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I got to admit I am a big fan of disaster movies. Mainly because they tend to be so bad they are somehow good. I think I love disaster movies because they reflect the human hope that when the chips are down, when circumstances are at their worst, people will set aside their petty differences, come together, and achieve victory against impossible odds. Such films are often panned by critics for their cheesy plots and their tendency to find a way to escape disaster at the last minute. . In 1998 the movie Deep Impact would have gained the title worst of the worst Disaster movies, getting a 44% review on Rotten Tomatoes, a movie ratting site. . But it was only the first of the worst Asteroid impact movies that year. It was surpassed in outlandishness a by another Asteroid impact film Armageddon, which received a 39% on rotten Tomatoes. Deep Impact was the more scientifically accurate asteroid disaster movie, though in that movie they were trying to deflect a rogue comet. In that movie an astronomer discovered the comet over a year in advance and Russia and the United States worked together in secret to build a spacecraft to send an expert team to the comet. This team would drill into the comet to plant nuclear weapons in a hope of deflecting the object from hitting Earth. Of course, this being Hollywood, despite having a team of experts, the first attempt to deflect the comet doesn't go according to plan and the crew of the apply named Messiah have to sacrifice themselves at the last minute to save the Earth. In Armageddon, the world has eighteen days to stop an asteroid the size of Texas. In Hollywood fashion NASA recruits a team of offshore oil drillers to drill a hole into the asteroid to plant a nuclear weapon.They are victorious at the last minute.
I think we like disaster movies because it speaks to a hope that we have that when we are at our best or at our worst, if there was a meteor hurtling towards the earth, hopefully we would know about it, that we would come together, put aside our differences, and avert disaster. September 11, eighteen years ago was a very hard day. But many of us long for September 12 where we came together as a nation and put aside our difference.
But Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good people are divided over politics and religion, we don't see disasters coming not because we don't have the scientific tools but because we are wired differently morally, may we be in the middle, liberal, or conservative.
In his TED talk entitled the Asteroid Club Haidt argues that five partisan asteroids that will threaten our country in the next fifty years are climate change, welfare spending, not for the poor but for the elderly, income inequality, and the rising number of non-marital births, and the national debt. Depending on where you are on the political spectrum, or where you are in life, you may have different feelings about these things. But Haidt argues in the next 50 years these issues will have as much of a profound on our society as if the empire state building sized asteroid that missed us last night had hit a major city.
In the Gospels Jesus' main opponents were the Pharisees. And Jesus was hardest on the Pharisees because their problem was self-righteousness. And while that problem was apparent to everyone around them it was not evident to them. Jesus came to show us that the greatest threat to our faith is not the world our the devil, the greatest threat is our own sin, the greatest threat to our faith is the hypocrisy that we don't see in ourselves. And when the Lord reveals that hypocrisy to us many of us can be really hard on ourselves. Many of us might empathize with the words of the Apostle Paul, that we are the worst of the worst.
"The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst." This verse is problematic for a couple of reasons. First, it seems to suggests that some sins are worst than others, and that Paul is the greatest sinner of them all. Second, it seems to suggest that beating ourselves up over our sin is what Christians mean by repentance.
On the first point, even if God considered some sins to be worse than others, which we don't believe as Presbyterians, it doesn't seem like Paul would be the worst sinner. Paul never met Jesus until the resurrected Lord revealed himself to Paul on the Damascus road. One could say that Paul was less culpable for his persecution of Christians than the Pharisees of Jesus' day, who though Jesus stood before them in the flesh, chose to crucify him. And the book of Acts tells us that Paul never directly killed anyone. He held people's coats as a crowd stoned Stephen, one of the first Martrys of the church, he dragged people out of their houses to be tried by religious courts, but he never killed anyone himself as far as we can tell. One could argue that Judas, who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, directly leading to his death, was a far greater sinner than Paul. Even outside of the Biblical record, there were Roman Emperors, like Nero, who was known to have been an unstable tyrant, who persecuted the church to a far greater extent than Paul, who would seem to be greater sinners.
Some scholars argue that Paul is making a subjective statement. That once the Lord revealed the error of his ways, he was overcome with grief for what he had done, and in his own eyes Paul saw himself as a greater sinner than anyone else. And while I do think that emotional grief over what one has done is part of repentance, I have found that playing up the shame and grief of sin isn't sufficient to have a change of heart, a change of worldview, to change one's mind about what one is doing and choose a different path. Indeed, I have found that playing up ones sins as the worst of the worst in a subjective way can produce a lot of shame which can inhibit rather than promote a change of behavior.
I think Paul gives us a hint of what he meant by calling himself the worst of sinners in 1 Timothy 5:24 where he says, " the sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them." Indeed, the word for "worst" in this passage is where we get our word prototype from. A prototype being the first design a factory makes to test the design before the model goes into mass production. Taking these two thoughts together perhaps Paul isn't trying to say he is the worst of the worst but he is trying to say he is the First of the Worst. The first thing God has to do to save us is overcome our own self righteousness. And Paul is the most dramatic and obvious example of the blueprint God gives us for how self righteousness is overcome. Jesus took a Pharisee, part of the group that advocated for His crucifixtion, and turned him around in a dramatic fashion, to show us how we can overcome self righteousness in our own lives. And I think in Paul, the first of the worst, there is good news.
