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Apostles and Wisdom: Part 4 of 13 (series: Lessons on 1 Cor)
(Woodruff, S.C.)
ye are God's husbandry (A better translation may be "Ye are God's farm.")
Husbandry is vague. The Greek word "georgion" is used here and it means tilled land, or tillage. This word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. The Corinthian church was God's field in which they labored; the Lord is the owner of the field, the husbandman, or cultivator who breaks up the fallow (uncultivated) ground, which here is the hearts of his people; he casts in the seed of grace, he makes the ground good, and causes it to bring forth fruit; the churches of Christ are his property, land of his fertilizing, and all the fruit belongs to Him; they are gardens of his planting, and vineyards of his watering, and which he watches over night and day, in case any are hurt.
Paul and Apollos were fellow workers serving under God. Now, they who serve under Him do nothing by their own strength, but only by the strength given them by grace, and it is this grace which makes them fit for service. "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God" (2 Cor. 3:5). I am sure that you have already sensed the weakness of the apostle Paul. But Paul could say, "For when I am weak, then am I strong" (2 Cor. 12:10). God is not looking for some big something or some big somebody. If He had wanted that, He couldn't use me and He couldn't use you. God chooses the weak things of this world, little things, and insignificant things to accomplish His purposes. Our sufficiency is of God. "All the increase that comes by their labour proceeds from God in such a way that no part of the praise of it may be given to the servant" (2 Co 3.5; KJV).
ye are God's building.
If the former metaphor was taken from agriculture, this one came from architecture: believers in a church are God's house, in which he dwells, and which he himself has built; he has laid the foundation, which is Jesus Christ; he makes his people lively stones, and lays them on the Foundation; He raises up the superstructure, and He will complete the building, and He ought to receive all the glory, even though He makes use of his ministers as tools in the construction of Christians.
The object of Paul was to show that all that had been done for them had really been done by God. For this purpose he first says that they were God's cultivated field; then he changes the imagery; draws his illustration from architecture, and says, that they had been built by him like an architect designs and oversees the construction of a house. It does not build itself; but it is built by the Master Builder. So he says of the Corinthians, "Ye are the building which God erects." The same idea is found in the following verses:
• 2 Corinthians 6:16—"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
• Ephesians 2:21—"We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord."
• Hebrews 3:6—"But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."
• 1 Peter 2:5—"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."
You are not only the field which God cultivates, but you are the house which God builds, and in which he intends to dwell. No man when viewing a splendid building praises the quarryman that dug up the stones, the hewer that cut and squared them, the mason that placed them in the wall, the woodman that hewed down the timber, the carpenter that cut it to length, etc., but he praises the architect who planned it, and under whose direction the whole work was accomplished; so no man should consider Paul, or Apollos anything, because they are merely the persons employed by the great Architect to build a building which is to become a habitation for Himself through the Spirit, and the design of it is entirely his own. The idea is that God is the supreme agent in the founding and establishing of the church, with all its gifts and graces.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me,
Paul must have been thinking of what he is about to say about himself, and it may have occurred to him that there is a chance he might become a bit
elated as he recounts his service for the Lord; therefore, he attributes all of his gifts, and his usefulness as a laborer and builder in the church of God, to the rich grace he had received from the Lord; by which he was called and qualified for the work of a wise master builder. According to the grace of God means "By the favor of God" which is given to me. All that Paul had done had been by the sheer favor of God. His appointment as an apostle of Jesus Christ was from God; and all the skill which he had shown, and all the leadership and authority which he had employed, had been from him. Paul, by the grace of God was the apostle to the Gentiles, a status which had been conferred on him by the pure favor of God along with all the wisdom, and skill, and success which he had evidenced in beginning and serving the church.
The grace of God which is given unto me is the special endowment for his apostolic work. He places this first to guard against seeming to lack humility when he pronounces himself a wise masterbuilder. The "grace" "given" to him is the common grace given to all Christians (See 1 Co 3:5), only the quantity of grace is proportioned according to the work which God had for him to do. Paul was certainly humble as this verse, and others show: "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly , according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith" (Romans 12.3; KJV).
as a wise masterbuilder,
This same phrase, "a wise master builder", is used by the Septuagint interpreters, in Isaiah 3:3 by which they depict, "the cunning artificer", or the wise man of the carpenters, or artificers—"The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator" (Isa 3.3; KJV). The architect of all is God the Father, Son, and Spirit; God the Father is the builder of all things; Christ builds his church on himself the solid rock; and the saints are made a habitation for God, by the Spirit; ministers are builders under God, instruments he makes use of, and who would labor in vain, unless the Lord build the city. The apostle was such a minister, despite the fact that he calls himself a masterbuilder with respect to inferior ministers. He was installed in the highest office in the church, and as an apostle he was not a bit behind the chief of the apostles; and was the chief apostle of the Gentiles, and was principally concerned in preaching the Gospel to them, and in establishing churches among them; the apostle was a Gospel builder, a builder of Gospel churches based in Gospel truths, and in faith and holiness. But there were others, who were foolish builders, but he was a wise one; and his wisdom rested in the knowledge he had of Christ, in preaching him, and in winning souls for him; and for the most part that he lay a good foundation for his ministry.
The Greek word for a wise master-builder is also our word; "Architect." The word does not imply that Paul had any superiority over his brethren, but that he had performed his work like a skillful architect, who begins with a firm foundation. Every builder begins with the foundation; and Paul had started the same way, by laying first a firm foundation on which the church could be put together. Here the word "wise" means "skillful" or "shrewd"—"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock" (Matt 7:24; KJV); the rock of true discipleship, or genuine subjection to Christ.
The design or plan of the building comes from God, and all things must be done according to the pattern which he has conceived; but the execution of his plan was entrusted chiefly to Paul; he was the wise or experienced architect which God used in order to lay the foundation; to ascertain the essential and indisputable doctrines of the Gospel—they came exclusively from God, and he alone would bless them and use them to save men.
I have laid the foundation,
He says, I have laid the foundation; meaning not only that he had done the same thing at Corinth that he had done other places; but he was the first to preach the Gospel to them, and was instrumental in their conversion, and he laid the foundation for a Gospel church. "What" this foundation was, he states in 1 Corinthians 3:11. The meaning here is, that the church at Corinth had been established by Paul, and through his preaching he laid Christ as the one and only foundation, for men to build their faith and hope upon, and for everlasting life and happiness, mentioned in the following verse.


