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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG v. SETEC Sembinelli & Partner
Case No. D2001-0550
1. The Parties
The Complainant is D. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG ("Porsche") of Porscheplatz 1, DE-70435 Stuttgart, Germany. The Complainant is represented by Messrs Lichtenstein, Körner and Partners of Heidehofstrasse 9, DE-70184 Stuttgart, Germany. The Respondent is SETEC Sembinelli & Partner of Wendelinweg 2, CH-4613 Rickenbach, Switzerland.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The domain name in dispute is <porsche-cup.com>. The Registrar for the domain name is TUCOWS, INC. of 96 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1, Canada.
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was received by the WIPO Arbitration and Administration Center on April 17, 2001, by hard copy. An acknowledgement of receipt of the Complaint was given by the Center on April 18, 2001. A request for Registrar verification was sent to the Registrar by email and hard copy on April 18, 2001. Confirmation was given that the Respondent was the current registrant of the domain name at the address referred to above.
Notification of the Complaint and commencement of the administrative proceedings was given by the Center on April 23, 2001, by email. No response was received from the Respondent.
However on May 2, 2001, the Complainant's representative wrote to the Center referring to negotiations between the parties and requesting that the appointment of the panelist be postponed. The Center responded indicating that the proceedings should be suspended. The Complainant's representative contacted the Center again on May 4, 2001, indicating that an agreement had been reached between the parties by which the Respondent had undertaken to transfer the domain name to the Complainant. The Complainant therefore formally requested suspension of the proceedings for a period of 30 days. The Center granted a suspension of the proceedings until June 3, 2001. It appears that a settlement was not achieved because on June 11, 2001, the Complainant's representative requested that the proceedings be reinstated. The Center confirmed that the proceedings would be reinstated as of June 11, 2001, with the Respondent's time for serving a Response extended until June 30, 2001. No response was received and accordingly on July 2, 2001, notification of the Respondent's default was given to him by email. On July 10, a Panel was appointed consisting of a single member Mr. Clive Duncan Thorne.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant has for over 50 years been a manufacturer of high performance sports cars. From the commencement of its operations it has used the term "Porsche" as a prominent and distinctive part of its trade name. The Complainant gives evidence that it is the owner of numerous trade marks throughout the world consisting of or incorporating the word "Porsche". Copies of the trade mark registrations are set out in Annexures 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to the Complaint.
The Complainant indicates that as a result of the widespread use of the name "Porsche" the trade mark and trade name "Porsche" are known all over the world and enjoy "a great reputation". The complainant gives evidence that for more than 10 years it has been organising and sponsoring an international car racing series known as "Porsche-Cup", to which only Porsche cars in near standard specification are admitted. The cars can be operated by privateers (sic) as well as more professional teams. Races take place on some of the world's best known racetracks, including Monte Carlo, Silverstone, Monza, Indianapolis, Nurburging and Hockenheim. At Annex 11 to the Complaint are print-outs from the Complainant's web site relating to the Porsche Cup 2000.
According to the Complainant's evidence (there being no Response) the Respondent is engaged in selling new and used cars, as well as car parts. He apparently uses the trade mark name "SETEC Sembinelli & Partner", which appears both at the bottom of his stationery and on his web site. It is under this trade name that he is listed in the WHOIS database. Appearing on the Respondent's stationery is the logo "SETEC", incorporating the Swiss cross emblem and the URL <www.sembinelli.com>. There is no mention on the stationery of the Complainant's trade mark or of the disputed domain name. The Complainant indicates that nothing is known about the "Partner" indicated in the Respondent's trade name. The name of the "Partner" is neither specified in the Respondent's web site nor in the letters that he sent to the Complainant's representatives and which are exhibited to the Complaint.
The Complainant confirms that the Respondent neither is nor has ever been an official dealer of Porsche cars. Rather according to the Respondent appears to be primarily engaged in the import and distribution of new Skoda and Hyundai cars.
The Complainant also confirms that the Respondent is not, nor has ever been, authorised or licensed by the Complainant to utilise the Complainant's trade name or trade mark. There is no business relationship of any kind between the Complainant and the Respondent.
The Complaint arises because the Respondent operates his main internet web site under the domain name <sembinelli.com>. The home pages or starting pages of the web sites available under <sembinelli.com> and under the disputed domain name are identical. Only the head title of the home page reflects the different domain names.
When the internet user activates one of the hyperlinks placed on the home page of <porsche-cup.com> and <sembinelli.com> he is automatically directed to the URL <home.sunrise.ch/s.setec/>, where an identical home page and the whole content of the web site is stored. Thus it can be seen that the Respondent operates exactly the same web site under three different domain names. On each of the Respondent's identical home pages the photo of a Porsche racing car is conspicuously displayed. In addition to that, the URL <www.sembinelli.com> and the "setec" logo are visible. There is no disclaimer or other notice disassociating the Respondent from the Complaint.
Through a list of hyperlinks located on the left hand side of the home page the user is able to enter several sub-directories. By clicking on the "neuwagen" button the user is automatically carried to <home.sunrise.ch/s/setec/neuwagen.html> site where a list of models and prices of new Skoda and Hyundai cars appears. At the bottom of the page there is a hyperlink directed to "www.daltec.ch", which is said to be dealing with trailers and which is described as the Respondent's partner business.
When entering the sub-directory "occasioned" the user is shown a list of five used Porsche cars priced from 15,000 to 159,000 Swiss Francs. At the bottom of the page there is a hyperlink to the Complainant's official web site <www.porsche.com> thus reiterating a false impression of an association with the Complainant.
Under the sub-directory "auto-Zubehor" the Respondent offers car parts and accessories, eg wheels, tyres and steering wheels. The Respondent claims the status of an official dealer by displaying links to <www.pirelli.de> and <www.yokohama.ch> and other well known producers of car parts and accessories.
When the user enters the sub-directory "veranstaltungen" he finds a list of racing events, including races belonging to Porsche Cup and again links to web sites operated or sponsored by the Complainant. There is therefore a link between the Complainant and the Respondent's activities. The Complainant asserts that this demonstrates that the Complainant has approved of the Respondent's activities. The hyperlinks point to "www.porschemotorsport.com", which is currently operated by the Complainant and where the user is asked to visit <www.porsche.com>, and to the web site operated by the officially approved Porsche Club in Switzerland. At Annexes 12 and 13 to the Complaint are print outs of the web sites.
