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Golden Globes 2019: Full List Of Nominees & Winners
The complete guide to who won big at the 2019 Golden Globes.
Awards season is officially underway as the Golden Globes take off on Sunday (Juanry 6th). The two stars tasked with hosting the 76th annual ceremony are Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh.
Among nominees, The Dick Cheney biopic Vice is leading the pack with six total nominations, including Best Motion Picture--Musical or Comedy and Best Director. Other films that are particular favorites among fans include A Star Is Born and Greenbook. On the television side of things, FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace leads with four nominations while other series such as Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Netflix's The Americans lodge three.
The prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award will be handed over to Jeff Bridges this year while Carol Burnett is set to be the first recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's television achievement award. The award will be named after her.
Check out a full list of nominees and winners from the show down below (Winners in bold):
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Best Motion Picture — Animated
Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Rosamund Pike, A Private War
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Robert Redford, The Old Man & the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan and Ollie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Director — Motion Picture
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Tony McNamara, Deborah Davis, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
"Girl in the Movies," Dumplin'
"Requiem for a Private War," A Private War
"Revelation," Boy Erased
Best Television Series — Drama
Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Escape at Dannemora
A Very English Scandal
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Connie Britton, Dirty John
Laura Dern, The Tale
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Daniel Brühl, The Alienist
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Keri Russell, The Americans
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Stephan James, Homecoming
Richard Madden, Bodyguard
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing, Will & Grace
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
Jim Carrey, Kidding
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler, Barry
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Customer Experience in the Digital Age with Wafaa Mamilli & Vijay Sankaran
Wafaa Mamilli is the executive vice president and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Zoetis, a $6 billion animal health business that produces medicines and vaccinations for animals and pets. In this role, Wafaa is responsible for leading the global Information Technology team that powers business innovation, growth, and customer experience through information technology strategies and solutions. Prior to joining Zoetis, Wafaa was the Global Chief Information Officer of Business Units at Eli Lilly. Vijay Sankaran is the former chief information officer of TD Ameritrade, a major financial services organization with over $5 billion in annual revenue. At TD Ameritrade, Vijay's broad purview included all aspects of technology and leading and fostering innovation, the entire data platform, data management, artificial intelligence initiatives, a variety of operational responsibilities, and the new incubator, Discotech. Prior to joining TD Ameritrade, Vijay spent over a dozen years at Ford Motor Company, most recently serving as the IT chief technology officer. October 29, 2020
498: Zoetis EVP Chief Information and Digital Officer Wafaa Mamilli and former TD Ameritrade CIO Vijay Sankaran discuss
How focusing on the customer experience and leading with digital and analytics is serving Zoetis well
The steps Zoetis takes to position its customer at the center of the universe
How T.D Ameritrade uses analytics and AI to enhance the customer experience
The Voice of the Customer Analytics capability it has created to help with the added digital pressures on the business
How T.D Ameritrade has used AI for personalization
How COVID and low interest rates have caused more and more investors to explore the stock market
How the culture of innovation at T.D Ameritrade has allowed it to bring new ideas to market extremely quickly
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Insist on the Openness of Library Affairs and Promote Scientific Development
Xiao Xiao, a reporter from our newspaper, reported that recently, our library was awarded the honorary title of "Advanced Unit of Democratic Management of Open Factory Affairs in Jiangxi Province" by Jiangxi Provincial Leading Group of Open Factory Affairs. Since the opening of library affairs in 2000, especially in the past three years, hotels have always adhered to the principles of fairness, openness and fairness. They have given full play to the functions of democratic management and supervision of professional congresses and promoted the scientific development of hotels. The practice of opening library affairs in our library has exchanged experiences with trade unions of the departments directly under the Central Government and with the trade committees of provincial departments directly under the Central Government for many times.
In the work of opening libraries, we focus on three "persistence". That is, to persist in handing over major issues related to hotel development to the staff and workers for democratic evaluation and supervision, to persist in building a long-term mechanism for democratic management of opening libraries, and to give full play to the role of staff congresses in democratic management of opening libraries. In recent years, we have strictly enforced the "triple one" and the hotel regulations, confined the power to the cage of the system, adhered to and improved the staff congress system through various channels such as professional congresses, newspapers, public columns of library affairs and meetings at all levels, placed hotel operation and management under the supervision of the staff and workers, so that the staff and workers can know the library situation, know the truth, have a family, and be financially managed. There is something to discuss and there is a master to do. In recent years, we have openly recruited middle-level cadres, recruited key sensitive positions such as purchasers, cashiers and auditors for the whole library, and recruited three internal contracting projects for the whole library, namely, laundry, famous house and Four Seasons Hall. Since last year, the purchase price of agricultural and sideline products in the catering department has been disclosed daily and supervised by employees. The members of the Discipline Commission of hotels are fully involved in the supervision of hotel procurement, bidding and employee recruitment. From childhood to the promulgation of a regulation, to the determination of the wage distribution scheme, hotels need to solicit opinions from their employees in various forms, obtain broad public support, and ensure the smooth implementation of various reforms. Through the implementation of library affairs publicity, the hotel has achieved four "promotion". That is to say, it further promotes the honesty and self-discipline of hotel managers, further promotes their sense of career and responsibility, further promotes the relationship between the party and the masses, and further promotes the enthusiasm of employees to participate in management.
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Interviewing Mr Aquaculture: Tracking a career in the fish feed business
By Jane Byrne contact
© GettyImages/wissanu99
Related tags: ASC, Soy, RAS, Fishmeal
Niels Alsted has just retired from Danish fish feed manufacturer, BioMar. In total, he spent 45 years in the aquaculture sector. He talked FeedNavigator through his career, which started in 1974 on a small trout farm in Denmark.
Nicknamed 'Mr Aquaculture' by his colleagues, Alsted worked in BioMar for 32 years, where he held various positions from R&D, to sourcing to food safety and business relations. He was also part of the executive management team and contributed to opening new markets like Chile and China.
Early days
In terms of why he was attracted to fish farming in the first place, Alsted told us:
"I really liked the idea of working outdoors, [I was interested in aspects such as] the fish growth cycle, from eggs to hatchery and [onwards]."
