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How the therapy dog sees it
How do things look from a therapy dog's point of view?
To see things from Hank's perspective — maybe even better, given Hank's shaggy bangs — his owner mounted a video camera on the back of the Old English sheepdog.
The five-year-old dog makes his rounds every other week at Seattle's Children's Hospital, with his owner, Tom Whalen, according to a hospital blog called "On the Pulse."
Whalen said hospital stays — especially those lasting weeks or months — can be overwhelming for children. Hank helps bring them some joy and motivation.
"We are able to give them a new focus aside from what they are currently feeling. It's amazing to see the positive shift in energy for both the patient and their family after Hank walks in," Whalen says.
Hank and Tom are one of nine dog-human teams that take part in the hospital's visiting dog program.
As a child, Whalen says, he spent a lot of time in a hospital when his brother was diagnosed with leukemia.
"I remember how my brother loved having visitors," he said. "This is part of the reason why I love visiting kids at Seattle Children's. I'm able to see the amazing affect Hank and I can have. I've even seen patients whose parents have told me that their child had not smiled or laughed in days or weeks, but as soon as Hank walked in, they lit up with sheer joy."
The visits do require some preparation, though. The hospital insists visiting therapy dogs be bathed 24-48 hours prior to a visit. That's no small task with a 78-pound sheepdog, but Hank (if not Tom) always looks forward to it.
He knows it means a visit to the hospital is coming — and he gets even more excited when Tom places a bright orange Seattle Children's bandana around his neck.
"Some of the reactions I've witnessed are remarkable," said Whalen. "We once visited a patient that had been unresponsive, but a gentle stroke of Hank's hair encouraged movement and interaction that their family hadn't seen in days…
"I am just in awe of Hank's ability to help heal and I am honored to be on the other end of his leash, helping to brighten these kids' day."
(Photos: Seattle Children's Hospital)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 1st, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, camera, dogs, gopro, hank, health, hospital, medical, mounted, old english sheepdog, perspective, pets, point of view, seattle, seattle children's, seattle children's hospital, therapy dogs, tom whalen, video, visiting dogs
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100 rescue dogs survive truck accident
They might not admit it, but sometimes even rescuers need to be rescued.
A truck from the rescue and transport organization Tall Tails jackknifed on Interstate 70 in Colorado Thursday, but no one — including the 100 dogs aboard — was injured.
The organization was transporting the dogs from high-kill shelters in Texas to animal rescue centers in the Seattle area, where they have a better chance of being adopted.
The truck jackknifed and ran off the highway on snowy Vail Pass, but what could have been a tragedy turned out to have a pretty happy ending.
Between Eagle County Animal Shelter and Services springing into action, and an outpouring of help from volunteers, all the dogs were kept warm and fed and exercised until a new truck arrived to transport 84 of the dogs to the final destination.
The others were adopted during the unexpected layover in Eagle County.
After the accident, the dogs were taken to the Eagle Fairgrounds' Eagle River Center where 150 volunteers came out to care for the animals during their 36-hour stay.
Many more donated food, towels, and toys.
"The response was unbelievable when we put up a brief Facebook post asking for folks to come help," Daniel Ettinger, manager of Eagle County Animal Shelter and Services told KOMO News. "We actually had a line out the door of people that wanted to come walk or clean. It was just unbelievable."
At least 14 of dogs were adopted while at the fairgrounds.
The rest safely finished the journey to Seattle in a heated horse trailer.
(Photo: Eagle County Animal Shelter and Services)
Posted by John Woestendiek December 21st, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: 100 dogs, adopted, adoption, animal services, animals, colorado, dog, dogs, donations, eagle, eagle county, help, interstate 70, jackknifed, pets, rescue, rescued, rescuers, seattle, shelters, tall tales, texas, truck, volunteers, washington
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Lost dog is found — even though dyed black
A Cairn Terrier stolen from outside a grocery store in Seattle was tracked down by her owner — despite having been dyed black by the homeless woman suspected of the theft.
Waffles, a formerly blond and gray dog, is back home after police and a veterinarian determined she was indeed the same dog that Robert Lucier and his family had spent four days looking for.
"Thank goodness she had a microchip," Lucier told the New York Daily News.
The family had put up posters and searched for the dogs since she was stolen last week, while briefly left tied up outside a grocery store.
On Saturday, Lusicer received a tip from someone saying he saw a homeless woman "washing the paint" out of his dog in a public bathroom at Seattle Center. Lucier hopped on his bike and began searching the area.
He saw a woman with a dog that strongly resembled Waffles — except for being solid black.
He confronted the woman, who insisted it was her dog.
Lucier remained suspicious, especially after he got close enough to the dog to detect the scent of chemicals.
He said he and the woman wrestled a bit, and that's when three police cars pulled up.
Both sides insisted the dog was their's and a veterinarian was called in to check for a microchip.
Sure enough, the dog had one, identifying her as Waffles and Lucier as the owner.
She is back home now, and, after a few baths, still mostly black — but Lucier expects the coloring will fade away over time.
"She's still shocked. She's normally such a friendly, outgoing dog. She's still walking around with her tail between her legs," he said. "It's going to take a little time for her to get adjusted."
Waffle's family decided not to press charges against the woman who he said "has bigger problems" to deal with.
Posted by John Woestendiek September 22nd, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, black, cairn terrier, confrontation, dog, dogs, dye, dyed, found, fur, hair, homeless, lost, microchip, pets, police, reunion, reunited, search, seattle, stolen, theft, tied, waffles, woman
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The case of the grieving Rottweiler
I eschew anthropomorphism. I eat meat. I am neither touchy nor feely. Yet even I, a (mostly) cynical and unemotional sort, couldn't help feeling some emotions rise up in me when watching this video of a Rottweiler seemingly grieving the death of his litter mate.
It was posted on YouTube last month, by a Seattle man who says he awoke to find one of his Rottweilers dead, and the other resting his head atop the deceased dog, refusing to move.
"Clearly you can see in his eyes, he is crying for his brother who had passed as his world around him just crumbled. We both grieve and cry for our brother … This is proof that animals DO have emotions and feel pain just like we do," Brett Bennett wrote in the YouTube post.
I, being a cynic, question some of that, particularly the crying — I'm not sure dogs shed actual tears of emotion. But I do believe dogs have emotions, and can feel sadness.
What I question much more than whether Brutus is truly grieving, though, is how Bennett is using the video to get online donations to buy himself a house in the country.
On the post, he provides a link to an Indiegogo page he created, seeking donations he says will be used to provide housing for himself (he says he's homeless) and his dogs (he says he has four).
In fairness, he began the campaign before Hank died in late January, initially seeking enough money for a security deposit and first and last month's rent required to rent a home.
