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Western Union CEO calls on other companies to pre-fund global disaster response through CERF
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New Corporate Donations Matched Dollar-for-Dollar, for a Total Goal of $500,000
(New York, 10 May 2011): The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today called on the global corporate community to raise $500,000 in honor of the fifth anniversary of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek is encouraging his company's peers to join Western Union in pre-funding international humanitarian disaster response work through CERF, ensuring that those affected by tragedy receive immediate assistance.
In 2011, the Western Union Foundation will match all new corporate donations to CERF dollar-for-dollar up to $250,000 to meet or exceed the fundraising goal of $500,000. In 2007, Western Union, through the Western Union Foundation, became the first corporate donor to CERF.
"We naturally are concerned when crisis impacts the communities we serve. With 445,000 Agent locations in 200 countries and territories, we want to ensure that a broad range of humanitarian needs are met, whether or not the disaster captures the spotlight," said Ersek. "CERF can be there to provide relief during so-called silent emergencies, and to ensure a coordinated response to major disasters. Aid agencies should not have to pass the hat when lives hang in the balance. We encourage corporations across the globe to join us in making a difference by having funding at the ready, before crisis strikes." CERF is a trust fund created by the United Nations General Assembly and managed by OCHA. It relies on voluntary contributions by UN Member States, individuals and the private sector. CERF grants fall into two general categories: rapid response to emergencies and support for existing, but often overlooked or underfunded emergencies. CERF money is used quickly to support the immediate provision of food, shelter, medical care and other critical services.
In 2010, CERF allocated more than $276 million for a quick response in 37 countries and more than $139 million for underfunded emergencies in 17 countries like Yemen, Chad and Eritrea, where chronic humanitarian needs persist. Since its launch in March 2006, CERF has committed more than $1.8 billion for 1,700 projects in 78 countries and territories, spanning Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
"CERF is invaluable. It is the first port of call when immediate injections of cash are needed to kick-start the response during new crises," said Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. "It is important that first responders have the resources they need to provide life-saving assistance when and where it is needed most. The matching grant challenge by Western Union will go a long way to raise awareness for our efforts, and the donations will help ensure that a pool of funds is available for relief work within hours after a disaster strikes, anywhere around the globe."
To learn more about CERF or to make a corporate pledge, please visit cerf.un.org.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions-branded payment services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. The Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta-branded services are offered through a combined network of 445,000 Agent locations in 200 countries and territories. In 2010, The Western Union Company completed 214 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $76 billion of principal between consumers, and 405 million business payments. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
About the Western Union Foundation
Through Western Union's Our World, Our Family® signature program, the Western Union Foundation supports initiatives to empower people through access to economic opportunity. Recognized by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy in 2009, the program is a five-year, $50 million commitment reflecting efforts made by Western Union employees, agents and partners around the world. Since its inception, the Western Union Foundation has awarded more than $71.7 million in grants to more than 2010 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 104 countries and territories. To learn more, visit www.westernunionfoundation.org
About CERF
CERF was established by the United Nations General Assembly five years ago to make funding for humanitarian emergencies faster and more equitable. Since then, some 120 Members States have pledged more than $2.3 billion to the Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Private sector contributions are becoming increasingly important to CERF. The $4.4 million received in contributions from corporations in 2010 was nearly 10 times the amount donated by the private sector in 2009. Please visit http://cerf.un.org
About OCHA
OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort. OCHA's mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; to advocate the rights of people in need; to promote preparedness and prevention; and to facilitate sustainable solutions. For more information, go to www.unocha.org
Contact: Anna Alejo
The Western Union Company
anna.alejo@westernunion.com
Stephanie Bunker
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit https://www.unocha.org/.
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President Donald J. Trump at The Heritage Foundation's 2017 President's Club Meeting. Willis Bretz
One year after taking office, President Donald Trump and his administration have embraced nearly two-thirds of the policy recommendations from The Heritage Foundation's "Mandate for Leadership."
The "Mandate for Leadership" series includes five individual publications, totaling approximately 334 unique policy recommendations. Analysis completed by Heritage determined that 64 percent of the policy prescriptions were included in Trump's budget, implemented through regulatory guidance, or under consideration for action in accordance with The Heritage Foundation's original proposals.
>>> View the list of all 334 policy recommendations and their status at the one-year mark
"President Trump had an extraordinarily successful first year," says Thomas Binion, director of congressional and executive branch relations at The Heritage Foundation. "He put a conservative on the Supreme Court and he enacted historic pro-growth tax reform. This analysis demonstrates the lesser-known policy success that his administration has been fighting hard to enact."
Heritage Foundation research analysts began developing the policy recommendations in 2016 during the presidential campaign with the following principles in mind: free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
With approximately 70 former Heritage employees working for the Trump transition team or as part of the administration, the policy recommendations have served as guidelines for reducing the size and scope of the federal government through specific and detailed actions.
