that can slow them down. However, Xirrus technology can separate out the fast 11ac devices from 11n and other older devices using our Xirrus ACExpress solution.""The trick is to get them to all work together at the same time at maximum efficiency," said Miller. "The other key thing is that you can do 11ac across the entire array, or we can programme our radios so they are all 11n or 11ac or whatever mixture. Customers will be migrating devices over time with some 11n devices still on 2.4GHz and 11ac ones on 5GHz, but they won't have to swop out the radios." Xirrus offering available today: • Wave 1 802.11ac wireless arrays supporting 2 to 16 radios. Xirrus Wave 1 arrays are available today.• Wave 2 802.11ac upgradability through modular array interfaces. Individual or all radios in an array can be upgraded. Wave 2 modules are available for pre-order today and will ship in 2015. • Integrated optimisation with Xirrus ACExpress, which unlocks the true potential of 11ac by segmenting Wi-Fi client types (802.11g, 11n, 11ac Wave 1/Wave 2, etc.) to maximise performance. For enterprises, education institutions, hospitality venues and conference centres alike, consistently delivering a superior quality of experience (QoE) is critical to remain competitive. 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This recipe is from the Thai House restaurants in California. The mango gives it a fresh flavor.
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This was very authentic. It took me a while to find a green mango salad recipe WITHOUT bean sprouts, and this did the trick. I didn't use chicken in this recipe, as it was a side dish to the Thai Chicken Thighs. The only method change I did was I sprinkled the toasted peanuts on top once served instead of mixing it in with the salad during the preparation. This kept the peanuts nice and crunchy once served. This is definitely a keeper recipe. Can't get any better in a restaurant.
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We're considering spending part of a day in Puerto Morelos to go snorkeling and look around and would rather do it without a lot of expense. It looks like a colectivo might be our best option, but I'm a little fuzzy on the particulars.
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I've been taking it for three days now and it's almost impossible to keep my eyes open, even after taking my Vyvanse prescribed to me for ADHD. Is this normal?
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Hi nik, by your question, I believe that you have a pretty bad infection, and that is the reason you were prescribed clindamycin. It is a very strong antibiotic, but it does not make a person sleepy. I would guess that you have a serious infection that you are fighting in your body, and that is the reason you are exhausted. You need to give your body the rest that it is screaming for, to overcome this problem that you have. Best wishes to you!
I've had this infection from a tooth for a while. I just took this anti-biotic today. Andi am feeling very tired. My eyes want to close. So seeing how I've had the infection, it is not that making me tired. I haven't seen this listed as a side affect, but I drive for a living, and asked if it could make me tired. The dentist said that it is possible.
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I could start this story with the phrase 'It was an experience unlike that of any other' but even then I fear it would not even begin to come close to how surreal the past few weeks have been. If I am going to insist on putting it blankly things have been, without a doubt, the most fucked up series of events that have ever happened to me in my entire life, and from this moment on, I have a strange feeling that things are about to go overboard.
I suppose I could run, there is always that option, but right now I find myself unable to. It is as if my body is working against me even though my mind is screaming to - get the fuck out of there because he's going to fucking - and I cannot even begin to move myself from the floor right now; even if I was in control.
However I feel that me sitting here like this and not even beginning to explain anything is leading you all on somewhat, so I will skip the suspense and tell you exactly what has happened to me and why I am currently lay on the floor, breathing hard, unable to stop the feelings coursing through my body, and - more importantly unable to fucking move from the spot. It's not like I don't have time to sit and recall a tale. I am stuck here for however long it takes for Bryant to get here and it's not like - help me please fucking help me for the love of god I don't want to be a - he'll be here any time soon either. I have just finished talking with him on the phone after all and he does live quite a way away.
I'll have plenty of time to worry - -as if I'm not fucking worried already because my mind if fucking slipping and I feel so tired all of a sudden - as soon as he gets here and reveals what he intends to do with me now.
So I should really take you back a month or two, back to when this whole thing began, and back to when I first laid eyes on a man known as Bryant Irving.
It started with the usual premise for something life changing and threatening to happen. A new city, a new job, a new life, and new people to go with it. The worst part was, I think Bryant was charming the moment I ever started to speak with him, and it was probably that first meeting with him that caused me to get into the mess I am in now.
It also started with me being tripped over by a rather large excitable Labrador…
"Woah! Down, Harvey, down!!!"
I heard his voice long before I saw his face and the face I saw after I heard the voice was obviously not his; nor was it human for that matter. Within seconds I was knocked off my feet and on the floor, landing painfully on my side, being licked to death by what I can assume was the afore mentioned 'Harvey'. A beautiful dog I have to say, a beautiful breed, but not so appealing when it is on top of you and not letting you up because it finds something attractive about your face; something so attractive that it has to assault you with its tongue because of it.
"Harvey! Harvey get off! Why did you have to…I said SIT!"
At least 'Harvey' was an obedient dog. The series of licks and the weight soon shifted after the command was barked - no pun intended. It did not help me to regain my thoughts quickly though. I was still pretty dazed and confused by the 'attack'.
Luckily there was a helping hand in front of me after the dog had shifted, "Are you alright?"
"I'm…I'm fine…more worried about…the documents…" Damn. Trust this to happen. Not even three full days into my new job and already attacked by an animal. Of course being attacked by an animal is expected when you take up a job as a vet, but during the hour when you're not treating any animals? Not only that but when one happens to be carrying a large amount of paperwork to the office as well.
"Here." A strong hand pulling me to my feet, my paper work being picked up for me, and a bashful smile as the file is handed to me. My first impressions of the one who would introduce himself as Bryant Irving were sweet indeed. He was so adorable with that smile and so carefree.
