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text: |Yasmin R Mohamed The role of leading economic indicators in forecasting container demand : a dynamic econometric approach Containerised cargo is a growing market segment accounting for 16\% by volume loaded, and more than 50\% in value, of international seaborne trade in 2013 \cite{rmt2013}. The services arising from container shipping are complex and require short- and long-term operational planning and financial decisions. Therefore, forecasting future container flows contribute as a tool to make decisions based on profound information and to reduce uncertainty. The objective of this research is to develop a forecasting model for the container demand at the port level based on the leading indicators of the economic activity. The long-term relationship guide the efficient allocation and economic sustainability of investment decisions, whether the infrastructure needed is financed by public private sector.\\ \noindent The dataset is based on a monthly time series from January 1995 to July 2014. The variables are at aggregate level, encompassing the total throughput, loading, and unloading of containers at the Port of Antwerp, three economic indicators and four confidence indicators for Belgium, and one confidence indicator for the European Union.\\ The methodology conducted is based on the hypothesis that economic activity indicators can be used as leading the container throughput. Two dynamic time series modelling approaches are adopted in this paper. First, an autoregressive integrated moving average with an exogenous variable (ARIMAX) model is estimated based on the Box and Jenkins methodology. Second, an error correction model is estimated using the Engle-Granger two-step procedure to evaluate the short- and long-term effect of the explanatory variable on the dependent variable. The research is of interest to financial and organisational planning for port authorities, terminal operators, and stakeholders by providing short-term forecasts and long-term relationship development. Moreover, the empirical analysis contributes to provide insight about the data generating mechanism that enables to answer the following policy issues: 1. Which economic indicators might be identified as leading indicators for the container demand? and 2. Is the relation between container demand and economic activity stable in the long-run? Based on the analysis in this research, the relationship between container throughput and economic activity is changing, but is still coupled. Moreover, the financial crisis had an impact on changing the long-run equilibrium relationship.

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HOUSTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Author Daniel Stern, who tapped his career in music, movies and academia for his novels and short stories, has died in Houston at age 79.
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At what time cic sends AOR? Sometime in the morning ?yes its normal, I saw January 28th guy received AOR few days back. so 50-70 days is normal
its sort of an automated email, I have heard people receiving it after working hours too, so its like same email address for everyone so the applicant's email gets in a queue. just heads up, you must keep checking your ECAS, there were cases when the applicant missed AOR but his ECAS showed Application received, so that's what AOR is, so if your ecas gets updated, u don't need to worryAt what time cic sends AOR? Sometime in the morning ?
AnyTime Yesterday I received @5.30 PM EST.At what time cic sends AOR? Sometime in the morning ?
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hello, how will you know that your application is in process? I cannot open my ecas anymore.Please update my status to In Process on April 04
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My application has been returned back yesterday as we missed dating the physical presence calculator. The application used by us was June 2018. Do we need to resend the entire package with a new application form or would it ok to simply date the form and send it back? Also, I noticed that they stuck the pictures and stamped the application.
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Sorry to hear that you got your application returned.
You can use the same application and add the missing information. There is no need to use the new application form since it is a version newer than October 2017.
Here is the extract from the CIC website that explains this:
Make sure you use a version of the application form dated October 2017 or later. You can find the version date on the bottom left corner of the form. For example, "CIT 0002 (01-2019)" means the version date is January 2019. The date you sign or mail your form does not change the version date.
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Work 'in hand' on inter-islands link – but no answer yet
The British government has been asked how people and supplies will be transported between St Helena and other islands in the South Atlantic after the RMS St Helena is withdrawn from service in 2016. But no clear answer has emerged … Continue reading
Ascension shuttle is 'do-able', says would-be airline chief
Flights to Ascension would be economically "do-able" when St Helena's airport opens, according to the chief executive of the proposed Atlantic Star airline. Captain Richard Brown said his team was keen to provide a service for Saints working on … Continue reading
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New stamps honour Maggie. She had the Argies licked
The Falkland Islands Post Office is to issue a set of stamps to honour Baroness Thatcher for liberating the islands after the Argentinian invasion of 1982. The islands already celebrate Thatcher Day each year on 10 January, the anniversary of … Continue reading
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Oil boom brings housing need on Falklands
The Falklands look set to get their own version of Bradley's Camp, the temporary housing being used for airport workers on St Helena. Mercopress reports that a developer is being asked to build two 200-bed blocks of accommodation in Stanley, … Continue reading
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Batelco completes buyout of Cable & Wireless; includes Falklands, St Helena and Ascension services
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Are there places more British than the UK?
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The amount of water that can be used for irrigation in the Republican River Basin is controlled by the Republican River Compact. On June 22, 2007 the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) presented to officials of the Republican River Basin Natural Resource District (NRD), DNR projections of future Republican River Basin water allocations to Nebraska. The DNR model (which is the official model established in the Republican River Basin Compact litigation settlement) indicates that streamflows will decrease over the next 40 years, due primarily to the impact of past and current ground water pumping. The DNR also calculated ground water allocations for irrigators within the Upper Republican NRD, the Middle Republican NRD and the Lower Republican NRD, that would allow Nebraska to stay within its allocated share of Republican River water. This newsletter explains the DNR projections and explores management options relative to implementing the DNR recommended allocations.


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Saudi Arabia, a country where women are not allowed to drive cars, has been elected to the United Nations women's rights commission, sparking anger.
The kingdom was elected recently by secret ballot to a four-year term on the Commission on the Status of Women and will join 45 other countries on the panel, a UN press statement said.
The commission's role has been to "promote shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women".
Algeria and Iraq were also elected to join the commission along with ten other countries.