After three years working at a trout farm in Denmark, he then went the academic route:
"At that time in Denmark, in 1977, fish farming was quite profitable, and I couldn't afford to buy a farm, that [goal] was completely out of my reach. Therefore, I started to look at alternatives, to see where I could get education in this area. I looked at Canada, France and finally Norway [in terms of pursuing study].
"The [University of Tromsoe in Norway] required 18 months of fishery related work experience to get into the course. Back, then, in 1977, there was little focus on aquaculture in Norway, and my aquaculture background was not considered relevant - people were not convinced it was going to work as an industry. I ended up having to get a dispensation to get into that course. It is funny to see how things have developed since, when you see how valuable aquaculture is today in Norway, a big turnaround."
When he qualified in 1982, he went back to Denmark, and worked in an institute under the auspices of the Danish ministry of fisheries for a few years, where he managed a new department, evaluating fishmeal quality parameters.
Salmon farming in Norway © GettyImages/MariusLtu
"That was very valuable for me. We had a pilot scale production facility at the institute, and we looked at how processing affected fishmeal quality. At the same time I was also an associate professor at Aalborg University, teaching students about fish."
He has seen the whole arc of manufactured fish feed development in his time in the industry:
"When I started in aquaculture in 1974, we fed the fish with raw fish. When I left [Denmark] in 1977 for Norway the first attempts at producing pellets were being done. We had a period where we were using moist pellets, but that was disaster as people could not handle it from a microbiology point of view. Very soon they went on to use pelletized feed, and then, extrusion started to be common, a [method] that began to dominate in the 1990s, and [of course] is the same process we have today."
He has also been witness to progress in fish farming production methods since the late 1970s. He noted the onset of recirculation systems, beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with eel production.
"You need to keep the temperature high [for eel production]. You need 25 degrees Celsius plus to grow eels. You could not just pour that water away with all that energy in it. You needed to recirculate it, and that is how that system started. [Recirculation] was used with other species much later on but for many years it was only used with eels."
Environmental awareness
As regulatory pressure on the industry increased over water usage and the discharge of nutrients, in Denmark in particular, some of the bigger companies involved in the sector realized they had to do something, he said.
"The first thing we did [in this regard] was to look at the feed. When I was first employed [at BioMar in 1987], I was doing a commercial PhD, Environmental Feed for Fish, and that lasted for two and half years. During that period, we tried to reduce the environmental impact [of farming] by decreasing the phosphorus and nitrogen discharge from farms, by designing the feed in a way to lower such discharges. The way to do that was to use better raw materials, with higher digestibility, and more precise combinations of amino acids. That is when the focus on digestibility really started.
"At that time, the pellet [contained] really only fishmeal, fish oil, wheat and vitamins. The fishmeal [inclusion level] was around 40% and that was providing far too a high phosphorus level [in the formulation]. Therefore, we selected fishmeal with low phosphorus and high digestibility. All of that cost money, but the point was we could improve the FCR, so we were using less feed to produce the same amount of fish, the fish grew better because they were eating more, that meant the farmers also made more money, we made more money, and there were fewer nutrients being discharged into the environment."
Fish farm worker giving food to fish in hatchery tanks © GettyImages/alvarez
That feed development approach, started in 1987, has been fundamental to BioMar, giving it a leading position in the market in Denmark and then allowing it to expand to other markets, globally, he said.
Chinese market
Alsted championed such an environmentally aware fish feed development model in China. Having spent eight years prior travelling back and forth to the Asian behemoth, he moved there for a year in 2016.
BioMar currently operates a joint venture in China with local company, Tongwei Group. Its existing fish feed production facility in China, under that JV, is located at Haiwei, near Hong Kong, and a new facility is currently being built in Wuxi just outside Shanghai.
The majority of aquaculture operations in China are in freshwater or in brackish freshwater but the availability and quality of the water there has been impacted by both natural and anthropogenic activities, leading to poor water quality and reduced productivity in aquatic ecosystems.
"They have to do it in a smarter way."
BioMar, he said, is trying to support such an approach.
"There are Chinese companies that understand this, but the farmers need to understand this and legislation has to support it.
"Fish farming in China is still very traditional, small family units. The way of farming has to change."
The water quality is the limiting factor in Chinese aquaculture production today, he said.
"They [the regulators] are taking measures on air quality. [The same] will happen in relation to water quality, in fact, it is happening, but, of course, it is a big transition for the Chinese, it will take some time."
Expansion into Chile
Alsted also contributed to the opening of the Chilean market for BioMar, when the company first decided to expand the business beyond Europe.
"That was in the late 1990s. I travelled to Peru and Chile, the biggest fishmeal producers in the world at that time. I needed to find out how we could buy [fishmeal] from there, the perception was that it was [low quality product] but when I got there, I saw a different picture [in terms of quality]. At the same time, I saw Chile was an opportunity on the farming side – you could see there was all the right conditions for it. So I convinced the board and we said let's go for that."
That market was challenging to develop, he said, with a number of false starts.
"We found a company and bought that with a partner 50/50. That did not last very long due to different cultures in terms of running a business. We took over the rest of the company quite fast. It was quite easy to take it over as it was full of debt, and the salmon prices were awful. That was not easy but we kept on going. It took off but it was very difficult at the beginning because we very small. Eventually, we had very good managers, very good people there; they worked hard and successfully developed the company. It is a nice story."
Fish farm in Northern Patagonia, Chile © GettyImages/miralex
BioMar operates three factories in Chile today. Two factories are located in Pargua, close to Puerto Montt, supplying high performance feed for, among others, trout, coho and atlantic salmon. BioMar's factory in Castro on the island of Chiloé primarily produces fry feed and specialized products with high value added for Atlantic salmon, coho and trout.
BioMar also has a 30% ownership in the Aquaculture Technology Center (ATC) in Patagonia.
Feed standards
In terms of supporting sustainable feed benchmarks, Alsted was very active in the discussions leading to the creation of the IFFO RS in order to ensure fishmeal was coming from responsibly managed fisheries, and he was also involved in the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) feed standard dialogues.