Since reaching that goal, and since the death of Hank, he has apparently set his sights higher:
Under the headline "Help Grieving Rottweiler Buy a New Home ," he explains, "before Hank passed, we had started a fundraiser to help us into a nice warm home and off the streets … We have succeeded in our goal, but have been approached by animal lovers from around the world to reach for the stars and to ask for donations to not rent, but to own a home.
"As everyone knows, it is very hard to rent a place with a Rottweiler or with several rescue animals. It would give us the option to rescue as many animals in need or as possible. Our mission goal, our dream, is to buy a house out in the country, on some acreage, with the ability to freely rescue and foster as many animals that we can…"
I applaud his stated intentions — to rescue more animals — and I have no problem with people who are experiencing hard times seeking the public's help, or with the public providing it.
But even assuming Bennett and his plea are all on the up and up, it still strikes me as a rather bold request. Asking for help to pay for a life-saving veterinary procedure is one thing; asking us to help buy a house in the country for him and his dogs is quite another. And recording and broadcasting the heartstring-tugging reaction of Brutus to the death of Hank may be laying it on so thick as to border, in my opinion, on exploitation.
(Then again, the same could be said of those ultra-sad ads some animal welfare organizations use in their quests to raise funds.)
"Don't let Hanks passing die in vein (sic )with him," Bennett asks, "Please share our story."
So I'm kind of doing that, with obvious reservations.
Being cynical, I'm a little wary of pleas by dog owners appealing to the public for financial help via crowdfunding websites like Indiegogo. There's really no way to know — short of playing detective yourself — which ones are legit, and which ones are scams.
With his video of Brutus going viral — more than 2.5 million views as of last weekend — and with it bringing in advertising revenue as well, I suspect Bennett is on his way to amassing a decent down payment, and he's definitely showing some initiative.
But as with another dog-related story I've covered at length, pet cloning, there's something distasteful about turning people's tears and grief into big bucks.
Bennett says on his Facebook page for the dogs that he suspects Hank died of a broken heart.
"I'm so sorry you guys … I wasn't strong enough and had a breakdown in front of the dogs. Hank was right by my side with his Therapy Dog service and grieved with me as I was so upset. He looked so sad. I noticed Hank never came out of his grievance and stopped eating. He was still drinking and nibbling on food so I thought he was okay. A week later Brutus and I awoke to his peaceful body next to us as he passed in the night in his sleep."
He says the video was shot "about 30 minutes after we woke up and were missing our baby. I normally don't video record my real life catastrophes or share but decided I needed to send a message to the world and show how much pain my dog was in as he loved his Twin so much."
Bennett says Brutus is weeping on the video. And, in it, you can hear Bennett sobbing himself. I'm not suggesting any of it is fake. I'm no expert on human emotions, or animal emotions. Is there really any difference between the two? I don't know, but my hunch is, based on how the video is so blatantly being used to raise money, that it's the reaction of Brutus that may be more sincere.
Posted by John Woestendiek February 3rd, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, anthropomorphism, campaign, crowdfunding, crying, dog, dogs, emotions, fundraising, grief, grieving, grieving dog video, hel, house, indiegogo, internet, mourning, pets, plea, rottweiler, seattle, video, viral, youtube
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Seattle dog takes the bus to the dog park — by herself
Eclipse knows where she wants to go. And she knows how to get there.
So maybe the fact that the black Lab-mastiff mix regularly boards a Seattle city bus — by herself — to get to the dog park shouldn't be that surprising.
But, damn.
The 2-year-old dog often jumps on the bus alone — most of the drivers know her by now — roams the aisles, greets her fellow commuters, finds a seat, and watches for the bus stop near the dog park, where she gets off, about four stops later.
"All the bus drivers know her. She sits here just like a person does," commuter Tiona Rainwater told KOMO as she rode the bus through downtown Monday. "She makes everybody happy. How could you not love this thing?"
Local radio host Miles Montgomery is among though who were dazzled when they figured out what the dog was doing.
"It doesn't really appear to have an owner. The dog gets off at the dog park. I just look out the window and I'm like, 'did that just happen?'" Montgomery asked. "She was most concerned about seeing out the window, and I couldn't figure out what that was. It was really just about seeing where her stop was."
As it happens, Eclipse does have an owner, Jeff Young, who lives with her in an apartment near the bus stop at 3 Ave. W. and W. Mercer Street in Belltown.
They started off going to the park on the bus together. Then one day, when Young was finishing up a cigarette, the bus pulled up and Eclipse ran and jumped aboard without him.
That has happened numerous times since — Eclipse being a somewhat impatient dog, and Young being a man who likes to finish the cigarettes he starts, apparently.
Apparently, too, the duo is not big on leashes.
"We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," said Young. "It's not hard to get on. She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later."
"She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanized, totally. She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog," he added. "Probably once a week I get a phone call. 'Hi. I have your dog Eclipse here on 3rd and Bell,'" he recounted. "I have to tell them, 'no. She's fine.' She knows what she's doing."
(Photos: KOMO)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 14th, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, bus, city, commuter, dog, dog park, dog rides bus, dogs, eclipse, lab, mastiff, mix, pets, ride, rider, seattle, smart, travel
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A rowboat is home for Three Stars and Lulu
You know we can't pass up a homeless person and dog story — whether it's one we stumble upon, or one somebody else has.
Erik Lacitis, of the Seattle Times, came across such a pair living in a 14-foot aluminum rowboat, anchored in a foot of water, under the pillars of the Highway 520 bridge.
There, William Kaphaem — who prefers his Mohawk name, "Three Stars" — lives, cocoon-like, with his dog, Lulu, under a brown plastic tarp that, inside, affords a few feet of headroom and, outside, blends in with the muddy shore.
The story appeared in the Times yesterday.
Inside his rowboat home, Three Stars, who is 51, reads by lantern light and listens to baseball games on a battery-powered radio. Across the boat's benches, he has laid a sheet of plywood that serves as his bed. Three Stars has five spinning rods he uses to catch perch, bass and the occasional trout, and a collapsible trap for catching crawdads.
Among the some 2,400 homeless counted living outside this January in the Seattle area, the newspaper says, his one of the more unusual living arrangements.
Three Stars told the reporter he moved onto the rowboat because he needed someplace to store his stuff.
"I've got a lot of stuff. I didn't want to schlep it around town like some tramp," he said. "I've got more dignity than that."
He lives on $636 a month SSI, and until last year he was renting a room. But when the owner of the home died, he had to look for a new place.
Three Stars told Lacitis he's prone to talking too much. He said he has held "40 jobs in two years, and I got fired in all of them … Burger King, grocery store … sometimes I can't shut my face."