There was some pre-trial correspondence between the parties including a demand letter sent on March 12, 2001, by Lichtenstein, Körner and Partners. By reply dated March 20, 2001, the Respondent requests a Power of Attorney from the Complainant. He refers to "Swiss customs" to rebut the Complainant's complaint but does not explain why he has registered the domain name in dispute or whether he claims to have a legitimate interest in it. He contends angrily that "one does not set a lawyer at the other party but talks with each other to reach an agreement". He asserts that he will not ask for a "stunning amount of money as a fee for transfer of the domain name but will do so if he is further intimidated by the Complainant".
The Complainant produced a written Power of Attorney as requested on March 26, 2001, and further requested a transfer of the domain name. The Respondent replied on April 2, 2001, and "demands for the last time" that the person having signed the Power of Attorney contact him by telephone. "It is only under this condition that a solution out of court could be imagined". There is to be no further correspondence in evidence.
5. The Complainant's Contentions and Discussions
In order to succeed in its request for an Order to transfer the domain name, the Complainant has to prove each of the elements set out in paragraph 4(a) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy are present.
These are as follows:
(i) The Respondent's domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights;
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the domain name;
(iii) The Respondent's domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
The Panel proceeds to deal with each of these in turn.
(i) The Respondent's domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights
The Complainant asserts that:-
(a) The domain name <porsche-cup.com> is similar to the Complainant's trade name and trade mark "Porsche".
(b) The Complainant's trade name and trade mark is well known all over the world and integrated in its entirety into the Respondent's domain name. It asserts that "Porsche" is the relevant part of the domain name. The extension indicating the top level domain ".com" is irrelevant as well as the hyphen and the word "Cup".
(c) "Cup" is the prize given to the winner of a sports contest. It also has come to mean "sports tournament" as in "World Cup". It refers to the second level domain name "Porsche-Cup" as being identical with the name of the Complainant's well known car racing series.
The Panel finds that the Complainant has on the evidence it has submitted, rights in the trade mark "Porsche", and a result of the widespread trading activities in relation to high quality cars sold under the mark "Porsche", widespread unregistered rights in the mark "Porsche". The Panel would be prepared to accept that this evidence shows that the domain name in dispute is confusingly similar to the Complainant's trade marks. It is strengthened in this view by the evidence given by the Complainant of promotion of the "Porsche Cup", as set out in Annex 11 to the Complaint. The domain name <porsche-cup.com>. is identical to the name "Porsche Cup" in which the Panel accepts the Complainant has acquired a trading goodwill.
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the domain name
The Complainant submits that the Respondent has no right or legitimate interest in respect of the domain name for the following reasons:-
(a) The Respondent has adduced no evidence of a legitimate interest.
(b) No trader in new or used cars who acts in good faith would reasonably choose the name of a car racing series to promote his business.
(c) The Respondent is not in a position to exploit the name or mark "Porsche" legitimately.
(d) The Respondent is not and has never been an authorised dealer of the Complainant's product and there has not ever been a business relationship between the parties.
The Panel accepts these submissions but in particular is swayed by the fact that there is no evidence before it to support any rights or legitimate interest in respect of the domain name vested in the Complainant. Indeed the evidence submitted by the Complainant is to the contrary. The Respondent has never had any form of business relationship with the Complainant and in particular has never been a dealer for the Complainant. To the contrary the evidence appears to be that the Respondent is using the domain name to establish an association with its sale of Hyundai and Skoda cars.
The Panel finds for the Complainant under this head.
(iii) The Respondent's domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith
The Complainant's submissions in relation to paragraph 4(a)(iii) are as follows:-
(a) It relies upon paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy to the effect that the Respondent by using the domain name has intentionally attempted to attract for commercial gain internet users to the web site [...] by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of the web site or location or of a product or service on the web site or location.
(b) It also relies upon paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy in that it submits that the Respondent has registered and acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the Complainant [...] for valuable consideration in excess of documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name.
In support of submission (a) above the Complainant argues that there are "no conceivable circumstances" in which the Respondent could have acted in good faith. It submits that it is "obvious" that the Respondent registered the domain name for just the reason he uses it, ie to promote his own sales business. The plan is to attract and to trap users who hope to find information from the Complainant about its car racing series.
The Panel agrees with submission (a). Having found that the Respondent has no legitimate right or interest in the domain name but is nevertheless using the domain name for the purpose of promoting his own Hyundai and Skoda car dealing business he is inevitably and intentionally attempting to attract commercial gain.
The Panel therefore finds that the Respondent has registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
It is therefore unnecessary for the Panel to consider the Complainant's second submission under paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Policy.
It follows that the Complainant has succeeded in all three limbs of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy and succeeds in its complaint.
6. Decision and Findings
The Complainant requests that the domain name <porsche-cup.com>, registered by the Respondent, be transferred to the Complainant Porsche. The Panel finds for the Complainant and orders the domain name <porsche-cup.com> to be transferred from the Respondent to the Complainant.
Clive Duncan ThorneSole Panelist
Dated: July 20, 2001
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F2P MMOs are all the rage, while subscription games have fallen on tough times. Dana thinks he knows why and it has nothing to do with how people pay for them.
Some people claim that free-to-play MMOs are the way of the future. Others insist subscriptions offer the best entertainment and fairest playing field. To me, the whole argument is flawed. Neither F2P nor subscription games cost more than a trip to Subway each month. Real people just want to have fun and will pay for it if they get their money's worth.
The strongest argument for the relative success of F2P games is that while most subscription games since WoW have been a disappointment, F2P titles seem to have grown in stature and importance. But there's an interesting little trick there. The hugely successful games lately, while promoted as F2P, actually use just about every business model in the book, subscriptions included. Look at FreeRealms and Wizard 101, for example.
There is a single reason, larger than how people pay, to why the free-to-play games are finding some success while so many subscription games have met tough times.
Can your dog do this? No? Then stop asking your customers to!
It's accessibility.
Fundamentally, F2P games are designed to get playing as quickly and with as few barriers as possible. That's why they're either playable in a browser or with a small download. That's why you don't need to fill out more forms than it takes to get a mortgage and that's why they don't require a liquid cooled Alienware to run them.
Ask yourself this: What do World of Warcraft and virtually every F2P game have in common? And what do Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and others have in common?
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Valencia CF (2): Alves; Joao, Rami (Víctor Ruiz, min.65), R. Costa, Cissokho; Gago, Tino Costa; Feghouli, Jonas (Éver, min.79'), Guardado; Soldado (Valdez, min.87).