"I think we have come a long way, as today 50% of all fisheries producing fishmeal are responsibly managed; they are policed, they are controlled and evaluated by third parties. Where we still have big problems with fishmeal is in Asia. Asia has a long way to go, as the fisheries there are much more complicated, they are mixed trawl fisheries.
"[Fisheries] in Peru are easier [to monitor], there is only one species – anchovy. In Thailand and Vietnam, for example, the fishmeal is produced from [multiple] fish species; you need to know the stock assessment of each species and that makes it much more complicated.
"However, we need to do something about it, and IFFO RS is by supporting the Fishery Improvement Program (FIP). That is the way forward, those fisheries won't get to MSC or IFFO RS standard right now, but we need to start working with [those suppliers] and also eliminate the worst of the worst."
The industry has long been awaiting the ASC feed standard. Alsted said the ambition is to get that finalized and published this summer.
The big difference the ASC feed standard is going to make is that there will be much more focus on non-marine ingredients, like soy, with more restrictions on criteria compared to the feed ingredient requirements within the individual, species-specific ASC farming standards, he said.
"First of all, there has never been an ASC feed standard. [Previously, feed requirements were] embedded in the ASC farming standard. Under that, in my view, raw material sourcing and use criteria were quite loose and not very well controlled. That is going to change [under the ASC feed standard] as now it will be the feed manufacturers that are audited. Before, it was up to the farmers to get a declaration of compliance from the feed mills. Now the feed manufacturers have to prove they have control over their raw material [supply]."
Alsted chaired FEFAC's Fish Feed Committee, was instrumental in the development of IFFO RS and was part of the GSI feed task force. He also participated in the ASC feed standard development talks © GettyImages/relif
The challenge in developing the ASC feed standard has been around how to make it workable, he said.
There is no longer a great difference in terms of what the NGOs and industry perceive as necessary under the standard, but its implementation was proving the sticking point.
"It is about policing things in a practical way, so that a standard does not become a huge monster of bureaucracy that nobody will follow. It is about making it rigorous but workable.
"That has been the good thing about the discussions [we have had] with NGOs, [changing perceptions], and getting the real facts on the table about fisheries, about how the stocks are assessed.
"Of course, it is not only about what we do today but how we can improve over time. Sustainability [has to take account of] environmental, social and economic criteria. You can have a fantastic standard from an environmental point of view, but if it is not viable nobody will follow it and you will have achieved nothing."
The future of farming
In terms of the future of farming and disease prevention, he said the salmon farming companies in Norway are so big and so wealthy that they can afford to invest in new lice control technologies that require a lot of money and a lot of risk.
Alsted sees recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) taking off in markets where there is a demand for fresh fish but where you don't find the natural conditions for growing salmon, such as in the US and China.
Interactive production control systems will continue to be exploited, while a lot of the Big Data technology will be adapted and used in the fish farming sector as well, he added.
"I am sure new things will come but they won't completely change the set up. Fish still need feed, they need nutrients; they need to grow, there will be health problems. There is no animal production system in the world, pig or poultry, that doesn't have production related diseases and that will also be the case in salmon and other aquaculture species."
What is on the horizon for fish farming? © GettyImages/erhui1979
There will be new raw materials coming forward, he said, such as novel proteins, but they will remain relatively niche. In terms of volumes, fish feed will likely continue to be based on crops like soy, rapeseed, wheat, and corn, he said.
However, he sees as the more sustainable route the idea of using materials based on soy or corn but produced for the purpose of aquaculture such as soy protein concentrate or corn gluten concentrate. "We will see more of that."
So more tailor-made products and also enzymes will gain in importance, he said.
"I see that [customized trend] happening in terms of fishmeal as well. Fishmeal is a standard product. It has been on the shelves since the 1950s and it is still a brown powder. You can get it in slightly different varieties, of course, but I am sure that there will be [more emphasis] on the value of certain fishmeal components, [beyond amino acid content], in the future. Fish oil today is traded on the basis of its EPA and DHA components and I think the same will happen with fishmeal."
Alsted will not completely disappear from the world of aquaculture. "I am certainly not looking for a new job, but I will be available for limited consultancy work."
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As a rule of thumb, when playing craps, avoid the temptation to take advice from other players. Never assume that you will always be given the right advice or other players understand on how to calculate odds.
To win a pass line bet, place your bet on the line along with shooter. You will win if the shooter rolls a seven or an eleven. By placing a bet on the Don't pass line bet, your are implying that the dice will result in a 12, 3, or a 2. The bet is done by placing on the don't pass line.
Make a point to join online craps forums. Here, you will find ideas from players who have played the games for a long period. Such advices are invaluable as it comes from players who understand all the essentials of the game.
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Home News The impacts of machine learning on climate change modelling
The impacts of machine learning on climate change modelling
Reported by Paul Henry, BBSRC funded policy intern
What are the opportunities for developments in environmental risk assessment to inform policy decisions?
There is an increasing need for environmental data to inform policy decisions. At the same time, technical advances, including in data science, are leading to the prospect of being able to provide information about environmental risks across an increasingly broad spectrum of policy-relevant issues. CSaP's Policy Workshop on innovative climate risk assessments brought together experts from academia, policy and industry.
We are becoming increasingly able to provide detailed, multi-dimensional assessments of environmental risks such as those related to climate change. For example, recent progress has been made in modelling the impacts of a changing climate on modern systems such as global supply chains. This has been done by integrating extensive datasets gathered around many of these systems with weather data and the output from climate model simulations.
The ability to model the impacts of climate change at an international, national and local level can give invaluable insight for policy makers. Dr Emily Shuckburgh of the British Antarctic Survey introduced the purpose of this workshop, to discuss which questions should be investigated by researchers to best help decision makers across government and industry adapt to the changing climate.
Dr Shuckburgh introduced a research project connecting changes to local temperature change in Egypt with energy demand and with milk production in the region. Accurate climate impact assessments can help policy makers identify and strengthen vulnerabilities in economic and social systems. New data science tools such as machine learning offer the potential to augment more traditional climate modelling techniques and lead the way to multi-dimensional climate risk assessments.
Improved knowledge and accessibility to statistical techniques can dramatically change the way that society approaches climate change. In particular, information concerning the risk and potential impacts of extreme events can help to inform where to take targeted local intervention to improve resilience.