Under the kingdom's conservative interpretation of Islamic law, women face many restrictions in work and travel.
UN Watch, a monitoring group, has harshly criticized the UN for allowing Saudi Arabia onto the commission.
"Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," said Hillel Neuer, Executive director of the watchdog.
"It's absurd – and morally reprehensible. This is a black day for women's rights, and for all human rights," he added.
"Today the UN sent a message that women's rights can be sold out for petro-dollars and politics," said Neuer, "and it let down millions of female victims worldwide who look to the world body for protection."
The UN has come under fire in the past for allowing Saudi Arabia to join its Human Rights Council despite the heavy civilian death toll from its military intervention in Yemen
The UN has also controversially removed the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels from a list of states that violate children's rights in war time.
Last month, images of the inaugural meeting of the first Girls Council in Saudi Arabia's al-Qassim province drew a slew of commentary over the absence of women.
Saudi Arabia has recently been swaying towards relaxing some restrictions on women as part of its Vision 2030 campaign.
In February it held it's first-ever Women's Day celebration with a three-day convention in Riyadh.
Attendees at the event listened to speakers who argued for women's rights to drive and for an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.
The World Economic Forum's 2015 Global Gender Gap report ranked Saudi Arabia 134 out of 145 countries for gender equality.
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text: Russian authorities started blocking the messenger app Telegram on April 16 [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters] When Evgeny first heard that Russia's communications censor Roskomnadzor was going to block the popular messenger app Telegram, it brought to mind a Soviet-era slogan. The Communist Party said: "It must be done!" The Komsomol - the party's youth wing - responded: "Aye!" Policies today get applied without much deliberation, just like Soviet times, he explained. "It feels as though it's a bunch of ignorant people who don't understand anything, who did not consult any experts, that did this," said Evgeny, who requested that his second name not be mentioned for fear of intimidation by the authorities. On April 16, Roskomnadzor started trying to block Telegram after what it said was the company's failure to comply with a Russian law on dissemination of information. But by the time the censor told mobile operators to limit access to the app's services, Evgeny and the team of the start-up he works for had already set up a proxy service to ensure that internal communications chats and their company Telegram channel continued to work smoothly. He said he and his team would not give up using the app. Reacting to the use of proxies, Roskomnadzor had to expand its blocking efforts, inadvertently affecting IP addresses of various other companies. "[Roskomnadzor] managed to block [other businesses], cashiers of supermarkets stopped working. Imagine, I go to the store, and I can't buy food because of Roskomnadzor," Evgeny told Al Jazeera in a call over Telegram. The "collateral damage" caused outrage across Russia, evoking even criticism from government officials. A week into Roskomnadzor's campaign, it not only has failed to fully block the app, but it has made it more popular. In fact, the backlash against the censor and acts of defiance by Telegram users have already made some in Russia talk of an "internet civil war". Durov vs the system The standoff between Roskomnadzor and Telegram goes back to June 2017, when the communications censor issued an open letter saying the app was violating Russian law on "organisers of information dissemination". The law - part of a number of anti-terrorism measures passed by the Russian Duma in the early 2010s - stipulates that entities designated by the state as such have to store user information in Russia for six months and give access to it to law enforcement. Roskomnadzor demanded the company hand in encryption keys, so that security agencies could access user messages. Russia-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov responded that the encryption technology used in the app did not allow its creators to have access to those keys. Eventually, a Russian court ruled in Roskomnadzor's favour, allowing the censor to proceed with blocking the app. Preempting the move, Telegram had already introduced a proxy option that enabled users to log in with an IP address from another country, circumventing geo-blocking. Most Telegram users Al Jazeera talked to said they had enabled the option; others, such as Evgeny, installed their own VPN services, which not only allow users to log in from other countries but also encrypt the data they send. State institutions, many of which also operate official Telegram channels, had also bought VPN equipment ahead of the blocking campaign. Various news outlets also started circulating instructions on how to use proxies and VPN services. Foreseeing a storm of negative reactions from the Russian public, Pavel Chikov, a lawyer and member of the rights organisation Agora, which represents Durov in the case, posted on his Telegram channel on April 16: "An internet civil war has started." Throughout the week, Russian Telegram users and media continued to report that they were using the app without a problem. Durov also posted on his Telegram channel that there hasn't been "a significant drop in user engagement" and that to support "internet freedom", he would start giving out bitcoin grants to "individuals and companies who run socks5 proxies and VPN". Collateral damage According to Stanislav Shakirov, technical director of Roskomsvoboda (a wordplay on Roskomnadzor meaning RoskomFreedom), an anti-censorship NGO, Telegram has managed to weather the pressure because of its well-made architecture. "[Telegram architects] had set up a rotation of servers which the app links up to. This makes it difficult for Roskomnadzor to block it," Shakirov explained. "By the time Roskomnadzor requests mobile operators to block an IP address, the app had already moved onto another." The use of VPN and proxy services has also helped. Traffic to VPNlove.me, a website Roskomsvoboda set up as a guide to using VPN services, increased 15-20 times, he said. Scrambling to block a massive number of IP addresses, which reached 20 million on April 19, Roskomnadzor ran up against another problem: the disruption of other services using the same IP address clusters as Telegram. Mid-week, reports started coming in of various companies experiencing difficulties with their online operations: from international companies such as Viber and taxi service Gett, to Russian ticket booking service Kupiblet and supermarket chains like Diksi. On Thursday, Chikov reported on his Telegram channel that some 120 companies - among them small businesses, internet stores and VPN operators - had reached out to Agora requesting help to get unblocked. In a statement to Al Jazeera, Roskomnadzor's press office said that "most disruptions in the functioning of websites which have been announced were due to other reasons and were not at all connected to measures undertaken against Telegram". On Sunday, access to Google's search engine was also limited for Russian users. On its page on social media platform VKontakte, Roskomnadzor announced it was blocking many IP addresses of Google's cloud service because the company refused to stop helping Telegram evade blocking. The growing discontent over the disruptions prompted German Klimenko, adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin on internet development, to say that Roskomnadzor should apologise for the problems it had caused. 