Atlético de Madrid (0): Courtois; Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Filipe Luis; Tiago (M.Suárez, min.70'), Gabi (Raúl García, min.67'); Turan, Emre (C.Rodríguez, min.56'), Adrián; Falcao.
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Diego Alves 6.5 - Had two great saves, otherwise not very secure in the air, but wasn't tested too much.
Joao Pereira 7 - One of his better matches in a Valencia CF shirt. Make sure no one beat him all night long, making some crucial tackles and blocks.
Rami 7 - Confident and secure, defended well alongside Costa, getting the better out of Falcao on most occasions. Was injured towards the end and replaced by Ruiz.
R. Costa 6 - Good defensive display, made few important blocks, but needless red card as he could have been more careful. The referee was no doubt harsh, but Costa should have known better.
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Tino Costa 6.5 - Run a lot and was always useful in defense, midfield and in more advanced positions, lacks ball controlling skills that Gago and Banega have, but makes up in other ways.
Feghuoli 7 - Not very effective going forward, though he did hold the ball effectively, keeping possession for Valencia CF and covered well defensively. Lovely pass late game for Valdez to seal the match.
Jonas 5.5 - Not very effective and barely saw the ball. What little he had of it was largely basic passes and should be worried about his starting spot prospects based on his performances this season.
Guardado 6 - Covered great defensively and did have few forwards runs, including two good chances, but the first one his shot was very poor and in the second one he decided to shoot again, instead of playing Soldado or Banega. So poor decision making and poor shooting skills, needs to do more.
Soldado 7.5 - Man of the match performance, even though he didn't have much chances at all. One chance was all it took and it was what basically won Valencia CF the match.
Ruiz 6.5 - Replaced Rami and did just as well, making one important foul to stop Atletico's counter in its tracks.
Banega N/A - Did not have the influence I was hoping he'd have, but Valencia CF was already on the back foot and then reduced to 10 men. Hopefully with these appearances he'd get to his best form.
Valdez 6.5 - Came in and almost instantly scored to seal the match and give Valencia CF the victory in the dying moments of the match. Great anticipation, awareness and calmness to fool Courtosis and slot the ball into the net.


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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Rate of Global Temperature Increase
There's a very interesting new paper out from Grant Foster (who blogs at Open Mind) and Stefan Rahmstorf (who occasionally blogs at Real Climate). What the paper does is take five global temperature series that look like this:
Basically there is a clearly linear trend (the global warming signal) with a much smaller amount of noise left over that is a) fairly correlated between the different sources, and b) not very autocorrelated - ie it looks like the annual fluctuations in the weather.
I won't say too much about their analysis since it's well covered at Open Mind. What I was curious about is the extrapolation, since the data seem to cluster so tightly about a linear trend. I read off the average of the five adjusted series above and then did a simple linear least squares which gave the overall slope as 1.63 ± 0.09 C/century. This statistical error of about 5% is much much smaller than the uncertainties from climate models. Of course, the linear nature of the data is purely an empirical observation that could break down in the future (whereas the climate models attempt to capture the underlying physics of the global climate system).
In fahrenheit terms this is 2.94 ± 0.15 F/century. It's important to note that this is a global average - the rate will be lowest over the oceans and at low latitudes and higher over land and in the Arctic.
To give a feel for a different stability analysis - here's a comparison of the linear and quadratic extrapolations over the rest of the century:
Over that timeframe the uncertainty in extrapolation is dominated by the small non-linear component present in the data. Still - the uncertainty is not that large and will be rapidly reduced by another decade or two of data. So this gives us an idea of how much global warming we - and the planet we love - will have to adapt to.
It's worth adding the caveats that 90 years is a long time - if indeed solar power becomes cheaper than coal in a couple of decades time, or we manage to invent Freeman Dyson's carbon-eating trees, then the situation could be much better. On the other hand, since we are making fairly large changes in a system that we don't understand very well, there could well be thresholds in the climate system above which it starts to change much faster (eg a lot of the forests burning up and releasing their carbon into the atmosphere). Any of those kinds of things could render a straightforward extrapolation of the last thirty years pretty pointless.
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- Dean said...
Another caveat is that this analysis doesn't go back into the last 'cold PDO regime'. I would have been very interested to see what was happening then.
But it seems that the analysis usually starts at the beginning of the big upswing in temps, ignoring the previous 30 years (which may be similar to the last 10, plus next 10-20).
- December 6, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Very interesting post.
There may be more factors contributing to the warming. The solar magnetic field may also be influencing cloudcover by reducing cosmic radiation (Svensmark theory).
We cannot predict what the El Nino-oscillation, the Earth's volcanoes and the Sun will do in the next century.
But we know pretty sure that fossil fuels will run out and manmade CO2-emissions will drop.
- December 6, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Lars-Eric Bjerke said...
I used your curve together with the CO2 increase in the atmosphere from Wikipedia to calculate the climate sensitivity, not taking into account any delaying effects. The result was 3.3 C for a doubling of CO2 content, pretty close to the IPCC best estimate of 3 C.
- December 6, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- 1leone said...
As you correctly say that we are making changes to a large system that we don't understand, I would also add that it is a complex system, governed by laws of caos. It seems inevitable unfortunately that if we carry on this way, at some stage, the increase will cease to be linear and change to an exponential growth
- December 6, 2011 at 11:56 PM
- Mike Aucott said...
Interesting; thanks for posting. Lars and I are on the same page. Although the article doesn't discuss it, the data provide empirical evidence that the sensitivity of climate to carbon dioxide is just about where the geological record and climate models put it.
And this has been understood for 30years. CO2 was about 338 ppm in 1979, and it's about 385 ppm today. During this period, the nearly linear increase of CO2 has paralleled the increase in temperature that now totals about 0.5 degrees C. There's been some increase in other greenhouse gases during this period also. Adjusting the projection somewhat to account for the perhaps 10% contribution of these other gases, a doubling of CO2 should lead to an increase in global temperature of about 3 degrees C. This is smack in the middle of the range of 1.5 to 4.5 degrees C. first estimated by the National Academy of Sciences, chaired by Jule Charney of MIT, in 1979.
- December 7, 2011 at 5:15 AM
- bordoe said...
"Russian Permafrost Melt - BBC"
- December 7, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Tenney Naumer said...
Perhaps Stefan and tamino were thinking of the over 90% of the energy imbalance that is going into the ocean that will soon come back to bite us in the butt -- in fact, it already is if temperatures during the so-called La Nina "cooling" years are anything to go by. Have a good look at this graph, which is one of the scariest I've ever seen.
