The owner didn't suspect anything when he petted his dog. What he noticed gave him chills
Who would have thought that he would do this for the sake of his beloved dog. Most people wouldn't even consider refusing euthanasia.
Veterinarians told the owner the terrible news and offered to euthanize the dog. But he did something that shocked everyone.
Bella, a chocolate Labrador, and Robert Kugler, a retired Navy SEAL from Nebraska, USA, were inseparable for nine years, from the moment Robert first brought the puppy into his home. One spring day, the owner and the dog went for a walk as usual. Robert noticed that the dog was falling heavily on his left front leg and decided to take his friend to the veterinarian. The terrible news came as a complete surprise to him: Bella had bone cancer.
The veterinarians' forecasts were disappointing. Robert refused to euthanize the dog, and then he was asked to immediately amputate the affected paw. But when Bella woke up from surgery, tests showed that the disease had already affected her lungs.
Bella was dying. According to experts, she had no more than six months to live. And then Robert decided that he should spend as much time as possible with her and make the last months of his friend’s life truly special. "I couldn't imagine coming home one day and finding her dead," Robert explained to his friends.
The man packed his things and set off on a trip around the country with his dog.
The veterinarians were wrong. For almost a year now, a man and a dog have been traveling around the country. Bella loves to swim and enjoys every minute of life next to her beloved owner.
The inseparable duo either lives in Robert's car or spends the night with friends and strangers. Robert talks about his adventures in in social networks, and millions of eyes are watching them with interest. Robert and Bella already have their own fans on the Internet, they support their friends, offer them shelter and food, root for them all with their souls.
Over the course of several years, Robert lost two close people one after another and therefore simply could not come to terms with another loss. Going on a trip, he hoped that the wind of change would help him heal his emotional wounds. “When you see how a person passes away without having decided to do what he has always dreamed of, you begin to think. It seems to me that my journey with Bella is exactly what I should do now.”
“I discovered a lot about myself thanks to him.”
- And he doesn’t even suspect.
“He doesn’t need to know that.”
Today, when I remember what I cried about several years ago, I
I want to smile. not to spite anyone, not because I'm crazy. I want to
smile from the lightness that settled in my soul. And also because I
learned to implement the currently fashionable trend - “arrange
priorities."
But I really learned how to arrange them. And this is my personal merit.
My daughter is 2 years old. I still get sad sometimes for no reason.
But when she sees me with a sad smile, she begins to worry that
It's her fault. After all, she doesn’t know yet that she is an angel. And no one can
cause inconvenience in principle. I immediately pull myself together and forbid myself this
terrible sadness for no reason. I remember that I no longer have the right to do this.
You can feel sad when you see off a loved one on a long journey, when
you miss someone incredibly dear when... you never know when else
you can be sad. Sometimes it's even useful. You begin to appreciate more what
you have, in that case. But you just need to stop yourself from getting discouraged.
just.
CHAPTER FIRST
The wind sways the translucent curtains. The room smells like tangerines and
mulled wine. Just like under New Year. But now it's the end of May. A year ago
has begun. The three of them are sitting in the kitchen. In this composition it is in this kitchen that they
can be seen often. These girls have a huge number of reasons to
to devote to each other the most intimate thing they have, their time. That's
Today Dry Personen gathered for a reason. Unrest in the soul of one of
them, that's what made them come here. But why did you force it? Gather in
this magical place, Zara’s house, is the best event.
Before the New Year, in this very kitchen they made wishes. AND
today is the moment to let down subtotals. In their narrow circle the kitchen
this one is considered to fulfill wishes. Yes they are grown girls getting
higher education and believe that wishes come true in the magical
place. They are Dry Person.
This name came to their minds spontaneously. During the couple's
German. And it was accepted by everyone. There is something unclear about it, with a hint of
a mystery that not everyone understands. After all, it shouldn’t be clear to everyone.
to the oncoming person.
– I still don’t understand who is eating what today? Kira?! – in Zara’s voice already
irritated notes sounded - they are sitting!
- Well, why are you angry right away? Let me hug you. Girls, I'm so glad to see you
– Kira, we saw each other in class this morning!
- That's not it! Don't even compare! It’s so soulful here, like home.
Don't suck up! – Zara’s face was already beaming with one of her charming
smiles. Caroline, what are you going to do?