'Subversion and guerrilla tactics' The campaign against Telegram has also had some unintended consequences. Russian media outlet RBC reported that Telegram traffic in Russia increased early last week, while the number of downloads from the Android app store doubled compared with a week earlier. On Sunday, many Russians, like Evgeny, heeded a call by Telegram's CEO to join a symbolic gesture of support for the company and throw a paper plane out of a window - a reference to the app's logo. Videos of the campaign flooded social media. According to blogger and activist Alexander Brusentsev, the blocking efforts have also boosted the technical literacy of some Russians by encouraging them to learn about proxies and VPN services, which they wouldn't have done otherwise. It has also driven some to resist Roskomnadzor's censorship efforts. "People find it interesting to watch how Roskomnadzor can't do anything, and they find it even more interesting to help make sure this continues to be so," he told Al Jazeera via Telegram. "Subversion and guerrilla tactics are actively being used and will continue to be used in the future." Brusentsev himself ran into problems with Roskomnadzor in 2017 and had to leave Russia temporarily after the censor accused him of "tampering" with the blocking of websites. Throughout last week, Roskomnadzor's website was intermittently unavailable. The censor blamed the disruption on DDoS attacks. Asked about whether there was indeed an "internet war" in Russia, the censor's press office responded that, "Roskomnadzor is taking a set of measures in order to fulfil a decision by a Russian Federation court in relation to a company that is ignoring Russian law." China-style 'Great Firewall' It is not the first time that a product developed by Russian entrepreneur Durov was hit by controversy. In 2006 he founded the social network VKontakte (In Contact), which quickly came to dominate the Russian market. Eight years later, he resigned as CEO and left Russia. Durov claimed he was forced out because he refused to shut down Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny's account in VKontakte, and because oligarchs close to Putin wanted "full control" over the social network. It is also not the first time that Roskomnadzor, which was established as a separate agency 10 years ago, has blocked messenger apps. In May 2017, the censor included the apps BlackBerry Messenger, imo, Line, и Vchat on its list of banned websites after they also refused to comply with provisions of the "organisations of information dissemination" law. The registry of banned websites was established in 2012. According to Shakirov, Russian authorities could be using the blocking of Telegram as a test before they go on to other much bigger internet companies. "Our government wants the Chinese model in which all Western services are replaced by local, sovereign ones. They've started with Telegram, which is popular but not so powerful service," he said. If the plan of establishing a China-style "Great Firewall" in Russia goes forward, IT giants such as Facebook could face a choice between "losing the Russian market, or losing their reputation", he said. But Roskomnadzor's actions against Telegram and the pursuit of greater control over the internet could have far-reaching negative consequences on Russian businesses as well. According to Evgeny, the blocking of Telegram already has negatively affected the business climate. Over the years, he has observed a notable trend of capital flight from the country, as many companies have registered in Western countries to avoid being subject to Russia's ever-changing laws. "We are kind of tired of such [decisions] by the state: Let's block this or let's ban that," he said. "Let's just live like North Korea without internet." Follow Mariya Petkova on Twitter: @mkpetkova SOURCE: Al Jazeera News Science & Technology Russia Europe Internet


text: Noriko Iwasaki completed her MA TESOL at Portland State University in 1991. Having taught Japanese as a full-time instructor at University of Washington, she then studied in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) at the University of Arizona. Upon completion of her Ph.D., she taught in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and later in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of California, Davis. Between these two appointments, she worked as a post-doc researcher at University College London, 2002-2003. She joined SOAS at the University of London in 2008 and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Language Pedagogy.


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A French car won Best of Show, but as usual, two storied Italian marques were among the crowd favorites on Sunday at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Alfa Romeo celebrated 100 years with a car on the cover of the program and poster for the concours, the 1934 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza. A special class was dedicated to the centennial of the company, and there also was a section devoted to just the historic 8Cs. The company's early Grand Prix prowess was celebrated, as was the allure of its road cars.
Ferrari had three classes for its examples: grand touring, competition and the 50th anniversary of the 250 GT SWB Berlinetta.
Cars from the Prancing Horse generated among the most lusty responses from the crowd. One of the most eye-catching was a bright yellow 1964 250 LM Scaglietti Berlinetta. Wearing the No. 23, it was the third of its kind built and was delivered to Ecurie Francorchamps in May 1964. It placed 16th at Le Mans in June, and then won the Zolder Grand Prix in July. It's been in the United States since 1966.
A 1957 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti, whose design was first shown at the 1955 Paris motor show, was also striking. It had a special 14-louver specification that appeared only on the first series cars. It placed ninth in the '57 Mille Miglia.
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Yankee fans will soon welcome back an old favorite.
Andy Pettitte will return to the Yankees after signing a one-year minor league deal, according to a team news release sent to The Huffington Post.
The YES Network's Jack Curry tweeted specifics, noting the deal is worth $2.5 million and that the "team is thrilled to have 240-game winner back."
The 39-year-old southpaw is the all-time winningest pitcher in the postseason with a 19-10 record and 3.83 ERA in 42 career postseason starts, according to the release.
In the regular season, Pettitte boasts a 3.88 ERA over 16 seasons, most of that time having been spent with the Yankees.