The first "Mandate for Leadership" was released in January 1981, containing policy proposals of reform that would make government more efficient and effective. President Ronald Reagan distributed Heritage's book at his first Cabinet meeting.
"As President Reagan did in the 1980s," Binion said, "President Trump has embraced the comprehensive recommendations made in the 'Mandate for Leadership.' These achievements have led to economic growth, a stronger national defense, and a restoration of the rule of law."
Over the past several months, Heritage's executive branch relations staff reviewed the 334 policy recommendations and met with senior administration officials in the several agencies. Heritage analysts briefed administration officials on the recommendations, provided additional insight and information, and advocated for reform.
Examples of some of the most notable policy recommendations and their adoption or implementation by the Trump administration include:
Leaving the Paris Climate Accord: In August 2017, Trump announced the U.S. was ending its funding and membership in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Repealing Net Neutrality: In December 2017, Trump's Federal Communications Commission chairman proposed ending the 2015 network neutrality rules.
Reshaping National Monuments: Heritage's recommendation to prohibit Land Acquisition (Cap and Reduce the Size of the Federal Estate) was adopted by Trump when he issued two executive orders effectively shrinking the size of national monuments in Utah.
Reinstating the Mexico City Policy: This executive order prevents taxpayer money from funding international groups involved in abortion and ending funding to the United Nations Population fund. On Jan. 23, 2017, in his first pro-life action, Trump signed an executive order today reinstating the Mexico City Policy.
Increasing Military Spending: Trump's budget calls for a $54 billion increase in military spending to improve capacity, capability, and readiness of America's armed forces.
Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF): The Trump administration adopted and is in favor of strengthening existing work requirements in order to receive benefits.
Allowing Development of Natural Resources: The Trump administration opened off-shore drilling and on federal lands. Executive Order 13783 directed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to commence federal land coal leasing activities.
Reforming Government Agencies: Trump tasked each of his Cabinet secretaries to prepare detailed plans on how they propose to reduce the scope and size of their respective departments while streamlining services and ensuring each department runs more efficiently and handles tax dollars appropriately.
Withdrawing from UNESCO: In October 2017, Trump announced he was putting an end to U.S. membership in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The "Mandate for Leadership" series includes these five publications:
Blueprint for Reform: A Comprehensive Policy Agenda for a New Administration in 2017
Blueprint for a New Administration: Priorities for the President
Blueprint for Reorganization: An Analysis of Federal Departments and Agencies
Blueprint for Reorganization: Pathways to Reform and Cross-Cutting Issues
Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2018

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"We have appraised the stretches, and the base value of the projects should be around Rs 4,000 crore," the official said.
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The Act Amending the Employment Contracts Act presented to the President for approval on 13 April amends the procedure for employing minors so as to ensure the protection of their health. At the same time, the new organisation of working time provides minors with an opportunity to participate more actively in working life during school holidays.
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Q: Multiple models in view ASP.NETMVC (PartialView Approach) Last days I learning ASP.NET MVC. I have a problem when I would use two or more models in "master" view.
Model one:
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{
    private Context ctx = new Context();
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so, now in "master" view I would to display data:
@foreach (var p in Model)
{
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}
@Html.Partial("~/Views/Employer/_emp.cshtml")

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The question is: how Can I pass the type to the partial view. Maybe you prefer another approach. Hm.. maybe I have to use Ajax.. but how?

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Most people recognize the name, Dolly Parton. However, not only is she a famous singer and songwriter, but on top of that, she is also a humanitarian, giving back not just to her own community, but to children around the world.
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BIH rewards open data in an effort to make science more verifiable
Freely accessible original data allows other scientists to check and verify that published results are in fact substantiated by the data collected. In addition, this original open data can be used to answer further research questions. However, disclosing all the data behind a published scientific finding is not yet a matter of course: In the period of 2015 to 2017, open data was only available for published results in about 3 percent of the publications from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and about 15 percent of the publications from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC). In order to increase this proportion, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and the BIH QUEST Center are making 100,000 euros each available in 2019 to incentivize scientists from Charité and the MDC to disclose the research data belonging to a publication. As a result, Charité has become the first medical faculty in Germany to recognize open data within the framework of its internal performance-based allocation of funds.
"This extra reward is intended to motivate scientists to more frequently include open data in their publications," says Prof. Ulrich Dirnagl, founding director of the BIH QUEST Center and co-initiator of the open data incentive. However, publishing open data is not always appropriate: for example, patient data may only be disclosed in compliance with data protection regulations. Another fear occasionally voiced is that including open data in publications could have a negative effect on patent applications, but Ulrich Dirnagl believes this fear is unfounded: "As a general rule, results are only published following the successful filing of a patent application. And providing open data ensures everyone can see that statements about, for example, the effectiveness and safety of a new measure are genuinely based on the existing data."
The financial reward is also intended to support these two institutions in further developing their open data practices. In many biomedical research fields, there are still no open data standards. In order to find out which publications have original data available, the BIH QUEST Center team has developed an algorithm that the center's staff can use to automatically search a large number of publications for the corresponding open data (the algorithm is publicly accessible at https://github.com/quest-bih/oddpub).