Or have a look at Fig. 8 here"
- December 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Tenney Naumer said...
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- December 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Unknown said...
Interesting. I have no idea how can this come about since the underling trend of the satellite record is different from the surface station record. The difference is especially marked between GISS and the satellites:
- December 7, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- The Rational Pessimist said...
Stuart. As Lars says, your number comes close to the Charney sensitivity, which is the basis for the IPCC's best estimate of 3C. Changes in the carbon cycle feedbacks lead us toward the Earth System sensitivity, which is a somewhat different thing.
Media very confused about these two types of sensitivities in general as per the reaction to the Schmittner et al paper over the last couple of weeks. I talk about this confusion here:
- December 7, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- buck smith said...
Humans have been adapting to climate change for tens of thousands of years. A few degrees of warming beats the heck out of an ice age, which, in the long run or possibly even the short run is coming. The idea that there is something sacred about the global temperature range of the last 100 years is kind of silly, especially if look at geologic time.
- December 7, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- Tenney Naumer said...
Humans adapted to temperature changes that occurred over tens of thousands of years.
What we have here is a rate of change that is occurring over 100 years, a mere blick of the eye in geologic time.
Many species will be unable to adapt, including food crops.
A few degrees of warming means many meters of sea level rise -- billions will become refugees. Many will not survive.
- December 7, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- buck smith said...
But we had a similar temperature rise during Medieval Warm Period and the global disasters you forecast did not occur. When there is climate change, where it is man-made or natural mankind will adapt. If crops are failing we will breed or genetically engineering new crops. Or more likely we will use some form of geo-engineering to keep the climate in a desirable range.
- December 8, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- 1leone said...
@buck smith, the medieval period you refer to has been largely refuted in so far it was localized warming whilst overall global temperature did not alter significantly. Similarly, the so called little ice age that subsequently followed was again a localized phenomena and not global in perspective.
The problem with geo-engineering climate is that, given that climate is a complex system, the inputs that we may fabricate will be 1) irreversible 2) trigger unforeseeable consequences further down the road. Think of the proverbial butterfly flapping it's wings in Brazil causes a storm in Europe....
As it was said a long time ago, "to command the weather, one has to obey it"
- December 8, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- Tenney Naumer said...
There is evidence suggests that warming during the Middle Ages was not global in nature. Further, it was not as warm as now. And, we are going towards temperatures not seen for tens of thousands of years and CO2 levels not seen since well before humans existed.
And we are going to do this in the blink of an eye -- evolution to survive this is not possible.
- December 8, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Stephen B. said...
Okay, I'm a little late to comment on this blog post, but I have to chuckle at the idea that we can geo-engineer the global climate.
Assume that we even can partially understand the system that we are altering and can come up with a mechanism sufficiently significant enough to effect change, just who gets to decide what's warm enough or cold enough? Who decides what is a proper amount of precipitation and where to disperse it?
Civilization cannot come to consensus on much of anything, and yet we are to take active control of the climate too?
I just cannot imagine it.
- December 12, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Bernd Paysan said...
About the natural range of variability: The end of the last ice age took somewhere between 50 and 100 years. In which the global temperature increased faster and by more than this prediction. It was chaotic, it had a set-back when the great lakes spilled a huge amount of sweet water, temporarily shutting down the gulf stream.
One can argue, we shouldn't have started it. It is too late for that, we already started it. What is pretty obvious: We can't stop it. The conference of Durban showed: The two biggest sources of CO2 on this planet are unwilling to do anything about it. They are full of lame excuses and finger-pointing. An old Chinese saying says when pointing at someone else, three fingers point at yourself. Well, China, that's still true today.
We have also a longer running natural momentum, that is our solar system is leaving the dusty spiral arm, which means the 5 million year long ice age period is going to end. In geological terms, not within the next 100 years.
Nature can adapt. There have been times where Earth was 10 degrees warmer than today. We are still in the middle of an ice age, and the climate is still way below average. The way nature quickly adapts to changing situations is by having animals and plants moving around. Animals move quickly, it takes them years for 1000km, plants are a bit slower to move, it takes them decades for 1000km. But they all can move, can change their habitats. Many former European ice age plants nowadays are only to be found in the alps, and if there was another ice age, they would come back from this retreat quickly. Some ice age creatures vanished, though there had been arctic retreats for quite a while. Nature is not nice and cozy, nature is hard. Survival of the fittest, you know. Mutation and selection. Selection happens in waves, it is part of the game.
Concerning crops: Do you know how much crops changed over the last 100 years? It's incredible. Adjusting these crops to a mere 3°C/century temperature gradient is a total no-brainer, we can do that. And we can move the zones where we plant particular crops. Quickly, on a per-year basis. Unlike natural plants, which can only migrate by wind or on the feet of birds, industrial agriculture is not limited - whatever new or modified crop we have cultivated, it takes a few weeks to get it anywhere on the world. This is four or five orders of magnitudes faster than natural change. And natural change can keep up with the temperature slope we have today. So that is not something to be concerned about.
Despite the predictions have been made timely and were correct, we failed to convince society to do something about this problem. We must realize that it is too late to stop this trend. We must learn to live with it.
- December 15, 2011 at 4:25 AM


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I haven't been shopping in a long while, but last weekend while doing some Christmas shopping I stumbled upon some fashion brands that have come out with some great-looking activewear. In a previous post I mentioned that athletic wear was featured in this year's New York Fashion Week, and it's great to see that trickle down into some of the international brands that are present here in the Philippines.
For the last few years Forever 21's activewear section is one of my go-to's for yoga and dance wear. Many of these are multi-purpose activewear separates, so you can use them for almost every sport or workout.
not shown: a whole rack in pink
Old Navy is more known for its denims and comfy casual wear, so I was surprised when I found some great activewear. They also have some promos happening, such as price reductions when you buy two pieces or more.
great color palette this season
With H&M recently opening a three-floor store, there was bound to be something along the lines of workout wear. What I found there made my fashionista heart beat faster: shorts, skirts, tights, sleeveless and sleeved tops, bras, thermal innerwear and outerwear. They even have yoga mats!
for whatever kind of athlete you are
The selections are reasonably priced so if you're a woman just starting out an active lifestyle, these are pretty fashionable all-around gear. Men, you'll also find gear for you at these stores, although the selection isn't as wide as the women's are.