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I was away for the winter when our local Rite Help closed its doors – and till I study this lens, I actually didn't think it was in that significantly trouble. One particular of the most visible booms in the Detroit metropolitan area is nursing houses and assisted living facilities. The way I hear it they are attempting to get the present nursing staff to do much more rather than hiring far more nurses. I noticed that you do not have Kuyper College on your list which is a tiny Chrisitan college in Grand Rapids and you do not have University of Phoenix either.


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Stop Fixing Women
The title of Catherine Fox's latest book is meant to be as provocative as it reads. For too long we have focussed on blaming women rather than shifting the system.
A system built and designed by white anglo-saxon men to benefit white anglo saxon men.
A system that normalises white anglo-saxon male behaviours across government, business and society.
A system that says because we legislate for equality we will get equity.
Catherine's new book looks at why the system needs to flex to accommodate differences between men and women and the way they work and lead. Rather than endlessly work on the women to adapt to and benefit from a system we had little hand in creating.
As one of Australia's leading commentators on women and work, Catherine has constantly challenged the mantra that women need to 'back themselves, speak up, negotiate harder, ask for more and support each other'. In other words, women being asked to adopt male behaviours in order to get ahead.
Avivah Wittenberg Cox, a leading global gender consultant and CEO of 20-First, has similarly argued that if you want to hold women back, you should treat them or ask them to behave like men. In an article in 2015 in The Harvard Business Review she wrote that equal treatment is actually detrimental to women who are too often simply judged as "not fitting the dominant group's systems, styles and patterns."
Sadly a lot of work in the gender space has focussed on ensuring every policy and procedure treats men and women equally, no one is given 'special' treatment and everyone sinks or swims in a pool of uniform depth. It's just unfortunate if one or two people are afraid of water, can't swim or have a cultural reason they cannot be seen in a swimming costume. Those in the disability sector have long understood and argued against the broadbrush application of the principles of equality.
This is at the core of the language shift that is needed from the using the phrase 'gender equality,' where we mandate all inputs to be equal, to where we talk about 'gender equity', which is focussed instead on getting gender equal outcomes for men and women. WOB moved a long time ago to this language and to speaking about 'gender balance' as opposed to 'gender diversity'. There is really nothing diverse about being a woman. However there is diversity in being a black, gay man/woman living in rural Australia.
Some might say WOB falls into the category of an organisation that has worked on fixing women by providing them with the intelligence and skills to move into board and leadership roles. We prefer to see our work as enabling women to realise their capacity for leadership - for whatever reason they and others were undervaluing. We also identified that we needed to work on both sides of the ledger, so implemented a vacancy board whereby any organisation could post a board or committee role and advertise it to the network free of charge - thus providing women with access to opportunities, rather than hand picking winners to apply.
So our advice for those organisations seeking to stop fixing women, is to redesign a more accountable and transparent system that focusses on equitable outcomes as opposed to equal inputs.
To buy Catherine's book go to www.newsouthbooks.com.au and enter the promo code WOMEN20 at the checkout to receive a 20% discount.