And providing open data is not only worthwhile for the financial incentive; it can also help further an individual's scientific career. "Our experience shows that publications are also cited more frequently when we make the corresponding data available," emphasizes adjunct professor Dr. Robert Preißner, a researcher in physiology and head of Science IT at Charité. The data records themselves can be cited with the help of a Digital Object Identification (DOI) number. In addition, if the data is well prepared, other scientists can use them in further analyses and cite the original authors in their studies .
"This maximized utilization of existing knowledge is extremely valuable for society as a whole – a fact that will also be reflected in future excellence initiatives," says Ulrich Dirnagl, who is himself conducting research in the field of neurology. "BIH's open data incentive is intended to effectively prepare researchers for these demands."
And this incentive is planned to continue. A medium-term goal is for open data to be established as a fixed part of performance-based research and thus contribute to the further development of the performance-based allocation of funds. The aim of this funding system is to encourage high-quality research.


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Q: validate email address and URL? Convert from javascript to PHP I extracted the following code from jquery.validate plugin, it is really quite hard to understand this. I want to convert them to PHP and it is better that you can help me understand every piece of the following regular expression codes.
Validate email address:

/^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'*+-/=\?\^_{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+))|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))(((\x20|\x09)(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))).)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))).?$/i

Validate url address:

/^(https?|ftp)://(((([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'()*+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]).(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]).(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]).(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))).)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))).?)(:\d)?)(/((([a-z]|\d|-|.||~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'()*+,;=]|:|@)+(/(([a-z]|\d|-|.||~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'()*+,;=]|:|@)))?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'()*+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|/|\?)*)?(#((([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'()*+,;=]|:|@)|/|\?)*)?$/i

There's one place especially confuses me. Isn't (\x22) character B? Why doesn't it just say B? Why 0x22 is useful in email address validation anyway?
Thanks.
Update: I modified it to PHP code,

$pattern = "/^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'*+-/=\?\^_{\|}~]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_{\|}~]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])+))|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])|(\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}]))))(((\x20|\x09)(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])|(([a-z]|\d|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])*([a-z]|\d|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}]))).)+(([a-z]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])|(([a-z]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])([a-z]|\d|-|.|_|~|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}])*([a-z]|[\x{00A0}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFEF}]))).?\$/u";
  preg_match($pattern, "abc@def.com");

It says,
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 406 in xxx on line 7.
I couldn't allocate where's the parentheses miss match. I tried counting every parenthesis and they looks ok. And offset 406 doesn't contain parentheses.

A: It wouldn't be a good/safe idea to take a Javascript function and just copy the expression from there. As far as i know \u and \x are UTF-8 escape codes, which might be useful for JS but not as useful in your PHP condition.
There are plenty of great solutions for validating an e-mail address and URL's , here's a couple i've fetched from Google.
E-mail:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9585
URL:
PHP validation/regex for URL
Good luck and hope this helps,Shai.

A: You are wrong in your last statement, \x22 is " in both ASCII and Unicode.


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EVA AIR Links Taiwan and Munich
Taiwanese airline EVA AIR is heading to Germany for the first time, offering four flights a week from Taipei to Munich.
Flights to the Taiwanese metropolis will leave from Munich on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. A modern Dreamliner – the long-haul aircraft Boeing 787-9 will be used. The first flight was operated by a Boeing 777 with a special "Hello Kitty" livery.
The carrier, which has been a member of Star Alliance since 2013, already flies to five other European cities – London, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna and Milan. EVA AIR currently serves 68 destinations on four continents. Its fleet consists of 90 aircraft, approximately two-thirds are long-haul jets.
Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport, is delighted about the attractive newcomer: "We welcome EVA AIR as a new star in the Munich sky. EVA AIR complements our diverse Asian offering, especially with its excellent transfer connections. The launch of the new operations between Taipei and Munich expands our intercontinental network and is also a positive sign for the continuous recovery of traffic at Munich Airport."
"The new partnership between this premium airline and our five-star airport is a perfect match and finally provides Bavarian companies and tourists alike with a direct connection to the Asian business and cultural center," adds Jan-Henrik Andersson, CCO of Munich Airport.
Taiwan is the fifth-largest Asian economy and a major trading partner for Germany. The island nation's most important industry is the manufacture of electronic components. Other significant sectors for the country are chemicals, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, energy and automotive. By virtue of its various sites of interest, including numerous temples, and its many national parks, beaches and mountains, Taiwan is also a popular tourist destination for culture-enthusiasts and adventure-seekers.
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Investors cheer as US unemployment rate falls to 49-year low
The euro gained against several other global currencies after the region's inflation rose in April. In the month, the consumer prices rose by 1.7%, which was higher than the March gain of 1.4%. Investors were expecting the prices to rise by 1.76%. The core CPI, which excludes the volatile food and energy products rose by 1.2%, higher than the expected 1.0% gain. On the negative side, the PPI, which measures the change in price of goods sold by manufacturers rose by 2.9%, lower than the expected 3.0%. On a MoM basis, this number declined by -0.1%.