Pettitte announced his retirement in February of last year. At the time, the pitcher said he didn't have the hunger to continue playing baseball at a professional level.
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189120592. Sir William de Huntingfield & 189120593. Isabel Fitz William
~1160, William born in England, heir & s/o §Roger Fitz William & Alice de Senlis.
~1160, Isabel born in England, heir & d/o §William Fitz Roger & Aeliva ?.
Isabel 1st married Berenger de Cressy.
Isabel 2nd married Osmond de Stuteville.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.
Bef. 1194, William married widow Isabel 'de Gressenhall'; when the abbot of St. Edmunds demanded against the said William and Isabel his wife the land of Wendling, Norf., as a member of the manor of Runton. (S) Honors and Knights' Fees, Farrer, 1923.
1194, William in a dispute with William de Stuteville over Isabel's dower.
1195, The abbot of St. Edmunds granted William and Isabel the vill of Wending, Norfolk, for 60s a year. (S) Records of the Anglo-Norman House of Glanville, Richards, 1882, P60.
1197, William and Isabel plaintiffs against William de Stuteville over Isabel's dower lands. (S) Honors and Kinghts' Fees, Farrer, 1925, P397.
1198, William de Hungingfeld and Isabel his wife conveyed by fine to William Batail, 60 acres in Swannington. (S) History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk, Armstrone, 1781, P4.
5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.
1199, William and Isabel plaintiffs against William de Stuteville over Isabel's dower lands. (S) Early Yorkshire Charters, Farrer, 1952, P35.
9/22/1199 at Caen, France, William de Huntingfeld a witness to a charter of King John to the city of Norwich [a confirmation of a charter of King Richard.] (S) Records of the City of Norwich, 1906, P14.
9/26/1203, William de Huntingfield, deputy of Hubert de Burgh, appointed Constable of Dover castle; giving a son and daughter as hostage for safe holding. (S) Viator, V5, 1975, P243.
1204, William's mother died.
6/1205, William granted the manor of Clafford, Hampshire; except for the chattels and corn, for £30.
11/1205, William's £30 fine pardoned.
Aft. 1206, William's father died.
1207, Isabel died.
1208, William had custody of the lands of his younger brother Roger [a justiciar under papal interdict].
1208-10, William an itinerant justice of fines in Cambridge and Lincoln. (S) Judges of England, Foss, 1848, P83.
1210-11, William sheriff of Norfolk. (S) Vicemonites Norfolciae, 1843, P6.
1212, The Great Inquest of Service: William de Huntingfeld hold the fee of 1 knight in Mendam of the King in chief. (S) Lancanshire Inquests, Pt3, Farrer, 1903, P111.
1213, William gave the King 6 fair Norway goshawks for license to marry his daughter, Alice, widow of Richard de Solers.
1213, William held the office of accountant with Aburey de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
5/12/1214, King John gave the manor of Clafford, which William de Huntingfeld had held, to John de Harecurt. (S) Magni Rotule Scaccarii, V2, 1844, P205.
1214, King John unsuccessfully invaded France trying to recover his lands.
1214, William joined the confederacy of barons against the King with Richard earl of Clare, Roger de Cresci, Gilbert de Clare, and Robert fitz-Walter.
10/1214, King John returned to England.
5/5/1215, The revolting Barons formally renounced their allegiance to John and invited the King of France to invade England. [This was prevented by the Pope.]
6/19/1215 at Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree to the terms of the Magna Carta.
11/20/1215 at Bury St. Edmunds, William elected as one of the 25 to guarantee observance of the Magna Carta. (S) History, Gazeteer and Dir. of Suffolk, 1874, P565.
12/16/1215, William excommunicated with the other barons.
5/12/1216, Prine Louis of France, after a successful landing, crowned King of England in London. In June, Louis captured Winchester and controlled half of England.
1216, William ravaged Essex and Suffolk for Prince Louis of France. King John in retaliation plundered William's estates in Norfolk and Suffolk.
10/18/1216, King John died.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
11/21/1216 at Hertford, William granted the village of Grimsby, Lincolnshire by Prince Louis, to be held of 2 knights' fees. Witnesses: Seiher de Quency, earl of Winchester, Robert Fitz-Walter [Commander of the forces of the English barons.] (S) Guide to the Manuscripts, Warner, 1906, P41.
5/20/1217, William fought at the battle of Lincoln; the defeat of Prince Louis' forces.
6/23/1217, All of William's lands in Lincolnshire granted to John Marshall.
9/12/1217, For 10,000 marks and some land exchanges, Louis forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at Kingston-on-Thames, called the Treaty of Lambeth. A principal provision of the treaty was amnesty for English rebels.
10/6/1217, William made peace with King Henry III and had his lands restored.
1218, William, son of Roger de Huntingfeld, gave land to the priory of castle-Acre on his founding of the monastery of Mendham, Norfolk. (S) Index Monasticus, Taylor, 1821, P15.
6/1219, William had leave to go to the holy land on crusade in an attempt by the Pope to retake Jerusalem. [Very few English knights went on this crusade.]
Bef. 1/25/1220, William died on crusade.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P446. (S) Monasticon Anglicanum, V5, 1825, P56.
Family notes:
· Roger Fitz William [de Huntingfeld] s/o Guillaume de Huntingfeld [died 1155] & Sibilla ? [died 1186].
· Alice de Senlis [likely] d/o Lord Saire de Quincy & Lady Maud de Saint Liz.
· 1196, Charter of Hugh abbot of Sees … all their portion of the church of Mendeham … done with the assent and will of Roger de Huntingfeld, knight, patron. (S) Calendar of Documents Preserved in France, V1, 1899, P240.