"Thanks." I managed to regain some dignity by brushing myself down a little but even I could not help to restrain a smile from crossing my face as I took the offered file from him with my cheeks flushing red. "Huh. Ten years on the job and it's the first time that's ever happened to me. Would you believe that?"
"Ten years? No kidding? Yeah I'd say it was quite a record. Especially in this line of work. I mean I've been here damn near going on fifteen years and I've been knocked over more times than I can count." He was laughing as he spoke whilst the dog showed no signs of moving from his side. It was amazing to see it so well behaved even after jumping up at me. More so amazing the fact that this man worked here too!
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't realise you worked here! Sorry!" My cheeks flushed red and I clutched the documents close to myself, feeling slightly embarrassed for not noticing the small badge swinging from his shirt pocket sooner. Then again, it is hard to notice things like that when you are on the floor with everything scattered about you and a dog licking you to death.
His laugh was soft and almost musical in tone, very eerie and yet somehow soothing, it was all I could think of as he extended his hand again, this time for a handshake, "No it's fine. I haven't been in the past few days. I was looking after Harvey here at the breeding centre a few blocks away. You must be our new surgeon. Allow me to introduce myself. Harvey Irving. It is indeed a pleasure. Sorry it couldn't have been under calmer and less painful circumstances."
I took his hand and smiled softly, nodding slightly, "Yeah. I'm the new girl. My name's Sidney Carter. Feel free to call me Sid. And this charming young one here must be Harvey?"
The dog wagged its tail as I petted its wonderfully soft fur and Bryant laughed heartily, also giving the dog an affectionate pat, "Yup. This here is Harvey. The most important of our breeding males over at the Centre. He's already had five bitches give a healthy litter this year. A stud of a dog if I ever met one, aren't you boy?"
Harvey's tongue hanged out as if that were his reply and I could not help but laugh softly. Bryant flashed me another award-winning smile and it was then that things really changed.
There is no point in me digressing and telling you the whole story, but the most important detail was that within the space of about a month and a half Bryant and I were fast friends. We saw each other almost every day at the clinic, except for three days every fortnight when he was at the other Centre with the breeding dogs. Of course I also saw Harvey too. He was always around Bryant and seemed to always jump at the chance to…well…jump at me I guess; only to be subdued with the barked command of "SIT!" every time he went too far.
I felt I could open up to Bryant too, even telling him how I lived alone and moved here to live in an old house that had belonged to my mother and father before they died a while back. I had no other family. My parents had both been single children and I had followed that tradition. He was just so easy to talk to. Always laughing, always smiling, never worried about anything. He was a man who seemed to enjoy his work and took his position as a head surgeon in the Clinic with a pinch of salt. He claimed it was because he enjoyed helping the animals of the world to live on.
Especially dogs. He loved dogs with a passion. Most of all the ones at the Breeding Centre.
I even went to the clinic once. That was halfway through the sixth week I guess and it was also where things started to get strange. Very strange.
As far as first reactions went, that was all I could say about the Centre. At least Bryant allowed me a few seconds to think up a more imaginative review of the place. My eyes crawled over the immensely large area where there were several kennels and different wings of the main building each with their own purpose. Here and there were people walking various breeds of dog and my favourite dog, Harvey of course, was sat by Bryant's side at all times. The one thing that caught my attention was the name of the place.
"The Bryant Harvey Breeding Centre?" I turned to him and was rewarded with a smug smirk of satisfaction at my reaction. The information digested and I found myself even more lost for words than ever. "You….I mean…this….this is…"
Then, after a few more stammered words, "You own this?"
"Yup. Main breeder at the Centre and head surgeon over at the Surgery." Another peal of laughter, "I honestly thought you knew! Surely you're not that surprised?"
"Head surgeon I can manage…but the owner of a breeding centre this big?? Wow. Seriously, Bry…I mean…wow!!"
"Well, I'd better show you around then hadn't I? Come on Harvey, come on Sid!" He was still laughing as we entered the doors, showing me the different sections of the place dedicated to certain breeds, certain wings dedicated to breeding, to maternity, to males, to females, to puppies, and the main areas at the front and back of the centre dedicated to exercising the dogs they kept here.
"Each section has a rota for when we feed and take out the dogs and how many dogs we take out at a time, that way we know our dogs are getting good exercise every day. All of them." He was explaining the rotas as we reached the area he mainly worked in, "Ah! Here we are! Look! Those are Harvey's bitches."
It was a large area with five kennels each containing a beautiful golden Labrador bitch. All five were nursing beautiful litters of puppies, all looking up with the same tired but rewarding expression as though to show off their pride for their beautiful puppies. I found myself letting out a soft gasp as Bryant's miracle job slowly sank in.
"I get the feeling of satisfaction every day walking in and out of here knowing that I have helped these dogs to breed wonderful pups." He was speaking as we continued walking, pointing at several rooms and quickly explaining them, "And here is the mating room. It's where Harvey…well…I think you can guess by the name what goes on."
I looked around this area and nodded with each explanation of the tour, occasionally stopping to ask a question or two, "So…why aren't there any other researchers here? The only one I saw was the one who left as soon as we came in here."
"Ah…well this is my personal work place. No one comes in here unless I am not in here myself. I allocated myself to Harvey, you see. He's my dog." He opened the door to the mating room and let Harvey run inside, smiling softly, "I just got word that a new female is in for him to mate with, so you can imagine how excited I am at this chance!"
He certainly seemed to take pride in his work and I admired him for it. Harvey was wagging his tail even as Bryant spoke, like he could tell what the human was talking about, even giving a soft bark in reply. It was all like a wonderful dream. An ideal situation where someone who genuinely cares about animals can share his love with the world.