I did notice a lot of the tops are made with cottony fabrics, which won't lend themselves too well to repetitive motions such as running (chafing galore!), though there are also options made with tech fabric. It's important to find breathable, sweat-wicking fabrics that fit properly to avoid chafing and discomfort, whichever store you buy your running gear at.
It's always great to have options, and I've already bought some yoga pants and dance tops from Old Navy. For my running gear though, I will still go for performance gear provided by sport-specific brands such as Mizuno.
And of course, the above fashion brands still don't have proper sports footwear. 😉


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Pediatric cancer patients at Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama, Sri Lanka do not have ideal lifestyles. Most of them come from poor socio-economic backgrounds, and their families struggle to afford the bus fare to get to the hospital. If the bus fares are expensive, imagine how hard it must be for these families to afford the constant treatment and medication their children need to survive. Cancer already makes these children's futures bleak, so they need all the medication and care that they can get to fight it. However, these poor children will only have insufficient treatment regimens, and may even die, if the medications that they need cannot be provided due to cost. The government does significant work in subsidizing a lot of medications that the children receive, but not all medications can be provided. This is where Revive to Survive chose to step in initially. We provided lifesaving medications and medical devices. Providing these lifesaving medications to the patients did enhance their chances of fighting cancer.
Revive to Survive launched the "Enhance for a Chance" project at the inception of this organization. We hoped to enhance the chances of these children by providing medications, medical devices, necessary tests, and raising awareness to the Sri Lankan government to make policy changes. This bold mission led to a number of creative fundraisers. We held a successful Gala Dinner Dance Fundraiser in 2013 and raised over $30,000 to provide Neupogen, and a Fashion show, Aussie Threads, in 2015 to provide further medications and medical devices such as porta-catheters to children in Sri Lanka. We were able to raise awareness of these needs with the government of Sri Lanka successfully and some of these necessary medications have now been incorporated into the government formulary.
Genetic testing to determine treatment options is currently the standard of care for the management of pediatric cancer here in the United States. Based on the results, patients are assigned to various treatment protocols based on their individualized and mutated tumors. However, these tests are expensive and are not provided by the government. As a result, physicians are not able to determine optimum treatment protocols for individual patients which affect their outcomes in serious ways. Revive to Survive is hoping to raise sufficient funds with our 2018 fundraiser gala to provide these critical tests for every child who is admitted to Apeksha hospital. This will significantly improve survival figures, reduce intense treatments with detrimental effects later in life, and lessen the financial and psychological burden for the families who are already under tremendous stress associated with caring for a child with cancer.
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Small stocks are proving to be big gainers as Russell 2000 hits new highs
Move over tiny houses, Wall Street investors are now tuning into tiny stocks.
Indeed, the small-is-better trend has made its way to Wall Street. Small stocks are putting up bigger gains than their large-company counterparts.
In the clearest sign of the shift in investors' affections, the small-company Russell 2000 is the first major U.S. stock index to break out to a record high following the stock market's first 10% correction in two years in February. On Thursday, the small-fry index gained 0.55%, while the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finished with losses.
The average market value of stocks in the Russell 2000 is $2.5 billion, according to index provider FTSE Russell. Compare that to Apple, the most valuable stock in the large-company S&P 500 index that is closing in on a market value of $1 trillion.
Top holdings in the small-cap index include biotech drug maker Nektar Therapeutics and online food delivery service GrubHub.
Alec Young, managing director of global markets research at FTSE Russell, cites a few factors driving the better performance of small stocks. One benefit is small companies get the bulk of their revenue from within the U.S.
That shields them from headwinds faced by big companies in the S&P 500, which get nearly half of sales from overseas.
Small stocks are less impacted by a stronger dollar, which makes U.S. goods sold abroad more expensive. They also suffer less turbulence due to geopolitical and trade fears.
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The biggest annual community event in Tieton, the Highland Country Fair is a classic small town celebration that's loads of fun.
This celebration has been going on for decades, and it's still a blast. From the Saturday morning parade, to the street dancing, food vendors, and craft booths, it's a weekend of fun. Parade starts at 10am sharp.
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Enhanced upwelling and CO2 degassing from the subpolar North Pacific during a warm event 14,000 years ago may have helped keep atmospheric CO2 levels high enough to propel the Earth out of the last ice age.
Jaccard S. L. & Galbraith E. D., 2018. Push from the Pacific. Nature Geoscience. 11: 299–300. Article (subscription required).


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To people reared in educated and or affluent environments and households, they may be taken aback when I say that no one ever sat down and told me the value of your credit rating in life. Not only was I void of this knowledge...as the most junior child, I feel victim to my elder siblings using my name and identity to get different types of credit. Needless to say, my credit was bad before I reached adulthood. I subsequently exacerbated the situation, not understanding the importance of it in combination with not making long terms plans in my life at that time.
I have come to realize, the hard way, just how important credit is in a persons economic life. Having good credit can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars over a lifetime, from big ticket items like homes, autos, boats and the like. Not only that, in order to rent a car and stay at many hotels, they want you to have a credit card. We are living in a credit society these days and your worth is judged by your credit rating score.
In light of the times that we live, having good credit can save you plenty of money in the long run and having bad credit can cost you. When I say cost you, I mean that it gives financers an excuse to exploit you. Financers can't make much of a return off people with good credit, because they are given such great interest rates and other deals. Those people with terrible credit and who would end up costing the financers in bad loans are not given loans. Thus, the profit margins come from exploiting those with marginal credit. These are the people who are likely to pay, but have sometimes had late payments and a moderately low credit rating.
Some of the practices simply do not make much sense. For example, the insurance industry, in some states, charge higher premiums based upon your credit score. Is there a correlation between having bad credit and being getting into accidents or having more claims? The insurance actuary industry seems to think so. I would venture to guess that bad credit manifest in every class strata, but most profoundly among the poor. The poor tend to live in poor communities with higher congestion and crime rates, which likely lead to more accidents and property crimes, resulting in more claims. Thus, it seems to me that the higher claim volume is linked to poverty and not credit score. The insurance industry already penalize you for living in higher crime and congestion, thus increasing it for bad credit is simply penalizing them twice for the same phenomenon.
Not only that, what about home mortgages? If you have had an impeccable rental payment history, but have had some problems paying your car or credit cards on time and went into delinquency on other small accounts, the only thing that should matter is you rental payment history. The reason being is that people naturally place their bills in a hierarchy, based upon their needs. If people cannot pay all their bills, they will usually prioritize paying what they need the most, which is usually a place to stay. If a person does not have a rental payment history, then the credit score would have more weight. But if one has such a history, that payment history, and not credit score, should determine your credit worthiness and hence interest rate, but it does not.