He grew up in Massachusetts and Florida, and came to Seattle to be a street musician. He used to play, with Lulu at his side, on the sidewalk outside of Pacific Place in downtown Seattle — until his wrist started falling asleep. Three Stars says Lulu is a mixture of wolf and husky, and is almost 10 years old.
Three Stars says he likes the solitude of the living arrangement he shares with Lulu.
"It's a very peaceful experience."
(Photo by Mark Harrison / Seattle Times)
Posted by John Woestendiek April 26th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, boat, bridge, companion, dog, dogs, erik lacitis, highway 520, home, homeless, homeless dogs, lulu, mohawk, pets, rowboat, seattle, seattle times, solitude, street musician, stuff, three stars, william kaphaem
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Ace Hotel: Shaggy dogs and shabby chic
Here's the good news: There's a chain of hipster, dog-friendly hotels bearing the same name as my dog.
Here's the bad: Much as we'd have liked to stay in one of them, much as we are — in our own view — "hipsters," Ace and I can't even afford "Bohemian."
"Minimalist," it seems, is beyond our means.
We dropped in at the Ace Hotel in Seattle, where the chain got started, and checked out the one in Portland, where it's now headquartered, but — even with the sliding scale it offers, with lower prices if you share a bathroom — it was out of our league.
So here, I've decided, is what America needs — a level of lodging slightly below Bohemian, but slightly above the YMCA, a motel chain that's dog friendly and mostly free of germs, crawling bugs and psychos. Motel 6 probably comes closest — hopelessly unhip as it is.
The Ace Hotels, from what I saw of them, do minimalist much better, except for the price part. All four are in old buildings with rich histories, and the furnishings– from hotel to hotel and from room to room — are varied and eclectic, as opposed to going the cheap motel route of putting the same cookie-cutter formica furniture in every room across the nation.
Therein lies the difference between Bohemian and Institutional, and who wouldn't rather spend the night in a place that makes you feel like a beatnik, as opposed to an inmate.
Depending on your own personal economic condition, Ace Hotels are worth checking into if you're traveling to New York, Palm Springs, Portland or Seattle, because, on top of their dog friendliness, they have some character, which the big chains always lack.
There is another solution to this issue — this issue being getting accurate information on lodging that has character, and is both dog and wallet friendly — and it doesn't involve chains at all. Instead it involves looking at the world through something other than a corporate lens.
There are some otherwise fine guide books and websites out there that can help one find dog-friendly hotels and motels. The problem is, most of them don't make much effort to include the non-chains, the mom-and-pop, small independent motels — many of them dog friendly — that don't charge exorbitant prices for a room. And still have character.
Perhaps it would be too much work for the guidemakers. Perhaps mom and pop aren't Internet-savvy enough to get their establishments listed. In any case, the result is, from AAA to bringfido.com, the options presented are almost always the big boys — Motel 6, Super 8, Best Western, La Quinta, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, Hilton, Hyatt and on up the ladder of chains.
As a result, pup-friendly mom and pop — who are probably much more in need of the boost in business that comes with being known as dog-friendly — are ignored, because they own one motel instead of 500 of them.
Ranting aside, we stopped by the Ace Hotel in Seattle to take a look, and considered staying at the one in Portland. Both, in the parlance of the trade, are considered "boutique" hotels — which is basically a term meaning it hasn't grown into full chainhood yet and is still small enough to be charming
While both qualified for our hipster seal of approval, both were beyond our budget, even if we shared a bathroom.
The desk clerk at the Ace in Seattle explained that the name was chosen because aces can be both high and low, and the hotel strives to provide lodgings at both ends of the spectrum, as well as provide high quality at low price.
The hotel in Seattle is in a former Salvation Army halfway house located in the Belltown neighborhood. In Portland, the Ace moved into what was the Clyde Hotel, the lobby of which served as a setting for scene in the movie, "Drugstore Cowboy." The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In Palm Springs, the Ace Hotel is in a converted Howard Johnson's; and in New York it occupies the Breslin, a former single-room-occupancy hotel at the corner of 29th Street and Broadway. Transforming it meant displacing some longtime residents.
A New York Times review of the hotel called it "shabby chic" before snottily adding, "a bit too redolent of the past."
Ace Hotels got their start when Seattle native Alex Calderwood and some friends decided to create a hip yet minimalist hotel. The Ace Hotel in Seattle opened in 1999; and in 2007 they opened one in Portland.
Calderwood's hipsterness went back even further than that. He used to throw warehouse parties for the grunge set, later moving up to hosting events for Microsoft. Today, he holds four Aces, and, at last report, had his sights set on a fifth.
Given that growth, I think it's time the chain start considering some advertising, and perhaps a spokesdog. I have one in particular in mind, whose services can be obtained for a reasonable fee — a sliding scale even. I've got some other promotional ideas, too, such as complimentary slightly used flannel pajamas for all guests, and even a slogan to help get across the message that the hotels are dog friendly:
"We'll leave the bowl out for you."