However, to enable widespread access to such information by decision-makers, data management infrastructure needs to be overhauled and data must be curated in such a way as to ease its application and a close dialogue needs to be fostered between data providers and data users to ensure the information is generated in a form that is fit for purpose.
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Dr Emily Shuckburgh
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Innovative climate risk assessment
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Sometimes you forget that you contributed a hand in a monumental, landmark release. Going back way into the archives I decided to render what remaining files I had for this release to present in the archives. The Hot Hot Heat / The Red Light Sting split LP was released in Y2K on Vancouver's Ache Records and put Canadian new wave/synth punk on the map. Hot Hot Heat only a few years later rocketed to naughties fame with a run of albums they released on the famous SubPop label and later major labels Sire and Warner Brothers. At the time it was all the product of a local scene, and I was one of the few graphic designers with the tools to put it all together. This design was produced within my first couple of years designing for proper releases and I'm still proud of it to this day.


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Mercy dog
by Lucy | Jan 11, 2021 | Dog Training
Military dog primarily served during World War I
An ambulance dog in World War I
A mercy dog (also known as an ambulance dog, Red Cross dog, or casualty dog) was a dog that served in a paramedical role in the military, most notably during World War I. They were often sent out after large battles, where they would seek out wounded soldiers; and trench warfare suited their use. They carried first-aid supplies that could then be used by wounded soldiers and comforted dying soldiers who were mortally wounded. They were also trained to guide combat medics to soldiers who required extensive care. Many mercy dogs were trained by national Red Cross societies to serve the country in which the specific society operated. The German army called such dogs medical dogs. As many as 20,000 dogs are estimated to have served as mercy dogs in World War I and World War II, and they have been credited with saving thousands of lives. They would later go on to be used in the Korean War by the United States.
2.1 World War I
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Painting by Alexander Pope of a red cross dog carrying a soldier's helmet
A typical mercy dog in World War I was outfitted with a saddlebag that had water, liquor, and first aid supplies. They were trained by the Red Cross society that was based in the country of each army to travel silently around no man's land,[1][2] typically at night[2] or after a battle had ended,[3][4] looking for its side's wounded soldiers and ignoring dead or wounded enemy ones.[5] When they found a soldier, the soldier could use the medical supplies to tend to their wounds.[2] If their condition was severe enough that this was impossible, the dog would return to the trenches with a piece of the soldier's uniform and lead a paramedic to the soldier.[1] If the dog was unsuccessful in finding a wounded soldier, it would lie down in front of its handler instead of leading the handler to them.[5] Some dogs were fitted with gas masks.[5][6]
Dogs attached to Allied Powers were trained to take a piece of uniform and those with the Central Powers any item, including a helmet or particularly a belt.[5][7]:25–26 Some dogs were also involved in pulling soldiers on carts between the front lines and medical bases further back.[2] Mercy dogs were known to drag soldiers to safety at times.[1][8] The dogs would also comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died.[5][9]
A military surgeon praised the dog's abilities to triage wounded soldiers, saying "They sometimes lead us to the bodies we think have no life in them, but when we bring them back to the doctors [. . .] they always find a spark. It is purely a matter of their instinct, [which] is far more effective than man's reasoning powers"[10]
A military recruitment poster
The first mercy dogs were trained by the German army in the late 19th century.[11] A program to train mercy dogs in 1895 begun by Jean Bungartz in Germany was described as a "novel experiment".[12] By 1908, Italy, Austria, France and Germany had programs training mercy dogs.[13]
World War I[edit]
By the beginning of World War I, Germany had around 6,000 trained dogs, many of which were ambulance dogs. The German army called them 'Sanitätshunde',[11] or 'medical dogs'.[2][14][15] The nation is estimated to have used a total of 30,000 dogs during the war, mainly as messengers and ambulance dogs. Of those, 7,000 were killed.[16] It is estimated that upwards of 50,000 dogs were used by all the combatants.[17]
Upon the outbreak of fighting, Britain did not have a program for training military dogs. Edwin Hautenville Richardson, an officer in the British Army who had experience working with military dogs and had advocated for the establishment of a military program since 1910, trained several dogs as ambulance dogs and offered them to the British Army. After the army did not accept, he gave them to the British Red Cross.[18] As a result of his advocacy, Britain created a British War Dog School with Richardson as the commandant. The school eventually trained more than 200 dogs.[19]
As many as 10,000 dogs are estimated to have served as mercy dogs in World War I, and are credited with saving thousands of lives,[2] including at least 2,000 in France[20] and 4,000 wounded German soldiers.[16] Several such dogs drew specific attention for their work, including Captain for finding 30 soldiers in one day, and Prusco for finding 100 men in just one battle. Both were French dogs.[2][8] Prusco was known to drag soldiers into ditches as a safe harbor while he went to summon rescuers.[8] However, many French dogs were killed in the line of action, and the program was discontinued.[16]
While many European nations had a mercy dog program during World War I, the United States did not,[2] as its leadership felt the war would end soon enough that such a program was unnecessary. Many US dogs did serve in the Red Cross, whose dogs bore the red-cross emblem on their saddlebags.[7][18] Americans borrowed dogs from their allies, as they had no organized dog units.[17]
Mercy dogs were considered symbolic of patriotism, Jill Lenk Schilp writes that they were "elevated to heroic levels and attributed human emotions and characteristics".[21] Some dogs may have had traumatic stress as a result of their service.[10]
Over 16 million animals were used in World War I. Including a pigeon, some were even awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.[A] American dog Sergeant Stubby was not so honored: among his accomplishments were locating wounded service personnel. Rather, he was made a "Sergeant."[22]
World War II and later programs[edit]
A casualty dog reporting to its handler during US Army training exercises.