The sterling moved lower against the USD after the release of the UK services PMI data. The data showed that the PMI rose to 50.4, which was in line with expectations. In the previous month, the CPI had contracted to 48.9. This data came a day after the BOE delivered its interest rates decision. In the decision, the BOE left interest rates unchanged and announced that rates increases will move at a slower rate. The bank also raised the economic growth forecast.
In the United States, the Labor Department released jobs numbers that were mixed. In April, the economy added more than 263K jobs, which was much higher than the expected 181K. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, which was the lowest level in decades. The U6 unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.3% while the private nonfarm payrolls increased by 236K. On the negative side, the manufacturing payrolls increased by 4K, which was lower than the expected 10K. The average weekly hours dropped to 34.4 from the previous 34.5 while the average hourly earnings remained unchanged at 3.2%.
In the past week, the EUR/GBP pair has been on a downward trend. The pair moved from a high of 0.8680 and yesterday reached a low of 0.8565. Today, it moved higher after the impressive inflation data from the EU. It reached a high of 0.8586, which is along the 50-day moving averages. It is slightly higher than the 25-day moving averages. This price is slightly below the 23.6% Fibonacci Retracement line on the hourly chart. The pair will likely move higher to test this Fibonacci level of 0.8590.
The GBP/USD pair declined sharply after the release of UK services PMI data. The pair reached an intraday low of 1.2988. On the hourly chart, the price is slightly lower than the 25-day and 50-day moving averages and along the lower line of the Bollinger Bands. The RSI declined to below 30, while volumes are increasing. There is a likelihood that the pair will continue moving lower, to test the 1.2950 level.
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Black and White Photographs
These are available as high quality canvas prints and original photographic prints.
Dovercourt Lighthouse
The on Dovercourt's shore was built in 1863 as one of a pair after the two Lighthouses at Harwich, which worked on a similar principal of being aligned by the mariner to mark safe passage had become inaccurate and dangerously misleading.
The two iron towers were built by Trinity House to aid navigation into the River Orwell on which the busy ports of Felixstowe and Harwich are located.
The impressive 6 Legged tower is painted black and is 14 metres in height. The light, which shone from an enclosed lantern similar to those installed on Lighthouses designed by James Walker, exhibited a fixed white, marking safe passage into the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe until 1917, at which point both Lighthouses were discontinued. After being extinguished, both of the Dovercourt Lighthouses fell into disrepair and were only restored in 1988
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Southwold beach Suffolk on a blustery November morning
That Tree Buttermere
The most photographed tree in The Lake District. Buttermere is a lake in the English Lake District in North West England. The adjacent village of Buttermere takes its name from the lake. Historically in Cumberland, the lake is now within the county of Cumbria. It is owned by the National Trust, forming part of their Buttermere and Ennerdale property.
The lake is 1.25 miles (2,010 m) by .25 miles (400 m) wide, and is 75 feet (23 m) deep.[1] It has an elevation above sea level of 329 feet (100 m). A place of considerable scenic value, it is situated towards the head of the valley of the River Cocker and is surrounded by fells, notably the High Stile range to the south west, Robinson to the north east, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks to the south east and Grasmoor to the north west.
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The O2 is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped canopy built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; consequently The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. It is sometimes referred to as The O2 Arena, but that name properly refers to a smaller indoor arena within The O2
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Black and white long exposure image from Blackwall Basin looking across to London Docklands. Canary Wharf and the other sky scrapers are visible in this monochrome image. February 2018
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The 12 foot Scallop
The iconic scallop shell on the beach between Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Suffolk England looked wonderful on Saturday afternoon with a touch of September sun shining off the four-meter high steel sculpture and the sea in the distance. Unveiled in 2003 as a striking tribute to Benjamin Britten – one of the twentieth-century's most important composers who spent much of his life in Aldeburgh and nearby Snape; the Scallop was conceived by Suffolk-born artist Maggi Hambling, and made by Aldeburgh craftsmen Sam and Dennis Pegg.
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Southwold Pier in Suffolk. 480 second exposure with LEE filters
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510 second long exposure image.
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The Old Naval College Greenwich
Heritage Site in Greenwich, London, described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as being of "outstanding universal value" and reckoned to be the "finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British Isles". The Cutty Sark ship can be seen to the right.
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A black and white image of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. The Arch is on the South Bank and leads to a passage way under Westminster Bridge.
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The Thames Barrier that prevents London flooding. Long exposure monochrome image to flatten the water and sky.
The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell. The Elizabeth Tower, which stands at the north end of the Houses of Parliament, was completed in 1859 and the Great Clock started on 31 May, with the Great Bell's strikes heard for the first time on 11 July and the quarter bells first chimed on 7 September
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The changing shape of Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It is currently subject to redevelopment but the towers will be preserved. Originally comprising two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s, with Battersea B Power Station to the east in the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing the long-recognized four-chimney layout. The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the best known landmarks in London and is Grade II* listed. The station's celebrity owes much to numerous popular culture references, which include the cover art of Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals.