Posted by John Woestendiek November 15th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
Tags: ace, ace hotel, affordability, alex calderwood, america, animals, bohemiam, chains, character, corporate, corporations, dog friendly, dog's country, dogs, dogscountry, hipster, hotel, hotels, lodging, minimalist, motels, new york, palm springs, pet friendly, pets, portland, road trip, seattle, shabby chic, traveling with dogs, travels with ace
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text: Zombies vs. Robots: Diplomacy. Free Excerpt on KinjaOpen Road Media7/09/13 5:09pm8EditPromoteShare to KinjaGo to permalink Book 4 of the popular Zombies vs. Robots series is out today and we've got a free excerpt. "The world of Zombies vs. Robots is vast and varied, dangerous and disgusting, brutal and bloody," explains editor Jeff Conner in his introduction to this brand new anthology which sees zombies face-off with robots all around the world. Advertisement Read an excerpt of "Timka," one of eight stories that make up ZVR: Diplomacy Contributor Ekaterina Sedia adds in her biography: "I grew up in Moscow, so it's only logical for me to write a story set there. I remember the whispers surrounding the war in Afghanistan very clearly, the dread of my classmates before the draft—anything but Afghanistan. I remember how no official channel ever spoke about that war. So my mind went to the Afghan veterans and their chance to re-live the dread and paranoia of those times, and to realize that governments remain deceitful, and people get victimized no matter who's running the show. Pessimistic? Perhaps, but in the character of Dr. Valentin Korzhik I tried to embody the value of remaining honorable even if you don't believe in happy endings." Advertisement TIMKA by Ekaterina Sedia (Excerpt)Valentin Korzhik felt a familiar lump in his throat as he watched the black government Mercedes, tinted windows and all, pull up to the front of the Moscow State University's Virology Institute. Those days are over, he whispered, not quite believing it. They were never over as long as the KGB or the FSB or whatever they called it these days drove around in cars with tinted windows and could show up out of the blue, at Valentin's place of work, and spook him so much—as if he was guilty of anything. The man with the stripe of a general on his trousers came out of the back seat, tugged down his uniform jacket, and looked up at the windows with his also tinted glasses, directly at where Valentin stood. Valentin ducked away and felt foolish—it wasn't like the FSB general could see him through the glare, five stories up. Sponsored Maksim Vronsky gave Valentin a long, pointed look. "Seen a ghost?" "Just about. FSB." Advertisement Maksim made a face, but remained standing by his bench, watching the thermocycler with his usual quiet intensity, willing it to work well, without failure. A finicky machine, that, and they all had little rituals to coax it into working. Valentin said little silent prayers to imaginary and funny gods, Lida Belaya sang to her samples—beautifully, Valentin thought. He always looked forward to Belaya's experiments, and today he was sad that she wasn't here to soothe him and yet happy that she wasn't, and wouldn't have to face the FSB general.It was a large building, and objectively Valentin had no reason to think that FSB was here to see him. The secret yet universal belief in his exceptional status was verified when the frosted glass lab door swung open. "Lieutenant general Dobrenko," the general said, and moved for Maksim. "Dr. Vronsky?" Advertisement "Yes," Maksim said. "Dr. Korzhik," the general said to Valentin. "I'm here on business." Maksim shifted on his feet, leaning uncharacteristically away from the thermocycler. "For me or for him?" His fingers were white around the stirring glass rod he had no reason to be holding. Advertisement Advertisement "Both." The word plopped out of Dobrenko's mouth, lumpy and dull like a toad. "You both are virologists with a military past and bio weapons experience. You both served in Afghanistan." Valentin did not know that about Maksim, and judging by Maksim's quick look, the ignorance was mutual. The general sighed. "Another life, yeah? Back then, who would've thought that the Americans will be bombing the Afghans instead of helping them? Anyway, I'm here to request your expertise." Advertisement "What are you weaponizing now?" Valentin said. "Measles? Common cold? Herpes?""Nothing. In fact, we're attenuating." Oh damn it all to hell. Valentin managed not to say it out loud. Why can't you just leave shit alone? The less you stir it, the less it stinks."Let me fill you in." Dobrenko leaned against Maksim's lab bench, kicking out one long leg, his narrow behind resting against the black composite edge. Yet it was clear to them that listening was not optional. "You of course heard about the quarantine." Advertisement Advertisement "I knew it!" Maksim whacked the glass rod against the palm of his other hand. "I knew it was a disease, not a food safety issue! Since when do they care about pesticide contamination, huh?" Valentin nodded. Nothing ever changed—the newspapers lied just like they did in the eighties, and of course everyone guessed that the sudden stop of trade with the west was due to more than violations of environmental pesticide guidelines. Valentin groused that it was great Russia was not a WTO member, because if it was, who would let it boycott products like that? He realized that he was leaning forward, just like Maksim, eager to learn a secret, no matter how bad or distasteful, no matter how beholden it would leave him. Not like he had a choice anyway."There's a disease." Dobrenko's words slipped out measured, safe. "We believe it started in the US, and of course took little time to spread elsewhere. Of course, it'll take a while to burn through Western Europe—now that everyone is quarantining. Poland, the Czech Republic—they closed their borders too." Advertisement "How dangerous is it?" Maksim said. "What's the mortality rate? How does it spread?" "Hundred percent," Dobrenko said. "Airborne, or at least we think so." Voice flat, face flat. "Of course, you can also say that the mortality rate is zero percent—it's all in how you look at it. According to our data, people who die from it don't stay dead too long." "What, zombies?" Valentin grew irritable again, and heard his voice rising. "Next you'll be asking us to make you a vaccine for lycanthropy? Antibodies for vampirism?" Advertisement Advertisement "This is serious," Dobrenko said. "Look."He pulled out an envelope from his pocket. The pictures inside were of good quality: and depicted some unknown town, likely European judging by how clean the streets were—if one ignored the dead on the sidewalks, in the roadways. More disconcerting were several people standing—they all had an unusually slouching posture; some had missing limbs, others—ruined faces, bruises, long streaks of gore smeared on their clothes. And yet they stood. "What do you want, a vaccine?" Maksim said. Advertisement "Sure, a vaccine would be nice. What we do want, however, is an attenuated virus—to grant immunity, and maybe produce…a milder illness, I suppose." Maksim and Valentin traded a disbelieving look. "Even if we could do that—and I doubt we can since viruses are tricky, and how many viral vaccines do you know anyway?" Maksim sucked in his breath. "Even if we could, what makes you think it's a good idea?" Advertisement Advertisement "The election is coming. The virus seems to make people…brainless is not what we're after, of course, but more docile, easier to speak to. Easier to convince. Suggestible, I guess is what we're after. And if it's not airborne, it probably should be." "This is United Russia's idea," Valentin said. "No way they're taking the majority of the Duma seats this time around." "There is a way," Dobrenko said softly. "This is what I'm trying to explain to you—with your cooperation we might yet save the motherland." Advertisement Maksim shook his head and Valentin marveled—at Maksim's stubbornness, at his own impotent hate, at the ability to refuse to collaborate while simultaneously accepting the inevitability of doing so."Think about it." Dobrenko unfolded from his slouch by the bench and left. And why wouldn't he? Not like they had anywhere to run with the borders closed. "Well?" Maksim was on him before the door closed behind the general all the way. "What's with you? You stand there and don't argue, and you were doing bio weapons before and never told me?" Advertisement Advertisement "You didn't tell me either." Valentin sighed. "And arguing…you can't argue with the FSB. Not if you want to live or have any relatives." "So we just let them infect people? This is just…I knew they were evil, but this is just ridiculous! Even they have to realize how bad this is, and we…" "I didn't say we do it," Valentin said. "I said you can't argue. You have Lida's home number? Better call her, warn that poor soul." Advertisement As little as Valentin enjoyed reminiscing about his military service, there were parts of him shaped by it—as much as he managed to forget them at times, at others they manifested, almost violently, against his will, like claws and fur and teeth sprouting out of a werewolf. Valentin thought that maybe he was a were-soldier, like one of those shell-shocked vets that flipped out at loud noises and flashes of light. Only his flipping out was quiet, more orderly. "So you served in Afghanistan," he said to Maksim. "Still remember any of it?" "Every night." Maksim breathed through his mouth, suddenly slow and cautious. "I don't understand how they could do this to us—you can't just draft kids—eighteen-year-olds!