It all seems rather counter intuitive. If a person has had trouble paying their bills or have a less than favorable income to debt ratio, then charging them more seems that it would only increase the probability that they could not pay it back. It seems akin to giving a person more bricks to carry, because he demonstrated an inability to carry previous loads. Does that not seem counter intuitive? On the other hand, the person who has demonstrated the abilityt to carry the load on time is rewarded with less bricks to carry. Its a punitive system.
The truth is that this is how a lot of finance companies are increasing their profit margins, by exploiting those with marginal credit and throwing in all these fees. Being black only exacerbates the situation, because studies have shown that blacks, even with good credit, are charged higher rates than whites, everything else being equal. Thus, a black person with bad credit, but not terrible credit, will be charged extremely higher rates for credit than they should be charged. Hence, if you plan on having something in life….PLEASE CLEAN UP THAT CREDIT and ALSO PLEASE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE VALUE AND NEED OF HAVING GOOD CREDIT.


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The magic of rhythms is in the process, not the particulars.
-Kim John Payne, M.ED
Do you find it stressful and chaotic when it comes to cooking dinner?
Streamline your cooking routine by making it less complicated to get dinner on the table for you and your family. DESIGNATED MEAL NIGHTS have been a true time saver for me and my family.
I'm grateful to come home to a non-stressful situation when it comes to dinner because I already know ahead of time what's on the menu.
DESIGNATED MEAL NIGHTS basically means each night of the week is assigned a specific type of meal. For example, Monday nights are when we eat pasta. I don't serve the same pasta meal each week. Each week we change components of the pasta dish. One week we might have goat cheese and beet ravioli with a grass-fed beef tomato sauce and a salad, and the next week we might have lentil penne with a ground turkey tomato sauce with chopped kale.
This makes each week exciting and fresh so no one dies of food boredom.
I think it's very important to include your family when deciding on meals for the week. This way everyone's voice is heard and both adults and kids can feel important by contributing to the family's routines. This also helps young children to build and sustain healthy eating habits in the future.
My family has decided on the following designated meal nights (see below). This has been our weekly meal plan way for about 6 months now, and we are always open for change when when we want to spice up the week with something new.
Every week is not perfect, and we aren't striving to be. We enjoy being spontaneous every now and then and making decisions that best fit our needs for that specific week or day.
Monday: Pasta
Tuesday: Tacos
Wedensday: Pizza
Thursday: Brinner (Breakfast for dinner)
Friday: TBD (Date night; or order out; or last minute decision)
Saturday: TBD (Date night; or order carry out; or last minute decision)
Sunday: We decide as a family in the morning what to cook before going to the grocery store to buy food for the week.
If you are interested in finding some simple ideas for cooking pasta, tacos, pizza and more then feel free to check out my Balanced Meals for quick recipes!
When mixing up your meal nights try to make small changes so it doesn't get overwhelming when it comes time to cook. Remember, we want to keep things simple! Swap or change the protein, vegetable, or carbohydrate choice every week or every other week in that meal.
Here's an example of swapping options to change Taco Night each week:
Protein: ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey, ground chorizo, fish, chicken, black beans
Veggies: chopped spinach, arugula, kale, radishes, chopped broccoli, romaine lettuce wraps
Carbs: rice, whole grain tortillas, sweet potato
Toppings: cheese, guacamole, salsa, Greek yogurt or sour cream
Remember, there is no need to overwhelm yourself every week with the many choices of dinner meals you could cook. Keep your eating habits clean and simple, but add your personality and taste to it as well. Design a simple meal plan that excites you, your family, and keeps your stress levels on the down low.
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- I'm glad you arrived, please do come in.. I hope you enjoy my Homemade crafty items. Feel free to leave a comment and if you have any questions I'll do my best to reply. I've been having better luck with my Mojo but still have a tendency to get lost in the game. I lose my mojo and I just wait for some inspiration to hit and then I'll scrap again. I'm sure others know what I'm talking about. We just plain run out of ideas for a moment! Sooner or later things are kicking back into gear! YAY! For those that stop by and leave comments, I greatly appreciate it. Even stop by just to say Hi.. I will try to get back to your blog too. I hope you have a great day, I hope you enjoy your visit! Sherry
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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Wow...what lovely work! I've never even attempted to alter a hat...it's beautiful! It looks like it'd be a perfect hat to wear to maybe an Easter Parade...the old fashioned ones where everybody dressed up in thier Sunday best. Very elegant & delicate...fabulous work!ReplyDelete
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You know, it's funny....I was going to guess it was a hat when I saw the preliminary picture.....but I would have never guessed it would have been this gorgeous! (I should have known. You never do anything half-assed!)
This is jaw dropping gorgeous very victorian to me.....ReplyDelete
So absolutely beautiful, Sherry! I love it!ReplyDelete
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Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
A German journalist and presenter has resigned from the Bavarian public service broadcaster Bayerischen Rundfunk after claiming they did nothing to help when he was targeted by neo-Nazis and internet trolls.
Richard Gutjahr who was working as a retained freelancer for Bayerischen Rundfunk (BR) said he contacted his employer Ulrich Wilhelm who was and still is the boss of the channel three years ago, and asked for help after he and his family were targeted by right-wingers and conspiracy theorists.
Gutjahr witnessed the terrorist attack in Nice on holiday in 2016, in which 86 people lost their lives. He reported about it as a BR journalist for ARD, a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters.
Only eight days later, Gutjahr witnessed another dramatic crime when a killing spree in his hometown of Munich left nine dead. He reported again.
But after that his close proximity to the terrorist acts saw him linked with them by those who allege he was part of a movement to gain local control by staging terror acts.
Now as the new year starts, he has written a public letter to his employer saying: "After 22 years it is now my last day as a so-called "permanent freelancer" and worker at Bayerischen Rundfunk."
He outlined how for years he had been terrorised by right-wing extremists, even receiving death threats and in the open letter to the BR boss in a blog posting that was published on 31st of December he said: "Exactly three years ago I wrote you a letter. I asked you personally for help in my fight against my attackers online. Against conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists who have been terrorising my family and I right up until the present day."
He said however that his appeal for help remained unanswered, and instead the station's director Wilhelm and lawyers had written to him advising him that "the BR can offer freelancers no legal advice."
He said, as a result, the murder threats had to be tackled by him and his family alone, without any help from BR. He had legal insurance but had to pay the bills himself when it was cancelled, and the cost has now reportedly spiralled out of control.