A low beep rang out in the room as Bryant's pocket lit up dimly from his mobile phone located there. He laughed softly and shrugged slightly, "Oh. A message. Should…probably get that."
It was worth it to see his eyes light up when he read it, "Oh yes! The new bitch is here! Please, do you mind watching Harvey whilst I go and see the bitch and her owners? I would take you and him, but he gets excitable around his new females you see. You don't mind, do you? Just play with him a while. I need to fill out paper work too for handing the girl over to us. Don't worry, I'll try and rush back okay?"
I nodded and smiled, "It's fine. You go on ahead. Harvey and I will be fine, right boy?"
As if in reply the dog jumped up at me again only to be barked at with a sharp "SIT!" before Bryant turned to me and offered me a chair in the room, "Please. Sit."
I took a seat and watched him leave, hearing the door lock behind me, looking around through the glass at the now deserted workspace, just me and Harvey. It was eerie being alone in here, I still don't know how Bryant could ever manage working there alone, but at least I had some company.
Harvey whined and padded over, panting and licking at my hand, and placing his head upon my lap. Smiling, I petted him softly, leaning over and whispering softly to him, "Oh you are such a good boy aren't you? Are you looking forward to your new mate? I bet you are aren't you?"
The dog's tail wagged eagerly, as though he understood, and then he licked over my hand and wrist as I lowered it to him, before moving past that and burying his head up my skirt. I let out a startled cry and tried to pull him back by his fur, but I felt his thick tongue lap between my legs eagerly; soaking my panties with his saliva.
"N..no! Bad dog! Bad dog!! Stop that!!" I tried to stand, but the minute I stood he was there again, licking and lapping at me, knocking into me so hard that my legs buckled and I fell over him, onto my hands and knees, allowing him to get a good view of my panties under my skirt. Even as I tried to crawl away, cursing my bruised kneecaps, he was upon me again, his tongue lapping at my nether regions.
I could feel the panties occasionally tugging to the sides as the dog continued giving him a lengthy lap at my actual sex. It was so embarrassing. So humiliating! Even when I managed to crawl to my feet again, I found myself looking up through the glass…and straight into the eyes of Bryant.
As ashamed as I was I could not help but call out to him, "Bry! Help! Please!"
Bryant nodded and I heard the command "SIT!" ring out in the air and it was then that the attack stopped and I slid to the floor, panting and gasping. The door unlocked and opened and I could hear Bryant murmuring, "Good. Now stay."
Thank god. As awkward as it was I was glad that Bryant had come back soon otherwise I could have been attacked by that damn horny beast.
Only, it was then that Bryant knelt and started to unbutton my shirt, making me gasp out loud and raise my hands to bat him away. Yet…I couldn't. Try as I might, I just couldn't move, and to make it worse Bryant had succeeded in removing my clothing, allowing my breasts to bounce in the cold air of the mating room, his fingers unclipping my bra as soon as he had discarded my shirt. "What are you…?"
As soon as my mouth opened and started to speak, he stared me in the eye and sharply muttered, "Quiet."
Much to my horror, I ceased and he seemed to calm, smiling softly, "Good girl."
Then he unhooked my skirt and revealed my already wet panties, smiling all the while whilst my shoes were discarded and finally my panties slid down my thin hips. I could only stare in mute horror whilst he parted my legs and revealed my sex to him. "Kneel."
I felt my body moving on automatic, crawling to my knees and allowing him to position me, my legs spread, upon the floor. It was like a nightmare, so unreal, and yet why could I not fight back? Why could I only kneel there as he applied cold slick lubricant to my labia and stretched me a little, invading me with his fingers and slicking my sex in preparation, whilst I knelt there like an obedient…dog?
His commands! It had to be! Whenever he spoke to me he always gave commands that made it impossible to move or think or feel…but why had they only affected me now?
I had only seconds to consider this as Bryant moved to kneel in front of me, still smiling that suddenly frightening smile, "Certain chemicals implanted in his saliva allow certain key words to react with certain commands within your brain. I'm sorry, but this is how we get all our breeder bitches. Harvey is genetically modified in the manner of that. Your mentality, as soon as I give certain sharp commands, is that of a wonderfully obedient dog."
As if to reinforce his explanation, he petted my hair and smiled as though stroking a dog. This seemed too dreamlike to be real. It couldn't be real!
But it was real…
I was reminded of this as he petted and stroked me before I felt the now-familiar lapping of Harvey upon my slicked sex. Not a cry escaped my throat throughout the ordeal and not an inch did my body move as I felt the dog clumsily mount me, his great paws either side of me, his throbbing tip sliding from its sheath and delving deep between my open lips, thrusting and penetrating until I felt the knot of his canine member slide into me with surprising ease.
Bryant smiled and whispered gently into my ear as the dog continued to violate me, yet none of his words were reassuring, "The reason I commanded you to stay and be silent like a good little girl is because a dog will not commit this act to a human female unless the conditions have been met. A human must not move or cry out whilst the dog enters them…of course we went through a few clumsy experiments before we came to this conclusion and engineered Harvey to implant canine hormones into a human body.
"Then there is the 'lubricant' I used on you. It may disgust or excite you to know that your scent has been changed so that it smells like a bitch in heat to Harvey there. That is because the lubricant used is actually extracted from that of a bitch in heat. Open and wide for her mate. That is how you appear to him. I will of course be expecting you to tell me how things feel afterwards. It is hard to get a genuine response these days."
Trying to drown out his words with my own thoughts was useless as I felt the dog's knot swell inside of me, locking us together, as he panted and growled his release. I cannot and will not describe the sensation of being filled with a dog's semen. All I will say on the matter is that it was an unpleasant experience. Extremely unpleasant.