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Low tide on the Thames
This long exposure black and white image features The Shard at London Bridge which is currently the tallest building in the European Union. The glass-clad pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor, at a height of 244.3 metres (802 ft)
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Tower Bridge London - The Navy are in Port
A long exposure photograph looking across the River Thames towards Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London. The tallest building in Europe, The Shard, can be seen in the background.
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A long exposure images of the tallest building in Europe.
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More London and The Shard
This photograph is from the Tower of London looking across to More London which is a development on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately south-west of Tower Bridge in London. The southern exit is on Tooley Street. It includes the City Hall, a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianized area containing open-air sculptures and water features. The tallest building in Europe, The Shard, can be seen to the right.
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London and St Paul's
A long exposure image looking across The Thames and showing the City Skyline including St Pauls. St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill, the highest point of the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed within Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London.
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No; not Gotham City coming to London. This office building is in More London which is a development on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately south-west of Tower Bridge in London. It includes the City Hall, a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianized area containing open-air sculptures and water features.
A black and white photograph of The Gherkin30 St Mary Axe (widely known informally as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004.With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former site of the Baltic Exchange, which was extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
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Twenty-five years after completion in 1986, the building received Grade I listing in 2011; it was the youngest structure ever to obtain this status. It is said by English Heritage to be "universally recognised as one of the key buildings of the modern epoch".
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The Spinning Wheel, (The London Eye)
A long exposure black and white photograph of The London Eye. The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally published as the British Airways London Eye. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft). When erected in 1999 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel.
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The Spinning Wheel, the London Eye
A long exposure black and white photograph of The London Eye. The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally published as the British Airways London Eye. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft). When erected in 1999 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel. The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben can be seen also.
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Canary Wharf London from Millwall Dock
A long exposure black and white shot looking across the Thames to Canary Wharf and the other building that make up London Docklands financial district.
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Down on the beach - London style
A long exposure black and white shot from Bermondsey looking back towards The Tower of London
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A shot from the south side of Westminster Bridge London looking across The River Thames to The Houses of Parliament. A Wide Angle Long Exposure image using a Lee Filters 10 stop neutral density filter. The sort of image often works best as Black and White.
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Motley Fool Australia » Investing » The next catalyst for Woolworths Group Ltd's (ASX:WOW) share price could come a little later this month
The next catalyst for Woolworths Group Ltd's (ASX:WOW) share price could come a little later this month
Brendon Lau | July 4, 2018 | More on: CTX WES WOW
The share price of Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) is hovering around a three-and-a-half-year high but it could push higher later this month depending on how the Viva Energy Group Limited initial public offer performs.
The stock is trading 0.1% higher at $30.63 at the time of writing, which takes its gains over the past year to 16% when the S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) index is up 7%.
It is fair to assume that management is watching the Viva Energy IPO unfold with eager anticipation as Woolworths mulls the future of its petrol station division following the failed sale of the business to BP last month after the competition watchdog blocked the deal.
Woolies is unlikely to want to keep its petrol business now that it has gone this far down the demerger track, according to the Australian Financial Review. I agree as I think it is only a matter of time before it rids itself of the division.
The only question is how, and an IPO of its petrol stations is certainly one option that the group is believed to be considering.
Viva Energy, which owns Shell stations and is the second largest fuel refiner in the country, will complete its bookbuild process next week. This will determine the final price of the IPO before the stock starts trading on the stock exchange towards the end of this month.
The IPO is mooted to fetch between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, but I think the more significant thing to watch for is how shares in Viva Energy perform once it has listed.
A strong jump in Viva Energy's share price post listing will go a very long way in driving interest in Woolies' petrol division and could even allow the supermarket giant to command a better price for its spin-off.
One of the criticisms against Viva Energy is the fact that its IPO is priced at a pretty skinny discount to its only other listed rival Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX).
But if Viva Energy's share price slumps below its IPO price in the first few trading days, that will have quite the opposite effect on sentiment towards Woolies' spin-off. Just look at the contention created by the poor start to trade for Marley Spoon AG (ASX: MMM).
Of course, it's not only Woolies that's looking at creating shareholder value through a divestment. Its archrival Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) has already committed to a Coles IPO.
The interesting thing is, I suspect when Coles becomes a separately listed entity, it will also look at selling some assets to fill its war chest to fight for market share on the supermarket battlefront.
But spin-offs aren't the only way to create value. The experts at the Motley Fool have picked three of their favourite blue-chip stocks for the year that are well placed to generate handsome returns for investors.
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LogRhythm Threat Lifecycle Management: Threat Intelligence Product Overview
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Founded in 2003, LogRhythm is based in Boulder, Colo. It is privately held and announced a $50 million round of financing last year.