In the lead-up to World War II, it was reported that the German Army was conscripting dogs to serve as messengers, watch dogs, and mercy dogs.[23] During that war, the United States Army Medical Corps used ambulances with six casualty dogs, mainly Pointers and setters, to find wounded soldiers.[24][25] Its training program began in August 1942.[26]
The United States Army utilized a casualty dog program during the Korean War to find wounded soldiers. German Shepherds were used for the work, which consisted of searching for a soldier and bringing their handler to them. The dogs were trained at Fort Riley, Kansas.[27]
After World War II ended, the American Red Cross began a therapy dog program, which continued until at least 2019.[28]
In popular culture[edit]
A historical fiction book, Darling, Mercy Dog by Alison Hart, was published in 2013.[29] A children's book, Flo of the Somme by Hilary Robinson, which describes a British mercy dog at the Battle of the Somme, won the Historical Association's Young Quill's Award for Historical Fiction in 2016.[30]
Dogs in warfare
Search and rescue dog
^ "The casualties were heavy. Of a million horses and mules recruited by the British Army, nearly
half died as a result of injury or enemy fire. In one day alone 7,000 horses died during the battle of Verdun in 1916."[22]
Citations[edit]
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^ a b c d e f g h Campbell 2014, p. 274.
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^ a b c d e Schilp 2019, pp. 14–15.
^ Stillwell, Blake (19 June 2020). "These were the Mercy Dogs of World War I". MIGHTY HISTORY. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ a b Jager 1917, p. 23.
^ a b c Hart & Montgomery 2016, p. 153.
^ "Where man's best friend was not just his dog". The Irish Independent. 17 May 2014 – via ProQuest.
^ a b Schilp 2019, p. 20.
^ a b "The Dogs of War". The Birmingham Mail. 15 February 2014.
^ "Red Cross Dogs". The Youth's Companion. 1 August 1895 – via ProQuest.
^ "The Red Cross Dog". The Washington Post. 19 July 1908. p. E12 – via ProQuest.
^ Lorenz, Julia (23 January 2017). ""Such verwundt!" – Das Sanitätshundewesen in Deutschland bis 1918″. Fachportal für Wehrmedizin & Wehrpharmazie (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ Kalkschmidt, G. (8 May 2016). "Frankfurter Zeitung 08.05.1916: The medical dog in war [Der Sanitätshund im Kriege]". Frankfurter Zeitung (in German). FAZ.NET. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ a b c Cummins, Bryan D. (7 November 2013). Our Debt to the Dog: How the Domestic Dog Helped Shape Human Societies. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-61163-556-0.
^ a b "Photos of animals in World War One: Mercy Dogs Search and rescue". World War I Bridges. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ Schilp 2019, p. 17.
^ Jager 1917, p. 25.
^ a b "ANIMALS WHO WON MEDALS in WW1" (PDF). Devon Museums. Retrieved 9 January 2021. A 16 million-strong army of animals including mules, donkeys, cats and even camels were part of WW1.
^ "German Dogs Now Being 'Drafted' for Three Kinds of War Service". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 12 November 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dogs stand up to battle strain better than men, says trainer". The Beatrice Times. 23 March 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Section VII: Dogs for Tactical Use – The Casualty Dog". TM 10-396 War Dogs Technical Manual. Washington, D.C.: Periscope Film LLC (published 12 June 2013). US War Department. 1 July 1943. pp. 127–136. ISBN 978-1937684501. OCLC 1102468123. OL 31850330M. Retrieved 8 January 2021 – via Google Books.
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Campbell, Jeff (7 October 2014). Daisy to the Rescue: True Stories of Daring Dogs, Paramedic Parrots, and Other Animal Heroes. San Francisco, California, USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Zest Books. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-936976-62-1.
Hart, Alison; Montgomery, Michael G., Illustrator (March 2016). Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I (E-book). Atlanta, Georgia USA: Peachtree Publishing Company. ISBN 9781561458707. ISBN 1561458708.
Jager, Theo F. (1917). Scout, Red Cross and Army Dogs: A Historical Sketch of Dogs in the Great War and a Training Guide for the Rank and File of the United States Army. Rochester, New York: Arrow Printing Company.
Rogak, Lisa (25 October 2011). The Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs (Print). New York: Macmillan Publishers, St. Martin's Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-250-00881-7.
Schilp, Jill Lenk (24 September 2019). "The Mercy Dogs of World War I". Dogs in Health Care: Pioneering Animal-Human Partnerships. Jefferson, North Carolina USA: McFarland & Company. pp. 13–24. ISBN 978-1-4766-7394-3.
"Companions In The Trenches – Animals of World War 1 This Fearless Dog Was A WWI Hero – And The Number Of Lives He Saved Is Phenomenal" (Video). 30 November 2018 – via YouTube. (including Satan, a search and messenger dog at the Battle of Verdun that saved many troops by delivering carrier pigeons to a beleaguered force, while under heavy fire and twice wounded)
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The extract from Bloody Geranium can be a supporting food supplement considering its radiation protective properties, thus being beneficial for people undergoing radiation therapy, or being prophylactically applied for people working or living nearby ionizing radiation fields.* .
This evidence is limited and not conclusive.
Some scientific evidence suggests the properties of polyphenol complexes in the extract from roots of Geranium sanguineum show remarkable inhibiting influence on the development of some pathogenic microorganisms.* [2, 4, 5] The biochemical affinity of the polyphenol molecules to the viral cover, results in binding to it and thus leads to deactivation of the virus.* .
1. Lyubka Tantcheva, Eleonora Encheva*, Silvyia Abarova, Julia Serkedjieva, Iliana Dimova and Elitza Pavlova – Preventive effect of polyphenols from geranium sanguineum l on hepatic drug metabolism in influenza infected mice.
Inhibited first phase of drug metabolism is a main reason for numerous side effects and increased drug toxicity, observed in the course of influenza virus infection (IVI). Medical plant Geranium Sanguineum L. (GSL), spread in the Balkans, demonstrated significant antioxidant and antiviral activity. The aim of the study is to evaluate the preventive effect of polyphenol complex (PPC) from GSL on the oxidative drug metabolism in IVI.
Methods: The experimental model of IVI (A/Aichi/2/68/(H3N2)(4.5 lg LD50) is developed in male albino ICR mice. PPC is applied nasally (10 mg/kg). In liver 9 000 g supernatant thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and antioxidant total activity (ATA) as well as monooxygenase N-demethylase activity (ethylmorphyne, amidopyrine and analgin) and hydroxylase activity (aniline and p-nitrophenol), NADPH- cytochrtome P-450 reductase and cytochrome P-450 content are determined. Student-Fisher t-test and correlation coefficients are used for statistics.