Well it was as Bryant had said. I was asked a few questions, given a set of new clothes with my own clothes wrapped in a bag, and then sent home with a promise that what had happened to me would eventually be the best thing in my life. I don't even know why he sent me home either. It confused me just as much as it may be confusing you, but that's what happened. Taken there, fucked, given a smile and a wave and then told to leave. I was sent home with a promise that he would call later on the house phone to check up on me.
He was also sure to tell me that I would be a 'very bad girl' if I even tried to tell anyone about my ordeal, and that he 'would know about it' if I had done so. I was his 'prized little bitch' now apparently. Insulting and degrading, but I was in no mood to talk to him. I just wanted to get away from him. Away from that place. Away from that damn dog!
Home was my only destination after that nightmare and this is where the story truly starts in my eyes. Not the new job or the new boss or even the sex with a dog, but here. At home where I should have been safe. I could not even phone the police or anyone. Who do you tell about things like this anyway? Who would honestly believe that it had been against my will?
Sat alone in the shower, these were my only thoughts. No one to turn to, no where to run, feeling dirty and filthy and whorish whilst allowing the water to run over my body as though pitifully trying to cleanse myself, and closing my eyes only to snap them open at the memory of that thick cock squeezing into my entrance and…
I couldn't think of that. I refused to think of that. Even as I stretched to turn off the shower I was trying to push the thought that there may be some traces of Harvey left in me, inside me, away from the centre of attention. Then a curious thing caught my eye. The sight of the shower water unable to filter properly through the plug hole. Although it was soapy and the plug wasn't visible the water should still have been draining, but there was just nothing happening.
Sighing, I reached down into the thick bubbles and felt around for the filter over the plug and felt my hand touch something. Hair? When I pulled my hand up I almost retched.
Hair. Thick long yellow hair. Dog hair.
Goddamn it! That damn dog must have left hair all around my…oh god. The thought was disgusting. So disgusting that I decided to reach up and turn the shower back on. Fine. If I was going to be forced to clean myself out because of that creature then so be it. No use beating about the bush. Might as well ensure that there was no more of the animal's filthy legacy left in me.
The soap was poured onto my hand and then massaged gently into my own sex…only…something was not right. Not at all. Maybe the fact that something seemed to be wrong with the…well…position of my sex. I had to wash all soap away from me and inspect myself the minute I felt it.
I know it sounds crazy but believe me when I say my vagina had actually shifted back a little. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the distance from it to my anus had decreased so much that it was almost connecting…no…starting to connect with my other entrance. Becoming one.
Not only that, but there were thick patches of long yellow hair growing all around my sex and anus, reaching upwards between my buttocks and spreading between my legs and up my thighs. Thick and yellow and spreading like a disease. I let out a low cry and practically fell out of the shower after seeing that. Stumbling and falling and crying, feeling that dreadful itch as though it was chasing after me as I fell upon the bathroom floor and cried my heart out.
It had to be a dream. It just had to be! Some kind of side effect from all the modification they had done to Harvey in their experiments? A hallucination surely?
Still terrifying though. Even as I felt my buttocks seem to flatten slightly, and oh god…I truly did feel them. It was like suddenly being grabbed from behind and being pushed and pushed and pushed until my flesh and bone was forced to part and shrink. The embarrassing morph of both my lower entrances was now revealed to the world, my cheeks parted and flattened so that my thighs awkwardly adjusted themselves to either side to bend me forward slightly with my rear in the air.
This was no dream. With the snapping and stretching and pressing and pulling and shifting came the realisation that this couldn't possibly be a dream at all. Not even a hallucination. Hallucinations didn't hurt like this. When one knew animal anatomy as well as I did too, there was no time to panic about this, only a sick knowledge inside my subconscious that what was happening was that I was changing and shifting somehow to a more animal-like form.
Still, only my thighs, my anus, and my reproductive organs had been affected thus far, so I was still able to awkwardly stand and grab a towel from the rack, feeling an ache in my legs as I staggered out of the bathroom and into my bedroom. The door was slammed shut tightly and I fell forwards again upon awkward legs as I felt a pain in my ankles that crippled me at first.
Such pain! I had never felt anything like it. It forced me to look down to see if I had broken anything when I had fell out of the bath and was rewarded with a high scream of shock. My eyes watered and a low sob escaped my throat when I saw that not only had the hair spread so that it covered the upper half of my thighs, as though I was wearing a pair of furry shorts, but my feet were beginning to pull and stretch themselves!
To me it looked like my legs were beginning to rearrange themselves into different sections than the ones I was used to. My toes seemed to now be joining with the front of my feet, so it looked like I was half standing on tiptoes, and then the entire back half of the foot elongated until it was roughly a few inches longer than it had been before. It was sickening to see such a sight! Even more so to see my knees bending and stretching the flesh of my thighs as it adjusted to my new leg shape.
Two sickening flesh coloured parodies of dogs legs. That was all they could have been! My yellow fur slowly sensing the transformation and beginning to spread over my lower half and my bones and flesh stretching and then settling like a mould setting to shape. I was half fascinated and half traumatised by the two smallest toes fusing together like they had not even been separate to begin with, and my nails became hooked over slightly and thick and black; like they were rotting and falling off, but not doing so fully. I managed to painfully shift my legs a little to watch the skin on the bottom of my feet and beneath my toes grow hard to form the small pads that gave a dog its significantly shaped paw print.
Cry and sobbing would not help my situation, but it sure as hell made it feel less frightening and more border line traumatic and sickening! I sobbed and choked into my open palm and yet the whole experience was like watching a violent train wreck. I did not want to watch, but I could not look away!
The fur had yet to travel that far down and so the flesh coloured deformities stood out even more against the dark carpeting of my bedroom floor. Then, as though on cue, the phone began to ring.