LogRhythm's Threat Lifecycle Management (TLM) Platform delivers a coordinated collection of data analysis and incident response capabilities to enable organizations around the globe to rapidly detect, neutralize and recover from security incidents. The LogRhythm TLM Platform uses big data technology and machine learning to deliver SIEM, log management, endpoint monitoring, Network Behavior Analytics (NBA), User Entity and Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and Security Automation and Orchestration (SAO) capabilities in a single platform, enabling end-to-end threat management workflow. LogRhythm's Threat Intelligence Service (TIS) is a component of the LogRhythm platform that streamlines the use of threat intelligence. It provides access to commercial and open-source threat intelligence feeds. Open source integrations include:
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Everyone loves "best of" debates, so it's time once again for you, the adventure community, to chime in with your opinion on the top games of the past calendar year.
You've seen our final nominees, so you'll know where we're heading when the Aggie Awards presentation arrives later this month. But these are certainly NOT your only choices, oh no. You now have the challenge of going through the same monster list of games released in 2017 to decide for yourselves which are the cream of the crop. Think it'll be easy? Think again! There are nearly 140 adventures to choose from!
Even with that staggering number, no doubt there will be the usual murmurs about what isn't included. Hopefully by now you understand our criteria, but to recap: no unfinished episodic serials, no ports, remakes or rereleases, and no game that does not meet AG's definition of "adventure" as a game that focuses on puzzle-solving within a narrative framework. So yes, that may mean some of your favourite puzzle-free adventure-like games may not be eligible. But c'mon, 138 games is enough choice for anyone.
As usual, the poll operates largely on the honour system: one vote per person, no ballot stuffing. We will keep an eye out for suspicious activity, but rarely do we encounter such problems, so clearly we're on the same page already. This is how it works best – in fact, this is the ONLY way it works – so once again let's do it right and make sure only the most deserving winners are rewarded.
Most categories have a (looooong) drop-down menu of games to choose from. You are NOT required to vote in every category. Anywhere you wish to abstain, simply leave the list set to its no answer default. There are two write-in categories, and for these we require both the game title and the character or concept you're nominating for their respective rewards. If you just submit Thimbleweed Park for Best Character, we won't know if you're a fan of the gruff Special Agent Ray, the foul-mouthed Ransome the clown, or even the costumed Pigeon Brothers plumbers. So please, specify!
After much deliberation, we once again brought back the always-controversial Best Non-Traditional and Best Traditional Adventure categories, and we've separated the eligible games into their respective categories already. (This is the ONLY editorializing we've done to the polling process, giving you full control over the rest.) We know the lines between these two categories are blurry at best, almost indistinguishable at worst, and you can surely make a case for why a particular game should be in the other category. It's anything but an exact science. But to argue over the issue is to lose sight of what's important: that we recognize BOTH the games that try something a little different, and those that refine the tried-and-true formula we all know and love. Every game will be eligible for ONE of them, so nothing will be overlooked.
But enough of the preamble! Time for you to make your voices heard. And we cannot stress how important it is. With so many games to choose from, each and every vote is crucial. Some categories have literally been won by a single extra ballot in previous years!
Voting will be open for one full week, ending Monday, February 19th. Winners will be unveiled in our final Aggie Awards presentation over the course of three days from Wednesday, February 21st to Friday, February 23rd.
Note: The winner of your Best Adventure Aggie should also win either Best Non-Traditional or Best Traditional adventure. These categories are not intended solely for runner-ups to the grand prize.
This is it! From these choices will emerge the crème de la crème of adventures: the one and only winner of the highly-coveted Reader's Choice Aggie Award as Adventure of the Year for 2017!
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Ok thats pretty bad… very sorry this happend to you!
I'll try and see if I can find whats causing it. A guess, did you use a lot it text in the open input fields? My guess is its related to that (obviously we did test this).
Could you retry but for instance leave out the open field and for instance email that to me or Jack? Not ideal but at least we can process your input then.
Currently I'm on a short holiday (skiing), so bit hard to quickly fix (middle of a mountain now). Will try and fix later today when I'm near a laptop!
No prob! Leaving both open fields blank still doesn't help though - same error. I tried on both Chrome and IE. I'll wait until you or another dev looks at it when you're back.
I believe this is now fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience!
What happend to Best Independent Adventure?
Haven't had that category for years, because there's really no need for it anymore. Truth is, 95% of all adventure games are indies now. Even the ones that have "publishers" are still largely self-financed and independent, just with a bit of help on the testing and marketing (and sometimes voice-over) end.
Thanks, CaliMonk! It works! Might I guess it is to do with an index being out of bounds, perhaps allocation size was too small? One or more of my selections was for the last entry, haha.
Hey Calimonk, just something minor but both best setting and best concept have the same descriptions. The description under "best setting" is that of "the best concept".
Whoops! Good catch, SoccerDude. Fixed.
2017 had some great games!
Thanks for reporting, sorry to hear you ran into this! This appears to be a new issue, which I'm trying to reproduce so I can fix.