· 2/1206 at Woodstock, Roger de Huntingfeld a judge with William de Wrotham, archdeacon of Taunton [chief judge], and John de Gestling. [7/1206 they were in London, 8/9/1206 in Stratford, 8/23/1206 in Colchester, 9/1206 in Canterbury, then at Westminster].


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25 June 2009
Dear Friends,
We arrived home from a month in the United States two days ago and there was a welcome pile of letters, as well as e-mails. Instead, then, of trying to repeat news to you all, please forgive another 'general letter'. Some of you were remembering us in prayer and for that we are especially thankfully. None of us can assume the help of God. A. W. Tozer says somewhere, 'If the Holy Spirit were taken out of the world, half our activity would go on just the same.' How much wisdom is needed to keep us from the latter 'activity'!
We arrived in Washington D.C. on May 20 – no more beautiful city in the world at that time of year, with the red-brick pavements and overhanging trees in the fresh greens of Spring. Our purpose was to catch up with friends at Capitol Hill Baptist Church and 9 Marks Ministry. This is ever a valued stopping place, not least for discussion over authors, new and old. One memorable morning began with a dozen young men and a 7 am 'reading' from the Puritan, Richard Sibbes, on 2 Corinthians 1. After Washington, we were in six States, beginning with Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Banner Conference at near-by Messiah College. At different locations, that conference has now been held since 1978. From there Jean and I went on to Draper's Valley, the new location of a friend's ministry among the mountains of south-eastern Virginia. Our host then drove us on to Dillon in South Carolina, and from there two plane flights to Oklahoma City where I had the main engagements of this visit. The occasion was the annual 'Warfield lectures' organized by Grace Bible Church in conjunction with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. This was a second visit to these friends in Oklahoma.
Two more planes then took us back to Asheville in North Carolina, and to Bonclarken, the conference centre belonging to the Associate Presbyterian Church (ARP) in the Blue Mountains. The annual General Synod of that denomination was about to commence at that venue. Ministers and elders came from many parts of the United States, and (for some) the days began with 7 am Psalm-singing in the open-air. The meetings over three days were full of interest, and there was more preaching than I had been accustomed to hearing at General Assemblies in Scotland and Australia. The preachers included Sinclair Ferguson (whose congregation belongs to the ARP) and Denis Prutow, professor at the Reformed Presbyterian Sem inary at Pittsburgh, who preached a memorable message from 'Your God Reigns' (Isa. 52: 7). The friend of my youth, John R. de Witt, was installed as Moderator for the coming year. The afternoon of each day was marked by thunder storms, and the last of such crashing velocity that all power failed and proceedings concluded in semi-darkness with no microphones. From there we descended, with the de Witts, into South Carolina for a relaxing a happy final period at Columbia where Sinclair Ferguson now ministers at First Presbyterian (www.firstprescolumbia.org).
A s well as traveling, I was able to get through a good deal of reading, including the important new volume of Dr Lloyd-Jones's sermons from John 4, Living Water published by Crossway ($28 in the US, or £28 in the UK from Lloyd-Jones Recordings Trust – the price difference shows how expensive the UK has become in comparison with the US).
Impressions from the trip:
1.These few weeks have been a wonderful reminder of how large is the family of God and of w hat a privilege Christians have from their common unity with Christ. The simple thought that Christ is with all his people is more remarkable than we can well comprehend.
2. To travel in America is to be reminded of a nation that is at war. One sees many service men and women moving about in uniform and not infrequently thanked by others for their service to the country. Evangelical chaplains are also active in the armed forces. The mood contrasts with a dying patriotism in Britain.
3. While bearing in mind that what I see is a small and unrepresentative part of a nation, it can nonetheless be said that there is much to be encouraged by in the US. One continuing proof of that is the extent of the sales of good books. The Banner hardbacks at Oklahoma were very rapidly bought up, none remaining. At another place there was no problem in disposing of 50 copies of Andrew Bonar's Memoir of Robert M. McCheyne. What is more, it is often young men who are at the forefront of this interest in the older literature. We need have no fear that God has forgotten the promise, 'One=2 0generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts' (Ps. 145:5).
At the same time it has to be said that there is one element that is currently little to be seen in the churches; the record of all the great revival periods in the US speak of a kind of subdued 'silence' that pervaded public worship, arising from a sense of the presence of God. The current lack lies deeper than the difference between so-called 'traditional' versus 'contemporary worship'. At its root lies the lost belief in the gravity of sin and of the posture that becomes us in the presence of God. On this point see chapters 40-42 in ML-J's Living Water.
4. Much calls us to humiliation and prayer. Calvin's image of the need of the church remains relevant: 'Call to mind the fearful calamities of the church, which might move to pity even minds of iron. Nay, set before your eyes her squalid and unsightly form, and the sad devastation which is everywhere beheld. How long, pray, will you allow the spouse of Christ, the mother of you all, to lie thus prostrated and afflicted thus, too, when she is imploring your protection, and when=2 0the means of relief are in your hand?'
– Iain and Jean Murray


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Unique Eagle Scout Project Introduced by State College Youth
Ethan Bishop, a member of State College Boy Scout Troop 40, has an unconventional Eagle Scout project — an awareness campaign.
Bishop wants every community service organization and potential community volunteer in Centre County to know about the website JustServe.org. His awareness campaign seeks to help solve a problem: Many citizens in the community want to lend a helping hand, but don't know where to start.
JustServe.org is a nationwide, nonprofit website provided freely by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It helps connect potential community volunteers with humanitarian service projects nearby. Nonprofit service organizations, churches, schools and government offices can use JustServe.org to post volunteer needs, and community members can use it to search for ways to serve given their circumstances and interests.