The Good News: When we learn from the first of the worst God's mercy will shine through us even when we are at our worst
- The character of self righteousness
- The Keys to Conversion.
Paul says he was a violent opponent. The word here is where we get our word Hubris from. Hubris is like pride but it is when like a puffer fish we fill ourselves up with so much pride we become poisonous to others. And we cannot see that. Why do we have hubris? We have hubris I would argue because we don't want to be vulnerable. We don't want to be out of control.
Paul called himself a blasphemer, not because he wasn't concerned with what God had said but he didn't want to believe that God would do something different, he focused on what God said rather than what God was saying. The Messiah wasn't who he thought the Messiah would be.
But that doesn't mean we should abandon any notion of correct teaching. Paul lays out what he views as true and false teaching in the opening chapter of 1 Timothy. Nor does that mean that we can live in the world in a naïve way where we never defend ourselves or our faith. I think Paul is trying to teach Timothy the difference between unity and uniformity which is sort of like the difference between safety and security.
As I thought about how to promote solid Biblical teaching without promoting inquisitions I thought about a conversation I had with a man who is a welder at a local ship yard. Some of you work in physically intense environments that require a good deal of rules and regulations to keep you safe. I learned that in welding you need someone to watch you when you weld to make sure a fire doesn't break out. Indeed, many of you may have similar safety measures at your places of employment to prevent harm from coming to you or others. We all want safety and that is a good thing. But regulations can't guarantee us absolute security on the job site, for our nation, or in our relationships. Indeed, to many regulations can inhibit risk taking, creativity, and our relationships in general. Risk is essential to love, life, and growing in faith. We want safety but we can never have absolute security. We want faith but we can never have absolute certainty. We want to trust God and others but that doesn't mean that we won't be hurt or vulnerable. When Paul met Jesus he was struck blind for three days, the same amount of time that Jesus was in the tomb. To encounter God, to encounter love, to encounter the consuming fire, probably means we will get burned as our faith is refined through love. C.S Lewis said this about love and life,
" "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." C.S Lewis the Four Loves.
Why do we become puffer fish? Because we are not willing to be vulnerable.
Next, we see the keys to conversion. And Paul says there are two parts. God parts and our part. God's part in the Reformed Presbyterian tradition is always greater. Paul says God showed him mercy, when he wasn't looking for it, when he didn't deserve it, the scripture says God mercied him. God just didn't give something to pay off Paul's debt. He gave someone greater than Paul's debt, greater than all money in the world, more valuable than every person that has ever lived, more beautiful than every star that was ever formed, God gave His only begotten son so that we might not only survive but that we might thrive.
Second Paul tells us our part. All we have to do is be patient with ourselves and with others.
There are so many aspects of the fruit of the Spirit, and so many gifts of the Spirit that I desire, but the patience of Christ is not at the top of the list. This word for patience more literally translates as long suffering, which doesn't make the word sound any more appealing, which is why most translators go with the patience. But I am fully convinced that the primary way that Christ strengthened Paul was by helping him suffer with more grace and for a longer period of time than the average human being. Perhaps this is not the message that Timothy, who was in his thirties at this point wanted to hear, but perhaps it is the message that he needed to hear. Timothy, as the Bible describes him, was Timid in nature. . Paul is trying to warn young preachers like Timothy and myself that hubris, while the opposite of timidity, is not the answer to timidity, long suffering is. Yet, perhaps you have found as I have, that one can pray for patience more quickly and God isn't inclined to answer that prayer.
In dealing with my own hubris I have found it helpful to learn from the first of the worst. In Galatians 2:20 Paul says, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." I know Jesus suffers beside me so for a moment I imagine that I am suffering beside him. My arms outstretched, surrounded by darkness. But the good thing is, as Psalm 139 says, darkness is as light to God. God doesn't need physical light. As the Gospel of John declares the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. If every star should go out in the sky does that mean that God cannot see. He sees us in our darkness, and the only reason we cannot see that is we don't have the eyes to see that yet, but we will. So I look to the First of the Worst who says to me and he says to you today, don't give up hope, for if we hope in what we do not see we wait for it with patience.


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James Conlin, 74, died on May 10 after a long illness. He graduated from Classical High School and American International College in Springfield, MA. He earned his M.A. Ed. at Westfield State College. He taught social studies at Penney High School in East Hartford, CT, before serving two years in the Army and Air Force. James returned to western Massachusetts and resumed teaching, first at Williams Middle School and then at Glenbrook Middle School in Longmeadow. During 36 years of service, he made school a more welcoming place for all. For six years, his focus has been on his own three grandsons, James Conlin, 6, David Conlin, 5, and Sullivan Quirk, 2. He was also a founding member of the Special Projects Building Committee, which improves the town's buildings, including schools. He worked on the scholarship committee of the Somers Senior Citizen Center. He was also a member of the building committee for the addition to the Somers Public Library. His final service was to the committee that built the World War II Veterans' Memorial at A.I.C. Simple joys like casual conversation, watching his son pitch, and seeing the Boston Red Sox win the World Series made most of his days pleasant. He is survived by Barbara Conlin, his wife of 44 years; his three grandsons, his son, Sean and his wife Elizabeth; his daughter, Kimberly Quirk and her husband Joseph; his two brothers and two sisters-in-law, many cousins, and several nieces and nephews. He also leaves friends and acquaintances who admired his kindness, his generosity, and his sense of humor.