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Lyft Stock Will Have a Bull Case — When the Market Bottoms
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Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) stock now is down nearly 60% from its initial public offering price. And truthfully, it's somewhat difficult to see why the stock has fallen so sharply.
© Provided by InvestorPlace Lyft Stock Will Have a Bull Case — When the Market Bottoms
That's not to say that LYFT stock is a screaming buy — or that there's no cause for concern. Neither is true.
Certainly, there are concerns here. Lyft remains unprofitable, and is guiding for a significant loss in 2020 as well. Rival Uber (NYSE:UBER) hasn't done all that well since its own IPO, as the stock has dropped more than 30%.
Fears regarding the coronavirus from China have pressured both stocks of late, and make some sense. Consumers fearing a pandemic are unlikely to jump in a stranger's car, and they're far less likely to actually drive one of those cars.
However, aside from short-term worries, the concerns here were known when Lyft went public almost a year ago. Furthermore, Lyft's performance over that stretch actually has been impressive. It's certainly clear in retrospect that the IPO was priced too high, and it appears at the moment that broad market selling isn't going to end any time soon. When it does, however, I'd expect LYFT to catch a bounce.
The Case for Lyft After Earnings
Lyft has reported quarterly results four times since going public — and crushed analyst estimates each time.
Indeed, in the fourth quarter, Lyft's revenue growth rate was about five percentage points better than Wall Street expected. And that beat actually was the "worst" of the bunch.
A 52% increase in revenue in Q4 completes a year in which the top line increased some 68% year-over-year. And Lyft is driving that growth the right way as well. Both active riders and revenue per active ride increased 23% YOY in the fourth quarter.
However, it's true that Lyft isn't profitable — and the company doesn't expect to be in 2020, either. Guidance for an adjusted EBITDA loss in fiscal year 2020 is expected to be $450 million to $490 million.
But, the company is making progress on that front. EBITDA margins should be close to -10% this year against -19% in 2019 and -44% the year before. Lyft previously had issued a target of EBITDA profitability by the fourth quarter of 2021, and reiterated that target on the fourth quarter conference call.
Moreover, nothing in the fourth quarter changes the story I detailed in December. At least relative to expectations, Lyft's performance on the public markets has been sensational. It's certainly been better than that of Uber, whose second quarter report in August actually brought the stock down.
However, UBER stock has posted smaller post-IPO losses than LYFT. So has Pinterest (NYSE:PINS), another high-flying 2019 IPO whose stock cratered after its third- quarter report in November. Slack Technologies (NYSE:WORK) is one of the few to see similar trading after its June direct listing, but it didn't fall quite as far and has caught a bounce on hopes that the coronavirus will boost its business. That said, it does seem like LYFT should catch a bounce.
Are Coronavirus Fears Overblown?
Of course, recent fears of the spreading coronavirus are providing near-term pressure. Consumers that stay home aren't spending money on ride-hailing. That said, though, Uber has argued that benefits to its Uber Eats food delivery service (a competitor to Grubhub (NYSE:GRUB)) will offset potential weakness in its airport business; But Lyft lacks that hedge.
So far, however, Lyft hasn't seen much in the way of impact. The company just last week reiterated its guidance for the fiscal first quarter, which ends March 31. And while it's too optimistic to model in zero impact from pandemic fears, the effect should be relatively muted from a long-term standpoint.
Lyft finished the fourth quarter with $2.8 billion in unrestricted cash and investments — and no debt. So, the company isn't going bankrupt. And like most growth stocks, Lyft's valuation is based on out-year profits, not near-term results. Even several more difficult quarters don't materially change the outlook here.
Moreover, Wall Street seems to be making that argument. Just last week, Needham defended the stock, and JPMorgan Chase called the stock "extremely compelling". Piper Sandler also called the last week of February the best in the company's history, as some customers eschewed public transit for ostensibly safer ride-hailing opportunities.
Overall, the average Wall Street price target for LYFT stock still sits around $65.60 — suggesting nearly 100% upside from current levels.
The Problems With Lyft Stock
As a result, LYFT stock seems at least intriguing after the recent selloff. However, there are some concerns to keep an eye on.
First, the 60% decline from the IPO price doesn't on its own mean LYFT stock has become too cheap. It's evident from 2019's IPOs that there was something close to a bubble in the private markets.
For instance, UBER might not be down by half from its IPO price — but it's down by more than that from the $120 billion valuation bankers floated before it went public. Early weak trading in LYFT itself no doubt led Uber's initial price to come down — and that, too, proved to be too high. $33 for LYFT right now may be too cheap, but $72 last April almost certainly was too expensive.
Second, Lyft still has a lot to prove. Neither Lyft nor Uber has established that the ride-hailing business can be consistently profitable. It's worth noting that Lyft made a concerted effort in the fourth quarter to pull back on marketing incentives (according to its earnings call), but had to reinstate those incentives as demand dropped. Both Uber and Lyft have noted more rational competition in U.S. markets, but neither yet seems to have the pricing power investors have hoped to see.
And, finally, the bottom may not be in yet. U.S. stocks suffered a steep decline on Monday, and LYFT is not the name that is going to hold up in a risk-off environment. It has long-term valuation worries and exposure to short-term disruption. So while Wall Street may be bullish, I don't expect investors will be.
But at some point, that will change. And for growth investors making a list of potential "buy the dip" candidates, LYFT at least deserves a mention. The company is executing well. Shares now trade for less than 3 times revenue on an enterprise value basis (ie, net of cash). Even with lower gross profit margins, that's been a reasonable multiple in the growth category.
Put another way, there's a price and a time at which LYFT will be a buy — even if neither has arrived just yet.
Vince Martin has covered the financial industry for close to a decade for InvestorPlace.com and other outlets. He has no positions in any securities mentioned.
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Not long after House Of Cards' Kevin Spacey got involved in sexual allegations, Netflix is moving ahead with plans for a spinoff.
Spacey is currently not on set for 'House of Cards' in Baltimore.
According to Variety, the streaming service and producer Media Rights Capital are in very early stages of development on multiple ideas for a potential spinoff.
One concept revolves around Doug Stamper, the political aide-de-camp played by actor Michael Kelly in the first five seasons of the political drama, with Eric Roth set to write.
Plans for the spinoff have not been impeded by the uncertainty around the show's sixth season. Currently in production in Baltimore, Netflix recently confirmed that House of Cards will end after the upcoming sixth season.
House of Cards premiered in 2013. Since then, the series has been nominated for 53 Primetime Emmy Awards — including five nominations for outstanding drama series.


Arsene Wenger has delivered an update on the team ahead of our final day clash with Aston Villa, and thankfully it's largely good news.
Mesut Özil is back in contention for a start after missing the last game through injury, with the Germany playmaker left out of the squad that faced Manchester City due to a hip problem (via the Express).
Jack Wilshere is also a possible starter, with the England international potentially making his first senior start all season after recovering from injury.
Unfortunately Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain won't be available, but we already knew he was likely to miss the remainder of the campaign.
Wilshere didn't look to be quite at his sharpest when he came on against City, which is hardly surprising considering how long he spent on the sidelines. He still put in a decent performance though, and up against an absolutely shocking Aston Villa side who have already been relegated could be the perfect time to give him his start.
As it's the last game of the season, we may see a couple of players handed starts who might not normally get one. We still want to make sure we get the win though, as second spot is still potentially up for grabs, and third place isn't necessarily confirmed.
This could potentially be the last game for a couple of our more senior players, so Arsene Wenger may want to give them at least a few minutes on the pitch. It would also be nice for the likes of Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere to get a healthy run out, as they need to show their respective international coaches that they are fit and ready to take part in the Euros this summer.
Regardless of the team we put out we should have more than enough about us to get the better of a shocking Aston Villa side, but what team we actually see is still most definitely unclear.