"I'd love to see every citizen create a JustServe.org account or download the JustServe app, so they'll be notified as new community service needs arise near them," Bishop said. "And, if you're an organization with volunteer needs, you can click the big green Submit a Project button. It's easy."
Unlike many Eagle Scout projects that are focused around a single service event, Bishop's awareness campaign has been a long-term endeavor.
"I could have organized an event like a blood drive or helping at the food pantry. You'll see many important projects like that posted on JustServe.org," he said. "My hope is that my awareness campaign will facilitate many such projects."
A sophomore at State College Area High School High, Bishop started the awareness campaign last fall.
"Over the past several months, I've organized mailings to many service organizations and government officials in Centre County. I attended and organized volunteers at community service fairs to demonstrate JustServe.org to service organizations," he said.
"I also organized a team to get the word out using posters at schools and on social media. I've seen an increase in projects posted and volunteer accounts created on JustServe.org, but I'd love to see much more."
Patrese Huff, who volunteers with Wendell Williams as local JustServe.org representatives, has been supervising Bishop's project.
"Ethan has done a great job in leading this effort to inform the community about Just Serve," said Huff. "We really appreciate those who have worked to let community organizations, as well as volunteers, know about this digital place where they can connect."
Bishop's offer to help get the word out was perfectly timed. Just Serve just arrived in Centre County last fall.
"We hope that as more organizations and volunteers find out about Just Serve, this tool will be used by many in accomplishing great good," said Huff.
"We live in a wonderfully community-minded place. An army of volunteers quietly works together every day. There's a unity that comes when we serve together, and lots of people each doing a little bit can make a huge impact. Ethan's project itself is an example of that."
Bishop is excited about the project because of the many benefits he sees coming from it.
"Organizations will get volunteers they need, volunteers will have a central place to search for service opportunities, and the community as a whole will benefit as volunteers work side by side, develop mutual respect and understanding and enjoy serving together," he said.
For more information, visit www.justserve.org.
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Just four stings and it's over
Getting "snakebites" was a long-term (as far as piercings go) dream of mine. A friend walked into Spanish class with his lips pierced and I instantly fell in love. However, since I was.. Oh, 13 or so I knew I wouldn't be able to do it for a while. Even after I had gotten 10 other piercings, I was still slightly anxious to go for these, as they would be more "in your face" than all my others. I brought it up this summer, the time right before I was about to enter college, and so began the long, arduous process of what I have now.
Originally, I wanted to get snakebites, but then decided I didn't want ringsI wanted studs. So my lip piercing idea was switched to labret piercings. I didn't do as much research on these as I had on my others, because I was feeling very comfortable with being pierced. My home tattoo studio (Crazy Greg's in Heidelberg, Germany) had successfully pierce and helped heal tons of piercings, and for some reason I believed it would be that easy no matter where I was. Since I moved back to the States for college, it was up to me to find a studio that I was comfortable with. I didn't really know the area and I had very few friends (even less with piercings) so I couldn't really do much other than look online for websites, information, and even pictures on BME from studios around. I finally settled on Portsmouth Exotic Piercing Co., in Portsmouth, NH. A friend of mine had a tattoo done in their sister shop, so I figured... if nothing had gone wrong with her, I should be fine.
I checked their website, got myself revved up for being pierced by Larry, the guy on the website, double-checked the hours, and started driving.
I walked up the stairs and into the lobby, approached the counter... only to be told that I was standing at the tattoo counter. I navigated around to the piercing studio, which was closed, even though they apparently were supposed to open 40 minutes earlier. The tattoo guys said she'd be in any second so we sat down and waited for 10 more minutes or so. A couple people wandered in, waiting for piercings as well, so we stood near the door to make sure we could ask some questions before actually getting the piercing. When the piercer came out, she looked frustrated and told us we'd have to give her "a few minutes." We asked a couple questions and left, to come back later in the afternoon.
When we came back, the shop was open and ready for business. A girl got her navel pierced and then it was my turn. The piercing studio was directly next to the counter, so anyone who walked in could watch you get pierced. I felt a little uncomfortable about this, as my home studio had a separate area for piercing, but I was too excited to back down now. There was a chair and a bench, each would be set up for the type of piercing it required. After discussing snakebites vs. labret piercings, the piercer made me sign some paperwork, pay ($80) and went to go set up my area. A few minutes later, I was told to swish with some Listerine and take a seat. We tried a BUNCH of different markings. One side of my bottom lip is slightly bigger than the other, so I had to decide how I wanted to accommodate for thatleave the hole at the same height as the other or move it down a little so it looked more proportional on my face. In the end, I decided to move it down a little bit an d have since really been glad I did.
Once the marks were set, she swabbed around the marks and sterilized the area, and then got the clamp and started aligning. She told me on the count of three that it would be done, and I grunted, already knowing what it felt like to get pierced. It felt like a little prick, no worse than a pinch. It probably hurt as much as my navel piercing (read: not at all). She slid the jewelry in, needle went out, and that hole was done. The piercer realigned the clamps with the second hole, got a fresh needle, and did the whole thing over again. After that was done, she sterilized the area again. I was pretty anxious at this point because my friends had assured me that lip piercings would look horrible, but I just couldn't let that stop me. She handed me the mirror and... I freaked out. She had put ridiculously long 14g studs in with really big balls on the end. I was aware that the studs would have to be a little long to accommodate for swelling during the healing process, but
these were at least twice what they should've been. I tried not to overreact and figured, hey, maybe my lips would swell to be that size and I'd be glad. Or something. After what felt like 15 minutes of aftercare instructions, I swished with Listerine again and walked out of the store, feeling highly self conscious. Two girls waiting at the counter giggled when they saw me.