He said the only thing that he was offered from BR had been one single month's salary as financial support. He added that in addition the management at BR were told that his legal costs were fully covered and that they had apologised to him frequently for the lack of support.
The 46-year-old journalist said this was simply not the truth, and it was also the case that the broadcaster paid only lip service to its pledges to tackle fake news and hate speech.
Many people supported the journalist's statements, such as Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) politician Ruprecht Polenz who wrote: "Everyone should read Richard Gutjahr's open letter to the director of BR. It shows the personal threats journalists are faced by right-wing extremists – and how much they need our solidarity."
And the well known Austrian journalist Armin Wolf wrote: "Unfortunately, Richard Gutjahr's open letter to say goodbye to Bavarian Radio sounds terrible. One would hope that a broadcaster with a budget of almost a billion could legally assist one of its best-known employees against death threats."
A spokesman for BR said: "We offered Gutjahr further employment in an area that was in line with his other work, but he rejected the offer. As a result cancellation was made by mutual agreement in March of last year, and since then he has not worked for BR."
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Dave keeps trying to explain to Tamler that we're not a movie podcast, but somehow they're doing another podcast about movies. This time they each list their top 5 movies featuring moral dilemmas. Also, Tamler tries to rationalize the Woody Allen controversy, Ozymandias from Watchmen says "screw you Paul Bloom," Dave confuses Maggie Gyllenhaal with Droopy, and for the second time ever we have to censor something one of us (Tamler) says. Put on your astronaut adult diapers, folks, it's a long one.
- Dylan Farrow's Story [nytimes.com]
- Woody Allen Speaks Out [nytimes.com]
- The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast [thedailybeast.com]
- "It's shockingly easy to create false memories" by Cara Laney [thedailybeast.com]
- Elizabeth Loftus [wikipedia.org]
- Watchmen Graphic Novel [wikipedia.org]
- The Vengeance Trilogy [wikipedia.org]
- Droopy Dog [wikipedia.org]
- Maggie Gyllenhal looks like Droopy Dog [cheezeburger.com]
- "Hard Determinism, Punishment, and Funishment" by Saul Smilansky [philosophycommons.typepad.com]
Tamler's Top 5 (links all go to IMDB.com)
- The Third Man
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- In Bruges
- La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife)
- Gone Baby Gone
David's Top 5
Tamler's Honorable Mentions
Movies that couldn't be talked about without spoilers:
- Oldboy (Park Chanwook's not fucking Spike Lee's).
- Mother
- The Maltese Falcon
- Seven
Movies too close to personal identity
- Solaris
- Shutter Island
So close...
- Beast of the Southern Wild.
- 3:10 to Yuma
- The Dark Knight
- Casablanca
- The Insider
- Donnie Brasco
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it is unspeakable and incomprehensible, because it is the love of God manifest in the flesh. "Hereby," says the beloved disciple, "perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us," (John, iii. 16;) that is, hereby we perceive the love of God the Son, because he condescended to be incarnate, to take upon him our nature, to be made of the seed of David, according to the flesh, to be born of a virgin, and, finally, to give his life a ransom for many, to redeem them from the curse of the law, the wrath of an offended God, and eternal misery. In this view the love of Jesus appears indeed to be that which passeth knowledge, and to be truly ineffable and divine. The grace of our Lord Jesus is the grace of him that was rich, and for our sakes became poor: and this is the argument which the apostle uses when he exhorts the disciples to abound in the grace of love; "ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich."II. Corinth. viii. 9.
Behold then the Son of God, rich in all the glories of Godhead and Divinity-possessed of the Divine nature and Divine attributes! Behold him in the bosom of his Father! behold his Divine condescension, in his becoming surety for sinners! behold him in this character, and hear him utter these gracious words, "lo, I come! in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O God! by which will," says the apostle, "we are sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus once for all." Behold the Son of God, in his birth, life, sufferings and death! Remember who he is that endured so much for sinners-remember that he is the great Immanuel, God with us, and admire with sacred rapture and delight the wonders of redeeming love! Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever, Amen.
Lastly, let us practically improve this doctrine, the great mystery of godliness, unto holiness of life; that so we may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; and if we would adorn the doctrine of our Saviour, we must believe that he is our God. The practice of true holiness, of pure and undefiled religion, does not begin in unbelief; obe- . dience does not commence with disobedience to the express command of God the Father, who hath commanded us to believe in his Son: but how do they believe in the Son who deny the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction?II. Peter, ii. 1. Can Antichrist be religious and holy? can a liar love truth? And "who is a liar," saith the apostle, "but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son; whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father." He is Antichrist and a liar who denieth that Jesus is the Christ, that is, the Messiah; but he that denies the divinity of Jesus denies that he is Christ, the anointed, the Messiah: for if he is not God, neither is he Messiah-the Messiah is Immanuel, God with us. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life. Now he that denieth the Son hath not the Son, nor the Father, and has no life, but is dead in trespasses and sins.
True believers experience a sacred constraining influence in the love of Jesus Christ. "The love of Christ," says the apostle, " constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again." Believing in this Saviour as their God, they truly perceive his love; and this is the language of their souls, "hereby perceive we the love of God, in that he laid down his life for us." In this faith they behold the glory and riches of redeeming love, and feel its peculiar constraining energy. In the great mystery of
godliness the believer beholds not only the love of God to sinners, in giving his Son to be their Saviour, but also the holiness of God, and his abhorrence and detestation of sin. In the death of the Son of God, as the surety and representative of sinners, the purity and holiness, the righteousness and justice of God, are most gloriously illustrated and displayed, as well as his grace and mercy. How infinitely merciful, holy, just, and righteous is our God, who in his infinite love gave us his Son to be the propitiation for our sins! He would not pardon sinners without vindicating the honour of his holy and righteous law: he would not be reconciled to sinners but by the death of his own Son, who hath magnified the Divine law, and made it honourable. How inflexible is Divine justice! Behold this attribute of God in the sufferings and death of Christ! Behold how God visited his own Son as the sinners' surety! In his pity and in his love he gave him to us, to be our Saviour; but the sword of his justice is drawn against him: "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd." God spared not his own Son: "it pleased the Lord to bruise. him; he hath put him to grief. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, with his stripes we are healed. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter." Behold the. Son of God in his life, his sufferings, particularly his last sufferings in the garden and on the cross! Behold his agony and blood sweat! Hear him say, "Father, save me from this hour! but for this cause came I to this hour!" "O, my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy. will be done!" Hear him crying out on the cross "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!" Behold these things, and be astonished at the terrors
of Divine justice, and admire the riches of redeeming love! If God thus visited his own dear Son, considered as surety for sinners, shall not God visit with everlasting destruction all the impenitent workers of iniquity? If these things are done in a green tree, what shall be done in a dry? Shall not the Divine wrath flame out against all who are not in Christagainst all who are not saved from wrath by himagainst all who are not washed in his atoning blood
against all who are not clothed with his righteousness? Where shall they fly for refuge who would not have Christ to be their Saviour, nor their Lord to reign over them? what will become of them? They shall go away into everlasting punishment, and be destroyed with an everlasting destruction !