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Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
Online Co-Op: 4 Players
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Harcore Shooter Co-Op: ArmA 2 or Operation Flashpoint 2?
News 11/21/2008 at 1:09 PM by Jim McLaughlin 3
PC shooter games and patience don't generally mix, but fans of semi-realistic games like Operation Flashpoint, America's Army, and the SWAT series will attest that there are a couple of titles out there that make Rainbow Six Vegas look like Unreal Tournament, especially when considering user-created mods.
ArmA 2 by Bohemia Interactive looks to top the first ArmA, which was the spiritual continuation of the Operation Flashpoint series. Bohemia created and developed Operation Flashpoint, but due to legal issues between the developer and Codemasters (as publisher), the series was disjointed.
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising is the next official stint in the series, although loyal fans are generally dismissive of its status as a contender in the realistic shooter market. Codemasters is taking the dual roles of developer and publisher.
Despite a lack of official information from either developer, both games are aiming for a huge amount of player interaction and immersion; this screams "co-op", of course. Click "Read More" to see what is being said about each, and leave a comment.
Bohemia's Marek Spanel via a Eurogamer preview:
"Co-op is really important in ArmA 2. In our previous games, teams were often just a bunch of individuals running and shooting. Now, they have to work together because if you get hit you can bleed to death within a minute."
Character-switching (you can jump between Team Razor members) a branching plot, unscripted AI, and full co-op compatibility means that campaign should stand at least half a dozen play-throughs.
Make sure to read the entire two-page preview, as it has a lot of details regarding gameplay and the game's development. For the most part, you can speculate that many of the single-player features will carry over to the co-op campaign.
There is almost no information at all for this game, aside from some leaked developer interview footage and the transcripted details on Wikipedia. From the looks of things, though, Codemasters is really getting ambitious!
When the game was previewed by multiple press venues in July 2008, CVG writer Tim Edwards pestered Codemasters Senior Producer Brant Nicholas, to no avail:
I ask about co-operative play - about whether we could join a platoon of friends and take on Flashpoint's hardest challenges together. He smiles. "We have to hold back some things for later announcements." I ask about co-op for Flashpoint 2's entire campaign. His smile just widens.
But going back to a forum post from April 2008, it seems that Senior Designer Clive Lindop confirmed a co-op campaign from the get-go:
Now that technology has moved forward and bandwidth is better, we're creating some interesting and unique game modes. We've full Co-Op for the main campaign, but also some extensive team based combat, something which didn't really work in the original.
And finally...the Wikipedia entry for OFP 2 -- which claims to be derived from a leaked video interview with Clive Lindop -- lists the following multiplayer modes:
PC version will feature:
32 player (16 vs 16) in addition to the 256 NPC squad members (8 per squad per player)
8 player co-op in addition to NPC squad members
4 player Campaign + single mission co-op
Console(Xbox360+PS3)version will feature:
16 player (8 vs 8) in addition to NPC squad members
Please note: aside from the number of players in multiplayer the content of this game will be the same across platforms.
Your Impressions
Doubtless, there will be die-hard fans of Bohemia Interactive that already have their chips in for ArmA 2, but based on the limited and unconfirmed (not to mention pre-alpha) information that we have so far on OFP 2: Dragon Rising, we may have two very impressive contenders for a gritty, realistic co-op military shooter next year.
I am excited to see some more confirmed details for both titles...it wouldn't take much more than a couple of sentences from either developer to place either game firmly on the map for countless hype machines, and the prospect of full co-op integration has Co-Optimus drooling.
Sound off! Speculate! What do you think?
UPDATE: This website appears to have quite of bit of recent updates for OFP 2. Not sure if the site is affiliated with Codemasters...likely not. Take with a grain of salt.
Source: Eurogamer.net
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I just completed a fresh install of Centos 7 on a PC. It is connected to the campus network, so I am not in control of the DNS server. I gave it a hostname by setting the HOSTNAME value in /etc/sysconfig/network. I also set the DHCP_HOSTNAME value in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and rebooted the system.
The problem is I cannot ping this machine from another arbitrary computer. I keep getting messages saying that the host doesn't exist.
What are some typical ways that a machine on DHCP gets its hostname tied to its ip address so that it will resolve? Is there a way to send the DHCP server my hostname?
Im Guessing you are talking about a local-net (private) DNS Server, not one that is reachable from the internet.
If you set the Hostname only on your machine, the other PC's in the network are not aware of that. if you just want to try eg. a Webserver on your PC, you can put in the other machines in the /etc/hosts file a temporary record for your PC. If you want that all the other PC's are reaching yours with the DNS name. You have to contact the Admin of the DNS server. In some Situations where there is a Active Directory you can anounce your dns name if you join the AD.
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Some of our Car Club members have become film stars! One of our funders, the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF), recently made a film about LEAP Car Club to show at the CCF Gathering.
Please have a look. Could the Car Club be an option for you?