My first thought was that it was someone who could help me and the whole horror of the situation made me struggle to pull my entire body weight towards the phone - crawling pathetically across the floor with my alien limbs flailing - tugging the cord and pulling it down off the table. It fell with a clatter but I was able to grab the receiver in hand and scream out loud into it, "HELP! FUCKING HELL…HELP ME!! HELP!!!"
The voice of Bryant drifted calmly across to me as smooth and as slick as oil dripping from the phone line, "You must be close now mustn't you?"
My mouth opened in mute shock and I was unable to speak as my legs kicked subconsciously as though they knew he was talking about them. He continued whether he knew I was listening or not, or whether he even cared, "You know now, don't you? You're beginning to transform aren't you? Good girl. I knew you were compatible with Harvey. Don't worry. I'll take good care of you. You'll make a fine mother to a beautiful litter of puppies and a fine bitch to satiate the lust of my dear prize dog, won't you? I can almost imagine you starting to feel arousal from hearing that…"
My newly formed canine sex gave an involuntary twitch at the mention of its mate and I left out a low moan that was almost hidden behind a sob as I felt my hips and stomach begin to make violent spasms as the flesh and bone was tugged and pulled to accommodate the shape of my legs.
Bryant was still talking, but I had long stopped listening to him, instead pulling away my towel to watch my breasts shrink into my chest, slowly and deliberately, like balloons deflating, to leave my nipples sticking out of the flat surface. I almost choked more so when I saw the other six nipples that were beginning to line up along my stomach; sagging down somewhat as though they were already anticipating the puppy milk that would soon fill them.
"Oh god…help…fuck…no…please…" I curled up the best I could against the dresser drawers, crying into my legs even though it hurt to pull them up and even though my tail bone was being pulled out away from my spine to form a steadily growing pink worm of a tail that would soon be consumed by fur also. There was no more pain now, just a wave of nausea and discomfort that seemed to wash over my entire body with each new tug and pull at my flesh and bone.
A low laugh alerted me to the phone once more and I picked it up to place it to my head as I shifted into a more comfortable position as I managed to make my legs lie down on my stomach like I wanted them to. It helped that I could feel my spine already accommodating the entire lower half of my body. My fleshy worm of a tail was already wagging at the new found comfort.
"What stage are you at? Please, Sid. Tell me. Come on girl! Speak!" I was almost tempted to snap at Bryant to make him stop treating me like a dog, but instead I found my mouth moving automatically to respond to him.
"M…my entire lower half is canine. I…it started…with my…private parts first…t…then it's just spread through me like a disease. I…I've just grown more nipples and a nail and…oh god…" A new wave of nausea swept over me, "My right arm…it…it's shifting…oh my god…it's a paw…my fingers are becoming small and fat and my nails are turning black and thick and arched…it's…"
I couldn't help it.
At the sight of my fleshy bald dogs paw I just retched and coughed and choked. It was happening too fast! Too fast for me to keep up. At least I still had one hand…which was slowly starting to lose its grip on the phone even as I thought that.
"No! No…please…not…nn…nnnoo….nntssstthhh…." My mouth was losing the correct shape to form words. I could see it pushing out from my face, my tongue hanging out whilst saliva dripped from my jaws, still trying to form words. From the way my spine had shifted, my neck had moved my head so that I was staring straight down at the phone now dropping from my shrinking hand and arm and landing between two paws.
I tried to shout into it but then I realised that nothing much would come of it. I could no longer speak or even begin to form words. I suppose my hands were the last thing I was really aware of transforming. There was the dreadful experience of having my hair fall out at one point I suppose, leaving me looking like a fleshy bald shaven dog person, but I did not see it happen, only felt it. Just like I felt my skull adjusting itself to its new body, and my ears moving to the top of my head, and my eyes spacing themselves out.
Then of course there was the new senses that assaulted me as soon as my nerves and internals had transformed. The heightened sound, the heightened smell, as well as being able to feel that blissful coat of fur covering my naked body.
Bryant was chuckling as I was reduced to a panting and trembling mess upon my floor. I did not need to hold the phone to hear his soothing voice, "It seems like you really are fully done now. I can't wait to see what your size and weight is. I can imagine you'll be of good stock though. Wonderful girl. Beautiful mother. Desirable mate."
He sighed and there was the sound of shifting from over the phone before he said his parting words to me, "Oh well…I should be there soon enough. I'll bring Harvey to come and play with you though. You two can have a happier reunion I feel. Especially when you surrender your last human thoughts to him as he impregnates you. Don't worry my little girl…I'll be there for you soon. Don't worry about me getting in either…I'll find a way…oh…and Sid?"
There was a pause and then, "…….sit and stay like a good dog."
Then nothing.
That brings us to where I am now, lay upon the floor, panting, and unable to disobey his commands. I can feel my humanity slipping away the more I obey his commands and yet I cannot refuse him. Not Bryant. Not the one who will be here soon. Soon. Soon to look after me…his good little girl.
All I can do is wait for him. Be a good little girl. Wait for Master and wait for Harvey. Strong powerful Harvey who will soon claim me as his own forever and ever until I happily bear his puppies and accept his swollen cock inside me whenever he wishes me to. I can feel arousal spreading through me with the thought of it. I'm whining in need yet I have to wait. Wait until Bryant gets here…
I'm sure he will be able to tell me what to do...


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FOOD DRIVE: No one enjoys being hungry; unfortunately, we have families here at Santana High School in need. Thus, we will be creating our own Food Bank, which will be available to our students and their families. Our Food Drive will begin Wednesday, January 18th. All food products must be non perishable items. Boxes will be placed in the front and the back of the school for collection. This is a class competition as well. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Carter in the nurse's office.