—and toss them into hell. I don't care what Dobrenko said about the Americans—at least those are trained soldiers who volunteered to join the military. We…how could they?" Advertisement Advertisement "They could and they did." Valentin stared out of the window overlooking the apple orchard planted by Michurin himself—or so the rumor had it. "And they'll do it again too. That virus…if they're talking to us about it, it means they brought samples for us, from god knows where. How long will those remain contained? How long until someone sneaks across the border? How many were incubating before the quarantine started?" "You sure Dobrenko's right that it's airborne?" "No idea." Advertisement "So what is it that you want to do? If you can't say no to the FSB and we're all gonna die anyway?" "It's going to get bad. Can you imagine what it would be like, with millions of people turned into…""Zombies? You believe that?" Advertisement Advertisement "I always believe FSB." Valentin managed a smile with one side of his mouth. "Even if they succeed and attenuate the virus, and release it….""We'll still be overrun with a horde of zombies." Maksim smiled too. "I'm starting to see your point. What do you suggest then?" "We have to go into hiding. We can't run, and we cannot work for them, and I'm scared of what's going to happen. What we can do is to get armed and hide." Advertisement "Where?" "Underground. Vorobyovy Gory subway station is closed now, it's under renovations. I know there's a side tunnel—a friend of mine works on the construction."Maksim must've been taking Dobrenko seriously too, because he neither argued with Valentin nor called him insane. "Weapons," he said eventually. "We will need something.…" Advertisement Advertisement "The Biology Department used to have the ROTC program. There were Kalashnikovs, ammo, medical kits—the whole deal." "And we'll get it how? Oh, don't tell me—you know a guy."Valentin nodded. "I do. He used to run the program, Major Sechenov. He's old now, retired. But he has the keys—when he retired, he took them with him. The question now is, what are you bringing to the table? Do you still remember how to handle a Kalashnikov?" Advertisement "I can pull it apart in under eight seconds. And yes, I still remember what to do with it. And…" Maksim paused—as if a new life was being born in him right that minute, out of their fear and disgust, the bleakness that never seemed to lift away in this cursed place. "I think I can get us some heavy artillery." "How?" "I know a guy too." Advertisement Advertisement In the following days, Valentin came to appreciate what his classicist ex-wife Lyudmila referred to as "Cassandra syndrome". He struggled. On one hand, one had to be careful while spilling classified info and yet trying to maintain the facade of collaboration with the government; on the other, as remote and cold as Valentin tended to be, there were people he cared about. He assumed the same was true of Maksim, but he never asked, allowing his colleague to negotiate the difficulty as he saw fit. The world was about to die, and Valentin hoped to hang on for a while. There was no news from Europe on TV, and he took it seriously. It would be good to have company, but ultimately it wouldn't matter: he never believed in a happy ending of the post-apocalyptic stories. If he did, he would've tried harder. As it was, Maksim and he sequenced the viral genome to waste time during the day, and at night they sneaked into the old storage room of the Biology Department's ROTC. These back rooms, walls of gray cinder block and long shelves along the walls, housed so many relics of another time that Valentin wanted to linger, to look at the student-made posters satirizing Yeltsin's ascent, and to pet bald heads of the Lenin busts. Instead, they sorted through the boxes with Kalashnikov's parts, ammunition, handfuls of tracer cartridges. They also grabbed medical supplies and rubber gas masks, their trunks nestled embryonically in dark-green canvas bags. Detachable bayonets, poncho-tents, miners' helmets with mounted flashlight, cans of pre-Perestroika pork and condensed milk—countless forgotten treasures. They made one trip per night, and took only what they could carry comfortably, using wooden crates they collected near supermarkets. Valentin hugged his crate to his chest and felt like crying over every item familiar on such an intimate level, like a shape of a lover's hand, carved into his heart by nostalgia for that lost time. He assumed Maksim felt the same. They walked then to the closed metro station, where Valentin's friend, Dmitry, left unlocked the side door leading to a set of service stairs and then a short side tunnel, with an abundance of warning signs and an empty electric shed. On their first night, Valentin took off the shed's padlock with the bolt cutters, and hung instead the one he bought. So far, no one seemed to have bothered to discover that the lock had been changed. Advertisement Thursday night was likely to be the last. They were almost done gutting the cinder block rooms, and Valentin looked forward to maybe spending the next night in his bed instead of skulking in the shadows and walking with a heavy crate for a good three kilometers. He breathed a sigh of relief when they reached the shed, and then almost jumped out of his skin when a shadow stepped from behind the shed. It was a blessing that his hands were occupied—otherwise, he would've struck out blindly, before the figure said in an uncertain voice, "Dad?" "Yes honey," Maksim answered. Advertisement Advertisement Valentin's crate clanged to the ground. "You could've warned me.""I'm early," the shadow figure said. "I was supposed to be here tomorrow, but I finished classes early, so I caught an early train." In the dim light, Valentin was barely able to make out a face—a sharp chin, jutting bangs, a curve of a young cheek. "Your daughter?" Advertisement "Estranged daughter," she said with some emotion. "From St. Petersburg.""Alisa," Maksim added. Valentin didn't pry; other people's affairs interested him little, and he considered questions impolite, especially if they touched on such intimate topics as family and children. So instead he just nodded to Alisa and assumed that she would join them in their bunker. "Hope you like condensed milk," he said after they settled the crates inside the shed, and Alisa had a chance to appreciate the abundance. Advertisement Advertisement "Now what?" she said. "Now, home," Maksim said. "Tomorrow night, we're getting the heavy artillery." Alisa nodded—apparently, her father already had told her about the museum. "I'll come with you," she said. Advertisement "All right." Maksim extended his hand, shook Valentin's. "See you tomorrow." He and his sudden daughter walked to the bus stop, while Valentin sighed and hoofed it back to the University metro station. Valentin had always had an ambivalent relationship with viruses: they were the worst of those pseudo-Zen koans, not really alive and not really dead. Finding a virus that could turn people into something like itself was both terrifying and a little thrilling, and Valentin couldn't help but get occasionally carried away, as the new bits of code came off the sequencer, and Maksim searched the databases for closest matches. The samples Dobrenko gave them were all heat-killed, harmless, but still they worked with every Level 2 precaution. He couldn't help but wonder where the live specimens were kept, and how long it would take before they escaped. If there was one thing Valentin learned in his scientific career, it was that pathogens can never be contained. No matter how cunning the facilities and the locks, no matter what precautions, every microscopic life