Caroline would have eaten anything from her hands. It seems to her like in a past life
Zara was... no, not a cook. A luxurious, wise woman who pampered her
husband with dishes that melt in your mouth. One that can safely be called
a true woman, such a unique standard that one should follow
dress.
- I want your gorgeous omelette, well, the one according to the oriental recipe.
- Will be done. That's it, get out of the kitchen, you're disturbing me.
This is what Zara is all about. Caroline has only known her for a couple of years. How close
there are much fewer people. And it seems to her that she will not get tired of Zara
never admire. Zara is a whirlwind, a hurricane and a quiet breeze at the same time. Bright,
burning, strong, unshakable. But with all this, the owner is very
kind trembling heart.
Zara is the complete opposite of Caroline. She's not afraid to break
men's hearts. No, she doesn't play with other people's feelings. Just her life
religion tells her to make men happy, but not to promise them
Nothing. Zara cooks so well that you start to feel like a worthless housewife
against her background. And considering that Carolina doesn’t like to cook and doesn’t really know how, then
feels not just worthless, but a housewife with a negative rating.
"Be my woman, believe me, forget if you told me..." Iwan sang with all his soul
Rheon. The blanket gave its warmth, and aromas from the kitchen wafted through the room. More
just a little bit and Caroline will be ready to fall asleep.
Dry Personen (play on words from German drei Personen - three people).
SECOND CHAPTER
He sat in a restaurant and smoked desperately. One after another, automatically.
His hands are much better this moment realized what to do rather than reason.
This was not the first time he had been in such a position. This experienced man who knew
life and laughed in its face, met any difficulties with cold calculation
and a sober head. He had a clear plan for everything. And now... Now it was
his pride, the male “I”, if you like, is hurt.
People swam nearby, faces flashed by, but it was as if he wasn’t there. He
scrolled through his head what haunted him, tried to find this
he was a man who put his desires first and
satisfaction from this life, be it wrong. And so in everything: in work, in
business, in relationships with women.
As for women, he loved them. With your own love. But they
were always present in his life in huge quantities. Totally different.
He didn't have one type that he chose. He chose with his soul. IN
One cannot really blame him for his prudence.
- Hey, Alex! Where are you hovering? I've been with you for five minutes already
I'm talking!
- Sorry, Roger, I was lost in thought.
- He thought. Something I haven't noticed about you before.
- How are you? Shall we stay here or go somewhere else? Alex s
with his uncharacteristic naivety, he considered it the best way out to change
topic of conversation.
- Don’t go to the side here. Come on, tell me what happened.
You’ve been walking around like you’ve been underwater for a week now since you returned.
– Acclimatization.
– Just remember magnetic storms. Alex, am I your friend or not in the end?
- Well, of course, friend, Roger, what kind of questions?
- So talk to me like a friend! What's happened?
– I don’t know... this divorce has knocked me down. I do not think…
“You never told me anything.” Yesterday I learned from Marco that you
returned that he divorced Sylvia. Why, what happened to you?
- Roger, don't do it now. I'll tell you everything, but later. Now I
I thought it would happen like this. I'm confused…
What will digital television bring to the average consumer? He doesn’t even suspect what horizons will open up. Like a cyclist who stands thoughtfully in front of a Mercedes and wonders why this thing is needed.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, a Russian rocket launched an American communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. At first glance, there is nothing extraordinary in this event - there are no more similar starts. But this start is unusual. The American satellite AMS-12 (Worldsat-2) is the first spacecraft to implement ideas digital television. AMS-12 will become part of an orbital constellation that will provide a qualitatively new television signal to North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. Russia will have to take care of itself.
If you conduct a survey on the topic “Which achievement of the scientific and technological revolution has most noticeably changed human life?”, then television will win by a large margin. We spend several hours watching TV every day, TV is our main interlocutor, source of information and teacher, bright emotions pour out on us from it, we vent our irritation on it. The science of TV does not forget, no matter how little the viewer who sits by the TV and is absorbed in watching it thinks about it. After color television, satellite broadcasting, and the analogue high-definition standard entered our lives, a new revolution is coming, which can no longer change the quality of the signal, but the lifestyle of the TV viewer. We're talking about digital television. In experimental mode, digital TV was launched in the USA, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Australia. And in Russia.