A procession will form Wednesday morning, May 14, 2008 at 9:00 a.m at the Somers Funeral Home, 354 Main Street, to All Saints Church, Somersville where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 421 Tinkham Road, Springfield, MA. Relatives and friends may call on Tuesday evening, May 13, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Field of Dreams Walkway in care of Geoff Elia, 19 Pheasant Run, Somers, CT, 06071.

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The ten candidates for the job of Conservative leader – and Britain's next Prime Minister – are setting out their vision for Britain.
The candidates have been keen to show that they have bold new policy ideas, but some of them sound a lot like things that have already been announced. Let's take a look.
Rory Stewart's National Citizen Service
Mr Stewart said he would "launch a National Citizen Service" on the day he becomes Prime Minister.
He said it would involve 16-year-olds going on a two-week education workshop, then spending another two weeks working on a community project.
Mr Stewart, who briefly served as an infantry officer before entering politics, said the training would not be military and the emphasis would be on bringing people from different backgrounds together.
David Cameron launched a similar initiative with exactly the same name in 2010, and more than 400,000 young people have taken part so far.
Mr Stewart clarified later that, while the existing scheme is voluntary, his version of the National Citizen Service would be compulsory.
Matt Hancock's living wage raise
Mr Hancock said he would increase the full-time hourly National Living Wage – that's the minimum wage for over-25s – to £10.21 an hour by 2022, giving workers an extra £3,500 a year compared to today.
But the living wage is already scheduled to go up to £9.19 by 2022 anyway, seeing annual incomes rise by £1,911.
So compared to existing plans for 2022, Mr Hancock's pledge would actually see workers on the NLW just under £2,000 better off, according to FactCheck's calculations. Not a trivial sum, but rather less than the £3,500 boost he's suggested.
And there's a further twist: the government has already indicated an ambition to raise the National Living Wage to the level Mr Hancock pledges – if not a firm promise.
In the 2018 Budget, the Treasury said "The government has an aspiration to end low pay" which it said was defined as earnings below "two-thirds" (i.e. 66 per cent) of median earnings.
The Chancellor Philip Hammond reiterated the pledge in May, and is due to confirm his plans in this autumn's Budget.
If he does follow through, the government's policy will match exactly the rise being promised by Matt Hancock.
Michael Gove's 'national cyber-crime taskforce'
Mr Gove said: "One of the problems with our police is that increasingly, so much of their time is devoted to pursuing crime online and sometimes even ludicrously, pursuing people who use their free speech on Twitter to say what they oughtn't to say…
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This sounds an awful lot like something that already exists: the National Online Hate Crime Hub, a unit that began operations in January this year.
We understand that Mr Gove has something more ambitious in mind: a new police force which investigates online hate crime and other offences centrally, rather than sifting through cases and allocating them to local forces.
But Mr Gove's team have not provided data on how much time local constabularies are really spending dealing with online crime, and to what extent this is diverting officers from other work.
According to experimental data gathered from 30 out of forces in England and Wales, only 2 per cent of hate crimes recorded by police in 2017/18 were online (1,605 offences) were classed as "online".
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Education allows one to have the freedom to decide their own future. By arranging a way to bring opportunities to children around the world using education both inside and outside the classroom, we are able to bring a sense of freedom and power to the children, therefore, leading to an increase in happiness.
Youth Collaboration
We believe that a big component of being happy includes appreciation and collaboration. Currently in first world countries, many have countless possessions and opportunities, yet that does not always correlate with happiness. What is usually forgotten in first world countries is the appreciation of the privileges we receive. By appreciating the experiences and materials we have, and by sharing them with those who were not given the chance to gain the same privileges, people are able to acknowledge how blessed each person is.
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Steele Dossier:
Donald Trump visited St. Petersburg, Russia on several occasions (dates not given), attempting to enter business deals involving real estate. Trump paid bribes there to further his interests, and participated in sex parties. Azeri business figure Araz [sic, Aras] Agalarov may have been closely involved with Trump in these dealings.
In 2013, Russia obtained 'kompromat' on Trump in which the FSB recorded, with hidden microphones and cameras at the Moscow Ritz Carlton hotel, Trump having stayed in the Presidential suite and hiring prostitutes to urinate in front of him on the bed where Pres. & Mrs. Obama had previously slept. This is only part of the 'kompromat' Russia has on Trump based on his "unorthodox" behavior over the years in Russia. Thus, Russia could blackmail Trump if they so wished.
In July 2016, Trump campaign advisor Carter Page visited Moscow and met with a senior officer in the Internal Political Department named Divyekin. Divyekin discussed both Russia's dossier of kompromat on Hillary Clinton, and their dossier of kompromat on Donald Trump. Divyekin may have used his suggestion of kompromat as a threat, to keep in mind when the Trump Campaign deals with Russia.
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In 2013, Donald Trump met Emin Agalarov, Russian pop star and son of Russian billionaire, real estate developer, and Putin ally Aras Agalarov, via Emin's relationship with the 2012 miss universe winner. Source Later that year, Donald Trump attended a private dinner with Aras and Emin Agalarov. Ike Kaveladze (one of the attendees at the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, and senior vice president at Crocus Group) was photographed with the dinner party. Source
Comments/Corroboration of Steele Dossier
Partially confirmed.