We hardly ever run these forms (once a year almost), thats why issues are now popping up as we migrated server midyear.
I've made changes to the code involved, I think this is now resolved.


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How Nasa is reshaping video, influencers and taking on the world
By Danielle Gibson-01 August 2018 13:00pm
Nasa is on a mission. The US Government owned corporation's social media team is trying to find new ways of reaching new audiences who want to discover science, technology and space travel.
At one time, the only way you found out about any of this was to either open a book or turn on the TV. Now live streams of blood moons, 360° videos of rocket launches and wall to wall coverage of solar eclipses on social feeds are a common occurrence.
Streaming into the future
For Nasa's deputy social media manger, Jason Townsend and his team, data is one of the biggest areas that they work in and are constantly analysing what's working and what's not. For the past couple of years, they've also been retooling how they make video. Before, they would repurpose TV content that ran for seven to eight minutes. But now amidst the 720 social media accounts across 18 platforms that help maintain the community and find and connect people who have likeminded interests, Nasa has been playing with shorter videos, sometimes less than a minute on Instagram. "It can garner close to a million views for us on our main account", says Townsend.
Happy #NationalMoonDay! To celebrate the 49th anniversary of #Apollo11 Moon landing, we present you with "Moonlight," a video by one of our @NASAGoddard Visualizers set to Debussy's Clair de Lune. The visualization was compiled using 9 years of topographic and visual data from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to create a stunning portrait of one lunar cycle. Make sure to turn the sound on! Credit: NASA/Ernie Wright #nasa #space #moon #lro #blue #pictureoftheday #science #solarsystem #universe #wow #beautiful #moonlight #clairdelune #apollo11
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"This is great if we want to get a little nugget or factoid out to our audiences. We're looking at producing more serialised shows and have also had a great success with playlists on YouTube and building up audience around that," he continues. Facebook Live videos are watched three times longer than videos that aren't live. Nasa puts out live rocket launches onto five different platforms with YouTube, YouStream, Facebook Live, Periscope and Twitch TV. "We're broadcasting live to all of them," explains Townsend. "Video has been an interesting one that we've had a lot of success with." Organic pull As a government organisation, everything that the social media team produces is organic. "We're not allowed to use tax payers' dollars in order to promote or sponsor or put up any paid promotion of our content. We spend time working on creatively written posts and analysing the data and optimising everything." They also don't pay for influencer work. Since 2008, Nasa Socials, a program designed to provide opportunities for Nasa' social media followers, allows the public to learn and share information about missions, people, and programs.
Surprise guest! NASA Administrator @JimBridenstine stops by the @OrbitalATK cargo launch #NASASocial to chat with the group and snap a quick selfie! pic.twitter.com/EqoogDccIx — NASA Social (@NASASocial) May 20, 2018
"We invite our social media followers and if you show up at our gate at the stated date and time, we will give you a tour, access to some of our experts, you can ask questions of them, conduct interviews, grab footage, you can take your own photos etc and then share that back out with all your followers," Townsend elucidates.
It's an exclusive behind the scenes access to things that are not normally open to the public which generates coverage for Nasa with over 7500 of its social media followers at 120+ of these events so far.
Taking on the world
As a highly technical and scientific organisation, making the content approachable to people is one of the things that they have to work really hard at. Someone who might have a PHD in astrophysics, may understand a science paper on the first read but a member of the public might not grasp all the concepts.
But what is interesting is that Nasa's largest following comes from Instagram. Another platform that has been a large success is Snapchat stories allowing Nasa to engage with the next generation of explorers.
However, one area they didn't expect to draw in an audience was Soundcloud. "There's a very large audience that we have found for things that people don't expect to get from us. On Soundcloud we have a lot of space sounds from iconic mission clips all the way to rocket engine noises. Sometimes even the sounds of Saturn. Those connect with an audience that is very different from our other platforms. It all depends on what we are trying to accomplish and who we are trying to reach."
The fight against fake
"We've seen the number of people questioning our content crop up within comments and we have taken some steps ourselves to help combat some of this," says Townsend.
When they release posts/articles/videos that are artists illustrations/concepts and based on science data, they label the image with text in the corner that this is an artist illustration/concept. "It helps people differentiate a little better what is an actual data driven image versus what is something that is an artist concept," Townsend clarifies. "It's going to take a lot of different approaches to help people understand what they are looking at and help them digest what is going on out there."
Townsend was a judge for The Drum Social Buzz Awards 2018. These awards are open for 2019, make sure you enter before August 28 for a special discounted rate.
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Products>Genesis 1–15 (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 1 | WBC)
Genesis 1–15 (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 1 | WBC)
by Gordon J. Wenham
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Examine the compositional sources, textual witnesses, chronology, and theological significance of Genesis with Pentateuch expert Gordon J. Wenham. Review and evaluate modern critical perspectives on Genesis, and consider the legacy of nineteenth-century "higher critical" understanding of Genesis as an evolutionary document, and its relationship to other ancient Near Eastern creation stories such as the Enûma Eliš. Organized for easy reference, Word Biblical Commentaries make an ideal Bible study companion whether you are studying a single passage or a complete biblical book.