form would eventually break out of its confinement and run through the streets, chasing the shrieking throngs. He guessed that that moment wasn't too far off: newspapers wrote about contamination of produce with E. coli, necessitating the cordons all around Moscow. No one but the military had left or entered the city in the past week or so. Everyone complained about lack of eggplants in the market. Advertisement Advertisement Maksim wandered over to Valentin's bench, to peek at the long strip of paper coming off the sequencer like a seismogram, with four colored lines, flailing up and down into peaks and valleys. "Pretty A-T heavy, huh." "Yeah. What artillery did you have in mind?""I told you, a friend of mine is a museum guard. About to retire, so he doesn't give a shit. And they have a nice collection of old military technology. We can find what we need and walk away with it." Advertisement "So nothing too heavy." "Or at least nothing without wheels.""Your daughter…she can handle all this?" Advertisement Advertisement Maksim nodded. "Yep. Bright kid, studies engineering in St Petersburg's University. Computer networks and all this jazz. She's certainly better at new technology than we are." "We don't have new technology. Don't need it—what are we going to do, launch rockets from your laptop?" "Do you mind?" Advertisement Valentin shook his head, then laughed. "Sorry. I just argue sometimes." That night after work, they went to scope out the museum Maksim had been talking about. This time, they didn't have to walk too far. The museum was located near the metro station, a small building that looked like it was meant to be the part of the university but fell by the wayside somehow, and became one of those small, dinky museums that served as depositories of random specimens and donated junk no one had the heart to throw out. This one seemed to have received its fair share of WW2 relics, uniforms and helmets and rusted Katyusha shells sleeping under the glass. Most people clustered in the wing that had exhibited some porcelain dolls—Valentin thought with dismay that unless the exhibit closed soon, obtaining artillery would be difficult. He really was hoping for a sleepy, empty museum. Alisa, who they had picked up by the metro, didn't seem impressed. Valentin studied her out of the corner of his eye, and she did the same. An alien, a small sharp-elbowed alien with a sagging backpack on her shoulder, barely covered by a shredded shirt. She seemed a bird with her ruthless bright eyes. "I want to see the dolls," she told her father. Advertisement Advertisement "Go for it." He slipped a folded hundred into her hand and she sauntered off, in the direction of human voices and soft music, and flashing of theoretically prohibited cameras. They wandered away, into the cavernous halls with the dangerously apathetic military technology. "Whoa," Maksim said, and pointed.It was an entire T34, sitting, uncovered by glass or any other impediments, in a shallow niche. Far as tanks went, this was a lightweight, but maneuverable. "How are we supposed to get it out?" Valentin said. Advertisement "I used to drive one," Maksim said. "I think I probably still can." "It's a tank," Valentin said. "Precisely." The tone of his voice was not unusual, but the subtle setting of the jaw told Valentin that Maksim would accept nothing less. Advertisement Advertisement "You have your heart set on it?" Maxim nodded. "I doubt there will be anything better." "Or more conspicuous." Advertisement When they left the museum, Maksim whispered into Alisa's ear, urgent. In response, Alisa only jerked her shoulder, not bothering to hide her distaste for the proceedings. Contemptuous, like her entire generation. Kids were such shit these days. A sudden sound interrupted Valentin's fuming. A low, throbbing cry came from somewhere up ahead, at the entrance to the metro station. A small knot of people snagged at something, thickening and wrapping, and growing around the invisible epicenter from which the cry came. A drunk or an epileptic, Valentin thought."A woman's not feeling well." Some busybody whispered to Valentin, and went back to rising on tiptoes and craning his neck. "No reason to hold everything up," Valentin said, and pushed ahead, his shoulder habitually plowing through the crowd. Advertisement Advertisement He didn't have to push too hard: to his surprise, the crowd opened up around the alleged sick woman, as people stepped back. The woman in question, still thin and young-looking despite graying curls, wailed, but without much volume or enthusiasm, her cries interrupted by sobs like hiccups. She bent over, her arms raised behind her back, as if in some bizarre game of the airplane. She tottered a little, as if one of her heels had come detached, and then clutched a bloodied hand to her chest. Only then did Valentin notice that her temple was bleeding too—heavy black drops oozed from two semicircles imprinted just above her ear. The onlookers hushed, a thing unusual in itself, as the woman continued to sob and grunt, and each sound grew more inhumane as she went. The sounds stopped eventually, the silence as alien to the usual thrum of the crowd as the stillness. It would make more sense if it was snowing. Valentin shook his head to chase away an unbidden thought. Someone ought to do something. One of the onlookers who watched the woman with the same blank intensity as the rest of them, took a step toward her, reaching out with his knobby, sinewy hands—Valentin noticed these hands before everything else, the concave face and too-short jacket sleeves, peeling threads on the checkered cuffs of the shirt. One of the knuckles bore a bright crescent mark, slowly seeping blood. For a moment, Valentin was relieved that someone had stepped up so he wouldn't have to, but the man in the checkered shirt and old jacket growled and grabbed at the woman, his jaws opening wide. Before a few men in the crowd had a chance to step up, he bit the woman in the face, his face blank all the while. Advertisement A few people gasped, a few backed away."What is it?" Alisa hissed into his ear. "I…I don't know." Valentin looked over his shoulder, seeking Maksim's input. Advertisement Advertisement He wasn't far behind. "Shit. This doesn't look like anything…" "I know," Valentin said. "Do you think…?" Maksim took a step back, tugging Alisa's sleeve. She followed him, too scared to get an attitude. "I think," Maksim said, "that the farther we get away from this, the better."Read the rest of the story in ZVR: Diplomacy edited by Jeff Conner. Read More about the ZVR: Diplomacy here

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Package Naming
For modules the package name should begin with perl- and the rest of the name should be constructed from the module name by converting it to lowercase and then replacing colons with hyphens. For example the package name corresponding to HTML::Parser will be perl-html-parser. Perl applications should have the same name as that of the application but in lowercase.
File Placement
Perl modules should install module files in Template:Filename (this is done by setting the Template:Codeline variable as shown below). No files should be stored in Template:Filename as that directory is reserved for use by the system administrator to install Perl packages outside the package management system. The files Template:Filename and Template:Filename also should not be present; this is taken care of by the example PKGBUILD given below.
An example PKGBUILD can be found at Template:Filename which is present in the Template:Package Official package. It is also reproduced below (without the comments):
# Contributor: Your Name <email@example.com> pkgname=perl-foo-bar pkgver=VERSION pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="" arch=() url="" license=('GPL' 'PerlArtistic') depends=('perl>=5.10.0') makedepends=() provides=() conflicts=() replaces=() backup=() options=(!emptydirs) install= source=(http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/***/***-$pkgver.tar.gz) md5sums=() build() { cd "$srcdir/***-$pkgver" # install module in vendor directories. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor || return 1 make || return 1 make install DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" || return 1 ## for packages with Build.PL, do this instead: # perl Build.PL installdirs=vendor destdir="$pkgdir/" # perl Build # perl Build install # remove perllocal.pod and .packlist find "$pkgdir" -name perllocal.pod -delete find "$pkgdir" -name .packlist -delete } # vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
In most cases, you should put any in the Template:Codeline array since most Perl packages are architecture independent.