Once I reached the car, I started crying, worried about making first impressions in college and also worrying about the fact that my boyfriend, who I hadn't seen in 2 months, was coming the following day. I wanted to look good. Unfortunately, it seemed that wasn't to be. I also had been hit with some obvious news that I failed to realize pre-piercing: no oral contact of any kind. Obviously, that would put a damper on my guy's visit. Also, I forgot to think about how difficult a task it would be to eatespecially with my oversized posts. Either waywhat was done was done. I got home and everyone laughed at me, securing my decision that I'd have to change the posts out before I went to college in a few days. Other than the superficial issueI was having LOTS of trouble eating, I couldn't do much without getting the posts stuck, and there was a lot of pain, even though I was following the aftercare instructions to the letter.
A few days later I drove down to Salem to visit family and told them about my predicament. My aunt researched a few studios in downtown Salem, and I did my own research... we both came up with the same studio: The Purple Scorpion. The next day I went down there and walked in. I was absolutely thrilled. The guy at the desk had two nape piercings (one of my obsessions) and some great tattoos, and was VERY friendly and understanding. I explained my situation and asked if I could have my posts switched out. He asked if I was wearing 14g and was shocked... "Did we do that???" I assured him that, no, it wasn't done by the Scorpion. He went back and talked briefly with the piercer and then asked me to wait a minute or two for her to finish up. In no time at all, I walked to the back of the store, told that my piercings were healing well enough that we could switch them out, and took a seat in the big purple chair. The piercer is definitely one of the coolest grandmas I have ev er met. Not only did she have tons of piercings, but she also had a matching microdermal in the middle of her chest. We talked about them for a few minutes while she got everything ready and then showed me the new studs. I gave her the go ahead and she switched them out in no time at all. The moment the new studs were in I felt a huge rush of relief. They weren't getting caught on my teeth anymore, I could smile without getting my piercings stuck, I already knew eating would be a hell of a lot easier, and... there was almost no pain left. She gave me her card (the Purple Scorpion has a great motto--"just one sting and it's over"), told me that wherever I was going to college, she'd probably have contacts and she would let me know if I asked. She also told me if there were any other problems just to email her or Myspace her.
As it stands now, I'm still wearing those posts. It's been about a month and everything's healing well and I thoroughly enjoy the way my "snakebites" look now.
submitted by: Anonymous
on: 28 Sept. 2008
in Lip Piercing
Studio: Portsmouth+Piercing+Co
Location: Portsmouth%2C+NH


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Remember what you created with crayons in your childhood? Those waxy sticks in hand, you'd fill in thick-lined drawings of your favorite cartoon characters.
Welcome back, coloring books—this time, for adults. Tens of millions of them have been sold in the United States and around the world since the 2013 release of Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford's Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book, her first of three. "It's the single book that created the adult coloring phenomenon, tapping into a market no one knew existed before," says Laurence King, her publisher at Laurence King Publishing (LKP) in London. Initially promoted to older children, Secret Garden attracted mainly adults, from all walks of life, who quickly found coloring to be meditative, stress relieving and fun. And it's an enormous market for illustrators to tap into.
From nature scenes and cityscapes to mandalas and mathematical designs and even hairstyles, coloring-book subjects run the gamut, with spinoffs in calendars, notecards, postcards and journals. Along with the grown-up themes, the details make them appealing to adults.
Focusing, yet calming, coloring provides a playful escape from a demanding, digitalized life, back to the carefree days of childhood. It's also creative (without the blank-paper panic), given the variety of pencils, pens and markers, colors, and techniques, including shading and layering.
Basford thinks of her books as collaboration; she draws the lines and other people add the color. Fans upload their renditions online in a vibrant, ever-growing gallery. On Basford's Facebook page, colorists offer their gratitude: "Definitely relieves my stress as a stay-at-home mom"; "I find it very relaxing, and I escape into my own world with coloring pencils." After Basford announced new book releases on her Facebook page, one enthusiast wrote: "I'm screaming with excitement like I'm at a Michael Jackson concert!!!!"
Basford's client work led directly to her lucrative business. For years, she had been doing intricate black-and-white pencil and pen illustrations, which she then scanned and further embellished, for commercial clients. To promote her work, she offered free desktop wallpapers, and they caught the eye of LKP.
Secret Garden, which includes mazes and patterns to complete and spaces to fill, was inspired by the botanical books Basford inherited from her grandfather, head gardener at Scotland's Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park, which she visited as a child. Its surrounding woods made their way into her second book, Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book (LKP, 2015). She thanks her marine-biologist parents for the visual ideas in Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure & Coloring Book (Penguin Books, 2015). The three books add up to more than fifteen million copies sold to date, plus her journals and postcards.
Colorists can find more nature images in Millie Marotta's books, published in the United States by Lark Crafts—Animal Kingdom: Color Me, Draw Me (2014), Tropical World: A Coloring Book Adventure (2015) and Wild Savannah: A Coloring Book Adventure (2016). A fourth nature-based book is due out later this year.
"I've been fascinated by the natural world since as far back as I can remember, and this is what's at the core of my work," says Marotta, a freelance illustrator in West Wales with commercial clients in food packaging, book illustration, wallpaper, textiles and branding. She was unaware of the budding trend in adult coloring books before the British publisher Batsford approached her, in 2013, to design one, though her detailed illustration style had always been well suited for the genre.