The theory of digital information compression was developed in the 1930-1950s by outstanding mathematicians Norbert Wiener, Claude Shannon, Andrei Kolmogorov, and Vladimir Kotelnikov. In 1965, the creator of the first domestic computers, which were not inferior to Western machines, Sergei Lebedev wrote: “Unfortunately, the practice of applying information theory in television is still sterile.” Today, digital television has already emerged from its cradle, has lost its sterile innocence and is developing ever greater commercial appetites. In the United States, it was decided that analogue television would be closed as of 2008, and since 2004 only televisions that are capable of receiving a digital signal have been produced.
What will digital television bring to the average consumer? He doesn’t even suspect what horizons will open up. Like a cyclist who stands thoughtfully in front of a Mercedes and wonders why this thing is needed. First of all, the number of television channels will increase significantly. Analogue television has almost exhausted its frequency resource. But up to 16 digital channels can be packed into the bandwidth occupied by one analog channel. The quality of the picture is much improved; there will be no moire, snow, ripples, or mesh on it. And the image quality does not depend on the method of encoding or compression of the signal, which only determine the reliability of the signal. The picture is always perfect. If it is not perfect, it simply falls apart. Picture quality will certainly affect the content of television programs.
Special digital set-top boxes for TVs give the viewer the opportunity to participate in television programs interactively. You can, for example, choose a camera on a football broadcast, a seat or chair during a concert, find out side information during political reports, directly participate in voting, polls, TV shows, choose products in direct communication with the seller...
Digital television is upending the established model of the relationship between the TV channel and the viewer. While with an analog signal, programs burst into our television space regardless of our desire. But digital information will no longer go directly to the screen; it can be accumulated on external media, home media servers, similar to how unnecessary advertising brochures accumulate in mailbox before going into the trash bin. Digital television makes it easy to cut off everything unnecessary - endless streams of advertising, nonsense or mournful cleverness. This technical innovation will revolutionize the television world, because the hitherto resigned viewer will turn into a customer who is always right.
Very often, after describing the wonderful horizons that the next technical innovation opens up, there follows a sad admission that Russia, they say, due to its blindness and denseness, will not see these horizons. But we don’t seem to have much reason to be particularly sad about digital television. Back in 1998, the “Concept for the introduction of terrestrial digital broadcasting in the Russian Federation” was adopted. According to this concept, by 2015 all Russian television transmitters and receivers will operate only in digital mode. In 2004, the Russian government adopted a decree “On the introduction of digital television and sound broadcasting in the Russian Federation.” Russia regularly participates in meetings of the International Telecommunication Union, where problems of digital TV are discussed. Russia is the fifth country in the world where digital TV has started working commercially. Such networks have been operating for several years in St. Petersburg (34 channels) and in Moscow, where 6 channels are broadcast on mobile receivers that can be installed in a car or carried with you. By the way, Bill Gates claims that mobile TV is not only very expensive, but also looks like an eccentricity. Several million will be produced in 2004-2005 digital set-top boxes, which will be tested in Moscow for receiving cable channel programs from other Russian cities via fiber optic lines. Experimental digital TV zones were organized in Nizhny Novgorod and Vladivostok.
Russia is a huge market for various equipment related to digital TV. These are not only the televisions themselves, but also studio and broadcast equipment, and communication satellites. And, of course, the advertiser. First of all, Russia needs to choose a digital broadcasting standard from three options: European DVB, American ATSC and Japanese ISDB. On the battlefield, each competitor brings out their best sides. In Europe, the digital television signal is seen as part of an overall intelligent device that controls all electronics, including fax, internet, and radio signals. Such capabilities have already been demonstrated by the BBC. In the US, the focus is on a reliable high-definition signal. The signal quality is so high that the frequency band cannot accommodate other services. Japan, as always and everywhere, is trying to combine the best aspects of the two projects, although ISDB is still closer to the flexible European DVB.
As for the frequencies on which Russian digital TV will operate, there are two possible options. The first is use GSM frequencies in the 800 MHz band, which the military abandoned several years ago. But it is in this range that the search for additional frequency resources for analogue broadcasting is underway. The second option is traditional UHF broadcast channels. This is exactly the path they took in England, where digital channels located between analogue ones.
"Izvestia" Sergei LESKOV
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