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.
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Title: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 1: Genesis 1–15
Author: Gordon J. Wenham
Series: Word Biblical Commentary
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About Gordon J. Wenham
Gordon J. Wenham (1943–) is recognized as an expert on the Pentateuch. He studied theology at Cambridge University and went on to do Old Testament research at King's College, London. He also spent time at Harvard University and in Jerusalem at the Ecole Biblique and the Hebrew University. Along with currently teaching Old Testament at Trinity College, Wenham leads Trinity's pilgrimages and study tours to the Holy Land. He has held teaching positions and served as visiting lecturer at several institutions around the world.
From 1995 to 2005, Wenham was Professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire, where he now holds the title Professor Emeritis. Wenham also taught Old Testament at Queen's University in Belfast.
Some of Wenham's publications include the volume on Genesis in Word Biblical Commentary, the Numbers volume in the Tyndale Commentaries, the Pentatech volume of Exploring the Old Testament, and the volume on Leviticus in The New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament.
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24 years on retreat
"What I like about it most is I'm really in charge of my own ship," says Judith Skinner.
FILM | JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX
My mother's friend Judith Skinner started a Tibetan Buddhist retreat in her Pacific Heights apartment in 1995. At the time, she thought it would last the traditional three years, three months and three days.
Almost 24 years later, she remains on retreat, a Buddhist practice that involves solitude, meditation and introspection — and can take place anywhere from a remote cave to a rent-controlled studio apartment in San Francisco.
I have known Judith almost all of my life. As a child, I visited her at the Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center near Berkeley, where she lived for many years. When Judith started her retreat, I thought three years sounded like a long time to lead a mostly solitary existence.
As her retreat extended for more and more years, I started to get curious. What did she do all day? And why had she dropped out of "normal life"?
To find out, I spent about a year and a half filming her on my days off and weekends. The resulting short documentary, On Retreat, will screen at this year's SF DocFest, the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival. It screens on June 8 at 12:15 p.m. and on June 11 at 7 p.m. at the Roxie Theater.
You might think documentary footage of someone on a meditation retreat would be about as visually exciting as watching paint dry. But Judith is an engaging San Francisco character.
To help finance her retreat, she worked as a gardener for many years. Now in her 70s, she follows a simple daily routine involving Buddhist practice, writing and trips to Cal-Mart in Laurel Village.
She has almost no belongings and owns just one fork, but still manages to look sharp every day. She goes for regular haircuts at Patrick Richards Salon on Sacramento Street, where she tended the flower boxes for years.
Rather than focus primarily on the logistics of Judith's retreat, my film explores her reasons for going on retreat in the first place and why she's continued for so long.
"My friends tease me that retreat is the all-purpose excuse: I get out of everything," Judith told me laughingly during one of our interviews. "On a deep level, what I like about it most is I'm really in charge of my own ship."
Judith truly does seems to be content with her quiet, somewhat isolated life. She credits Buddhist practice and her retreat with making her a calmer, less reactive person.
Despite her solitary lifestyle, Judith says she hasn't felt lonely these last 24 years. The retreat and the city of San Francisco have been her constant and familiar companions.
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Listen to The Correspondents' 'Fear & Delight' from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Season 4, Ep. 1
British electro swing duo The Correspondents' 'Fear & Delight' was one of the songs featured on the latest and final season of the Netflix supernatural show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina this week — Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Season 4, Episode 1, "Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Eldritch Dark".
The song was played as Sabrina Morningstar is getting punch and as Sabrina Spellman, in disguise, heads towards her.
The Correspondents' 'Fear & Delight' is from the duo's debut album Puppet Loosely Strung, which was released in 2014.
A year later, the swing song was chosen as the theme tune for the short-lived British sit-com Crims.
The track also became well-known due to its incredible music video, which featured lead singer Ian Bruce (aka DJ Mr. Bruce).
The video was set up using four cameras, which filmed Bruce as he danced around and sang. Each image was then used to create a video with a kaleidoscope effect, showing Bruce in the same shot but from different angles eight or more times.
There is a fascinating video you can watch below featuring Mr. Bruce and director Naren Wilks that shows how Wilks composite camera technique was set up and how the music video was filmed. (continue reading and listen to The Correspondents' 'Fear & Delight' after the promo…)
Listen to Billy Idol's 'Dancing with Myself' from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Season 4, Ep.1
As for The Correspondents, the duo was sadly forced to end recently after bandmate and producer Tim "Chucks" Cole unexpectedly died in late 2020.
No cause of death was ever announced.
Listen to The Correspondents' 'Fear & Delight' as played on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina in that award-winning music video below. It really is a lovely, fun and catchy song and that music video is fabulous.
The final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is now wrapping up on Netflix.
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