The Agalarovs had a close relationship with the Trump family, and based on the emails of June 3–9, 2016 released by Donald Trump, Jr., the Agalarovs are connected to the Russian government and actively created a channel between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. Source
Kaveladze attended a dinner with Trump and the Agalarovs, suggesting that Trump may have been in attendance in the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower to receive Kaveladze and the other Russian parties.
BBC's Paul Wood had sources that said the CIA found these claims in the Steele dossier credible, and that the CIA had "more than one tape… audio and video… on more than one date… in more than one place… of a sexual nature." Source


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Michael Williams
Senior Minister
Michael is mostly responsible for the leadership and direction of City Church. He's married to Jill, and they have two sons, Rhys & Joseff. After graduating from Elim Bible College, Michael led the Oasis Christian Centre in Nottingham for almost 20 years before coming to Swansea in July 2007.
Philip Lyndon-Jones
Associate Minister
Phil oversees our worship team, and is part of our preaching team. He is married to Alison, and they have two awesome kids, Esmee and Noah. Phil joined us in January 2018. He previously worked for Care for the Family, a nation-wide charity.
Naomi Nelson
Children's Pastor
Minister in Training
Naomi leads our growing children's ministry at City Church. Although born in Trinidad & Tobago, Naomi became an Essex girl at six years old. She graduated from Regents Theological College and joined us in August 2017.
Dustin Rubio
Youth Pastor
Originally from the USA, Dustin is married to Carys, and they have two children, Brayden and Mylah. Dustin oversees our work with 11's-18's.
Mark Trubey
Mark's a Swansea lad born and bred! Following his graduation from Regents Theological College, he served at Kensington Temple in London, before being appointed to City Church.
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Catrin Lewis
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Catrin is our Early Years Worker and is passionate about enabling young children to learn about and experience God. Catrin is the third generation in her family to attend City Church, and in her spare time, she enjoys singing and eating out with friends.
Angela Durke
Angela lives in Sketty with her husband, Charles. They have two adult children and a granddaughter, Elowen Rose. In her spare time she enjoys cycling and crocheting!
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"The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk" is the third episode of This Is America, Charlie Brown. It first aired on CBS on November 4, 1988. It also features the only appearance of Dolly, Linus' cousin.
In 1903, Charlie Brown and Linus visit Linus' cousin Dolly in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and watch as the Wright Brothers send their primitive airplane aloft. Additionally, Woodstock demonstrates the principles of flight, Peppermint Patty and Marcie are mechanics for the Wright Brothers aircraft, and Snoopy becomes top dog and oversees the events leading to the flight that changed the world! [1]
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- ↑ Description on 2006 Paramount Home Entertainment This Is America, Charlie Brown DVD release
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Couples' ketubahs 'not legitimate'?
One couple may need to have a second Jewish wedding ceremony and another wedding is being scrutinised amid claims the officiating rabbi failed to meet halachic standards.
One couple may need to have a second Jewish wedding ceremony and another wedding is being scrutinised amid claims the officiating rabbi failed to meet halachic standards.
TWO couples may be forced to conduct their Jewish wedding services again because their marital status may not be recognised by a majority of Orthodox rabbis across the world.
The couples, who were married in Melbourne by Ark Centre's Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks, are believed to be unaware of the halachic issues that have arisen as a result of the way their marriage ceremonies were conducted.
A requirement of Orthodox weddings is that two Torah-observant male witnesses sign the ketubah, the Jewish marriage agreement. The witnesses must be over the age of bar mitzvah and must not be related to the bride, groom or each other.
One couple, who were married earlier this year, have had their wedding under investigation by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) for the past four months.
One of the witnesses has told the RCV that he is Shomer Shabbat, but photographic evidence supplied to the RCV has led the council to believe that the person posts on Facebook on Shabbat and that he would not qualify to be a kosher witness at a wedding.
Meanwhile, a witness at another wedding ceremony conducted by Rabbi Reti-Waks has told The AJN that he is not Torah-observant and didn't realise he had to be.
"The rabbi didn't ask if I kept Shabbat and I didn't know that it was a requirement," said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous for the sake of the couple.
"I would have thought if it was one of the rules, then the rabbi would have checked I met the required standards."
The AJN asked Rabbi Reti-Waks if two Shomer Shabbat witnesses are required to sign a ketubah, if he asks witnesses if they are Shomer Shabbat and what steps, if any, he takes to ensure witnesses qualify, but the rabbi declined to answer.
He simply said the appropriate place to discuss halachic matters was at the Rabbinical Council of Victoria and not in the pages of a newspaper.
Senior dayan of the Melbourne Beth Din Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick told The AJN that if any part of a marriage did not comply with halachah then it is not legitimate.
"Whoever performed the marriage would have to do it again covering the problematic issues that arose at the first ceremony," Rabbi Gutnick said.
"If both parties were single people then they would be able to get married again and even though any children may have been born out of wedlock, they are still Jewish and there are no halachic issues for the children," he added.


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No, I'm not talking about the bachelorette party on the prowl in Lyon, nor about the cute waitresses at the Café des Federations.
Besides, the Fed is full on this warm summer evening; they can't possibly squeeze in even one more body, so they send me up the hill to another bouchon serving Lyon specialties, the Comptoir des Deux Places. First time here, and they had me at bonjour: an exquisite plate of lamb tongues covered with a sauce gribiche. Tender slices of tongue, crunchy cabbage as a garnish, and a piquant dressing of mustard, vinegar and...chopped cornichons! Lip-smacking good!