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Hi Ashnod. 1. Filesystem compression. Would you like to assess the feasibility of compressing the pristine store by re-mounting the "pristines" subdirectory as a compressed subtree in the operating system's file system? This can be done (I believe) under Windows with NTFS <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307987> and under Linux with FUSE-compress <http://code.google.com/p/fusecompress/>. Certainly the trade-offs are different, compared with implementing compression inside Subversion, but delegating the task to a third-party subsytem could give us a huge advantage in terms of reducing the ongoing maintenance cost. 2. Uncompressed copies. There has been a lot of discussion about achieving maximal compression by exploiting properties of similarity, ordering, and so on. That is an interesting topic. However, compression is notthe only thing the pristine store needs to do. The pristine store implementation also needs to provide *uncompressed* copies of the files. Some of the API consumers can and should read the data through svn_stream_t; this is the easy part. Other API consumers -- primarily those that invoke an external 'diff' tool -- need to be given access to a complete uncompressed file on disk. At the moment, we just pass them the path to the file in the pristine store. When the pristine file is compressed, I imagine we will need to implement a cache of uncompressed copies of the pristine files. The lifetimes of those uncompressed copies will need to be managed, and this may require some changes to the interface that is used to access them. A typical problem is: user runs "svn diff", svn starts up a GUI diff tool and passes it two paths: the path to an uncompressed copy of a pristine file, and the path of a working-copy file. The GUI tool runs as a separate process and the "svn" process finishes. Now the GUI diff is still running, accessing a file in our uncompressed-pristines cache. How do we manage this so that we don't immediately delete the uncompressed file while the GUI diff is still displaying it, and yet also know when to clean up our cache later? We could of course declare that the "pristine store" software layer is only responsible for providing streamy read access, and the management of uncompressed copies is the responsibility of higher level code. But no matter where we draw the boundary, that functionality has to be designed and implemented before we can successfully use any kind of compression. - Julian >________________________________ > From: Ashod Nakashian <firstname.lastname@example.com> > >In an attempt to reduce the footprint of pristine files in a working copy (WC) the compressed pristines (CP) feature is proposed[1]. There has been discussion and debates regarding the particulars of the proposal. This is a summary of this discussion and consolidation/checkpoint of the thread in preparation to move forward. I tried to keep it short, but there is quite a bit of technical details that are pertinent and should be included for a balanced picture. > >::Summary:: > >The design document[1] outlines rationale behind the feature as well as requirements. So far these weren't challenged. To summarize them: > >Pristine files currently incur almost 100%[2] overhead both in terms of disk footprint and file count in a given WC. Since pristine files is a design element of SVN, reducing their inherent overhead should be a welcome improvement to SVN from a user's perspective. Due to the nature of source files that tend to be small, the footprint of a pristine store (PS) is larger on disk than the actual total bytes because of internal fragmentation (file-system block-size rounding waste) - see references for numbers. The proposal takes this into consideration and proposes packing small files together into larger files to reduce this sub-block waste to a minimum. The packing of pristine files introduced a new complication, however, that of efficiently adding and removing pristine files from a pack. The solution was to introduce a minimalist custom file format to support SVN requirements from the ground up. This custom file format has been challenged by many members >of the community. > >::Solutions:: > >Broadly speaking, there has been 3 proposed designs for the CP feature. > >1) In-place compressed files (aka gzipped pristine files). >2) Custom pack files (split by a cutoff size so large files are practically compressed in-place). >3) Sqlite database (for small files + files on disk for large ones). > >::Observations:: > >There has been tests and simulations[3][4][5] that attempted to collect hard numbers on the 3 alternatives. The gist of all that can be summarized as follows: > >a) Sub-block waste of 10-50% was observed on untouched SVN1.7 checkouts[6]. >b) Sub-block waste increases for in-place compression percentage-wise, limiting the potential savings[7]. >c) In-place compressed files when combined (packed) a *further* 150-500% reduction was obtained [8]. >d) Projects that have a very large number of files (50k+) tend to have a small average size, hence they have the biggest potential to gain from reduced sub-block waste and faster file-reads thanks to packing (reduced disk seeks and improved read cache utilization). >e) Sqlite has a solid offering that may be used to pack small files easily. >f) Sqlite may suffer from external fragmentation (holes in the file that aren't used due to deletions) which counterweights the savings by keeping the PS footprint artificially larger than necessary. >g) Sqlite is *not* suitable for large files (typically anything beyond several dozens of KBs). > >::Critique:: > >1) In-place compression has the flattest technical challenges curve. It's readily available via the compressed streams API in SVN using Zlib. While this is a huge advantage, the reduction in disk space is limited. Tests show that in the best case scenario (one case only) 60% compression wasn't attainable and most cases didn't hit 50% while others were limited to 25%. Packed compression improved these numbers by 150% for the first case and exceeded 500% in the other extreme. In addition, in-place compression will not reduce pressure on the file-system and can't exploit any advantages that the other two proposals do. A minor disadvantage voices is the fact that the pristine files remain transparent to the users and may potentially encourage unsupported manipulations. > >2) A custom file format holds the promise of supporting an arbitrary number of requirements, is self-contained, extensibility and flexibility. The implementation may be incrementally improved to add new features and operations that yield improved performance and/or disk savings. Once we have a custom format, we can sort and combine files before compression to exploit inter-file similarities. This is shown to yield significant savings without adding too much complexity (see references for numbers). The major critique of this approach is that of the overhead, risks and complexity associated with implementing and maintaining a custom file format of release grade. If the benefits are doubtful to justify this overhead, then we should forgo going this route. > >3) Sqlite has a very reputable code-base and performance, in addition to already being utilized by SVN. A proposal to use it for small pristine file storage has been proposed. The major advantage is the possibility of abusing and/or overloading Sqlite with this kind of usage that it probably isn't optimized to handle. In addition, if the database file increases too much, performance and disk usage may deteriorate and require costly maintenance passes to improve them. Sqlite