"When we eat the bread that we break, isn't that sharing in the body of Christ? By sharing in the same loaf of bread, we become one body, even though there are many of us."
Events are organized by a Planning Team of volunteer leaders. Check out our profiles, and get to know what each of us brings to Bread We Break!
Adam is currently working as a graphic/web designer in Winkler. He attends Pathway Community Church. Adam is passionate about the Word of God and the edification of His children for His glory. He is excited to serve with Bread we Break because he has been so blessed by the community and wants to be involved in encouraging the body of Christ in the same way.
Emily is an Education student at the University of Winnipeg and has spent many years working in daycare. She attends East View Community Church and serves as a young adults coordinator. She has a warm heart for young adults which led her to her role as Co-Hospitality Director of Bread We Break. She is looking forward to all that God has in store in this new season to come.
Josh attends at The Meeting Place. He recently returned from fire college and is currently landscaping. He will be going to Red River in the winter to eventually receive his Red Seal in Landscape Horticulture. He is very passionate about music and his relationship with friends, family and coworkers. Josh is serving on the Bread We Break team because he has a love for worship through music and in doing that he feels at his most connected with God when drumming. He also joined because he has a love for the people involved and is so excited to be apart of an amazing community.
Lacey attends church at Grant Memorial with her husband Nic and baby girl Eden. She is currently loving being on maternity leave. Her daughter is a pure joy and gift from God. Before maternity leave she worked at CHVN radio. Lacey believes that there is nothing like being in the presence of God in worship. She is passionate about experiencing and leading others to experience freedom in who we have been created to be, fully belonging to the Father. Lacey believes that when the truth of who God is and who we are hits our hearts in a true way, there's no other way to be but free.
Luke attends Centrepoint Church and serves there as the Worship Pastor. He is passionate about music, creativity and excellence. Luke believes the people of God have so much creative potential because we are connected to the Creator. He believes we should pursue God in our creativity, so we can express God's beauty and character in new ways. He also believes we should do these things to the best of our ability because God deserves our best. Luke wants to serve on this team because of his desire to serve the Lord with the skills He's given him.
Malelo is a recent graduate from the University of Manitoba, holding a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Psychology. She attends Bethel Community Church and serves as a youth leader. She is passionate about people, specifically in regards to mental health and is eager to show God's love to all. She is excited to see the young adults of Manitoba grow in their constant pursuit of God and unite together in fellowship.
Sean is an education student pursuing a joint program between The University of Winnipeg and The Red River College for teaching industrial arts. Sean works for a guitar company and for a woodworking store. He has been attending The Meeting Place for the last five years. Sean is passionate about working with youth because he had great mentors in school and wants to be able to make that same positive influence on others. He is also passionate about music, which he sees as a very powerful tool.
During the summer months Sierra works as a full time wedding photographer (sierrasavannah.com), while during the school year she studies Communications at The University of Winnipeg and serves cappuccinos at Little Sister Coffee Maker. She has been attending The Meeting Place for twenty one years and counting. Sierra is passionate about creativity in all its forms; especially media, photography and of course- music. Her own creative work is certainly fuelled by her awe and wonder of God's creativity.
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Got questions about the Bread We Break ministry? Hopefully we can answer a few of them below!
Bread We Break started in 2012 as a ministry of The Meeting Place, and is dedicated to providing a place of worship for Christians from all denominations. We have grown to connect 100+ churches, regularly represented by 500-800 young adults from Winnipeg and across Manitoba.
Our team plans events on a bimonthly basis, with the exception of a summer break. There are no seat reservations, however those who wish not to be photographed can find seating on the balcony where there is no photography. Flip through the set lists from previous events, and check out when the next event is!
There is no entrance fee for people joining our events. We also operate on a cost-recovery basis, so any money received through offering and donation goes directly to ministry expenses. Please do not substitute our ministry in place of your regular tithing for your home church. All members of Bread We Break serve as volunteers and are not employed by the ministry.
People of all ages are welcome to join us, however our events are geared towards the young adult community, loosely defined as people ages 18-30. You can expect a vibrant atmosphere and warm Manitoba welcome, people excited to connect deeply and get involved. Read our stories!
Our community depends on our volunteers, people willing to serve in ministry for the love of that involvement. Whether it's for greeting, prayer, communion, security, or media. If you would like to explore the opportunity to serve with our ministry please contact us and out Hospitality Coordinator will be intouch!
Please select any area of ministry that interests you!
Thanks for letting us know how you want to get involved!


Begbroke Science Park is pleased to announce the launch of their International Breakfast Seminar Series. Starting in the New Year, and with four events already in place, the series will benefit all companies whether they are experienced exporters looking to take on some of the world's newly emerging markets, or relative novices wondering where to start.
Kick starting the series on 16 January, Gill Wells, Head of Oxford University's European Team, will show delegates how to access their share of €70 billion research and innovation funding. Horizon 2020 is the EU's new funding programme and is aimed at all those involved in research and innovation, including academia, research and industry.
On 6 February Roope Aaltonen, International Trade Advisor for Oxfordshire, will reveal how the UK Trade and Investment network can provide support both locally and globally. This seminar will provide information, advice and mentoring to encourage international business growth.
20 March sees technology start up, Energenics, share their experiences of doing business overseas. Companies will receive advice from experts who have first-hand experience of the challenges and benefits of operating within international markets.
Also in Spring 2014, businesses can discover how free business support from the Enterprise Europe Network can aid the commercialisation of their ideas within international markets. Triin Udris, Project Manager at the Enterprise Europe Network, will visit Begbroke on 24 April to explain all.
Manager of Begbroke Science Park, Dr Caroline Livingstone, said "We are really pleased to be able to organise and host the International Business Events Series. Here at Begbroke we understand the economic importance of UK companies operating overseas and are delighted that the successes of our previous events allow us to attract high quality speakers who are experts within their different fields".
For information on the series please see here.
If you would like to book your free space on any of the events email events@begbroke.ac.uk.
The events run for approximately an hour starting at 8.15am in the Farmhouse, Blenheim Room, refreshments provided.


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In Memory Of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca
Lorie Byrd July 15, 2006 Military No Comments
A wonderful reader sent me this story from the Houston Chronicle:
PFC. Kristian Menchaca's family members gently pelted him with questions during what would be his final visit home from Iraq.
"Do you need anything? What can we send you?"
With a sheepish grin, he answered:"junk food."
Snacks such as Cheetos and Oreo cookies are hard to come by in a war zone, Menchaca explained to his family during his leave in May.
Menchaca's family, however, never had a chance to send him the care package. Less than a month later, the 23-year-old and another soldier were captured at a checkpoint June 16 near the town of Yusufiya. Menchaca's brutalized body was discovered three days later, booby-trapped and tied to the remains of Pfc. Thomas Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore.
Houston cousins whom Menchaca grew up with were determined to honor his memory by dispatching care packages to his 101st Airborne Division buddies who remain in Iraq.
"This is one of the last things he asked of us," said Grice, a data analyst. "He's not there but his friends are."
Last week, 16 packages of snacks, toiletries and other items were shipped to Iraq. In each box she sends, Grice includes a plain white sheet of paper with the words in black ink: In Memory of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca.
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Cornas ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Ardèche, in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (bis 2015 Rhône-Alpes). Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Tournon-sur-Rhône und zum 2014 gegründeten Gemeindeverband Rhône Crussol. Die Bewohner nennen sich Cornassiens.