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The New York Times
Re "Greece, the sacrificial lamb" (Opinion, July 27): Joseph E. Stiglitz is certainly right to argue that in the euro crisis there is plenty of blame to go around. But then he goes on to focus on one side of the issue, namely Greece as the victim of a misbegotten politics of austerity. This is not wrong, but one also has to recognize that European taxpayers, German taxpayers in particular, are very worried that Greece will not, or cannot, get its own house in order.
This is grounded in the fact that Greece did not do so after the second bailout and that there is no real assurance they will make the necessary reforms this time around. Given the staggering amounts of money Greece has gotten, coupled with the new money that it will most likely get, this is no small concern and needs to be underscored when it comes to assigning blame.
Frank Fischer Darmstadt, Germany
The writer is a visiting professor of politics at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Why doesn't someone simply tell the sad story of Greece like it is: Greedy lenders who were very smart and sophisticated nevertheless loaned money to entities they knew would not be able to repay the loans. Just like greedy subprime mortgage lenders in the United States. So why are the lenders to Greece surprised, and why are they trying to get blood from a stone? They should take their losses and not be so greedy the next time they lend money. Let's not cry for Germany and others who should have known better.
Ralph D. Cohen, Rydal, Pa.
How much further will the Greeks decline and how prepared are they to lose the final vestige of their dignity? Formerly the avant-garde of man, responsible for many of our most astonishing advances, the reputation and the economic power of the Greeks have gone the way of the Titanic. Their province now is finger-pointing and denial. They've lived a life of ample leisure, counting on the multitude of foreign visitors gazing on the relics of their brilliant past — and borrowing the rest to satisfy their needs. While their debt was mounting higher than the Parthenon, they just ignored it until the land of Greece was threatened by collapse. And yet they blame it all on the very lifeline offered to them. One can only hope that over time the Greeks will recover some of that which they have lost and that this chapter of their history will mercifully fade in memory.
Michael E. White, Oxford, Mass.
How sad to see that the esteemed Joseph Stiglitz has bought into the "Greek victim" theatricals. Other countries managed to weather austerity measures and pull themselves out of a financial spiral without maligning their creditors, yet Greece continued down the path of ruin with brash determination. The Greeks obviously thought that they could tap bailout money forever and have only themselves to blame for the harsh conditions now being imposed upon them.
Perhaps if the Greek government had accepted the previous offer instead of calling a referendum the pill might be less bitter to swallow. But Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras seems to be a man who likes playing high-stakes poker and is a poor loser. My sympathy lies with the European Union countries that have shelled out billions of their taxpayers money in good faith and are now branded as persecutors and oppressors.
Belle von der Goltz Needham, Mass.
Re "The German Question redux" (July 14) by Roger Cohen: The Germany of today is not at all comparable to the Germany before or during each of the two world wars. Yes, it is in a powerful economic position, but it is still following rules that every member of the European Union agreed upon. It is not Germany that is oppressing Europe; it is the system that is showing its weaknesses. Having a currency union without political union is problematic. The world has known that for years; it just became real now. Blaming Germany for wanting its money back makes no sense. It only shifts the focus from the actual problem to a secondary theater that might be emotionally more appealing but that distracts from what is truly happening. The actual problem is how to deal with the consequences of the current European system, not how to deal with the Germans.
Nikolai Unmuth Stuttgart, Germany
Re "Overregulating life in Greece" (Opinion, July 16): Steven Rattner contends that Greece needs to reform its economy, citing that it unfairly restricts "a flotilla of fields including taxi and truck drivers, engineers, notaries, actuaries and bailiffs." Europe and the United States also restrict these and many other fields by requiring training, security clearances, purchases of medallions and so forth. This is not particular to Greece. And when Mr. Rattner complains that in Greece "most shops are required to close on Sundays," he ignores the fact that Germany operates much the same way; in many German states it is illegal to open on Sundays. As for the complaint that "other rules dictate where new pharmacies may open, as well as their operating hours," what neighborhood commercial district in the United States doesn't have such regulations?
Chris Gilbert, Berkeley, Calif.
Re "Europe's impossible dream" (July 21): Paul Krugman is off the mark when judging the euro's role and its long-term effects on the future of Europe's economies. The euro isn't the problem; it's Europe's huge debt levels, the overblown role of the state in the southern economies, inflexible labor markets, the vested interests of powerful bureaucracies and the lack of fiscal discipline. If the euro were based on "fantasy economics," it could hardly have advanced to the position of the world's second reserve currency. If all the eurozone nations still had national currencies, the European Union would have been incapable of mustering the economic weight required to negotiate an equitable Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the United States. Europe needs monetary union to be competitive in the world marketplace.
Charles Weston Überlingen, Germany


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On Saturday, 18 QFD members traveled to the West Chester Fire Training Center for a day of live fire training (burn day). During the day, members were able to work on hose line management and fire attack on the over 50 burn cycles that we did. This is a great day for newer or less experienced members to get the feel and to see the reaction of live fire, and for the more experienced members to pass on their knowledge.