Results: High correlation between increased TBARS and decreased monooxygenase activity (p< 0.001) is found in infected animals. It suggests that activation of free radicals can be one of the main reasons for unspecific monooxygenase inhibition, because all components of cytochrome P-450 system are inhibited (mostly the on the 6th and 9th days). PPC pretreatment demonstrates significant preventive effect against increased levels of TBRS and decreased ATA. Drug metabolism in IVI mice is restored by PPC near to healthy controls.
Conclusion: TBARS probably play important role not only in the pathogenesis of IVI, but also in modulation of hepatic monooxygenase activity. All inhibited P-450 monooxygenase activities are significantly restored by PPC pretreatment. The complex mechanism of PPC-protective effect obviously combines several biological activities- antioxidant activity, selective antiviral and protein-bounding effect. In contrast to infected animals, PPC has medium pro-oxidant and weak inhibiting effect on monooxygenases in healthy animals, probably related to its protein–binding effect on membrane proteins and enzymes.
3. Murzakhmetova M, Moldakarimov S, Tancheva L, Abarova S, Serkedjieva J. – Antioxidant and prooxidant properties of a polyphenol-rich extract from Geranium sanguineum L. in vitro and in vivo.
Recent evidence shows that plant polyphenols exhibit antioxidant and radical scavenging properties. By three separate and complementary methods–DPPH assay, beta-carotene-linoleic acid assay and NBT-reduction assay it was established that a polyphenol-rich extract from the medicinal plant Geranium sanguineum L. with strong anti-influenza virus activity, possessed antioxidant and radical scavenging capacities. For comparative reasons caffeic acid and the synthetic antioxidant BHT were used. Total soluble phenolic constituents of the MeOH extract measured by Folin-Ciocalteu reagent were found as 34.60% (w/w). Further it was demonstrated that the EtOAc fraction, retaining the majority of the in vivo protective effect exhibited a strong O2-scavenging activity while the n-BuOH fraction, containing the majority of the in vitro antiviral activity provoked generation of O2-. The O2- scavenging activity of all three preparations correlated with the rate of the protective effect shown in the murine model of experimental influenza virus infection. The present results are in accordance with our intensive studies on the mode of the protective effect of the plant extract which showed positively that the protection may possibly be attributed to the combination of more than one biological activities and that the use of antioxidants might be an useful approach in the treatment of influenza infection.
5. Serkedjieva, Ivancheva – Antiherpes virus activity of extracts from the medicinal plant Geranium sanguineum L.
The development of standardized preparations from natural products, having radiation protective effect, acquire still greater significance in prophylaxis of contingents, receiving greater dosages of ionization radiation or likely possibility of getting such ones.
1. Cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
2. Groups of people, feeding the reactors in NPP with fuel.
3. Military troops, located in "hot" spots on the planet where some kind of nuclear military ammunitions are used.
4. Employees in NPP and people, living nearby.
The idea of this study is obtaining of standard preparation of radiation protective effect, of low or practically absent toxicity which can be taken for a long period. The used in our country synthetic radiation protectors / WR- 2721, ОК – 78 /, are highly toxic and this does not allow their long application. The standard product , obtained after gradual extraction with ethyl alcohol and following sublimation drying, called Gerisan /GS/, we studied mostly at prophylactic scheme of application in mice, subjected to radiation with 10 Gy gamma-rays. We traced survival endogenous spleen colonies and phagocytic activity. Prophylactic – therapeutic scheme we applied to rats, subjected to 4 Gy gamma rays, whereof we studied blood indicators.
We administered GS also to cancer patients, undergoing radiation therapy. GS, administered preventatively, increases post-radiation survival of mice, supports post-radiation survival of hemopoeisis in rats and impacts the rapid recovery of Т-lymphocytes in cancer patients, undergoing radiation therapy.
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Located at the bottom of Mount Gilboa is Ein Harod, or the "Spring of Harod." This is the pool where Gideon chose his 300 warriors to battle the Midianites. The warriors were chosen based on how they drank water (Judges 7:1-8).
During a battle against King Saul at nearby Mount Gilboa in 1004 BC, the Philistines prevailed and Saul together with three of his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua, died in battle (1 Samuel 31; 1 Chronicles 10). 1 Samuel 31:10 states that "the victorious Philistines hung the body of King Saul on the walls of Beit She'an".
During the 1st century the city of Beit She'an was occupied under the new name "Scythopolis." It was a large roman city complete with temples, markets, theatres, hippodrome, and bathouses.
This is the "tel" behind the roman ruins of Beit She'an. Buried under layers of earth is the original Israelite and Philistine city.
A model of the Roman ruins helps us to get our bearings before entering the ruins.
This is one example of how large stones could be transported with a minimum of human labor.
The "hot room" of the bathhouse. A furnace (outside) would pump hot air into the space between the small pillars shown here. On these pillars would be a floor that would heat up. Water was scattered on the floor to make steam (a Roman version of the sauna).
Out guide, Benny, "demonstrates" how the wall toilets were used.
One of two locations thought to be where John the Baptist baptized people (including Jesus). This is more likely the historic site.
This is the beginning of the Judean wilderness. It's amazing how different it looks from Galilee in the north.
Qumran is the location where, in 1947, the first Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. It was inhabited in the first century by a Jewish sect known as the Essenes.
These are replicas of the clay jars the first scrolls were found in.
One of the primary tasks of members of the community was to work in the Scriptorum, producing copies of the scriptures and also teachings of their own High Priest.
The mountains at Qumran contain thousands of caves. The Essenes didn't inhabit these caves, but they did use them to hide their collection of scrolls when they were in danger from the Romans.
The Essene sect was obsessed with physical purity. The bathed in a ritual bath (Mikvah) twice each day, before the morning and evening meal. There are several Mikvahs at the site.
Located 1,412 feet BELOW sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest body of water on earth. It is extremely salty (more than 10 times saltier than sea water). People visit here to float in the waters and use the "black mud" as a skin treatment. Cosmetics made from Dead Sea materials are very popular.