"I like to offer lots of different shapes, textures and patterns, an interesting composition, and subjects I hope colorists will enjoy. And I try to make sure the pages vary, some with lots of negative space and others filled to the edges," says Marotta. She starts with an ordinary pencil and finalizes with a Rotring Rapidograph pen. "I have come to learn that people put a huge amount of time and effort into their coloring, and that's at the forefront of my mind when I'm drawing."
Illustrator Steve McDonald, of Creemore, Ontario, Canada, envisions cities around the world in his work. He's visited or lived in most of the places in his Fantastic Cities: A Coloring Book of Amazing Places Real and Imagined (Chronicle Books, 2015)—from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he grew up, to New York City and Paris, from Florence, Italy, to Mussoorie, India, and beyond.
In 2013, when McDonald and his family moved to Bali for two years, he left his commercial clients behind to focus on the work he'd shown in galleries: wall-sized architectural renderings based on aerial shots taken by established photographers. But now, each one had less and less color until only highly detailed lines remained.
Thinking "coloring book," but unaware of the trend, he pitched his illustrations to about 30 publishers. "There are other city-related adult coloring books out there, but the drawings aren't realistic, unlike Steve's. That felt special," says Steve Mockus, executive editor with Chronicle Books.
Along with a Fantastic Cities calendar, 2016 releases from the San Francisco publisher include McDonald's Fantastic Structures: A Coloring Book of Amazing Buildings Real and Imagined and Fantastic Collections: A Coloring Book of Amazing Things Real and Imagined. "I'm reaching a whole different, and much larger, audience," says McDonald, who is looking forward to creating two more coloring books, on landscapes and machines, by 2017. "It's a real thrill."
For adult colorists, it's also thrilling to fill in the miniscule spaces between lines, but for some, "too much detail can be overwhelming," says Lydia Hess, graphic designer and illustrator in Portland, Oregon.
The bolder, organic lines and ample negative space of her signature pen-and-ink, scraped-clayboard illustrations make them easy to color while still being mindfully immersed, as in her Sacred Nature: Coloring Experiences for the Mystical and Magical and Sacred Symbols: Coloring Experiences for the Mystical and Magical (both HarperElixir, 2015). "There are still challenging areas of detail, but also places where your eye can take a rest," says Hess of her illustrations. Her coloring-book designs also show up as greeting cards, colorable wooden art boxes, throw pillows and a 2017 calendar.
"Each image in the books is accompanied by a Wisdom Word, useful as a spiritual focusing tool or just for calm, creative exploration. HarperElixir wanted to appeal to the 'seeker,'" says Hess. She has been working with such themes for more than fifteen years, many with HarperOne and as art director at Amber Lotus Publishing.
Coloring doesn't have to be a solo activity, either. Hess regularly holds community "color-ins" at public libraries and independent bookstores in the Pacific Northwest, offering a fun hangout space for like-minded adults.
Classrooms provide the right coloring atmosphere for Edmund Harriss, PhD, whose math-minded designs are available as free, printable images for university professors and public-school teachers. The illustrations appear in Patterns of the Universe: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty (The Experiment, 2015), with text by Alex Bellos, a journalist and math writer based in London.
Harriss, a mathematician at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, had done his dissertation on the mathematics of tiling and patterns. Bellos suggested an adult coloring book of images showing the power and beauty of mathematics, and Harriss liked the idea. "We thought it would be a great way to take math down from the ivory tower," says Harriss. "Mathematics in school often has the effect of putting people off the subject." His and Bellos's coloring book "gets math out to people, giving them another chance to find it. I hope they'll think about the images, exploring the mathematics there, as they color them in."
Under a tight, one-month publisher deadline, the two thought up the designs together, and Harriss churned out the loops, waves, spirals, knots, snowflakes, shells and other patterns. He says, "We wanted illustrations that were obviously attractive, yet covered as much mathematics as possible. We could've made a whole book of fractals, but we wanted it to appeal to a wide variety
of people."
Hair is as engaging to Andrea Pippins—a Baltimore artist, designer and educator—as math is to Harriss. Afros, Mohawks, beehives and cornrows join straight locks and sweeping updos in her book, I Love My Hair: A Coloring Book of Braids, Coils and Doodle Dos (Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015). Eschewing the computer, which she normally uses to illustrate, she returned to a medium from her past for these pen-and-ink illustrations that praise the diversity of women and their confidence, strength and beauty.
The idea for the book started in 2008 when Pippins was a graduate student in graphic design. She created a social campaign called I Love My Hair to encourage African American women to celebrate and let loose their natural hair.
"What I want the book to communicate to people, while they're coloring, is the idea of love, self-love," she says. "It's so important to say or think something we love about ourselves, every day, especially for women of color. We're not represented enough in the media, and society's standards of beauty don't cater to us. My book is an opportunity to empower all women to embrace their natural beauty."
Pippins's unusual and attractive subject matter, combined with her expertise in illustration, nabbed her a book contract with the Random House imprint.
For any designer determined to get into adult coloring books, Mockus at Chronicle Books advises, "Look at what else is already out there, then think about what your contribution to the category would be. Really focus on the distinctiveness of your vision—how it stands out."
King, of Laurence King Publishing, points out, "Publishers are busily experimenting with different types of coloring books, but it's too early to say which will be the most successful."
Meanwhile, the coloring-book craze isn't letting up anytime soon. "On the other hand," King continues, "so many coloring books are now being published that it is likely the market is already oversaturated. Once it settles down in a year or two, it'll become more like any other genre of books—competitive, with only the most remarkable books winning."
Those are the ones adults will always want to color. "As children, most of us enjoyed coloring as a way to be creative," says Marotta. "Why should we stop simply because we've grown a little older?" ca