Thanks to everyone who attended, along with the members of Rheems Fire Department that went along. We also thank Bart Township Fire Company,Rheems Fire Department and Lafayette Fire Company for standing by for us. Thanks also to Captain Ken Yost for organizing this entire event, and to all of the burn techs that made the day a success.


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Alright, everyone! Welcome to the down low portion of this video. Today, we're going to be going over the Vaporesso Tarot Baby kit. Comes with the NRG SE tank. I've gone over this coil and tank before but we'll do a quick run-through on it. But we're not going to get in deep with it.
On the side here, you can see some of the features. Insta fire, omni board 4.0, 2 amp quick charging and it comes with a GT mesh coil. A little bit of Baby branding over there, some Vaporesso branding. On the back, let you know what is included in the packaging and some of the specs. This mod goes from 5-85W. Fires down as low as 0.03. Has a 2500 mAh built in battery tank. Holds 4.5mls.
Let's open this thing up and let's check it out. Check out that beauty. Good-looking mod. Let's put it on deck for a second. Here is the NRG tank. We're going to put that on deck. One thing I really like, you get a spare bubble glass and it comes with a bubble glass pre-installed. Awesome job, Vaporesso. There's also a spare drip tip in there with some spare o-rings. Let's file that to the side. We have a box within a box.
Open up that box and inside, we have a Tarot Baby owner's manual. We have a warranty card, a nice braided micro USB cable and we also have the 0.5 ohm Ccell coil. I've vaped on this coil a million times before. It's a decent coil but let's see. Let's move on to the tank.
From Top to Bottom
The Tank
Here is the NRG SE tank, basically an NRG tank, just in a smaller form factor. Same thing going on here. Here is your drip tip, 510 drip tip, a little bit of a platform there so not all your 510s will look good on it. The one weird thing about this tank is you do have to take out the drip tip in order to slide the top cap over and fill it up. There is your fill port right there gasket. It is definitely on the stiff side and it is tough to get open so I wouldn't have a problem throwing this in a pocket at all.
Nice beefy o-rings in there. You can see, on the bottom, we have some bottom airflow right here. Stoppers on both ends, whatever you adjust on one side, happens on the other side. There is your bubble glass. Some Vaporesso branding over there. On the bottom of the tank, we have some NRG SE tank branding. There's also a serial number, Manufactured by Vaporesso, gold-plated 510, insulator ring around it, stainless steel threading over here.
In order to swap your coil out or change your coil or install a new coil, whatever you want to call it, you just unscrew to base like that. There is your mesh coil. We vaped on this mesh coil before. They only sent me one so sorry for using the used coil but this is old hat. It really is. There is the mesh coil. It's the 0.18 coil good for 50-85W. No material on the coil. I would like to know what type of coil I'm vaping on but it doesn't seem like China is listening. In order to install your coil, just put it back on like that. Screw it on and then you can fill it from the top and you're ready to vape.
The Mod
Here is the mod, kind of cool. Got like this Galactic world thing going on. They got all different types of patterns available for this. This almost looks like your screen but it's not. Same thing going on here with some Tarot branding, some venting on the bottom. Menu button, plus, minus. Here is your screen, here's your micro USB cable. On the top, we got a nice 510 with a designed plate around it. Spring-loaded and gold-plated, I would say it has a loose throw with a medium spring.
In order to turn the mod on, click this 5 times. This is your fire button. Your screen is actually your fire button, kind of cool. Beautiful color screen. Just like on Vaporeso Amor, same type of screen, battery meter, variable wattage. There's my preheat, there's my wattage resistance, volts, puffs and seconds of puff.
Now I'm going to put an atomizer on here. I'm going to put the NRG tank on so it doesn't keep timing out on me. There is your clock feature, love that feature. It is absolutely awesome. I think every mod should have a clock feature. So let's put an atomizer on here. So now you can see the beautiful vibrant colors. If you want to get into the menu system, hit the menu button three times, use the plus and minus to scroll through all the different settings. You have exit, variable wattage, hard, normal, soft. Here is your curve mode right there. This is super player mode. I don't use it. There is your variable voltage mode. This is your voltage curve mode. You have stainless-steel, temperature control, nickel, titanium, M1, M2, bypass mode and this is your internal settings. In there, you can go back to default settings, set the time, the brightness, deal with your puff counter, change the theme and you can put smart mode on and off. You can also adjust the screen time out and see your version.
That's it, folks. That's the whole menu system. Very easy, very simple and very intuitive. Let me give you one last shot of the whole kit put together. Let's cut back on top. Let's vape on it, talk about it, cons, pros. We're out of here. See you back on top.
General Thoughts
Alright, everyone! We're back on top with the Vaporesso Tarot Baby kit. I gotta say man, I love this little kit. It's got a great size to power ratio. 85W in this little powerhouse I like it man I gotta say, I've been using it an awful lot. The tank is 24.5mm, holds 4.5 mls with the bubble glass, 2 mls with the straight glass, 2500 mAh internal battery and this thing fires down to 0.03 ohms. Has a 0.96 inch color screen. It's available in red, teal, rainbow, blue, white and black and it also comes with like more plain. You don't have to have these designs on it that they have. They also sell plainer versions of it so that's kind of cool.
Let's get into the cons and the pros.
First con is going to be, they put the screen on the short side of the mod right there. Let me tell you, they probably should have put it over here because the font is just tiny. It's hard to see sometimes, it really is.