As Perl is centered around the CPAN, there are a few scripts to make the most of this, and save you writing PKGBUILDs by hand.
The more perlish method is to use a Template:Codeline plugin for installing CPAN modules as dynamically generated pacman packages, available at http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24971
There is also a script called Template:Codeline, which can recursively generate PKGBUILDs for a module: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23495
Advanced Topics
If the packager has become comfortable enough with creating perl packages, the below sections may offer some new ideas to consider. This information might also help troubleshooting packaging problems.
You should be familiar with the following terms.
Modules are declared with the Template:Codeline keyword in perl. Modules are contained inside a Template:Filename ("dot-pee-em") file. Though it's possible more than one module (Template:Codeline) is in the file. Modules have namespaces separated with Template:Codeline (double colons), like: Template:Codeline. When loading a module, the Template:Codelines are replaced with directory separators. For example: Template:Filename will be loaded for the module Template:Codeline.
Core Module
Core modules are included with an installation of perl. Some core modules are only available bundled with perl. Other modules can still be downloaded and installed separately from CPAN.
(aka dist, package) This is the equivalent of an Archlinux package in CPAN-lingo. Distributions are Template:Filename archives full of files. These archives contain primarily .pm module files, tests for the included modules, documentation for the modules, and whatever else is deemed necessary.
Usually a distribution contains a primary module with the same name. Sometimes this is not true, like with the Template-Toolkit distribution. The latest package, Template:Filename, for the Template:Codeline dist, contains no Template:Codeline module!
Sometimes because distributions are named after a main module, their names are used interchangeably and they get muddled together. However it is sometimes useful to consider them a separate entity (like in Template-Toolkit's case).
Installation Modules
One of perl's greatest advantages is the sheer number of modules[/dists] available on CPAN. Not too surprisingly, there are also several different modules used for installing... well... modules! TMTOWTDI! I am not aware of a standard name for these types of modules, so I just called them "Installation Modules".
All these modules are concerned with is building the package and installing wherever the user wants. This seems straightforward, but considering the number of different systems perl runs on, this can get complex. These modules all place a perl code file inside the dist tarball. Running this perl script will initiate the build/installation process. I have called this the "Build script" in the below list.
- Build script
- Template:Filename
- CPAN link
- http://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-MakeMaker
The original, oldest module for installing modules is Template:Codeline. The major downside to this module is that it requires the Template:Filename program to build and install everything. This may not seem like a big deal to linux users but is a real hassle for Windows people! In the name of progress the perl community is trying to encourage people to use the newer modules instead.
- Build script
- Template:Filename
- CPAN link
- http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Build
The main advantage of Module::Build is that it is pure-perl. This means it does not require a Template:Filename program to be installed for you to build/install modules. Its adoption was rocky because if Template:Codeline was not already installed, you could not run the bundled Template:Filename script! This is not a problem with recent versions of perl because Template:Codeline is a core module.
- Build script
- Template:Filename
- CPAN link
- http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Install
Another modern build/installation module, Template:Codeline still requires the Template:Filename program be installed to function. It was designed as a drop-in replacement for Template:Codeline, to address some of Template:Codeline's shortcomings.
One very interesting feature is that Template:Codeline bundles a complete copy of itself into the distribution file. Because of this, unlike Template:Codeline or Template:Codeline, you do not need Template:Codeline to be installed on your system.
Another very unique feature is auto-install. This appears to be not recommended, but seems used quite often. When the module author enables auto-install for his distribution, Template:Codeline will search for and install any pre-requisite modules that are not installed when Template:Filename is executed. This feature is skipped when Template:Codeline detects it is being run by Template:Codeline or Template:Codeline. However, this feature is not skipped when run inside... oh I don't know... a PKGBUILD! I hope you can see how a rogue perl program downloading and installing modules willy-nilly inside a PKGBUILD can be a problem. See the #PERL_AUTOINSTALL environment variable to see how to fix this.
Environment Variables
A number of environment variables can affect the way the modules are built or installed. Some have a very dramatic effect and can cause problems if misunderstood. An advanced user could be using these environment variables. Some of these will break an unsuspecting Template:Filename; or cause unexpected behavior.
When this variable is set to a true value, the installation module will pretend the default answer was given to any question it would normally ask. This does not always work, but all of the installation modules honour it. That doesn't mean the module author will!
You can pass additional command-line arguments to Template:Codeline's Template:Filename with this variable. In order to turn off auto-install (highly recommended), assign Template:Codeline to this.
export PERL_AUTOINSTALL='--skipdeps'
You can pass additional command-line arguments to Template:Filename with this variable. For example, you can install modules into your home-dir by using:
export PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALLBASE=~/perl5
This is the same thing as PERL_MM_OPT, except for Template:Codeline. For example, you could install modules into your home-dir by using:
export PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base=~/perl5
Template:Codeline allows you to override its command-line-arguments with an rcfile. This defaults to Template:Filename. You can override which file it uses by setting the path to the rcfile in Template:Codeline. The paranoid might set Template:Codeline to Template:Filename... just in case.
Hardened Example
Using all of our new accumulated knowledge, we can create a more hardened PKGBUILD that will resist any environment variables' attempts to sabotage it:
# Contributor: Your Name <firstname.lastname@example.com> pkgname=perl-foo-bar pkgver=VERSION pkgrel=1 pkgdesc='This is the awesome Foo::Bar module!' arch=('any') url='http://search.cpan.org/dist/Foo-Bar' license=('GPL' 'PerlArtistic') depends=('perl>=5.10.0') makedepends=() provides=() conflicts=() replaces=() backup=() options=(!emptydirs) install= source=("http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/***/***-$pkgver.tar.gz") md5sums=() build() { cd "$srcdir/***-$pkgver" # Setting these env variables overwrites any command-line-options we don't want... # If using Makefile.PL (ExtUtils::MakeMaker or Module::Install) export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 PERL_AUTOINSTALL=--skipdeps \ PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALLDIRS=vendor DESTDIR=$pkgdir" # If using Build.PL (Module::Build) export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 PERL_AUTOINSTALL=--skipdeps \ PERL_MB_OPT="--installdirs vendor --destdir $pkgdir" \ MODULEBUILDRC=/dev/null # If using Makefile.PL { perl Makefile.PL && make && make test && make install; } || return 1 # If using Build.PL { perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install; } || return 1 # remove perllocal.pod and .packlist find "$pkgdir" -name .packlist -o -name perllocal.pod -delete


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"Garden Party" is the fourth episode of the eighth season, and the 156th episode overall. The episode originally aired on October 13, 2011. It was written by co-executive producer Justin Spitzer and was directed by David Rogers and marks Mindy Kaling's first credit as executive producer.