In the doctrine of Christ's divinity, as connected with the doctrine of the atonement, we behold, as in a faithful mirror, the love and mercy, the truth and faithfulness, the holiness and justice of God: we behold the glory of his grace, and the awfulness of his wrath; we behold the dignity and honour of his laws, and have every motive laid before us to fly to Christ for salvation, to believe in, and to rest upon him for eternal life. The Son of God gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify us unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Let us then live unto him who died for us, and rose again; who died for our offences, and rose again for our justification. Let us testify our love to him, by keeping his commandments: they are the commandments of our Lord and Saviour, who is entitled to our submission and obedience, because he is our God, our Redeemer, and our King. Let us worship and adore him; let us praise and bless his holy name; let his word dwell richly in us; let his law be our delight; and let all that love his salvation say continually-THE LOR B MAGNIFIED!


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Cass in the Kitchen: Ember Orlando
:kitchen: Well, once again this week, I am not going to tell you about something I cooked, but rather about something I ate that someone else cooked. Slacker! It's not that I don't cook anymore, but rather that we are so busy with sports right now that I am relying on quick and easy instead of "blog worthy" to feed us. However, when I was in Orlando, there was no sports practice, and there was Ember.
Marisa and I spent a lovely day at Universal with Colleen, Trevor, Andrew and John Chow. After Universal though, it was just me and her. Andrew and Trevor had both left Universal early, John had plans, and Colleen was on her way home. We attempted to go to a Cajun place recommended by Trevor but they were closed. By the way, on the weekend, there is one word for downtown Orlando, and that word is CLOSED. Behold:
See, closed. All closed.
Except for Ember. Ember had opened on Friday night, so we got to be one of the first patrons, and we got plenty of individual attention, since the place was not hopping. After our, experience, though, I have no doubt it will be! We enjoyed the food and there was plenty of it. We each started with soup. I had the potato and cheese:
Ohmyword good!
We shared appetizers, and I seriously wonder about the size of the entrees after sampling the appetizers. Look at this:
Hummus and vegetables
Buffalo chicken–there were EIGHT pieces of chicken there, people.
And the place is just lovely, inside and out.
The outside bar
And the music is good, too! We heard Kenny Chesney and Madonna and a whole bunch of others while we were there. You just don't get much more eclectic that that, ykwim? About halfway through the meal, I looked at Marisa and said, "we have to tell Ted about this place, it would be great to have a party here during IZEAfest next year", and then I got up to take pictures of the place. And doncha know, before I could get this post typed up, he and Tara had already found it? Hope you guys enjoyed it as much as we did, Ted!
Oh, one more thing, a gratuitous still life, because I want to be just like Alli when I grow up.


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The perception that kids today don't like reading is a myth, says Margaret Hale, a professor at the University of Houston College of Education and former English teacher.
Case in point: On Sat., Oct. 21, Hale expects more than 2,000 middle school students, parents, teachers and librarians to attend the Tweens Read book festival she and a former colleague started seven years ago.
The free event, one of the nation's only book festivals to target middle school students, is like a rock concert for readers. Tweens better known for smartphone addictions rise to their feet to applaud and snap photos of their favorite authors and wait in line for autographs.
The festival this year features 25 authors, including Victoria Jamieson, author of the graphic novel "Roller Girl," which won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for 2016-17; Leland Melvin, a former NFL player and astronaut who wrote "Chasing Space"; and Andrew Clements, the New York Times bestselling author of "Frindle" and "The Losers Club."
"Kids read. And these authors are their rock stars," said Hale, who serves as associate chair of the College of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction and teaches in the reading and language arts education program.
The festival, which targets students in fifth through eighth grade, is held in partnership with the Pasadena Independent School District and Blue Willow Bookshop.
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One of the few things we heard out of the mainstream media during the Gosnell hearing is "this is what happens when abortions are hard to get."
The argument must be aimed at bolstering their own supporters, because it's not an argument that will convince many pro-lifers. My brain always interprets this kind of logic as "if abortion isn't legal, people might die when they try to murder their children." Less than compelling.
The other argument I've heard a lot lately is "we've always had abortion and we always will."
It's true we've always had abortion. For centuries people have dealt with unwanted children by killing them — either before they were born or after. Does that make it OK? Of course not. Does that mean it will always be with us? Not necessarily.
There's something else we can say we've pretty much always had: slavery. It's existed in some form or another for thousands of years. It still exists, even in the United States.
But it's not what it once was. Once, slavery was normal. People thought nothing of it. It was a fact of life.
Today, it's recognized by 99% of the human race as a horror and a crime. We may never stamp it out, but we've relegated it to the shadows, and there's a good chance we can make it too risky, too dangerous to practice if we keep the pressure on. There may soon come a day when there is no slavery on this planet.
Abortion has always existed because there were people who said "my needs are more important than the life of this child." There is a chance that we can change things so that 99% of the human race will say "nothing is more important that the life of a child." That's a dream worth fighting for.


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Terence Owen Tunberg is a professor in the Department of Classical Languages and teaches in the Honors Program at the University of Kentucky. Tunberg received a BA and MA in classics from the University of Southern California and a PhD from the University of Toronto. He also studied at the University of London's MA Programme in Medieval Studies and Ancient History. He has published widely on medieval and neo-Latin and is founder of the electronic Latin journal Retiarius. Tunberg is the coauthor with Milena Minkova of Latin for the New Millennium, Level 1 (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2008), Latin for the New Millennium, Level 2 (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2009), and Reading Livy's Rome: Selections from Books I-VI of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2005); Tunberg is the cotranslator with Jennifer Morrish Tunberg of The Giving Tree in Latin: Arbor Alma (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2002), Quomodo Invidiosulus nomine Grinchus Christi natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1998), and Cattus Petasatus: The Cat in the Hat in Latin (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2000).
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