Internal battery mod, so you know the rule here at vaping insider. All internal battery mods are eventually throwaway mods. Sooner or later you're going to cycle through that battery. It's going to deplete the battery life. It's not going to start taking a charge and sooner or later, you're going to have to throw it out. The good news is you could keep the tank. The tanks really good.
And the other con is going to be you have to remove the drip tip to fill it. I hate that. I'd rather you see a separate locking mechanism. I don't like that the drip tip has to be removed. It's a pain in the neck.
Let's move on to the pros because there's a ton of them.
First pro is going to be really small form factor. Very pocketable. We're going to give them a pro for that.
The tank on this one is a pro. It has nice flavor and clouds. We're going to give them a pro for that.
Power to size ratio, pro.
Charges fast at 2 amps, basically from dead to full in one and a half hours. Not bad, not bad at all.
Fires fast, has an easy menu system, color screen with a great chipset, all pros.
Accurate in Power and TC mode, that's a pro.
Great family coils available for the tank, pro.
Nice color selection on the kits, we're going to give them a pro for that.
Holds 24mm atomizers with no overhang, pro.
Good-looking kit, I think it's a looker. Check it out, man. It's a nice looking kit with a center mounted 510. I like that, pro.
Clock feature, pro.
Chipset has a ton of bells and whistles, pro.
It's a complete kit. All you gotta do is add juice. We're going to give them a pro for that.
Coil longevity, the mesh coil that they include in here last pretty long. I like that. I've been diggin mesh coils lately. We're going to give them a pro for that.
Fire button, the fire button on that screen, it's kind of incognito. I like that, man. Kind of cool. I like the way they integrated it. We're going to give them a pro for that.
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Vaporesso Tarot Baby 85WTC Box Mod
- Dimensions – 114mm by 42mm by 25mm
- OMNI Board 4.0 Chipset
- Integrated 2500mAh Rechargeable Battery
- Wattage Output Range: 5-85W
- Resistance Range: 0.03 – 5ohm
- BYPASS Mode
- Super Player Mode
- 0.96″ Display Screen
- Hidden Firing Button
- 0.002s Firing Speed
- Two Adjustment Buttons
- Low Voltage Protection
- Current Protection
- Load Protection
- Timeout Protection
- Anti-Loaded Battery Protection
- Overheating Protection
- Low Resistance Protection
- Output Short Circuit Protection
- MicroUSB Port – Charging and Updating
- 510 Connection
- Available in Red, Rainbow, Green, Silver, Black, Blue
Vaporesso NRG Tank SE:
- 24.5mm Diameter
- 2mL Standard Juice Capacity
- 4.5mL Bubble Glass Capacity
- Superior Stainless Steel Construction
- Pyrex Glass Reinforcement
- GT Cores – Features cCell Ceramic & Traditional Cotton
- 0.18ohm GT Meshed Coil
- 0.5ohm GT CCell Coil
- Delrin Widebore Drip Tip
- Slide-n-Fill Design – Convenient Top-Fill
- Heating Insulation Layer on Base
- 510 Connection
- really small form factor
- nice flavor and clouds
- Power to size ratio
- Charges fast at 2 amps
- Fires fast
- Accurate in Power and TC mode
- Great family coils
- Nice color selection
- Holds 24mm atomizers with no overhang
- Good-looking kit
- Clock feature
- Chipset has a ton of bells and whistles
- complete kit
- Coil longevity
- Fire button
- Tiny font
- Internal battery mod
- you have to remove the drip tip to fill it


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Our second full day in Bangkok was not very eventful. We stopped by MBK after breakfast before heading over to Central World for lunch at Din Tai Fung. Naima was excited for Martin to try the xiao long baos she fell in love with when she was in Singapore last year so we managed to tick that off the list. And yes, Martin enjoyed them!
Unfortunately, the mixture of jet lag, a late night, alcohol, and a light breakfast made Naima feel unwell so after lunch, she and Martin went back to the hotel to rest while Flo and I decided to treat ourselves to a delicious foot massage at a place called Smile Massage a stone's throw away from Siam BTS Station.
So on Monday, when all of us felt right as rain once more, we decided to do some sight-seeing. Late morning, we were off to the Grand Palace.
Now, I've been here before a handful of times and this visit left me a little sad at how commercialised the place has become. It was crowded with tourists which I know is expected but what I didn't expect were the hoards of people selling trousers and tops that were temple-appropriate. I totally understand the need for visitors to cover up and to have clothes being sold to cater to those who might not be dressed properly to enter the temple within the palace grounds, but it felt almost in your face.
Naima brought a long-sleeved cardigan to wear over her top and this lady insisted it wasn't allowed and she had to buy a blouse. So since we planned to visit a few other places, Flo suggested we may as well buy rather than rent so that we could just don on the right clothes whenever we were visiting a temple. Good logic. The two boys got their long Thai elephant trousers, Naima bought a light linen blouse and sarong, and I, just a linen blouse – you'll see us all dressed up in our newly bought items further below.
The price of each ticket has also gone up to 400 Baht! The last time I visited was about 10 years ago and it was half the price. I know, I know, demand has probably increased but still!!
I won't deny that it was nice walking through the passages of the temple once more and reliving memories from when I last visited with my BFF Pearl. I remember the ground being so much less crowded and us being able to take in the sights without being blocked by hoards of people.