Geografie
Cornas liegt ca. fünf Kilometer nordwestlich von Valence am orographisch rechten Ufer der Rhône. Das 8,33 km² umfassende Gemeindegebiet erstreckt sich vom Rhôneufer im Osten weit nach Westen in die Hügel der Landschaft Vivarais, den östlichen Ausläufern des Zentralmassives. Das Hügelland ist insbesondere an den Hängen bewaldet, unterbrochen von Weinbergen und Weideflächen. Den höchsten Geländepunkt erreicht die Gemeinde mit 468 m über dem Meer an der westlichen Gemeindegrenze. Die circa 200 m breite Rhône bildet im Osten die Grenze zum Département Drôme, begleitet von der 300 m breiten, hier aufgestauten parallel fließenden Isère. Die größten Ortsteile der Gemeinde Cornas sind La Résidence, Rouveure, La Mure, Bouyonnet, La Lègre und Les Arlettes. Begrenzt wird Cornas von den Nachbargemeinden Châteaubourg im Norden, Bourg-lès-Valence im Osten, Saint-Péray im Süden sowie Saint-Romain-de-Lerps im Westen.

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Der Name Cornas ist keltischen Ursprungs und heißt verbrannte oder gebrannte Erde. Dieser Name spiegelt die mikroklimatischen Bedingungen (warm und recht trocken) kombiniert mit den Granit- und Kalksteinböden gut wider. Die Gemeinde ist bekannt für den dort gekelterten Rotwein.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
 Kapelle Notre-Dame im Ortsteil La Mûre
 Kapelle Saint-Pierre im Ortsteil Rouveure

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Die Gemeinde Cornas  gibt dem Weinbaugebiet Cornas ihren Namen. Dieser Rotwein des nördlichen Weinbaugebietes Rhône hat seit dem 5. August 1938 den Status einer Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (kurz AOC). Die Rebflächen der über 40 Winzerbetriebe liegen ausschließlich innerhalb der Gemeinde Cornas und umfassen 125 ha. Die steilen Hänge sind teilweise terrassiert. Im Jahr 2011 wurden hier 4455 hl Wein erzeugt.

In der Gemeinde Cornas gibt es eine Tankstelle, einen Baumarkt, ein Sportgeschäft, ein Bekleidungsgeschäft, eine Bäckerei und mehrere Lebensmittelgeschäfte. Darüber hinaus sind in der Gemeinde mehrere Landwirtschaftsbetriebe ansässig (Getreideanbau, Gemüseanbau, Obstplantagen).

Durch die unmittelbare Nähe zur großen Stadt Valence ist Cornas gut an die überregional wichtigen Verkehrswege angeschlossen. So ist der nächste Autobahnanschluss (Autoroute A7) nur sechs Kilometer von Cornas entfernt.

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 Einwohnerstatistiken

Ort in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Weinbauort in Frankreich
Ort an der Rhone

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Connecticut Children's Autism Spectrum Assessment Program (ASAP) is a collaborative effort between Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Speech-Language Pathology and Neuro-genetics/Genetics.
It is designed to provide timely and comprehensive medical and diagnostic evaluation of children under the age of five* with a suspected autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Such timely diagnosis facilitates the implementation of appropriately intensive early intervention services, and the recommended neuro-genetic testing.
Children should be referred to ASAP if there are red flags for a possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Not all children seen through ASAP will receive the diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder, as children will be broadly evaluated.
The primary objective of ASAP is to minimize the wait-time between identified concern of a possible ASD and diagnosis; the ultimate goals are early identification and early intervention. Another objective is to leverage the extensive expertise available at Connecticut Children's to provide high-quality, standardized diagnostic and medical care to children and their families.
Children referred for evaluation through ASAP will see a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, have an Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and other communication assessments completed by a speech and language pathologist, and if diagnosed with ASD a referral will be made to a neuro-geneticist/geneticist.
*Children over the age of 5 can still be referred directly to the division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics for evaluation and follow-up.
Physicians must follow the Autism Spectrum Assessment Program (ASAP) referral process.


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The Mask You Live In
Filmmaker: Jennifer Siebel Newsom
The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnect from their emotions, devalue authentic friendships, objectify and degrade women, and resolve conflicts through violence. These gender stereotypes interconnect with race, class, and circumstance, creating a maze of identity issues boys and young men must navigate to become "real" men. Experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education, and media also weigh in, offering empirical evidence of the "boy crisis" and tactics to combat it. The Mask You Live In ultimately illustrates how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom is a filmmaker, CEO, advocate, and thought leader. After graduating with honors from Stanford University and Stanford's Graduate School of Business, she wrote, directed, and produced the 2011 award winning documentary Miss Representation. As a result of Miss Representation's powerful impact, she launched The Representation Project, a nonprofit organization that uses film and media as a catalyst for cultural transformation. Her second film as a director, The Mask You Live In, had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and explores how America's narrow definition of masculinity is harming boys, men, and society at large.
She also executive produced the Emmy Award-Winning and Academy Award- Nominated documentary The Invisible War, and is an executive producer on the documentary The Hunting Ground. She is currently in production on her third film, The Great American Dream. When she is not running The Representation Project and making documentaries, she serves as a Global Advisory Board member of the Dove Self Esteem Project, co-chair of We Day California, a commissioner on the Girl Scouts' Healthy Media Commission, and on the Advisory Council for the Imagine Kids Bus Project. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, and their four young children. – See more at: http://therepresentationproject.org/about/#team