In the episode, Andy throws a garden party at Schrute Farms to impress Robert, with his parents and brother in attendance. Meanwhile, Dwight works to make it a classy event. The episode features a guest appearance from Josh Groban, Dee Wallace and Stephen Collins. Kaling had asked Groban if he could guest star in the series, through Twitter.
"Garden Party" received mostly positive reviews from critics although The A.V. Club writer Myles McNutt criticizing the episode for repeating plot ideas. According to Nielsen Media Research, "Garden Party" drew more than 6 million viewers and received a 3.2 rating/8% share in the 18-49 demographic, staying even with the previous episode, "Lotto". It ranked third in its timeslot, and ranked as the highest rated NBC series on Thursday.
Andy decides to throws a garden party at Schrute Farms to impress both Robert and his parents. Andy is noticeably jealous at the amount of attention his younger brother Walter Bernard, Jr. receives from his father, and he thinks that by throwing an elaborate party he can ensure his father's blessings. At first, the party goes along smoothly. Andy decides to make a toast to Robert in order to get his fellow employees to toast him, as if to show to his parents and California that he is a respected individual among his employees. His plan backfires, however, and instead many people end up praising Robert. To get everybody's mind off of Robert, Andy decides to sing "More Than Words" as a duet with his father. This too goes awry as his visibly-annoyed father corrects his playing and singing, and ultimately decides to sing a duet with Walter Jr. instead of Andy. Visibly upset, Andy stops their singing and storms off. Soon there-after, Andy is confronted by his father for his "obnoxious attitude", which he turns into a browbeating on Andy as "manager of some rinky dink branch". This conversation is overheard by the other staff on the baby monitor Jim and Pam brought for their daughter, and Pam quickly turns off the monitor to let Andy save face. Darryl and Oscar later confide to the camera that they now understand why Andy feels he needs to prove himself to everyone. After his family leaves, a dejected Andy, feeling unwanted by his family and co-workers, says goodbye to the office staff as they turn the garden party into a barbecue. Darryl and Oscar, however, manage to convince Andy to stay with a cheeseburger and a beer, and they all satisfyingly watch as Dwight performs the closing ceremonies to the garden party.
Meanwhile, Dwight works to make the garden party a classy event. Dwight thoroughly reads a book called The Ultimate Guide to Throwing a Garden Party that he'd bought online, thinking it was a great buy. However, the book is revealed to be an elaborate prank, secretly written by Jim under the pseudonym "James Trickington". The book gives outlandish advice such as announcing each guest's name as they arrive in an extremely loud manner among other absurd "duties" (imitating The Last Supper in the middle of a meal, randomly dancing with his party staff, etc.). Near the end of the episode, Andy and the staff look on in delight as Dwight and his workers perform a fire court dance (as part of the Trickington book) as a closing ceremonies. The episode then ends with footage of Jim abusing Dwight's announcing duties by walking past him and then walking back again, prompting Dwight to shout his name each time he does so.
Also, Pam feuds with co-worker Angela over baby names. Pam and Angela learn they've both chosen the name Phillip for their soon-to-be-born sons, with Pam choosing to name her child after her deceased grandfather and Angela after the name of her favorite cat. Angela, visibly annoyed that Pam doesn't relinquish the name right away, later makes a toast to "my son Phillip" at the garden party—only to have Pam make the same toast but describe in great detail how the name honours her now-dead grandfather. Angela, unwilling to reveal her feline-centric reasons for the name, grouses to the camera that Pam is always copying her.
Cultural referencesEdit
- Cankles are obese or otherwise swollen ankles that blend into the calf without clear demarcation.
- Andy's parents have tickets to see the 2011 sports drama film Moneyball.
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Artist: | Berit Opheim Versto & Karl Seglem |
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Draumkvedet was transcribed by Jørgen Moe and M. B. Landstad in the mid-19th century. Since then it has held a special place in Norwegian and Nordic folk poetry and the kvedar (traditional vocal) tradition, and inspires us again and again to ask the really profound questions about life and death. Draumkvedet is the most central and significant medieval ballad that has been passed down to us. This visionary poem is intriguing, challenging and provocative. Berit Opheim Versto has worked with this medieval ballad for many years, and her fantastic solo performance on the album was recorded at Voss Church.
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Music critics have described Karl Seglem as a distinctive, innovative musician and composer. The albums "REIK" and "FEMSTEIN" attracted agreat deal of attention in the Norwegian and international press. Seglem has been called one of Norway's foremost saxophonists, with an original and distinctive voice and a unique ability to renew himself. He has also made a name for himself abroad as a member of various groups, including Utla. As a musician and composer, and director of the NORCD record company, Seglem produces and releases his own mu...


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Murad, Noor Asniza (2005) Microstrip U-shaped dual-band antenna. In: 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference, 2005, Johor Bahru.
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This paper presents the design of a dual-operation antenna having microstrip configuration. The chosen dual-operation frequencies are that of indoor mobile system; 0.9 GHz and 2.4 GHz. The design starts with a microstrip square patch antenna being fed by a coaxial probe from underneath the substrate. An FR4 material was used for the design. The antenna was first cut into U-shaped configuration to operate at lower frequency of 0.9 GHz. A smaller square patch was then separately designed to operate at the lower frequency of 2.4 GHz. The feeding is similar, i.e coaxial probe feed. Successive simulations were performed on both antennas. Upon achieving a good impedance match at the input of the U-shaped antenna, the antenna was then integrated with the separately designed smaller square patch element. The smaller patch was coupled to internal region of the U-shaped configuration. The integrated U-shaped antenna was then optimized through successive cycles of simulations in order to operate well at the two frequencies of operations.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | coaxial probe feed, indoor mobile system, microstrip U-shaped dual-band antenna, microstrip square patch antenna |
Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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The party was organized to celebrate my Niece's 7 month birthday! We wanted her to start being exposed to fun designs, so we chose a Woodland theme!
Party Highlights
Marshmallow pops, pears, apples, berry cake with whipped cream frosting, oreo cookies, red velvet cupcakes
Woodland Themed Dessert Table
Cute, whimsical and fun woodland themed dessert table brought to you by Paper and Fondant!
Party Helpers
Paper and Fondant
Graphic Designer
Paper and Fondant designs beautiful supplies for your events! Banners, party hats, labels, invitations, you name it she's got it!http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaperAndFondant
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Shakar Bakery
Cake designer
Custom cake and dessert designer that will match the design of cake and desserts to your party's theme!http://www.shakarbakery.com
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