There was a rare sighting of a breaching whale at the Dead Sea! Seriously, if this water lets me float, it will hold up anyone!
Of course no collection of photos from the Dead Sea would be complete with a picture of a camel.
Last Wednesday (4/24/2013) I wrote about how many evangelicals are reconsidering the historicity of the biblical Adam. I had planned to write about why I consider belief in Adam's historicity to be essential to the Christian faith. I'll deal with that issue in two parts. Today I'd like to share why I'm comfortable affirming that Adam was a historical individual, the first and unique man created by God. Later this week I'll discuss some of the theological implications of rejecting Adam's historicity.
First, let me be clear that I believe a person can have authentic, saving faith in Jesus Christ while rejecting the historicity of Adam. While I think the issue of how we interpret Genesis 2-3 is vitally important I consider it an "internal" discussion between believers in Christ and not a reason for division. While I may strongly disagree with a brother or sister who rejects that Genesis 2-3 presents a narrative account of actual, historical events I would not reject such a person a non-believer simply on that issue. I am completely convinced that if we consider the Bible to be the authoritative Word of God we must conclude that Adam was a historical figure as described in the Genesis account, but such a belief is not necessary for true salvation.
As I stated in the first article in this series (see here), my belief in the historicity of Adam is based on a number of presuppositions. The first and most central of these is, "I accept the overwhelming evidence (both internal and external) that the Bible represents a trustworthy and supernatural revelation given by an all-powerful, all-knowing God who exists independent of and outside of linear time." I recognize that since my reasons for accepting Adam's historicity are based on the testimony of the Bible, my arguments will do little or nothing to convince those who reject the Bible's authority or trustworthiness. For those of you who affirm the authority and divine origin of the Bible, here are my reasons for accepting Adam as a historical person.
There is nothing in the literary form of Genesis, chapters 2-4 that would cause us to understand it as anything other than a narrative of actual, historical events. The events described (the creation of Adam, Eve, their temptation and fall, their expulsion from Eden, the birth of their children, the first murder, etc.) are given in exactly the same manner as events in other Old Testament narratives whose historicity has been confirmed by modern archaeology. The writer of Genesis (Moses) recorded the events of Genesis 2-4 in the same way he recorded events in the lives of the patriarchs and the Exodus.
Adam is affirmed as a historical person in genealogies in both the old and new testaments (Genesis 5, First Chronicles 1, and Luke 3). Genealogies were of great importance to the Hebrew people, being the primary mechanism for the inheritance of land and their identification as God's special covenant people. It is extremely unlikely that a "mythical" person would be given a place in a genealogy.
The length of Adam's life is given in Genesis 5:5. While not impossible, it seems odd that such a concrete fact would be recorded about a mythical person.
God, speaking through the prophet Hosea, refers to Adam and to his sin of rebellion as a historical event. The testimony of this latter Hebrew prophet confirms his understanding of Adam as an historical figure.
The apostle Paul affirmed Adam's historicity multiple times. In Romans, chapter five, he states that it is through Adam's sin that death entered into the world. In First Corinthians 15, he affirms that the first man (Adam) was created from the dust of the earth and became a living being. In First Timothy, chapter 2, he refers to Adam who was formed, "before Eve" and was not deceived as she was. There is nothing in any of Paul's references to Adam to indicate that he understood him to be anything other than who the author Genesis presents him as; the first, uniquely created man.
I think the testimony of scripture, both old and new testaments, is very clear. There is nothing written to indicate or even imply that Adam is either mythical or symbolic. The scriptures present him as the first man and the father of the race of man.
Last week I was reading a blog post by Peter Enns titled, "Framing the Evangelical Discussion of Adam and Evolution." Enns was recently asked to present a paper at the northeast regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on his book, "The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say About Human Origins." His blog post of April 8, 2013 gives the major points of his paper, and by extension, his book on Adam and human origins.
To be honest, everyone's perspective on any issue is framed by certain presuppositions (i.e. background beliefs). Enns has identified two of his presuppositions (above) that frame his evaluation of the Biblical account of Adam. I reach very different conclusions about the doctrines of special creation, a literal understanding of Genesis, and the historicity of Adam because I begin with completely different presuppositions. Here are some of them.
God has also revealed Himself in creation (sometimes called "natural revelation").
God cannot lie, as it would violate His very nature (Numbers 23:19).
Since God cannot lie, both of His revelations (the Bible as "special revelation" and creation/nature as "general revelation") must be in perfect harmony.
Man has developed systems for interpreting and understanding these revelations. Theology is a system designed to interpret special revelation (the Bible) and science is a system designed to interpret general revelation (creation/nature).
Since both of these systems (theology and science) are developed by man, they may lead to conclusions that are incorrect..
Because both of God's revelations must be in perfect harmony, any apparent conflict between those revelations (the Bible and creation/nature), is the result of a problem in man's interpretation of those revelations (i.e. either our theology is wrong, or our science is wrong, or both). God's revelation in the Bible and creation/nature is never "wrong." However, only our interpretations of these revelations is frequently wrong.
Don't misunderstand me. I'm by no means calling Peter Enns a fool. I'm particularly conscious of Jesus' warning in Matthew 5:22 not to do such a thing. I do, however, strongly disagree with his self-stated "starting point" for handling the issue of Adam's historicity. I think that a critical examination of any topic must begin with, "the fear of the Lord," which, "is the beginning of knowledge." Having a fear (awe and reverence) for God necessarily includes having a high regard for His revelation of Himself in the Bible. Therefore, the proper starting point for examining the question of Adam's historicity is to first determine what the Bible says about it.
On Friday, I'll discuss why I'm convinced that an acknowledgement of Adam as a historical person is essential to the Christian faith.
Picture the scene; Jesus is having supper with his disciples at the home of Simon the leper in Bethany. A woman comes into the room with an expensive bottle of perfumed oil which she proceeds to break open and pour onto Jesus' head. The guests at the table are immediately angry. This foolish woman has "wasted" this valuable resource (other accounts place its value at nearly a year's wages for a common laborer). Doesn't she know that this treasure could have been sold and the proceeds used to provide for the poor?
Rather than rebuking her, Jesus rebukes her critics, asserting that what she has done is a "good thing." I think we can learn much from this story about Jesus' view of what our priorities should be.