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Lan club celebrates 1 year with a lot of rethinking, rejigging
By Sam Riley | July 23, 2009, Thursday | Print Edition
HIGH-END, glamor watering hole and restaurant complex Lan turns one year old this week and is launching a new rooftop bar to celebrate.
Situated in a historic building one block back from the Bund on Guangdong Road, Lan is the premium arm of restaurant powerhouse Zhang Lan's empire, which includes the South Beauty chain of Sichuan restaurants.
Its new rooftop terrace got its first outing for the Shanghai International Film Festival in June, when Lan hosted a party featuring Hollywood luminaries such as Clive Owen and music legend Quincy Jones.
La Terrace has a range of tables and sofas with their own self-contained ice buckets, and a barbecue station.
Lest the neighbors get disturbed, the music is more of the R&B background variety, with the terrace looking to be a pre-party destination until it closes at 2am rather than a raging party spot.
While its latest addition is set to hit its straps over Lan's three-day first anniversary celebrations that kicked off yesterday, tonight Lan will offer various dining specials on each of its floors.
Tomorrow Lan will hold an invite-only party on each floor, with the public being able to join the celebrations on the ground floor from 10pm.
When it opened, Lan's renovation put a heavy emphasis on the local market, with broad expanses of the high-ceiling ground-floor nightclub broken up into numerous private spaces with heavy-latticed partitions.
A year on, Lan has been imploring people to "rediscover Lan," and has overhauled all of its four floors in an effort to discover the winning formula that initially eluded it on opening.
It has been a reinvention with the ground-floor club section first getting the treatment in April.
Its fine dining French restaurant on the fourth floor also came in for some navel-gazing.
Out went the fly-in two-star Michelin consultant, Yves Mattagne, and Lan turned to the services of former Kee Club maestro William Mhai, who has ambitions to make the new incarnation, Papillon, a butterfly that can delicately land a Michelin star rating all of its own.
In the wake of the financial crisis, its exclusivity mantra has also been tempered by a new focus on affordability.
The O Supper Club on second floor sees affordable tapa selections and steamed varieties designed by Mhai and Chinese chef Wu Musheng. The restaurant aims to give diners a reasonable selection of its tapa wares for around 200 yuan (US$29) a diner.
An extensive range of wine at between 50 and 60 yuan a glass is also aimed at attracting a more price-conscious clientele.
Clear direction
Lan's marketing head honcho Eriko Zhao says Lan has spent most of its first year on a journey of self-discovery and has now worked out how to make each of its various food and beverage outlets sing in harmony.
"When we first started, there wasn't really a clear direction for each floor, everything was sort of the same and we didn't give our customers a very clear selection," Zhao says.
"Now, if I wanted to go for a relaxing and affordable dinner, I can choose tapas; if I wanted to have high-end fine dining, I can go to Papillon; and if I don't feel like having those, I can still go for the Chinese," she says.
Lan's rejigged ground-floor club is an effort to capture the young dicing and bottle-buying crowds who have been more inclined to seek their nocturnal inspiration from the Muses and Richy.
While it used to be thought that discreet entrances and private rooms were what the Chinese big spenders wanted, Lan has cottoned on that Shanghai's young and hip have the bling and they certainly are not afraid to flash it.
The private space has been focused on the Chinese restaurant on the third floor, and consumption returns to its more conspicuous nature on the ground-floor nightclub.
The most expensive table in the club is on an elevated stage, all the better for those standing drinkers to notice the year on your whiskey bottle, and the beauty of your companions.
The tables on the upper levels of the club have also been opened up so that they look down onto the action below.
Realizing that the big name visiting DJs are drawing in the crowds, Lan has also started to gear itself up with various top-something international acts slated for the second half of the year.
DJ Mike and his "We Love House" train will be pulling into town to provide the beats for its first anniversary celebrations tomorrow and he will also play on Saturday night. There is a 100-yuan cover.
The first 10 Shanghai Daily readers to arrive with a copy of this story get free admission.
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POLITICO London Playbook: Brexit's back — Reshuffle latest — Who's cherry-picking now?
REMEMBERING WILL COUSINS: Heartfelt tributes have poured in for Will Cousins, the young head of press at the Open Britain campaign group, who died at the age of 25 in a plane crash in Australia on New Year's Eve. Will's father Richard Cousins, 58, chief executive of the Compass group, his brother Edward, 23, Richard's fiancée Emma Bowden, 48, and her daughter Heather, 11, were also killed. Labour MP Chuka Umunna paid tribute to Will, a familiar and friendly face known to many around Westminster, tweeting he was "absolutely devastated" to learn about his death. "Will was an absolute pleasure to work with, utterly dedicated to the cause, dynamic & full of enthusiasm. He went about things with great heart and humor." Huff Post U.K. has a moving piece about Will from his friend and former colleague Lucy Thomas of Edelman. Read it here.
Good Tuesday morning. I'm Charlie Cooper, POLITICO's Brexit correspondent, holding down the Playbook fort while Jack Blanchard takes a well-earned holiday and catches up on some sleep.
BREXIT 2018: David Davis returns to Brexit negotiating duties with a piece in the Telegraph this morning. First up in 2018 will be talks on the transition period — the EU can't formally talk trade until the bloc agrees to guidelines in March. But, but, but, writes the Brexit secretary, a "deep and open exploratory dialogue" on trade and the long-term future can happen before then — paving the way for inevitable deep and public clashes with Brussels.
Storms ahead: DD predicts the talks will deliver "the same public thunder and lightning" we saw during Phase 1 (which will come as a relief to Brexit correspondents). But crucially, the article is a balancing act aimed at avoiding thunder and lightning between the two camps in May's Cabinet, the divergers like Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Environment Secretary Michael Gove who want to be unshackled from EU rules, and the convergers like Chancellor Philip Hammond, who think the economy is best served by remaining close to European structures. Cabinet has yet to finalize its position on the "end-state." Getting there is the first thing on the prime minister's Brexit to-do list in 2018.
Who you callin' cherry-picker? Central to U.K. negotiating strategy in 2018 will be achieving a deal on financial services. Michel Barnier has been pretty clear that unless the U.K. wants to go the full Norway, then Canada Dry (meaning no financial services) is all it can hope for. Davis takes this to task, saying that the EU should not be "cherry-picking" areas of trade it does and does not want to work with the U.K. on. Expect that one to raise a quizzical eyebrow or two in Brussels.
HOW THE PM SAW IN 2018: Hold on to your hats, Theresa May has been on a long walk. POLITICO's Annabelle Dickson emails over a line from the PM telling us how she spent New Year's Eve, hosting friends at Chequers. "We went for a long walk yesterday and then had dinner and fireworks and welcomed in the New Year with friends and staff," May said.