will not handle large file, which will be stored separately on disk, this is similar to the custom file format case where large files will end up not sharing other files in the pack file they are in. > >::Conclusion:: > >Regardless of what approach we take, it'll most probably feature two properties: incremental implementation and benchmarking. The simplest approach could be taken first, keeping in mind that we need to collect more data and perform rigorous testing to ensure stability and reliability. In-place compression while very easily attainable in implementation, is very limited and will serve only the smaller WC's with large average file-size. Sqlite holds a great promise that should be explored. Where the cutoff for small files are, what page-size should we choose and other Sqlite configuration details that may affect performance is subject to further research. Creating a custom file format that is simple, yet powerful enough to give us flexibility is still a very exciting possibility. One that should probably be explored if for nothing other than research and comparison. Sqlite can be used as a first implementation and the simplest working pack-file >implementation may be added for comparison and experimentation. > >Thank you for reading. Please share your opinion, notes and concerns. > >[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ktIsewfMBMVBxbn-Ng8NwkNwAS_QJ6eC7GOygsbBeEc/edit >[2] Since pristines are stored using SHA-1 hash, identical files are stored only once. >[3] http://firstname.lastname@example.com%3E >[4] http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2012-03/0573.shtml > >[5] http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2012-03/0578.shtml > >[6] Tested trunks were SVN, GCC, WebKit, OOO and WP late March 2012. >[7] Files on which compression doesn't reduce them by multiples of block size don't shrink on disk. Therefore, files smaller than a single block can never be shrunk more, even with the best compression algorithms. >[8] These savings are due to inter-file similarities, sorting (exploits statistical similarities between same-type files) and avoiding sub-block waste. The latter has the biggest effect on WC's with small average file-sizes while sorting has the least effect in the order of single-digit percentage improvement. > >-Ash > > >
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|Business leaders dicuss ways they are innovating and investing to meet their climate challenges at a C2ES event during COP 21 in Paris. (Photo courtesy of UNFCCC via Flickr).
A clear message coming out of Paris is that, now more than ever, businesses, states and cities are taking the lead on climate.
The conference kicked off with more than 150 heads of state -- the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together – urging action to curb the risks of of climate change – the more frequent and severe heat waves, droughts, downpours and rising sea levels that we're already experiencing.
But I was struck by just how many state representatives, mayors, and business leaders from the U.S. and around the world were here in Paris, all lending their voice to support taking strong action globally to address climate change.
Soon after I arrived, I was honored to participate in a Climate Summit for Local Leaders at Paris City Hall hosted by Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It was the first time local leaders had ever gathered in such numbers during a UN climate change conference.
But their actions on climate started long before Paris. More than 400 cities have signed onto the Compact of Mayors – a global coalition of cities committed to measure and reduce their emissions. Former Mayor Bloomberg explained it this way: "Policies at the local level can make a huge difference. Local leaders are doers."
Paris climate talks: This could be the start of something big
As negotiators in Paris put the finishing touches on a new global climate accord, it's worth reflecting on how much the summit has already accomplished.
One event or agreement by itself can't completely reverse the climate problem. But like other important moments in history, such as the drive to land on the moon in 1969, Paris can inspire innovations across society.The U.S. space program would not have been possible without technologies that still benefit us today like scratch-resistant lenses, computer microchips, smoke detectors and solar panels. Nearly half a century later, many businesses, cities, states and nations are taking new, bold steps to reduce emissions and move toward a clean energy economy.
Whether it's paving the way for rapid, wide-scale development of renewables, investing in energy efficiency technology and lower carbon electricity, or building resilience to climate impacts, a huge wave of innovation has already been unleashed.
Consider just some of the announcements made before and during the Paris talks:
- Leaders of 20 countries announced they'll seek to double investment in clean energy research and development over five years. Backing up this effort, called Mission Innovation, are more than two dozen investors led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates who have pledged to fund early-stage clean energy technology coming out of Mission Innovation.
- India and France announced an international solar alliance to dramatically increase the reach of solar energy to more than 100 countries in the tropics.
Businesses are taking climate action
Global climate talks underway in Paris have been built on a foundation of more than just national government commitments. "Sub-national actors," such as cities, states, and companies, have been making their own climate commitments ahead of Paris, and that trend continues this week.
Just today, in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad coordinated in part by C2ES, more than 100 companies announced their support for a fair and strong global climate agreement and pledged to ensure a transition to a low-carbon, energy-efficient U.S. economy. These companies join a growing chorus of corporate voices for climate action. For example:
- More than 150 companies, from Alcoa to Xerox, have signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge and committed to reducing their environmental impact through steps such as cutting emissions in half, reducing water usage, and running on 100 percent renewable energy.
- Bill Gates and other leading business entrepreneurs launched a multibillion-dollar public-private partnership to fund research and development of innovative clean energy technologies.
- Last week, 78 global CEOs signed an open letter calling committing to action and calling on governments to implement carbon pricing.
- This fall, 14 energy, tech and manufacturing companies with more than $1 trillion in revenues signed a statement organized by C2ES supporting a balanced and durable international agreement.
Why do more and more businesses care about climate change?
Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience
Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience
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C2ES held a Solutions Forum workshop focusing on opportunities for collaboration on climate resilience in November 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. More than 40 business leaders, state and city officials, non-profit organizations, and other experts shared their experiences addressing climate change impacts and enhancing resilience. Discussion focused on the role each stakeholder group can play in planning for climate change. This paper summarizes the key insights of the meeting and areas of focus moving forward.