We live in an age when many young Christians are extremely fervent for social causes. They are passionate about promoting social justice, ending slavery, providing for the poor, and easing the struggles of the oppressed and downtrodden in both the inner city and the third world. They reflect attitudes common among their generation, often termed "Millennials" by social scientists. I think that their attitudes toward the poor are laudable and represent a well-deserved rejection of the insular and self-centered mindset common among many Christians in my generation ("Baby Busters").
However, this story illustrates that while concern for the poor is a good thing, it is not the most important thing; Jesus is! As His disciples, our lives and attitudes should be centered on Him; especially on worshiping and adoring Him as this woman did with her singular act of worship. Our "good works" (like pursing social justice) should be an outgrowth of our love for Jesus, not the central focus of our Christian lives. It is too easy to make even a "good thing" into an idol and God has declared that He will not tolerate the worship of any other god.
"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
This church was doing "good things," but they had abandoned their first love! We need to be careful that in our zeal for doing "good things" for Jesus that we don't allow those "works" to become idols that usurp His rightful place in our hearts. Only He is worthy of our worship, devotion, and adoration; not any works of our hands, however good they may be.
The "works" that Jesus wanted the Ephesian church (and us) to do are not the pursuit of social causes, but simple acts of worship for the Son of God, like those of that anonymous woman at the home of Simon the leper in Bethany. Then, out of our deep love and devotion for Him, should flow our compassion for the poor among us and our care for them.


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I'm in the mood to take off someone's head.
Someone's going to ask you a question tomorrow morning.
At least someone's gettin' some.
I feel like a stowaway on someone's honeymoon.
"Someone's gotta save the world!" he snapped.
They were in someone's living room.
"I don't think I want to stare at someone's finger while I'm putting on my makeup," she said with a shudder.
Someone's gone over the side!
That was a nice gesture on someone's part.
The long flannel nightgown, while perhaps frumpy in someone's eyes, was perfect for the time and season.
A hood went over her head, and she was flung across someone's shoulder hard enough to make her ribs flare with pain.
"Someone's gotta keep you outta trouble," he replied.
If it's four and I go five and interrupt someone's conference or walk into a room full of tarantulas, I'm going to go crazy.
A door to someone's private quarters slid open.
They don't have a strong case, but if I'm the only one they're looking at, someone's going to get away with murder.
Someone's in the hub, and it's not me or you.
You can't tell that by someone's voice.
"It's a shock seeing someone's loved one like that," the doctor said in his best bedside manner.
Now that Mrs. Glass has spilled the beans that someone's looking for him, if he wants to remain incognito, he's going to be twice as cautious.
Like someone's playing with us, and not necessarily Byrne.
Awhile later, someone's voice broke her concentration.
She was hauled off the ground and slung over someone's shoulder.
If I get attacked, I'll be 90% sure it's someone's long lost pet.
It's possible, I guess, that someone's run across her and catalogued her.
That is exactly what happens, again and again, with unspeakable results: dead bodies by the millions, each someone's child, and millions more mutilated.
The silence began to oppress the princess and she tried to catch someone's eye.
Pierre, feeling out of place there, having nothing to do, and afraid of getting in someone's way again, galloped after the adjutant.
Someone's gotta help save the world.
Looking back, she couldn't help but think they were being followed. The sense was unlike any other: the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, and someone's warm breath brushed the back of one ear. She saw nothing other than the trees in the dark and started forward again.
And, Gabe, I feel like someone's following us.
I can almost pull a portal, with someone's help.
Then someone's up the creek.
"Someone's not playing today," he murmured.


Busquei, com isso, refazer visualmente o aplicativo da Universidade Federal Fluminense, adequando-o aos padrões recomendados pela Apple pra design de aplicativos e, também, remeter de alguma forma à cor da identidade visual da UFF (o azul).
With this project i looked to remake the visual part of the Federal Fluminense University's app, adapting it to the Apple's design guidelines for iOS applications and, also, refer in some way to the color of the UFF's visual identity (the shades of blue).
Tela de Início criada e redesign da tela de login (tornando obrigatório o login para acessar as funções do aplicativo).
Splashscreen created and redesign of the login screen (making mandatory to see the app functions).
Redesign da parte de Horários e do Histórico, com cores para médias maiores ou menores a 6,0 e destaque para carga horária e CR.
Redesign of the Schedule and School History parts, with colors to grades above or below 6.0 and highlight to the GPA and Completed hours of the course.
Redesign do Cardápio do Restaurante Universitário e adaptação da página com os roteiros dos Ônibus da UFF para o Apple Maps.
Redesign of the Universitarian Restaurant's Menu and adaptation of the page with UFF's Bus System routes to Apple Maps.
Redesign da parte de Notícias e da página isolada de uma notícia selecionada.
Redesign of the News part and redesign of a selected new's page.
Criação de uma parte "Empréstimos" para anotação de itens emprestados e livros retirados nas bibliotecas e redesign da parte de Avaliações.
Creation of an "Borrowing" part for notes of borrowed itens and books withdrawn of UFF's libraries and redesign of the Tests part.
Adaptação do botão Sobre para uma página própria.
Adaptation of the button About to an page.
— Uma parte com os livros disponíveis nas Bibliotecas da UFF, com opção de favoritar e controlar seus empréstimos.
— One part with the books available in UFF's Libraries, with option to favorite and control your borrowings.
Projeto conceitual de redesign do aplicativo UFFMobile. Conceptual project of the UFFMobile application.


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Q: Android - join paths and remove intersecting parts In my android custom view, I have two path objects(for simplicity let's suppose they both represent a rectangle). Now there can be a situation when these pats intersect, and I want in those cases draw the global borders and remove the borders of intersecting parts:
So suppose I have this:

But I need it to be drown like this:
I tried to join paths with the following code:
val p1: Path......
val p2: Path......
p1.addPath(p2)

Although this adds paths together, but the intersecting parts remain and I don't know how to get read of them.

A: Apply UNION operation between paths.
p3.op(p1, p2, Path.Op.UNION)

p1=red,  p2=blue,  p3=black

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