Reshuffle on her mind? It was on a long walk last April that May famously made the fateful decision to call an election. Did the Buckinghamshire countryside around Chequers inspire any similarly fateful decisions about her long-awaited reshuffle? James Blitz in the FT quotes a government official saying there will be no change in the big four Cabinet posts — chancellor, foreign secretary, home secretary and Brexit secretary. Meanwhile, the Express quotes sources in "Tory high command," who think Justice Minister Phillip Lee, a GP, could be on track to become the first doctor to be health secretary in eight decades, replacing Jeremy Hunt, tipped for a move to the Cabinet Office.
Gender rebalance: Conservative MPs think the reshuffle, not expected until next week, will elevate more women into the Cabinet, which currently has only five female members. The Telegraph names Anne Milton, Claire Perry, Sarah Newton, Margot James and Harriett Baldwin among the Tory women tipped for promotion.
Keeping busy outside Cabinet: Priti Patel won't be bothered by any reshuffles for a while but is keeping herself occupied. The former international development secretary and Vote Leave campaigner is calling for an Electoral Commission investigation into alleged unlawful coordination between different wings of the 2016 referendum Remain campaign. The Times and the Sun have the story.
IRAN LATEST: Further protests in Iran erupted overnight, with Reuters reporting attacks by protesters on police stations, continuing the fiercest wave of discontent against clerical rule since the 2009 post-election protests. In a statement last night, Boris Johnson expressed regret for the loss of life in the protests to date — 13 people were reportedly killed — and called on "all concerned to refrain from violence and for international obligations on human rights to be observed." Veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn explains the background to unfolding events in the Independent.
MEANWHILE IN BRUSSELS: One remarkable thing about Brexit thus far has been the degree of unity on the EU side. But 2018 promises a major bust up over — you guessed it — the budget. The U.K. may have settled the Brexit bill, but Britain's departure still blows a big hole in the budget going forward, which the European Commission wants to fill with bigger contributions from the EU's net contributor nations. EU leaders will air their views at a February summit, the FT reports, with a formal proposal on the post-2020 budget in May. Agreeing the last funding round, 2014-2020, only took 18 months. Buckle up.
The year's barely begun, but: POLITICO has already compiled its (light-hearted) list of the people who could ruin 2018. It excludes the most obvious candidates in case you were wondering, Mr. President.
Extra helpings, m'lord? A freedom of information request by the Times has revealed that former members of the House of Lords get to cling to many of their privileges — including access to the subsidized dining rooms at the heart of Westminster webs of influence. Investigations editor Dominic Kennedy has the scoop.
Every academic's talking about: Toby Young, appointed to a leading role in Universities Minister Jo Johnson's new Office for Students. The appointment of an outspoken commentator firmly on the political right has come in for criticism, the Times Higher Education reports. The man himself responded to the doubters on Twitter last night. The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has a typically measured take on it all on the Staggers blog.
Backbenchers' parliament: Fascinating research by BuzzFeed's Emily Ashton reveals how the balance of power at Westminster has tipped away from government and towards MPs — a phenomenon that pre-dates the current hung parliament and actually has a lot to do with Speaker John Bercow, whose time in the chair since 2009 has witnessed a big increase in the number of urgent questions granted to backbenchers.
Millennial Brexit: Eye-catching story in The Times from policy editor Oliver Wright, who has analyzed government data to discover that the average age of civil servants at the Department for Exiting the European Union is a fresh-faced 31. The young may not have voted Brexit, but they're sure as hell delivering it.
'Like swallowing a waterfall': That's how the Guardian's outgoing news editor Dan Sabbagh sums up the experience of running a national news desk in this lovely valedictory piece. Dan's joining the Westminster lobby to work alongside the Guardian's politics team.
Reviewing the papers tonight: BBC News (10.45 p.m.) Kate Andrews, news editor at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and Ned Simons, assistant political editor at Huff Post U.K. … Sky News (10.30 p.m. & 11.30 p.m.): Spiked editor Brendan O'Neill and columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
Evening listening: Germany's future — potentially without Angela Merkel — is in the spotlight on BBC Radio 4 at 8 p.m. as Economist senior editor Anne McElvoy and Tilo Jung, a German vlogger, explore what 2018 and beyond holds for the country.
Daily Express: 80mph storm to lash Britain.
Daily Mail: Firemen sent to medical emergencies.
Daily Mirror: Stop your kids from eating crisps.
FT: Growth will slow to 1.5 percent this year, poll of leading economists predicts.
Guardian: Fatal stabbings bring year to deadly close.
Huff Post: Air crash tragedy.
Independent: Students wait months for mental health support.
Times: Time-wasting patients are costing NHS £1 billion a year.
From D.C.: Donald Trump returned to Washington last night after a vacation at Mar-a-Lago that began on December 23. In that time he tweeted six times about Iran, five times about fake news, three times about Hillary Clinton, twice about North Korea and five times about the FBI. POLITICO's Matthew Nussbaum dissects the president's festive season smartphone blitz — and why Trump can't really do vacations.
Westminster weather: ☁☔ A bit dreary. Dry and cloudy start turning windier and rainier by late morning, drying up again by mid-afternoon.
Travel: Severe delays on the Docklands light railway between Bank and Lewisham/Woolwich Arsenal due to a faulty train. London Bridge's revamp is almost complete. Five new platforms and two new exits on Tooley Street opened this morning at 4 a.m. Thameslink released the new station map. Unfortunately for commuters the unveiling arrives on the same day that average rail fares are hiked by 3.4 percent. In better news, while some delays continue this morning, most National Rail engineering works should be ending. Meanwhile Transport for London has begun the countdown to the opening of the new (purple) Elizabeth Line, but you'll have to wait 'til December for that one.
Happy Birthday: Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman … Chester MP Chris Matheson … Alex Chisholm, the business department permanent secretary … Conservative peer Lucy Neville-Rolfe.


Follow the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Great Smoky Mountains until you get to the Woolyback overlook.
My Fathers Day gift was a full day out on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I decided I wanted to do a sunset at Waterrock Knob, when we got there though you could not find a parking space. I decided to go down about a half mile to the Woolyback Overlook. We ended up having this spot all to ourselves. It had pretty much the same view, just none of the crowd. As the sun started to set it illuminated the sky to where it seem to catch fire, then faded to beautiful pink hues.