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...club presidents chose to jump ship. But the separation did not occur overnight...
Civilian demand for GPS products surged in 2000, when the military ended its practice of intentionally fuzzing the satellite's signals for security purposes. Overnight, navigation devices became 10 times more accurate and swiftly became standard equipment in a slew of industries, from commercial fishing to freight-hauling. Consumers have also rushed in as the size and price of GPS receivers have dropped; they're growing increasingly common in phones, wristwatches and even dog collars. Adventure seekers use GPS for a game called geocaching, a kind of satellite-based treasure hunt that currently boasts more than 800,000 active "caches...
...language that everyone agreed upon was real estate, and the property frenzy was soon dragging in locals and newcomers alike. Nightclub promoters became fund managers overnight, simply by collecting money from their pub mates back home. "It's not rocket science," says Martin Rumney, a 44-year-old former golf instructor from Britain turned Dubai real estate agent. "This is pretty easy money. You just have to be a people person...
...then there are weekends where we're always together. He is traveling today, but he was gone overnight, and it's rare that he's gone overnight. It's just really rare, because he can go and do whatever he has to do and be back. The same thing for me. It's rare that, if I travel during the day, that I'm not back before dinner, because when you have Air Force One, you can do that. [Laughter...
Alexeyev was held overnight in prison and was interrogated for hours at a time. "The psychological pressure was overwhelming," he told TIME. "This was by far the worst treatment from the police that I have ever received." He has been arrested four times since starting Gayrussia.ru in 2005. Still, Alexeyev says he will not stop until gay and lesbian couples have the same rights as all other Russians. "We want the right to adopt children and the right to get married." His work has come at a price. When he came out at 22, he was in the middle...