New business models plus public support can boost investment in EV charging
More than 300,000 electric vehicles (EVs) are already on the road in the United States, but to ramp up adoption of this technology, consumers will need more access to charging beyond their home or office.
C2ES has identified business models that, combined with near-term public support, could boost investment in publicly available EV charging and expand the environmental benefits of EVs.
The business models are detailed in a new C2ES publication, Strategic Planning to Implement Publicly Available EV Charging Stations: A Guide for Businesses and Policymakers. The guide draws on research from a two-year initiative in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) to explore innovative financing mechanisms aimed at accelerating the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and fueling infrastructure.
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Can you feel the momentum?
With negotiators meeting in Bonn this week and only six weeks to go until Paris, the business community is not only stepping up to the plate, but is swinging for the fences on its support climate action (Yes, it's playoff season, so baseball is also on my mind).
This week's announcement that 69 companies have joined the White House's American Business Act on Climate Pledge brings the total to 81. Many of these companies pledging to reduce their emissions, take other actions to tackle climate change and support a strong international agreement include a number of members of our own Business Environmental Leadership Council: Alcoa, Bank of America, GE, General Motors, HP, IBM, Intel and PG&E. Together the 81 companies represent a combined $3 trillion in revenue and 9 million employees.
And last week, 14 companies with a combined revenue of $1.1 trillion and 1.5 million employees signed a statement organized by C2ES in support of a Paris climate agreement, that began "Paris presents a critical opportunity to strengthen efforts globally addressing the causes and consequences of climate change, and to demonstrate action by businesses and other non-state actors. "
But these companies aren't just talking about climate change; they're doing something about it. They're making commitments to reduce their own emissions, and some are even committing to use 100% renewable energy through the RE100 campaign. They are also working both internally and with communities and cities to increase climate resilience.
Now it's time to take this enthusiasm and put it to work. We know there is growing support for a strong agreement in Paris, and hopefully that's what we'll get in December. But that's just the first step—we'll need to ensure that countries live up to their commitments, and back here in the United States, we'll be working with businesses, states, and cities to build partnerships that harness the power of the markets to reduce emissions, develop innovative financing for clean energy and strengthen our resilience to climate impacts.
We have some real momentum going now. Let's make the most of it.
Cities are driving climate solutions
Cities and counties are increasingly emerging as climate leaders, becoming laboratories and incubators for climate solutions. These solutions take a fresh approach to emerging local challenges, and could drive progress at a larger scale.
Here are two key ways cities are stepping up:
· Local governments are creating an invaluable knowledge base for efficiency and sustainability efforts.
To reach your destination, you have to know where you are starting from. That's why it's so important that cities are taking advantage of ever-improving data collection and analytical capabilities to become the providers of rich databases of energy and water use in their jurisdictions.
Philadelphia's Energy Benchmarking program requires large commercial buildings to disclose their energy use. As a result, the city has a baseline of energy usage by nearly 2,000 buildings across multiple sectors. By sharing this data with building owners and energy managers, the city is focusing more attention on saving energy. And by sharing building data online with potential tenants, the city hopes to create a market for efficient buildings.
A similar program in New York City has had promising results. The disclosure policy corresponded with energy savings of nearly 6 percent - worth more than $260 million.
New commitments to reduce HFCs show leadership
The fastest growing family of greenhouse gases – extremely potent hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) -- aren't going to be growing as fast in the future.
Today's White House announcement of voluntary industry commitments to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), along with new regulations put in place over the past year, have created game-changing shifts toward more environmentally friendly alternatives.
Developed as substitutes for ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the late 1980s, HFCs have become widely used worldwide in refrigerators, air conditioners, foam products, and aerosols. While they don't contribute to ozone depletion, HFCs can trap 1,000 times or more heat in the atmosphere compared to carbon dioxide. This means they have a high global warming potential (GWP).
The amount of these compounds produced around the world has been growing at a rate of more than 10 percent per year. Unless controlled, emissions of HFCs could nearly triple in the U.S. by 2030. Strong international action to reduce HFCs could reduce temperature increases by 0.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, a critical contribution to global efforts to limit climate change.
The 16 voluntary industry commitments that make up today's announcement highlight the innovation and leadership U.S. industry is showing in meeting the challenges of addressing climate change. These actions build on 22 commitments made by industry at a White House event just a year ago.
Are businesses prepared for climate impacts?
Increased extreme weather and climate-related impacts are imposing significant costs on communities and companies alike. While some businesses are taking steps to assess and address climate risks, many face internal and external challenges to building climate resilience.
In a new report, Weathering the Next Storm: A Closer Look at Business Resilience, released at Climate Week NYC, C2ES examined how major global companies are preparing for climate risks, and what is keeping them from doing more.
C2ES reviewed public disclosures of S&P Global 100 companies, conducted in-depth interviews, and held workshops with business leaders, government officials, academics and other stakeholders. Key findings include:
Major companies recognize and report climate risks.
We found 91 of the world's largest 100 companies see extreme weather and other climate impacts as business risks. Business leaders see climate risks firsthand – in damaged facilities, interrupted power and water supplies, disrupted supply and distribution chains, and impacts on their employees' lives.
Most (84 companies) discussed climate risk concerns in CDP questionnaires. Fewer companies did so in their sustainability reports (47) or financial filings (40).
More companies are assessing their vulnerabilities.
The vast majority of companies rely on existing risk management or business continuity planning to address climate risks.
Many see climate change as a "threat magnifier" that exacerbates risks they already know and understand. This lens puts climate change into a familiar business context, but companies could overlook or underestimate the threats they face.


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