It is still a beautiful site to visit and for sure, if you've never been to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha before, you should go.
Be sure to bring along some water because it gets really hot nearer noon and with lots of tour groups mulling around, it might feel even warmer.
We managed to ask a nice lady to help us take a picture of the four of us on our way out. This background is very popular with tour groups taking group photos. It was pretty amazing seeing that some of them came with a professional photographer too!
Anyway, this is us all dressed in our newly bought temple-approved clothes. 🙂
From the Grand Palace, we had a Tuk Tuk take us to this restaurant called Krua Apsorn which is popular amongst the locals too! It's a very simple, no-frills place that serves really good Thai food at affordable prices. It's located at 503 Samsen Road (near Samsen Soi 9) Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
By this time, I was craving a good plate of Som Tum having not had authentic Thai food since we landed. This papaya salad really hit the spot.
The dressing was perfectly balanced with punches of flavour from the dried shrimp, roasted peanuts, and sweet, juicy tomatoes. Even with less chilli on account of Naima and Martin, this salad was well done. I even enjoyed the raw beans and cabbage on the side simply soaked into the sauce and eaten.
We also had a Crab Omelette that was probably the crowd's favourite.
It was full of chunky crab meat and the omelette was beautifully browned on the outside, yet so fluffy on the inside. This was highly addictive and so tempting to order another serving but while our hearts said yes, our stomachs said no.
I really wanted to try their Cowslip Flowers but sadly, they didn't have them that day so for greens, we went for their stir-fried Chayote with Garlic. So good!
To finish, all four of us tried their Coconut Ice-Cream. We were served a scoop of what looks almost like sorbet instead of what we pictured as the usual scoop of creamy coconut ice-cream.
Surprisingly though, this was light on the palate, not too sweet, and had chunks of fresh coconut flesh embedded within. Goes to show that looks can be deceiving because this turned out to be quite a delightful way to end our meal.
We returned to our hotel to lounge around the pool a bit and wait for the sun to go down so that the heat would be less intense for when we went to the Golden Mount, or Wat Saket.
Despite living in Bangkok for two years when I was little, I'm ashamed to say that I never actually heard of the Golden Mount let alone visited it. It turned out to be one of my favourite places to see this trip.
Entrance fee was 20 Baht and we reached at around 5pm. I'm not sure what it's like at other times of the day but when we went, there were only a few people around and it was really nice being able to take our time and not fight for space.
To get to the tippy top, we had to climb up the stairs. They're quite broad and there are places to stop for a breather so for older people it's not too bad a climb up. There's even a small coffee cafe halfway up.
And lots of bells to ring along the way. If memory serves me right, if you ring all the bells it'll bring you good luck.
So this is a sculpture of what the Golden Mount looks like. It's a very peaceful place and right at the top is a small temple. They're a little more relaxed about attire here as compared to other temples and also there's no need to remove your shoes within.
Almost like a stairway to heaven…
There was also a huge gong at the end of the platform where all the bells were. Love the sound of the gong. I even love the sound of the word 'gong'. Onomatopoeia. And I love this photo below of Flo and I photobombing Martin.
The view from the top was gorgeous. It was a small pity that we couldn't take in the fullness of the sun setting because of the heavy clouds but it was still a sight to behold.
All of Bangkok laid out before us and it was such a beautiful, cool evening.
This was taken inside the temple. Most of the windows are open but I had to be the odd one out and take a picture through the window that only had one side open.
We got down around dusk when the temple was lit up. I think the whole experience of having gone to Golden Mount around sunset made it even more awesome. And I highly recommend that you go around that time too. Its grounds are certainly not as big as the Grand Palace but it is unassuming and serene and definitely a place to visit.
From Golden Mount, we went back to the hustle and bustle of the city to Roast at EmQuartier for dinner.
Flo and I went to the one at The Commons on our last visit when we met up with my friends Kong and Wiorn. This time, we went to the one at EmQuartier so that we could go for Bingsu after since that was another item Naima really wanted Martin to try.
Dinner time!
Flo and Naima shared this Zucchini and Walnut Pesto Spaghetti dish along with…
Johnny's Burger. I have no idea who Johnny is but the burger had Mushrooms, Cheddar, Bacon, Tomato with Ranch Dressing and House Made Fries.
Martin had a whole burger to himself while I opted for the Grilled Chipotle Prawns with Smoked Yoghurt, Mango Salsa and Basil Oil. YUM!
So the consensus post-dinner by the German folk was that they preferred to stick to Asian food while in Asia because they've had their fill of burgers and sausages and pasta back home. Interestingly for me, as much as I love Thai food, I just couldn't have it at every meal and you'll see, especially in Krabi, that I was hankering after a good ol' salad after consecutive meals of Thai grub.
While unpictured, they did have their fill of bingsu after dinner and we made a quick stop at a Middle Eastern Restaurant where we had some shisha in a dingy room. I'm not sure about the regulations against shisha in Bangkok these days but last year, we could do it openly and this year, it seems like it's all a little hush-hush. Flo and I googled it and it looks like shisha is now quite heavily regulated in Bangkok?
It was a really nice day we had together nonetheless, and a long one at that. One more day in Bangkok, so in essence, one more post, before we fly off to Krabi!!


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The beer is brewed to such a high alcohol content that it was illegal in at least 9 states. Well, add Missouri to that list for this year.
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